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We talk with The Land Duo, Tyler & Jen Kelly about their land investing journey in this week's episode of The Art of Passive Income!
Tyler & Jen are Land Geek clients who have taken their business to the next level and today they are going to give us an inside look of how they went from one deal to over eighty in under a year!
Timeline of Succession
- End of 2017—Heard about the concept and started with another program
- April 2018—Acquired their first property and struggled on their own
- October 2018—Found Mark and bought the Investor's Toolkit
- November 2018—Sold that first property
- December 2018—Found a lot of value in the Toolkit so they signed up for Flight School
- January 2019—Signed up for coaching with Tate
- October 2019—Tyler quit his corporate job
How did they work through the initial resistance to get to the sell of their first property?
They heard the success stories and believed that it works, they just had to figure out how to make it work for them. So, after investing in that first initial program and struggling to make it work on their own, they found Mark and bought the Investor's Toolkit.
"By getting the Toolkit, it got us way more aggressive in our marketing. We just can't put out a couple of ads and sell a property, we need to be all over the place. Just that one little stage made the difference and got us that first sell."
Join us as Tyler & Jen share all the details of the beginning of the journey into land investing, along with:
- The inside scoop on Flight School
- Why they went into coaching
- Who was more nervous with the transition from paycheck to passive
- Their experience in the VIP room
Also, find out the mistakes they have made and what they would have done different.
Going through the struggle made us realize that we don't want to keep doing that. We don't have to, there's a better way. Let's go find somebody who has been successful and who has done this and learn from them. And we haven't looked back and this year has been insane.
Tyler & Jen Kelly
Tyler & Jen share how they went from one deal to eighty in under a year and how those eighty deals have changed the quality of their lives. Tyler, now gets to spend quality time with Jen and their two daughters with his focus on them instead of work.
Plus, find out their advice to that person sitting in a cubicle at an unfulfilling job, who has health benefits and a nice salary, but also has a long commute to work and is just working for the weekend and holidays.
What does the future look like for Tyler & Jen?
The Kelly's talk about what their passive looks like now and what their end of the year goal is and Jen raises the bar by the end of the conversation!
Tyler & Jen's story is an inspirational one, they had the proof of concept and knew this business model worked. They knew if others could be successful, so could they. So they did not stop, they kept it consistent and continuously moved forward.
You have to have that burning desire. If you really want to change and you really believe you can do it, then you can do it.
We're looking forward to hearing more about their progress and what this upcoming year has in store for them.
Listen in to their inspiring story now…
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Isn't it time to create passive income so you can work where you want, when you want and with whomever you want?
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Microsoft issues fix for XML flaw targeted in zero-day attacks
The patch for the XML Core Services flaw doesn't yet cover every version, but it does cover the version being attacked.
Microsoft's latest Patch Tuesday update includes a partial fix for a vulnerability in XML Core Services that is being actively exploited in zero-day attacks.
That vulnerability, the subject of one of three "critical" fixes among the 16 the company issued, has been identified in attacks in Europe and against the aerospace industry since Microsoft first warned of the flaw June 12. The exploit is spread through phishing attacks and allows remote code execution if users are lured to a malicious website run by the attackers.
The vulnerability exists in versions 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0 of XML Core Services and affects Internet Explorer in all supported versions of Windows -- XP, Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 -- as well as all versions of Office 2003 and 2007.
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The fix issued Tuesday covers versions 3.0, 4.0 and 6.0 but not 5.0, which security experts said they expect to be delivered later. To date, the exploits have occurred in version 3.0, Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle, told eWeek.
The other two critical fixes also address vulnerabilities that could allow remote code execution, although no exploits of them have been reported. One of the vulnerabilities is in Internet Explorer 9, the other in Microsoft Data Access Components.
The flaw in XML Core Services, also known as MSXML, was reported to Microsoft by Google on May 30, and the two companies began working on it together. Google shortly after launched a service that would warn its users if they were possible victims of state-sponsored attacks, a move reportedly in response to MSXML exploits.
When Microsoft issued its June 12 warning, the company said the vulnerability was being exploited but didn't offer specifics. Security company Sophos later said it was exploited in recent attacks against an aeronautical parts supplier and a medical company, both in Europe. And in early July, Alienvault Labs reported finding the exploit being used with a new variant of the Sykipot Trojan in attacks targeting the aerospace industry and others.
Microsoft had directed users to a Fix-it workaround for mitigating the vulnerability but had not until now worked up an automated fix.


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Directions (101-105): Rearrange the given six sentences/group of sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in a proper sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the given questions.
A. While an ischemic stroke is a one wherein a clot forms in one of the arteries and stops blood flow to the brain, a hemorrhagic stroke is a one wherein the blood vessels bursts and bleeds, thereby killing the brain cells of the affected region.
B. Therefore, treatment within the first 8 hours of the onset of symptoms is required to prevent long-term morbidity and mortality.
C. However, in reality, these are two different phenomena.
D. Stroke, however, is either a blockage (ischemia) or a rupture (hemorrhage) in an artery that supplies blood to the brain.
E. It is common notions among people that heart attack and stroke (or brain attack) are one and the same.
F. As these brain cells die, the person loses control of whatever functions those brain cells perform.
101. Which of the fallowing should be the SIXTH (LAST) sentence after the rearrangement?
102. Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after the rearrangement?
103. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after the rearrangement?
104. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after the rearrangement?
105. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after the rearrangement?
Directions (106-115): Read the following sentences to find out whether there is any grammatical error in them. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, mark `No error' as your answer. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
106. Despite having been inspected and pronounced safe earlier, the century old bridge collapse after a train went across it.
(1) Despite having been inspected (2) and pronounced safe earlier
(3) the century old bridge collapse after (4) a train went across it
(5) No error
107. The study published last year revealed that the use of body cameras has resulted in sharply dropping false complaints against the police.
(1) The study published last year revealed (2) that the use of body cameras has
(3) resulted in sharply dropping (4) false complaints against the police
(5) No error
108. At present when urban planners try to understand the patterns of activity in a district they do by conducting surveys.
(1) At present when urban planners (2) try to understand the patterns
(3) of activity in a district (4) they do by conducting surveys
(5) No error
109. The Prime Minister has stated that changing the 'overwork work culture' in Japan is one of the main arms of the labour reforms he plans to introduce next year.
(1) The Prime Minister has stated that changing
(2) the 'overwork work culture' in Japan
(3) is one of the main arms of the labour reforms
(4) he plans to introduce next year
(5) No error
110. Just over a year ago, policymakers were worried about China's tumbling stock markets, but now it is China's property market that causing worries at home and abroad.
(1) Just over a year ago, policymakers were worried
(2) about China's tumbling stock markets,
(3) but now it is China's property market
(4) that causing worries at home and abroad
(5) No error
111. Typical measures that schools employ to boost results include putting the best Teachers in charge of students whom are about to take tests and cutting the time devoted to activities unrelated to exams.
(1) Typical measures that schools employ to
(2) boost results include putting the best Teachers
(3) in charge of students whom are about to take tests
(4) and cutting the time devoted to activities unrelated to exams
(5) No error
112. This is Africa's largest and most profitable of airline, earning more than all its rivals across the entire continent.
(1) This is Africa's largest and (2) most profitable of airline, earning
(3) more than all its rivals (4) across the entire continent
(5) No error
113. The government is hoping to raise the electricity generated from nuclear plants from 25 percent to 50 percent since 2020.
(1) The government is hoping (2) to raise the electricity generated
(3) from nuclear plants from (4) 25 percent to 50 percent since 2020
(5) No error
114. Ask economists how best to reduce pollution and the chances are; that they will recommend taxing carbon emissions.
(1) Ask economists how best to (2) reduce pollution and the chances
(3) are; that they will recommend (4) taxing carbon emissions
(5) No error
115. Foreign investors already own about half of the firm which has a market valuation of more than $9 billion.
(1) Foreign investors already own (2) about half of the firm
(3) which has a market valuation (4) of more than $9 billion
(5) No error
Directions (116-120): In these questions, each sentence has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for the blanks which best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
116. Despite being ………. in minerals, this State remains one ………. the poorest in the country.
(1) dearth, in (2) abundant, as (3) rich, of (4) despondent, for
(5) scarce, to
117. The country's education system still ………. very old-fashioned and is in ………. need of a revamp.
(1) languishes, fastidious (2) stays, firm (3) stand, imperative
(4) is, quickly (5) remains, urgent
118. ………. injured with a hamstring injury, the player remained in the field ………. for his country.
(1) Even, played (2) Besides, playing (3) Inspite, play (4) Despite, plays
(5) Though, playing
119. Everything has ………. superfast these days, with the ………. of technology.
(1) gone, evolves (2) becoming, vanguard (3) became, initiative
(4) become, advent (5) been, culling
120. Ali has had a ………. for trains and endeavors to become a railway engineer ………. He grows up.
(1) liking, what (2) passion, when (3) dream, because (4) pioneer, wherein
(5) penchant, whereas
Directions (121-130): Which of the phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4) given below each sentence should replace the phrases printed in bold in the following sentences to make the sentences grammatically correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and 'No correction is required', mark (5) as the answer.
121. Both ayurvedic and herbal products has gaining popularity among consumers nowadays.
(1) have gained popularity (2) is gained popularity (3) will have gains popularity
(4) is being popular (5) No correction required
122. He is sad to had defrauded many people of lakhs of rupees till date.
(1) be fraud of (2) defraud (3) be in defraud of (4) have defrauded
(5) No correction required
123. Ring network technology requires many wiring and is not feasible for connecting too many nodes.
(1) require most wiring (2) required too more wiring (3) require much of wires
(4) requires a lot of wiring (5) No correction required
124. Within the next decade, healthcare is going to be one of the most lucrative sectors in India.
(1) will go on to (2) has gone in (3) has been going to be
(4) have become (5) No correction required
125. Of late, there have some things or the other going wrong in the recruitment department of the organisation.
(1) have been something (2) had something (3) are something
(4) has been something (5) No correction required
126. Predicting consumer behaviour and taking business decisions accordingly makes this company so successful:
(1) taking according business decisions (2) accordingly make business decision
(3) take according business decision (4) make business according decisions
(5) No correction required
127. A recent study has revealed that eight out of ten people suffers as vitamin D deficiency.
(1) is suffering in (2) suffer from (3) may be suffered of
(4) will be suffering to (5) No correction required
128. From the sweet notes of classical music to the rings of its temple bells, the melody of this area can move you.
(1) ring of bell temple (2) rings of temple bell (3) ringing of temple bells
(4) ringing bells of temple (5) No correction required
129. Diwali is gaining increasingly popular today and is being celebrated all over the world.
(1) became increasingly popularly (2) gaining increasing popularity
(3) gained populous (4) so more popular than (5) No correction required
130. There was a falling out in the team after they lost the football match to their arch rivals.
(1) fall of (2) falling apart (3) fell enough (4) fall over
(5) No correction required
Directions (131-140): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given. Certain words/phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
Life is expensive for America's poor, with financial services the primary culprit; something that also afflicts migrants sending money home. Some 8% of American households and nearly one in three whose income is less than $15000 a year do not have a bank account. More than half of this group says banking is too expensive for them. Many cannot maintain the minimum balance necessary to avoid monthly fees; for others; the risk of being walloped with unexpected fees looms too large.
Doing without banks makes life costlier; but in a routine way. Cashing a pay cheque at a credit union or similar outlet typically costs 2-5% of the cheque's value. The unbanked often end up paying two sets of fees one to turn their pay cheque into cash, another to turn their cash into a money order says Joe Valents of the Centre for American Progress, a think-tank. In 2008, the Brookings Institution, another think tank, estimated that such fees can accumulate to $40,000 over the career of a full-time worker.
Pre-paid debt cards are growing in popularity as an alternative to bank accounts. A renowned consultancy estimates that deposits on such cards rose by 5% to $570 billion in 2014. Though receiving wages or benefits on pre-paid cards is cheaper than cashing cheques, such cards typically charge plenty of other fees. Many States issue their own pre-paid cards to dispense welfare payments. As a result, those who do not live near the right bank lose out, either from ATM withdrawal charges or from a long trek to make g withdrawal. Other terms can rankle; in Indiana; welfare cards allow only one free ATM withdrawal a month. If claimants check their balance at a machine, it costs 40 cents.
To access credit, poor typically rely on high-cost payday lenders. In 2013 the median such loan was $350, lasted two weeks and carried a charge of $15 per $100 borrowed an interest rate of 322% (a typical credit card charges 15%). Nearly half of those who borrowed using payday loans did so more than ten times in 2013, with the median borrower paying $458 in fees. In 2014 nearly half of American households said they could not cover an unexpected $400 expense without borrowing or selling something. 2% said this would cause them to resort to payday lending.
Costly credit does not mix well with lumpy welfare payments. The earned-income tax credit (EITC), an income top-up for poor families, is paid annually, as part of a tax refund. The total refund can run into thousands of dollars, making it worth more than many families' monthly pay cheque. Unsurprisingly, cash-strapped households seek to borrow against this windfall in advance. Regulators have recently nudged banks away from issuing high-cost short-term loans secured against imminent tax refunds. But it is still common to borrow to cover the cost of applying for the EITC. In 2014 almost 22 million consumers used 'refund anticipation cheques', which offer a loan to pay the filing costs and collect repayment automatically when the refund arrives. These products typically costs between $25 and $60 for credit that lasts only a few weeks.
How might financial services be made cheaper for the poor? Mobile banking looks promising. But the poor are not yet well placed to benefit from the mobile revolution, in financial services or otherwise. Only half of those earning less than $30,000 per year own a smartphone, compared with 70% of more of those in higher income groups. Nearly, half those who do manage it have had to temporarily cancel their service for financial reasons. That might itself be the result of disparate prices; those with poor credit ratings rely on pre-paid SIM cards, which unlike normal monthly contracts do not come with a hefty discount for the handset. Low smartphone preparation in turn makes life more expensive in other ways. The unconnected do not benefit from the cheap communication, education and even transport the app economy provides. A quarter of poor households do not use the internet at all, which makes seeking out low prices harder.
131. As mentioned in the passage, many poor American are reluctant to open a bank account because ……….
A. they prefer traditional methods of handling their finances.
B. they are unwilling to provide the required documents.
C. they find it difficult to fulfill the requirements stipulated by banks.
(1) Only A (2) Only B (3) Only C (4) Both B and C (5) Both A and C
132. Which of the following is most nearly the same in meaning as the word 'RANKLE' as used in the passage?
(1) Please (2) Beware (3) Irk (4) Appease (5) Written
133. As mentioned in the passage, one of the reasons mobile banking may prove to be a costly affair for the poor is ……….
(1) there are not enough service providers to cater to the needs of these segment of people.
(2) they are unable to take advantage of the services owing to financial charges of banks.
(3) incidences of theft of mobile phones is high.
(4) there are no latest hi-tech smartphones available to the poor.
(5) None of the given options
134. Which of the following is most nearly the opposite in meaning to the word 'PROMISING' as used in the passage?
(1) Hopeless (2) Worthwhile (3) Desperate (4) Tangible (5) Unhappy
135. Which of the following is most nearly the same in meaning to the word 'NUDGED' as used in the passage?
(1) Pushed (2) Overwhelmed (3) Judged (4) Welcomed (5) Annoyed
136. As mentioned in the passage, pre-paid Cards are gaining popularity because ……….
A. It is very convenient to withdraw money using such cards.
B. these are durable.
C. these make provision to withdraw money without any additional fee.
(1) Only A (2) Only B (3) Only C (4) All A, B and C (5) Both A and B
137. Which of the following is most nearly the opposite in meaning to the word 'DISPARATE' as used in the passage?
(1) Distant (2) Similar (3) Equity (4) Anonymous (5) Destructive
138. Which of the following can be a suitable title for the passage?
(1) Living the American Dream Not A Distant Dream Anymore
(2) Technology The Only Tool To Alleviate The Poor
(3) Understanding - The Household Economics
(4) Exploring A Rich Nation Of Poor People
(5) Innovative Ways Of Banking And Their Success Stories
139. Which of the following is TRUE in the context of the passage?
(1) More than seventy percent of those who earn less than $30,000 per year do not have smartphones.
(2) Welfare programs for uplifting the poor have been extremely fruitful so far.
(3) The EITC is given bi-annually to support the poor.
(4) Payday lenders are quite popular among the poor.
(5) All the given options are true
140. Which of the following explains the meaning of the phrase 'looms too large' as used in the passage?
(1) Can be taken care of (2) Is acceptable (3) Is awaited (4) Is morbid
(5) Appears threatening
Directions (141-150): In the given passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. Against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
A social entrepreneur is one who develops an innovative answer to a social problem (for instance a business model for helping to tackle poverty). A decade ago, the term was scarcely heard: today, everyone wants to be bring ………. (141) ………. The idea behind social entrepreneurship is that fresh business like ideas Will ………. (142) ………. a productivity miracle in the 'social sector' similar to the one that ………. (143) ………. in business in 1990s. Already a growing number of social entrepreneurs have made a ………. (144) ………. The best known is Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen a microfinance organisation. Another ………. (145) ………. example is Wendy Kopp, the founder of Teach for America which puts thousands of recent ………. (146) ………. from leading universities to work as teachers in some of the country's worst schools.
However ………. (147) ………. far, the enthusiasm for social entrepreneurship has run ahead of its affects. The ………. (148) ………. has not been a lack of good idea. Innovative projects have ameliorated seemingly ………. (149) ………. Social troubles for instance by reducing rates of reoffending by former prisoners or by ………. (150) ………. prisoners from rougher parts of American cities to graduate from college: The problem is of speed and scale. Successful innovations have spread only slowly, if at all. Policymakers hope that with encouragement from the government, social entrepreneurs best ideas can be spread faster and wider.
141. (1) grown (2) rich (3) one (4) greatest (5) part
142. (1) from (2) into (3) away (4) about (5) end
143. (1) start (2) achieved (3) occur (4) cropped (5) began
144. (1) mark (2) blot (3) show (4) fool (5) sign
145. (1) one (2) indirect (3) high (4) funny (5) prominent
146. (1) dropout (2) graduates (3) steps (4) official (5) upstart
147. (1) too (2) accordingly (3) as (4) hence (5) so
148. (1) problem (2) crises (3) key (4) solution (5) resolution
149. (1) creative (2) hopeless (3) helpful (4) worth (5) wonderful
150. (1) preventing (2) improving (3) alleviating (4) bettering (5) helping
101. (2) ; 102. (1) ; 103. (4) ; 104. (5) ; 105. (3) ;
106. (3) ; Use 'had collapsed' is place of 'collapse'.
107. (2) ;
108. (4) ; Use 'they do so by' in place of 'they do by'.
109. (1)
110. (4) ; Use 'that is causing' in place of 'that causing'.
111. (3) ;
112. (2) ; Remove 'or from the sentence.
113. (4) ; Use `by' in place of 'since'.
114. (5) ; No error
115. (5) ; No error
116. (3) ; 117. (3) ; 118. (1) ; 119. (4) ; 120. (2) ;
121. (1) ; 122. (4) ; 123. (4) ; 124. (5) ; 125. (4) ;
126. (5) ; 127. (2) ; 128. (3) ; 129. (2) ; 130. (5) ;
131. (3) ; 132. (3) ; 133. (4) ; 134. (1) ; 135. (1) ;
136. (1) ; 137. (2) ; 138. (4) ; 139. (4) ; 140. (5) ;
141. (3) ; 142. (4) ; 143. (5) ; 144. (1) ; 145. (5);
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In his weekly address, President Obama discusses the blueprint he put forward this week in the State of the Union Address for creating an economy built to last. After focusing on American manufacturing, American energy, and skills for American workers during each of the last three days, he used his weekly address to highlight his commitment to a renewal of American values. The President is challenging leaders in Washington, DC to follow the model set by our men and women in the military, end the gridlock and start tackling the issues that matter – without regard for personal ambition.
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I need some guidance.
I am test printing 5 parts using Simplify 3D. These parts are not more than 6mm and have different shapes. When printing them, the printer starts shifting layers about 5 times in this height. This happened in the X axis.
I am using TMC2130 in X and Y axis at a current of 0.9. This I moved up to 1 (1000) but did not have any effect.
I tried printing the parts individually and the shifting DID NOT occur.
I am beginning to suspect some acceleration/ speed or something used to jump from one part to the other since the printer will be printing one layer for each part at a time....
any suggestions as to what may be the cause or some lead?
With multiple parts you have travel moves in between which are normally much faster then printing moves. So that might be the part that is too much for your settings. Also there are classic errors causing shift like end stops triggering, overheating, pulley loose, ...


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All 5 Of Peter Thomson's Open Championship Wins
Here we look at all five of legendary Australian Peter Thomson's Open victories
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Peter Thomson was Australia's most successful golfer to date. He was one was one of the finest players throughout the 1950's and 1960's, lifting the Claret Jug on five occasions.
All 5 Of Peter Thomson's Open Championship Wins
The Open Championship takes place at Royal Portrush in 2019 with the last time it being hosted there coming in 1951. At that tournament, Australian Peter Thomson struggled in the final round shooting 75 to come in tied 6th. But over the next 15 years or so, the legendary Australian won five Claret Jugs, with four victories in the space of five years between 1954 and 1958.
His final Open win, fittingly, came in 1965 at Royal Birkdale which was the same venue as his first.
All 5 Of Peter Thomson's Open Championship Wins
1954 - Royal Birkdale
At just the age of 23 Thomson secured his first Open. Having finished 6th, 2nd and 2nd in his first three Opens, victory was surely only a matter of time for the young Australian. Thomson progressed steadily through the field after rounds of 72, 71 and 69 to tie Dai Rees and Syd Scott for the lead. A sand save on 16 would then prove crucial, as Thomson went on to win by one with a closing 71.
1955 - St Andrews
1955 was a year of Open firsts – the first time the Road Hole was played as a par 4 not a par 5, and the first time the champion walked away with a four-figure cheque. Thomson was that champion, from leading after 54 holes, he held his own during the final round - bouncing back from a potentially costly double at the 14th in the final round with a birdie on 15 for a two-shot victory and a successful title defence.
1956 - Royal Liverpool
Thomson made it three in a row by assuming control from the second round, as poor weather made scoring tricky at Hoylake. He extended his lead to three with a third-round 72, and maintained that margin in the final round despite a closing 74. No players were under par at the end of a testing week on The Wirral.
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1958 - Royal Lytham and St Annes
Thomson didn't quite make it 4 in a row but he came back a year later to Royal Lytham and St Annes to claim his 4th Open title. Thomson's fourth Claret Jug came courtesy of a 36-hole Saturday playoff after he and Wales' Dave Thomas both finished the week at six-under par, with Thomson missing a 12-footer on the 72nd hole for the win. Mistakes and missed putts by the Welshman on the 8th, 10th and 11th holes of the second playoff round helped Thomson re-establish a winning four-shot margin.
1965 - Royal Birkdale
Thomson's fifth and final victory came at the same course as his first. After a slow start, middle rounds of 68 and 72 saw him lead once more heading into the final round. After seeing his three-shot lead midway through the final round all but wiped out, Thomson closed with two birdies to clinch it by two from Brian Huggett and Christy O'Connor.
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German-Canadian-English singer Alice Merton has released her first studio album entitled Mint. The theme of the album is life experiences (both good and bad) such as relationships.
The music has a mix of pop and disco. Some of the songs sound similar to the tunes of Brit Pop (i.e. Queen and David Bowie) and 70s Disco (i.e. ABBA and The Bee Gees). The song I Don't Hold A Grudge has a 70s/80s feel. The music for that tune reminds me of Queen's classic hit Another One Bites the Dust. Her songs about break-ups such as Honeymoon Heartbreak and Trouble in Paradise remind me of songs by the Irish band The Cranberries. The main instruments in this album are guitar and piano.
Alice Merton's voice is low and soft, with hints of raspy. Her sound reminds of the late Dolores O'Riordan, the lead singer of the Cranberries, the late Amy Winehouse and Gwen Stefani. The song No Roots is an example of Merton's voice going deep that reminds me of Amy Winehouse's vocal style. The register of her voice changes in her songs in a grand manner.
The lyrics are intricate and personal, which makes the album authentic and genuine. Some songs have metaphors and symbols that give them depth. The song No Roots is an example of an analogy. Alice Merton makes use of repetition in some of her tunes. The songs 2 Kids and Why So Serious are examples of how she repeats as a technique of emphasis.
Alice Meton's album Mint is available now. It's an incredible record full of emotion and depth. My favourites songs are No Roots, Lash Out, Learn To Live, and Speak Your Mind.


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One of the more common hats worn by men during the sixteenth century and into the seventeenth century was the copotain. Generally black in color and made of a thick felt, the copotain had a medium size brim, ranging between one and three inches, and a tall rounded crown. It was sometimes worn with a hatband, a band made of leather or fabric that ran around the crown just above the brim. Popular throughout Europe from about the 1550s onward, the hat became particularly associated with conservative gentlemen and was later adopted by Puritans, a very conservative, or traditional and opposed to change, Protestant religious group. Puritans wearing the
Cassin-Scott, Jack. Costume and Fashion in Colour, 1550–1760. Introduction by Ruth M. Green. Dorset, England: Blandford Press, 1975.
Payne, Blanche, Geitel Winakor, and Jane Farrell-Beck. The History of Costume. 2nd ed. New York: HarperCollins, 1992.


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I am often called "hyper-critical" as if it is a character flaw. I wholeheartedly disagree. I think being critical of everything and everyone, including myself, is the first step to perfection. Not that I believe perfection can be attained, but rather we must strive for excellence whether it is possible or not. Furthermore, I also think that being hyper-critical is very noble, since it attempts to improve the world and people for unselfish reasons.
Then again, I actually enjoy finding faults. What's more, I like explaining problems and possibly their solutions to other people too. I realizing that most people won't change even after I logically explain issues and recommend solutions, however I think it is virtuous to try. I think this is also why there are so many self-help blogs out there. I also believe that being critical is ideal for all scientists or engineers, since it takes nothing for granted thus recommending experiments to better understand the universe.
As a result, I like being called hyper-critical. It is actually a compliment for me. I can only hope that more people will also be hyper-critical and listen to our advice.
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Stand for the anthem
My husband and I have regularly watched NFL games for years. However, since players have chosen to show disrespect for our flag and national anthem by refusing to stand for it, we won't be watching their games.
The players and most of the owners say it's the players' right to kneel for the anthem. Fine. We have the right to not turn on our TV. They can exercise their right, and we'll exercise ours.
Like President Trump, we're fed up with it. If the players have political statements they want to make, there are other forums for them to do so. To make their statements in front of a national audience that just wants to watch a football game, and to show disrespect for our country and flag in the process, is unacceptable.
The Dallas Cowboys are the one exception. Jerry Jones and the Cowboys players stand for the anthem. Good for them.
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Message of the Month
October, 2002
Receiving End
As I was changing my son's diaper early this morning, it occurred to me that I was at the receiving end of his work. Yet I did not have a second thought about wiping his bottom clean and changing his diaper, I proceeded with unshakeable patience and surprisingly even some joy. And of course, his approving smile was the bonus I was not expecting.
And so I was thinking… isn't it interesting that with our bare hands, we so willingly and happily dive into… well… the stuff babies put in their diapers? Yet we do not complain, nor do we keep coming back to the fact that we had to deal with this or clean up that… We stand at the receiving end of the baby's diaper – with patience and joy – nay sometimes even with relief and gratitude…
Yet, when life hands us a load of what babies put in their diapers, we complain and moan and talk to anybody and everybody in sight about how tough we have had it, and how badly we were treated by circumstances or by so and so.
It occurred to me that if only we start having a new philosophy in life – something along the lines that life is a diaper, and you never know when it is going to be filled – or more seriously, if only we would treat the hardships and challenges of life, with the same fortitude and composure as we would our baby's diapers – without a second thought, with equanimity, even with some joy and gratitude – then perhaps we would have had a different world to live in.
As I was looking into my son's eyes when he was smiling his approval, I realized something even more profound.
I realized that while I looked upon myself as the person who is at the receiving end of his diaper's load, he too is at the receiving end of my reaction. If I were upset with being at the receiving end, then perhaps I would not have cleaned him up as well as I could, or perhaps I would have put on his fresh diaper too tightly or loosely, each of which leading to a new set of consequences.
Yes, I was at the receiving end, but so was he.
I guess we have no control over what life hands us, but we do have control over how we deal with them.
But more importantly, every time we are at the receiving end of anything – delightful or unpleasant – somebody or something else is at the receiving end of our reaction… the chain of causality is endless.
So no matter what is in the diaper of life, the big question is how are we going to approach it?
© Shahriar Shahriari
Los Angeles, CA
October 2002
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By Jack Kim and Ju-min Park
SEOUL, March 8 (Reuters) - South Korea said on Tuesday it would impose new sanctions against 40 individuals and 30 entities because of suspected links to North Korea's weapons program and would ban vessels that had stopped at North Korean ports in the past 180 days.
The new measures are designed to discourage shipping firms and trading companies from doing business with the North to further isolate it, South Korea said.
The decision to issue more unilateral sanctions against the North follows a U.N. Security Council resolution triggered by the isolate states fourth nuclear test in January and a long-range rocket launch last month.
Tension in the region is high as South Korean and U.S. troops began military exercises on Monday in an annual test of their defenses against the North, which called the drills "nuclear war moves" and threatened to respond with an all-out offensive.
The individuals subject to financial sanctions announced on Tuesday include a Singaporean and a Taiwan national who are heads of a shipping firm and a trading company, the government said.
South Korea also blacklisted a Thai shipping firm called Mariner's Shipping & Trading and Taiwan company Royal Team Corporation.
South Korea will ban those on the list from engaging in financial transactions with South Korean entities and freeze assets that are held in the country, the government said.
After the North's rocket launch last month, South Korea suspended operations at the Kaesong industrial zone, just on the North Korean since of their common border, which had been run jointly with the North for more than a decade.
The industrial park, operated with investment from the capitalist South, was a key source of hard currency for the impoverished North.
South Korea would also discontinue participation in a pilot project that brought Russian coal to South Korea through the North Korean port of Rajin, a foreign ministry official told reporters in a joint briefing with other government agencies.
Trial shipments had been carried out in 2014 and 2015, under a consortium involving South Korean steelmaker POSCO, Hyundai Merchant Marine and railway operator Korail, from Rajin.
The three shipments, of a total 294,000 tonnes of coal, represented less than 1 percent of South Korea's overall imports for that period.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Russian leader Vladimir Putin signed an agreement in 2013 to cooperate and promote the project linking Russia's Khasan and Rajin.
Lee Suk-joon, minister of South Korea's office for government policy coordination, said the government continued to advise against South Koreans using North Korean restaurants overseas. South Korea views such establishments as a source of foreign currency for the isolated state. (Editing by Michael Perry, Robert Birsel)
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Maersk Tankers says that it has completed the first drone delivery to a vessel at sea as part of a test to see whether or not drones can become a part of the supply chain.
The company says the test delivery took place near Kalundborg in Denmark and involved a drone dropping a small parcel to one of its tankers. Due to weather, the drone could not be launch from shore as planned, but rather was launched from a nearby tugboat, which dropped the package from a hight of 5 meters above deck.
Maersk Tankers is hopeful that the by using drones it can significantly reduce the cost of delivery of small parcels filled with urgent spare parts, mail or medicine, when compared to using traditional methods of delivery.
"Costs for a barge are on average USD 1,000 and can easily go up to USD 3,000 or more" says Markus Kuhn, Supply Chain Manager at Maersk. "With the current pay-load of drones, on average a vessel has 3 cases per year in which the barge transport could be substituted by a drone meaning a potential avoidance of barge costs of USD 3,000-9,000 per vessel per year. And if you consider that Maersk Tankers has around 100 vessels, the savings potential could be substantial."
The ATEX-approved (zone 2) drone used in the test was provided by the French company Xamen and the test was approved by the Danish authorities.
Maersk says that in addition to delivery, drones have the potential to be used for other business purposes such as inspections (e.g. to take high quality photos or videos of certain areas to identify cracks).
Above all else, Maersk says that before any widespread use of drones within its business, the company needs to ensure the safety of the technology being used.
"It is fundamental that any drones used by Maersk Tankers are safe for the environment they are operating in. They must be certified as intrinsically safe for most tasks, so they cannot create any spark, even if they were to crash. Some inspections can pose risks if performed by humans. If drones are approved for tank inspections, it will improve safety on tankers and potentially in other oil-related installations," says Markus Kuhn.


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You'll Find Many Different Toyota Models At The Used Car Dealerships Orange County
Without a doubt, used car dealerships Orange County are the place to go for options to fit any budget. There are several Toyota models from which to choose, and because of the trusted brand name, you know that you'll be getting quality and fuel economy for the price. If you have thought about purchasing a hybrid, for instance, there's no better time than the present to make that leap to a more environmentally-friendly vehicle.
The Prius C
If you examine the Prius C at one of the Orange County used car dealerships, you'll see that it comes in as Toyota's least expensive model of hybrid car. The fuel economy is probably the best selling point, as you're looking at an impressive 43 miles to the gallon overall and 37 to the gallon for city driving. It's also tiny, which is useful if you live in an area where parking is hard to find. Of course, the flip side is that this model doesn't come with a ton of back seat or trunk space. This is the perfect fit for urban driving, so this model should certainly be on your radar.
The Sienna
If you need a larger vehicle, the Toyota Sienna certainly fits the bill, Orange County. It packs a powerful V6 engine, and it's consistently top-rated among minivans. You can usually get one that's less than ten years old at a very reasonable price. It's true that it's not a hybrid, but if you find yourself in a situation where you have a pile of kids to drive to soccer games and karate lessons, then you have to make due. There are larger hybrid options out there; the problem is that you might blow your budget going that route. You'll have to make the decision yourself where your priorities lie. There's no denying that the Sienna is a durable choice, though, and features like its all-wheel drive and sunroof sweeten the deal.
The Land Cruiser
The Land Cruiser is an excellent choice if you have a bit more money to spend and you want both size and power. This is an off-road juggernaut that can handle bumps and jolts with no problems. It delivers a plush and refined experience, but you'll be losing fuel economy if this is your choice. It makes sense to consider your daily commute and where you typically go with your family. If you're the rugged outdoor type then this is probably your best option, and you should be able to find one at the used car dealerships nearby.
There are Toyotas all over the roads of Orange County, with good reason. They keep up their resale value better than any other brand, and their reputation is well-earned. Choose the one that fits your life from a practical and economic standpoint, and happy driving.


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Here's some randomness for you on this Monday morning:
1) This is over now, but this past summer/fall, Travis traveled so much for work that his boss kindly gave us a $50 stipend to go out to eat every weekend. And we took full advantage of it! At first, we just ordered food or got takeout, so that we didn't have to deal with Emma freaking out in a restaurant. But the last month and a half or so, we went out to Red Lobster, Macaroni Grill, Texas Roadhouse, and local restaurants Colorado Plus Brewpub, A Taste of Home Cooking, and Trattoria Stella. Some outings were too late and Emma was fussy but usually she did really well. And now that she can sit up in a high chair, eating out is even easier.
2) I finally spent a couple hours Saturday and yesterday making baby food for Emma. I made butternut squash, green beans (which she didn't like!), carrots, spinach (pureed with a banana to make it a bit thicker), and sweet potatoes. I think we're set for a while!
3) I wasn't sure how I would like cloth diapers once we started getting into solid foods, since Emma's poo would also be more solid. But it actually hasn't been bad at all. Her business comes off really easily, either all by itself or with a little spray from our shower hose, and it really doesn't gross me out at all. So I think we'll keep going with the cloth!
4) Our church's single and young married group had our annual Chili Cook-off yesterday. Travis and I have won twice with our elk chili, but we did not take home the trophy this year. No matter. There were some really good chili recipes this year! And the chili that won was the one that I voted for. It was called 'For the Faint of Heart' and had no heat and no meat. Unconventional, but delicious!
5) We've started packing up our house in preparation for moving/showing. We also went to Home Depot and got a new exterior light, a wireless doorbell (since ours was broken), and some paint samples. Moving at this time of year definitely presents some challenges, especially when there are things outside that need to be painted and stained. We weren't really planning to move this quickly, but with the condition of my mom's health, we'd like to move as soon as possible. So we're trying to figure it all out quickly and try to get this stuff done while the weather is still nice.
6) Emma has been sleeping better since last Friday but still doesn't seem to quite be herself. At church yesterday, she lasted 5 minutes in the nursery before having an inconsolable meltdown. She was fine sitting and playing with me though. I might take her into the doctor today to see if it's an ear infection.
7) Travis' birthday is coming up at the beginning of December and I've actually taken the time and effort to plan something fun. He'll be traveling for work on his actual birthday but we are going on a date night the Saturday before his birthday (for the first time since… a long time!) and I am so excited! God has really put it on my heart to make our marriage more of a priority, so I'm doing that.
8) We're volunteering for Operation Christmas Child again this year, the day before Thanksgiving. I'm looking forward to that too. I didn't go last year because I was pregnant and didn't think I could handle standing for 4 hours straight, but I'm ready this year!
9) We've decided that we're going back to Minnesota for Christmas and will stay 2 weeks – the week of Christmas and the week of New Year's. While it won't be as relaxing as Christmas past, it'll be Emma's first Christmas, which I'm really looking forward to! She is too, though she doesn't know it yet. And it's always great to see our families.
10) We're staying here for Thanksgiving though. I'd like to do a Turkey Trot but Travis might go play in our church's Turkey Bowl. Maybe Emma and I will do it ourselves… Or maybe I'll try to find a friend who'd be interested. For dinner, we're getting together with friends from church who also won't be with family. Can't wait! I love the holiday season! I might just start putting Christmas decorations out now…


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An interesting presentations for those extremely unfamiliar with the Hawaiian history. The names of the Hawaiian royalty were mispronounced, but the material's intent was there. This is a basic introduction to Hawaiana numismatics DVD. I mean really basic…. This DVD is available for checkout from the ANA Library.
It would be nice for Hawaiiana numismatic experts to make a more impressive DVD to share their knowledge.
Maybe the HSNA could use part of their 501(c)(4) donations to create a more comprehensive DVD to promote Hawaiiana numismatics outside the state and encourage collectors to attend their events in Hawaii?
I may just create my own presentation and post it on youtube in the near future!


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small business, small business workshop, SCORE workshop
NGage has connected with the Lincoln SCORE Chapter and is working to bring their small business resources to Beatrice and Gage County. On November 7th and 14th, a two-part workshop is being planned in Beatrice using modules from the SCORE training guide, Simple Steps for Starting Your Business. NGage will host the two evening workshop along with the Beatrice Area Chamber of Commerce and Main Street Beatrice. The workshops will run two hours each evening starting at 6 p.m. at the Carnegie Building Conference Room, 218 N 5th Street, Beatrice.
Each participant will receive the SCORE Simple Steps workbook. Topics that will be covered in this condensed workshop timeframe will include: steps to develop and fine-tune your business concept, market intelligence, product pricing, assessing marketing options, and an overview of business financial projections.
Glennis McClure, NGage Business Development Coordinator and Ken Merlin, Lincoln SCORE Chapter President will facilitate the sessions. There is no charge to participate, however registrations are required with workshop space limited. Call the NGage office at 402.228.5869 or email firstname.lastname@example.com to register or to learn more about participating with SCORE.
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Check back for Stroud Arts YouTube Channel update! Coming Soon!
Stroud is a small town in North Central Oklahoma at the intersection of Historic Route 66, I-44 and Highway 99. Our 2,800 residents live within sixty miles of the largest metropolitan areas of Oklahoma and the major state universities. A region that hosts 2.5 million Oklahoman's! Being centrally located, we can easily access the diverse world-class artistic and cultural programs and events found throughout the region. However, even though it is fun to go to another communities event and see their members perform or display their craftsmanship, we want to have diverse art events and artistic training programs in our town and for our town. These events, programs and classes will be the broad platform where our community and regional residents can perform, entertain and display their skills and craftsmanship for their family, friends and neighbors.
Unfortunately like many typical modern small Midwestern towns, when it comes to 'Art' and the cultural value placed on it, other than the excellent programs offered by Stroud Public Schools, Stroud is somewhat of an art desert.
Stroud Arts was formed by community members, educators and artists seeking to improve the Quality of Life and economic growth for its residents and community neighbors. By providing an ongoing initiative that ties students, children, families, businesses, service organizations and individuals together we will create a community that supports the development, creation, and upkeep of local and regional art.
Stroud Arts is a non profit 501c3 located in Stroud Oklahoma. Check out our sponsor page to see those that have graciously donated to make Stroud Arts happen.
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up. ~ Pablo Picasso
If you are curious about how you can be involved with Stroud Arts in Stroud Oklahoma and focus on your artistic passion then hit the button below to get involved. Stroud Arts exists to help you bring your artistic passion to life, whether you want to; take an art class or teach an art class; perform or assist with production on stage, film or podcast; write a novel or script, or help someone else do the same. If you are an existing artist, we want to assist you in promoting your art so that you can progress on your journey. Hit the button below when you are ready to get involved.
Stroud Arts is going retro this year! We are throwing it back with a traditional haunted house with ghosts, vampires, witches and zombies. Appropriate for ages 8 and up.
Special kids hour 6pm-7:30 on Halloween night for smaller children.
Additional Escape Room Event Upstairs
You and your team have 30 minutes to solve the puzzles and escape the bomb!
Go back in time to high school at our Adult Prom. TBA
214 Main Street, Stroud, Oklahoma 74079, United States


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Ahead of officially being unveiled
One part of the Everything Everywhere umbrella company Orange has listed a new Acer handset, in the C6 Liquid Express – before the handset manufacturer has announced the device.
Orange has just posted the Acer C6 Liquid Express handset to their main website, under the 'Coming Soon' section where the Acer website isn't even carrying any details to the mobile.
Acer's C6 phone has a similar screen size and set of dimensions to their Liquid E handset from 2009, where this latest device could be seen as a replacement or successor mobile.
Orange has noted the unannounced Acer C6 Liquid Express as housing a 3.5-inch LCD capacitive touch screen, with a 5 megapixel camera.
The C6 runs from the Android 'Gingerbread' 2.3 OS, with an FM radio, an MP3 player, with 3G+ and WIFI capabilities.
The device is said to have a weight of 135grams, in a 13.4mm thin chassis, with a length of 115mm and a width of 60.8mm.
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Farr 63 KIWI SPIRIT
This boat has been sold
Following many years of extensive cruising in a Farr Pilothouse 60 (Design 320), Dr. Stanley Paris commissioned this new design for a high performance offshore passage making and cruising yacht. Farr Yacht Design used modern design concepts and construction methods to produce a conservative but fast and sea kindly vessel that can cover oceans quickly and provide a comfortable and spacious live aboard experience. Carbon hull with a lifting keel. Built by Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding
|Farr 63
|Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding
|Farr Yacht Design
|Design # FYD
|19.39m - 63.60ft
|17.50m - 57.40ft
|5.41m - 17.70ft
|Draft Up
|2.70m - 8.90ft
|Draft Down
|4.50m - 14.80ft
|L/A Date
|Engine HP
|Engine Manufacturer
|Engine Model
|Holding Tank
|Lifting Keel
|Propeller Type
|Folding Saildrive
|Water Tank
Hull/Deck Construction Details
- Epoxy infused Carbon Fiber inner skin with E-Glass Reinforcements
- Infused with SP Systems Prime 20 Resin and Kevlar
- Core: CoreCell M 80-130
The deck is made of Epoxy infused Carbon Fiber and E-Glass and Infused with SP Systems Prime 20 Resin. Cored with CoreCell M 80.
- Main Sheet Winch - Harken 990 Electric - three speed
- Primaries - (2) Harken #990 Electric three speed
- Secondaries -(2) Harken Performance
- Other cockpit winches: Runners and Accessories (4) Harken # 65
- Hydraulic Boom Vang, Outhaul, Backstay Storm Jib Tack, Genoa Halyard & Cunningham (Harken), Halyard locks
- Harken Furler for Genoa
- Harken Roller Furling Staysail
- (2) Carbon reaching poles
- (2) Dorades with S.S. Cowl vents and S.S. Guards (removable)
- Genoa and staysail tracks mounted on side decks
- CF Radar Arch to carry dinghy and mount electronics
- LED cockpit lights mounted in underside of arch
- Cockpit shower
- Teak viewing seats mounted in port and starboard quarter
- Cockpit stern rail and granny rail for safety
- Carbon fiber cockpit table with built in storage and drop leaves - sits 6
- Canvas dodger connects to hardtop. Dodger has many clear panels for good sail visibility.
- 4 opening hatches under hard dodger to below for added ventilation in inclement weather.
- Flexible Solar Panels - can be walked on.
Interior Layout
Number of single berths: 4
Number of twin berths: 3
Number of double berths: 2
Number of cabins: 3
Number of heads: 3
Interior Joinery: American Red Birch Interior with Epifanes Wood matte Finish throughout Cabin sole is teak veneer composite panels with clear non-skid fininsh
multi speed fans mounted throughout.
Interior Soles: Teak faced Aokum and Teak faced Composite Panels
LED lighting throughout (Imtra)
Ultra-leather upholstery
- Panasonic Microwave
- Broan exhaust hood
- Countertop Fridge/Freezer Seafrost/Frigoboat
- 3 Burner Force Ten Electric Range with Oven
- Deep 2 xxxx sink
- Grohe Faucet with Spray
- Foot pump for Salt and Fresh water
- Seafrost Refrigeration - top loading
- Seafrost Freezer - top loading
- Corian Countertops
- Dedicated trash bin cabinet with access through the countertop
- built in wine bottle storage
- large amount of storage
- built in custom racks for dishware and glasses
Spars & Standing Rigging
SPARS by Offshore Spars
Mast: CF Awlgriipped white
- LED uplighting
- Spreader and foredeck lights
- radar mount
Boom: CF, Features wide V for easy sail handling, Lazy Jacks and integral sail cover
Retractable Carbon Bow Sprit
(1) Carbon spinnaker pole
(1) Carbon reaching strut
(2) Carbon Reaching Struts
Standing Rigging:
- Navtek Rod Rigging with Running Back Stays
- Backstays are Vectran
Running Rigging:
- All lines lead aft to cockpit for easy handling
- Dyneema rope
- many spares.
- Mainsail 1040 sq ft ( 2014)
- Mainsail (2012 - original)
- Genoa 3Di 1335 sq ft
- Genoa 3Di - older but useable
- Staysail (2012) 480 sq ft
- A6 Spinnaker 2650 sq ft (rarely used)
- Code 0 (rarely used) 1900 sq ft
- Storm Trysail 280 sq ft with dedicated track and halyard
- Storm Jib 240 sq ft (on a third stay)
Spares & Other Features
- Water Ballast (4 Tanks) cable operated with electric pump
- Haier Clothes Washer - Dryer Combo
- Windlass - Lewmar 560 V2
- Air-conditioning system by Marine Air Vector Series w/ smart start. 3 Zones.
- Bilge Pumps (Whale, ULTRA, Johnson and manual)
- Deck Washdown (Fore and aft) - Salt water
- SidePower Bow Thruster SR 100/185T
Fresh Water System:
- Seaward Water heater
- Shurflo 5902 Pump
- Tank Tender monitoring gauges
- Whale Water filtration system
- Whale fresh water pump at Galley
- Grohe water faucets (H&C) - throughout
- Water maker - Spectra
Gray Water:
- Whale Gulper 320 Pump
- Whale Gray Waste Tank
Black water system:
- 3 Techma toilets
- Whale Sanitation Pump
- Sureflo Macerator
- Headhunter tank sentry
- (2) holding tanks
Fuel System:
- Racor Filters
- (1) aluminum tak
Ground Tackle:
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Dock Gear:
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- Aere fenders
- Carbon fiber Passerelle,
- boat hooks
Safety Gear:
- Ditch bag
- Life Vests and Tethers
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- Air Horn
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- Life Sling
- Jack Lines
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She spent her early years in Yamhill, Oregon, went to grammar and high school (and set loads of her stories) in Portland, got her library science degree at UW and was a librarian in Yakima. So, yeah, we claim her as our own and never tire of ruminating on the reasons we love her. In that spirit, mental_floss has put together this bevy of Beverly bits, 12 Charming Tidbits About Beverly Cleary.
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WASHINGTON — Legendary journalist Tom Brokaw will retire from NBC News after 55 years with the network.
He made the announcement in a statement on Friday.
"During one of the most complex and consequential eras in American history, a new generation of NBC News journalists, producers and technicians is providing America with timely, insightful and critically important information, 24/7. I could not be more proud of them," Brokaw said.
Brokaw, 80, spent his entire journalism career with NBC News and was the anchor of "NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw" from 1982 to 2004. Since then, he has been a senior correspondent for the network.
He is also the only journalist to have anchored all three of NBC's flagship news programs: TODAY, Nightly News and Meet the Press.
In 2014, President Barack Obama awarded Brokaw the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award.
"Brokaw will continue to be active in print journalism, authoring books and articles, and spend time with his wife, Meredith, three daughters and grandchildren," NBC said in a statement.


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Jun Terasawa, M.M.
Voice/Guitar/Ukulele/Composition Instructor
Sheer Music School
Kashiwa Campus (Sun./Mon./Tue./Thu.)
4-8-13, 4F, Asahi Building, Kashiwa, Kashiwa-shi
Chiba, Japan, 277-0005
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3-3-1, 2F, Kawamori Build., Honcho,
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A choral conductor/music teacher with a Master of Music from Colorado State University who is also a tenor and composer/arranger. Dedicated to singing in choirs, conducting, and composing/arranging all kinds of music, including jazz and Neo-Classical style. Extensive knowledge of music theory and Western music history and literature, especially choral literature.
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As I was telling you yesterday, today is reserved to the fashion show sequence in the film The Women (1939). Many of Adrian's films had a fashion show. Unlike the rest of the film, this was shot in colour. A great occasion to see the magical touch Adrian had with rich and vivid colours. An unforgettable parade of fashions. The presenter of the show states in the movie: "Here is our little peek into the coming season and, a glimpse of the future too." How right she was, as Adrian's designs have helped shape the world of fashion ever since.
The military green coat and hat, the fur jacket with knitted sleeves (stills above), the beautiful brown palette (next two stills), the long, elegant gloves, there is so much fashion inspiration to be seen in these day-looks.
Picnic time: the striking white and orange stripes on the first dress below – my favourite detail in this part of the fashion show. Adrian had a fascination with stripes, which led him to use bold stripes and stripes of extreme subtlety, sometimes even together.
The evening gowns. Glamour and grace. I love the large pink and green flower placed on the waist of the black and white dress.
Look at the stunning white and scarlet gown with a cape on! Does it look similar to something you've seen recently? Gwyneth Paltrow's Oscars gown designed by Tom Ford, who listed The Women among the films that shaped his work.
The neckline cut of the black gown! Simple, yet dramatic. I'm fascinated by this detail and I see it perfectly suiting a pencil skirt day-dress as well as a black or white evening dress, with a slightly bias-cut skirt.
Red gown with a medieval helmet-styled hat and gold crown. The bordeaux cape with purple lining help create an amazing colour palette. The dolman sleeve is well seen on the gown in the second still below: a favourite Adrian feature, named for a Turkish garment and featuring a deep-cut armhole starting nearly at the waist and tapering down the arm to a tight wrist. Adrian had designed dolman-sleeved gowns for Norma Shearer beginning in 1929. The March 15, 1941, issue of Vogue showed a photo of a model wearing "that important newcomer, the dolman sleeve." The magazine didn't credit Adrian for his contribution. But Adrian was reluctant to claim credit for any fashion trend, saying that no style could be brought about unless its natural time had arrived.
A taupe gown with a wrapped midriff, green gauntlet gloves and a headpiece scarf.
Films provided perfect showcases for the fashions, especially when Hollywood found ways to incorporate fashion shows within the film plot. Director George Cukor did not support the fashion show scene however, saying later that the front office made him do it. After The Women, he downplayed the importance of fashion in film and, which would lead to Adrian's departure from MGM.
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images: still from 'The Women' (1939), captured by me; a source for the editorial content of this article was the book Adrian: Silver Screen to Custom Label


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Well, I hit an unfortunate snag in my shawl. A misplaced yarn over discovered when I couldn't make the row 2 above it work right. So unknitting I have been. I'm hopeful that I can work it out now without any more ripping back. We'll see.
My reading has been likewise a tad slow. Order of the Phoenix is too heavy for reading one handed. Parenting with Grace is slightly less cumbersome but requires a touch more attention in order to get anything out of it. So I'm not just plowing through like usual. Which is not really a bad thing.
Happy Wednesday! Happy Yarn Along!


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The growth in smartphone ownership has not only shifted the emphasis over to optimising for mobile search, but could lead to further SEO challenges in the near future.
This week a new Webmaster Help video from Google's Matt Cutts has addressed the topic of voice search and the shifting habits of users, when it comes to looking for content using this particular platform.
Cutts was addressing a question about the shifts in search syntax which have occurred as a result of the rise in voice search usage.
The most significant point he makes is that people who use voice search are more inclined to speak naturally, using conversational language. This is as opposed to the traditional desktop search, which is typically oriented around keywords and short phrases, entered as text.
When using a keyboard to input search queries, people tend to be brief and efficient with their language to save time, which is why keyword choice has become so important to SEO in recent years.
Cutts said that Google is attempting to improve its ability to tackle conversational speech for the purposes of searching and given that it has recently released voice search capabilities for desktop, to complement its existing mobile solution, is an indication that it sees this as becoming even more significant in the near future.
There is a major distinction between traditional text-based searching and voice search. Cutts points out that more keywords added in standard search will result in a smaller number of potential results, as the pool of potential relevant pages becomes smaller.
With voice search, however, the more a person speaks, the greater variety of results will be gathered because the engine will be learning more about the topic that is up for discussion.
Google is basically required to get the gist of the user's intention via voice search, which is quite different from the arrangement it relies upon traditionally.
Cutts compares this to entering an entire document as a text search, where an holistic approach would be required, rather than one which simply tries to match all of the contained keywords to relevant content, which would, of course, make it incredibly narrow.
Google's ability to cater to the needs of voice searchers is still slightly erratic, as anyone who has experienced the service in its current form will agree. But given its track record for consistent updates, its accuracy when seeking out the searcher's intent from what could be quite a rambling set of verbal parameters, should improve.
It is still unclear what this might mean for webmasters and the immediate suggestion is that SEO of the future will need to de-emphasise the significance of keywords.
However, Google could still use this approach as its underpinning and the full extent of the impact of voice search in the future remains unclear. Once its market share is better understood, along with the habits of users, then it will be easier to optimise in order to take advantage of it.
Voice Search Habits Could Change SEO
The growth in smartphone ownership has not only shifted the emphasis over to optimising for mobile search, but could lead to further SEO challenges in the near future.


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Best interactive christmas websites for kidsI've got to hand it to some people – they are more creative than I will ever be. Some very inventive (and tech-savvy!) people have created some awesome interactive Christmas websites that kids love. Here are my favorite ones (and of course, these are all free) so feel free to use them:
There is certainly a lot that we want to tell our kids about Christmas. It's either lack of time or lack of information that we give them just a handful of information. This interesting website, Why Christmas is a very informative platform for parents to help children know all about Christmas, including the history, customs and traditions. There are also fun-filled activities for kids to enjoy.
This website is a child favorite. Anyone can create a personalized video from Santa to a child with the child's name, picture, good behavior, bad behavior, and day to day life. The child then gets an email from Santa that shows the special video, made just for him or her. He even takes you on a tour of the North Pole. The video can be from a friend, parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, teacher, anyone! I'm not going to say anymore, because I don't want to ruin all the fun!
Most people have seen this site, but it's so great that it's worth mentioning. If you haven't yet seen this, please stop what you're doing and go to this website. You can put your own pictures into hilarious holiday-themed music videos and watch your characters dance around.
Take a tour of Santa's village – you can go to the Game Room to play Christmas games, visit the reindeer in their barn, sing songs, spend time in Elf school, send a letter to Santa, and much more. Parents and kids can spend a lot of time on this site.
Similar to Claus.com, but with different activities. Here you can get a letter or phone call from Santa Claus, track Santa Claus on the Norad Tracker, read the North Pole Times, chat with elves, check the Naughty or Nice list, and visit the elves' workshop.
At this website, kids can watch the disco dancing Santa, have a Christmas story created where they are the main character, print a Good Deeds calendar, and send Christmas e-cards to loved ones. There are also a lot of activities for parents and teachers.
This interactive website is not games and activities but also music, TV shows, movies and recipes to make Christmas time super fun. Ask for more and it gives you ideas for gifts, Christmas crafts, graphics and a lot more. A one-stop link for kids and adults.
Maybe it's time for kids to write an email and not a letter to Santa, yes that's right. Santa now reads email and you can write to him about your wish list by simply going on this website.
tired of telling your kids how far is Christmas? Let this website do it for you. From months to days, hours to minutes and seconds, this website will track down Christmas for you, keeping the curiosity intact.
This website from the North American Defense Command will track where Santa is so that you can show your kids where flies and skies. I bet you, this is an exciting watch for your kids.
Christmas is a time to cherish, celebrate for the family but for kids, it means holidays. For me, the time when kids are at home is obviously the most awaited and amazing but also very tiring where I have to keep them engaged in activities. These websites have been a big help to me. My kids stay at home, right in front of my eyes and don't complain that they are getting bored and have nothing to do.


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What IS Activated Oxygen Therapy?
Activated Oxygen Therapy is an innovative natural treatment, well established in Germany, relatively new to the UK, which enriches normal room air with 'singlet oxygen energy', providing an easily-breathable, gently humidified form of Activated Air to improve the body's uptake, transport and utilisation of oxygen at a cellular level. Each brand of Activated Oxygen Therapy (which includes Vital Air, Airnergy, Valkion and SoeMac) kickstart and enhance the body's own repair mechanisms, mops up free radical cellular damage and activates the healing aspect (Parasympathetic) of the Nervous System.
This safe and easy-to-use therapy helps balance the body system at a cellular level, meaning that consistent and regular use can enhance health and wellbeing in a variety of ways, not focused on only one symptom or particular body organ.
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This is untrue.
Increasing clinical tests (we are currently carrying out our own additional tests) demonstrate significantly increased health benefits when utilising a machine with 5 chambers over 4. Additional benefits have so far been established in important objective measurements such as Antioxidant status, Stress Index (Nervous System stress), Vascular Elasticity (ageing of blood vessels) and lactate production.
ANY Activated Oxygen Therapy is better than none!
However, for the greatest health and wellbeing, 5 chamber machines offer an increasingly substantiated difference!
Please note that Vital Air devices are not the same as machines marketed as 'OET Machines'. Upgrades to the Vital Air catalysts in September 2017 have resulted in significantly more powerful machines, with greater potential therapeutic strength.
OET Machines are the equivalent of the pre-upgrade Vital Air machines.
Comparison of Activated Oxygen Therapy Machines
The inventor of the Vital Air 3 Plus and Vital Air 5 Plus (who is the former Chief Engineer at Airnergy AG), has been quoted as explaining why the new Vital Air 3 Plus is more powerful than the Airnergy Professional Plus. Click here to read more.
The Activated Oxygen Therapy process mimics photosynthesis…
Traditional oxygen therapies are based on the assumption that providing the body with more oxygen will result in more oxygen actually being used by the cells of the body. Activated Oxygen Therapy uses a different basis – that the oxygen in normal air can be altered to improve absorption and utilisation within the body, without increasing the pressure or concentration of oxygen inhaled.
Normal atmospheric air is drawn into the Activated Oxygen device and passed through an 'activation chamber', containing a light source and special catalyst, which then mimics photosynthesis and converts the oxygen from its usual 'ground state' into a highly reactive 'singlet state' ('Singlet Oxygen'). This form of oxygen is so reactive that within a fraction of a second, the oxygen reverts to its original ground state, releasing 'Singlet Oxygen Energy' as it does so. This Singlet Oxygen Energy is then passed through fresh clean water, for humidification – to make it easier to breathe in via nasal tubes or a mask and inhaled, along with normal room air, into the lungs. N.B. No Singlet Oxygen enters the body from the machine – just the Singlet Oxygen Energy – this is what makes the inhaled oxygen 'ACTIVATED'! The humidified, activated oxygen is more easily transported to the cells and then more easily utilised by the cells for metabolic reactions compared to 'normal' air. It also precipitates processes of balancing and healing within the body as cells look to respond to the presence of Singlet Oxygen Energy.
Activated Oxygen Therapy thereby achieves the same aim as other oxygen therapies in terms of improving cellular oxygen levels in the body with consequent effects on health and wellbeing – in addition to kickstarting the cells' healing reaction via the 'oxidative response' of the body.


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Inside the Madoff courtroom
In a Manhattan courtroom where Bernie Madoff pleaded guilty, the disgraced financier had his first opportunity to publicly address the substance of his crimes.
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NEW YORK (Fortune) -- The moment that Bernie Madoff lost his freedom was almost easy to miss. Federal district judge Denny Chin concluded this morning's hearing to accept the disgraced financier's guilty plea with a quick "we're adjourned," and disappeared off the bench within seconds. Audience members began gathering their belongings and preparing to leave. The shuffle of activity almost obscured Madoff, who pulled his shoulders back, shifted his arms behind him and waited docilely as handcuffs were placed on his wrists. The cuffs, which gleamed as if freshly polished, seemed somehow suited to the fastidious elegance of the defendant.
Moments later, Madoff was gone, now a man who most likely will never take a step outside of Federal property again.
In the little more than an hour that passed inside the Manhattan courtroom before that departure, Madoff had his first opportunity to publicly address the substance of his crimes. Lawyers call the process "allocution," but the judge articulated it in simpler words: "Mr. Madoff, tell me what you did."
And so the author of a $50 billion (or more) fraud confessed. "For many years," he began, "I operated a Ponzi scheme." He pronounced himself "actually grateful for this opportunity to publicly speak about my crimes, for which I am deeply sorry and ashamed." Reading from a six-page prepared statement that was crafted to cover responsibility for all 11 of the charges, he asserted that he was an accidental Ponzi scammer. He asserted that, "to the best of my recollection," the scam had begun in the early 1990s and that he had believed at the time that the liberties he was taking were temporary. "When I began the Ponzi scheme," Madoff asserted, "I believed it would end shortly and I would be able to extricate myself and my clients from the scheme. However, this proved difficult and, indeed, ultimately impossible. And as the years went by, I realized that my arrest and this day would inevitably come."
"I am painfully aware I have hurt many, many people," he continued, citing family members, close friends, and business associates, and thousands of clients. "I can not express how sorry I am."
In a flat voice with the accent of his native Laurelton, Queens, occasionally audible (mostly in references to the city of "New Yawk"), Madoff continued for just over 10 minutes, ticking off a litany of transgressions.
Still, once or twice you could sense the fallen financier clutching to vestiges of his ruined pride. "I want to emphasize," he noted, that while the investment advisory business was a fraud, "my other businesses were profitable and legitimate in all respects." This despite the fact that he acknowledged that huge sums of money had been transferred from the fraudulent operation to his two legitimate businesses, market-making and proprietary trading, actions he said were taken to support the illusion that the fraudulent business was engaging in real trades. (This discussion occasioned the closest thing to a personal rebuke from prosecutor Marc Litt, who told the judge later that "at times, his [legitimate] firm would've been unable to operate but for the cash generated by this Ponzi scheme.")
One statement was notable, perhaps, for its omission. When Madoff was arrested in December, the FBI agent who detained him, Theodore Cacioppi, described Madoff as saying "it was all his fault." Today, with Cacioppi turning to watch him from the prosecutors' table in front, Madoff made no such statement (though, in his only specific reference to individual family members, he noted that his brother and sons were involved only in the legitimate businesses).
When Madoff's confession was concluded, he intoned the word "guilty" 11 times in answer to Chin's question on each count, "how do you plead now--guilty or not guilty?"
After a brief period, in which a handful of victims were given an opportunity to raise issues only about the validity of the plea deal or the wisdom of Madoff remaining on bail, Madoff's lawyer made an extended argument that his client should remain on bail. Sorkin argued that Madoff presented no threat to the community and that the chances of his fleeing were "virtually nil." Before the prosecutor could even begin to respond, the mild-tempered Chin jumped in and said, "I don't need to hear from the government. It is my intention to remand Mr. Madoff." Two minutes later, the man once viewed as an investing genius was in handcuffs, with little chance of being seen in public before he is sentenced on June 16.
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VPN's (Virtual Private network) have become a rather popular solution for secure, anonymous browsing and to open blocked or georestricted websites.
So, we have taken up the job of finding the best free VPN softwares for you but if you are quite serious about your security & anonymity and would like hassle free browsing with no bandwidth restrictions or pop up ads, we would recommend you to sign up with premium versions of either HidemyAss or StrongVPN.
Both are quite good and are considered to be the best VPN service providers, choosing one among these two should be easy. Simply consider the budget you are comfortable spending and the features you need and pick one, you cannot go wrong with either of them as they have been in the VPN industry for a long time and are quite reputed for their service, support and privacy with your data.
I personally use HidemyAss as they offer less complicated packages that seem to be hassle free if you are not sure how much of a VPN you would need like the supported bandwidth, speed etc and also their offering is quite good for the price.
But if you know how much of a VPN you need, StrongVPN offers more flexibility with its customizable packages which is why it could be a smarter choice for the well informed, and for the ones who love free stuff, or would like to test the waters check out the ones listed below.
Best free VPN Software's 2015:
1)Open VPN: Open VPN as the name suggests is an open source VPN based on open SSL written by James Yonan and is published under the GNU General Public License. It is free to use and provides highest level of privacy and security and if thats what you are looking for, then look no further. Download Open VPN.
2) Cyber Ghost: Cyber ghost is one of the best free VPN service provider based out in Romania Germany. Their VPN meets security and quality conditions of the federal agencies. They allow upto 1 GB of free bandwidth for free users and also have some reasonably priced paid versions.
3)Security KISS: Security KISS is a new yet promising VPN service provider which provides up to 300 MB of free data usage every day which sums up to 9 GB of free data usage with a speed support up to 100 Mb/sec which should be more than enough for many.
4)Anchor Free's Hotspot Shield: One of the most popular VPN software, Anchor Frees Hotspot shield provides free VPN service supported by ads. Though there is no limitation in bandwidth in the free version, lots of ads popup on every web page which can get quite annoying. But if you need a VPN occasionally or can withstand those ads then you should definitely give Hotspotshield a try.
5)Tunnel Bear: Tunnel Bear is a critically acclaimed VPN software for its simple and intuitive UI and effective capability. Thought the free version provides only 500 MB of free usage per month you can tweet a request and get an additional 500 MB of usage, a rather tacky promotional scheme but definitely worth asking for.


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I discovered Walk The Moon last night by watching my favourite super-awkward late night host, Jimmy Fallon. I had never heard of them before, but the American band put in one hell of a performance on 'Late Night', and I was immediately hooked. Having since listened to some of their studio stuff I can safely say that it's not quite as good as their live show, but it's still well worth a listen. Here's the track they performed on Fallon, 'Anna Sun'.Continue reading
Grouplove Returns
Despite gracing our shores only a few months ago, Grouplove have announced that they will be touring Australia over the new year, playing at the Falls Festival and a string of headline dates. I caught both a headline show and their set at Splendour In The Grass when they were last here, and not only are the a fantastic live band but they're also the nicest people you could hope to meet. I cannot recommend strongly enough that you get along to one of these dates if you haven't seen them live already.Continue reading
Review: Grouplove 'Never Trust A Happy Song'
The best thing about Californian band Grouplove is… well, the group love. There's such a sense of community spirit and carefree exuberance to everything that they do that it would take a concentrated effort not to get swept up in the joy of their music. Conveying this in a studio release is significantly more difficult than conveying it live, but yet, with the release of their long-anticipated debut album 'Never Trust A Happy Song', Grouplove have done just that.Continue reading
Grouplove Do Daytrotter
I've been waiting on this one for ages. From my understanding Grouplove stopped by the Daytrotter studios during their stint at SXSW this year to record this session, but it has only very recently been made available.Continue reading
Splendour In The Grass Day Three Review
The final day of Splendour In The Grass is always bittersweet. But the Day Three timetable provided the prefect antidote to our premature feelings of loss, especially since it necessitated constantly moving between the three stages and deciding on a whole range of clashes. This was easily the busiest day of the festival for me, and even looking back now the amount of quality music I witnessed seems almost absurd.Continue reading
Gig Review: Grouplove @ The Corner Hotel, 2nd August
Rarely do you get a band whose name so perfectly encapsulates everything that they are about as Los Angeles' Grouplove. Their music is nothing short of brilliant, but yet it really is their energy and obvious love for one another and for their fans that make Grouplove's live shows so very amazing. And they demonstrated this beautifully last night at the Corner Hotel for their Melbourne Splendour sideshow.Continue reading


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Now more than ever, I think it's important to travel as a political act. And, we didn't change our plans to visit the UK following the terrorist acts or political upheaval. Read more about traveling with a purpose from Rick Steves
Ideally, travel broadens our perspectives personally, culturally, and politically. Suddenly, the palette with which we paint the story of our lives has more colors. We realize there are exciting options to the social and community norms that our less traveled neighbors may never consider.
I'm in London on a Cine assignment for Digital Photo Pro and Bike Hugger with stories to follow.
With me, I have the
- Sony A7S II—$2598.00 on Amazon.
- Sony 28-135mm f/4 — $2,498.00 on Amazon
- Sigma 50 T1.5 —$3,499.00, just now shipping.
And, excited about the shoots.…
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