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Phillip Martin
The distinguished Irish pianist and composer Philip Martin combines a busy solo performing career with that of a composer and teacher. It is these three elements of his musical personality that make him such a force in musical life today.
Born in Dublin, he studied with Mabel Swainson before winning an Associated Board scholarship to the Royal Academy of music in London.
He made his London recital debut in the Wigmore Hall and this led to frequent appearances on the South Bank and throughout Britain with all the BBC orchestras, the London Symphony, London Sinfonietta, the Royal Philharmonic, the Halle, the Bournemouth Symphony, the City of Birmingham and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic.
Philip Martins BBC, RTE and foreign broadcasts are many and he has also been a frequent visitor to the BBC Promenade concerts, where he toured with the National Youth orchestra of Great Britain playing in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and Tivoli Gardens in Denmark before his appearance in the Royal Albert hall. He followed this two years later with a televised performance of Rachmaninoffs Paganini Rhapsody which was televised on Omnibus at the Proms
His concert tours have taken him to countries as varied as Japan, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Mexico, France, Germany and Canada, and he has toured extensively in the United States where, besides holding a UK-US Bi-centennial Arts Fellowship, he has held residencies in various American Universities, as well as being a guest of Tanglewood and Aspen Music Festivals.
Philip has recorded an eight-volume set of CDs for Hyperion records of the music of the colourful 19th century American composer, Louis Moreau Gottschalk. Other recordings for Hyperion have included the critically acclaimed Maidens Prayer which is heard repeatedly on Classic FM, RTE and BBC Radio 3. As well as Gottschalk he has recorded the solo piano music of the Austrian composer, Henri Herz. He has also recorded on the Nimbus, RCA Red Seal, Continuum, Marco Polo, BBC and Chandos labels as well as Somm recordings. His Somm recordings include a disc of two piano works by Rachmaninoff and Stravinsky and the solo piano music of Billy Mayerl, the second volume of which will be released in2015.
Classical CDs Weekly review:Billy Mayerl.
Saturday 30th March 2013, by Graham Rikson
" Casual listeners may think theyve stumbled across a clutch of rare Gershwin pieces, but Mayerls style is just a little more introspective, a touch less self-consciously jazzy. These miniatures are difficult to play, and Martin manages to sound improvisatory whilst nailing the musics technical demands. Swoon over "Moorish Idol"s bluesy insouciance and marvel at the exuberant, percussive "Railroad Rhythm". Irresistible."
As a COMPOSER, Philip Martin is prolific and he has fulfilled many major commissions including a Harp concerto (RTE) and several large choral works. His output includes a symphony (RTE) three piano concertos, over 300 songs and many instrumental and chamber works including seven piano trios. Many of these works have been commercially recorded and in the last year some eight separate CDs have been released featuring some of his chamber music.
He always proudly retains his relationship with Ireland where he returns each season.
He holds a BA degree in Art History and in 2012 awarded a Professorship by the City University of Birmingham for his outstanding contribution to the arts.


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Magic mushroom drug helps people with cancer face death
CAN a psychedelic trip change the way people with life-threatening cancer face death? It seems so.
Psilocybin, a hallucinogenic compound in magic mushrooms, was banned in the 1960s. But a better understanding of the drug has sparked a revival of research into its potential benefits for depression and anxiety.
"Anywhere from 40 to 50 per cent of cancer patients will have diagnosable anxiety or depression," says Stephen Ross at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York. Current treatments, like antidepressants, don't work any better than placebo, he says, but some small studies suggest that psilocybin could be an alternative.
To investigate, a team at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, plus Ross's team, carried out two trials involving a total of 80 people with cancer and symptoms of depression and anxiety. In one trial, each person had a psychotherapy session plus either a high or a very low dose of psilocybin. Five to seven weeks later, they had a second session with the drug dose swapped. The second trial was similar but used vitamin B3 instead of the low dose.
During each session, the person lay blindfolded on a couch, listening to music. They were asked to focus on their inner experiences. Results from across the trials showed that psilocybin led to immediate and significant falls in measures of depression, anxiety and mood disturbance, and rises in optimism, quality of life and acceptance of death (Journal of Psychopharmacology, doi.org/bvd7 and doi.org/bvd8). These benefits were still present in 80 per cent of participants six months later.
The core feature of a psilocybin experience is a feeling that everything is connected, says Roland Griffiths, who led the Hopkins trial. "After this kind of experience, people feel that they've learned something that's of deep meaning to them," he says. "They attribute changes in how they approach life, interact with people and to their value systems to that experience."
The results form the most extensive trial of psilocybin for treating depression and anxiety. But Richard Shelton and Peter Hendricks at the University of Alabama in Birmingham have questioned the design of the trials, as participants weren't asked which drug they thought they had received. This is usually done to ensure a realistic placebo – or pseudo-placebo in the case of the low drug dose – is used, and that volunteers couldn't tell which treatment they had received. But in a commentary article, the pair note that it may be unfeasible to create a placebo that is indistinguishable from the real thing due to the hallucinogenic effects of the drug.
Ross says the study must be repeated on a larger scale. "Even though our two trials together replicated the same study and would lead one to think this is a real effect, it needs to be done in a larger, nationally representative cancer sample," he says. If the findings were confirmed, then psilocybin may be developed as a drug for cancer-related anxiety and depression, he says.
This article appeared in print under the headline "Psychedelic drug helps depression"

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N.C. State sets date for annual Kay Yow Spring Football Game
N.C. State announced Tuesday that it will play its annual Kay Yow Spring Football game on Saturday, April 9. Kickoff set for 1 p.m. at Carter-Finley Stadium… Read More »
N.C. State announced Tuesday that it will play its annual Kay Yow Spring Football game on Saturday, April 9. Kickoff set for 1 p.m. at Carter-Finley Stadium… Read More »
The threat of severe weather has forced the cancellation of all Wolfpack Club BBQ Bowl events scheduled tonight as part of N.C. State's annual Kay Yow Spring Football Game… Read More »
N.C. State will hold its annual Kay Yow Spring Football Game on Saturday, April 11, with a full slate of activities surrounding the intrasquad scrimmage at Carter-Finley Stadium.… Read More »
For the 15 days leading up to the official season opener on Aug. 30, ACC Insider Brett Friedlander takes a look at the upcoming football season one team at time. Today, it's N.C. State… Read More »
Thanks to the addition of transfer quarterback Jacoby Brissett, who is now eligible after sitting out last season, the Wolfpack opened fall camp with excitement Saturday despite last year's 3-9 record.… Read More »
While the Wolfpack has rallied around Florida transfer Jacoby Brissett as the key to its return to respectability under coach Dave Doeren, UNC incumbent Marquise Williams is facing an unexpected challenge to hold onto his starting job heading into Saturday's Blue-White spring game.… Read More »
Sophomore quarterback Manny Stocker came into last spring as a viable candidate for the starting job at N.C. State, but his prospects have dimmed while being redshirted. With Florida transfer Jacoby Brissett slated to start next season, he had little choice both to transfer.… Read More »
Shadrach Thornton, who led the Wolfpack in rushing last season despite starting only four games, is participating in team activities for now. But his status for the 2013 season could change after an Aug. 22 court date.… Read More »
Nine of the 14 schools that will make up the ACC next season, including North Carolina, Duke and N.C. State, will have their spring football games aired live on ESPN3.com over the next few weeks.… Read More »
Wilmington native Wil Baumann punted for an average of more than 41.1 yards Saturday, an improvement of more than four yards from last season, while kicking for both teams in N.C. State's Kay Yow Spring Game.… Read More »


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Thanks for the answers - unfortunately it raises more questions... 1. "deep copy" - should this mean to really copy something (by allocating new memory) and not just let a pointer to point to a certain piece of memory? 2. The function axis2_getStringResponse_set_return() is generated. The generated function can be seen here. /** * setter for return */ axis2_status_t AXIS2_CALL axis2_getStringResponse_set_return( axis2_getStringResponse_t* getStringResponse, const axutil_env_t *env, axis2_char_t* param_return) { AXIS2_ENV_CHECK(env, AXIS2_FAILURE); if(!getStringResponse) { return AXIS2_FAILURE; } getStringResponse-> attrib_return = param_return; return AXIS2_SUCCESS; } The assignment of param_return does not look like a "deep copy", right? As far as I understood, the only files that have to be touched after generation are the axis2_skel_<SERVICE>.c files for the business logic... 3. Do I understand correctly, nobody else frees the memory if not the user does it? Cannot imagine that - all the generated services would be giantic memory holes... 4. Does someone have a reference implementation of a "deep copy" to look at? Thanks, Flori On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 07:51:31 +0200, Samisa Abeysinghe <email@example.com> wrote: > Shailesh Srivastava wrote: >> Once the response string is formed, you need to free the local memory >> allocated to "retVal". >> > If axis2_getStringResponse_set_return method does a deep copy you can > free retVal. This should ideally be freed by > axis2_getStringResponse_free method, that is to be called by user. > > Samisa... [...] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
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text: Add page to My Herts Further actions Print this page Share Facebook Twitter Email Whatsapp SMS Difficult decisions on budget ahead Hertfordshire County Council must save a further £28m from its budget next year if December's Government Finance Settlement is agreed. The settlement, which sets out the funding Government will give local authorities to spend on services for residents, was much worse than expected. The Council's Chancellor, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Resources and Performance Chris Hayward, has already met the Minister for Local Government Marcus Jones MP to ask for a fairer share for Hertfordshire and has vowed to keep fighting for a better deal for the county. The settlement proposes reducing Government funding by 33% - nearly double the amount predicted – which means some difficult decisions will have to be made in order to balance the books. Councillor Hayward said: "We fully understand and support Government economic policy to lift the country's finances out of the deficit but we do not believe this settlement is fair. Not only have county councils been asked to find significantly more savings than other parts of the country but also it has not given us time to plan. "To bridge the funding gap, Government has given permission for a social care precept to the value of two per cent of council tax. Considering the demographic pressures on our services, we are seriously considering this. However, this simply isn't enough to balance our books. Inevitably we will have to make challenging decisions on finding further efficiencies, how we deliver our services, and at this stage we can't rule out the need to increase council tax." So far, Hertfordshire County Council has managed the financial challenges well by being more efficient, being innovative and working with our partners to reduce duplication. As a result, £211m (20%) has been saved from the budget since 2010. If this settlement is agreed further savings of £120m will need to be found over the next three years. Hertfordshire County Council's draft budget will be discussed at Cabinet on 18 January 2016 and will then be reviewed at the various Panel meetings through January and early February. The final budget and council tax levy will be agreed at Full Council on 23 February.


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Molly Finkbiner, MT-BC
Music Therapist, Pianist, Organist, Accompanist, Private Lesson Instructor
Molly Finkbiner is new to the Scranton area and thrilled to be a part of CAPAA! She is a graduate of Seton Hill University in Greensburg, PA, and holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Therapy as well as a Certification in Sacred Music. Her primary instrument of study has been piano, though she also plays and teaches guitar and ukulele. She has taught lessons to children and adults of all ages and has accompanied a variety of organizations including high school and collegiate choirs, instrumental and vocal soloists, and community and collegiate musical theater. After having completed four years of schooling, a six-month internship in which she worked with children and adults with psychiatric and medical diagnoses at Stony Brook University Hospital in Long Island, and an exam from the Certification Board of Music Therapists, she earned her MT-BC (Music Therapist – Board-Certified). She worked for five years in Fort Wayne, IN as an in-home music therapist working one-on-one with children and adults with varying developmental disabilities. She uses musical interventions to help others identify their true potential. She has used music to help increase social skills, communication, focused attention, movement, breath support, and self-expression, among other goals. She works to create positive growth in an individual's physical, behavioral and emotional well-being. As a qualified music therapist, she is proficient in keyboard, guitar and vocal skills, and uses a wide variety of percussion instruments in her work as both a music therapist and music instructor.
In addition to her work at CAPAA, she also works as a music therapist at Robert M. Sides Family Music Center in Wilkes-Barre. In addition to her music therapy and teaching work, she has held several jobs as a church organist and director of music – most recently as Accompanist at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Fort Wayne, IN.


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You�ve got passion, you�ve got drive and you have a great concept that you think people will love.
But you say to yourself �Hang on a minute, there�s got to be more to it than that�.
Well, you are right…and the scary thing is that if you don�t learn the ropes fast, there is a high probability of failure.
Depending on which statistics you look at, it has been said that within the first 5 years, 4 out of 5 new businesses go out of business…..and within 10 years, only 1 in 10 businesses will survive.
If you were a betting person, you probably wouldn�t like those odds. And yet every day, many people lay it all on the line and enter the business world with the hope of fulfilling their dream…a dream of freedom, lifestyle and prosperity.
So what can you do to move the odds more in your favour and improve your chances of success?
There are a wide range of strategies and processes for businesses to address and there are a thousand books around to tell you exactly how to do it. The problem is, where do you start?
To help simplify the process, I have made a list of 10 steps that as a minimum, every business owner must follow.
1. Business Plan. A business plan is critical to achieving consistent growth in any business. The benefits of a business plan are realised immediately through the process of just thinking clearly about your business for an extended period of time, and through illuminating the areas of your business that need fixing.
2. Customer Database. At the end of the day, your customers are the most valuable asset you have in your business. You should be taking every opportunity to collect the names and contact details of your customers and communicating with them on a regular basis.
3. Systems. Systems are essential for ensuring that you provide a consistent level of service to your customers and so that you understand the financial performance of your business. They will also enable the business to run without you being there every minute of the day.
4. Staff Incentives. You�ve probably heard the expression �If you pay peanuts you get monkeys�. That expression directly translates into bad people equal a bad company. To attract great people, progressive companies are keenly aware that they need to foster personal responsibility and provide direct reward for measurable results.
5. Staff meetings. Meetings are an opportunity to inspire your people and thereby your business. They also give your people a sense of belonging through the process of sharing information.
6. Marketing. Marketing is not just about getting more customers, it�s also about retaining the customers you have, generating ongoing sales from existing customers, increasing your profit through value adding, creating a sense of loyalty within your team and creating an image of your business in the minds of the consumer. In fact marketing is the most important of all success strategies in your business, because if you can�t find a buyer for your product or service, nothing else you do will matter!
7. Branding. Branding is about creating and communicating a set of values to the consumer of your product or service. Your aim should be to stamp your logo onto the brains of your customers every time they are in the process of buying your product or service.
8. Business Image. First impressions count for a lot. Addressing your business image is all about paying attention to the little things that will exceed your customers expectations.
9. Guarantee. How does a customer truly believe they are going to receive value from doing business with you? They will only know this if you are prepared to take more risk in the transaction than they are…and this promise is delivered through your guarantee.
10. Customer care. Every business should have a follow up system that extends sincere thanks to every new customer and for their ongoing patronage. When was the last time you received a �thankyou� from someone that you did business with? Probably never…so how do you think your customers will react when they receive a thankyou from you?
If you take action in each of these 10 areas, you will not only be 2 steps in front of your competition, but you may very well be within touching distance of living your dream.
So go ahead, don�t wait a moment longer…take action today because it is only massive action that will bring you massive results!
About the author:
Stephen James specialises in teaching small business owners powerful sales and marketing systems that unlock large amounts of untapped cash within their business for low or zero cost. Be sure to sign up for your FREE access to The Business Club at: http://www.thebusinessresultscentre.com/join_us.htmand utilize the free articles, ebooks and other information that can enhance your marketing!


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Our Commitment to help eradicate breast cancer began in 2003 when our cousin Laura was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer at the age of 35. Unfortunately Laura's battle ended in October 2004, survived by her husband and two small children. In Laura's memory and honor our first foundation was formed; the Laura B. Carrillo Breast Cancer Foundation.
Today our foundation is operating under a new name, HOPE MATTERS BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION; however our vision and focus remains the same. Our foundation uses funds raised to help spread the word of how early detection can saves lives, how to survive the experience of treatment, the challenges families and loved ones face when dealing with effects of the disease, what to expect after treatment, and how to cope with the loss of a loved one. We also assist others that may not have the means to pay for a biopsy, mammogram or expenses after treatment and/or surgery. Our goal is to be a resource for the patient in treatment (or pre-treatment), the Survivor, and the family that lives with the daily reality of Breast Cancer.
Our dedication and commitment to this cause began in 2003 and since then we have been able to raise over $120,000 for breast cancer research and prevention. .. we continue today because of a promise made to Laura. With the help of family and friends we have continued to keep our promise to her.
Thank you.
Dedicated to helping to find a cure, KE/RE
Inspired by Laura's ongoing struggle, Kathy Espinoza, a cousin through marriage, asked her daughter, Maricela, if she would join her on a 3-Day, 60 mile walk to benefit Breast Cancer, to honor Laura, Maricela agreed. Laura was overtaken with excitement, when she heard she would be honored in this way, she even had a name for her walkers, "The Umpa Lumpas". Laura's favorite color was purple!


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Remove all stems and mid-ribs from greens; chop greens. Rinse in cold water until all dirt is removed. Place greens in large saucepot or Dutch oven. Add water to cover (about 10 cups). Bring to boil on high heat. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 30 minutes. Drain and reserve cooking liquid
Heat oil in same saucepot or Dutch oven on medium heat. Add bell pepper, green onions, celery and garlic; cook and stir 5 minutes
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This is probably one of the cheapest dinners EVER. And if for some reason you can't spend $3 on a pound of ground turkey, this would still be really good with just beans. Plus it makes a LOT so you are gonna have meals for a long time or for a bunch of people.
I love chili. I love it so much that I make it in the middle of summer, which I know is really strange, but now that its getting to be "football weather" time, I figured more of you would be willing to jump on the chili wagon. :) Chili is also one of the first things I tried my hand at making without a recipe. Really, once you know the basics of what to put in, you can make whatever kind of chili you want, which is why it is really easy to make a healthy chili. This is also a great recipe when you go to cook and everything in the fridge is moldy or you haven't been to the store in a while because it is mostly canned items. Someday when there is a zombie apocalypse, Jared and I will probably be living off this. But I digress…
Ok so start off with your ground turkey, some chopped onion and a little salt and pepper in a big pot. I'm not kidding, big. I've had to transfer mid-recipe before and that's just not fun. Cook it 'til all the pink is gone.
Now add a big handful or two of shredded carrots. I like to use shredded carrots because they are really easy to cook with, but whatever shape is fine as long as you chop them relatively small. Toss in some frozen corn and let it work for a few minutes, until the carrots are tender
Now its time to raid your stash of cans. Rinse, drain and pour in a can of great northern beans and a can of black beans. Then add a can of diced tomatoes (NOT drained) and a can of diced tomatoes with green chilies. You can add a can of green chilies also if you want your chili to be extra-spicy.
On to the spices! Now, I have to confess that I often don't measure my spices. But I will do my best to break that habit when I am cooking for you. First thing this chili needs for sure is cumin. Cumin is an amazing, smoky spice that gives things a bit of Mexican flair, I think. I add
ed a good 2 teaspoons because I love it (and sometimes turkey needs extra spicing), but if you feel unsure, start with one.
Of course, our chili needs chili powder. One day, I was in the middle of making chili and realized I was out, so I had to go to the closest grocery store to my apartment, which happens to be the IndoPak Market. This was the smallest amount of chili powder I could buy there. Ha! However, look how cheap it was!! And it is very potent for my little white girl tastebuds, so it will last me forever. So because my chili powder is extra hot, I only put in half a teaspoon, but if you are using regular chili powder, you will probably want a whole teaspoon. Add a little salt and pepper, stir everything together and add some liquid – you can use broth, water or beer – about 2 cups (if you plan on letting this cook for a long time – i.e. hours – you will want to add about 4 cups initially, then check the liquid level periodically).
Now stir it all together, put a lid on it, turn the burner down and let it work. The longer the better, but I am pretty impatient, so mine only simmered about 20 minutes or so, and it was delicious. About halfway through, taste it and see how you like the spice level (this is why it is good to start with less, so you can add more if needed).
When you decide you can't wait any longer, grab a bowl, some cheese and sour cream and enjoy!
Turkey Chili
1 lb. lean ground turkey
1/2 a small onion, chopped
2 handfuls of shredded carrots
1 cup frozen corn
1 can great northern beans, rinsed and drained
1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can diced tomatoes with green chilies
2 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp chili powder
2 cups chicken broth, water or beer
salt and pepper to taste
shredded cheese, sour cream and cilantro to garnish
Brown the turkey over medium-high heat with the chopped onion until no longer pink. Drain any grease. Add corn and carrots and cook until carrots are tender. Add beans, tomatoes and tomatoes with green chilies, then stir in all spices. Add chicken broth, water, or beer, cover and simmer at least 20 minutes, up to 2 hours with additional cooking liquid. Garnish with shredded cheese and sour cream.


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For the last few months, all i have done is thought about the weekend of the Hobart Baby Expo. At night i would lay in bed thinking of how i would display my work, which images i would display, what offers or competitions i would run and all the other ins and outs. I have lived and breathed this expo for months.
It was the first one for Hobart, and i felt i was going in somewhat blind. I had no idea what to expect. And i was actually quite nervous about it all… it was the first time that i have had my work on public display like that, and while i am quite a bubbly and sociable person, i do find approaching people and especially about my work quite daunting.
It is funny to sit here now, post expo, and reflect on how it went vs all those things that i had thought and felt in the lead up. Of course i had nothing to worry about, but at the time of planning it was actually quite stressful.
But now, tired and sore, with swollen feet… i am glad it is all over… BUT it was a wonderful experience and i am really thrilled with how it all turned out…
One of the biggest things for me was being able to use the expo to show birth photography. Hobart is a little slow catching on, and i wanted to take the opportunity to reach as many people as i could to talk to them and show them what it was all about. And truth be told, i didn't really have to do much… people radiated to my birth display, really captivated at what it was all about. Now that isn't to say that everyone who saw it liked it enough that they want to book, but they liked it enough to appreciate it for what it is, even if not their cup of tea, they were able to look at it and see why other would like it, see why it exists and be able to understand what it is all about. That positive reception was amazing, and certainly not what i expected. I had 50 discount cards there on the table, and each and every one was taken. And that on its own is amazing. I honestly didn't expect it to be so well received.
But i am just so excited for what is in the future for the genre in Hobart!
At one point, i over heard someone walking past another booth while i was taking a short break away from my stand and say "another photographer, seen one seen them all"… And yes, there were 5 photographers there (and others who were spotted that came to sticky beak hehee!)… we are were all so different… ESPECIALLY MEEEEE!
And this was the one thing that i had the most confidence in going into the expo, and what i planned my draw card to be… and this is EXACTLY what i want for my work each and every day. I don't want to be another name in the crowd, i want to be different, i want to stand out… The overall positive reactions of people who did come to see me at the expo was exactly that… i received so many lovely comments about my work, about how its… exactly what i aim it to be… classic and timeless and natural. THIS was fabulous!
I was great to meet so many people, and in so many stages too… not just baby bumps, but lots of people who are in the early stages of planning to start their family… people with surprise babies on the way, with twins… with 3 children already and expecting a forth!… And each was looking for something different from the next, was there for a different reason… was so great to be part of a collaboration of various businesses meeting with so many people, all on a different journey with a different story to share.
I feel like the last few days all i have done is give away stuff! I have had so many vouchers for discounted sessions go – both in the entry goodie bags and ones people have picked up from the booth table – plus competitions with separate Saturday and Sunday draws and then Facebook Freebies as well! Yikes!
But that is what expos are all about… getting excited and doing some fun deals and competitions…!
It is so great to be able to share what i do with so many people all in one go… get my name out there, get my style out there… love it… and so worth the exhaustion!
All in all, i am so happy with how the expo has turned out… and i very much look forward to next year… crazy that i would do it all again, but it was just such a positive experience and i am so excited for the year ahead now!
I would love to hear your thoughts and feedback – whether specific, or about the expo in general as a whole.
Please feel free to drop me an email or give me a call to chat further.
Likewise if you are new to following this blog after having seen me at the expo, WELCOME!
Anyway, i will leave this post with one last image… this is me… at the Hobart Baby Expo 2015.
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22 years ago I made a decision. It was a significant adult decision; to take a job that required me to move to a brand new place. The plan was to stay there for 5 years at the most. Remember, God laughs when we make plans. Life happened to me and many other significant decisions were made that left me in that same town. Those 22 years are exactly half of my life on this planet, with most of them being in the "grown up" years.
When I returned from my Tree Hugging Tour another significant and surprising decision was made. I wanted to stay. For many years I had grown tired and disgruntled with aspects of my life. Some of that blame was put on the town. After shedding much emotional baggage, taking a work sabbatical for 7 months, and finally listening to what my heart was saying, my decision was easy. I remade my home here again differently this time. Life is no longer happening to me. I make peace and joy alive in my heart and soul, then life shows up for me to join in with awareness. It is so much more fun now.
That job accepted 22 years ago was at the local hospital. Then as a new graduate Occupational Therapist, I was ready to take on the world and make a difference. Many friends were made in the 11 years of employment there, yet believed I was long forgotten by now. I love it when I am wrong. In the world of therapy there is always a need for an extra set of hands in order to care for all the patients when needed, it is called PRN help. With how I designed my new life in this small town, I now have time to offer that PRN help. I walked into Human Resources a few weeks ago to join the team again. I was delightfully greeted with joy and gratitude while offered hugs to welcome me home. Tears found their way to the surface.
Today was orientation. It is the same and yet so different. Peers from the past are now leaders. I celebrate their advancements! I received my badge today and was taken aback on the picture in comparison to my picture 22 years ago. I am the same person yet so different. I still want to make an impact, yet in a very different way this time. Offering support and a helping hand while bringing a smile to someone's face feeds my soul! I am fortunate to have a license that allows me to do that within the same place my early significant decision leads me to.
It is good to be home in a brand new way.
Kristin Springfield


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Summer time in Chicago brings many exceptional and exciting things to do and see throughout the city. From our amazing museums, to our spectacular theater shows and some of the most amazing beaches in the Midwest, it's no wonder Chicago is the perfect destination. Not only that, but it's one of the best cities to live in, neighborhoods ranging the Gold Coast, Lincoln Park and Lakeview you're sure to find the right spot for you. If you're a new or returning Chicagoan, PPM has you covered with some of the best buildings in some of the best neighborhoods Chicago has to offer.
What else makes Chicago a prime location is its spectacular dinning and nightlife. From dinner at Chicago's Chop House to drinks at the Witt's ROOF bar, there are loads of places to choose from. Yet what makes Chicago so unique is that we have some of the best River Waterfront spots to eat and drink. Here at PPM we broke down our top 5 places to grab a bite or a drink along the Chicago River and Lake Michigan.
A staple of Chicago beach front places to party, relax, and eat in the summer months. http://www.castawayschicago.com/chicago-event-schedule.html
North Pond
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The Dock at Montrose Beach
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Smith and Wollensky
Chicago's top riverside restaurants in the heart of River North. https://plus.google.com/+SmithWollenskyChicago/about?gl=us&hl=en
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Verse 1
Oh the people would come from far away
They'd dance all night till the break of day
When the caller hollered "do-se-do"
You knew Uncle Pen was ready to go
Verse 2
Late in the evening about sundown
High on the hill and above the town
Uncle Pen played the fiddle lord how it would ring
You could hear it talk, you could hear it sing
Verse 3
He played an old piece he called "Soldier's Joy"
And the one called "The Boston Boy"
The greatest of all was "Jenny Lynn"
To me that's where the fiddle begins
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I'll never forget that mournful day
When Uncle Pen was called away
They hung up his fiddle, they hung up his bow
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Residents are being advised to make sure they understand the rules around flytipping – to avoid receiving a fine or being prosecuted by Wakefield Council.
The illegal dumping of items such as garden waste, building rubble and old furniture can blight communities and be expensive to clean up.
Cllr Maureen Cummings, Cabinet Member for Environment and Communities at Wakefield Council, said: "We need to ensure that anyone who dumps waste is very clear that if they are caught they will face costly consequences. I'd ask residents to continue to support us by reporting any incidents that they see.
"We have a network of CCTV cameras to help us catch offenders and are determined, that within the resources we have, to pursue and prosecute anyone who is dumping items illegally."
She added: "It's clear that we all have a responsibility, which most people are aware of, to ensure we dispose of our waste items safely and in the right way."
The Council is reminding people that unless a builder, carpet fitter, scrap man or other tradesperson is a registered waste carrier, there is a risk they may take away an item and dump it illegally. If they do this, the householder who owned the items is at risk of a £5,000 fine, as they are responsible for their items being disposed of properly.
People are being urged to take their waste to a recycling centre or use the Council's bulky collection service.
Items can be donated to charity if they are in good working order and some charities will collect for free.
Since April the Council has issued six Fixed Penalty Notices (FPN) with a fine of £400, to people who were caught illegally disposing of unwanted items.
The Council has also issued fines to two people of £200 for carrying waste without a licence in this time period.
For more information see: www.wakefield.gov.uk/flytipping
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Saturday, February 17, 2018
The Return of the Canadian Gardener
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A bright fun shot. Waist deep I see. We are in the mist of getting a snow storm. Maybe I should go out them tomorrow and do some Tomass poses...exposed. That should get some looks from the neighbors.ReplyDeleteReplies
We received a little snow from the same storm overnight. I don't think it will last long, though, as the temperature is forecast to reach 15C (60F) on Wednesday.Delete
Never mind the neighbours; just make sure your squirrel friend doesn't get mixed up about which nuts you're offering.
Are you pruning? How very virtuous of you. It's chilly in San Francisco but spring is leaking in. All the cherries and plums are in bloom, which is some of my favorites, the delicate little clouds of pink against the bare branches. Very much like you.ReplyDeleteReplies
A warming poet you are, mrpeenee.Delete
I'm fond of the bloom of the fruit trees as well, although it doesn't usually occur until the end of May or so here.
If I'm going to be virtuous, better the garden than the bunkhouse.
Tomass, you know I think that you are just like all the young guys I see in the city these days, pants down with your bum sticking out!ReplyDelete
Anyway... I'm sure not complaining! ;)Replies
One theme I endeavour to portray through my photographic adventures is that skin is simply and naturally skin and as such, I 'dress backwards.' I bare the skin usually covered, and cover the skin generally bared.Delete
A rosy cheek teased by the kiss of a smile, a dangling scrotum warmed by spring sunlight, a shoulder muscled toward a tender hug; all simply and unequivocally natural.
The vilification, the anguish and fear, the mental detritus attached to certain skin is not natural.
'Tomass' is my alter ego, the 'trail guide' captured in my photographs. I haven't met any men interested in wilderness photography treks in rural Canada, hence 'Tomass.' My name is Craig; just thought I'd let you know.
Thank you for your comment.
I for one, would love to go on a wilderness photography trek with you...always ready, willing and able to manage to your equipment, and I'll even carry your camera accessories.ReplyDeleteReplies
How am I going to photograph your sultry sprawl in the bog moss if you're managing my equipment?Delete
Very interesting, thank you for explaining your theme. Dress backwards, very original. Actually that is very reverse to most rural Canadian men, I never say another nude man until I moved to the city. Growing up men would remove their shirt but that's as far as they went. Even now I find men in bare feet erotic, not because I am into feet but because growing up in my rural area, guys always wore boots, people would think something was wrong with you if you walked around in bare feet or worse, sandals, sounds strange but it's true. I love the masculine feel to your photos. I also hope my teasing didn't offend you? That would be upsetting for me as I enjoy this site, my all time favorite is your header, what a fun photo.ReplyDeleteReplies
I appreciate your interest and thank you for your compliment.Delete
I was naked a lot. In the dappled summer woods, filled with wonderment by the sights and sounds, the breeze rich with scent and warmth and tickles, being bare to it all was pure and joyful freedom. And it was on the west coast, with fewer mosquitoes and no black flies.


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Enrolled as Advocate and commenced practice in 1988. Selected by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office of U.K. and awarded the Commonwealth Scholarship in the Commonwealth Young Lawyers' Course 1992. Attended the academic session in the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) London and the Department of Law, University of London.
Served as Govt. Pleader (1996-1998), Senior Govt. Pleader (1998-2001) in High Court of Kerala and Standing Counsel for Medical Council of India, Dental Council of India. Appointed as Legal Retainer & Standing Counsel for Railway Ministry from 2004 to 2007 and was in the Panel of Railway Advocates from 2007 to 2010. Served as Standing Counsel & Legal Retainer for Kerala Public Service Commission from 2007 to 2011.
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The cross-dressed heroine and female mobility in "The Faerie Queene" and "The Merchant of Venice"
From the beginning of Western civilization, women--particularly those of the wealthier or more powerful families--have been locked inside their homes in order to protect their virginity, a commodity that could help insure their fathers' alliances with other powerful males from other families. This immurement of females lasted all their lives and was part of the overall definition of what it meant to be a woman. In Spenser's The Faerie Queene and Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, the two prominent female characters, respectively Britomart and Portia, are noblewomen who must overcome both the physical and psychological effects of womanly immurement so that they can save their future husbands from imprisonment or debt. They accomplish their tasks by dressing as and pretending to be men, who would of course be in a position to help other men, whereas women, through their low social status and lack of professional skills, would be of no use. Thus, Britomart and Portia are themselves put by their creators in a position where they have to overcome partially the predestined male-dominated outcome of any English Renaissance literary plot; that is, they must partially defeat the ends of patriarchal thought that must eventually consign women to secondary or nonexistent roles in domestic and civic life, as well as in literature, no matter how well they best men at their own games--the original effect called patriarchal recuperation. Though Spenser and Shakespeare by no means wanted to undermine patriarchal recuperation, their creation of such interesting and challenging female characters, combined with the fully developed desire to extend humanitas that developed at the end of the sixteenth century, allowed them unwittingly to create females who manage to wrest control of their lives from men and to garner rights over their own lives: Spenser takes Britomart seriously as the founder of Queen Elizabeth's dynasty, not as the bumbling-but-admirable guerriera of Italian Renaissance literature but as a warrior and creator of empire; further, Shakespeare lets Portia take back control of her fortune from her newlywed spouse Bassanio while simultaneously pretending to accede to his traditional role as the all-governing husband. Though more radical feminine characters appeared later in Jacobean polemics and literature, Spenser and Shakespeare unwittingly undermined patriarchal recuperation in ways unknown before, and they added two more small steps to what would eventually make women characters more active and reflect the growth of female freedom.


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Sunday, July 26, 2009
5d Mark II Review
I have dinked around a little inside, and am loving the camera so far. I didn't necessarily "need" a new camera body.... My 30D is functional and I'm not sure I've "outgrown" it yet. But... I have been yearning for a full frame camera for some time now and well, I guess that was my main motivation for dropping $2700 on a camera body. Weird... yes. I don't expect to see a huge change in my pictures... my lenses are still the same, although it is like getting all new lenses now! My 24-70mm is truly 24mm and I love the wide angle view!
Also, though... the 5d has some amazing ISO capabilities. I'm not afraid to crank up my ISO... I'm not afraid of a little (or sometimes a lot) of grain in my photos. I've shot newborn sessions, indoors, at 1600 ISO with no problem on my 30D. But sometimes I was limited with my lens and had to open up my aperture and was limited to using my 50mm or 30mm to get more light. With the 5d--- I shall worry no more. I have up to 6300 ISO to play with, and I won't be afraid to use it! Like I said, its been gray and cloudy the past week so inside our light hasn't been very good. I was shooting inside with 1600-4000 ISO (using my 24-70L aka "Big Kahuna" opened up to 2.8) and have seen minimal grain. Amazing.
I'm shooting two births in the next month or so and I am thrilled to have greater capabilities with this camera. This afternoon I'm doing a maternity shoot for some friends so I can play around with my new toy. I'll post some pictures later. For now, here are some... shots.... from the past week. Nothing spectacular, I promise.
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Hi Nicole....I'm usually a lurker of your blog but am coming out of hiding :). I just recently upgraded to the 5D Mark II from my 30D and LOVE it! I also use the 24-70 2.8 and just love the full frame. The high ISO's are wonderful. Have fun with it! I've had mine for about a little over a month and am still learning all of it's capabilities. I'm anxious to try out the video. Take care.ReplyDelete
I am so excited for you!! The one thing I really hate about my XTi is grain. I can't ever shoot with my ISO above 400, and I really don't even like to go *that* high. So in low-light situations I'm really limited to just using my 50 1.8, because all my other lenses are f/4. Ugh! So I will live vicariously through seeing your photos until I can upgrade myself, lol. :)ReplyDelete
Ooo---I am so jealous! I wanna upgrade so bad, especially for the lens on the full frame. That and the ISO capabilities would be so worth it. Until then I will just drool over your pics, okie dokie? :)ReplyDelete


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Subject: It's a nice day for a short cruise here in PNW
Sun is out, 42ºF with a slight over cast of thin clouds, chance of rain 0%, wind at around 5 mph with visibility at 10 miles.
Will be taking out the family with 7 of us onboard. Will need to get to boat ahead of everybody to warm the cabin up. Now that we have the cockpit full enclosure things will be better out of the cabin and with sun shining it warms up that area nicely.
Was down at the boat yesterday and all was well; cranked up the F300 and it started immediately without any fuss.
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Okay, before I start, I want to get one thing out of the way upfront. This article is nota rant about how much I hate specificity. If you want to read an article like that, I'm sure you can find dozens elsewhere online.
What I want to do is pose an actual, honest question to the web development community and hopefully get people thinking.
To restate the question in a way that gets more at the heart of the issue: If we lived in a world where specificity was never added to the cascade, would things be better or worse?
Now, I'm sure some people are thinking: Who cares? Specificity exists, and we're stuck with it. So what's the point of bringing this up?
To anyone thinking that, I'm happy to inform you that you're wrong :-)
In this article I'm going to show that it is possibleto prevent specificity from affecting the cascade—meaning this question isn't purely theoretical. If it turns out to be true that specificity does more harm than good, there's something we can actually do about it today.A little background
For anyone who's a little rusty on how the cascade works, for normal CSS rules, the cascade takes three things into consideration: source order, specificity, and importance.
Source order makes a lot of sense. It's natural and intuitive to think that if rule X comes after rule Y, and both rules apply to the same element, rule Y's declarations should "win".
Importance also makes a lot of sense. There are always going to be cases where you need to override something, and it's good to have the option to do so. Importance is also the only way to override inline styles, so it's actually quite necessary in some cases.
But I think specificity is different.
Specificity isn't intuitive, and—especially for new developers—the results can often seem like a gotcharather than the intended behavior. I'm also not sure there's an equivalent in other systems or languages.
For example, what if specificity were a thing in JavaScript. Imagine how much more unpredictable your code would be if the following test passed.window.document.foo = 'bar';document.foo = 'qux';assert(window.document.foo == 'bar'); // true, WTF?
It would be crazy and completely unmanageable if the window.document.foo = 'bar'assignment above (which comes first) trumped the document.foo = 'qux'assignment (which comes second) just because the reference was "more specific". Yet that's essentially what happens in CSS.But specificity is useful, right?
I'm sure there are thousands, probably even millions of websites out there that depend on specificity to make their styles work. If browsers started ignoring specificity tomorrow, all of those sites would break.
I'm not suggesting that specificity isn't being used; clearly it is. What I amsuggesting is that perhaps it's not useful enough to make it worth the unpredictability and the confusion that comes with it.
I believe specificity is useful in the same way global variables can be useful. And just as most people consider reliance on global variables to be an anti-pattern, maybe it's the same with specificity.
Moreover, I can't think of a single time in my life when I've written a CSS rule that I wanted to override another CSS rule (using specificity) where I didn't alsoput the more specific rule later in the source order.
To make that last statement more clear, I've never done something like in the example below, where the more-specific footer links are defined beforethe less-specific default links:.footer a { color: white; text-decoration: none;}a { color: blue; text-decoration: underline;}
If I want rule X to override rule Y, I put it later in the source order. Period. Which means any time I have a specificity conflict, it's always an accident.
So that got me thinking, if I already expect rules later in the source order to always override rules earlier in the source order, what if I could make that happen regardless of the specificity of those rules?
Essentially, what if I could prevent myself (and other people on my team) from accidentally breaking away from the paradigm that we all agree makes the most sense.What if specificity didn't exist?
Let's imagine a world in which specificity doesn't exist in CSS. In that world the cascade would be determined by source order and importance alone. So if rule X and Y both match a particular element, and rule Y comes after rule X in the source, rule Y will always win, regardless of the specificity of rule X. The only way for properties in rule X's declaration to trump properties in rule Y's declaration would be to use importance.
Would that be a better world? Would that lead to more predictable, maintainable, and scalable code?A real-life example
Many people use "state" or "utility" classes in their CSS. An example of this is the class is-hidden, which (obviously) is used to hide an element.
Since state classes can be generically applied to any element, they're usually defined as a single class selector, which makes their specificity pretty low. However, conceptually they're an override-type class. By that I mean you wouldn't add the class is-hiddento an element if you really wanted it to be visible.
If specificity didn't exist, you could ensure state classes trumped other classes by simply including them last in the source order. But as it is today, you have to use !importantto solve the problem.
For what it's worth, adding !importantin these situations is actually recommended when usingSMACSS state classes andSUIT utility classes. It would be nice if our best practices didn't have to resort to the nuclear option for everyday styling needs.Removing specificity from the cascade
This is where things get pretty interesting. While it's not possible to simply instruct the browser to ignore specificity altogether, it ispossible to prevent specificity from affecting the cascade for a particular CSS file or set of CSS files.
How? The answer is to make specificity and source order the same.
Imagine a stylesheet in which all rules were ordered from least specific to most specific. In such a stylesheet, since the specificity of the rules also corresponds to the source order or the rules, specificity is effectively taken out of the equation.
Of course, most people don't write their CSS this way, and expecting or asking them to do so would be unreasonable.
But what if a transpiler could modify your CSS, after you write it, to ensure all your selectors were in ascending-specificity order? And more importantly, what if it could do this without affecting what elements those selectors matched?
Thanks to some awesome quirks about how CSS selectors work, you can!
Consider the following CSS rules, currently in descending-specificity order (above each rule, I've listed the specificity using [idCount].[classCount].[typeCount]notation):/* 0.2.5 */main.content aside.sidebar ul li a { }/* 0.1.3 */aside.sidebar ul a { }/* 0.1.1 */.sidebar a { }
These selectors can be rewritten to be in ascending-specificity order without affecting the elements they'll match. I've highlighted the additions below:/* 0.2.5 */main.content aside.sidebar ul li a { }/* 0.3.3 */:root:root aside.sidebar ul a { }/* 0.4.1 */:root:root:root .sidebar a { }
This works because all HTML documents have a root element (the <html>element), so adding the :rootpseudo-class to the beginning of a selector won't change what elements it can match.
And since pseudo-classes can be chained, i.e. :root:root:rootwill still match the <html>element, you can arbitrarily add specificity to any selector to make it more specific than the previous selector.Handling ID specificity
ID selectors are more specific than pseudo-class selectors, and therefore no amount of prepending :rootto a selector will trump an ID.
However, the ID selector #contentand the attribute selector [id="content"]will match exactly the same element, so if you replace all ID selectors with attribute selectors, the technique described above will still work.
For example, the following rules:/* 1.1.5 */main#content aside.sidebar ul li a { }/* 0.1.3 */aside.sidebar ul a { }/* 0.1.1 */.sidebar a { }
Will get transpiled to:/* 0.2.5 */main[id="content"] aside.sidebar ul li a { }/* 0.3.3 */:root:root aside.sidebar ul a { }/* 0.4.1 */:root:root:root .sidebar a { } Handling selectors that may already refer to the root element
With most selectors, it's not possible to tell by looking at them whether they may be intending to match the <html>element. For example, if a site is using Modernizr, you'll probably see selectors that look like this:.columns { display: flex;}.no-flexbox .columns { display: table;}
To account for the possibility that either of these selectors might intend to match the <html>element, you'd have to include both possibilities and rewrite them as follows::root.columns,:root .columns { display: flex;}:root.no-flexbox .columns,:root .no-flexbox .columns { display: table;}
Alternatively, you could avoid this problem entirely by establishing a convention that none of your selectors are allowed to match the <html>element, and that <body>is the highest they can go.The full rewriting algorithm
I'm not aware of any transpiler that currently does what I've outlined in this article. If you were interested in trying to write one, I'd recommend doing so as a PostCSSplugin. Since so many build steps already include Autoprefixer(which is a PostCSS plugin), adding this would have almost no impact on your build time or complexity.
Here's the basic algorithm you'd need to follow:Iterate through each selector in your stylesheets. For each selector: If the selector contains any ID selectors, replace them with ID attribute selectors, otherwise do nothing. Calculate the specificity of the current selector (with any IDs replaced). If the current selector is the first selector, do nothing. Otherwise, compare its specificity to the specificity of the previous selector. If the previous selector is less specific than the current selector, do nothing. Otherwise, rewrite the current selector so its specificity is greater than or equal to the specificity of the previous selector. If the current selector begins with the :rootselector or a type selector other than html, rewrite the selector with :rootprepended as an ancestor. Otherwise rewrite the selector so the first part is listed both chained to :rootand as a descendant of :root. Once all selectors have been rewritten, output the final styles. They will now be in ascending-specificity order. Potential downsides
While the approach I've outlined above can definitely work, it does come with a few downsides. For one thing, it will increase the file size of your CSS. This probably won't be a big deal if you already keep your specificity low and write your rules in mostly ascending-specificity order. And, since it's only adding the word "root" a bunch of times, it should gzip very well, so my guess is the difference will be negligible.
The other thing to be aware of is potential problems with referencing external styles. If you include bootstrap.cssfrom a CDN and then use this technique on your other styles, there's potential for weirdness since one set of selectors will be rewritten and the other set will not.
And you won't necessarily be able to just include bootstrap.cssin your build because it may or may not currently depend on specificity to work correctly.Final thoughts
Before I conclude, I want to restate what I said in the intro. This is a question, not a prescription. I haven't tried this technique in the wild, as I haven't fully made up my mind about it.
I suspect it would vastly simplify things, but it also might uncover how much we truly depend on specificity.
If there's a large team out there constantly fighting specificity battles, it would be interesting to hear if something like this helps. If you do try it, feel free tolet me know your findings. Or better yet, write a follow-up article and I'll link to it.


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The Minneapolis School Board is facing another crisis. Too few students and parents are opting out of sharing student information with military recruiters. The district has gone so far as to print the opt out form in different languages and to mail out the information at the beginning of the school year.
The result? Seventeen year-olds are contacted by recruiters. What's more, they face the horror of saying that they are not interested, or even hanging up! This "harassment" -- detailed in the Star Tribune article as being telephone calls to some who had already filled out the form -- must end. It does not matter that military recruiters often get information from sources other than school records. The "other sources" dodge didn't cut it in the Valerie Plame case and it shouldn't cut it here.
"It's a huge packet of stuff," Board Member Audrey Johnson said.
"It can get lost in the shuffle."
There is no reason to think that teenagers, including racial minorities, would freely choose to join the military. Or that students and their parents would keep an open mind and welcome recruiter calls as just another option to consider. Blacks like Colin Powell and immigrants like John Shalikashvili were fooled into thinking that the military offers opportunity. We will not let young Minneapolitans be similarly fooled.
The lack of completed opt out forms from students in the Minneapolis School District is more evidence of THE MAN keeping us down.
Oh, and I support the troops.
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Instant-Grid v0.5 is based on Knoppix 5.0.0 (as live Linux environment) and Globus Toolkit 4.0.2 (as grid middleware). New is the integration of the collaborative text-editor Gobby, which uses different text-colors to mark the text, which is edited by the different collaborative users. A new portlet inside Gridsphere enables a new view to the information of the Instant-Grid which are gathered by ganglia. Furthermore it is now possible to boot the clients without the PXE mechanism by using another CD.
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Well, sort of. The clever folks at Google have been having some fun it seems. I have been advertising beside people's search results for a year or so. Perhaps you've seen one of my ads. Regardless, here's a look at Google's "Thank You" to their AdWords customers. And of course they are hoping we'll pass it along, like I'm doing. But only because I think it's sorta cute. Enjoy!
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Parks Whistles Goes to the Moon
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Does Hyperkin's retro consoles finally live up to their potential with this fifth iteration? I finally grabbed one and took it for a spin to see if it's worth your time and money.
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Does Hyperkin's retro consoles finally live up to their potential with this fifth iteration? I finally grabbed one and took it for a spin to see if it's worth your time and money.
30 years worth of games from a great publisher? This has gotta be worth it right??? Plus, a min-rant!
Developer Crazy Viking tries to deliver a controller-throwing challenge with the looks of a 16-bit classic. Do they deliver?
I take a look at Ground Zeroes to see if it justifies itself being the first purchasable demo. Also, did it revitalize my interest in the franchise???
I take a look at one of the best Xbox Live Arcade games which just got a remastered edition: Shadow Complex!
Do you collect old games? Are you "cart content" or do you need something more to check a game off your want list? I take a look at some of the things I hope to see (or not see) when I find a game in the wild.


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How I made and remixed our Wedding Sign in Décor ; Sign in Book and Pen
We wanted to have a nice wedding with 125-135 guests on a $14,000 max budget, so we had to plan and do most it ourselves. We had 8 months and 14000 budget and many projects.
Step 1: Materials
Materials Used
Feathers for Pen
Sign in sign (see my other instructable for how it was done)
Notebook with printed cover
A mini birdcage (dollar bin at Micheals)
Basic Craft Materials:Scissors, exacto knife, Tape, Adhesives E600 is what I use, hot glue , spray adhesive, wire, thread and needles
Embellishments: Including but not limited to ribbons, crystals, beads, trim, flowers, pins, feathers
Step 2: Gather Materials and Items and Begin to Cover With Ribbon
I started with the pen and attached feathers and blinging red leaves to it with glue.
Then I wrapped ribbon to secure it and glued .
I continued to wrap the matching ribbon all the way down.
I then I decided to add the birdcage as a stand.
I took a mini birdcage and wrapped lace around the outside and then ribbon around the lace, I then filled the middle with red material and a few rose petals I pulled off fake flowers
Step 3: The Sign in
I saw a little notebook at ross in the picture frame isle for a 5$ and upcycled it to go with my moto.
I ended up using a bigger custom one that me and my mother made together ( later I will make an instructable once I get her permission)
If you can find an old book at the thrift store or a really cute notebook with blank pages . Add embellishments that match your other items and ... there you go
Step 4: Set Up on Your Table
Set up and enjoy
Pretty! I love the colors and the mix of media you used. The lace and paper and ribbon make it look really nice!


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Sunday, 24 January 2010
Poltergeist is a 1982 film directed by Steven Spielberg.
The film "Poltergreist" is a remarkable example of the mystic horror, which is able to frighten even nowadays. The plot was made out by Steven Spielberg. I must admit, that composition deserves a separate award: twenty minutes until the end, when you are ready to relax, suddenly, you receive another hit on your head with additional horror. The excellent special effects make this film look good even in the present days. The film is still popular. I think, first of all, that this happened, because it was parodied in the film "Scary Movie 2" 2001 by Keenen Ivory Wayans. Parody is, to an extent, an indication of high quality of original.
Of course, content of the film is not deep – even in the other world the souls continue suffering and feel emotions. Don't be a greedy and don't try to connect to the other world. And you don't try to build own happiness on the bones of others (the little town, where are living the family is built on the graveyard). In my opinion, Spielberg also represents his own attitude to the television.
Overall, the film "Poltergeist" is qualitative.
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Downtime = Lost Revenue + Disappointed Customers
Case Study: Furniture retailer ensures business continuity and simple deployment with Opengear's network resilience solutions
$5600 per minute. That's the average estimated cost to retailers for network downtime, according to Gartner1. Even sluggish network performance is costly. It frustrates your customers and staff, it reduces sales as people abandon long lines, and it erodes customer loyalty. It's a brand killer.
The ubiquitous, high-speed network is now an essential part of retail, which means a resilient network is key to business continuity. Every part of your company—every POS station, camera, handheld device and PC—is connected to Internet and cloud services. Real-time data fuels real-time decision making. This is the new normal of the digital era.
Outages, however, are often beyond anyone's control. They can result from construction or vehicle accidents, bad weather, crashes or problems at an Internet service provider. But that doesn't mean that you're powerless.
Opengear has proven, cost-effective gateways and infrastructure managers to help you ensure always-on network resilience and maximum uptime for your retail network. Used daily by some of the world's biggest retail brands, they are easy and quick to deploy, simple to manage, and can scale to thousands of stores.
Today's Digital Store
Applications in the modern store rely on connections from the local data rack to centralized data centers stores deploy thousands of IoT sensors and beacons. The location of items for sale can be tracked; digital price tags can be changed; surveillance footage can be looked at in real time, and digital savings coupons can be pushed to the mobile devices of customers when they enter the store.
None of it works without constant Internet connectivity. With Opengear's remote, smart out-of-band (OOB) management products, your network, and systems admin staff gain 24×7 remote network access to all of your stores, wherever they are located.
Embedded management intelligence at the network edge proactively analyzes network performance, immediately reports potential faults, and automatically detects and repairs common issues. From your communications network to your power and IT infrastructure and physical environment, this management intelligence helps you remediate problems before they become network failures.
If a network outage occurs, Opengear additionally offers a Failover-to-Cellular™ (F2C) feature. Within seconds, your stores automatically switch from WAN to 4G-LTE cellular connections to ensure that they remain online and operational. And if you're considering an SD-WAN deployment, Opengear Out-of-band is a critical component to that solution.
Simplified, Lower-cost, Automated, Pervasive
OOB management reduces the need for costly truck rolls or to dispatch engineers to your locations. Cellular-enabled console servers with centralized management software can manage, remediate, and protect your entire retail network, including stores, warehouses, corporate offices, and call centers.
Opengear solutions can also be used to do Day One provisioning of new stores remotely. Even before a primary WAN connection is established, your Opengear unit can be used to provision network devices via zero-touch provisioning over a cellular connection. That's especially effective for new network turn-ups and mobile business locations like pop-up stores and kiosks. This cellular connection can also be used to provide always-on OOB network management, giving admins access to Opengear network management, monitoring, and troubleshooting solutions even when the WAN is online.
So, eliminate panicked phone calls from your stores if the network goes down. Avoid irate customers and frozen operations. Lower the cost of bringing new stores and IoT devices online.. And in the event of a WAN crash, automatically failover to a fully secure cellular network connection so your customers can continue shopping.
Do it all with Opengear.
- Secure failover to 4G LTE to support POS transactions.
- Management access to equipment via cellular, POTS or other network to deploy new equipment or to perform remediation if the primary network is down or hacked.
- Remote provisioning, backup, configuration and troubleshooting to reduce costs for maintenance, IT staffing and travel
- Reduced MTBF and MTTR with proactive problem identification, quick notification and prompt response to system or network connectivity issues
- Simplified remote management through automation and orchestration.
- PCI-DSS compliant
- Intelligence at the edge to feed customer behavior back to corporate
1 https://blogs.gartner.com/andrew-lerner/2014/07/16/the-cost-of-downtime/


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When we talk about the benefits of our products we often do so in a warehousing context, since the equipment we manufacture frequently ends up in a warehouse environment. However, there are other fields that benefit from our products as well, specifically our locker storage.
With that in mind, we thought it would be good to focus on the benefits of a locker cabinet in an environment which differs from the storage and logistics industry. So, in today's post we will be looking at the advantages of a metal locker in the construction industry.
Great Uses for a Steel Locker in Construction
- A Locker Cabinet for Clothes Storage
The construction industry requires extra layers of protective clothing to be put on and shed throughout the course of the day. This, however, can be very impractical without a place to store this clothing on-site. Locker storage presents the perfect solution, with a safe and practical space for clothes storage that can be kept in a convenient on-site location.
- A Small Locker for Personal Effects
Construction workers often aren't allowed to carry personal items, like smartphones and watches, around the site. And, even if they were, they probably wouldn't want to for fear of breakage. But, a small locker that hold these types of items is ideal for both practicality and security.
- An Industrial Locker for Charging Tools
Some tools use battery power, which means that they have to be connected and left to charge somewhere on-site. However, leaving them out in the open can put them at risk of damage. But, by modifying lockers so that tools charge in isolated compartments, you protect the tools and your employees alike.
- A Steel Locker for Office Supplies
Construction efforts need administration from the site of the project, which creates the necessity of file and document storage. Lockers present the perfect solution for this because they are safe enough to store documents, yet sturdy enough to keep at a construction site, where equipment is often subject to rigorous use.
Locker for Sale
If you're looking for a locker for sale, you've come to the right place. With a selection of quality-built lockers, we definitely have the metal locker for your needs. So, whether you need them for the construction industry or a similar industry where the same uses apply, contact Krost today for your ideal lockers.
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Developers, want to add to what you know and love about MonoGame? Build on the Creating Windows Phone and Windows Store Games with MonoGame course, and expand your toolset in this advanced look at MonoGame with experts Tom Spilman and Andy Dunn. Explore techniques and tools for writing custom effect shaders, learn to extend the content pipeline with custom formats, and check out optimization and debugging techniques. Plus learn about uses of Microsoft services and store features. By the end of the course, you'll be ready to add the finishing touches to your latest MonoGame title. (NOTE: To get the most out of this course, be sure you have Windows 8, the Windows Phone 8.0 and 8.1 SDK, Visual Studio 2013 Update 2+, and MonoGame.)
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Tom Spilman is a Programmer and Co-Owner at Sickhead Games, a Dallas-based indie game studio, dedicated to video games and game technology of all shapes and sizes. With more than a decade of experience in the game industry, he oversees technological direction and manages business development at the studio. Tom is currently one of the Project Leads on the MonoGame open source game framework.
Andy "The ZMan" Dunn is a nine-year DirectX/XNA/ID@Xbox Microsoft MVP. He's currently the Development Lead at Exato Game Studios, where he oversees the PC and Xbox releases of Guncraft and where he was responsible for several of the XNA starter kits. In his copious spare time, Andy tries to support the remaining Xbox LIVE Indie Games (XBLIG) developers and teaches game development for Baker College Online. He is working with MonoGame on some unannounced projects and is attempting to be the #1 creator of MonoGame issues on GitHub.
Basic coding experience, including C#, would be helpful, as would completion of the Creating Windows Phone and Windows Store Games with MonoGame course.
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Plants and Fungi: Looking Out for Fungi is Vital in Garden Maintenance
By stephen in Garden Maintenance
Proper maintenance of your garden requires you to know what to keep and what to get rid of. The fungi in your garden may have various effects depending on their type since some could be helpful in the growth of your plants. Mycorrhizal fungi, for instance, form symbiotic relationships with plants and help them take in increased amounts of food. However, not all fungi have the same impact on plants. Parasitic fungi, for example, feed on plants for survival. It helps to spot the beneficial and harmful fungi types.
Pythium Fungus
One organism that you should watch out for during garden maintenance is the Pythium fungus. Turfgrasses, in particular, suffer severely from Pythium blight. The significant damage of the disease occurs on crowns and leaves, leading to the death of plants. Pythium blight will mostly develop depending on weather conditions.
High temperatures provide the perfect environment for the disease to manifest. One sign to look out for is soaked and discoloured grass. Turf will also become matted after death from infection. It helps to check areas of the garden where there is running water.
Mildew Effects
Mildew on plants is a common problem that requires proper handling. It will appear as a white powder and may look like dust on the surface of leaves. It usually starts out as white or grey spots. Mildew affects a myriad of plants and often results in varying effects. Plants with mildew become weak and may die in severe cases. Such plants must get appropriate treatment to prevent the spread of the problem.
Get Professional Help
Whether you are dealing with mildew or parasitic fungi, hiring a professional to take care of the problem is advisable. You can ask for the best way to keep your plants from suffering infections. A garden maintenance expert will also tell you of other fungi that you may not be familiar with. Having the right information will get you ready just in case you encounter other fungal infections in your garden.
Pythium Blight on Overseeded Turfgrass, EDIS
Powdery Mildew, The Old Farmer's Almanac


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Amber Court are delighted to offer for sale this two bedroom penthouse apartment that is located in a gated development. The development comprises of family houses as well as various apartments and offers good access to Birmingham Orthopaedic Hospital, the QEHB as well as Birmingham University and transport links to Birmingham central. The apartment block is located behind remote access security gates leading to allocated parking and security communal access to entrance hallway having lift and stairs to all floors. The apartment itself is located on the top (second) floor and comprises reception hallway, open plan living with doors opening to juliet balcony, dining area and kitchen area with fitted appliances. Bedroom one has fitted wardrobes, balcony and en-suite shower room, bedroom two also has fitted wardrobes and there is a further family bathroom. The property also benefits from double glazing and electric heating. All viewings are strictly via Amber Court and vacant possession is now offered. ***NO UPWARD CHAIN***
Via Security gates for pedestrians and vehicles leading to car parking and communal entrance
Via security inter-com system leading in to communal reception hallway with lift and stairs to all floors
Having reception hallway with various storage cupboard, wall mounted electric heater and accommodation off
26' 11'' max 9'8'' min x 16' 2'' max x 11'11'' min (8.20m x 4.92m)
Open plan lounge/kitchen with lounge area having Juliet balcony with opening double doors. Kitchen area having an array of low level base units and draws covered by roll edge work surface incorporating stainless steel sink unit and drainer, built in dishwasher, washer/dryer and fridge/freezer, various wall mounted units, built in cooker hob and extractor .
11' 4'' x 8' 0'' (3.45m x 2.44m)
Having an array of fitted wardrobes,. double glazed window to side and wall mounted electric heater
14' 0'' x 13' 8'' (4.26m x 4.16m)
Having an array of fitted wardrobes, window to side and doors leading to balcony, wall mount electric heater and door to:
Having double shower cubical, low level WC, wash hand basin, tiled splash back area's and wall mounted chrome towel rail
Having white suite Comprising panelled bath with shower over, low level WC and wall mounted wash hand basin, tiled splash back area's and chrome heated towel rail
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Publication Date: 1971
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Reading Methods and Teacher Improvement.
Smith, Nila Banton, Ed.
This collection of 20 papers, initially presented at the International Reading Association convention in Anaheim in May 1970, is aimed both at those preparing to teach and those actively teaching. Part 1, Basic Reading Skills: Methods and Content, has three articles on word recognition skills, each aimed at different grade levels, followed by articles on comprehension, content subjects, and reading and listening. Part 2, Procedures and Approaches, has one group of articles concerned with classroom procedures (relevancy, questioning, and modalities for learning) and another group of articles dealing with specific approaches to reading (film usage, the programed approach, and the conventional approach). Part 3, Teacher Improvement in Reading, opens with four articles concerned with the improvement of classroom teachers--one on the role of the teacher, one analyzing teacher effectiveness, one dealing with the changing of teacher behavior, and one concerned with factors contributing to teacher success. Next is a group of four articles offering innovative ideas concerning preservice preparation of teachers. Also included is an article on the use of paraprofessionals as reading aides. Tables and references for some presentations are included. (VJ)
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Conference Reports, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Questioning Techniques, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Reading Skills, Teacher Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Improvement, Teaching Methods, Word Recognition
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Derby, UK March 2013 - Recent government figures reveal that the number of deaths on Britain's roads were down by five per cent last summer. However, the wet weather and Olympic excitement contributed to around an eight per cent rise in the number of fatal accidents between children and motorists. The number of cyclists killed on the UK's roads also increased, by around seven per cent.
Mint Driving School offers a range of driving lessons from highly qualified, professional driving instructors across Derby, Nottingham, Chesterfield and Burton upon Trent and provides driving lessons from absolute beginners, through to refresher and advanced driving courses. The company provides both manual and automatic lessons and also boasts a number of female driving instructors.
Mint Driving School Director, Jon Hodgkinson commented; "The figures from last year are certainly welcomed across the board, but can only be maintain and improved upon through high standards of road safety education and driving instruction, something that Mint Driving School is 100% dedicated towards". Mr Hodgkinson added; "Mint driving instructors are of a very high standard and it company policy to ensure that we are constantly refreshing our skills and keeping ahead of the latest developments and best practice in safe driving".
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Does the motor work with the mechanical gears of the Electric Bicycle?
Your Magnum E-bike comes with a rear hub geared motor. The motor has its own internal planetary gear transmission. The mechanical gears on your E-bike are externally attached to the motor wheel and allow you to pedal thereby assisting your E-bike. Using the correct mechanical gears is important since when pedaling the motor is assisted and will work quicker and more powerfully.


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If you wish to pick up your parts before next Monday, please follow the instructions below:
Salida residents - Vailia Davidson has your parts. She will contact you to make arrangements to pick up your music.
Leadville residents - Laurence Brady should have your parts by tomorrow afternoon. Please contact him at 486-3062 to make arrangements to pick up your music.
Buena Vista residents - I will be at the Buena Vista Public Library (in the lobby) this Thursday from 4:00 - 5:30 pm. Please come by the library to pick up your music.
If none of these options fits your schedule, the remaining parts will be available at the rehearsal on Monday.
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Thursday, November 22, 2012
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Changed over the window display yesterday. Great retro chairs designed by my clever upholsterer in an WOW Zinc velvet, work well with the amazing Christian Lacroix fabric from Radfords. Change is as good as a holiday as they say....boy looking forward to the holiday. No break this year....hanging for my trip to India next year....
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