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Historical Woods has formed a new collaboration with Anthony LaSeur of LaSeur Knives. Tony produces beautiful knives, carefully handmade with attention to every detail. LaSeur Knives is a small workshop in Fredericksburg, Virginia, that specializes in heirloom-quality kitchen knives, and also accepts a wide range of custom projects. The Artisnal Knife he's designed for us is a historic match for the period from which our woods were grown. Every step in the process, from forging or grinding to heat treating and sharpening is done in-house by a single artisan. We are thrilled to welcome Tony to our family of craftsmen.
VIP Gifts
When you own one of our historic wood items, you're in famous company. Historical Woods is honored to have been commissioned to produce gifts for some very important people. A few of these VIPs include former President George W. Bush, Virginia Governor Terence McAuliffe, television host Bill O'Reilly, former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former Senator John Warner. If you're shopping for someone important in your life, you've come to the right place!
Our team
Historical Woods works with many different craftspeople who each bring their unique talents to the items we sell to you. We are proud to have these members on our team.
Trevy Thomas serves as president of Historical Woods and organizer of the artists who make up the team. It has been her job to shape the business into a creative venture that honors its founder's dreams and preserves the history of the wood left in her care.
Nathan Tocus turns pens, cuts and hauls wood, is our resident photographer and technology lifesaver. We couldn't do this without Nathan! In his spare time, he builds and flies high-powered rockets and walks the Historical Woods dogs.
To this day Mitch resides deep in the rural piney woods of Louisiana with his wife Marie & dog Gus, continuing his craft. Never at a loss for new ideas Mitch stays busy creating new items, and filling orders from the repertoire of his life's works.
Mitch Kilgore has been crafting unique wooden items of his own design for over 50 years. The items cover a wide range, from furnishings to sculptures, jewelry to musical instruments, awards, signs and art. The list goes on. His work has been shipped to far corners of the globe from his shop in Southeastern Louisiana. He has received numerous awards and ribbons for his work which has also been displayed on the covers of two national magazines. Also, a short article was published on his Violin making in an issue of National Geographics Traveler Magazine.
Mitch makes our fleur-de-lis pendants and earrings. He also carries non-historic items through his site at Woodwing Art.
Jim Rieger, in conjunction with his daughter, Ashley, makes modern boxes out of historic wood that fit our pens beautifully. He can also custom make a box or other project. Their joint venture, Dashwoods Designs, also sells non-historic items through Etsy.
Joseph Wilkinson turns our raw timbers into manageable blanks so we can provide each artist with the right wood for the job. He has worked on some of our larger pieces in the past, turning planks into mantles and giving all around advice on how to best proceed with the wood we have but Joe can make anything. His shop is here in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and he works steadily making furniture and other pieces through his site, Wilkinson's Woodworking.
Tim Eggers has cultivated over 20 years of woodworking experience. He has made our beautiful natural-edge boxes and can be called upon to do other projects as well. When he's not creating new sculptures and functional pieces of art, Tim enjoys collecting, restoring and riding antique high wheel bicycles, hang gliding.Tim can be found at the shop he created, HighWheel Woodworks, in the LibertyTown Arts Workshop in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He also founded a woodworking school and guild, The Workshop.
HWA founder William Jewell commissioned to make gift for President Bush, President Clinton, Virginia Gov. McAuliffe, Political Commentator William O'Reilly, and former U.S. Senator John Warner
Gift for President Bush - George Washington Horse Chestnut Pen & Box
A beautiful handcrafted fountain pen and box, made from a tree that George Washington planted, is now in the hands of President George W. Bush. William Jewell was asked to create a special gift for the President by the Rotary Club of Stafford, Virginia, who sponsored his visit to Fredericksburg for a speech on the economy.
"When I found out that the special guest was President George W. Bush, immediately I knew what the gift should be. I thought, What would be more fitting than a beautiful fountain pen and box set for the President's desk?"
The wood used to create these items comes from America's Historic Horse Chestnut Tree, which was reclaimed by Historical Woods of America from Fauquier Street in downtown Fredericksburg, Virginia. This is the last of the 13 Horse Chestnut trees known to have been planted by George Washington to represent each of the 13 colonies, and to provide shade for his mother and sister as they walked to and from each other's houses. The pen was presented in a box handmade by Tim Eggers, a craftsman for Historical Woods, and engraved by John Bufalari of American Wood and Stone, Inc.
When presented with the gift, President Bush said "Thanks for the gift that was planted by the first G.W." The local newspaper, The Freelance Star interviewed Mr. Jewell and made a videotape the making of this pen. Historical Woods of America was honored by this opportunity to create a gift from such a national treasure for the President.
The collector's grade fountain pen was created using the black titanium/rhodium Emperor style components supplied by Craft Supplies USA.
Read about this story in the news:
Free Lance-Star:Historic Wood Heads to D.C.
William Jewell makes gift for President Bush from the Horse Chestnut Tree. View a video of the making of this pen.
Custom Alliances and Special Projects
William Henry Studios & Fahrney's Pens Exclusive
Historical Woods of America is pleased to announce that we have recently team up with William Henry Studios and Fahrney's Pens for a special project. We have been asked to provide wood for knife handles from "America's Historic Horse-Chestnut Tree" that was planted by George Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
William Henry is devoted to the vision of designing and building the finest tools possible. Founded in 1997 by partners Matthew William Conable and Michael Henry Honack, William Henry has grown from a one-man shop to a 20 person company that has established a new benchmark of excellence.
The wood has been used to create the handles on a limited edition (50 pieces only) series of special knives that are being sold exclusively through Fahrney's Pens, the premier pen retailer in the country.
Please Note: You may order these knives from Historical Woods of America as well, however, if you decide to purchase directly from Fahrney's, please be sure to tell them that you saw it here first.
Read more about the project here and on Flickr.
"Presidential Classic" 1911 Model Limited Edition Handguns
We are proud to announce that HWA has teamed up with elite firearm manufacturer Wilson Combat of Berryville Arkansas. We have been asked to provide them with grip material from "Americas Historic Horse-Chestnut Tree", the last survivor of the thirteen famous Horse Chestnut trees that George Washington planted on Fauquier St. in downtown Fredericksburg, Virginia.
This series contained only five pistols and sold out within 2 hours of being released to the public. To view and read more on the first in this series named the "Presidential Classic" model, Click the link below.
Presidential Classic" 1911 Model Limited Edition Handguns
We expect to see the next limited edition series coming out soon and will update this page when we get the images and information from Wilson Combat.
Wilson Combat is one of the premier 1911 model pistol manufacturers in the world and it's an honor to be working with them on this special project. Click the the link to see what else they do:
If you are interested in purchasing one of these extremely rare and highly collectible pistols from the next series, please contact John May at Wilson Combat 870 545 3635
Freedom's Steel
HWA is again proud to have been asked to be involved in another important custom project with our historic George Washington Horse- Chestnut tree wood.
We are part of a collaboration between several master craftsmen in the creation of a one of a kind custom presentation knife named "Freedom's Steel" that was created for the grassroots organization Knife Rights.
We have supplied the George Washington Horse-Chestnut wood for the handle on this special knife that has been donated to the NRA-ILA and will be auctioned off at their annual meeting in St Louis, MO on the weekend of April 13.
More information and photos of this knife can be found at:
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Since the Macquarie Dictionary was first published in 1981, its reputation as Australia's national dictionary has gone from strength to strength. It is now nationally and internationally regarded as the standard reference on Australian English. A comprehensive and up-to-date account of our variety of English, it not only includes all those words and senses peculiar to Australian English, but also those common to the whole English-speaking world.
The Sixth Edition features:
- the complete record of English as it is used in Australia, from the colourfully colloquial to the highly technical
- thousands of new words and senses, such as apera, bladerunner, dramality, frape, yarn bombing, urban homesteading, virtual choir, mummy blog, and many more
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Joe Schiavoni recognizes that he is in a Democratic race with big-name candidates, but he's OK with that because through the primary, he is garnering a reputation for being different.
"I've been earning it," Schiavoni said. "I traveled the state, and I talked to people. I brought their voices to the statehouse. I knew that there were going to be candidates that had higher name recognition than me, but I also know that I can feel this wave coming and people just want something new and different, but they want somebody new, different and good."
Schiavoni, an Ohio Senator who represents part of the Youngstown suburbs is running in the Democratic primary for governor against household names in Ohio politics such as Richard Cordray and Dennis Kucinich.
Schiavoni sat down with The Lantern for an interview last week to talk about his candidacy, an offer extended to all campaigns from both major parties. Schiavoni was the only campaign to respond.
Schiavoni said he wants to represent a candidate in ways unlike other politicians.
"It's not different just because we want something different. [Voters] tried that with Trump," Schiavoni said. "They want someone that actually understands issues, understands people, cares about people and is willing to put in the work."
Schiavoni stressed the work he has been doing since he originally came to Columbus as an appointee to the state senate in 2008, a move he said came with no prior political ambition or agenda — just a desire to work with whomever he could on issues that matter.
"I just came down with an open mind, came down with a work ethic, came down knowing the things I understood about Youngstown, and I tried to work with everybody immediately," Schiavoni said. "That's how I still do it 10 years later."
Schiavoni said his college visits are an example of going beyond the typical politician's duties. He said many lawmakers briefly go to campuses to try to rally students during campaigns without actually listening to them.
"You got to talk to students about what's really going on in their lives, and what I hear students talk about is student debt and opportunities when they graduate," he said.
One of the major issues he works with that is relevant to students is college affordability and debt.
Schiavoni has laid out a plan that could impact college students similar to Maryland's College Affordability Act of 2016. In Schiavoni's vision, Ohio would implement an income tax credit for the purpose of student debt relief.
"At the end of the day we are going to have students that graduate with debt and we've got to figure out a way to help them deal with it," Schiavoni said.
Another relevant school issue, especially after this weekend's marches aimed at gun policy reform, is whether to arm teachers with guns to protect students in the classroom.
Schiavoni sides with most of his Democratic counterparts and does not want armed teachers in schools, but he said he he is not looking to enforce his views on local communities that feel differently, including Ohio communities that have already taken steps to arm teachers. Close to 30 Ohio school districts include controversial staff training to handle firearms in their security plans.
"The law currently says that the locals have the ability to make that decision. I don't want to take away the locals' ability to make that decision," Schiavoni said. "I don't think it's a good idea. I don't think that arming your teachers is the way you are going to protect your kids."
Schiavoni's larger stance on guns stops short of calling for some of the more heavy-handed measures.
He has not called for a ban on "military-style" assault weapons but said, "at the end of the day we have to figure out if we want people to have military-style weapons in communities."
Schiavoni will continue to travel the state, like he has done for the last year and a half, as the primaries continue to come to a close with voting on May 8. While it might seem like he has little chance of winning the primary, he said he's determined to continue fighting, an approach he said he uses every day in his work life.
"I take that approach to this job everyday," Schiavoni said. "You get up and you do it until you sleep and you just keep working through it and you reach people and you talk to people about what's important to them."


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The Community College of Allegheny County provides a supportive and transformative learning environment that prepares graduates to meet critical needs in the region's workforce.
At CCAC, we believe that life outside the classroom is an important part of your college experience. Each CCAC campus has a variety of activities to enhance your lifestyle – including athletics, cultural events and personal development seminars.
The CCAC Educational
Foundation is the fundraising and benefactor arm of the college. It seeks to
create vital connections between the college and the wider community
to ensure the ongoing viability of the college.
The Institute was established in the early 1980s, predominately offering Emergency Medical Services (EMS) programs. In the early 1990s CCAC expanded the mission of the Institute to include EMS, Fire, Hazardous Materials, Emergency Vehicle Operations and Emergency Management. PSI trains approximately 15,000 students per year in public safety programs in Allegheny, Clarion, Crawford, Erie, Indiana, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango, Warren and Washington Counties.
The Public Safety Institute offers popular training in:American Heart Association ProgramsEmergency Medical ServicesFire, Rescue & Hazardous Materials ProgramsInstructor Training and RecertificationOSHA TrainingNorthwest Region ProgramsTraining and Education Partnership
Cadaver ExperienceThe Cadaver Experience is an 8-hour program designed for current health care providers and students interested in witnessing a forensic pathologist and surgeon dissect a human cadaver. Students will receive education on the human body by use of visual, auditory and kinesthetic learning. An overview of the role as well as case reviews of the Coroner's Office and Allegheny General Hospital physicians will also be presented and discussed. This program is eligible for 8 hours of continuing education for all prehospital providers by the PA DOH. Register on ShopCommunityEd.
Training and Education PartnershipCCAC PSI offers a Training & Education Partnership (TEP) pay-as-you-go program for emergency services agencies in western Pennsylvania with an annual maximum cost of training for qualifying members. Fees are program-based for the required minimum number of students per course. See the CCAC PSI Fire & Rescue Course Fee Catalog for courses.
FireVEST Scholarship Program
Are you an Allegheny County volunteer firefighter thinking about
getting your college degree? Check out CCAC's FireVEST Scholarship
program to see if it's right for you.
OSHA Training The Public Safety Institute now offers training in Occupational Safety & Health Standards (OSHA) both for General Industry and for the Construction Industry.
Emergency Medical ServicesClasses are available and registering now for Provider training in Southwestern Pennsylvania:Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT)EMS Training and Refresher CoursesEmergency Vehicle OperationsAmerican Heart Association (AHA) ProgramsCCAC is a certified CTC (Community Training Center) where instructors can align and where AHA training is offered in Heartsaver CPR/AED, Heartsaver First Aid, BLS Provider (also known as Professional Rescue CPR), BLS Instructor, and both HeartCode® ACLS and HeartCode® PALS.
Recertification is also available for anyone involved in public safety as well as for members of the general public who are interested in learning more and includes Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Trauma Life Support training for both Advanced Life Support (ALS) and Basic Life Support (BLS) providers.


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Three major plot points from last night's incredible One Love Manchester concert: Ariana Grande has announced herself as the best pop star in the entire world, the emotion of the crowd and the sincerity of the response was enough to restore your faith in humanity at a time when such things are duly tested, and Justin Bieber and Liam Gallagher played a great game of coats and both came out winners.
Justin, out there with a skinhead, too many layers, and an acoustic guitar, rocked a beautiful Opening Ceremony nylon jacket, released in January.
A '90s-inspired effort with classic "ticker tape" styling down the arms, the Opening Ceremony Warm-Up Jacket is track-inspired and sorta-kinda waterproof, and clocks in at a – relatively – you know, for a mega-famous pop star – reasonable price of £206.
And Liam defaulted to his truest form in a typical burnt orange three-quarter length rain jacket from Japanese outdoorswear brand Sassafrass. When Stockport magazine Proper tweeted out a link to the original item on cult Manc retailer Oi Polloi, the coat sold out in minutes. Colour us totally non-surprised.
The Sassafrass Fall Leaf Bud Coat in "orange weeds poplin" is 100% cotton with raglan arms, concealed buttons, and a triple-stitched seam construction which'll mean it lasts even longer than Noel Gallagher's hatred of his younger brother. It is very much sold out now – for the moment anyway – but watch Oi Polloi's website for news of a re-stock.


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Coconut bears antiseptic properties in its entirety, markedly its slime and oil. Let me bring on you in to see how these food pick and food oil can afford your facial appearance a unprocessed impressive glow, and best importantly, give a hand you burn up your overflow fats distant and assist your upbeat strongly.
Health Benefits of Coconut Cream / Milk
Coconut salve adds a savory flavour to curries, desserts and cakes. That's because it enhances the olfactory property and nibble of the dishes.Post ads:
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You can land it smoothly and chintzily. It bears a thick, paste-like evenness. When diluted, it becomes coconut dairy product.
However, general public dodge food lotion due to the untrue averment made on its last wringing fat content, markedly those portly folks who are annoying to lithe hair.
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Now, I'm not suggesting you to provide in coconut meat cream, but a bit than avoiding it altogether, it's alright to chomp in degree. The principle adipose sour in coconut milk is lauric acid, which is the identical fat found in surplus in mother's dairy product.
After it turns into monolaurin, it strengthens your status association and protects you opposed to varied illnesses same hepatitis C, herpes and even HIV! It also protects your wits and bones. On top of that, it holds primary anti-carcinogenic and anti-pathogenic properties which helps to foreclose cancer.
Attention! Coconut elite group doesn't grounds weight indefinite quantity as slickly as unsaturated oil. You'll swot up that in a moment when we way of walking into the well-being benefits of coconut oil. The at home fat-burning moving parts of coconut elite group works correctly the one and the same as that in coconut meat oil due to their supersaturated fat ecstatic.
Canned or packaged food goo is on tap in supermarkets. It must be iced once open and does not second more than than a period. Also, do not freeze food drink as this causes it to turn when you side by side use it in gastronomic.
Try variant brands of recorded coconut potable to brainstorm the one to your liking. Good brands which have not been artificially homogenized, will have four-ply rub vagrant on top of the can patch the drink at the bottom is noticeably much wet.
Health Benefits of Virgin Coconut Oil
Extracted from unspoilt coconut meat potable and meat, virgin coconut oil has specified a fragrant and appetizing soft spot that it is utilized in whipping up yummy meals.
Just like-minded coconut cream, coconut meat oil reduces bad cholesterol, unrelated unsaturated stalklike oils specified as canola, flower and false saffron oils.
Though it contains mainly concentrated fat, it's been found to have relatively lower energy unit number (only 6.8 calories per gm) comparing to other than oils (9 calories per gram) of the one and the same nature.
Hey ladies, here's a excellent report for you! Guess what - coconut oil in fact increases organic process and facilitates weight loss! Thanks to its medium-chain oleaginous acids which make a thermogenic upshot that helps to flare up fat.
People of old school cultures, such as as the South Pacific Islands and the Philippines where on earth food and region oils are plentiful, experience inferior revenue enhancement of blubber and wellness snags.
Look at our social group present - we collection soaring on our plates sustenance commonly dignified in carbohydrates and unsaturated oils which further our venture of heart diseases and polygenic disease. Yet we bemoan something like our weight and impecunious robustness. What a shame!
However, coconut meat oil is unlike from other animal-based oils. Studies brainwave that it helps lower humour force per unit area and regiment endocrine dysfunction.
Unlike dainty oils, it does not curved shape stale effortlessly and change state nephrotoxic to our bodies.
If you have injured hair, try exploitation food oil on your hackle and cutis. It's been proven to be a more decisive conduct for undermined hackle than material oil and sunflower oil. That's because coconut oil is the individual oil among the 3 which efficaciously reduces protein loss in mane.
Looking for a twopenny yet utile external body part work product? Virgin coconut meat oil is your choice. Here are numerous benefits:
1. It penetrates and moisturizes your crust.
2. It minimizes your elephant hide modification from sun revelation that causes sagging, wrinkling and blemishes.
3. It removes departed bark cells, producing an even feel and daylight.
4. It heals broken-down or pathologic wrapping.
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Once you decide to implement a customer loyalty system and you have all the involved people aligned around the four main benefits of having such a system (see The Four Basic Benefits of a Loyalty Program), then you can start working on the strategy.
Typically when thinking about customer loyalty, businesses immediately start discussing points and rewards, which really undermine the power of a customer loyalty system. Before even thinking about the incentives and the rewards, you need to figure out your data capture strategy.
A data capture strategy defines how you collect and manage information about your customers. A well thought of data capture strategy will deliver high quality customer data, allowing you to better understand your customers and enhance your relationship with them.
Capturing information about your customer does not mean you need to gather up every type of demographic data from every single person. You only need to capture the data that's "relevant" and "relative" to your business and your sales objectives. You also need to make this data capture meaningful to your customers as well. You can't just start asking for volumes of information unless it seems important to them as well.
One Golden Rule we recommend is this: Only capture data that you can actually USE to trigger a marketing campaign or make a decision about a "next step" within a marketing sequence.
There are three basic guidelines that should guide your data capture strategy:
- Depth – The amount of data you have about your customers to make your communications relevant
- Breadth – The volume of customers you have on your database and can therefore have a conversation with.
- Quality – The deciding factor. Your database may be full of customer records appended with all manner of information, but if it's inaccurate it's useless
It is important to identify what information you require to allow you to meet your objectives. At UrbanBuz, this is one of our starting points and this is something we call defining your "ideal" customer profile.
A good practice is to start by working out what information is most important. From there, you can then investigate where this information is currently captured or where it may be in the future. Don't fall into the trap of collecting data because you think it might be useful. If you can't think of a use for it now, don't collect it. Asking for too much data may alienate your customers.
You can also use transactional data to get a far richer understanding of who your customers are than they actually want (or are able) to tell you. With sales data, you can build customer segments. You wouldn't offer deep discounts to customers who were already loyal to your store and willing to pay full or close-to full price (that's just giving away money). Your more infrequent customers may need different incentives to come in and purchase. Segmenting your customers can allow you to send the right offers to each customer.
In order to maximize the number of customers who would provide you with their information, you should make it as easy as possible for customers to provide that information.
It is important not to push the customer to provide information at your own schedule. They need to do it when they feel like it. So for that you need to enable them to do that across different channels whether while browsing or waiting at the store, on your web site, on your Facebook page, or on their phone.
Also people expect something of value in return for entering their contact details. Incentivizing your audience needn't be costly. You might provide a quick digital offer or voucher that gets emailed to them once they fill out their profile.
The key here is to make it quick and easy for customers to provide you with information at their own time by integrating your data capturing process with all your different channels from Point of Sale system to web site and Facebook.
Approximately 1 in 10 customer records you store will become out of date every 3 months. This has implications not just for the data that you collect (for example ask for a date of birth rather than age) but also for how you maintain it. A badly timed or irrelevant communication could at worst result in reputation damage to your brand. It is therefore not sufficient to just collect customer data well; it must also be diligently maintained.
You need to make sure to provide your customers with the capability to update their information and to have regular campaigns reminding them to make sure their profiles are up to date and most importantly to remind them "why" they should update their profiles.
While data collection does take some work and commitment, the payoffs can be well worth the time.
- You can exponentially increase the response rates on your marketing campaigns
- You can increase your per-visit transaction revenue
- You can identify and improve your relationship with your best customers
- You can provide useful information to all of your customers
To have a solid Data Capturing strategy in place, always make sure:
- Decide what data you need and prioritize
- Don't ask for everything at once – build it up over time
- Make it easy for customers to give you information
- Incentivize your customers to part with their details
- Streamline the process from point of capture to storage
- Regularly remind customers to update their data and about the benefits of doing that


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The Ghost Echo is EarthQuaker's spooky take on the haunted amp-top spring reverberation units of yesteryear. This creepy analog/digital spring reverb emulation machine boasts a terrifying 30ms – 150ms of pre-delay, controllable via the 'Attack" knob, for everything from a quick rockabilly slapback, to viscous pools of ectoplasmic reverberations. When playing staccato, you'll hear the tortured trails of the reverb, resulting in more of a slapback, or echo sound. Legato playing will reveal a massive ambient 'depth that fattens up the sound – and look out it's right behind you!
Phew, that was close. The 'Dwell' control sets the length and thickness of the decay, which is to say that it controls how long the disembodied spirits of notes no longer with us float through the ether; and the 'Depth' sets the intensity of the reverb, which you probably know as the wet/dry mix, but we like to think of it more as how scary the overall effect is.
The Ghost Echo is true bypass, and built one at a time by a team of friendly ghosts in the never-ending hall of funhouse mirrors that is Akron, Ohio, USA.
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The fiscal cliff and private equity
British banks may need more capital
BlackRock's new bond plan
Why 'cheap' stocks aren't always good
Where's the stimulus, Obama?
Eurozone business mood ticks up
Cyber Monday gives eBay a big boost
Goldman Sachs to leave crime scene, exit CSI?
How to really stop (some) insider trading
Why Italian bonds are rallying
Aston Martin at risk of downgrade
Bond investors, beware
U.K. targets Google, Amazon, Starbucks on taxes
BlackRock: There's hidden value in CASSH
Costco's odd fiscal cliff dividend deal
The Fed is backing foreign banks into a corner
Jack Bogle: Vanguard's $2.2 trillion man
What if your life's work could be measured by one simple number, and what if that number was 2.2 trillion? As in dollars. I walked into an upscale Midtown Manhattan restaurant looking for such a man. He was easy to spot. Not because he was oozing wealth from every pore and surrounded by an entourage -- but because he wasn't. Over there in the corner, he's the older fellow in a plain suit and a boring tie who looks a tad uncomfortable in a place that serves up Spanish Octopus a la Plancha, with sofrito, cocoa beans, marble potatoes, and serrano ham. (He would have a hamburger -- hold the pickled ramp dressing.)
John C. "Jack" Bogle, 83, didn't build Vanguard into one of the biggest companies in the world by sitting around eating fancy Spanish octopus. He's all about keeping things simple. And he's a fighter, a cantankerous iconoclast, and more than a bit of a zealot. He officially retired in '99 and hasn't been in the best of health for a while, but he still believes adamantly that conservative, low-cost index funds are the best way -- nay, the only way -- to invest. And now so, too, do millions of Vanguard customers around the world. They've invested $2.2 trillion in the house that Jack built from scratch 37 years ago.
This is the third time I've written about Vanguard in my career at Fortune. The first was in 1991, when the company had around $80 billion under management; then again in 2001, when it had $540 billion; and now, after it has quadrupled in size over the past 11 years. (I know, I'm a year behind schedule.) In that time Vanguard has quietly become one of the greatest business success stories of our time. And over the decades I've come to realize a thing or two about the company -- namely, that it is truly unique and seemingly inexorable. Vanguard has grown in every kind of market as enlightened investors beat a path to its door.
In case you don't know, here's how Vanguard works: The company sells low-cost mutual funds (primarily index funds) and ETFs directly to investors, thereby bypassing brokers and their markups and marketing fees. The most important distinction, though, is that Vanguard is able to operate with the lowest margins in the business because, like a mutual insurance company, it is owned by its customers. (In Vanguard's case: investors in its funds.) Of course Vanguard pays its managers and executives. But instead of paying out profits to an owner or shareholders, the company's gains are instead realized by lowering costs. Got it? Meaning Bogle has built Vanguard into a global behemoth and yet not become fabulously wealthy. Which is a big reason no one else has seen fit to create another Vanguard. To do so, you'd have to be a true believer. And not many people are.
Bogle has met me to talk about his new book, The Clash of the Cultures: Investment vs. Speculation, in which he eviscerates most investing practices and much of what happens on Wall Street. "I don't pay attention to what others say. I say what I think," he tells me, while warily eyeing my Fall Roasted Root Vegetable Salad with petite lettuce, goat cheese, duck confit, figs, apple, and carrot vinaigrette. "I don't know how to do otherwise." (I think he wants to say something about my salad, but Jack does have some limits.)
The fundamental principles that Jack has always emphasized, and still does -- getting diversified market exposure, not giving your profits away in fees -- are the building blocks of success for the average investor. There is a lot of sophisticated advice in this year's Investor's Guide. And all of it -- stock picks from elite managers, market insight from seasoned pros, tips on buying real estate in your IRA -- can help give you a boost. But that doesn't mean we should ever lose sight of the basic, commonsense approach that works for Vanguard.
As I help Jack hail a cab to take him to Penn Station (no Town Cars or limos for him) to catch his train back to Philadelphia, I realize that when you boil it down, his success is a result of the power of independent thinking. Jack has consistently gone his own way and made up his own mind. It's an important point to remember when considering how to invest. Very few of us have the same ability as Jack. We need help and advice. But you should always ask yourself, What do I really think about, say, Apple's stock (AAPL) or a particular bond fund? Does investing my money there make sense to me? You may not build quite what Jack has, but thinking a bit more like him is sure to help you succeed.
ECB sees gloomy 2013, but holds rates
Why you're right to be obsessed with Apple stock
Citigroup layoffs may not go far enough
Marc Lasry: I'm in cash because of cliff
Citigroup to slash 11,000 jobs
EU slaps record $1.9B fine on cartel
The defunct startup that beat Best Buy in court
Municipal bonds: A train wreck waiting to happen
Why aren't big banks issuing more long-term debt?
Alan Simpson paints dire market outlook
Discount lobster not a hit with diners, or investors
Special dividends: Big waste of cash for tech
Banks book record profits off Fannie and Freddie
Investing: Where to make money in 2013
Municipal bonds: A train wreck waiting to happen
The defunct startup that beat Best Buy in court
EU slaps record $1.9B fine on cartel
Citigroup to slash 11,000 jobs
Jack Bogle: Vanguard's $2.2 trillion man
ECB sees gloomy 2013, but holds rates
Why you're right to be obsessed with Apple stock
Citigroup layoffs may not go far enough
Marc Lasry: I'm in cash because of cliff
We are working too hard
Is Obamacare killing medical device startups?
Don't believe the hype about special dividends
Aston Martin gets new Italian backer
Netflix CEO Hastings deserves SEC scrutiny
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Whether you're craving high-octane thrills or laid back family fun, we have you covered. Fun is limitless at Kings Island, and with a Gold or Platinum Pass our park is yours!
160 Days of Fun
Enjoy unlimited admission to all 160 operating days for the 2018 season and take advantage of all four Seasons of Fun. Come and go like you own the place with a Gold (or Platinum) Season Pass. Simply put, it's the best entertainment value around.
65 Rides and Attractions
From big thrills to little thrills, Kings Island offers the perfect combination of world-class thrills and family attractions. Guests can experience the park's 16 roller coasters, including the world's longest wooden (The Beast) and steel inverted (Banshee) roller coasters, Diamondback and Mystic Timbers, voted "Best New Ride" in 2017 by Amusement Today. Families can spend the day together in the 17-time, award-winning Planet Snoopy kids' area. There's something for guests of all ages to experience and enjoy.
30+ Live Shows
The fun and thrills at Kings Island don't end with the rides. Our live entertainment is pretty amazing, too! With pop and rock music revues, live bands, cirque-style shows and kids' shows, Kings Island offers must-see live entertainment for guests of all ages. Visit often as each Season of Fun seasonal event brings new live entertainment to Kings Island. In all, more than 30 live shows can be seen throughout the year at the park.
7 Exclusive Events
In addition to unlimited admission to all Four Seasons of Fun, there are seven events exclusively for Gold (and Platinum) Season Passholders. Preview Night, night rides on some of your favorite attractions, waterpark slide nights and bring-your-friends days are just some of the exclusive events to take advantage of and enjoy.
4 Seasons of Fun
Fun is always in season at Kings Island with the park offering its guests four seasons of Fun. Following the spring and summer seasons, the fall lineup features two Halloween events with the family-friendly Great Pumpkin Fest and Halloween Haunt. End the year with WinterFest, a holiday tradition for guests of all ages. Gold Season Passholders receive unlimited admission to every Season of Fun!
1 Pass Unlocks It All
Enjoy unlimited visits to Kings Island and Soak City Waterpark all season long. Best of all, your Gold Pass includes free admission to Halloween Haunt and WinterFest, free parking, exclusive discounts, early park access and more!
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Basic Overview of Section 529 College Savings Plans
Rules and Guidelines for Section 529 Plans
Few things excite parents, relatives, financial planners and college-bound students like the availability of Section 529 College Savings Plans. While these accounts do not make money for college expenses magically appear—you still need to save funds diligently over a long period time—they do make the management of that money easier and more effective, while providing a few tax benefits to boost.
The greatest benefit, though, comes when it is time for the student to start applying to college. Knowing that there is money already saved for this purpose makes the whole process of applying for financial aid and searching for scholarships much less stressful.
Prior to the advent of Section 529 plans, parents who wanted to save for their child's college education had few options.
These options were basically limited by whether the child's name or the parents' went on the account. Everything changed in 1996 when Congress passed the Small Business Job Protection Act. As a provision of this act, Section 529 college accounts were created. These accounts offer parents attractive tax benefits for saving money towards college, and still allow them to retain permanent control over the assets. Here are some the most crucial points to be aware of when considering 529 plans to help save for college:
Benefits and Eligibility
The eligibility rules surrounding Section 529 plans are much more liberal than those surrounding other savings vehicles like Roth IRAs. Anyone can contribute to a Section 529 plan, regardless of how much money they make; however, they do need to be aware of U.S. gift tax limitations, and understand how larger gifts may affect their eventual estate taxation.
Parents and others who want to help put money aside for college expenses use these tax-advantaged investment accounts, knowing that any increase in those assets is free of federal and state income taxes. All withdrawals used for qualified higher education expenses are exempt from federal income taxes. 33 states and the District of Columbia also waive state taxes on withdrawals, with some offering other incentives.
Upon opening a Section 529 account, the parent or account owner is required to designate a beneficiary. This "designated beneficiary" is usually the student who will eventually attend college.
When distributions are made from the account for qualified educational expenses for this beneficiary, there is no taxation on growth of the original investment. Educational expenses are broadly defined in Section 529 plans and can include things like uniforms, books, and even transportation.
If distributions are not considered qualified, then Federal income tax will be due on the growth of the distributed investments, and can incur a 10 percent penalty.
Ownership Flexibility
If a designated beneficiary does not go to college, or money remains unused, the parent or account owner can change the beneficiary—for example to a niece or friend. The IRS rules are extremely flexible and allow the beneficiary to be changed to any immediate family member, as well as descendants of the original beneficiary.
Effects on Financial Aid Eligibility
A Section 529 account is generally considered an asset of the parent, which means that 5.6 percent of the value is expected to be used towards college. This provides a significant advantage over UGMA/UTMA custodial accounts, which require that 20 percent of the assets be used towards college.
Section 529 Providers
Each state's 529 plan is a little different, and many states use different investment managers to oversee fund assets. Your investment options are usually limited to the mutual funds offered within each unique plan. While you can generally use any plan to go to college in any state, you should check into whether or not certain state income tax benefits might apply to you.
Section 529 College Savings plans should be at the top of the list for parents and others wanting to save for a loved one's education. While there are some rules that require understanding, the tax benefits and ownership flexibility of these plans make them well worth the time investment. Plus, you will eventually have the satisfaction of seeing the student you helped walk across that stage and receive a diploma come graduation time.


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In the municipality of Elsbethen the Fageralm and the Erentrudisalm are perfect attractions waiting for you… There you've an perfect view on Salzburg. I took the chance and tested my new Samyang 85mm lens. The panos you see are done without tripod, so bracketed images were no option. The Fageralm pano is made of 8 and the Erentrudisalm pano is made of 14 images in portrait mode..
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It was hot for beginning June, 29 degree and a hazy weather … so finally not the best condition to make a pano to zoom several kilometers…
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KELOWNA, BC – January 10, 2019 – ProSmart Enterprises Inc. (TSXV:PROS) ("ProSmart" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that further to its press release of December 19, 2018 it has now closed a non‐brokered offering (the "Offering") of discounted secured convertible debenture ("Debentures") to certain lenders for gross proceeds of $520,000.
The principal amount of the Debentures is $693,333.34, which is repayable in full on the earlier of July 8, 2019 (the "Maturity Date"), and the holder's chosen date to convert Debentures into common shares of the Company. At any time prior to the Maturity Date, the principal amount of a Debenture may be converted into shares at $0.15 per share.
The Debentures bear no interest and the Company is entitled to prepay in full the face value of the Debentures at any time prior to the Maturity Date without penalty.
The Debentures are secured by a general security interest over all the assets of the Company, and through guarantees and a general security interest from each of the Company's subsidiaries. Under the general security agreement, the Company has agreed not to pledge, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of its assets, other than in the normal course, without prior written consent of the holders of the Debentures.
The Debentures and the shares issuable upon conversion of the Debentures will be subject to a statutory hold period expiring May 9, 2019.
The net proceeds from the Offering will be used for general working capital purposes.
In addition, the Company advises that it has released a Letter to Shareholders from the Company's CEO, Alan Schuler, clarifying certain recent events. This letter is available on the Company's website at www.prosmartinc.com. http://prosmartinc.com/2019/01/10/letter‐to‐shareholders/
On behalf of ProSmart Enterprises Inc.
Alan Schuler
Co‐Founder & Chief Executive Officer
About ProSmart Enterprises Inc.
ProSmart Enterprises Inc. (TSX‐V:PROS) is the parent company of SportgoTM, a global online network connecting sports fans, teams and brands and is an emerging leader in sports content marketing through online tools and mobile apps. SportgoTM works with over 1,500 governing bodies in more than 100 countries and provides unprecedented access to the $1.3 trillion sports market1 through its proprietary Marketplace Engine. SportgoTM is also the first‐and‐only online network to provide educational content created exclusively by hall‐of‐fame and professional athletes, which has been a key driver in user growth.
1 Source: Plunkett Research. Ltd.
For more information on ProSmart and SportgoTM, please visit the following links: ProSmart Enterprises Inc. ‐‐ http://prosmartinc.com
SportgoTM ‐‐ https://www.sportgo.com/
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The shares of ProSmart Enterprises Inc. trade publicly on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol TSXV:PROS.
"Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release."
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of the securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. The securities issued, or to be issued, under the Offering have not been, and will not be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.
Forward‐looking Statements: Certain statements in this press release are "forward‐looking statements" which reflect the Company's current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that it believes might affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs. In some cases, these forward‐looking statements can be identified by words or phrases such as "may", "might", "will", "expect", "anticipate", "estimate", "intend", "plan", "indicate", "seek", "believe", "estimates", "predicts" or "likely", or the negative of these terms, or other similar expressions intended to identify forward‐looking statements. Whether actual results, performance or achievements will conform to the Company's expectations and predictions is subject to a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors, including without limitation, those risks and uncertainties discussed elsewhere on the website at www.prosmartinc.com and in the Company's filings on SEDAR. Investors should not place undue reliance on forward‐looking information. The forward‐looking information contained herein is made as of the date hereof and is not obligated to update or revise any forward‐looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities laws.


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For 438 days, two Swedish freelance journalists were locked up in Ethiopian prisons for illegally entering the country and committing acts of terrorism. Prior to their arrest, journalists had been working in the northern part of the country, but the south is where Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson were headed when they were caught. No journalists have ventured into southern Ogaden due to extreme danger and political instability.
Schibbye and Persson were arrested while traveling with outlawed guerilla group the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF).
The Ethiopian courts provided video footage of the two journalists collaborating with the ONLF. On Dec. 27, 2011 they were sentenced to 11 years in jail.
After a bizarre and convoluted set of events, which included the death ofEthiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, the two were freed and sent back to Sweden.
They arrived home Sept. 14, 2012. I interviewed them together via Skype on Monday, Sept. 24.
Poynter: What drew you to Ethiopia in the first place?
Schibbye: We tried to be proactive and see what impact oil exploration would have on the area. There were a lot of things written about the Ogaden but no one had actually set foot in the oil fields. We said, "Let's try and use our feet more than Google to cover this story."
Persson: Other journalists have been there, including from The New York Times, but they'd never gone south in to the actual oil fields.
How did you arrange to illegally cross the border?
Schibbye: We contacted the ONLF and asked them if they could be our guide and get us in to the oil fields where this Swedish company [Africa Oil] is active. They said yes, and so we chose to be embedded with them.
What is the timeline from when you entered Ethiopia and when you were arrested?
Schibbye: We crossed on June 27th and immediately it goes wrong. We were chased in the desert for 30 or 40 minutes by the Ethiopian army, but managed to get away. On the evening of June 30th, I hear one gun shot. Seconds later, the whole area exploded with Kalashnikov fire. I got hit in the shoulder and Johan gets hit in the arm.
There is a four-day gap between your arrest and your arrival in prison. What happened during those days?
Schibbye: We were arrested on June 30th and held in the desert up to July 4th. For four days, the longest and worst of my life, they brought in military journalists to make a mockumentary about what happened. They gave us new clothes and they told us to co-operate or we would be shot. They drove us around to different locations; it was like a Steven Spielberg film.
Persson: Martin was mock executed and I thought he was dead.
Schibbye: The film's director was the vice-president of the Ogaden. He was in contact with the president of the Ogaden all the time. At one moment I get to speak to [the president] on the phone and he tells us, "We are not happy with your performance. So tomorrow we'll have to do it again and you have to confess you are terrorists."
During the early days in prison, what was going through your heads?
Schibbye: We tried to think like journalists. During one of the interrogations, I managed to steal two pieces of paper and hide them in my shoe. So, after the interrogations I could write, word-by-word, what was said. It kept you going.
What was the hardest thing about confinement?
Persson: If you speak about politics, you're reported immediately to the secret police.
Schibbye: You get points. If I see someone smoking and report them to the police I get 10 points. It's a system that promotes snitching. The view I had of prison was it's us against them. It's nothing like that. It's everybody against everybody.
What is the connection between Meles Zenawi's death and your release?
Schibbye: He promised the Swedish foreign minister [Carl Bildt] in May that we would be pardoned in September. We were worried after Zenawi's death that he may not have informed other people about this decision. That's why the Swedish foreign minister flew down to Zenawi's funeral. …
Also, they had gained what they had tried to achieve: to scare journalists. If they had kept us any longer the diplomatic price might have been too high.
You went on Ethiopian television (ETV) and apologized for your actions. Was that also theatre?
Schibbye: Yeah. It was the best lie of my life. It was part of the deal. All political prisoners show themselves on TV, say, "Hello, I'm a big idiot," and then are released.
Persson: They wouldn't give us the release papers before the interview. One minute after, the papers came. We went straight to the embassy and then to the airport.
Did this experience change your perceptions of journalism?
Schibbye: I dragged my wife through hell for 14 months, but as a journalist I now have tools I didn't have before. I now understand people I have interviewed because I have experienced similar situations. I now know what it's like to live in a country and be afraid to think and write; you start to cripple intellectually.
Persson: I don't need permission from governments around the world to interview people. I interview who I want, when I want. I don't care if this person is on a terrorist list or not. It's important that you can hear all sides in the conflict. If you only report one side you don't get the proper picture.
You can stay and live your lives in one of the world's safest, richest countries. Why are you willing to sacrifice your lives to tell these stories?
Persson: There are many black spots in the world with no coverage. That's our job to report that. The problem is that Ethiopia may have won this. Now, people are not willing to go into the Ogaden because they fear getting shot in the head or going to jail for 20 years.
Schibbye: We have chosen to be freelancers to choose the stories we want to cover. … It has to be freelancers to do this kind of work. It takes time. We worked on this since 2009 and we are still not finished.


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Coloring is an activity that never gets old :) Now, with 500 Coloring Pages App - children and adults alike are
able to choose from 500 coloring pages of various difficulties. Everyone will find something for themselves among those
five hundred colouring pages - enthusiasts of fast cars and dinosaurs as well as fans of fairies and sweet kitties.
Great fun for many, many hours. Have fun!
Three difficulty levels: easy, medium and hard.
Lots of categories e.g.: cars (racing cars, lorries and buses); animals (cats, dogs, birds); dinosaurs; aeroplanes; Easter; Christmas; Halloween; Valentine's Day; fairies. You will certainly find something that you will like.
You can save your finished works in the gallery and send them to your family and friends.
Coloring small details is easy thanks to the ability to zoom in.
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Scriptmanager Asp.Net Mvc
I'd like to have some of the ScriptManager features in the new Asp.net MVC model:
1- Script combining 2- Resolving different paths for external Javascript files 3- Minify and Gzip Compression
Here is what I found, but I'm not sure is the best way for MVC approach. In general what is a good approach to deal with Javascript code in the MVC model?
Maybe you could just create a new 'Scripts' controller with different actions serving different combinations of compressed JS files. Since MVC is designed with a resource oriented approach, i.e. URLs are now at the center of your programming model, why not define simple URIs for your Javascripts too ?
In your views, for example you could reference your files like this :
<script src="http://your_domain/scripts/all"/>
This would call your 'all' action, resulting in all your compressed script files being sent.
Of course you would need to code the combining and compressing for now, or maybe reuse the Scriptmanager internally, I don't know if it's possible.
This is just an idea though, currently I'm referencing individual javascript files directly in my master pages.


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The introduction of Green Throttle, which comes with a simple application and an analog controller, plans to turn your Android phone into a gaming console. For anyone who owns an Android phone, Green Throttle promises to provide you with a mobile gaming experience, which the company claims will rival most consoles. In addition to great gaming, Green Throttle promises a great price, which may be as little as $49.95.
What Green Throttle offers is the precision control that a touchscreen cannot deliver. For anyone who has attempted to play a traditional console-type game on a touchscreen knows, the experience is lacking, to say the least. Green Throttle hopes to solve this problem and add true gaming to your Android phone.
But before you start to jump up and down, there are some hardware limitations. Your Android phone needs to be connected to your television for the best user experience, according to the company that produces the Green Throttle hardware. The company currently lists the Google Galaxy Nexus, HTC One X, Samsung Galaxy S III, and the Galaxy Note as functioning properly with the controller. In addition, your phone must be using Android 3.2 or above and you must install the application to get the controller functioning.
The biggest benefit of using an Android phone as a gaming console is the fact that most folks upgrade their phones more than they do their consoles. New Android phones are being introduced at a fairly rapid pace, making the Android phone the most purchased phone in the world. With this in mind, even if you may not have a compatible phone today, in the near future you may own a phone that can double as a gaming console.
But hold on! This even gets better, since I just read in the Green Throttle press release that Android-powered tablets will also be supported. The requirement to use a Green Throttle controller is that your tablet needs to be equipped with a video out connection. If your current Android tablet device doesn't have a video out connection, you may wish to make sure that the next Android tablet that you purchase includes this hardware. As an example, both the 7″ Amazon Kindle HD model and the new 8.9″ Amazon Kindle HD tablet come with micro-HDMI connectors.
So there you have it. I personally believe that this controller and associated application could potentially change the way that we play games.
What do you think? Can you see a Green Throttle controller in your future?
Comments are welcome.
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The Research and Development Unit for English Studies has over the last two decades taken a unique empirical and linguistically-informed approach to the testing of hypotheses about the nature and regularities of the surface word patterns of a text, and their applicability in automatically identifying and extracting conceptual content, or 'aboutness', word meaning and semantic equivalence from large textual databases. Projects have included:
Analysis of Verbal Interaction & Automated Text Retrieval
An automated system for the identification of new words and new uses of existing words. The software is designed as a series of filters, through which the textual data 'flows' at regular intervals, thus providing a diachronic view of linguistic event. [More]
Automatic Collocational Retrieval of 'Nyms'
An automated system to identify semantically-related pairs of words (or 'nyms'), based on the similarity of their collocational environments. The results are being used as a basis for a description of the textual thesaurus, and in document retrieval as an alternative search term facility, and as an automatic thesaurus generator. [More]
Summary Extraction Algorithm Generated Using Lexical Links
An automated summarisation system which produces cohesive summaries (abridgements) of texts by extracting key topic-bearing sentences. [More]
Analysis and Prediction of Innovation in the Lexicon
An automated system of classification for rare new words in text. Sample new word listings are available on our neologisms page. A neologism software demo is also available. [More]
System of Hypermatrix Analysis, Retrieval, Evaluation & Summarisation
An automated system for the retrieval of similar documents, based on the hypothesis that similar patterns of lexical repetition are sufficiently maintained across differently authored documents on similar topics. [More]
The Web as a Corpus
A set of tools to access the web and treat its textual content as a linguistic resource. Demo versions of the original WebCorp tools are available and we are building a complete WebCorp Linguist's Search Engine to improve performance. Our latest work aims to introduce empirical text study at school level by tailoring WebCorpLSE to the requirements of the A-Level syllabus. [More]
The investigation of an organising force in text
The metaphor of 'attraction' from Physics is established in linguistics. It characterises the situation whereby a word is not evenly or randomly distributed across texts, but is found close to its preferred word partners (or 'collocates') in certain textual positions. In this project, we are testing the hypothesis that there is another 'force', which we call 'repulsion', that operates on the construction of text in the opposite way. By repulsion, we mean the system of conventional language use which discourages certain pairs of words from occuring together. [More]
An online collaborative textual annotation resource
We are developing a web-based system to allow students to annotate electronic texts and share these annotations with each other. The system, called eMargin, is designed to offer a digital equivalent of the marginalia associated with the academic study of texts, from underlining and colour-coded highlighting, to notes and comments on particular parts of the page. [More]
Analysis of open-text survey responses
OurSurveySays is an online service for the analysis of open-text survey questions using Corpus Linguistic techniques. We are currently developing the tool in conjunction with planners and strategists at BCU and believe it can have a far-ranging impact in Higher Education. [More]


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The 105 m2 apartment features a master bedroom with en-suite bathroom and dressing room, two double bedroom and extra bathroom . The spacious living area, flooded with natural light, offers a direct access to the balconies. The apartment has been designed to an exceptional standard with solid wooden floors throughout and fully equipped modern kitchen with fridge/freezer, oven, microwave and dishwasher.
The apartment has been remodeled with a great deal of care while retaining original Catalan design with vaulted ceilings. Every detail has been carefully thought out to reflect a perfect blend of elegance. To provide maximum comfort all of the apartments feature fully equipped kitchen with top-of-the-line appliances and modernly decorated bathrooms.The beautiful garden with the swimming pool allows residents to make the most of the outdoor living. These facilities make it an ideal property for the residents who are seeking for value and quality
The Apartment is located in a fantastic property with 6 floors constructed in 1931 by the famous Catalan architect Enric Sagnier. The building is located in the residential area of Sant Gervasi-Galvany
Sant Gervasi-Galvany is the neighbourhood located between Av. Diagonal and Av. General Mitre, closest to Barcelona City Center in the district of Sarriá-Sant Gervasi.
Although the neighborhood offers a large number of restaurants and bars, it is a calm and pleasant area to walk around. It is just a few minutes walk to Parc de Monterols, where you can enjoy the generous touch of the nature. It is safe to say that the area offers a laid-back lifestyle away from the overcrowded touristic sights. However, it is only 10 minutes drive from Barcelona City Center. The neighborhood has good transportation links; being very well served by buses.
Availability upon agreement. This material is based upon information, which we consider reliable, but because third parties have supplied it, we cannot represent that it is accurate or complete, and it should not be relied upon as such. This offering is subject to errors, omissions, and change of price or withdrawal without notice. Taxes, notary and register fees must be paid by purchaser, the commission by the seller as stipulated by Spanish regulations.


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Erica Kathleen Denoni began studying piano at the age of four under her mother April Gibson's tutelage and continued her piano studies with her grandmother Suzanne Gibson-Coulthard and Dr. Betty Suderman and trumpet studies with Niki Taylor. Mrs. Denoni's musical studies have been well-rounded, being an accomplished trumpet player and singer. In June 2008, she won the Young Artist's Solo Competition and performed the Hummel Trumpet Concerto with the Chilliwack Symphony. In 2008 and 2010, she was chosen as the piano representative for the city of Chilliwack in the B.C. Registered Music Teachers Piano Competition. For over ten years, she has given solo recitals in the Fraser Valley, Victoria. Additionally, her love of singing has been cultivated with her involvement in choral, sacred, barbershop and jazz choirs. She enjoys the combination of composing music, performing and teaching.
Erica Denoni obtained her A.R.C.T Piano Performer's Diploma in 2008, receiving first class honours. She completed her Bachelors of Music in Piano Performance in 2012 from the University of Victoria.
Her teachers throughout her music degrees have included: Arthur Rowe, May-Ling Kwok, Shoko Inoue and Dr. Midori Koga. From 2012-2014, she was a group class and private instructor for the University of Toronto Children and Adult Piano Pedagogy programs and taught both on faculty at the Bravo Academy of Performing Arts and her private piano studio. In June 2014, she completed her Masters of Music in Piano Pedagogy and Performance from the University of Toronto and completed the Orff Teacher Level 1 Diploma. Erica returned to Vancouver where she taught on faculty at the Mozart Academy of Music in UBC and the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts teaching group musicianship classes, Orff and private piano. Most recently in the Fall of 2015, she has taught music full time at St. Joseph's Elementary School in Vancouver and St. Patricks's Elementary School in Maple Ridge. Mrs. Denoni will continue her passion for teaching in Fall 2016 as she begins her new position as performing arts teacher at West Vancouver's Mulgrave School.
In September of 2008, he was accepted into the University of Victoria for his Bachelors of Music in Piano Performance and awarded the Cathcart scholarship annually for outstanding academic and pianistic achievement. Mr. Denoni was awarded the highest mark in the University of Victoria piano department from 2008 to 2012 and in June of 2012, he graduated from the University of Victoria upon completion of his Bachelors of Music in Piano Performance. In September of 2012, Mr. Denoni was accepted into the Cleveland Institute of Music for his Masters of Music in Piano Performance. During this time, he had the supreme privilege of collaborating with world renowned cellist Matthew Allen as well as partaking in master classes with Maestro Daniil Trifonov. From September 2012 to April 2014, Mr. Denoni was awarded and maintained a $25,000 annual scholarship for outstanding pianistic and academic achievement from the Cleveland Institute of Music. In May of 2014, he graduated with his Masters of Music degree in Piano Performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music.
Most recently, Mr. Denoni collaborated with Orchestra Philomusica under the baton of Leonard Camplin performing Mozart's Piano Concerto K. 467. Mr. Denoni has had the immense pleasure of studying with Shoko Inoue, Edward J. Parker, Ian Parker, Dr. Jamie Syer, Marc Durand and Emanuela Friscioni among others.


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The renowned developer of DotA 2, IceFrog just confirmed that Valve wont be previewing the glimpse of DotA 2 on Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) which is known as one of the most popular annual event for video-gaming industry and gamers. "E3 isn't really the right type of venue for dota2, we won't be there" IceFrog added.
The enthusiast community was expecting to see some actual DotA 2 unveiling of gameplay footage and screenshots on E3. However, there is still a rumor floating that Valve may preview DotA 2 Heroes at Comic Con 2011 (July 21th to July 24th 2011). Let's hope for the best!


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<antoine> Agenda: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xg-lld/2010Sep/0095.html
<antoine> Scribe: Gordon
<antoine> Scribenick: GordonD
<antoine> http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/minutes/2010/09/23-lld-minutes.html
RESOLUTION: Accept minutes
<antoine> http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/wiki/JointMeeting2010
Tom: I am working with Pete Johnston on the joint meeting with DC Architecture Forum
<emma> here is the background document (from the agenda) http://dublincore.org/architecturewiki/DcamInContext
TomB: Meeting agenda is near-final, basic outline, unless anyone wishes to add something
<jodi> (also try scrolling down, there's a float drop problem in that webpage)
<scribe> ACTION: Any proposed changes to agenda for joint meeting with DC Architecture Forum (http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/wiki/JointMeeting2010), please email TomB [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/minutes/2010/09/30-lld-minutes.html#action01]
<antoine> http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/wiki/F2F_Pittsburgh
Antoine: Agenda for face2face
meeting under development
... intention today is to make progress on draft agenda
jneubert: agenda for Cologne meeting will be developed after mid-October
antoine: Will allow output of Pittsburgh f2f to be considered
Karen: Have made progress on structuring use cases against topic list
emma: Need to find use cases that illustrate topics (if no use case matched so far)
<Asaf> Perhaps a clarification is needed in the Topic wiki page as to what the nicks after each item mean -- people interested in the topic? People owning use cases related to the topic? etc.
emma: Suggest next couple of calls discuss who is interested in each topic, and why, to fill-in gaps in use-case evidence
Karen: Spreadsheet created to match use-cases against topics
Antoine: Useful to share with the group, and group members can confirm matches
<Asaf> I volunteer to help convert it to a Wiki table. I grok wiki syntax.
<jodi> it is possible to share a google doc with a mailing list, but I don't think that's the preferrred alternative
Karen: Will export spreadsheet in csv for conversion to a wiki table
<Asaf> yup
<scribe> ACTION: Karen to export spreadsheet, and Asaf to convert to wiki table [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/minutes/2010/09/30-lld-minutes.html#action02]
emma: suggest conversion of
Karen's other document to wiki, link-up table to use-cases,
... spreadsheet is becoming difficult to use as number of use cases increases
Karen: some topics may not have use cases, we need to identify and provide additional evidence
<scribe> ACTION: Use-case owner(s) to check table and matches [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/minutes/2010/09/30-lld-minutes.html#action03]
<scribe> ACTION: Topic owners to check table and think about supplying additional use-cases [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/minutes/2010/09/30-lld-minutes.html#action04]
<scribe> ACTION: emma, kcoyle, GordonD, Marcia, bvatant to structure the discussion of use cases in light of the topic list [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/minutes/2010/09/23-lld-minutes.html#action01] [CONTINUES]
<Asaf> Repeat my earlier comment: <Asaf> Perhaps a clarification is needed in the Topic wiki page as to what the nicks after each item mean -- people interested in the topic? People owning use cases related to the topic? etc.
<antoine> http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/wiki/Topics#Nicknames
<Asaf> +q
<Zakim> monica, you wanted to ask if adding topics/interests still welcome
<emma> observes that we have a pending action on this
<scribe> [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/minutes/2010/07/08-lld-minutes.html#action08]
<marcia> Could Kai introduce what he did before for user case studies?
antoine: changing topics may cause problems for matching process, suggest any changes signalled to list as an alert
<kai> @marcia: what do you mean?
<marcia> you did user case analysis before, how did you do?
<marcia> using a topic sheet to match or...?
asaf: clarify - what is relationship between topics and nicks (interest, action, other?)
<kai> ah, ok. Yes, I did it for software development, but I am not sure if this does lead to more confusion... ;-)
<emma> @asaf, initially it means that people are interested in the topics
<kai> marcia? can you speak?
marcia: what did Kai do with use cases previously?
kai: abstract use cases to
identify requirements, requirements then related back to use
... need to curate use cases, especially when submitted from outside the group
... for example, relating use cases to each other, assign to topics
... use cases may cluster hierarchically, allows abstraction to identify requirements
antoine: use case curators should feed back to use case owners to improve clarity, etc.
<Asaf> My use case is almost finished: http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/wiki/User:Abartov/DraftUC -- but I can't quite find instruction on how to contribute a use case from within the group -- do I just stick it in [[Use Cases]] or do I send it to Karen or...?
<emma> @asaf just stick it in [[Use Cases]]
<emma> then send a message to the list to announce it
<Zakim> emma, you wanted to ask if we have to modify the use cases in the process
emma: use cases may be modified during curation
antoine: but care should be taken to preserve original meaning/intention
<antoine> ?
<marcia> thanks, Kai, very helpful.
<kai> thanks marcia, you are welcome :-)
alexander: where and how do we
define requirements; need to be separate from topics
... can begin to identify/define requirements during use case curation
antoine: f2f meeting a good
opportunity to start identification of requirements
... may be difficult to do it in advance of f2f: short timescale, new use cases may arrive
alexander: we could set up infrastructure for initial identification of requirements (ad hoc) prior to f2f
<jodi> alexander: duly noted! :)
<scribe> ACTION: Alexander to create wiki page for identifying requirements [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/minutes/2010/09/30-lld-minutes.html#action06]
<Zakim> emma, you wanted to ask if UC curation before or after F2F
emma: do we have to identify requirements as well as matching topics
antoine: no obligation to do so
karen: may need to give topics identifiers (numbers) to make cross-referencing easier
<TomB> suggest we not number them, but name them (simple handles)
<emma> +1 for IDs ;-)
<fsasaki> +1
<marcia> +1 tomB
+1 tomB
<Asaf> Also, if the topics are Wiki headings, they are easily referenced as anchors.
karen: need nicknames for topics
<kai> +1
antoine: be careful not to expend too much effort before f2f
emma: need to do something now,
to be prepared
... can be incorporated into use case/topic matching process
<marcia> I think some topics contain more than one in one topic line, the first thing maybe to break down
<scribe> ACTION: Everyone to elaborate on topics in the wiki [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/minutes/2010/07/08-lld-minutes.html#action08] [CONTINUES]


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