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I ordered Nicole Miller for Men (not Parlux version anymore but now by Luxury Brands, LLC), only to find that the formulation has changed. There is something missing and the longevity is not what it once was. Yes, something is missing. The original was a boozy, lovely woody fragrance that lasted all day and smelled very similar to Minotaure by Paloma Picasso. I could hardly smell the fragrance after ten minutes. Did the marketing department at Nicole Miller think people wouldn't notice the change??? Well, we did notice the change, and it looks like I won't be wearing Nicole Miller for Men anymore. I think Minotaure is a better quality fragrance anyway. Come to think of it, Minotaure smells like the now-discontinued Molto Smalto by Francesco Smalto! Love that one, too (although discontinued)!1 Stars
Written by JR on July 19, 2019
This latest version, distributed by Luxury Brands, LLC, is NOTHING like the previous versions distributed by Riviera Concepts and Parlux Fragrances, Inc. Although it may smell similar to the original, within ten minutes it is barely detectable and all that is left is a cheap-smelling leather skin scent, and that is soon undetectable after 20 minutes. It is definitely NOT the quality of the Riviera Concepts or Parlux versions. Suffice it to say, the bottles of Nicole Miller for Men will be going back for a refund. Nicole Miller for Men has been compared to Michael Kors for Men and Minotaure by Paloma Picasso, and I can bet those two fragrances will outlast NMM by a mile. NMM has no longevity or sillage whatsoever, whereas Michael Kors for Men and Minotaure by Paloma Picasso have excellent longevity and sillage. Steer clear of NMM, not unless you enjoy purchasing fragrances with the longevity and sillage of tap water. I give Nicole Miller for Men a grade of F. It is NOTHING of its former self. A sad, sad story regarding a fragrance that was once in my Top 10. No more. :(1 Stars
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Of those surveyed more than a quarter (28 per cent) admitted they had used cannabis, 13 per cent had used amphetamines, 9 per cent had used amyl nitrates, and 1 per cent had used heroin.
A third of respondents, aged 16-54, said that they had taken drugs illegally. Of these, 14 per cent had done so in the last year and 9 per cent in the last month.
Of the people reporting having taken illegal drugs in the last month, 18 per cent said they intended to stop in the next month, and 10 per cent did not see the need to ever stop taking drugs.
In the 19-21 age group, 74 per cent of men and 50 per cent of women had tried drugs at some time, consituting the largest overall user group.
A third of men and women smoke at least one cigarette a day. Smoking is most common in the 16-24 age group, and the incidence decreases with age. Almost two-thirds of smokers would like to give up.
Alcohol consumption for both men and women was higher in the 16-24 age-group than it was in other age groups. The mean consumption in this group was 22.4 units a week for men and 14.4 for women.
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errbrr posted a topic in Shooting Technique, Workflow and EditingSome time ago I mentioned that I was using a basic backpack as carryon with a fully constructed camera & housing inside. Someone asked for photos and I never got around to taking them. Yesterday I was helping Dad work out how he is going to pack for an upcoming trip and took some photos. Behold - camera in housing, housing in back pack, within the carry-on size, and room to wedge three t-shirts (for padding) and a couple of strobes around it. I then take a shoulder bag/"purse" with laptop and back up drive, plus maybe a second lens. The only real drawbacks here are back pain after carrying it across the airport and the risk that someone at the airline will want to weigh your bag, and subsequently try and force you to check it. Having a ratty looking backpack has saved me from being selected for random weigh ins. The advantage is that you land at your destination with a camera in housing and all you have to do is plug the strobes in and jump in the water.
Think Tank Airport Accelorator backpack: ($180) shipped. The bag is in great condition. The only thing missing is the spare separator inserts that aren't currently in the bag. I've looked but simply can't find them. I can provide pictures of the separators that I have if requested if it isn't clear from the attached picture. I travelled with nearly my complete setup including laptop within this bag. The only thing that didn't fit well was my 2 handle tray which I always packed in a checked bag. I will accept paypal payment only and prefer to ship within the contential US. PM me if you have any questions.


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|8/18/17 Confluent Boulders sculpture at Maple Leaf Reservoir Park
That's what I wrote on the Urban Sketchers Seattle blog to promote today's outing to Maple Leaf Reservoir Park. Perhaps I oversold it just a tad, as the cloud cover never did reveal The Mountain. Still, a good turnout of sketchers found plenty to sketch in "my" neighborhood park on a beautiful morning.
I sketch at this park regularly, so I was bound for a redux, no matter what view I chose. But it had been more than three years since I sketched this view of the public art, Confluent Boulders, and the iconic water tower behind it, so it didn't feel old. (The sculpture by Patrick Marold is made from two sliced-up boulders taken from the Cedar and Tolt river watersheds, which both feed the Maple Leaf reservoir, now hidden beneath the park.) It was especially enjoyable this time with the warm sun at my back and Natalie and Anne for company. Familiar views feel fresh when I try to imagine them being seen through the eyes of a newcomer. Maple Leaf Park was new to everyone who joined the outing yesterday, so it was fun to imagine seeing and sketching it for the first time.
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Here's a letter to U.S. senator Tim Kaine:
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA)
Capitol Hill
Washington, DC
Senator Kaine:
In your interview this morning on WTOP Radio you made two claims that must be challenged.
First, the Hobby Lobby decision does not "allow employers to deny women access to certain kinds of contraception." Instead, that decision prevents government from forcing employers to pay for employees' access to certain kinds of contraception. Hobby Lobby no more gives employers power to deny women access to certain kinds of contraception than would a court decision that prevents government from forcing you to buy me beer give you power to deny me access to certain kinds of libations.
Second, you justify government forcing employers to pay for all manner of contraception by asserting that contraception "is expensive." Let's overlook your neglect of the fact that when employers are forced to pay for fringe benefits they reduce their employees' non-fringe wages and salaries – and the more expensive the fringes, the greater this reduction in these wages and salaries. Focus instead on the evidence that you cite for the importance of contraception – namely, the "substantial" (your word) reduction in unwanted pregnancies over the past two decades. You plausibly attribute this reduction to contraception. But if contraception for at least two decades now has substantially reduced unwanted pregnancies, how can you say with a straight face that contraception is so expensive that government must force employers to subsidize employees' access to it?
Donald J. Boudreaux
Professor of Economics
Martha and Nelson Getchell Chair for the Study of Free Market Capitalism at the Mercatus Center
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030


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Dubbed Operation Rosehub, the initiative was volunteered by some 50 Google employees, who utilized 20 percent of their work time to patch over 2600 open source projects on Github, those were vulnerable to "Mad Gadget vulnerability."
Mad Gadget vulnerability (CVE-2015-6420) is a remote code execution bug in the Java deserialization used by the Apache Commons Collections (ACC) library that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a system.
The ACC Library is widely deployed by many Java applications to decode data passed between computers. To exploit this flaw, all an unauthorized attacker need to do is submit maliciously crafted input to an application on a targeted system that uses the ACC library.
Once the vulnerable ACC library on the affected system deserializes the content, the attacker could remotely execute arbitrary code on the compromised system, which could then be used to conduct further attacks.
Remember ransomware attack on Muni Metro System? Late last year, an anonymous hacker managed to infect and take over more than 2,000 computers using this same Mad Gadget flaw in the software used to operate San Francisco's public transport system.
Following the public disclosure of the Mad Gadget flaw, almost every commercial enterprise including Oracle, Cisco, Red Hat, VMWare, IBM, Intel, Adobe, HP, Jenkins, and SolarWinds formally disclosed that they had been impacted by this vulnerability and patched it in their software.
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However, few months after all big businesses patched the flaw, one of the Google employees noticed that several prominent open source libraries were still depending on the vulnerable versions of ACC library.
"We recognized that the industry best practices had failed. An action was needed to keep the open source community safe. So rather than simply posting a security advisory asking everyone to address the vulnerability, we formed a task force to update their code for them. That initiative was called Operation Rosehub," Justine Tunney, Software Engineer on TensorFlow, wrote on Google Open Source Blog.Under Operation Rosehub, patches were sent to many open source projects, although the Google employees were only able to patch open source projects on GitHub that directly referenced vulnerable versions of ACC library.
According to the Open Source Blog, if the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's software systems had been open source, Google engineers would also have been able to deliver patches for Mad Gadget to them, and their systems would have never been compromised.


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Do Church Growth Consultations Really Work?
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The longer answer: Faced with declining membership, many church congregations naturally want to "do something." Some turn to church growth consultants for help. But do these consultations really work?
In a study by C. Kirk Hadaway, he suggests that consultations are the "mainline equivalent of a revival" -- they can boost membership growth, but growth tapers off as enthusiasm wanes.
"The results of this analysis clearly show that the consultations tend to have a positive effect on participating churches," Hadaway wrote in the study. "However, the positive effect does not last very long for most churches."
Hadaway analyzed 208 Christian Churches (Disciples of Christ) that participated in church growth consultations from 1983 to 1986.
The efficacy of church growth consultations poses an important question, because the majority of churches in the United States are either plateaued or declining in membership. In response, a "church growth movement" has sprung up, offering an array of books, training conferences and workshops on church growth and evangelism, as well as specialized on-site consultations.
Hadaway's analysis focused on evangelism and church growth/ congregational planning consultations conducted on-site at churches. Most church growth consultants have not systematically evaluated the effectiveness of these consultations. Typically, consultants can offer examples of churches where a consultation worked well, but can't give statistical data on the percentages of churches that grew as a result or the average number of new members gained.
The study was conducted with a list of churches provided by the National Evangelistic Association for Christian Churches (Disciples of Christ), now known as The Net Results Resource Center. Typically, Net Results' consultations come in two forms: a visit by a consultant who presents a pre-packaged evangelism/growth program aimed at inspiring, motivating and educating the congregation; or, a more customized approach aiding the congregation in developing a strategy of its own.
Analysis revealed that the average church experienced a decline of 1.0% in participating membership in the year prior to the consultation. In the year of the consultation, the average church grew by 1.7% in participating membership. However, the positive effect did not continue, as the average church lost participating members in the two years following the consultation (see figure 6.1 in the full report). Similar results were observed in aggregate measures (see figure 6.2 in the full report).
Overall, 44% of the churches grew by at least one person in average worship attendance in the year prior to the consultation. During the year of the consultation, this percentage increased to 50%. Very few churches (only 12%) grew during the consultation year AND during the two subsequent years, suggesting that few churches are thoroughly 'revitalized' through church consultations.
So what does it all mean for churches considering a church growth consultation?
First, even with programs of short duration (1/2 day or 1 day), consultations do improve the membership, worship attendance and church school enrollment of the average participating church. This was true even among many churches that did not follow through with the programs launched by the consultations.
Second, however, very few churches see long-term growth. After the initial enthusiasm wears off, churches tend to return to the "old ways" of doing things, and the emphasis on evangelism fades. For real, long-term benefits to occur, churches must make deeper, more profound changes.
"The challenge to church consultants is to create planning models that recognize these realities," Hadaway concluded. "That's the only way to assist churches in the process of becoming vital, accepting institutions that reach out to the communities that surround them."
C. Kirk Hadaway's full report titled "Do Church Growth Consultations Really Work?" is available for download in .pdf format. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat to open this article, you may download it for free from their web site.
For more information on Church Growth and Decline, visit our section dedicated to the topic.
We also have a page that lists web sites for a wide range of church consultants.
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Depleting the Seas of Fish• by Stephen Lendman
Looting the world's oceans.
In November 2006, Washington Post writer Juliet Eilperin headlined, " World's Fish Supply Running Out, Researchers Warn," saying:
Marine biologist Boris Worm warned:
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Researchers studied fish populations, catch records, and ocean ecosystems for four years. By 2003, 29% of all species collapsed. It means they're at least "90% below their historic maximum catch levels."


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John Birko, Ann Arbor Student Building and Industry Program teacher, was recognized last month as Builder of the Year for the Builder and Remodelers Association of Greater Ann Arbor.
Birko is in his thirtieth year teaching the trades and construction skills to high school and college level students.
He began his career at Detroit Randolph Vocational Technical Center, where he taught carpentry for six years. He then took over the Ypsilanti Regional Career Technical Center Construction Technology program, which is a site-run student building program and ran that program for 13 years.
In 2006, Birko joined the Ann Arbor Student Building Industries program, a unique collaboration of education and business with student development being the real product of this union. He has since taken it to new heights. In 2013, the program was awarded the Ann Arbor Ypsilanti Chamber of Commerce E3 award for its "exemplary educational endeavor."
Birko, who has also taught at the community college and university level, has taken his high school students to regional, state and national competition for the SkillsUSA competitions skill Olympics, as well as numerous local building competitions.
In its 46th year of existence, the 2015-16 Ann Arbor program has begun construction of its 46th home.
Birko has done teacher training in the state for his colleagues in technical skill education and is consulted for program planning and improvements around the state. He has also served the Michigan SkillsUSA state competition planning for 30 years.
Birko is a founding member of the Michigan Construction Teachers Association and has twice been named its "Star Performer" and cited for excellence in technical education. He served the organization as its first vice president and its only three-term president, and he's developed a statewide scholarship program for high school construction students as well as a newsletter for construction educators.
Jo Mathis, editor of the AAPS District News, talked with Birko about his career:
How do you take students who may or may not have ever picked up a hammer, and teach them how to build a house? Wow, what a question. The very first day I begin by showing them the all the finished houses around them built by previous classes then the set of plans that show drawings of the house. The plans show dimensions and a cross-section, which will show you what the materials are, and then elevation drawings which show you what it will look like when it's done. The beauty of it, as I tell them, is that you get to figure out how we do it on our own. I begin to teach them process and the terminology from Day One, and they begin to learn a new vocabulary immediately. I have great respect for the tradespeople, as I do anyone else in this world who does their job well. I find it very respectable. I tried to help them understand how honorable it is to do something very, very well, and others will call you skilled.
Have you ever taught more traditional subjects? How do they compare? I actually began college as a philosophy anthropology and theology major . I did teach some religious education, but besides that, only construction trades.
You're a licensed builder in the state of Michigan. Are you more accurately a builder who likes to teacher? Or a teacher who likes to build? Definitely a builder that loves to teach. I'm pretty fortunate that in my non-typical education process, I had contact with some great educators that really taught me by example what kind of education works best. I was able to build on that, and that really helped me learn how to teach. I have to say the collegiate educational process for my technical area was incredibly poor. I really learned from some great educators in Detroit schools, especially a couple of great business education teachers who really taught me how to reach young people and how to teach process and skills.
What do you know about teaching that you didn't know at the start of your career? I know it is trite and cliché, but the old saw that says, "They don't care how much you know till they know how much you care!" is deeply true. Students know when you are authentic, or just words, and adapt accordingly. I learned quickly how important respecting every student is, regardless of how they treat their peers or you. It is not our place to discipline them as much as it our responsibility to teach them how to see their words and behaviors for what they are and help them grow through them as fast as they can so they don't fall behind.
What advice would you have for a new teacher today? Every teacher does something really well. Find out what that is and emulate it in a way that makes it yours. Associate yourselves with the best in your field and figure out why. Don't try to be that teacher as much as learn the behaviors and habits that make successful professionals admirable.
What makes you so good at what you do? I laugh with my students every single day. I take my job very seriously, but I don't take myself too seriously at all. I push and stretch my students hard everyday, but not harder than I will push myself. I promise them I will never waste their time so it is easier to ask them to respect that my time is important as well.
What about your job do you find the most rewarding, and most challenging? Seeing how my former students adapt skills they've learned with us to the directions they want their life to take is pretty rewarding. To see really hard-working young people become really successful good people is the very best reward. I have a former student who was not a very good high school student, but wanted to be and worked really hard at becoming better, and he is now a neuro-surgeon. His mother still blames me for that! I am really proud of how he used the success in our building program to get the confidence and traction he needed to get himself going in the right correction and figure it out. Honestly, I never taught any neuro-surgery.
The toughest part as I get older now is dealing with the weather elements in the cold and the heights. I'm not a kid any longer. I have replacement parts, so climbing scaffolding and ladders and working in the trusses on a roof can be pretty challenging now, to say nothing of the cold and the arthritis that has developed. It is just the aging process.
What kinds of kids should be taking homebuilding? Any young woman or man who is interested in learning in a new way. We are a great opportunity for hands-on learners and visual learners. We are a great challenge for someone who is interested in going into engineering or design and just needs to learn more about how things are put together. It is not like any other class you will ever take—even collegiately.


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Date: November 15th, 2019
Time: 10:30am to 2pm
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Point of contact: Bill Femmer
Attendance: 8 students (2 Cohort A, 1 Cohort B, 5 non-FlitPath) and Khadija Zanna
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Summary: There are many astonishing aspects of Campaign 2016. The resurgence of populism, with slightly fascist overtones. The unabashed racism. The overthrow of the lavishly financed dynasties candidate of the GOP establishment, and the strong insurgency from the Left against the Democratic Party establishment's lavishly financed dynastic candidate. But journalists disinterest in these issues is perhaps the most amazing. Campaign 2016 is a choice, not a horse race.
Slate's home page yesterday: it shows why the news makes us ignorant.
It's difficult to even list all the powerful cross-currents of this election. The resurgence of populism powers the rise of Trump, although the Left refuses to see it, preferring to mock Trump and run funny pictures of him.
Unfortunately populism has now as always has its dark side: nativism, racism, and even fascism. The good news is that we begin to see that we are sliding towards fascism (the first step to resisting it). Instead of dealing with these things, our journalists and political experts discuss the most trivial — even mindless — aspect of the election: the horse race among the candidates.
This election did not just happen; it's the surfacing of stresses that have accumulated over decades, opening a too-large gap between rulers and the ruled. Such as the numbers about immigration that fuel Trump's campaign. No matter who wins, 2016 will be a revolutionary election (Trump, not Sanders, is the revolutionary).
Instead of analysis of how this Campaign 2016 happened, with powerful rebellions in both major parties, we get this vapid warning from darling of the Left Ezra Klein:
"Donald Trump's run for president has been so wild, so strange, so entertaining, that we've stopped noticing — or maybe just grown tired of pointing out — what a dangerous force he is in American politics. …he's a dangerous personality perched atop an ugly ideology."
Well, OK then. Perhaps Klein could look at Trump's platform and explain why it's dangerous. But then the establishment's reaction to populism (and progressivism) is usually "it's dangerous!"
A deeper process at work
If our journalists and political experts wanted to look deeper, beyond these obvious developments, there is another process (perhaps) at work. The philosopher Max Weber said that political legitimacy evolves through three stages: it originates from a charismatic leader, who passes it to those who rule by traditional authority. Eventually it decays until nothing remains but bureaucratic authority — the weakest form, easily eroded away by events, setting the stage for the rise of a charismatic leader to fill the vacuum.
This year both parties offered bureaucratic candidates, the now-departed Jeb and Hillary. The Democratic base responded with nostalgia, the elderly Sanders with his equally tired nostrums — an appeal to an exhausted traditional legitimacy.
The Republican base responded with bold experiments, a medley of outrageous candidates. From this Trump emerged, as he (probably accidentally) tapped into the long-suppressed power of American populism and became a charismatic leader to restore America.
The mystery solved
By now many or most people see the importance of this election. Which makes the almost issue-free coverage of the GOP race (largely, not exclusively) so strange. To understand what's happening requires seeing this election as a choice we make. and understanding the issues. The various candidates are not horses, and cannot be sorted into goodies and baddies.
So why do journalists report the election in such vapid terms? Probably because that's what we, consumers of the news (i.e., the product they sell), want to read. I suspect that we do not want to see what's happening to America, and hiding this information is a service provided by journalists. Perhaps the importance — the intensity and sensitivity — of the issues makes it too hot for our mainstream experts to touch. Much easier to mock and talk about the delegate count.
But this election seems likely to turn on the candidate that best appeals to the public's hopes and fears, inchoate though they are today. My guess is that little or nothing will get resolved in 2016. This begins a new cycle, during which the public will decide what it wants — and politicians will both shape and be shaped by the public's will.
The Mandarin characters for "crisis" do not mean "danger" and "opportunity". But even so, that's a powerful and optimistic way to see a crisis. The Republic has had such moments before and come out stronger than it began. If we try, it can again — though I suspect today we cannot imagine the result.
For More Information
If you liked this post, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. For ideas about what you can do see Reforming America: steps to new politics. To understand this election see the posts about Campaign 2016, especially these…
- From March 2014: Stand by for political realignment in America!
- The four keys to a possible Trump victory.
- Why the Outer Party hates Trump and will waste this opportunity for reform.


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Blockchain technology is rapidly developing and actively penetrating into the business industry around the world. By now, it has been tested in such spheres as finance, logistics, and the energy sector. However, blockchain technology has also been used in the field of tourism more recently. So, how is the new and, perhaps, the most popular technology can be useful in the tourism industry now?
Booking and buying air-tickets: loyalty programs
According to many experts, loyalty programs are not used by consumers in full now. Moreover, they are even disappointed in them. Of course, this does not mean that companies should abandon incentive and motivation systems – on the contrary, marketers need to reaffirm the values of their customers and revise the programs, in accordance with the result. Blockchain technology can be used as a loyal assistant, which will greatly simplify the process for all interested parties. This happens as follows. After buying tickets, the tourist is accrued with virtual points, and blockchain transform them into virtual currency, which can be used by all participants of this loyalty network. In other words, the tourist books tickets on the site of an airline. Having performed this operation, tourist receives loyalty points – crypto currency tokens. They can be spent at all participating companies of blockchain network, where the company is placed. Thus, it becomes possible to interact with several loyalty programs.
Customer identification: fast and easy
Probably, the identification process at airports will be named complex and tedious by many tourists. Waiting in line, identification with a whole set of travel documents – passport, visa, boarding pass, etc. – repeatedly. This is also a problem for airports, because every year the amount of air passengers is getting bigger. If we apply blockchain technology, which undoubtedly will be approved by many companies soon, the identification process will become much easier. The passenger needs only to register his passport and upload his selfie to the special application for the ID card and come to the check-in place for the flight. The machine only checks all the data and photo – and the passenger is registered. Further, he does not need to present all documents: to pass immigration control or, for example, he can register luggage by opening the application in his smartphone. As you can see, the procedure is simplified for both, passengers who do not like to wait, and for the airport personnel whose main task is to serve the entire customers' flow at the highest possible quality.
Travel gamification
Usually tourists, especially beginners, do not notice many interesting places that are worth visiting, or even simply do not know where to go and what to see. This business concept is designed to eliminate this significant drawback. Using the best loyalty programs, behavioral economics and game mechanics, it can quite help to interest and retain the client.
This version of the use of blockchain technology in the sphere of tourism is currently being developed by DeskBell Chain – a project is based on blockchain platform within the service for the hotel business DeskBell. The developers intend to link hotels, their guests, as well as local businesses, especially, the nearest to the hotel institutions into the whole ecosystem. Its participants will not only be aware of everything that happens at the location of their hotel, but they will also be able to distribute and exchange services, offers and events and get DBT tokens for this as a motivating reward. Tokens holders, in their turn, will be able to receive DeskBell services and participate in the ecosystem of mutual exchange, and implement tokens directly to the hotels and travel businesses in DeskBell. In addition, there are obvious benefits for representatives of the tourism business. Firstly, the DeskBell Chain blockchain platform will facilitate the automation of interaction with customers and increase the average check. Secondly, it is an opportunity to reduce advertising costs and motivate partners to share services. Finally, it is personal offers to different groups of users and socialization through motivated feedback.
Now, these are just some possible and most popular variants of blockchain technology usage in the world of tourism. It is worth paying attention to the representatives of this sphere. It is possible that projects based on blockchain technology will be even more increasingly necessary and will make a real revolution in the field of world tourism in the nearest future.


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Buddhism and Ecology: The Interconnection of Dharma and Deeds
In this book, 20 religionists and environmentalists examine Buddhism's understanding of life's web. In noting the cultural diversity of Buddhism, they highlight aspects of the tradition that may help formulate an effective environmental ethics, citing examples from Asia and the U.S. of socially engaged Buddhist projects to protect the environment.
Confucianism and Ecology: The Interrelation of Heaven, Earth, and Humans
These 16 essays address the ecological crisis and the question of Confucianism from three perspectives: the historical describes the tradition's views of nature, social ethics, and cosmology; a dialogical approach links Confucianism to other traditions; an examination of engaged Confucianism looks at its involvement in concrete ecological issues.
Christianity and Ecology: Seeking the Well-Being of Earth and Humans
What can Christianity as a tradition contribute to the struggle to secure the future well-being of the earth community? This collaborative volume, the third in the series on religions of the world and the environment, explores problematic themes that contribute to ecological neglect or abuse and offer constructive insight into and responsive imperatives for ecologically just and socially responsible living.
Hinduism and Ecology: The Intersection of Earth, Sky, and Water
This fourth volume in the series exploring religions and the environment investigates the role of the multifaceted Hindu tradition in the development of greater ecological awareness in India. The 22 contributors ask how traditional concepts of nature in the classical texts might inspire or impede an eco-friendly attitude among modern Hindus.
Daoism and Ecology: Ways within a Cosmic Landscape
The authors consider the intersection of Daoism and ecology, looking at the theoretical and historical implications associated with a Daoist approach to the environment. They also analyze perspectives found in Daoist religious texts and within the larger Chinese cultural context in order to delineate key issues found in the classical texts.
Indigenous Traditions and Ecology: The Interbeing of Cosmology and Community
The authors, a diverse group of indigenous and non-native scholars and environmental activists, address urgent questions facing indigenous communities as they struggle with threats to their own sovereignty, increased market and media globalization, and the conservation of endangered bioregions.
Jainism and Ecology: Nonviolence in the Web of Life
The twenty-five-hundred-year-old tradition of Jainism, which emphasizes nonviolence as the only true path leading to liberation, offers a worldview seemingly compatible with the goals of environmental activism. But can Jainism adopt a sociocentric environmentalism without compromising its own ascetic principles and spiritual tradition? The voices in this volume reflect the dynamic nature of the Jain faith and its willingness to engage in discussion on a modern social issue.
Judaism and Ecology: Created World and Revealed Word
Jewish ecological discourse has shown that Judaism harbors deep concern for the well-being of the natural world. However, the movement has not articulated a Jewish theology of nature, nor has it submitted the sources of Judaism to a systematic, philosophical examination. This volume intends to contribute to the nascent discourse on Judaism and ecology by clarifying diverse conceptions of nature in Jewish thought and by using the insights of Judaism to formulate a constructive Jewish theology of nature.
Islam and Ecology: A Bestowed Trust
The articulation of an Islamic environmental ethic in contemporary terms is all the more urgent because Western-style conservation efforts do not fit all cultural and philosophical traditions. This volume outlines the Islamic view of the cosmic order and reviews the ways an Islamic world view can be interpreted, reassessed, and applied to such environmental problems as pollution and water scarcity.
Ecology and the Environment: Perspectives from the Humanities
Seven major scholars discuss the perspectives that the fields of literature, history, religion, philosophy, environmental ethics, and anthropology bring to the natural environment and our place in it. The book represents a continuation of the Center for the Study of World Religions' highly regarded Religions of the World and Ecology series.
Ecologies of Human Flourishing
In this volume, prominent Buddhist scholar Donald Swearer posits that the future requires a radical shift toward living in recognition of the interdependence of all life forms and the consequent ethic of communality and a life style of moderation or "enoughness" that flows from that recognition, which he calls "an ecology of human flourishing."
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A proud tradition in iron and wood at the beginning of the 20th century, Iserlohn was the most important industrial city in Westphalia.
There were several "Eisen Fabrikschen" – small iron factories – in the town center, but today, most have been converted into apartments or stores. "Iser" and "Lohn" are old, regional expressions for "iron" and "wood", and there were once plenty of both. Wood is needed to process iron ore. Back in the 17th century, Iserlohn was already famous for its production of iron needles. Deliveries were sent as far away as China. Chains, chain mail shirts, locks, iron mountings, and snuffboxes were exported to England, Sweden and Russia. The heyday in iron production lasted until the mid 19th century. The foundation stone for the Metal Industry Vocational School was laid during this time. But as the Ruhr area grew into a metropolitan region, Iserlohn's somewhat remote location proved to be a great disadvantage.
Dortmund quickly surpassed the iron-manufacturing city in terms of population and wealth. From Steel Chains to Fine Wire Today, Iserlohn is a small and remarkably picturesque industrial city. From the surrounding hills and mountains, you can see almost nothing but forests. Many of the streets in Iserlohn are lined with villas built by the 19th century factory owners, with gardens that once backed on to the factories. In addition to the service industry, the metal processing industry is still one of Iserlohn's main economic pillars. The focus of production has changed, however. The largest steel chains in the world are still manufactured here, but the wire drawers have been replaced by fine wire suppliers for the American air and space agency, NASA. The information technology sector has also discovered Iserlohn and many IT companies have established themselves here. The "Brausezentrum", located on the highly polished grounds of a former pen factory, is popular among start-ups. The picturesque industrial city on the edge of the Sauerland is without a doubt an up-and-coming location.
(Source of information: Iserlohn City Tourism website.)


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Horrible news – Brian Harvey of the band House of Freaks along with his whole family were murdered last weekend. It is a terrible and grisly story – they were all bound with their throats cut and their house set on fire.
I saw House of Freaks several times and own some of their records. They were a great band and the White Stripes swiped big chunks of their schtick from them. Harvey and his family will be missed.


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Adam Slone, founder of Slone Partners, has overseen the recruitment of thousands of professionals into the medical diagnostics and laboratory testing industries since the company's creation in 2000. This summer Adam launched a brand new recruitment effort, the country's first sleepaway tennis camp for underserved youth.
Life Serve Youth Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in New York City, offers the first overnight tennis camp in the United States that provides exceptional training and personal development opportunities for youth with limited financial resources.
The foundation offers a free 14-day overnight tennis camp for kids 12 to 17 with a demonstrated potential for tennis. Camps will focus on children from New York City, Boston, the Albany Capital Region, and the rural areas in between who otherwise may have few opportunities to participate in intensive sports training or attend a sleepaway camp.
"Every company looking for talent, no matter the industry, has a short list of qualities it's looking for, and at the top is always team player—can the candidate build a team, play on a team, lead the team, make the team proud? Sports are a surefire way to acquire team skills."
"World-class tennis instruction, talented youth, and high expectations are our formula for success. Our goal is for kids to build up enough internal resources," states Adam, "to not just become strong, personally, but to experience a new world in which they can accomplish whatever they put their minds to."
Leadership training, cooking classes, farm visits, a nutrition course, environmental awareness activities, recreation, and life skills instruction complement the tennis training.
The inaugural camp was successfully held on August 11-25, 2016. The foundation partnered with Camp Eagle Hill, an American Camp Association-accredited facility situated in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains, 90 miles north of New York City in Elizaville, N.Y.
"Our camp was delighted to achieve its goals during our first year. The kids and all involved had a truly transformative experience. We are already excited about the 2017 camp," says Adam Slone, Founder of Life Serve Youth Foundation.
About Life Serve Youth Foundation
Life Serve Youth Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and donations are tax deductible. The foundation offers a free 14-day overnight tennis camp for kids 12 to 17. Using tennis as a tool, Life Serve provides a total mind, body and spirit experience for 60 campers each summer.
For more information on Life Serve Youth Foundation, visit www.lifeservetennis.org
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As an Associate Member, you can contribute to the health of the east central region by supporting member hospitals from a 14-county area through involvement in HCECM. Associate Members gain numerous benefits and also have the chance to be personally involved in many of the initiatives we implement to promote positive changes in healthcare, such as committees and work force initiatives.
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The Heart House is Proud to be recognized in SJ Magazine's 2020 Top Docs
The team at The Heart House is pleased to announce our providers have been recognized by SJ Magazine in their best of doctors in South Jersey, as selected by their peers and patients. We are humbled to be a part of the excellent healthcare community here in South New Jersey and provide a wide range of needed cardiology services to individuals in our multiple office locations including Haddon, Vineland and Marlton, NJ. We take pride in our work with patients daily and our ability to maintain the best in care available.
Best of South Jersey Cardiac Electrophysiologists
Best of South Jersey Cardiovascular Disease Specialists
Best of South Jersey Interventional Cardiology Specialists
If you're interested in scheduling an appointment with one of our providers at The Heart House, we invite you to contact us.
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Heart House and Virtua Foundation Purchase AEDs for Camden, Burlington County
SNJ Today/February 28, 2018
The Heart House and Virtua Foundation have purchased 25 Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) that can save more than 1,000 lives a day.
During National Heart Month, through a donation from The Heart House, Virtua Foundation has purchased 25 AEDs that will be distributed all throughout Camden and Burlington counties.
"The Heart House is honored to work with Virtua Foundation to provide Automated External Defibrillators to deserving community organizations," said Sanford J. Gips, MD, FACC, FSCAI, managing partner of The Heart House. "Sudden cardiac arrest claims more than 1,000 lives every day and more than half of SCA victims have no prior symptoms. The widespread availability of AEDs has the ability to turn a tragedy into a life saved."
AED are portable devices that send an electric shock through the chest to the heart that can potentially stop an irregular heartbeat, and allow a normal rhythm of the heart to continue. Giving CPR and using an AED can greatly increase a victim's chance of survival.
"We are truly grateful to The Heart House and Dr. Gips for their commitment to keeping our community safe and healthy," said Christina Mattison, senior vice president, Virtua Foundation.
For more information, or to learn more about supporting the AED program, contact Virtua Foundation at 856-355-0830 or email@example.com.
Thank You Letters
Dear Ms. Carter, Dr. Gips & Mr. Ginsberg,
Thank you for your generous gift of five AED's donated to our organization. We consider it an honor to have been chosen to receive them. We are better equipped to serve the needs of our employees, students, guests and members should the need arise.
We will be installing these in our buildings soon and mounting the plaques proudly giving recognition to The Heart House and Virtua Foundation.
Please feel free to contact Gretchen Wilkins, Director of the Life Center, to arrange for classes on cardiac health, CPR training or any other classes you feel that our members would benefit from.
Thank you again!
Rev. Russell Hodgins
Lead Pastor, Fountain of Life Center
Dear Mr. Ginsberg,
I am writing on behalf of the Faith Presbyterian Church in Medford, New Jersey. We would like to express our sincere and deep gratitude for your generous donation of an Automatic External Defibrillator. We are grateful that The Heart House along with The Virtua Foundation are reaching out into the community to help people who are in need of this type of intervention during a medical emergency. We are blessed to know that should one of our members or preschool children have an emergency that we can be on the front line of helping them to survive.
We wish you all the best in The Heart House's service to community and commitment to cardiac care.
With Gratitude,
Rev. Rebecca J. Gresham-Kesner
Faith Presbyterian Church
Annual Festival of Arts, Books & Culture
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November 9-16, 2014
Suspect an Irregular Heartbeat? Let Your Doctor Know
Suspect an Irregular Heartbeat? Let Your Doctor Know
Lourdes Health System: Health Talk Online | September 2014
A lack of rhythm may embarrass you on the dance floor, but when it comes to your heart, slipping out of sync has much more serious consequences.
Hospitalizations for a type of irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation — or Afib, for short — increased about 23 percent between 2000 and 2010. In all, the condition sent nearly 4 million Americans to hospital beds during that time. That's according to a new study in the journal Circulation.
Older, Sicker Population Has More Heart Troubles
Atrial fibrillation is the most common type of irregular heartbeat. It is a sign of a problem in the heart's electrical system, and it greatly increases the risk for stroke.
"With atrial fibrillation, the hearts regular rhythm is replaced by chaotic electrical activity in the the heart's upper two chambers. As the upper chambers fibrillate, they quiver and stop squeezing normally. When this happens, blood does not move as smoothly through the heart, and when blood stops moving it can form blood clots," said George Mark, MD, FACC FHRS, an electrophysiologist (heart rhythm specialist) with The Heart House. "If a clot is pumped into the bloodstream, it can lead to stroke."
The risk of Afib increases with age, especially after age 60. Experts estimate that 10 percent of people 80 and older have Afib. And as the population ages, more people than ever are at risk.
In addition to age, causes of Afib include:
- Heart disease, including valve problems and a history of heart attacks or heart surgery
- High blood pressure
- An overactive thyroid
- Sleep apnea
- Smoking
- Heavy alcohol or caffeine use
- Use of diet pills or cough and cold medicines
- Family history
Watch for These Red Flags
Afib is sometimes discovered when a patient is being treated for another condition. When symptoms do occur, they may include:
- A pounding, fluttering or racing feeling in the chest
- Weakness
- Dizziness or light-headedness
- Shortness of breath
- Chest pain
"People with untreated Afib have five times the risk of having a stroke as those with a regular heartbeat," said Dr. Mark. "If you have any symptoms of Afib, talk with your doctor. If you have chest pain, seek emergency assistance. You could be having a heart attack."
Restoring Your Rhythm
A number of treatments are available for Afib, including medicines and lifestyle changes.
"If medications do not work, your doctor may suggest cardioversion, in which a controlled electrical shock is delivered to the heart to restore normal rhythm," said Dr. Mark.
"Another option," said Dr. Mark, "is a minimally invasive procedure aimed at addressing the root causes of atrial fibrillation. This procedure, called ablation, is performed by maneuvering a catheter from the veins of the leg, up to the heart, in order to identify and destroy the sources of the arrhythmia with either heat energy or freezing. Modern advances in catheter technology have improved both procedural success and safety, which has led more patients than ever before to seek a curative approach."
To learn more about heart rhythm disorders, visit, www.lourdesnet.org/programs-and-services/heart-and-vascular-care/electrophysiology-heart-rhythm/.
Heart House Embraces the Latest Technology to Provide Cutting-Edge Patient Care
Moorestown Sun | July 23-29, 2014
The last several decades have witnessed remarkable progress in the battle against heart disease and The Heart House has committed itself to remain at the cutting-edge of cardiac care. For diagnosis of heart disease, they offer southern NJ's only cardiac PET scanner which offers more accurate detection of blockages in less time and with less radiation than traditional nuclear stress testing. For treatment of heart disease, The Heart House offers one of the area's most active clinical research programs providing patients with early access to the latest medications and treatments for heart disease such as stents, pacemakers, and defibrillators.
The physicians of The Heart House also have one of the largest experiences in the Delaware Valley with the latest valve replacement procedure (TAVR) which can replace an aortic valve through a small incision in the leg without stopping the heart. For the treatment of heart attacks, The Heart House is the only group in southern NJ offering primary angioplasty at four different locations including Cooper, Our Lady of Lourdes, Virtua Marlton, and Inspira Vineland. For patients with abnormal heart rhythms such as atrial fibrillation, electrophysiologists offer one of the regions largest experiences in ablations and other procedures to restore normal rhythm and prevent strokes. The newest edition to The Heart House is the ability to care for varicose veins and diseases of the veins in their office using the latest laser technology.
As southern NJ's largest independent cardiology practice, The Heart House has offices throughout the region and is the only group to provide cardiac care at all five southern NJ hospital systems. When it comes to caring for your heart, you should choose carefully. Only The Heart House offers you outstanding physicians, compassionate care, and cutting edge technology wherever your heart takes you.
Off Beat: Heart Arrhythmia is the Topic of this Month's Healthline
By Regina Schaffer
Courier-Post | March 3, 2014
There is an expression that the heart can "skip a beat" when someone is newly in love, usually referring to the feeling of a racing heartbeat. That can be romantic, and usually is harmless.
It's when the heart seems to skip a beat again and again — and again — that a person may want to consider seeing a doctor about a possible underlying heart condition.
A fast heartbeat, a slow heartbeat, an irregular heartbeat — all of these fall under the umbrella of what is known as heart arrhythmia. They can occur in perfectly healthy, normal hearts, but they may also signal signs of serious heart problems. Left unchecked, a recurring, abnormal heartbeat could leave a patient in real danger for heart attack, stroke or other medical emergencies.
The heart has its own electrical system, which controls the rate of the heartbeat, says Dr. Andrew Zinn, a cardiologist with Cardiovascular Associates of the Delaware Valley in Elmer.
An arrhythmia is defined as a heartbeat that is very fast (tachycardia, greater than 100 beats per minutes), very slow (bradycardia, less than 60 beats per minute), or irregular.
There are many causes behind heart arrhythmia, including high blood pressure, coronary artery disease, or congestive heart failure. Arrhythmias can also be caused by certain substances or medications, such as caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, diet pills and cough and cold remedies. Emotional states such as shock, fright or stress can also cause irregular heart rhythms.
"The most important thing is what the associated conditions are," Zinn said. "So, it's important to look at whether someone has a structurally normal heart, or has any other abnormalities that need to be treated."
Many people will experience heart palpitations for many reasons, Zinn said, and oftentimes, it is harmless — particularly if the person experiencing the palpitations is young and otherwise healthy.
But it is important to be on the lookout for related symptoms that signal trouble.
"Be aware of dizziness, chest pain, shortness of breath … and be cognizant of any activities that induce these symptoms," Zinn said. "Lots of people have palpitations, and oftentimes the palpitations are benign. But, with very fast and very slow heart rates, there could be associated symptoms. And in certain circumstance, it can be dangerous."
Treatment for heart arrhythmia can vary, depending on what heart abnormality a patient is dealing with, Zinn said.
"A doctor will try to figure out exactly what type of arrhythmia it is, and whether it's associated with abnormalities of the heart," Zinn said. "Treatment is going to depend on what type of abnormality it is, and whether it keeps bad company."
"So, the first thing is to treat any underlying causes," Zinn said. "The second is to try to figure out whether the heart rate is very slow or very fast. With a slow heart rate, sometimes pacemakers are required. With a fast rate, sometimes medications are required."
With some arrhythmia, there can also be a risk of stroke, Zinn said, requiring a patient to go on blood thinners.
"What people need to understand is that it can be very innocent, but it can be very dangerous," Zinn said. "It's that whole concept of structural heart disease. If a 15-year-old with a normal heart has palpitations, it's unlikely to be dangerous. But if an older patient with heart failure has palpitations, it's a problem."
Regardless of the heart condition, Zinn said, lifestyle modification is key to lowering the risk for heart attack and stroke. Simple steps like quitting smoking, eating a healthy, balanced diet and regular exercise go a long way. A patient can work with their doctor to develop health goals and a fitness plan that meets their needs.
"The cornerstone of management of any cardiovascular condition … is appropriate management of cardio risk factors," Zinn said. "There are many, many reasons why lifestyle modification may help. That's the first thing we prescribe to basically anybody."
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Cardiac Arrest May Not Come Out of the Blue
Lourdes Health System: Health Talk Online | January 2014
Sudden cardiac arrest may not always be so sudden, heart experts say.
A recent study has found that cardiac arrest symptoms in men can appear at least a month ahead of time. Signs can include chest pain, shortness of breath, dizziness, fainting or palpitations.
About 360,000 Americans suffer cardiac arrest each year. Fewer than 10 percent survive. It is responsible for half of all heart disease-related deaths.
"Cardiac arrest is usually linked to heart disease, such as a previous heart attack or coronary artery disease. But this is not always the case," said Steven Levi, MD, FACC, an electrophysiologist with The Heart House. "Sudden cardiac arrest is a medical emergency. If not treated immediately, a person can die within a few minutes."
Out of Rhythm
Sudden cardiac arrest differs from a heart attack. Cardiac arrest occurs when electrical impulses in the heart become rapid or chaotic, causing the heart to stop beating. A heart attack happens when the blood supply to the heart is blocked.
The most common cause of cardiac arrest is an abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia) called ventricular fibrillation. This occurs when erratic electrical impulses cause your heart's lower chambers to quiver instead of pumping blood.
Cardiac arrest is immediate and drastic. Symptoms include:
- Sudden collapse
- No pulse
- No breathing
- Loss of consciousness
"When someone suffers cardiac arrest, the brain is the first part of the body to suffer. Unlike other organs, it does not have a reserve of oxygen-rich blood. It relies on the heart," said Dr. Levi. "Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and external shocks from a defibrillator can help restart the heart. But if your heart rhythm isn't restored within 10 minutes, death or permanent brain damage is likely."
Prior Symptoms
In the new study, researchers examined medical records of 800 men aged 35 to 65 who had an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest during a 12-year period in Portland, Oregon.
Of the 567 men who had an arrest, researchers determined 53 percent had symptoms beforehand. Those included chest pain, shortness of breath, dizziness, fainting and flu-like symptoms.
Eighty percent of the symptoms happened between four weeks and one hour before the actual arrest. Most of the men had heart disease, but only half had been diagnosed.
"The risk of cardiac arrest increases with age, but that doesn't mean younger people are immune," said Dr. Levi. "If you have these kinds of symptoms, don't blow them off. Seek care immediately."
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Las Palmas Fight Back Against Real Madrid to Grab Draw
Former Barcelona man Sergio Araujo popped out in the final minutes to secure an important point for Las Palmas as they drew 2-2 against Real Madrid.
Real Madrid dropped points for the second time in a week as they were held to a 2-2 draw against Las Palmas in Gran Canaria.
Late substitute Sergio Araujo scored a dramatic equaliser six minutes from time to earn Quique Setien's side a point and condemn Madrid to a second LaLiga draw in four days.
Marco Asensio put Los Blancos ahead after 33 minutes but the home side were level just five minutes later when Tana took advantage of some loose defending to score.
Karim Benzema replaced Asensio as Zinedine Zidane went on the attack after 65 minutes and the France striker scored his second goal of the season from close range to put Madrid back into the lead.
But, playing without injured duo Marcelo and Casemiro, the visitors were not at their best defensively and they were exposed again in the 85th minute when Araujo evaded goalkeeper Kiko Casilla to earn Las Palmas a positive result.
The home team's goalkeeper Javi Varas made a good early save when Alvaro Morata was allowed a free header at goal from Toni Kroos' free-kick, and the home side were relieved to see Cristiano Ronaldo fail to control a pass from Morata when the Portuguese ace was ideally placed to score.
Madrid restricted Las Palmas to tentative attacking forays and long-range shots early on, while Morata was given precious little quality service at the other end and had to feed on scraps.
Casilla was finally tested when Tana flicked Jonathan Viera's chipped ball towards goal, and again when Tana shot from distance, but the goalkeeper was equal to both attempts.
With conventional routes to goal proving fruitless, Madrid took the lead when defender Nacho hurtled down the left flank and struck a shot that Varas could only parry. The rebound rose perfectly onto the head of Asensio, who nodded the ball home.
Five minutes later, Momo sent over a cross that evaded Raphael Varane and Tana had time to collect the ball in the box, control it, and fire a low show into the corner of Casilla's net to make it 1-1.
Gareth Bale looked Real's most potent attacking threat and he tested Varas with stinging shots at the end of the first half and the start of the second, drawing good saves from the busy Las Palmas keeper.
Ronaldo had the ball in the net after 56 minutes only for the attempt to be ruled out for offside, and Zidane sent on Benzema for Asensio just after the hour mark.
The former Lyon man had a chance to score with his first touch but shot tamely at Varas when Kroos' corner fell to him inside the six-yard box.
Two minutes later Morata broke down the middle and fed Ronaldo, whose shot was parried by Varas straight into the path of Benzema, the France striker lashing the ball high into the net.
When Zidane took Ronaldo off it looked like the result was safe, but Las Palmas ventured forward in the 85th minute and Aythami's superb knock-down found Araujo.
The Argentine forward hit a shot that came back off Casilla and he collected the rebound to bundle the ball home, earning his side a share of the spoils and condemning the heavyweight visitors to more frustration.


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In June 2014, Stanford trustees approved plans to renovate Roble Gym, which was built in 1931 as a women's gym and health center. Roble Gym will house the Department of Theater & Performance Studies (TAPS) Division of Dance and the Roble Arts Gym, a flexible rehearsal and art-making space for the general student population.
Now in the final stages of the renovation, finishing touches during summer 2016 include the completion of a new dance studio and black box theater, and outfitting the arts gym.
The restored and renewed Roble will open to students when the fall term begins in September 2016.
The black box theater has flexible seating options for dramatic works, and the renovated dance studio for rehearsals and productions in dance has been outfitted with new projection and sound equipment and climate control as well as additional spaces for rehearsals and instruction.
The Roble Arts Gym is a one-of-a-kind drop-in art studio and rehearsal space for students working on independent projects or extra-curricular activities. This new light-filled, flexible space will be equipped to do everything from oil painting to 3-D printing to recording music to screening films.
Under the $28 million project, the building's infrastructure, including the mechanical, plumbing and electrical systems, safety and egress systems, and accessibility are being updated. Its exterior, as well as its courtyards and landscape, will be rehabilitated in the spirit of the original design.
Roble Gym will serve the needs of TAPS department, which is dedicated to integrated learning in performing arts based on intensive studio training and rigorous academic instruction.
Contact and Media Resources
Ellen Oh
Director of Professional Development & Student Activities
Stanford Arts Office of the Associate Dean
Stefanie Okuda
Director of Marketing & Special Events
Department of Theater and Performance Studies
Robin Wander
Director of Arts Communication
Stanford University Communications
Theater and Performing Studies Department
Historical Images
Design renderings courtesy of Cody Anderson Wasney Architects
Latest News
- July 25, 2016, Stanford's historic Roble Gym: restored and renewed by Robin Wander, Stanford Report
- Feb. 26, 2016, Stanford's historic Roble Gym to open in the fall after arts-oriented renovation by Robin Wander, Stanford Report
- Nov. 13, 2014, At Stanford University, an Arts District Grows by Jori Finkel, New York Times
- Aug. 25, 2014, Roble Gym construction projected to end in September 2015 by Mariam Sulakian, The Stanford Daily
- July 26, 2014, Stanford Students Can Work Their Creative Muscles in an "Art Gym" by Kelby Clark, complex.com
- July 19, 2014, An "Arts Gym" for Stanford Student Body by Lorraine Rubio, artnet.com
- June 19, 2014, Stanford Trustees approve concept and site for Bass Biology Research Building [and renovation of Roble Gym] by Kathleen J. Sullivan, Stanford Report
- Jan. 6, 2014, University begins plans for construction of new "arts gym" by Edward Ngai, The Stanford Daily


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A Deep Dive Into Ween, the Band that Birthed Bikini Bottom
The year is 2005. You're at your best friend's house. His mom orders pizza and puts an orange VHS tape in the player.
It's the Spongebob Squarepants movie. Things are good.
The movie ends and that song comes on. You know the one: Ocean Man. That song by that weird band from the '90s, Ween.
It's a fun song. It is really sweet in its own silly, laid back way. When you're a kid that just finished probably the best movie you'd seen in your entire life up until that point, it's a good way to finish the story of a couple kids who made it to Shell City.
You probably remember it today because of the memes.
Anyway you take it, the song is arguably a generational icon. And shouldn't come as a shock either. It's entwined with Spongebob, one of the most universally beloved T.V. shows ever created. It makes sense that the song would be used for the end credits of the movie, as the album it came off of served as the impetus for the show in the first place.
"I got a call a long time ago from a marine biologist that said he wanted to start a cartoon inspired by Ween's album The Mollusk. His name was Steve Hillenburg, and his idea was to create a Bugs Bunny type cartoon on the bottom of the ocean floor.
Ween had been on tour for a long year and we ended up recording and writing the song in one night at Greg Frey's studio. It was to teach kids how too tie their shoes and we wrote it really fast and mailed it back on X-mas eve and for once they said 'don't change anything about its, it's perfect.' It remains one of our proudest legacies and we went on to do a lot of work together with SpongeBob, and the show went on to be the best cartoon of two generations. So this is for you Steve."
That was Mickey Melchiondo — better known as Dean Ween — in a Facebook post remembering Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of SpongeBob.
It should serve as no surprise that a band that made music that resembled a psychedelic fever dream would inspire a show like SpongeBob. So it's kind of a shame that most people just think "Ween? You mean that band that made that one song for that kids movie?" Their discography tackles a wide range of sounds and styles, sometimes funny, sometimes weird, always Ween.
So strap on that JammyPack, we're talking about Ween and why their music is so damn cool.
Now don't get me wrong, Ocean Man is a great song. The Mollusk is undoubtedly a masterpiece. It's a concept album experience that can best be described as having an ice cream cone on the pier, slipping on a banana peel, falling off the edge, cracking your skull open on a rock below and being taken by the tide for a ride that'll blow your mind wide. And Ocean Man fits the album perfectly. So if that sounds like your bag, tear into it, it's great stuff.
But their best stuff is the shit you haven't heard. Also worth mentioning are the songs NOT included on the final record. Forgotten demos, b-sides, recycled skeletons and concepts that would rear their heads on other songs in Ween's discography.
Take "Kim Smoltz" — I wish someone would. The song is one of the tunes from The Mollusk sessions that didn't make the cut. It's this wistful, happy-go-lucky surrealist sub-aquatic dream about taking it easy, marinating beef, fish swimming in your skull, and comprehending the inner machinations of a leafs mind. All accompanied by a pretty simple guitar arrangement and a sighing, sentimental synth line. Putting it mildly, it's a damn good song. And they scrapped it! The DNA of this song is all over the even stranger "Pink Eye – On My Leg."
The search and celebration of Ween deep cuts — often referred to as "brown" — is a bit of a sport among their fan base. So, let me take you by the hand and lead you to the land that I understand. Let's fall down the Weenie hole.
Now, casually browsing their Spotify page already brings up their early albums. Cool stuff. I'm a giant Ween fan, so if you ask me, these are essentials. Let's look at the first three.
God Ween Satan
God Ween Satan is best listened to in the middle of a bender, head full of your preferred concoction of booze, narcotics, uppers, downers, browners — any substance that gives you brain damage really. The album tears itself open with "You Fucked Up," and it serves as the perfect starter for anyone who wants to get into Ween. It's also a great break-up song. "I Gots a Weasel" sounds like it was written by Ren and Stimpy, and it's performed with the same cartoonish sensibilities. "L.m.l.y.p" is the best song about cunnilingus ever created.
It's this really groovy pseudo-cover of Prince's "Shockadelica," and while it doesn't necessarily top Prince, it brings its own goofy energy that makes you want to bust a gut as well as bust a nut.
The Pod
The Pod should be listened to morning after, lying in bed, soaked in your own vomit. The best way to describe this one is sweaty. It's absolutely vital that you not shower for at least a couple of weeks before listening. It's arguably their stinkiest record, but don't let songs like "Alone" and "She Fucks Me" fool you with their congested sound. Parts of this record are veritably sick, with epic glam jams like "Captain Fantasy" and Phil-Collins-colored "Demon Sweat." Once you manage to drag your sorry ass out of bed, you eat breakfast to "Pork Roll Egg and Cheese" and assess the damages from the night before.
Pure Guava
Pure Guava, man… in the evolution of their sound, this is their middle point. Their Homo Erectus, Weenus Erectus, whatever. At this point, they've transitioned from their lo-fi stylings to something distinctly higher in quality, but with all the trappings of their weirder tapes. They were just signed to Elektra, a pretty major label, and would soon see a huge boom in popularity. From here on they would get as big as any band that writes songs like "Flies on my Dick" could get. Their single "Push Th' Little Daisies" made an appearance on Beavis and Butthead. In their words, "these guys got no future." It's up to debate, but I would beg to differ.
That should serve as a good starter, but they have even crazier stuff that you can't find on "official" streaming services. For the all encompassing archive of every Ween song ever produced, scrapped, performed live, or thought of, Browntracker is the place to go. It's kinda like the Pirate Bay, but for only Ween's music. The site's kinda dead, but there's lots of good links to cool music that still work. Plus, it's a really cool testament to the amount of adoration and love their fans have for the group. Not many other bands can boast a complete, completely fan organized and operated archive of all their work.
You recoil in shock. Your head is swimming and tears are rolling down your perfect, pure face. Your hands, the hands of someone who has never broken a rule in their life, clenched with money and used tissues, slam against your IKEA desk. "Wait a second… Davis you rat! If you love the band so much, why are you suggesting I use a website that promotes the questionably legal propagation of Ween's music? Wouldn't a real fan support the official release?"
- You can support the official release too.
- It's so rare to find such an all encompassing resource of literally any piece of music a band has worked on that would never even see the light of day anyway. It's arguably a waste to not explore the library.
- Shut up, nerd.
And it's not like the band is unfamiliar with "unofficial" releases, either. Way back in the day, the Deaner himself leaked a compilation of unreleased demos called Craters of the Sac to the Internet back in 1999 as a show of appreciation for fans of the band. The album cover is an extreme close-up of Dean Ween's nutsack, and the songs on it are just as hairy. With bluesy, fuzzy "Makin' Love in the Gravy" and the epic and trippy conclusion to the inter-album Stallion saga with "The Stallion Part 5," it's an absolute must listen for anyone with even a passing interest in the group. There are songs that easily fit in with their early, punk-ier work like "Sucking Blood From the Devil's Dick," and songs that exhibit their groovier tendencies like "Monique the Freak." It's all there, and it's all brown.
In 1996, they did a collaboration album with Boredoms, an experimental rock group from Japan. At this point in time, Boredoms was this crazy, noisy, nightmare band that couldn't have been more of a match for their oddball counterparts across globe. It's called Z-Rock Hawaii, and it showcases the best eccentricities of two groups who were just entering their prime. The album is constantly twitching and convulsing, with the screams of a man who sounds like his skull was used for batting practice. It features absolutely off the wall guitar playing, consistent atonality, and these unusual song structures that just reeks of Boredoms. Also worth noting is the familiarly bizarre Ween songwriting that's present on the record. Seriously, listen to "In The Garden," you'll get it.
These guys have tapes ranging all the way back to the '80s, when they were just 16! Stuff like Crucial Squeegee Lip is delightfully juvenile and that's because, well, they were juveniles when they made it.
If you think about it, it's not really surprising that the band that inspired one of the weirdest kids shows ever was made by some of the weirdest kids to ever make music.
Jake Davis is a Cal Poly journalism junior and a KCPR staff member. He wrote the article. Wyatt Webb is a Cal Poly landscape architecture sophomore and a KCPR staff member. He created the graphic.


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The Bow Valley Parkway is a scenic 48-kilometre highway that meanders through a swath of Banff National Park in Alberta. This secondary route, which parallels the TransCanada Highway between the towns of Banff and the Lake Louise, also cuts through territory that is normally home to bears, cougars and wolves. Little wonder it is also a draw for tourists and shutterbugs. But it has also created a deathtrap for the critters that roam there.
That's why Parks Canada introduced a mandatory travel restriction this year banning overnight travel – by vehicle, bicycle or foot – on a 17 km stretch of the road March 1-June 25 in order to allow animals to be, well, animals. The road is now reopened and with it, Parks posted a gorgeous 3 minute 22 second video on YouTube titled "Wild Images – Wolves & Bears: Time & Space" of scenes captured not far from the roadway.
"In 2013, in anticipation of the closure, we placed 2 video cameras within a particularly rich area of the parkway to be able to see just what goes on when animals have space. The results are heartwarming," Banff National Park noted.
Photos Banff National Park/YouTube


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This pamphlet was originally published as a series of 12 articles in early 1973 in the Guardian newsweekly.
Second printing Spring 1974.
Transcribed & marked up by Einde O'Callaghan for the Encyclopaedia of Trotskyism On-Line (ETOL).
What is the role of Trotskyism in the people's struggles today? What are its historical origins and what new forms has it taken in recent times? These are the questions addressed in this pamphlet, which first appeared as a 12-part series in the Guardian in the Spring of 1973.
Trotskyism: A new debate over old issues
Two lines on "permanent revolution"
Socialism in one country
The two-stage revolution
The national liberation struggle
Trotskyism and China today
United front against fascism
Origins of U.S. Trotskyism
National and class struggle
The woman question
Reform or revolution?
The vanguard party
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