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These days, most of us look forward to learning new ways to enhance our life by feeling better and being more productive. Whether it's spending more quality time with family and friends, getting a better night's sleep or simply relieving pain faster, improvement is the key to living a happy, healthy life. Twenty minutes in a hot tub is the perfect solution, enhancing physical, mental and spiritual life from the comforts of home.
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Good oral health is important for overall optimal health and well-being. Developing gum disease can be harmful as it is considered a major risk factor in developing a number of serious health conditions like heart disease and diabetes. Tooth brushing helps to reduce, control or maintain a better intra-oral bacterial environment in order to battle things like periodontal disease, more often referred to as gum disease.
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Libretto Alberto Alonso based on the story Carmen by Prospero MerimeChoreographer: Alberto AlonsoDesigner: Boris MessererMusic Director: Pavel SorokinAssistant to Choreographer: Sonia Calero AlonsoLighting designer: Alexander Rubtsov
For the first time entered the repertory of the Bolshoi Theatre on April 20, 1967.Revived on November 18, 2005.Running time: 50 minutes.
Choreography: Jiří Kylián
Set and Costume Design: John F. Macfarlane Lighting Designer: Hans-Joachim Haas Lighting Designer (adaptation): Kees Tjebbes Music Director: Anton Grishanin
Will be premiered on November 2, 2017. Will run with one-act ballets Etudesand The Cage. The world premiere took place in Stuttgart on April 4, 1981.
Choreography by Harald Lander Sceneries, costumes and lighting by Harald Lander Ballet Masters: Lise Lander, Johnny Eliasen Music Director: Igor Dronov
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Fani Kayode reacts as Adamawa court sentences 5 Christians to death for killing herdsman
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has reacted to Adamawa court order sentencing five christians to death by hanging for killing fulani herdemen.
Newsflash247 reports that Justice Abdul-Azeez Waziri sentenced Alex Amos, Alheri Phanuel, Holy Boniface, Jerry Gideon and Jari Sabagi to death for culpable homicide.
The convicts were said to have on June 1, 2017, at Kadamun village in Demsa Local Government Area wilfully and intentionally conspired and attacked three herdsmen rearing cattle, killing one of them, Adamu Buba, whose body they threw into a river and also maimed several cows.
But reacting in a tweet, Fani Kayode , who maintained that the christian convicts were defending themselves against 'Fulani terrorist, wondered if Nigeria is an apartheid state where the herdsmen are above the law.'
He also noted that till date, no Fulani herdsman has been reprimanded or jailed for killing more than 5,300 Christians in 2018.
Fani-Kayode on Twitter wrote, " The jihadists who killed the RCCG Evangelist for preaching in Abuja were set free.The ones who killed Bridget,the Deeper Life Pastor's wife in Kano were set free.
"No Fulani terrorist has been reprimanded or jailed for killing more than 5,300 Christians in 2018 alone.
"Meanwhile 5 Christians of the Numan tribe have been sentenced to death by a Fulani Judge in Adamawa for defending themselves against a Fulani terrorist.
"Do non-Fulani lives not matter as well? Is Nigeria now an apartheid state where the Fulani are above the law?"


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David asked:
'p or not p'
used with a disjunctive syllogism.
Is this begging the question?
And is that statement 'p or not p' a true dichotomy?
Answer by Geoffrey Klempner
Jones, sales assistant in an East London grocery store, enlisted for King and Country just in time for the Battle of the Somme in 1916. But he never went 'over the top'. The day before a sniper's bullet put an end to his young life.
We will never know whether or not Jones was brave. However, using the law of excluded middle it seems we can make the following deduction:
1. Either Jones was brave or he was not.
2. If Jones was brave, then there was some fact about Jones' physical or mental state that constituted his disposition to act bravely if and when the occasion arose.
3. If Jones was not brave, then there was some fact about Jones' physical or mental state that constituted his disposition to fail to act bravely if and when the occasion arose.
4. Either way (the disjunctive syllogism), there was some fact about Jones' physical or mental state that constituted his bravery or lack thereof.
The argument is a fallacy.
There might, or might not, exist in the yet untested Jones, a physical or mental state that his bravery or the lack thereof consists in. We simply do not know. You can't use pure logic to prove an existence claim.
The correct response is to point out that in this case, both the statement 'Jones was brave' and the statement 'Jones was not brave' share a common assumption. All the disjunctive syllogism ('or-elimination' in propositional logic) shows is that there is a shared assumption.
However, it would not be correct to draw the conclusion that the law of excluded middle should be rejected. What it shows that, 'Jones was not brave' is not the correct way of stating the proper, or full negation of 'Jones was brave'.
What we should say, instead, is that, 'Either Jones possessed the disposition to act unbravely, or there does not exist any such disposition, or Jones does not exist, or there is no such thing as bravery (just as there is no such thing as being a 'witch'), or… (anything else you can think of).'
What is interesting about the Jones example is that the celebrated Oxford philosopher Michael Dummett in his seminal article, 'Truth' (reprinted in 'Truth and Other Enigmas' 1978), uses it as leverage against realism about meaning and truth. An anti-realist rejects the law of excluded middle.
I think he was wrong about this (as I argued in my doctoral thesis The Metaphysics of Meaning) but that's a discussion for another occasion.


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China's current macroeconomic conditions are sound, with promising prospects for the future. However, there are a few points that must be taken into consideration. Given signs of inflationary pressure, the central bank should raise policy interest rates. Independence of the central bank from the government is also necessary, since the government was deciding credit allocations in the past. Therefore China is the chosen country for this assignment.
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Macroeconomic Objectives
China's main macroeconomic objective should be aimed at continuing to achieve economic growth, while keeping inflation at a minimum. Economic growth is important in order to create job opportunities. A growth rate of 8% is thought to create 7 million job opportunities a year, while 10 to 12 million jobs are needed to keep the current rate of unemployment. Excess labor will be supplied from the rural areas, as well as from restructuring SOEs. The rise in unemployment will make the economy vulnerable to social instability. Low inflation will be necessary for a funded pension system to function. At the same time, the country is facing major changes as well. China's accession to the WTO means opening up the economy by reducing trade barriers, and the financial sector will be opened to foreign financial institutes for business with Chinese enterprises, started from 2006. The "gradual reform" policy stance may have been one of the reasons for success, but at the same time, this has left the hard problems unsolved. To name a few, income disparities and non-performing-loan problems need to be tackled with determination, and insufficient disclosure of statistical data makes accurate assessment of the problems difficult. In the proceeding sections, we focus our discussion to monetary policies, fiscal policies, and exchange rate policies, as we think these three are the most effective policies to obtain this goal.
Macroeconomic Policy Issues
1. Monetary and Credit Policy
The People Bank of China (PBC)should further raise policy interest rates, given signs of an upward trend in inflation. Among the main policy instruments, interest rates seem to be the most effective instrument for controlling inflation, compared to quantitative measures. The use of interest rates as a policy instrument should become more important, as the development of the financial market progresses (Frankel, Jeffrey, 2005). Independence from the central government is a task that is not being dealt with much. Monetary policy is conducted under the leadership of the State Council. The nomination and dismissal of the board is also done by the State Council. Since government projects are still being financed by the PBC indirectly, further independence should prove necessary.
2. Fiscal Policy
Future increase in expenditure is inevitable, but at the same time, it is necessary to keep deficits at a minimum. Further increase in Non Performing Loan (NPL) related expenditures, education, and the expansion of the social safety net is recommended. NPL problem is a major element that may slow economic growth. From 1999 to 2000, four asset management companies were created to clean up NPLs. 1.4 trillion RMB worth of NPLs were purchased from the four State owned Commercial Banks (SCBs) and China Development Bank. The cleaning up of NPLs will be a fiscal challenge, yet as the Korean case after the Asian financial crisis shows, it is effective to take drastic approaches against this issue. Drastic measures include disclosure of total NPLs, improvement of internal management and corporate governance. Expenditure on upper secondary education should be strengthened. The Chinese literacy rate was 90.9% in 2000(www.uis.unesco.org/ev.php). This high literacy rate is attractive to foreign investors, which promotes economic growth and international trade. Further investment in human capital is necessary to gain competitiveness in high value-added products. The share of primary industry is still very high at almost 50% in the Chinese labor market. To smoothly shift labor across sectors, the authorities should provide sufficient training opportunities. A higher level of education will also smooth the shift of labor across sectors.
The coverage of the social safety net should be widened. Over the past twenty years, a market-oriented labor market has emerged. On the other hand, State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) have been downsized. The social safety net is also necessary to smoothly shift labor across industries and reduce social instability. How should the Chinese authorities raise their revenue to finance increasing expenditure requirements discussed above? An adoption of a comprehensive tax, VAT system is recommended for the following reasons. First, administrative costs are low compared to introducing a new tax system. VAT was introduced in China in the 1980s, and shifted the share of revenue from income taxes to VAT in 2004. Second, the VAT is a stable revenue source since it does not fluctuate as much as income tax during economic boom and busts. Despite these reforms, there is still room to widen the coverage of VAT. The best timing of VAT introduction is in an early phase of economic development (Junko Kato, 2003). European countries succeeded to introduce regressive taxes in the 1960s, while economic growth was still low. On the contrary, Japan and Canada faced hardships. In the Japanese case, the VAT proposal was blocked by strong opposition in late 1970s and mid 1980s. VAT was introduced in Japan in 1989, but the tax rate was low. Japan has compensated their deficit by VAT and suffered a looming deficit with stagnated tax revenue during the lost decade. In addition, the Japanese continued to suspect tax increases when the economy boomed. The difference which differentiates success and failure of VAT adoption is whether the authorities introduce the system during or after a period of high economic growth. We recommend that China should widen the coverage of the VAT system now, given that China is still at a early stage of economic development.
3. Exchange Rate and Regime Policy
On July 21st, 2005, the PBC has announced to revalue the RMB against the dollar by 2% in nominal terms while limiting the daily fluctuation against the dollar to 0.3 %( Goldstein, Morris, 2004). In the market, many had thought the appreciation was not sufficient. Within a week after the first revaluation announcement, the PBC denied a further revaluation of the RMB in order to halt appreciation expectation in the market. In August, they announced that they would refer to the basket of major currencies, US dollar, the Euro, the Yen, the Won, and some other currencies of Asian and Western countries. However, estimation suggests that the RMB is still tightly pegged to the dollar. Appreciation pressure on the RMB According to IMF estimates of equilibrium RMB rates, it is uncertain if the RMB is overvalued or undervalued in the medium run(IMF 2004). However, in the long run, the RMB has been undervalued based on the Balassa-Samuelson approach (Frankel 2005 and Goldstein 2005). This indicates that the appreciation pressure on the RMB would build up as economic growth continues. If the appreciation of the nominal rate lags behind the real rate appreciation, inflation pressure would increase instead. In order to secure price stability, it is unavoidable to further appreciate the RMB. Given this long-term goal, we will come back to the question of how to adjust the RMB. The current Chinese exchange rate regime has two drawbacks. One is the tradeoff between independence of monetary policy and a fixed exchange rate regime. In order to promote the independence of monetary policy and liberalization of the capital market, the economy needs to give up stability of the exchange rate. Another drawback is the accumulation of foreign reserves, which amount to about 7%. On September 23rd, the PBC announced that they would allow 3% daily fluctuations for other currencies except the U.S. dollar. This announcement is thought to be a simple adjustment to the recent fluctuations of dollar against the Euro. This is a result of continuous market interventions to keep the RMB against USD rate stable mainly against the speculative inflows which expect future appreciation of the exchange rate. The large amount of foreign reserves in China contains three major risks: interest rate risks, exchange rate risks, and excess-liquidity risks (www.worldbank.org). Increasing liquidity in the domestic financial market due to the incompleteness of sterilization accelerated investment, which induced inflation. The implementation of what the Chinese authorities announced on July 21st will result in greater benefits than costs. Benefits of a floating rate regime are simple: gaining the independence of monetary policy and reducing three risks due to the further accumulating foreign exchange reserves.
Costs of a floating rate regime are rather uncertain. Increase of exchange rate volatility and possible loss of price competitiveness may cause a negative effect on domestic employment and financial sector stability. However, magnitude of the net impact on the Chinese economy is far from certain. Should the RMB float freely? In the long run, yes. However, in the medium run, the answer is no. The Chinese authorities should avoid heavy intervention in the foreign exchange market too much as they do now and let the RMB fluctuate within the announced band. Also, the Chinese authorities should actually diversify the reference currencies beside the U.S. dollar in order to lower exchange rate risks.
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Structural Issues
1. Banking Sector Reforms
In order to keep sustainable economic growth in China, banking sector reforms are essential to promote efficient allocation of financial resources. In China, the banking sector is dominated by State Owned Commercial Banks(SCBs). The SCBs focus on financial resource allocation to the SOEs based on government credit plans. However many SOEs were unable to repay their loans, and these loans became non-performing. These debts are not fully recorded in the official statistics. If the authorities leave the NPL problem unsolved, and the balance sheet of banks do not improve, then these NPLs will become sources of potential fiscal liabilities. Although the authorities tried to clean up NPLs after the Asian financial Crisis, these steps were not enough. In 2006, the implementation of the WTO rules will open the banking sector to foreign participants. However, the Chinese financial sector remains in a fragile financial condition. In December 2003, the authorities injected $45 billion to recapitalize two SCBs, Bank of China and China Construction Bank, yet this capital injection was not effective enough to clean up the NPLs. Learning from other Asian countries, NPLs should be recognized and disclosed with accuracy. The Korean case shows that drastic approaches are effective. On the contrary, the Japanese case shows taking a long time to resolve NPLs worsen the problem. As for the solution of NPLs problems, the Chinese financial sector should improve internal management, audit, and corporate governance. In the past, they lacked sense of cooperate governance. It was not only an issue of the banking sector, but also of Chinese corporations as a whole. Many Chinese enterprises, SOEs, lacked responsibility of borrowing, and many loans became bad loans. These elements have a minus effect on FDI. In addition, the Chinese government should improve legal systems for financial activities, such as banking mergers and closures, deposit protection, and the court system. Also the authorities should strengthen their supervisory regime in terms of financial management. In 2003, the authorities set the China Banking Regulatory Commissions and transferred the regulatory responsibilities from the PBC. However its activities are needs further improvement. These financial institutional reforms have been aimed at expediting competitiveness and efficiency of Chinese banks in the global market. Moreover, since the Chinese authorities are heading toward a more flexibility exchange regime, SWAP and futures markets should be developed to hedge against risks due to foreign exchange transactions. Some progress has been made in strengthening and modernizing the Chinese banking system, however key areas like the improvement of supervisory regime, implementation of corporate governance, and legal systems still remain. The potential losses from NPLs of SCBs could amount to about 13% in GDP. However, much smaller banks like banks in the rural areas must have more NPLs, and the ratio of NPLs may be higher than the SCBs . Why does China have such high levels of NPLs? One of the reasons is nested to their management. Chinese banks have small incentives to monitor their borrowers, and properly lend to profiting projects. Such distortion is historically inherited from the central planning system. Prior to 1984, China had a mono-bank system(In 1984, China established a two-tier banking system, separating commercial banking operations from the PBC. The Central Bank Law and the Commercial Bank Law was enacted in 1994.), and this bank allocated credits decided by the government to SCBs. After 1984, the Chinese government established commercial and policy banks(e.g: Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of China, The China Construction Bank, , Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, and Export-Import Bank of China). However, these banks lacked the knowledge to asses project profitability. The second reason is that borrowers tended to lack sense of obligation to repay their loans. They had a sense of implicit grantee by the government. Therefore, banks had little incentives to monitor their loans.
2. Labor Market Reforms
In order to sustain high GDP growth and mitigate income disparity, the Chinese authorities should reduce restrictions on labor mobility and increase higher investment in human capital (Prasad, Eswar, 2004). Further liberalization of the household registration system, especially in large cities, will decrease restrictions on labor mobility significantly (www.pbc.gov.cn). Surplus labor in the rural area will further immigrate into the urban area for higher wages and it will enhance efficient allocation of labor resources. Income disparity may widen in the short run; however, improvement in labor market efficiency will enhance higher economic growth for the economy as a whole. In principle, higher wages are a signal of a higher rate of return on education. If labor mobility is further liberalized, less productive rural workers will be motivated to invest in education facing the opportunities to earn higher wages in other sectors than current occupation (www.safe.gov.cn) . The more productive rural labor becomes, the faster they will be able to adapt to new technology. Accumulation of such labor forces will enhance technological changes in the industrial sectors and will fuel further economic growth in the long run. Concrete steps to achieve the above policy targets are as follows. First, construct infrastructure in urban areas to respond to the increase of residents. Second, provide social security to the immigrants from rural areas. Lack of social security has been another restriction on labor mobility besides household registration system. Third, provide education and job training services equally to the children of the immigrants from rural areas. Education opportunity affects location decisions of immigrant labor. As a policy instrument, the central government could subsidize local governments for public education expenditure. Along with direct public support, the Chinese authorities could support the development of a capital market for tuition (www.stats.gov.cn).
3. Income Redistribution Policies
The Gini coefficient was 0.45 in 2001, according to the most recent estimate by the World Bank. This is 37th out of 127 countries in the Gini coefficient ranking in the United Nations Development Program(UNDP). This figure has been steadily increasing since the reform of the economy starting from 1978, although part of this outcome was predictable due to the egalitarianism nature of the socialist economy prior to the reform. Income disparity is also a multidimensional problem, with dimensions such as urban-rural disparities, inter-regional disparities(i.e. coastal-central- western) and inter-industrial disparities. A decomposition of the Gini coefficient shows that income disparities are prominent between rural-urban areas and between industries. The budget transfer system should be reformed to favor low income provinces to decrease inter-regional disparities. The current transfer system is highly regressive, with transfers consisting of revenue returned, specific-purpose, general-purpose, and fixed subsidies. The revenue returned component is the main source of transfer, which is proportional to the tax collected by the provinces. This system was implemented in the 1984 fiscal reform where revenues were centralized, and revenue return was introduced to alleviate objections by high tax collecting provinces. 10 years after the reform, the political costs should be much lower than the benefits gained by social stability. Inter-industrial disparities should be dealt with by strengthening a comprehensive tax system on high productivity industries, and lowering the tax rate on low productivity industries, especially agriculture. The decomposition of the Gini coefficient suggests that the main source in inter-industrial disparity is non-wage income, which is not taxed. The benefits of social stability should be significantly larger that the costs of distorting taxes. Investment in the rural areas should be strengthened for further industrialization. Ease of migration should also alleviate this problem, although the effects may be limited due to the increase in laid-off workers from SOEs in the urban areas.


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Love Peaches? Peach Jam 2013 is Next Week!
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Join Community Farmers Markets and Slow Food Atlanta for the 3rd Annual Peach Jam, a four-day celebration of Georgia's favorite fruit.
Decatur Farmers Market,
Wednesday, June 26th: 5-7 p.m.
Whole Pig Roast and Peach BBQ Sauce Competition.
Info or RSVP.
East Atlanta Village Farmers Market,
Thursday, June 27th: 5:30-7 p.m.
Peach Cocktail Competition.
Info or RSVP.
East Lake Farmers Market,
Saturday, June 29th: 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Peachapalooza Cook-Off
Info or RSVP.
Grant Park Farmers Market,
Sunday, June 30th, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Peach Cobbler Competition.
Info or RSVP.
Have a rockin' peach recipe? Sign up to compete at any of the events here.
The celebration is just around the corner, so enjoy all the peachy fun at your neighborhood farmers markets!


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Voyage: 1843
Ship: Manteo
Marinda Wadsworth was the daughter of Capt. Ahira Wadsworth and his first wife, Deborah Sprague. She was raised in her family's home at 338 Washington Street. In 1828 she married Capt. Joshua Drew (1798-1763) and together they had three children. In 1843 Sally Freeman Dawes wrote her husband, "Capt Joshua Drew as took his wife and one child with him, in fact most of the women have gone to sea." Joshua Drew, at that time, was the captain of E. Weston and Sons ship, Manteo, a merchant ship that primarily brought cotton from New Orleans to Liverpool, England. The child could have been either of the couple's young daughters, ten-year old Emma or four-year old Flora. Marinda was pregnant on this voyage; son Joshua was born in Alabama.
Capt. Drew died at age 65 in 1860. Marinda lived another 31 years, dying in 1894. She is buried in Mayflower Cemetery, Duxbury, MA. Her sister, Catherine Wadsworth Drew Ford, and sister-in-law, Beulah Holmes Wadsworth, also appear on this list.
Dawes Family Collection, DALMSS.004, Drew Archival Library


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The concept of return on sales
Profitability of sales is an indicator that reflects the desired share of the net profit in a sales organization.
Without profitability, it is difficult to understand how well the company operates, whether it is profitable or unprofitable, effectively or not, how it will develop in the future, and that the moment should be taken to increase income while reducing unnecessary costs. The calculation of profitability helps to identify the effectiveness of the organization's activities in sufficient detail.
The profitability calculation is made:
- to monitor the profits of the enterprise;
- to monitor the development of the business;
- for comparison with the net profit of the companies-competitors;
- to determine profitable and unprofitable sales.
To more clearly understand what is net profit, and how to overcome it in the shortest possible time, consult a fairly common formula for profitability.
Formulas for the analysis of profitability of sales
It is important to understand that it is not necessary to have sverhsposobnostyami mathematical knowledge to calculate the formula and to know the profitability of your company. It is very simple and is as follows:
where ROS (with English Return on Sales) ROI (return on sales enterprises
NI (with English Net Income) – net profit of that particular currency,
NS (with English Net Sales) – revenue net of all sales organizations.
To know the profitability, you need the net profit split on all revenue overall. And then, the obtained figure will be perfectly visible.
Another well-known formula for calculating gross profit to net sales subject to the value added tax is:
In this case, the net profit is the main component in gross profit GP (with English Gross Profit), which yields eventually the desired result.
The results of the analysis of profitability of sales
Regularly making the cost-benefit analysis, can reveal a lot of necessary and very useful information. In particular, to understand the development of the production company, to identify its effectiveness, to understand you need to tweak and what to leave unchanged.
Based on the fact that nothing is more important than ever to increase their income, the calculation of profitability should be regularly conducted and record all the results necessary.


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The community of Invermere, located in the Columbia Valley of British Columbia is home to some incredible mountain biking. The area surrounding Invermere has a dry and sunny climate, and is fortunate to have the longest riding season of any place in the Kootenays.
If you have ever sampled some of the sweet riding available in the Columbia Valley, than you may like to learn a bit about the people who have taken up the responsibility of maintaining and ensuring the long term availability of the region's trails.
I recently had a chance to connect with Adrian Bergles, President of the Columbia Valley Cycling Society. The C.V.C.S. is the dedicated group of volunteers who are working hard to improve and grow the sport of Mountain Biking in the Columbia Valley. I asked Adrian if he would mind taking part in an interview with BikeFAT.com to share with our readers some of the history of the C.V.C.S. and tell us a little about what they are up to. We hope the following will help other bike club volunteers understand their role in promoting Mountain Biking, and help riders in areas that have yet to create a club work towards organizing and assisting in the preservation of their own important trail resources.
What was the motivation behind starting the CVCS? Did it begin as a social club that eventually ended up in trail advocacy? Or was it created initially to tackle a specific challenge that arose in the your area?
The club started in 2006. At the time we saw what other communities were doing — particularly the club in Rossland with their Seven Summits Trail — and we wanted to do something similar here with trail development. We knew that to work with land managers and access grant dollars we would have to come together as a society. Funders and government basically will not work with individuals, you have to be organized into a group.
The original group was a dedicated group of volunteers. Of the seven-member board of directors, three are still original members and most of those who left the board are still key volunteers.
What specific challenges do the trails in the Columbia Valley face? Are there some challenges that you believe are unique to your area?
Mountain bikers are coming late to the party. There are some people that would prefer mountain bike trails didn't exist at all. Some of these people are very outspoken. We were not well organized with governments and land managers until recently. It is always an uphill battle.
How do you get people motivated to join the club and help out on the trails?
Getting people to join is relatively easy. Our memberships are $20 so they are pretty cheap and many people feel good about paying that and supporting us. Getting people to help on the trails is a little more difficult. This is probably no different than all bike clubs, but it is usually the same people that come out to all the trail days.
This year we will try to organize our volunteers into committees. We really feel that the board needs to do less and we need to engage the members to do more. This will help get a lot more work done and, we hope, give a sense of ownership to club members. Only one of these committees is trail building. Others include the development of a trail map guide, helping organize our endurance race, the Kootenay Krusher, and helping organize other specific events. Although trail work is a huge part, there is a lot more that goes into running a bike club than just that.
How has the sport of Mountain Biking been growing in your community? And what is the feedback you get from the other user groups in the valley? (e.g. Hikers, hunters, motor bikes, ATVs)
Mountain biking is extremely popular here. We want to give locals and out-of-towners a legit, maintained, and signed trail system that they can use with a high degree of confidence and pride. We believe that riding opportunities like these will foster more riders, more bike tourism visits, and eventually more trails.
In the past we have had minor issues with some of the groups you mentioned, but those have been with individuals and not with another representative group. Recently, in the Columbia Valley, a committee working toward a backcountry management plan has been struck. We hope that this will eventually guide Mountain Biking's growth in the valley and enable everyone to have their spot. This is the kind of thing you can work for when you're organized in a group.
Where would you like to see the Columbia Valley's Mountain Bike community in the years ahead? And what role do you see the CVCS playing in it?
Last fall a local cyclist (and a pretty smart guy) did an independent survey of cyclists, bike shop owners, government, and the like. He did something like 40 interviews. His research showed about 75% of local people favoured the CVCS to lead mountain biking into the future. That was quite satisfying and it really showed that mountain biking is growing up. We need legal, designated places to ride that can be maintained and marketed to locals and visitors.
What has your relationship been with the trail builders in your community that are building "illegal" trails?
We were all originally 'illegal' trail builders. The survey mentioned above helped us. We love trails and new trails are always a treat to ride. We just, as a club, think trails should be kept on the down low until they can go through the legal designation process. Marketing illegal trails is a quick way to piss a lot of non-mountain bikers off and give cyclists a bad name. Counter productive in the long term.
What advice do you have to offer somebody who is thinking of building a trail of their own?
Read the IMBA's Trail Solutions trail building guidebook. http://www.imba.com/trail-solutions
I would like to thank Adrian and the Columbia Valley Cycling Society for all their efforts. I'm looking forward to my annual spring trips to Invermere. Check out the Mt. Swansea area for All-Mountain and DH riding as it is amazing and improving leaps and bounds every year. Or for a good time ride The Johnson, a 12 km XC loop on the other side of the valley towards Panorama.
Riders in the East Kootenays and Southern Alberta owe the volunteers that keep these trails in such great shape some gratitude. If you haven't been to Invermere with your bike yet, make an effort to check it out. The riding scene their is big and still growing. There is a new skate/BMX park in Invermere that is amazing for a town of that size! And a new pump track has been approved for construction in Radium this summer. There is also great lift accessed mountain biking at Panorama Mountain, just 18km west of Invermere.
If you like what you ride in the Columbia Valley, please consider making a donation to the C.V.C.S. and thanking them for their excellent work.
- Follow C.V.C.S. on Facebook
- Contact Columbia Valley Cycling Society (CVCS)
- C.V.C.S. Home Page
- Become a Member of C.V.C.S.
- International Mountain Bike Association (IMBA) Home Page
- Columbia Valley Trail Maps
- Follow Columbia Valley Cycling Society's Blog
- Subscribe to the C.V.C.S. RSS Feed


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Something Wild: Criterion Collection
March 22, 2017
Jack Garfein,
Starring: Carroll Baker, Ralph Meeker, Mildred Dunnock, Jean Stapleton, Martin Kosleck, Charles Watts, Clifton James,
DVD ReviewJ.D. Lafrance+
Founded in 1947, the Actors Studio became known as a mecca for Method actors to hone their craft, producing such famous alumni as James Dean, Paul Newman and Marlon Brando. The 1950s and 1960s saw many Hollywood films populated by these actors and a rare few, like On the Waterfront (1954), populated entirely by them. Little-seen independent film Something Wild (1961) is one such film. Directed by Actors Studio teacher Jack Garfein and starring his then-wife Carroll Baker (a student of the Studio), it was a gritty adaptation of the novel Mary Ann by Alex Karmel.
A beautiful young woman named Mary Ann (Baker) is sexually assaulted on the way home from school. She manages to make it back home where, emotionally shattered and physically exhausted, she curls up near a radiator in an effort to get warm and promptly falls asleep. She wakes up later and cleans up. For the first 14 minutes there is no dialogue and Carroll Baker brilliantly conveys the complex emotions her character is experiencing through body language and facial expressions. Baker is the only person on-screen for most of that time and she holds our attention not because of what has happened to her but how she processes it.
Mary Ann doesn't tell anybody and walks around in a daze, going through the motions of attending school and confounding her mother as to why she's acting so odd as of late. Mary Ann wanders the streets of New York City before coming across a building with a vacancy. It's something of a shifty dive but she doesn't care. Mary Ann gets a part-time job at a department store as a way of escaping from her old life that is too painful for her to bear. She just wants to disappear and be anonymous – easy to do in a city as big as New York. She just wants to be left alone and this comes across as cold and unfriendly to her co-workers (including a young Doris Roberts) and her gregarious next-door neighbor (Stapleton).
Things get so bad that Mary Ann almost commits suicide by jumping off a bridge only to be pulled back by a man named Mike (Meeker), a mechanic that works nearby. He invites her to stay at his place where she can collect herself while he goes to work. She awakens after a much needed sleep and he prepares her something to eat. He seems nice enough but what is his deal and can she trust him? Is he really that kind? The rest of Something Wild plays out the tense relationship that develops between these two people.
Baker delivers a powerful performance, conveying the anguish and the trauma Mary Ann experiences as she tries to make sense of what happened to her and continue on when no one else knows or cares. She was a carefree spirit and that was shattered after being raped and now her life will never be the same. How does someone deal with that?
Ralph Meeker matches Baker for intensity as a man whose motivations aren't immediately evident. Why won't he let Mary Ann leave his apartment? He clearly has his own personal demons, which the actor hints at but along with Mary Ann we can only speculate as to what those might be.
Something Wild is a powerful, character-driven drama heavy on behavior and light on plot but that's the point. What is important in this film is what people say and do while we observe how the relationship between Mike and Mary Ann plays out. It allows Baker and Meeker to play off each other and give it all they've got in this absorbing drama.
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This new transfer looks great, preserving the filmic quality of the richly textured black and white cinematography. They detail is fantastic, resulting in a stunning picture.
Film critic Kim Morgan interviews director Jack Garfein about his work with the Actors Studio and making Something Wild. He started off as an actor but was told that he'd be better suited as a director. Crushed, he nevertheless took the advice and studied with Lee Strasberg. He worked with then-unknown actors James Dean, Ben Gazzara and others. He was the first director admitted into the Actors Studio and talks about what drew him to Something Wild. He also talks about how the film got made, including the casting and hiring of key crew members.
There is an illustrated audio interview with actress Carroll Baker who talks about how she got into acting. She auditioned for and got into the Actors Studio, eventually appearing in films like Giant (1956) and Baby Doll (1956). She talks about her experience making Something Wild, the challenge of doing an indie film, and working with Ralph Meeker.
"Behind the Method" features historian Foster Hirsch talking about Method acting. He talks about how Marlon Brando, Dean and Montgomery Clift changed acting, bringing a more realistic approach. He talks about how Something Wild is a quintessential Method acting film.
Finally, there is "Master Class with Jack Garfein," which features edited footage from one of his acting classes in 2014. He talks about the nuts and bolts of acting, like the difference between stage acting and doing it in front of a camera.
Rating: 95%
Website: https://www.criterion.com/films/28777-something-wild


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Building a smart home has never been easier with smart light bulbs. Using your phone, you can monitor and control your lights from almost anywhere. Also, smart light bulbs use less energy and last a lot longer than traditional light bulbs. It helps you save more money in the long run.
Here are some of the best smart light bulbs on the market.
1. Philips Hue
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Out of all the smart light bulb brands, you will probably have heard of the Philips Hue smart light bulb. It is one of the most easily recognizable smart light bulbs in the market and that is for good reason, it is cheap, reliable and has been proven to work well. It is also very advanced with its features, which include the Hue Bridge, which allows you to connect up to 50 smart light bulbs in your home up to its app which can be downloaded on both Android and IOS devices.
The app allows you to control all the dynamics of your Philips Hue smart light bulb, from the color (which can be picked from over 16 million colors, impressive, we know) to even just turning the lights on and off.
If you're looking for the most reliable and feature-packed smart light bulb which can be found practically everywhere then the Philips Hue smart light bulb is definitely the smart light bulb you should get, and it is in fact the only smart light bulb we recommend if you are a beginner to using smart light bulbs.
2. LIFX Light Bulb
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Lifx, which began its life on Kickstarter, meaning it was an Indie project, is what could be considered one of the only competitors to the Philips Hue. They both possess a variety of similar features however the LIFX is just a tiny bit cheaper than the Hue. The advantages to the LIFX include the act that all the bulbs have built-in WiFi capabilities, meaning that you don't need a hub as the Philips Hue does and that they are basically just plug and play.
The LIFX also allows you to control your smart light bulb from practically any device you own, from your apple watch to your android or IOS phone to even using your voice to control it using your Amazon Alexa the LIFX is integrated with a lot of platforms.
The reason we don't suggest this as our "go-to" even though it definitely has more features over the Philips Hue is because it is much harder to find a LIFX smart light bulb in stores, it is much harder to get it all working and since it began its life as a Kickstarter it also doesn't have a big trustworthy brand propping it up.
3. Eufy Lumos Smart Bulb
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Eufys smart bulbs, like the LIFX, don't require a hub and so it is as easy to use as just screwing them into where you want the light to be and then messing around with it. The Eufy has Alexa voice integration, has an android and IOS app, however, it doesn't have a colored bulb yet, meaning that you can't change the color of your light bulb with the press of a button.
4. Ikea Tradfri
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The Ikea Tradfri has a similar array of features to the Philips hue while working without needing a hub. The Ikea Tradfri can either be the usual light bulb color or can have multiple colors depending on which one you buy. Out of all the bulbs we have covered so far the Ikea Tradfri is by far the cheapest, and comes with the added comfort of not having to install a hub in order to use them, making them far easier to set up.
5. Hive Active Lights
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The Hive Active Lights are a very simplistic smart light bulb akin to the Phillips Hue, it requires a hub and can come in either a standard bulb, spotlight bulb or E14 Candle Bulbs. It has different color capabilities and works with both Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant meaning you can use both your Amazon Echo and your Android Smartphone as a hub to communicate to your new smart light bulbs.
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INNR is a newer series of light bulbs which has the same basic features as most other light bulbs on this list, including Amazon Alexa integration and its own app on Android and IOS, meaning it has integration with practically every handheld device you own. The INNR bulbs can be bought in either standard, spotlight or E14 Candle sizes, which are standard for smart light bulbs at this range.
7. Nanoleaf Light Panels Rhythm Edition
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The Nanoleaf Light Panels are the most unique bulbs on this list as they are more like panels that can be put onto your wall. They have Amazon Alexa, Android and IOS integration. The unique thing about the Nanoleaf is the fact that the lights change and are in tune with the beat of a song you may be playing on your phone or speakers. If you're looking for something unique definitely check out the Nanoleafs. For non-conventional smart light bulbs this is definitely our number one pick for you!
8. TP-Link Smart Light Bulb
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Yes, even TP-Link has Smart Light Bulbs though they aren't anything special. They feature the standard colors and the standard Android, Amazon Alexa, IOS and Google Assistant Integration.
9. Osram Lightify
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Osram makes lights for the Eurovision contest. Osram has also created a line of smart light bulbs that aren't just light bulbs but vary from bulbs to LED light strips to panels. They come with the standard Amazon Alexa, Android and IOS integration and can change colors.
So, if you want premium quality lights which are good enough to even be used in the Eurovision Song Contest then the Osram Lightify series of smart light bulbs, LED strips and panels will certainly bat an eye for you.
10. Sengeld Element
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A very standard and basic smart light bulb with voice control. It requires a hub, has the standard Amazon, IOS and Alexa integration and has features like lighting schedules.


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Nov 19, 2018
Put on your bibs, loosen up your belts, and grab a spoon to dig in with the Game Brew Crew in a merrymaking feast of beer and gaming!
Beer Feast!: Old Speckled Hen, Duclaw's Sweet Baby Jesus, Southern Tier Pumpking, Firestone Agrestic Wild Ale
Each of us brings a beer to match a unique food at our thanksgiving feast, and we take a round-robin around the table to share what we're thankful about in the gaming world. After that we discuss our early-morning pajama gaming habits before our grandmother force-feeds us a second helping of turkey because we "are still growing and need our energy".
Also Discussed: Switch, Joytick, Dual Shock, Xbox Controller, Computer Chairs, and more!


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Amazon Alexa is coming to Windows 10 PCs this year
Does this mean the death of Cortana?By David Matthews
It's early January and that means tons of CES announcements. This year, a bevy of Windows 10 PC makers including HP, Acer, and Asus have announced partnerships with Amazon to incorporate Alexa into their devices. The irony is that this Alexa integration in Windows 10 PCs will compete directly with Microsoft's built-in Cortana which is arguably not nearly as widespread as Alexa, Siri and even Google Assistant.
Select 2018 models of the Acer Aspire, Switch, Swift and Spin laptops; Asus ZenBook and VivoBook; and HP's Pavilion Wave PC will include Alexa integration. Intel's Smart Sound Technology will also be used in some devices for improved voice and audio interactions with Alexa.
In an Acer press release, Jerry Kao, President of IT Products Business, said, "Acer is excited to be among the first brands to bring Alexa to PCs. With industry-leading audio technology across our portfolio, we're providing consumers the possibility to interact with multiple voice services on their notebook or desktop. Alexa lets users do thousands of things and we're now bringing those capabilities natively to PCs."
The Alexa-integrated PCs will use an Alexa Windows 10 application that will be released later this year. Like the Echo Show, Alexa's responses will be displayed on the screen. However, not all Alexa features such as accessing streaming services, calling and messaging will be available at launch.
This is a separate effort from the partnership between Microsoft and Amazon to allow their respective digital assistants to access each other's skills. Both companies scheduled a December 2017 release but that deadline has come and gone without any updates on the partnership. With the ubiquity of Alexa reaching Windows 10 PCs, one has to wonder if Cortana has any future on Microsoft's own platform.


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Tuesday, August 7, 2012
House Minority Leader's Statement on Governor Patrick's Job Killing Approach to Economic Stimulus
"I thought that the CNBC poll ranking Massachusetts 28th for 'Top States for Business' would have resonated with Governor Patrick. Judging by this most recent veto – it didn't.
The way the Commonwealth currently collects the Estimated Quarterly Tax subverts our businesses and job creators. In 2001 the Democratic majority changed our fair process forcing businesses to keep large amounts of cash on hand to pay their taxes before they have even begun to collect profits in a given year. This legislation would bring fairness and stability to the collection process by restoring the timetable for corporations to pay their quarterly estimated taxes in four equal installments.
Additionally, by vetoing a provision which would have provided start-up businesses a $456 credit, thus eliminating their minimum excise tax payment for the first 3 years they are in business, the Governor has negated any narrative coming out of the corner office relative to job creation and economic growth in the Bay State.
By eliminating the opportunity for Massachusetts to create a business-friendly environment, Governor Patrick has proven that he is intent on advancing an agenda that is not favorable to the businesses and residents of the Commonwealth."
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Kevin Garnett, after playing a back-to-back on Wednesday and Thursday, will sit out of the Nets' last game on their "circus" road trip due to back spasms.
Kevin Garnett (back spasms) is out of tonight's #Nets-#Bucks game.
— Alex Raskin (@alexraskinNYC) March 1, 2014
Kidd later said that KG is sitting for precautionary reasons.
Jason Kidd says K.G. Sitting out tonight (back spasms) is precautionary. #nets @BrooklynNets
— Lenn Robbins (@LennRobbins) March 2, 2014
This is not a typical rest game for Garnett, who gets those quite often, but an injury. It is unclear if this ailment will keep him out past tonight at the moment, but if these are anything like the back spasms that Andrei Kirilenko suffered earlier in the season, KG should take it easy. The Nets next play Monday against the Bulls, a game they need KG to be active for; this game off could help him feel more prepared for the game.
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Hey, you! (Yes, you!)
It's getting cold up here in New England. How about a toasty autumn cocktail to warm you up?
With fall well underway, Cocktail Season is in full effect here at The Mouse House. We just spent an evening with the good folks over at The Salem Insider, whipping up ghastly and ghoulish Halloween drinks. (More on those soon.)
In the meantime, here are three of our favorite fall drinks—guaranteed to knock that seasonal chill right off.
1. Maple Fireside Nightcap
You gotta love a drink that has you measuring out shots of maple syrup. This drink is reminiscent of Macallan's Amber—a heavenly, pecan-scented whiskey. It combines scotch, pure maple syrup, and just a hint of nutty liqueur.
2. Nutty Spiked Cider for Two
The Angry Chef first whipped one of these up when I had a cold and started whining about wanting an "apple cider hot toddy." The rest is history. It's become one of my favorite fall cocktails. For this one, warm cider is infused with a hint of autumn spices—and a little frangelico and amaretto.
3. Chocolate & Vanilla Guinness Floats with Creme Chantilly
Even though this one is a wee bit frosty, it'll warm you through and through. Guinness Floats are one part cocktail and one part dessert. If you haven't ever had one of these, don't be put off by the ice cream. This drink is a velvety, grown-up take on the classic root beer float—and an old Boston stand by. We like to make them for friends on movie nights and serve them with a plate of warm, chewy brownies.
Boston & North Shore Peeps: Come to Salem Harvest Fest on Saturday, October 24!
Oh, and speaking of cocktails, we're definitely going to stop by the Salem Harvest Fest this weekend. It's put on by Pamplemousse, one of our favorite local kitchen stores, and features a selection of wine, beer, mead, and food—plus live music. Definitely head over if you're in the area.
What's your favorite fall cocktail?
How about you? What's your favorite thing to drink when the temperature starts to drop? Leave a comment and let us know.


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For today's tennis lighting T5 fluorescent lamps have become the new standard for metal halide replacement. Not only for most commercial applications but especially indoor sports and tennis facilities that have demanding lighting requirements for safety and competitive play-ability The most common reason to switch from metal halide to T5 is because of their energy efficiency (typically 40%-60% less energy), however they also out perform metal halides on many levels.
Over the last 12 years I have been designing and providing indoor T5 tennis lighting and still today with every new installation of T5 tennis court lighting the dramatic improvement of light quality combined with efficiency is almost magical, the improved tennis court lighting quality is by far the most appreciated feature to tennis players.
(Pictured above) is a indoor tennis facility that had existing 19 metal halide lighting fixtures per court (all Courts left in picture) consuming over 20,000+ watts per court , whereas the court on the left had our T5 fluorescent high output lighting using only 8,420 watts per court. Which court would you prefer to play on? The major lighting quality factor is primarily the Color rendering Index (CRI) properties of the lamps. Metal halide are typically 60-70 CRI and the T5 fluorescent was 85 CRI (cri chart), as you can see the halides on the courts to the right are dull a bland where as the T5 fluorescent court (left) is sharp, bright, and true to color. This alone has a huge impact on the tennis players experience.
Another significant improvement from halide to T5 fluorescent tennis lighting is visibility of the ball. Most metal halide lamps actually flicker 120 times per second. When looking at static objects the flicker is not obvious. However, the next time you are watching a match in a facility that uses metal halides, watch the ball very carefully. When the speeds exceed 70-mph, what you will notice is that the ball disappears for very short time. This is especially evident as the ball leaves the racket at maximum velocity. The ball will not be visible for the first several feet. This is the strobe effect. Whereas the T5 lamps do not strobe, this will give the player more time to react, because they can see the ball at all times. Additionally this will help players also see the spin on the ball as the strobing from the halides prevent this.
1000-watt metal halide lamps have a rated lamp life of only 10,000-12,000 hours, and due to their rapid and significant lumen/light depreciation the light output will diminish by 40%-60% over the lamps life. T5 fluorescent lamps have a 35,000-60,000 hour rating, 3-5 times that of the metal halide, and only a 5-7% light depreciation over the life of the lamp. This means that your maintenance costs will be reduced dramatically and you will have far less wear and tear to the court surface due to equipment required to access the tennis lighting fixtures.
Metal halide lamps have very limited manageability, due to the long warm-up time, most halides take 10-15 minutes to achieve full light output. Brite Court indoor tennis court T-5 tennis lighting offers total management, with instant on switching, with capabilities for multiple light levels from a single court. Often times when courts are vacant the metal halides are kept "ON" because of the long start-up time, with the T5 fluorescent instant "ON", vacant courts can be dimmed or turned off until needed. This also makes it possible to have several light levels available depending on the events on the court, for example the Brite Court Tournament Direct system has 3 levels that can be instantly switched to tournament levels, recreational levels, or vacancy levels, when managed effectively adds a whole new layer of energy savings.
Personally I cannot think of a single advantage of using metal halides for indoor tennis lighting especially with new high output fluorescent lamps that have become mainstream. I am often asked about the new buzz-word in lighting LED, the truth is LED lighting also has some great features like the T5 however it simply at this time does not have the ability to provide the quantity and quality of lighting required for a safe and enjoyable tennis playing experience. Now with T5 lamps available with a rated 60,000 hour life that equals or exceeds the lamp life of the LED which is typically rated at 50,000 hours. Check back soon for my blog post regarding LED tennis lighting.


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Riot Fest founder Michael Petryshyn. Photo by Jeff Callen.
In 2005, Michael Petryshyn was toiling away at a 9-to-5 job when he had an idea: "I was bored at work one day and thought it would be really cool if I tried to get all of my favorite bands together to play one show."
A Buffalo native, Petryshyn relocated here in late 2002 to attend graduate school at Loyola University, though as a devoted fan of punk and ska, he confesses that "the real reason I moved to Chicago was that it was the home of bands like Big Black, Naked Raygun and Screeching Weasel." He had promoted a few club shows back in New York–"nothing big; smaller rooms the size of Double Door"–but from year one, Riot Fest was much more ambitious.
"I hadn't done anything of this magnitude, so I've really been learning on the job for four years," Petryshyn says, laughing. "The first year was kind of a wash, because the only bands that I got that I really wanted were the Lawrence Arms and Bouncing Souls. That's why they're playing together this year at the House of Blues: It's my thank you to them for taking a chance on me.
"Year two was the Raygun year. I was going after them hard as soon as Riot Fest '05 ended, to no avail. Then one day Eric Spicer emailed me over MySpace and was like, 'What would you think if my old band Naked Raygun would reunite for Riot Fest?' I thought it was a prank, because it was signed 'Eric Raygun.' But I wrote back and said, 'Send me your phone number and let's chat,' and lo and behold, it was him!"
With the reunited Chicago art-punks topping an action-packed bill at the Congress Theatre, Riot Fest firmly established itself in 2006 as one of the best showcases for punk and underground music in the country. Now, it's grown to the point where it will be a significant presence at several venues across the city throughout the weekend–this year's must-sees include two more high-profile reunions, All and ska-punks the Mighty Mighty Bosstones; the much-buzzed pop-punk bands the Ergs! from New Jersey and the HorrorPops from L.A.; chaotic indie/garage-rocker Jay Reatard and old-school Chicago Raygun disciples Shot Baker–and Petryshyn has even bigger plans for 2009.
"We're doing five days next year because it's our fifth anniversary, so we're going from Wednesday to Sunday, and on our big day, which will probably be at the Congress again, it will be nothing but Chicago bands. We're also moving to L.A. and Boston next year, though Chicago will always be the flagship of Riot Fest, and next year, we hope to involve even more venues here."
The promoter is proud to note that 70 percent of the fans attending Riot Fest travel to Chicago from out of town and stay for the whole weekend. "I think we have this hub-and-spoke approach now–it's an urban festival, and people who are coming from Ohio or parts of New York or Canada like chasing the town." Meanwhile, the central aesthetic remains a simple one: "We like that harder-edged, edgier musician with a little bit of an attitude."
Those criteria are broad enough to embrace metal, garage, ska and just about every subgenre of punk bands. "I grew up in a small town–Buffalo is like 400,000 people–and when I used to go to shows, everybody would play together," Petryshyn says. "It was a scene where everyone was helping everyone else out. When I moved to Chicago, I realized it was not like that here. But the kids in particular seem to really like that approach–there are a lot of them now running around in Naked Raygun T-shirts, and I think there's a sense of Chicago pride again."
That is not to say that it's been easy mounting a punk festival here.
"This is not a city that's friendly to independent promoters," Petryshyn says with a heavy sigh. "I think what's going on with the ordinance is a stupid move by the city. We work with House of Blues and established venues in Chicago; we're in a different place than a guy who's just throwing a show at some hall. If you're an independent promoter doing a show at House of Blues, they have all their bases covered two times over. The ordinance is not right–independent promoters aren't making a lot to begin with, and to add this extra layer of getting a license is just going to put a lot of people out business."
Nevertheless, the now 30-year-old Petryshyn has been able to make Riot Fest his full-time job: In addition to the festival, Riot Fest is also an independent record label, and it plans forthcoming releases by ALL, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Naked Raygun. "It's like the greatest thing in the world to get up each and every morning, come to work and do Riot Fest," he says with obvious pride and satisfaction. "It's a dream come true."
Here is the full schedule of performers at Riot Fest 2008. For more information, visit www.riotfest.org.
House of Blues, 329 N. Dearborn: The Frankl Project, 6 p.m.; Das Kapital, 6:45; Shot Baker, 7:30; Bouncing Souls, 8:15; the Lawrence Arms, 9:30. (Tickets are $16.50 via www.hob.com or 312-923-2000, and the show is all-ages.)
Double Door, 1572 N. Milwaukee: Magnafux, 9 p.m.; Muchacha, 9:45; the Bomb, 10:30; the Pavers, 11:15; Big Drill Car, 12:15 a.m. (The cover is $14.50; visit www.doubledoor.com or call 773-489-3160. The show is 21 and up.)
Cobra Lounge, 235 N. Ashland: Mystery guests (Naked Raygun?); doors open 9 p.m. and admission is free. (21 and up.)
Double Door: Johnny Vomit, 9:00 p.m.; Iattack, 9:40; Beer Nuts, 10:20; the Ergs!, 11; Regan Youth, 11:40; D.O.A., 12:30 a.m. (Tickets are $16.50, 21 and up.)
Cobra Lounge: Zero to Sixty, 10 p.m.; Black Tusk, 10:45; Black President, 11:30; Valient Thorr, 12:30 a.m. (Free admission; 21 and up.)
The Congress Theatre, 2135 N. Milwaukee: Main Stage:Black President, 12:45 p.m.; Valient Thorr, 1:20; Municipal Waste, 2; Mustard Plug, 2:40; D.O.A., 3:15; TSOL, 3:50; the HorrorPops, 4:30; the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, 5:15; Jay Reatard, 6:45; Big Drill Car, 7:20; Leftover Crack, 8; the Casualties, 8:40; ALL, 9:25. Second stage: Overated [CQ], noon; Love and Squalor; 12:30; the Vandon Arms, 1; After the Fall, 1:35; Scouts Honor, 2:10; Static Radio, 2:45; Prizzy, Prizzy Please, 3:20; Dummy, 4; the Methadones, 4:35; the Ergs!, 6:30; Black President, 7:10; Teenage Bottlerocket, 7:50; Paint It Black, 8:30. (All ages; tickets $25 via www.ticketweb.com.)
Double Door After-Party: Prizzy Prizzy Please, 10 p.m.; the Frankl Project, 10:40; Cola Freaks, 11:20; Jay Reatard, 12:10 a.m. (Admission is $15; 21 and up.)


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Wonder Woman Is Sexy Again Thanks to Grant Morrison and Yanick Paquette
We review Grant Morrison's sexy, stunning 'Wonder Woman: Earth One'
Renowned comics author Grant Morrison has an eye for the uncomfortable. Nameless, last year's scariest release, was a gorgeous comic that used shock value and nightmarish imagery — and Morrison's new take on Wonder Woman explores the juiciest bits of Diana's background. Diana is plagued by images of masculine power in the same way Nameless's crew was tortured by images of rape and destruction. Morrison has written her, in Earth One, which was illustrated beautifully by Yanick Paquette, as a curious woman whose emotions exist right at the surface of her being, and the comic is hard to look away from.
As a graduate of Bryn Mawr College, I can empathize with Morrison's version of Wonder Woman: who leaves a life spent among all women only to discover that females in coed environments are, by and large, still subservient to men. Morrison's Diana panics when she realizes the stories of elderly women aren't being recorded before they die, and she calls the modern woman "frail" and frazzled, assuming their difficulties all come from being around men. Personally, I'm always shocked when I encounter women who prefer the company of men over women and genderqueer folks, but hey, both Wonder Woman and I came into our own in similar situations. Seven Sisters colleges are basically Paradise Island, but I digress.
It's refreshing to see Wonder Woman depicted as both a deadly warrior and a wide-eyed human being (while also being quite sensual). Morrison flows through the now-familiar story of Paradise Island and Steve Trevor, beginning with the forced sexual situation; Diana's mother kills her male captor and incites a riot. Ironically (and this isn't lost on Morrison), Diana's mother arrests her in the present time using chains. Although Wonder Woman's comic history has been wrought with bondage imagery, Morrison uses his keen eye to include these scenes as an integral part of the hero's narrative. Wonder Woman is constantly talking about breaking chains, so shouldn't she have been bound up in them?
A great scenario halfway through the comic depicts a chubby sorority girl, who looks suspiciously like Rebel Wilson, yelling at the council of women ruling Paradise Island for ragging on Wonder Woman. It pits an image of imperfect, contemporary femininity against the classic Amazon archetype in a way that feels fresh and nuanced. In fact, Morrison pulls off this subtle commentary on the multiple waves and facets of feminism without overstepping his boundaries. He simply offers a couple complex scenarios and allows his reader to explore them.
Another great panel lingers on Steve Trevor's handsome face as he calls for his angel, his Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman appears in the door to his hospital room, in the next panel, and proclaims that she is "neither yours, nor anyone's," and all feels right. Wonder Woman seduces Trevor on the next page, offering him a ridiculous black and spiky collar and telling him to kneel. All feels even more right, here. Morrison's Wonder Woman is, in fact, into using bondage on her own time.
Morrison has made comments to the press about Wonder Woman's revamped sexuality, saying "Women living on an island for 3,000 years together — you don't give up sex just because you gave up men. And [sexuality] certainly is part of this culture. I'm sure they would explore sexuality, so all we did was we made a little bit more explicit. We talk about it."
His comic is pretty explicit on Diana's lovers on Paradise Island, which is an important and obvious step for Wonder Woman's story as it finds itself at the forefront of contemporary culture. Although Wonder Woman isn't precisely queer in Morrison's comic — at least, not by name — her sexual orientation will likely become a subject in future comics. Is she what students at Bryn Mawr called a "LUG" (lesbian until graduation, or in case this, lesbian until her invisible plane flight to Man's World?) Is she even monogamous?
Whether or not any of these questions will be addressed in future Wonder Woman stories is actually of no concern. At least to this reader. Grant Morrison sounds like the exact voice this franchise needed, as he's clearly excited by the more dubious parts of Wonder Woman's story. Wherever Morrison decides to take Diana, I'm along for the ride, and I don't even need a safe word.


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Lotus was the Sunday highlight of Hulaween 2017 as they took their jamtronica to the masses on the Patch stage. In some ways, the band is a perfect fit for this festival which tends to host jam bands and EDM and Lotus is a nice blend of the two. Their tunes are unique and instantly recognizable and the band hit with a number of classic tunes as shown in the setlist. Spiritualize (opener) and Age of Inexperience (closer) are available on FunkCity.net on YouTube.
- Spiritualize
- Sid > Sunrain
- Whitelight Fadeaway
- Nematode
- Gilded Age
- Greet The Mind
- Age of Inexperience


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Red Hat Training
A Red Hat training course is available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform
1.2. Overcloud
The Overcloud is the resulting Red Hat OpenStack Platform environment created using the Undercloud. This includes one or more of the following node types:
- Controller - Nodes that provide administration, networking, and high availability for the OpenStack environment. An ideal OpenStack environment recommends three of these nodes together in a high availability cluster.A default Controller node contains the following components: horizon, keystone, nova API, neutron server, Open vSwitch, glance, cinder volume, cinder API, swift storage, swift proxy, heat engine, heat API, ceilometer, MariaDB, RabbitMQ. The Controller also uses Pacemaker and Galera for high availability services.
- Compute - These nodes provide computing resources for the OpenStack environment. You can add more Compute nodes to scale out your environment over time.A default Compute node contains the following components: nova Compute, nova KVM, ceilometer agent, Open vSwitch
- Storage - Nodes that provide storage for the OpenStack environment. This includes nodes for:
- Ceph Storage nodes - Used to form storage clusters. Each node contains a Ceph Object Storage Daemon (OSD). In addition, the director installs Ceph Monitor onto the Controller nodes in situations where it deploys Ceph Storage nodes.
- Block storage (cinder) - Used as external block storage for HA Controller nodes. This node contains the following components: cinder volume, ceilometer agent, Open vSwitch.
- Object storage (swift) - These nodes provide a external storage layer for Openstack Swift. The Controller nodes access these nodes through the Swift proxy. This node contains the following components: swift storage, ceilometer agent, Open vSwitch.


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March 14, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm$85
On March 14th, Helping U Barbeque will be teaching a brisket and pork butt class. Class will run from 2:00PM to 5:00PM Saturday afternoon and is $85.00 per student. During the class we will cover brisket and butt preparation, cooking times, temperatures, foiling and wrapping techniques, and finally finishing. We will have something on a smoker when you get here so you will have the opportunity to taste what is being taught during class. See you there!


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Subletting: Legal Tips for the Tenant and Subletter
For many tenants, the demands of family, career or military responsibilities make it difficult to stick to a strict one-year lease agreement — making a sublease or sublet an attractive alternative to paying the balance of the agreement.
A sublease is an "assignment" of the original lease agreement terms to a third-party who was not involved in the original agreement. This means that the subletter is not only responsible for the duties and obligations listed in the lease, but enjoys the rights and amenities as well. Accordingly, it is almost always necessary to run this plan past the landlord.
Here's how to manage a subletting arrangement legally and effectively.
Notify your landlord and get them onboard
Nearly all residential leases contain a clause pertaining to subleasing. Some forbid it outright. Others take a more liberal approach and allow tenants to freely sublease. Most common, however, is the middle-of-the-road option that gives the landlord final say over whether a sublease arrangement is allowed.
In most scenarios, signed written consent will be required from the landlord prior to subleasing with a third-party. Legally speaking, this protects the landlord from damage caused by unknown, unapproved subletters, and also protects the tenant from an attempt by the landlord to avoid damage liability by a subletter he "knew nothing about."
Some states forbid a landlord from arbitrarily or unreasonably withholding consent to a sublease. If you're facing an uphill battle with a landlord who is refusing to allow a sublease to a great candidate, a landlord and tenant lawyer may be able to help.
Understand the legal relationship and obligations
As a tenant, it may seem like you can wipe your hands of the lease agreement once a sublessee is securely in place. After all, damage or late rent is on them — right?
Probably not.
Because of ancient property interest laws — and a concept known as "privity of contract" — the original legal agreement between the tenant and the landlord remains alive and well, even with a signed sublease.
By agreeing to sublease, the landlord has agreed to collect rent from the subletter first, and ask the subletter to make necessary repairs to the unit. But if the subletter skips town or refuses to comply, the landlord can seek reimbursement from the original tenant — even if she had nothing to do with the damage.
So if you're choosing to sublease, be sure to find a reliable and dependable person to take over the balance of the lease.
Sign a sublease agreement
Signing a sublease agreement is a smart way to protect the original renter from liability caused by the subletter. The landlord can still come after the original tenant for late rent or damage to the unit if the subletter falls down on their duties, as discussed above. But a proper sublease can give the tenant some legal ground to stand on if they want to then seek compensation from the subletter.
Likewise, the sublease agreement can also protect the subletter from unreasonable claims by the original tenant, including damage that occurred before the subletter moved in.
Collect a security deposit
For extra protection, the original tenant may want to require a security deposit from the subletter. Tenants should request enough for at least two months' rent, and the amount should be kept in a non-interest-bearing escrow account.
The security deposit can be used in the event the landlord demands repayment for damage to the unit or unpaid rent. And, of course, the tenant should return all funds to the subletter if/when the sublease term ends without incident.
More from Zillow.com:When and How to Break a LeaseEviction 101: What's Legal, What's Not, and Your Rights as a TenantThe Inside Scoop on Renters Insurance and Roommates
Note: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or position of Zillow.


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The current challenge at A Blog Named Hero is to use the colors of their logo as your inspiration for a card or project:
last night's card, and declared them "close enough" and "in the spirit of the challenge", so I used them to make this:
Okay, I'm going back in for more. Thanks for stopping by!
Stamps: Paper Smooches (sorry, no HA today)
Paper: SU Poppy Parade, Tempting Turquoise, Kraft, Green Galore (I think), and misc white
Ink: Memento black
Other: Orange twine from The Twinery, blue and green twine from Divine Twine, Heart Shapabilities, SU dimensionals and mini glue dots
*I have a standing desk -- actually, a drafting table. I sit all day long at work, and in the car commuting, so I don't like to sit at home, too.
Sunday, June 3, 2012
ABNH Color Challenge
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Owen, University of Minnesota, spent a summer in Scandinavia. During his time abroad, he passed on advice for creating a unique study abroad experience.
Read Owen's letter, and learn more about what to expect from a summer with DIS.
I had always dreamed of studying abroad during college but with my busy school schedule, I didn't think it would be possible. Every semester I had large commitments and even my summers would fill up quickly. Then one day I came across a summer program that really sparked my interest. I found out that with DIS, I could pick what I wanted to learn, where I wanted to learn it, and how long I wanted to stay. What's more? A week-long Study Tour to another country! It had to work. How could it not?!
Through observation, reflection, and real life experiences, you open your eyes to an entirely new type of knowledge.
When I applied to study abroad with DIS, I had no idea how much it would impact my life. Even though my summer sessions only lasted six weeks, the amount of new knowledge I cultivated while abroad is still expanding. For me, it started the second I was dropped off at the airport. I had flown plenty of times, but never alone. The new independence was slightly frightening, but also extremely exhilarating. I was going to SCANDINAVIA!
Every single day here has been a day to remember. There are so many highlights that range from a local music festival, to eating peanuts in Prague, and a graffiti tour in Berlin, but the final highlight is simply riding my bike. I have never found myself more content than riding down a bike highway, surrounded by trees, grass, parks, and dozens of other people enjoying their afternoon.
My advice to any student who gets the opportunity to study abroad is to wander. After class, I would dedicate a few hours to getting lost by myself. Through observation, reflection, and real life experiences, you open your eyes to an entirely new type of knowledge. For me, it was these findings that truly shaped my time in Scandinavia and my character moving forward.
Want to Learn More?
>> Check out the courses available this summer in Stockholm and Copenhagen
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The Werner Consulting Unternehmensberatung looks after about 250 mail order companies and Internet retailers. They advise business founders to mid-sized Internet mail order companies since 2002.
For some of these consultations, we have developed specialized software and provided support. In addition, we have created desktop applications and various extensions for the JTL inventory management.
Scope of work: Software development (PHP, JavaScript), database programming (MySQL), extensions JTL-Wawi (Microsoft SQL Server), customizations / modules for osCommerce and modified eCommerce. Time: since 2008
Special adaptations and modules for osCommerce and the successor modified eCommerce are created continuously.
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Chapter: Space Bullies from Mars 4
Characters: Albert the Alien, Draven Darkmoon, Gerty Greyson, Martin Macfly, splurr
Location: Heston Heights Middle School
The robot is damaged, but still functional. However, Albert gets an interesting call from an unexpected person. Can Albert stop all this without anyone else getting hurt?
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Studio Muses
Thoughts for the young at art!
Monday, July 8, 2019
Workshop openings July, August, September
Workshop openings
available at
Glastonbury Studios
Studio workshops are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and include lunch
Saturday, July 13 Drawing Fun Bugs
Beetles, butterflies, dragonfly, etc. $90
Two-Day Workshop Saturday & Sunday August 3 & 4
"Art Journaling from the Heart" $199
September 1-8,2019
Sketching Dublin and Beyond (see below)
Spots available due to last minute cancellation!
Sketching Dublin and Beyond Workshop
Sunday, September 1- Sunday, September 8, 2019
Eight Days & Seven Nights Workshop Tuition: $800*
For one week, we'll unpack once and sketch Dublin, Galway, Belfast and Malahide and it's charming castle. We will stay at the
Castleknock Hotel
, just outside Dublin. The accommodations include a nicely appointed room with daily breakfast, indoor swimming pool, biking and walking trails, golfing and only minutes away from the local bus to take us into town.
Fun sign in Galway (west coast of Ireland)
We'll meet everyday at 8:30 a.m. in the hotel lobby. From there we will leave for our sketching destinations, from the west coast of Ireland to the east coast. Once on location, we will sketch for three to four hours, taking in the sites, and yes! there will also be time for you to wander on your own.
The workshop tuition is $800 for the week. Interested, contact me:
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Travis Thompson moderates ABA panel, "The IRS's Modern Use of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Tax Enforcement"November 2018
This webinar will discuss the fundamentals of the IRS's big data analytics program and what tax practitioners should be aware of when they represent clients in the future.
As federal enforcement agencies are increasingly asked to do more with less, the US government has implemented advanced technology applications to enforce financial crimes which have increased in sophistication. In 2011, the IRS started a new program to materially improve compliance results for the most pressing strategic issues facing the IRS using data. Utilizing new tools, data, and analytical methodologies while leveraging a "test and learn" approach to accelerate innovation while minimizing risk, the program achieved significant results in the areas of refund fraud, tax gap reduction, and core compliance examination activities. Similarly, the IRS' Criminal Investigation organization has begun a new initiative that uses data to identify cases representing the highest non-compliance cases. This panel will discuss the fundamentals of the IRS's big data analytics program and what tax practitioners should be aware of when they represent clients in the future.
Featured Speakers:
- Travis Thompson, Sideman & Bancroft, LLP, San Francisco, CA (Moderator)
- Todd Egass, CI Director of Technology, Operations & Investigative Services, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, DC
- Carina Federico, Crowell Moring, Washington, DC
- Michelle Schwerin, Capes Sokol, St. Louis, MO


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