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The above link was sent to me by a reader who felt compelled to bring the bib short model to my attention, and I do agree that whoever edited this particular entry made a bold choice, for he does look rather nonplussed:
I'd really like to know the backstory behind this photo. Did he pose specifically for the Wikipedia entry? Or did he have aspirations to be a Performance catalog model and this is an outtake from his portfolio? Was there a Michelangelo Antonioni's "Blow-up"-slash-Austin Powers-esque fashion photographer kneeling in front of him and shouting, "You're nonplussed! Show me nonplussed, you sexy animal!"? Or are all of these scenarios totally off, and the Wikipedia editor simply pulled the photo from the Craigslist "Casual Encounters" section? The truth is, we may never know, because I'm not about to go sifting through the "Casual Encounters" section to find out.
There is one argument in favor of half shorts though, which is that they're slightly better for "portaging:"
The shorts above are part of the new "Primal Wear After Dark" collection.
Speaking of naughtiness, another reader alerted me to the following photo from Cyclingnews:
If you're a cycling photographer who wants to visit a Dutch sex worker but doesn't want to pay for it, I can't think of a better way of turning it into a legitimate business expense.
Lastly, on Wednesday I posted a picture of a PVC cockpit, and via the same reader comes this truly magnificent "catpit:"
Though the pussy in question does look somewhat nonplussed:
It's tough to tell from the angle whether the cat is wearing half shorts or bibs, though either way he really should be wearing a helment.
With that out of the way, I'm pleased to present you with a quiz. As always, study the item, think, and click on your answer. If you're right, your life will once again have meaning and darkness will give way to light. If you're wrong, you'll look deep into the recesses of your soul and find nothing, and you'll also see a compelling documentary about cycling in the Netherlands.
1) According to a Daily News editorial, the maniac's bicycle of choice is the:
2) According to roadie "weird style diktats," helmet straps are to be worn:
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As you might already know, there's a bigtime rumor going around that Samsung will be launching its next generation Galaxy Tab at Mobile World Congress next month. What you might NOT know is that in preparation for this event (we're hunching) Sprint has beat the competition (Best Buy, all other carriers) to the punch by lowering their Regular price to $499.99 – $200 "instant savings" to $299.99 – cheep!
More than likely this is also in preparation for the plethora of other tablets on their way (XOOM wowie!) and they're just trying to get rid of their remaining stock. If anyone has a direct line to Sprint hq, tell them they can just ship the rest here, we and I'll take care of them.
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Atlantic Front Franz Josef Lands melt/retreat Northwards, dispersion of broken apart sea ice will eventually thin further and give dramatic extent drop
We see thinning of sea ice loose packs almost everywhere in the Arctic Ocean, here North of Franz Josef Land Russia, is a retreat of sea ice Northwards. This flow has no solid pack to recoil on and therefore is breaking apart. Note Goodbye Waves to the South of the Front indicate great melting. The new open water areas, numerous as they may be, are highly likely not recorded by extent numbers 15% per grid regulation.
Superimposed JAXA map September 5 (white black) September 7 (in colour). The colour gains, on the Leeward side (winds counterclockwise) of sea ice shores outnumber the black and white september 5 map by a far greater extent, black being mixed with colour on the largely steady compacted windward side. This masks the real melt numbers further. Eventually, further dispersion will show dramatic melt results. WD September 8,2016
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The 2013, 36th Midwest Bonsai Show opened today at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Bjorn Bjorholm, originally from Knoxville, TN, now from the Fujikawa Koka-en Bonsai Garden in Osaka, Japan, was the judge.
RAF Dwarf Scots pine- First Prize in the Professional Division
The RAF Dwarf Scots pine which has now taken five days of preparation looked pretty good. So good that Bjorn awarded it the First Place in the Professional Division. Competition was tough this year, however. This makes my 13th Professional Award since they began judging several years ago.
The quality of bonsai has risen lately and also the number of bonsai displayed in the Professional division as well. However, it seemed to me that there the bonsai were not as crowded as in the past and the beauty of each tree could be more easily enjoyed than in past shows. The crowds were pretty good today and we enjoyed excellent warm weather.
Bonsai from the famous Chicago Botanic Garden Collection were on display in two open courtyards, each on a well designed table, complete with white background, lighting and invisible sensor to prevent theft.
Below are a few bonsai, mostly from the professional division. More photos tomorrow if I have time.


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Tsuboichi tea shop was established in 1850 and is located 5 min from Kyarabashi station in Takaishi city. The CEO, Mr. Tanimoto has reached the 6th level of the second stage, as a Japanese tea appraiser. He travels to tea gardens around Japan to buy good green tea. We visited them to learn the story about their new product "Green tea ice cream," and the greatness of Japanese tea.
Tsuboichi was established in Sakai, where the Japanese tea master Senno Rikyu was born, and was rebuit again after World WarⅡ.
Tsuboichi was first established as Yamaichi tea shop in March 1850, but air raids destroyed their three storehouses in 1945, and they moved and reopened in Takaishi city in September 1945. Japan was in a period of high economic growth around 1970 and the consumption of Japanese tea was increasing. It made them decide to import tea from Taiwan and it brought about Chinese tea boom in Japan.
The green tea that they are selling now is called "Rikyu-no-uta" (Song of Rikyu) and was selected as an Osaka special product. They have a shop in Daimaru department store in Osaka city and also opened a tea shop attached to a café in Sakai city.
Greatness of Japanese green tea
We talked to Mr. Nomura who is a Japanese tea instructor in the sales department. He didn't use to drink Japanese tea when he was a child, but he realized how great it was after he started studying about the certification of Japanese tea.
Some of the great qualities are the ingredients like caffeine, catechin and theanine. Some of the effects include lowering blood cholesterol, reducing body fat, antioxidative effects, diurectic effects and lowering blood pressure.
Mr. Nomura said that he spent more time with his family by drinking Japanese tea more often. When we make Japanese tea, we put tea leaves into a pot and then pour in boiling water. Then we wait a short time until it's ready to drink. The waiting time is a chance to have a chat with family, even though it's very short.
Green tea ice cream
Tsuboichi opened a tea shop attached to a café in Sakai city on Nov, 2013. They developed this product as one of menu items in the café. It is a vivid, deep green and has the rich aroma, taste and sweetness of Japanese green tea. It took 2 years to develop this ice cream.
Green tea can easily lose its flavor and beautiful color when it is exposed to air and light. It is said that green tea sweets in general are made with a low amount of green tea and additives are used to add color and aroma.
Tsuboichi wants more people to taste the authentic taste of green tea and found green tea leaves that go well with ice cream. People in the ice cream factory were surprised by how much green tea was used for the product at first and they tried to make prototypes again and again. The final product has a good reputation and is becoming quite popular recently.
Tsuboichi has been working to promote Japanese tea and gives tea lessons at school around Saki these days. They developed and offer tea bags with high quality green tea and want the product they want to give people more opportunities to drink Japanese tea, since the greatness of green tea has been rediscovered recently. Mr. Nomura hopes that people can expand their conversations between family and friends more by drinking Japanese tea.


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The CoDEG General Level Framework (GLF) supports the development of an individual practitioner from registration to a general level of practice and has found widespread application in hospital pharmacy across the UK. A controlled trial of the first edition GLF has demonstrated that its use accelerates and sustains pharmacists development (1). The second edition of the GLF (2) has completed a successful evaluation in primary care and community pharmacy. The GLF (3rd Edition) is suitable for use in hospital, primary care and community pharmacy.
To see how the GLF is being used in the UK and internationally, read the results of our survey.
A strategy to develop registered pharmacists to general level has been implemented by the Joint Programmes Board (JPB). The JPB is a working collaboration between the higher education sector and the NHS in the London, Eastern and South East region of England (covering approximately 40% of the population of England). The particular model developed by this partnership provides a mechanism for more seamless career development from post-registration to more advanced levels of practice. The GLF is a key assessment and development tool for the Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice.
Work has been undertaken to demonstrate how the General Level Frameworks (GLF versions 1 and 2) translate onto the NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF) Outline for Band 6 pharmacists. It is a joint initiative between CoDEG and Alison Eggleton on behalf of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We are grateful also to Richard Cattell of the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists for his advice.
For guidance on how the General Level Frameworks translate onto the NHS KSF for Band 6 pharmacists click here.
Also available here are suggested performance levels for the GLF competencies.
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The CoDEG development frameworks are now being used routinely in Australia and Singapore, and are being evaluated in Croatia and Serbia.
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it is really shocking to hear the news.
My shed tears with you and pay sincere prayers to ur mother,
Let her soul rest in peace.
Our Prayers to all your family members during this distress time.
All that I can say is that I m sorry to hear abt this incident. My thoughts will be with U in my future prayers.
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Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself,
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All events are blessings given to us to learn from.
All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness.
My friend, if I could give you one thing in life,
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then you would realize what a truly special person you are...
Life is eternal, and love is immortal
And death is only a boundary line,
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I am sorry for this great loss,
You are not alone in this
My thoughts and prayers
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I have no words enough to
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That someone is there for you.
My biggest hope is to see your smile and to know that you are happy.
I know life is sometimes cruel but that is why I'm here for you to show that life can be good when somebody cares!
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Let his soul rest in PEACE in the feet of ALMIGHTY.
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Although no words can really help to ease the loss you bear,
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May it help and console you to remember often too,
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It's difficult to lose someone close to us.
If there is any way I can make things easier for you please let me know.
Expect me to call and check on you in the next week.
I am sorry you lost your dad.
I haven't written a sympathy card message before,
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You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.
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I wish I had words to lighten your agony
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as you get hurt.
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Those who live no more,
whom we loved,
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May the peace which comes from the memories of love shared comfort you now and in the they ahead.
Just wanted you to know you are in my thoughts
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Hope this brings sunshine to your day
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Throughout my life, I have listened avidly to stories of my family. It was no different when I married my husband and heard stories of his family. I turned my own stories into a novel, UNDER THE ALMOND TREES and I'm currently working on ALOHA SPIRIT a story of my husband's grandmother. The picture at left is his grandmother, mother, and aunts in Honolulu just before World War II. When writing these stories, I can't be completely accurate since I don't know all the details of the person's life. It can't be a biography. Dialogue has to be invented, as well as what I call the filling in between known events. For this reason, I've stopped saying these novels are about my family and begun saying they are inspired by family.
Family stories may be the inspiration, but they cannot carry a novel on their own. Even so, the first source of deeper information is the family. I took the older members of my family aside and urged them to tell me the details–where they went to school, what their mother made for dinner, which was their favorite relative, and who fought with who. My sons were working on a genealogy merit badge in Boy Scouts when they interviewed their great-grandfather. He was born in Honolulu in 1918 and was a civilian ship fitter at Pearl Harbor when it was bombed in 1941. His first-person view of the event was incredible, but his personal reactions were priceless. He told how he wanted to hide during the attack, but his boss made him go out with a crew to remove scaffolding from a ship. He hid behind turrets on the ship as the Japanese planes flew over. I wish I'd had my novelist's eye that day and asked him about how he got to work, how long a day he worked, what he'd had for breakfast, and what the family said when he got home. Those are the details that make a novel.
Grandpa's experience is a tiny part of my novel ALOHA SPIRIT. I had to research a lot about territorial Hawaii–the years between the fall of the monarchy and statehood. I didn't care so much about the politics of the sugar plantation owners. I wanted to know about daily life. When did they get televisions, cars, radios? When were the hotels built on Waikiki? I read historical fiction set in Hawaii to get a feel for the era, and nonfiction for accuracy. There are many details I couldn't find or that I had to change to fit my story. I can do that, since it's a novel and not a biography.
The hardest part is showing the finished work to living members of the family. I think they understand that I intend it to be a tribute to our ancestors, but I'm sure they have a different view of the characters and events than I do. When I exaggerate a negative trait, I'm trying for greater conflict to improve the novel's pacing, not to ruin a person's reputation. So when you read my novels, keep in mind that they are novels. A lot of it is made up! Enjoy them as fiction. If you absolutely must know if something really happened, send me an email. My hope is that readers will be as inspired by the characters in my novels as I was by the women who inspired them.


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Lexus continues to chart a new course with its latest product offerings, and now, they have chosen to do so through open waters with their all-new LY 650 luxury yacht. Dubbed as the "first production maritime expression of Lexus design language, L-finesse", the Lexus LY 650 enters a new, adventurous segment for the brand.
Encouraged by the robust public interest in the Lexus Sport Yacht Concept, a follow-up effort was led by Executive Vice President; Shigeki Tomoyama's desire to, "present a dream-like vision of the luxury lifestyle; one where the Lexus Yacht expands the potential of Lexus mobility to the ocean." Based in Pulaski, Wisconsin, Marquis-Larson Boat Group was selected to build, sell and service the new LY 650. They have been chosen due to their extensive experience with manufacturing and the distribution of luxury yachts.
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· Kindness to Parents in Islam http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY2Xpm81q3Y
· Islam and Parents http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9C2omOi9G0
· Respect Your Parents - Nouman Ali Khan- Quran Weekly
· Respecting the Parents - By Sheikh Shady Al-Suleiman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjAw9yqOBqA
Please look at the words of Surah Al- 'Isra (17:23, 24)
Whether one or both of them attain old age in thy life, say not to them a word of contempt (not so much as "uff"), nor repel them, but address them in terms of honor. And lower to them the wing of humility out of mercy and say, "My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up [when I was] small."
When one or both of our parents attain old age in our lives ( Allah is talking to us here), speak to them in words that are only honorable, speak not in hatred or disapproval or even condescension, or in words that offend them.
I don't know about you, but I thought I was quite respectful to mine. Yet measuring myself to this honorable bar, makes me feel my performance appraisal would verge on 'more training required. '
Do not even say 'uff' to them.' I think many an adult child might find condescension or disapproval a noticeable part of their parent - child interaction, no matter how mild it may be. Who hasn't said at some point, "that's not the way things are done now ma," and not felt a slight smile of condescension enter their hearts. Situations and the environment may be different now, but I guess I could probably explain why and how processes are conducted now with a greater humility wing-span. The way that sentence is constructed could definitely be re-evaluated and restructured. Would I say it like this to my Boss, or the President, or the person who is in charge of renewing my drivers' licence?
Also, a wise scholar said, that no matter how much we may know, our parents always know more than us. We don't know the wealth of advice, experience and knowledge they have within them, and I think assuming we know more, almost causes us to overlook the wealth of information residing within them.
So it really boils down to approach, the words used, and humility. Address them with politeness and kind good words, don't raise your voice to them or shout, instead speak in a pleasant tone, listen to them and do what they ask of you, and spend on them when they are in need, in goodness. Yusuf Estes had said in a lecture he gave, that parents should be honored when they attain old age, and should be looked after by you and cared by you, and not to be put into an old age home but be taken care of in your own home, if they so choose.
He mentioned a lovely incident where he went to investigate what a peculiar noise was in his kitchen, and found his aged dad rocking in a chair. He bent over and kissed his dad on the forehead. His daughter, witnessing this, followed the same path, walked over to her dad, and kissed him on his forehead. She walked away unaware that behind her sat her dad tearing out of happiness. It is mentioned that if you are kind to your parents, you will be rewarded by Allah with children who are kind to you.
Nouman Ali Khan said that it is important to get right your relationship with Allah. For once this is done it is easy to be best to your parents by the numerous strong orders in verse 23 and 24 of Surah Al 'Isra'. If one finds themselves not being able to conduct themselves well towards their parents then this suggests that one needs to work on their relationship with Allah. One will notice that this is supported by the occurrence of instructions in these two verses. The first instruction is to worship Allah alone, this being the only reference to the Creator, a fundamental foundation of faith. What follows are instructions on how to be kind to ones parents. The word used to describe the way we better be toward our parents, is an exhortation, exclaiming that especially and exclusively when it comes to parents, we'd better be the best. So get right your relationship with Allah, and then your relationship with your parents will follow.
If you're on the phone with one of your friends, or consumed with the TV, and your parent calls for you, drop everything you're doing and answer them, go to them. And it is stated that especially when they're older, and thus more demanding, that is when respect really counts. That is when it counts. As they get older so do you, and with that comes independence of adulthood for you. And even then, show respect.
'Lower the wings of humility' means you're like a bird, in a position of power and can so easily fly away. Yet even then, lower your wings to the people who nurtured you, to the people who care for you and still sacrifice their time and energy without a second thought just for you. As they get older, you might have all these complaints about them, that they still tell you what to do, or still treat you as if you were a child, or boss you around, or that they don't understand you. Still speak well of them, don't backbite or complain about them to your friends. Love them, honor them, respect them, and address them with honor.
What about non-Muslim parents? Should one be kind and keep good relationships with non-Muslim parents and relatives?
Yes, there is beautiful virtue in doing so.
Asma daughter of Abu Bakr may Allah be pleased with them both, said: My mother, who was pagan, came to me during the lifetime of the the Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam (desiring to receive a reward from me). I asked the Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam, "Shall I keep good relations with her?"
He replied "yes, keep good relations with her". Ibn Oyaina said: Then Allah Almighty revealed "Allah forbids you not, with regard to those who fight you not for (your) Faith nor drive you out of your homes, from dealing kindly and justly with them : for Allah loveth those who are just." (Al – Mumtahanah, 60: 8)
If your parents treat you unfairly? What if they are not so kind?
I found this interesting:
One should maintain respectful treatment towards them, honorable speech towards them in spite of it. Can we do that? Do we have it in us?
Below are some references that you might find interesting. Much of what I've learnt is from these sources. I hope you find them enjoyable and helpful. A lot of my words are what I have learnt from theirs.
· Islam and Parents http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9C2omOi9G0
· Respect Your Parents - Nouman Ali Khan- Quran Weekly
· Respecting the Parents - By Sheikh Shady Al-Suleiman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjAw9yqOBqA
I don't claim to be an authority on fiqh or good behavior towards parents. This article has been as informative to me as I hope it may be for you. This is really a lesson in conduct as I write.
We are born to two chosen people, and our children are born to two, chosen by the Creator as a mercy and a challenge of conduct. Are you ready to take your challenge with me?
I'd love to hear your views on this topic. Please post in the comments section below! :)


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Garo Z. Antreasian Papers
Identifier: MSS-502-BC
Abstract This collection's emphasis is on Garo Antreasians's career as an artist and art educator. His roles at the Tamarind Lithography Workshop and at the University of New Mexico, as well as his varied professional involvements are also documented in the collection.
Dates: 1942-2005; Majority of material found in 1950-1990


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An Iowa barber has developed a creative way to get kids reading.
Courtney Holmes, a barber in Dubuque, offered free haircuts to kids who read out loud to him during an appointment on Saturday, USA Today reported. The initiative was part of a back to school event, and Holmes hopes the storytelling will help young students strengthen their reading skills.
"The kids would come in, and I would say, 'Go to the table and get a book you might like, and if you can't read it, I'll help you understand and we can read it together,'" Holmes told the news outlet.
Called the Back to School Bash, Saturday's event featured a number of nonprofits and community groups, including a youth enrichment program that gave away books -- some of which were read to Holmes, according to the Associated Press. Holmes's initiative, which took place at Spark Family Hair Salon, led to a partnership with the My Brother's Keeper program and the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque to further promote early literacy, the salon shared in a Facebook post.
"It's great. All the kids, they want to have a good haircut to go back to school," said Caitlin Daniels, a grade-level reading coordinator in Dubuque, according to the Associated Press. "They're paying through reading."
At the end of the event on Saturday, 10 more kids were still in need of a haircut, so Holmes gave them a free cut voucher and told them to come back another day with a book, USA TODAY Network reported. Already, people have sent books to the salon to support the program, and Holmes hopes to develop it into a monthly event, telling the news outlet, "I'm going to keep this going."
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Our South Dakota Weather went from 85 degrees to a snow storm with a nice rain in 3 days: April Showers bring May flowers! (1 ½ more moisture to grow our new produce!) On Tuesday we planted 600# of Certified Minnesota seed potatoes (3reds, 2 whites, and 2 fingerlings) We cut four buckets of new asparagus, then started planting "Red Zepplin Onions… till my help left. Moisture on new plantings is wonderful… Thank you Lord! This week's Saturday share distribution will be Lettuce, Arugula, Spinach, Radish from the greenhouse and new asparagus !
See you Saturday 10-2pm at the farm.
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Position: Blocker
Injuries: Nothing that wasn't made better by just rubbing some dirt in it
Awards: Four seasons of Championship Teams (so far…)– 3 with Grave Danger, 1 with WCR's Hell's Belles. Being a team player has never let me down and being able to share in the work on these teams is more important than any individual award I've been given.
Hometown: Nutley, NJ
Previous Sports: I rowed for 8 years in high school and through college (D1). Drawn to sports of asymmetry, except now with hitting people and occasional depantsing.
Favorite Movie: Mean Girls, Clueless, The Breakfast Club. Sucker for teen movies that stand the test of time…
Get Pumped-Up Song: Not really a fighter… Marie Laforet's "Marie Doceur/ Marie Colere" is kind of my jam tho


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Mara Plains CampExplore > Kenya > Masai Mara National Reserve > Mara Plains Camp
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Imagine a camp set right in the heart of some of the greatest predator country of Africa...
This is Mara Plains Camp, located on the northern border of the Masai Mara Game Reserve in the 30,000 acre Olare Orok Conservancy. Rarely a night passes without lion roaring nearby, while leopard are regularly found to wander through the camp and cheetah have established territories on the savannah nearby the main area.
Mara Plains Camp is a small, high quality, seven-roomed camp under canvas and on raised decks with sweeping views across Kenya's notable savannahs. It is among the smallest and most personal camps in the Masai Mara region. It is just one of three camps currently operating within the Olare Orok Conservancy, which boasts the region's lowest vehicle density with no mini-buses, and only one guest room per 700 acres!
Here, it is possible to avoid the high tourist density of the Masai Mara Game Reserve proper, if desired. In total, guests of Mara Plains have access to over 100,000 acres of low-density vehicle tourism lands as well as an additional 375,000 acres within the Masai Mara Game Reserve itself.
Mara Plains offers possibly the widest range of activities anywhere in the greater Masai Mara – early morning and late afternoon and night game drives, balloon safaris (at extra cost), authentic local village visits and unrivalled access to superior wildlife habitats.


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Diesel is currently the fuel type of choice for all road related transport. Price volatility as well as negative environmental effects will lead to a decreasing importance of diesel. As of today, several companies are already experimenting with new technologies to gain competitive advantage.
Diesel is currently the fuel type of choice for all road related transport. Price volatility as well as negative environmental effects will lead to a decreasing importance of diesel in the future. As of today, several companies are already experimenting with new technologies to gain competitive advantages. We elaborate on why companies are doing this today. We list the existing alternatives that are currently on the market and their viability. Companies can make good use of these trends and the rapidly evolving technologies to become a green leader in their fields and gain a sustainable competitive advantage.
The worldwide awareness for environmental issues related to fossil fuels is strongly increasing. The recent climate conference in Paris proved that the environment has gained importance in as good as every country. Where even several countries described global warming as the number one global threat. Public opinion has changed as the public mind-set has shifted to an aversion to large diesel engines. And trends such as the private purchase of electric vehicles seem unstoppable.
Cities are acting on this and are banning polluting fossil fuelled cars. More and more cities across the world are taking measures to reduce the number of cars in their city centres. An example is London where they have the congestion charge system to reduce the number of cars. Closer to home, Antwerp decided in 2013 to ban all diesel cars that are older than 15 years in the city centre starting from the beginning of 2017.
Shareholders and investors are more and more demanding businesses to go green. Several investment funds and other shareholders push companies to go green. In early 2015, a coalition of investors (pension funds, local authorities) has pressured the board of British Petroleum to become more environmental friendly. However this is an extreme example where shareholders have put the leaders with their back against the wall, it can be seen as a leading example. This approach is becoming more and more widespread and will complicate the financing of polluting companies.
Furthermore, employees prefer to work for environmental friendly companies. Several studies have indicated that a company's environmental friendliness is an important factor when choosing the employer. Employees have indicated an unwillingness to work for companies with a bad environmental reputation [1].
The European Commission reinforces these trends and has set binding emission targets for its member states. The target is to reduce the emissions, compared to 2005 levels, with 10% by 2020 and with 30% by 2030 [2]. For Belgium the emission reduction target is set even higher at 15% [3]. The transport sector accounts for the largest share of non-ETS emissions and will therefore be increasingly subjected to national policies aimed on reducing emissions of GHG and air pollutants (PM and NOx).
The Belgian Government has acted in line with Europe. The Belgian kilometre charge will be implemented in 2016 and will stimulate hauliers to buy greener alternatives or newer diesel models. The kilometre charge system stimulates Euro 5 and Euro 6 models by lower fees. At the moment there is no lower tariff or exemption for alternative fuelled lorries. This might be implemented in the future to stimulate the use of alternative fuels.
In addition to that, the Belgian Government decided in July 2015 to increase the taxes on diesel fuel with 10,6 eurocents by 2018. This measure will equalize the tax rate on diesel and petrol resulting in higher diesel prices, which will stimulate the roll out of diesel alternatives.
As diesel will probably not be able to deliver on the goals and trends, there is a strong expectation for growth in the alternative fuelled lorries market.
Belgium, and Europe in general, are hooked on fossil fuels for all road-related transport activities. In 2010, 94% of the energy used for transport originated from crude oil [4]. In Belgium, due to the higher fuel taxes on petrol than diesel, 60% of all motor-vehicles use diesel whilst the majority of the remaining 40% uses petrol. For the commercial transport sector the share of diesels rises to 93% [5]. Fuel economy, fuel availability, driving range and power are just a few of the advantages that make diesel the fuel of reference for all road-transport. However, diesel is also related to issues such as price volatility and the significant environmental impact.
Diesel production largely depends on the OPEC countries, who have an important impact on the price levels. Diesel prices have more than tripled over the last 20 years and are expected to increase again after the recent 2015-2016 dip. Moreover, the Belgian Government will increase the taxes on diesel fuel to level out the difference with petrol, which will reinforce the rising trend.
In Europe, the transport sector accounts for 20% of the total Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions such as CO2. This puts it in second place, just after the energy industries (Public electricity and heat production, Petroleum refining and Solid fuel manufacturing). Since the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, the Energy Industries have taken significant measures and successfully reduced emissions by 15% compared to 1990. In contrast to this the GHG emissions of the transport sector continue to grow. From 1990 to 2012 the total GHG emissions originating from the transport sector increased by 14% [6]. Heavy-duty transport vehicles only represent 3% of the fleet but accounts for approximately 25% of GHG emissions from road transport. Important drivers for this are the lack of European CO2 standards for lorries and stagnating lorry fuel efficiency over the last decade [7].
The transport sector is also a major contributor to Europe's air pollution. Much more than petrol, diesel is an important source of particulate matter (PM2,5 and PM10) and NOx emissions. Peak values mainly occur around areas with high economic activity and major roads. With 93% of the commercial transport fleet being diesel, the road transport sector is by far the most important sector for NOx emissions, representing 41% of NOx emissions in Europe.
Moreover, Belgium is one of the worst in class. This can be explained by the fact that Belgium is an important transit country as well as the high share of diesel vehicles [8].
To solve the issues from above, diesel engine constructors have worked hard and positive evolutions have taken place in the last decades. The European emission standards system requires increasingly more stringent emission values for each new Euro standard, however there is a lack on standards for fuel economy or CO2 emissions. As shown in the table below there has been a strong decrease in the allowed emission of NOx and particulate matter by lorries since the introduction of the standards in 1992 [9]. The Euro standards also apply for other pollutants but we focus on the most important substances for Belgium.
As of today 60% of the commercial lorry fleet in Belgium is at least 6 years or older. This implies that an important share of the fleet is categorized at Euro IV or below since Euro V only came to market at the end of 2009. The majority of the Belgian lorries thus still have very high emission levels, which can lead to small improvements for the future when the fleet is renewed.
An important point of consideration though is the reliability and correctness of the emission tests. The Volkswagen "dieselgate" is still fresh in the memory and few people would be surprised if the scandal would expand to other areas.
To meet the new Euro standards lorries require additives to meet the NOx emission requirements. Since the additives imposes important additional costs on lorry drivers one could wonder if there is no way to "overrule" the system, leading to much higher emission values in the field than the theoretical standards.
Taking this into account, the achieved improvements seem to be more theoretical than actual. A radical breakthrough is needed for the diesel technology rather than the gradual improvements of the last decades. Without major technological evolutions, diesel will not be able to fulfil the goals and alternative fuelled trucks look like the only option for the future.
Several alternative fuelled lorries are being developed and some are already available on the market. Below is an overview of the main technologies that are under development or being rolled out. In a short overview we describe the pros and cons of each technology, after which we describe the current applications.
Bio-ethanol is the sustainable equivalent of petrol, but is made from organic material that has a high sugar content (sugar cane, corn). The conversion of a petrol engine is simple and low cost, refuelling is quick and the existing refuelling infrastructure can be used. However, fuel economy is lower and at the moment it is not possible to find 100% bio-ethanol in public fuel stations in Belgium. Other critics are the competition with food production.
At the moment, a maximum 7% of bio-ethanol is added to conventional petrol in Belgium. Brazil is one of the countries with the highest use of bio-ethanol with regular mixtures of 25% bio-ethanol and a good availability of pure bio-ethanol. Since it is currently not possible to find this fuel in Belgium we will not discuss this technology any further in this article.
Bio-diesel, on its turn, is the green alternative for diesel. It is made from vegetable oils and has the same advantages of bio-ethanol. First generation bio-diesel receives the same criticism as bio-ethanol for its competition with food production, a problem which is solved by the second generation bio-diesel which uses organic material from waste.
Comparable to bio-ethanol, bio-diesel is mixed with conventional diesel for a maximum of 7%. Similar to bio-ethanol, it is currently not possible to find this type fuel in Belgium.
Since pure biofuels are not publically available in Belgium, we do not expect a break-through in the short-term of biofuels in Belgium therefore we will not elaborate further on these technologies.
Compressed Natural gas (CNG) is natural gas that is compressed to a pressure of 200 bar and can be used directly as fuel or it can be used in combination with diesel (dual-fuel). The main advantages of natural gas are the limited emission of NOx and particulate matter compared to diesel. CNG lorries emit approximately 15% less CO2 than diesel per kilometre. On top of that CNG lorries produce 50% less noise than diesel engines. Fuel economy is comparable to diesel and with lower fuel costs CNG looks to be a promising alternative. The main disadvantages of CNG today, are the low driving range and limited power.
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is identical to CNG with the difference that the gas is stored in a liquid form at -162°C and at lower pressures. The fuel tank space that is required for LNG lorries is significantly lower than for CNG lorries which results in a larger driving range for LNG lorries.
A study executed by the Flemish Institute for Logistics tested CNG and LNG fuelled trucks and made several business cases. The conclusion is that the evolution of diesel prices, fuel station availability and the price premium for alternative trucks are the most important that determine the cost efficiency of the alternative. The business cases show that CNG is between 8 to 12% more expensive per kilometre, whilst LNG was between 0 to 4% more expensive per kilometre. When enough fuel stations are available, as is the case in Italy, CNG proves to be up to 14% cheaper than diesel.
An excellent example of a successful transformation to natural gas is "Castorama" in Paris. Castorama used to supply its shops in the Parisian centre with 7 diesel lorries, acting on the above described trends they decided to completely redesign their logistic flows. Starting from a blank sheet of paper, a new transport plan was designed with spectacular results. For the same volumes the new transport plan only needed 6 lorries instead of 7 and all could be fuelled by natural gas. All this was done with the same budget as before.
Electricity is a fuel with very high growth rates in the car segment. The roll out of high-end, long-range vehicles such as Tesla and the plans from companies such as Audi and Porsche show that this trend will be unstoppable. It will accelerate the development of the technology and gradually expand into the road transport sector. Electric powered vehicles do not generate any emissions and therefore seem to be a very promising alternative. Currently the disadvantages of electric vehicles are the driving range, charging time, cost and weight, however it is important to notice that technology is still in an early development stage and radical evolutions of the technology can be expected.
For intra-city transport electric vehicles are already being tested by several companies. City Depot and H. Essers both tested with electric powered vehicles. H. Essers tested a full electric vehicle for BASF, the scope was low-volume distribution in the port of Antwerp.
In mid-2015, BMW presented their full electric 40-ton lorry. It has a range of approximately 100km and will be used as a shuttle between two factory sites. This example demonstrates the rapid evolution of electric vehicle technology. Therefore we expect that, high-volume, short-distance transport will prove to be viable in the near future.
For long-distance road transport, currently the roll out is rather limited. With the current battery technology, the weight required for a decent range would be too high to be economically viable. Additionally, long distance transport is more and more organized in an inter-modal way. Using, for example, rail as the environmental friendly option, especially for high volume goods.
Hybrid technology combines a diesel or petrol engine with an electric engine. This combines advantages of both technologies and is especially useful for stop and go traffic, which is observed in city distribution. Prices of hybrid vehicles are rather high due to the need of installing two drivetrains (electrical and diesel or petrol engine).
In the private car market hybrid cars are a popular vehicle type. By combining the advantages of both technologies it creates a very viable alternative. We see the technology as an intermediary phase before the shift to full electric vehicles.
Colruyt Group developed a hybrid truck that is used to deliver their stores in residential areas at night. Making use of the electric engine allows them to deliver their goods during night-time without disturbing the neighbourhood. The lorries are part of an integral approach for a total noise pollution elimination. This also allows them to drive the trucks outside the peak moments in traffic and establish significant time and fuel savings.
Hydrogen can be used in a combustion engine as well as in a fuel cell combined with an electric engine. Hydrogen has many advantages, the only substance emitted is water and refuelling is quick. Some safety concerns regarding storing and fuelling hydrogen are raised but can be related to the early stages of development of the technique.
In the beginning of 2015, the French postal service, La Poste, started a test with a hydrogen lorry. It can be expected that this technology will break through in the long-term but at the moment it is not viable in Belgium due to the lack of public refuelling stations.
The examples above show that many companies in different countries are experimenting with diverse new technologies. Certain technologies can prove to be viable for certain applications, but can they substitute diesel? The specific characteristics of each technology determine its potential for application for a particular activity.
As the case study of the Flemish Institute for Logistics pointed out that when enough refuelling stations are available, diesel prices only have to be €0.3 higher than gas prices for a CNG or LNG vehicle to be profitable. In combination with an optimization of transport flows the technology has already proved to be viable in France.
Electricity is already a viable alternative for low-volume, short-distance transport such as distribution in cities. First tests with high-volumes and short-distances are being executed.
Hybrid vehicles combine the benefits of both a diesel engine and an electric engine. Several constructors already offer hybrid vehicles. We expect that the hybrid vehicles will be used during a transition phase before the shift to full-electric vehicles.
To stimulate the roll-out, governments should take care of the necessary measures such as financial stimuli, refuelling infrastructure, …
The increased awareness regarding sustainability together with the fast evolution of available alternatives forces companies to review their road transport. As being green is ever more important now is the time to put this into a competitive advantage. Green businesses attract customers, employees and investors.
There are many possibilities for a company to minimize their environmental impact. Fleet optimization, fuel management and network redesign are just few of the available options.
Companies could optimize the existing diesel fleet to newer, more fuel efficient diesel models. This results in fuel savings and reduced emission levels. It is a possibility that offers marginal improvements through limited efforts. It is however costly and does not fully take advantage of the current green trends.
Businesses could also completely redesign their logistic flows and aim for radical improvements. This will require an in-depth analysis of the type of flows, customer requirements, financial capabilities and the organizational challenges. The viable alternatives for diesel are electricity for low volumes on short-distances, although first experiments with high volumes over short distances are undertaken. Natural gas for fixed, medium distance trajectories, whereas hybrid can be for a combination of both. For environmental friendly alternatives for long-distance transport of high volumes one would have to look at inter-modal transport, here railway can be a good alternative.
Building the business case requires insight in all the financial aspects to identify points for improvement. For example, building own refuelling infrastructure could be needed to include in the case of natural gas.
Companies should thoroughly analyse their logistic flows, check their current way of doing business in order to see if they can redesign their flows to enable the use of alternative fuelled lorries and promote themselves as green and sustainable. This will allow them to benefit from the many positive aspects and trends mentioned above.
The government should review their financial stimuli to support the roll-out of alternative fuelled trucks and to fully capture the economic and environmental benefits.
[1] Jobat
[2] For the non-ETS sectors
[3] European Commission
[4] European Parliament
[5] FOD Economie
[6] European Environment Agency
[7] Transport and Environment
[8] European Environment agency
[9] Flemish Environment, Nature and Energy Department


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When An Ex Sends An Unexpected Text
I loved you two phones ago. You aren't welcome in this one. It took two SIM cards to truly erase you, but I did and I started to forget. The texts were deleted and the ringtone forgotten. I stopped getting my hopes up with every phone buzz and I exercised incredible self control to not inundate you with pings. Eventually, I upgraded and I deleted you. I moved on to smarter smartphones and you became a ghost haunting the shell of a lifeless Samsung Blackjack. But four years and two devices later, you found your way back in.
Technology can protect your identity, but it can't protect your heart. Not even Steve Jobs can run interference with the seven digits that damaged your goods, although there's probably an app for that. I suppose I should have known it could happen at any moment, but I assumed that once I moved on, our paths would never cross again for the rest of eternity. And if they ever did, I would look f**king fabulous. (Jokes! I would be hungover and smell like stale french fries.) We didn't have a run-in at a coffee shop or bookstore or anywhere else pathetically predictable. But one notification was enough to send a pile of unused emotions hurling from the past straight into the present. They weren't gone, they weren't forgotten. Just sitting, unused, in a box in the back corner of the attic where nobody ever goes, because it's only used for storage.
No punctuation, no content, no indication of what he wanted. No reason to say anything at all. Only salutations. Birthdays had passed, graduations had passed, even my mother had passed, all with a constant string of silence on the other end of the line. But thanks to the past, I knew him well enough to understand those two stupid characters spoke volumes. His succinct "Hi" said it all– "I'm sorry for the way things ended and you're right to think I'm an asshole. And you have really pretty hair." Okay, maybe not the last part. He would never actually say any of that, but the sentiment was lingering there. Moreover, it was physically there, on my phone. The phone that, now two phones later, was finally introduced to the memories of my past. 2008, meet 2012. You two have a lot to catch up on.
Suddenly, it's four years ago. It's hard not to reply within milliseconds. And it's especially hard to be cool when you want so badly to be. You remember every text and glance and goodnight like they were last night. That loaded "Hi" says so much more than hello and you know it, you know exactly what it says and you have so much to say back. Love, hate, anger, suspense and hormones push your adrenaline into overdrive. Where did these goosebumps come from? All of this and so much more from two stupid letters, that he didn't even punctuate. The sheepish bastard couldn't even double his keystrokes and decide between a period and an exclamation point, even though he knew it read to me like a question mark. Your heart and your brain don't always communicate, they don't always live in the present and they're certainly not being reasonable right now; proceed with caution.
It didn't go much beyond polite smalltalk. I replied because I'm respectful, but I didn't give in because I'm not a pushover. Not everyone can possess the right amounts of sass, self-confidence and success to pull that off, but dammit, I try. In the end, we're both probably better off without each other. He still doesn't belong in my phone, but I can make room for resolution.
You can read more from Elizabeth Entenman on her blog.
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Savvy MSPs know that automation improves efficiency and strengthens their bottom line. In a nutshell, automation enables an MSP to reduce the amount of time its technicians spend handling routine or repetitive tasks, thus cutting costs for service delivery and freeing those techs to devote more attention to activities that generate more revenue.
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Freeing up your technicians for more appropriate endeavors presents benefits beyond simple cost savings. It also gives you the opportunity to differentiate yourself from other MSPs and position your business for future growth by finally enabling your technicians to see the forest for the trees.
When an MSP's technicians are mired in routine administration and maintenance responsibilities—such as deploying security upgrades, performing regular disk cleanup, or managing tickets—there's no time to step back and evaluate the overarching IT challenges that affect that particular client. And that means missed business opportunities.
More Time for Personalization
Proactively identifying a client's IT challenges will help that client improve their business operations. This will not only differentiate you from other MSPs, it will also establish a foundation of trust upon which you can build long-term relationships with your customers; which, of course, is key to generating recurring, predictable revenue.
But an MSP can only design creative solutions to its clients' business and IT challenges if its team has the time to identify those challenges. They need the bandwidth to consciously and continuously review each client's business operations and craft powerful and personalized solutions.
Automation can solve that problem. Not only does it free up your IT team to focus on the specific issues each client faces, it also allows you to deliver a more comprehensive range of services individually tailored to those clients.
Today's combination of automated and dynamic cloud services let you choose from an array of solutions for each of your clients, while still ensuring management is automated for maximum efficiency. The net result? You'll boost your profitability by increasing customer satisfaction and long-term patronage, all while significantly reducing your management and operational costs.
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As you all know, with this pregnancy, I really am focusing on keeping myself strong and healthy. After experiencing a pretty healthy pregnancy with Aubrey, having minimal back and hip pain until the last few weeks and remaining very active in the gym until 32 weeks, I did the entire opposite with Poppy. We had just moved 45 mins for the city, I was depressed, the winter hit hard, and because she was our rainbow baby after a Partial Molar Pregnancy that ended in Miscarriage, I was literally afraid to do anything but be stagnant and eat all the food.
The problem is, Poppy's pregnancy was hard both physically and mentally. Not, just because of the miscarriage and the health issues that had come along with her pregnancy, but because exercise and healthy eating is really a vital part of life and creating life. That mental sickness followed through during postpartum recovery, and unlike Aubrey where I was super active and strong right after delivery, I found trying to recover from Poppy's pregnancy the worst mental state I had been in for year. I hated my body and what it turned into and struggled so hard to get the excess weight off and get back into a healthy, active lifestyle.
Now with Baby #3, I know the difference between a very active pregnancy and not. And yes although there will be a 6 year difference in my age since being pregnant with Aubrey, I know that eating healthy and being active with make a huge difference in my postpartum recovery both mentally and physically.
Lately, as I continue this journey into my 26th week of pregnancy, many of you fellow expecting mamas have reached out asking for details on what workouts I am doing and can they do some at home? YES I do both, but you can totally do them at home. So here is a list of all the ones I have been doing since becoming pregnant. As always, please clear any workout with your doctor following your pregnancy before you take it on.
My Favourite Prenatal Workouts
Gym Workouts
Twice a week, usually Monday and Friday mornings, I head to the gym with rob after we've dropped the kids off at school. I really enjoy weight training and know, as a woman, it is extremely important to maintain my bone density and overall fitness level. so, on these gym days, I start with 30 mins on the elliptical going at whatever pace my body feels good at without over pushing myself. Next, for me, I find the best way I work out is to divide the two days up into Lower body on Monday and Upper Body on Friday. Lower Body consists mostly of many different squat variations, deadlifts, and gluten bridges. Upper body is a mix of back, chest and Biceps where I sometimes only use machines, and others only use free weights. This workout is a great place to start If you need something laid out for you.
Tone It Up App
If you have been following me for a while, you probably already know my love for Tone It Up and the whole community. I have never been sponsored to write about them, but have seen so many great results and love the fact that its always a different workout. Over the past year, one of their founders Katrina, became pregnant with her first baby and created a whole new pregnancy workout section on the app during her pregnancy. These are simple workout using minimal equipment (think a light set of barbells, a kettle bell, and workout bands) but are super effective to get you sweating in less than 30 mins. I like to do one of the upper body workouts and one of the lower body back to back as my body responds better to longer workouts. But when I am not pregnant and working out 5-6 days a week, I just stick to one of the 20-30 min workouts. Either way, the $18/month for the app instead of an expensive gym workout is 100% worth it.
Ballet Beautiful
If you are more of a fan of pilates and moving your body without the restrictions of weights, Ballet Beautiful Prenatal videos are perfect for you. I discovered Mary Helen Bowers right after I had Aubrey because she is the personal trainer for many of the Victoria's Secret Models. She is all about sculpting strong lean muscles with her Ballet inspired workouts. I credit her to much of my bounce back After Aubrey as I did her workouts twice a week once I was cleared by my doctor. You can get her Prenatal series for $30 USD one time fee and they truly are both beautiful and hard.
Youtube Workouts
If paying for workouts just aren't in your budget right now, you can find a plethora of workouts to fit your pregnancy and fitness level on Youtube for free. From yoga, to weight training, you can find it all. If using this, I would make sure to do some research as to the personal trainers and background on youtube, as really anyone can post on there without training or proper knowledge. If you are wanting something basic, here's a good one, Heres a yoga one, and here's a weight lifting one.
Another perfect example of something anyone can do no matter your budget is walking. With spring right around the corner, create a walking routine, schedule it into your day and just get your body moving. For us, we have many loops around our town that we enjoy doing, or even just taking our dog for a long walk on the local trails and woods. Be consistent with this and you will find that walking can even make your labor easier.
So as you can see, there are so many different options for working out, no matter your level or budget. For me, I know the difference and would never want to experience a pregnancy like Poppy's again. So get cleared by your doctor and get that body moving. It will thank you once baby is here.


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Image as instrument: What is the next playground for visual music?
Peter Kirn, CDM, Berlin
Close your eyes and listen to music, and what do you see — Colors? Shapes? Cinema?
Music is for nearly everyone a fusion of multiple senses and fantasies. And with each generation of technology, the visual embodiment of music has changed. With electric light came color organs, as used in Scriabin's Prometheus and by Russian Futurists. With cinema and animation, optics and audio could be fused, again with pioneering work by early experimental artists here in Russia. With television came Nam Jun Paik and MTV, and new styles of editing transformed by music.
And now, a new generation of technology could do it all over again. As editor of CDM (createdigitalmusic.com / createdigitalmotion.com), composer/technologist Peter Kirn will survey the landscape of modern audiovisual creations and how they relate to this history. New work spans lasers, projection, apps, and even the browser.
Then, turning to his own work and free and open source frameworks, he'll demonstrate how image and music can become a single fused performance instrument. The challenge: to imagine how we might view electronic graphics through the lens of music composition.
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Fiat Chrysler announces shift in NAFTA production
By Colleen Barry And Tom Krisher, THE ASSOCIATED PRESSGeneral Automotive FCA Marchionne NAFTA
Production changes anticipated to increase U.S. automotive manufacturing jobs.
MILAN — With lower gas prices shifting North American driving preferences toward bigger vehicles, Fiat Chrysler has accelerated its transition away from passenger cars with an impact on its manufacturing footprint across the globe.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne gave out pieces of the plan to exit the small- and midsize car business in the U.S. and shift factories to hotter-selling SUVs and trucks. They will keep selling muscle cars like the Charger, Challenger and 300 and premium brands like Alfa Romeo.
Marchionne said he told the United Auto Workers union that the plan would create more jobs in the U.S., but where all the jobs will end up isn't clear.
He has said previously that the market shift in the U.S. to trucks and SUVs is permanent, aided by low gasoline prices, and that FCA would adjust to it.
The North American market, he said, "is relatively healthy in areas where we function well," like Jeep and Ram.
"It has gotten a lot stickier on the passenger car side," he said. "I think the call that we made to exit those businesses as producer in the United States in hindsight was probably one of the best calls we made."
The production changes will bring an increase in North American jobs, but some of the production will be moved to Mexico, Marchionne said.
Some temporary layoffs will take place as plants are retooled from cars to trucks, he told analysts on a conference call. Marchionne called the transition painful but said it would be finished by early 2018.
Here's what we know about the production plans so far:
- FCA will retool a factory in Sterling Heights, Michigan, north of Detroit, so it can make a new Ram pickup truck that will come out early in 2018. The plant, with 3,000 production workers, now makes the Chrysler 200, a slow-selling midsize car that is among the segments that FCA plans to exit.
- A factory in Warren, Michigan, that now makes the Ram pickup will be retooled to make the Jeep Wagoneer or Grand Wagoneer, an SUV that's larger than the Jeep Grand Cherokee. The plant with 4,000 production workers, would keep making the Ram until Sterling Heights begins making the new truck.
- Production of the aging Jeep Compass and Patriot compact SUVs would move to Toluca, Mexico, when a new version comes out. Those are now made at a 4,000-worker factory in Belvidere, Illinois. The Illinois plant also makes the Dodge Dart compact car, a market that FCA also wants to exit, so its future may be in peril. Last year's contract with the UAW promised new vehicles for Sterling Heights and Belvidere.
- FCA is talking with other manufacturers to make small and midsize cars, but Chief Financial Officer Richard Palmer said he couldn't discuss the talks.
- FCA will continue to make larger rear-wheel-drive muscle and luxury cars and should be able to grow in that area, Marchionne said. But it's possible, he said, when the plans are finished that "the true passenger car side will represent the lesser portion of our portfolio than it does today."
That doesn't include Alfa Romeo, which is being built in Italy for export under plans to shift Italian production to higher-margin premium models.
"I am not concerned about the competitiveness of the U.S. market as it applies to Alfa," Marchionne said, adding he also was reassured by Alfa's marketability in China after a recent visit.
FCA also announced Tuesday that it would invest $74.7 million at its Trenton, Michigan, engine plant near Detroit so it can build a future four-cylinder engine. The move doesn't create new jobs but retains 245. The company gets a $770,000 state tax break.
The CEO also complained about the lack of clarity in the European regulations as automakers deal with greater scrutiny in the wake of the VW diesel admissions scandal. Marchionne said he agrees with Germany's transport minister that regulations aren't clear and some automakers interpret them differently than others. "I think we have done our best to meet those standards over time," he said.
North America was the clear driver of first-quarter FCA earnings.
The Italian-American carmaker reported a net profit of 478 million euros ($539 million) in the first quarter, up from 27 million in the same period last year, a figure that had been adjusted to exclude the recently spun-off Ferrari division.
Net revenues rose 3 per cent to 26.5 billion euros.
Fiat Chrysler said its North America adjusted earnings before interest and taxes doubled to 1.2 billion euros on higher revenues, lower advertising spending and lower recall campaign costs. Sales of Jeep, Ram trucks and minivans led an 8 per cent boost in regional sales to 634,000 vehicles.
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With over 50 years of educating community, business and government leaders, the Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria Campus is proud to continue an education focused on student achievement, committed to the values of access, opportunity and excellence. This is enhanced by our mission to deliver world-class traditional and online post-secondary teaching, learning and workforce development to ensure our community, region and the Commonwealth of Virginia have an educated population, both domestically and globally.
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Security for your company - tips to stay protected!
Did you know, every document has a shelf life? You may have realized some documents need to be disposed of when you no longer need them, but how long is that time frame?
When sorting through boxes or that pile of paper on your desk, don't keep documents that may be harmful if they were ever stolen, especially if you no longer need them. Examples include tax documents and bank statements. But how do you know what can be pitched?
Here are a few guidelines that will help you decide whether to dispose or not dispose:
- Tax Records:
The IRS has three years to audit your return, so it's always safe to keep your records for six years. Once you do decide to get rid of this sensitive information, make sure to shed all documents so you do not become an identity theft victim
- Pay Stubs, Bank Statements and Credit Card Statements:
Shed all pay stubs, bank statements, and credit card statements after use or up to one year - don't just throw them away. They include confidential personal information and need to be disposed of properly.
- Home Purchase, Sale, or Improvement Documents:
Hold on to these documents until six years after you sell. Expenses toward your house and/or improvements are factored into the sale price of your home when or if you choose to sell it. Which will lower your capital gains tax.
- Warranties:
Keep warranties if they are still active. If they are expired get rid of them, especially if they have your personal information included. Identity thieves love items like this and use it to capture your personal information.
- Medical Records:
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