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This is a wonderful gulf front condo with a spacious balcony on the 9th floor at Summit Resort. From sunrise till sunset the views are truly amazing! Your balcony overlooks the beautiful white sand beaches, emerald waters, and the gorgeous pool deck with two large swimming pools, kiddie pool and hot tub. The pool deck also encompasses the tiki bar where all your favorite cocktails can be purchased along with Bikini Bob's Snack Bar so you can enjoy your lunch without ever leaving poolside. As you can see in the pictures Summit Resort offers a beautiful grassy lawn area as well as the large pool deck along side the beach. You just cannot ask for more! This condo includes a completely stocked kitchen , full size washer/dryer, and comfortable furnishings for your enjoyment. You will have all the comforts of home at your beach house. Eat in or dine out it's your choice in this perfect vacation spot. The condo has one king bed, 2 bunks, and a queen sleeper sofa.
Please note some activities and amenities are available March through October. The pool is open year round and heated during cooler months.
The Summit Resort is conveniently located to all the attractions THE BEACH has to offer. There are so many amenities on the property that you could chose to never leave the site! It's called The Adventure Zone at Summit Beach Resort. It begins at the pool deck tiki bar with your favorite drink and music then wander over to Bikini Bob's Grill for tasty food and snacks. You will enjoy the scheduled pool games and sand castle building and competing in the Beach Olympics! There are Arts and Crafts that many of the children love to participate in or the family can spend time at the inside game room with Air Hockey and several virtual arcade games. You won't want to miss the Dive-In Move nights at the pool that feature newly released box office hits. For the adventurer in your group there is parasailing, banana boat rides, and jet ski rentals on the beach. Summit Resort has a very nice exercise facility for your enjoyment. The location is perfect as The Summit Beach Resort is convenient to all the local attractions, to mention a few, Gulf World Marine Life Park, Zoo World, Shipwreck Island Water Park, Wonder Works and Ripley's Believe It Or Not, St. Andrew's State Park, Dave and Buster's, Captain Anderson's Marina where there are many activities to choose from including deep sea fishing charters, dolphin watching cruises, sunset wine cruises, Shell Island cruises, or you can rent your own pontoon boat and explore at your leisure. If you have a shopping enthusiast in your group you must visit Pier Park. It is a shopping, dining, and entertainment mecca! You can even catch a free concert at the Pier Park amphitheater every Thursday night all summer! Just bring your cooler and chairs and sit on the lawn. It's a great experience. We would be remiss if we didn't mention the open air dining with live music that you can experience up and down the beach nightly. It is so much fun! While many of these open air dining options are very casual there are many fine dining restaurants for you to chose from also. Day time activities are abundant on the beach and the night life and dancing are limitless also. Please come and play and relax with us here on BEACH. We encourage you to research Panama City Beach attractions as the area is devoted to providing a wonderful vacation experience and we are confident that you will make many wonderful memories!


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Dr Stephen Codrington, who joined Alphacrucis' Parramatta campus in January this year, is undertaking several overseas fieldwork research trips this year to collect material for use in six new Geography courses being developed for our new BEd(S) degree, and to update ten books he released in 2017 to support the new International Baccalaureate Geography syllabus.
In late March and early April, Stephen spent nine days in Bhutan, the tiny nation sitting between India and China that is the last kingdom in the Himalayas. Stephen's research was focussed on two specific areas – the country's distinctive approach to sustainable tourism, and its unique concept of Gross National Happiness (GNH).
Initially developed by the fourth King of Bhutan, Jingme Singye Wangchuk, GNH was designed to be a measurable alternative to other indicators such as Gross National Product (GNP), replacing the traditional emphasis on material values with a focus on values, morals and human welfare.
GNH does not rely on intangible, individual 'feel good' moods, but works on the more collectively-based assumption that true happiness cannot exist while others suffer, and comes only from serving others, living in harmony with nature, and developing innate wisdom. The concept of GNH has become more and more sophisticated over time, and is said to encompass nine domains (each of which has several components, making 72 in total):
Bhutan was the first country in the world to ban smoking, and this was done on the basis of boosting GNH. For many years, Bhutan banned television and the internet, and when these were finally permitted, the country's GNH was shown to decline. Because of its emphasis on environmental quality, Bhutan is the world's only carbon-sink country, i.e. it absorbs more carbon than it produces.
Bhutan is a strongly Buddhist nation, and justifies many of the principles and practices of GNH on the basis of Buddhist teachings. For example, GNH provides an important philosophical basis of Bhutan's education system, such as using meditation to improve personal well-being and promoting holistic school assessment programs that include components such as adopting and caring for a 'Gross National Happiness tree' and establishing 'Emotional Bank Accounts' that earn deposits whenever students perform a good deed.
Many of the underlying values of GNH would be familiar to Christians, but are arguably alien to the materialist, capitalist, humanistic values that dominate contemporary Western societies today. This is perhaps paradoxical as western capitalism arose in societies that were dominated by Christian thinking at the time. Jesus' teachings certainly emphasised quality of life (life in all its fullness) and what it means to be fully human, our responsibilities towards one another and to our environment, all of which are fundamental tenets of GNH. The GNH domain of 'Psychological Wellbeing' accurately identifies 'spiritual belief' and 'spiritual practice' as key component variables, although the meaning and implication of these terms will differ significantly for Christians and Buddhists.
In an address to school principals, college lecturers and education officers at Paro in 2010, Bhutan's Prime Minister (Lyonchhen Jigme Yoser Thinley), endorsed the concept of GNH by encouraging educators with these words:
"The message is simple – a Gross National Happiness graduate is not only good-hearted and caring, but also deeply intelligent, sharp and discerning. (But) we cannot claim a Gross National Happiness educational system so long as our students are judged by one narrow criterion alone – their performance on competitive standardised exams that frequently create excessive stress, that often leave students who don't make that particular grade feeling like failures... (We must) acknowledge the unique talents and contributions of each and every student – whether academic, in the arts and music, in manual dexterity, or in their generosity, care and help to others"[1].
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[1] Department of Curriculum Research and Development (2010). Educating for GNH: Refining our school education practices. Paro: Ministry of Education, Royal Government of Bhutan. Pp.106-107
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Do small and medium-sized businesses need technological solutions for archiving corporate email and social media communication? Although email and social media archiving tools are typically labelled as "enterprise solutions", that doesn't mean that they're used only by large companies or that small businesses don't need them. If you are an SMB wondering about archiving email and other digital content, here are some questions you should ask yourself:
How Important Is Email in My Business?
Some businesses answer this question without much thinking. They don't use email to sell, so they assume it's not important. In reality, every modern business, big or small, uses email every single day. We use it to discuss issues, keep our employees informed, send invoices and make payments. No business could operate successfully without email. The same goes for social media. Small companies especially rely on social to improve visibility and attract customers. How do you keep track of all the exchanges that take place on those channels?
What Legal Requirements Do I Have?
Many small businesses don't belong to a regulated industry, which makes email archiving non-obligatory. While it is true that some industries are more regulated than others (healthcare, government, education, legal and financial), every business is required to retain records, regardless of the industry it belongs to. Social media is now considered a business record as well.Every business is required to retain records, regardless of the industry it belongs to. #EmailArchiving Click To Tweet
Regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) or the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) mean that small businesses also need to retain important business documentation, including email and social media activity on official channels. Even if there's no specific archiving law that your organization needs to stay compliant with, archiving your company information has other, equally important benefits.
How Do I Respond to eDiscovery Requests?
If your company is ever involved in a lawsuit, do you have a strategy to compile the required electronic documents? Email is regularly used as evidence in lawsuits, which makes it a common component of eDiscovery requests. The emails involved in the case might be from years before the case. Unless they can be recovered easily and quickly, locating and retrieving them can turn into a time-consuming and costly process when done manually. Your organization would have a very short deadline to produce evidence, and reviewing a single gigabyte of data can cost you a staggering $18,000.
Do I Have an Email Retention Policy?
If you still haven't created a retention policy, you could be in for serious legal difficulties. If you leave it up to your members of staff to decide which emails to keep and which to purge, you could be left red faced when the request comes from regulators or lawyers.
How Am I Archiving Email at the Moment?
You need to be aware of where and how you're storing email at the moment and what limitations the current solution might have. If you're using your messaging software's built-in archiving features, you need to know that they can never guarantee that you'll be able to respond to eDiscovery requests in a timely manner. Their search and retrieval options are rudimentary when compared to advanced functionalities offered by dedicated, third-party solutions. These native archiving solutions rely on the same simple search that you use when you struggle to find a specific email in your overflowing inbox. Imagine what would happen if you were to search all company mailboxes with the clock ticking in the background.
On the other hand, a third-party archiving solution indexes all emails as they enter the archiver, which allows users to search the archive using a variety of search criteria and gives precise results in a matter of seconds.
Do I Need a Dedicated Archive?
Still unsure whether you should archive email? If any of the previous questions made you feel uncomfortable, the answer is a resounding yes. An information archiving solution can be integrated and allow you to access all content types (email, social media content, mobile) from a single interface. A dedicated archive stores your data in a secure, tamper-proof format that ensures compliance with federal, state and industry-specific legislation. Archiving tools are designed for easy search and recovery of information, which makes them perfect eDiscovery solutions for businesses of all sizes.An archiving solution can be integrated and allow you to access all content types (email, social media and mobile) from a single interface. Click To Tweet
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|Merk, Kathrin (2004): In-vivo-Porphyrinproduktion von Propionibacterium acnes unter systemischer Aknetherapie mit Isotretinoin und Minozyklin. Dissertation, LMU München: Faculty of Medicine
The production of porphyrins by Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes) as a contributing pathogenic factor in the aetiology of acne is the object of this investigation. High–performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) analysis was used to investigate in vivo samples of porphyrins produced by P. acnes from comedones prior to treatment of a set of 55 patients with a variety of systemic forms of treatment. For all patients mainly coproporphyrin III was identified, but also coproporphyrin I and protoporphyrin at considerably lower concentrations. Polar porphyrins could not be detected. Wide variations of porphyrin concentrations between individual patients were found. Collective evaluation showed that only systemic isotretinoin monotherapy for more than three months led to a reduction of porphyrins. Other systemic forms of therapy, such as minocycline, a combination of oral isotretinoin with local treatment or various combinations of local therapy (benzoyl peroxide, benzoyl peroxide and retinoids, benzoyl peroxide and azelaic acid) had no persistent effect on porphyrin production. When the porphyrin production of individual patients was analysed repeatedly over time, clinical improvement was associated with lowered concentrations of porphyrins with local forms of therapy. An unchanged or worsening skin condition was associated with increased porphyrin production. The reduction of coproporphyrin III production by P. acnes where there is improvement as a result of therapy supports the pathogenetic significance of P. acnes and of the porphyrin fractions it produces for the emergence of acne.
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The new leadership, while beginning to work actively, brought with it an ineradicable bureaucratic style of government. Since he stopped attending presidiums regularly, the SPSS president took it into his own practice to fulfill not so much the decisions of the presidium as his own vision of them. In the end, he left for Moscow for a promotion and did not even leave a power of attorney for the SPSS.
Later, Acting President of the SPSU, Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Committee of the Legislative Assembly of the Sverdlovsk Region, was elected as the Union's president. Andrei Chernykh The Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Committee of the Legislative Assembly, who was later elected president of the Union, has conducted his business in an extremely peculiar way. The results of his work are as follows: «...The number of SPSS events has sharply declined and their quality has worsened. In 2011. The "SPSU" only conducted 2 events -
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Dee William's has completed her new book, The Big Tiny. Learn more about the book and read an excerpt at PAD Tiny Houses.
Dee Williams built and moved into her little house in 2004, and since then over 20 million people have toured it virtually to learn more about the house and her life." – PAD Tiny Houses
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Functional nutrition is an approach to health that focuses on determining root causes of disease. A functional nutritionist not only looks at your diet but also evaluates your stress levels, environmental exposures, signs and symptoms, and prior diagnoses to determine causes. At Living Well Nutrition, The Center for Epigenetic Counseling, we go beyond functional nutrition by studying your epigenetics to include the most foundational level of health that science provides. The certified nutrition coach helps you create a strategic plan to meet your unique needs and optimize your health.
There are many illnesses that can be helped through proper nutrition and dietetic guidance. If you suffer from heart disease or diabetes, for example, your doctor may refer you to a registered dietitian. The dietitian will then prescribe a diet based on your specific diagnosis. At Living Well Nutrition, The Center for Epigenetic Counseling, we go beyond a diagnosis-based diet. Our specialty is referred to as Functional Nutrition, which is a part of the field of Functional Medicine. We look at how food and nutrients affect your body on a cellular level. That means you won't just be handed a standardized diet and sent home!
Rather than managing your disease condition (your symptoms), we aim to provide true healthcare. Looking for a cause involves layering various bits of information. First, your diagnosis and lab work are taken into consideration. Second, your health history, lifestyle and family history are considered. Third, the impact of your current diet, nutrient status and food sensitivities are considered. Finally, your epigenetics are tested and researched.
What are epigenetics? Epigenetics are the expression of your genes that you got from your parents. This is different from just looking at the genes (or the DNA) that you inherited — the things that make our eyes blue or green or brown, for example.
The expression of your genes is a direct reflection of your nutrient status (what you eat) and your environment (this includes exposure to chemicals, stresses and many other factors). Our genes are very responsive to these inputs.
Like an artist will apply layers of paint to achieve the final painting, we layer the information to get a complete picture of your health.
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Others are not willing to live with a diagnosis. They know that their diagnosis doesn't have to be permanent. They believe they can control and regain complete health. These people realize that they will have to make some changes in their lives, that what they have been doing is not working. They are willing to do the work to regain their health. They are ready to change their diet and lifestyle. And, they are ready to invest in finding the root causes of their problems. Those are the people who come to Living Well Nutrition, The Center for Epigenetic Counseling.
At the Center, we partner with you to optimize your health. Does this mean you'll have more energy and fewer symptoms? Yes! Does is mean you'll lose all the diagnoses you may have? Maybe. While we don't promise miracle cures for every patient, we have seen and experienced firsthand how amazing the human body is. We know that when we support the body's natural healing, then wonderful things do happen.
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Introduction to Functional Medicine, by David S. Jones, M.D., and Sheila Quinn
The Disease Delusion, by Jeffrey Bland, Ph.D. (called "the godfather of functional medicine" by Dr. Mehmet Oz)
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Something Grand: The Camino
A new documentary goes on a pilgrimmage to Santiago de Compostella along the camino in Spain.
Matthew Anderson produced the film. He's a part-time professor in theological studies at Concordia University, as well as at Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability.
Last spring, he climbed over the Pyrenees with groups of pilgrims on the 800-km walk to Santiago and asked them 'why are you doing this?'
The result is called "Something Grand."
The documentary makes its debut on Monday at Concordia.
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Like every other investments, purchasing property has its own upsides and drawbacks, and because there are various kinds of property to purchase, choosing the best property can help you discover the upsides. A few of the kinds of property you are able to purchase are land, waterfront property, rentals, and real estate.
Land is an excellent method you are able to purchase property. There are lots of kinds of land to buy. Before you purchase it, make certain that you will get it surveyed, by several surveyor if required. After you discover just how much the land may be worth, you will have to learn how much it'll cost you to build up the land.
Land might be zone as commercial, industrial, or residential (amongst others). If you wish to develop a subdivision, make certain you're purchasing land that's zone residential. Zoning can alter with time, which results in a risk when one purchases land and lets it sit undeveloped for lengthy.
Opt for subdividing the land, and just how much it might be worth offered in pieces.
Waterfront Property:
There are lots of who want to spend one or two weeks in a beach. Purchasing waterfront property, and renting it our all year round is a great way to earn some cash. You may also pencil yourself set for a stay throughout the off-season.
Duplexes and apartments ought to be considered when purchasing property. One trouble with multi-unit housing is maintaining your rentals filled. One other issue is the potential for getting the rentals full with under desirable renters, who might or might not pay their rent promptly.
As with every other kinds of property, work out how much real estate may be worth–have it appraised. Additionally, you will wish to find similar housing which has lately been purchased and employ that like a guide for what you need to be having to pay.
Also, take a look at what other medication is charging for rental, so that you can know roughly what you can charge, and can make from neglect the.
This is a listing of things you can do before buying a house for investment:
Possess the property examined by an inspector
Produce the contract you'll use for renters, if you are planning to book
Using a realtor, determine a regular monthly rent cost, and also the cost associated with a move-in charges or deposits.
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If you won't want to deal with many different people, like you would need to having a rental, you might want to consider purchasing real estate.
Costs to think about when purchasing property:
With lots of different investments you have to bear in mind that there's more towards the investment compared to initial price of real estate. You will find property taxes to think about, and the price of maintaining an investment. Think about these along with other costs (including any costs for repairs, advertising, maintenance, etc.) before purchasing property.
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Messy Church is a relaxed style of church suitable for all ages.
Values are about being Christ-centred ,and being inter-generational, based on creativity, hospitality and celebration.
What Messy Church is and isn't . . . .
Messy Church is . . . .
- a style of church for children and adults that involves creativity, celebration and hospitality
- in the words of Claire Dalpra of The Sheffield Centre, UK: 'Messy Church is an all-age fresh expression of church that offers counter-cultural transformation of family life through families coming together to be, to make, to eat and to celebrate God.'
- it is primarily for people who don't already belong to a church.
- its aim is to introduce Jesus and to grow closer to him.
- it meets at a time (and sometimes in a place) that suits people who don't already belong to church.
- most Messy Churches meet once a month, a few meet more frequently and some meet once a term.
- it includes a welcome, a creative time to explore the biblical theme through getting messy, a celebration time involving story, prayer, song and a shared meal.
- all elements are for, and should include, people of all ages, adults and children.
- Messy Church is resourced, supported and enabled by BRF, The Bible Reading Fellowship UK
messy church isn't . . . .
- only for children – It's much easier to aim a Messy Church at one particular age group, Messy Church needs to be creative in its thinking about how to involve very different people: young and old, families and single people, male and female, academic and practical, poor and rich.
- a club – The whole of Messy Church is about worshipping God, having fellowship, exploring faith. It welcomes everyone, involves everyone, values everyone, is always there for the outsider. It is church.
- a way of getting people to come to church on Sunday – There are examples of people starting in messy church and deciding to join Sunday church as well, but these are the exception rather than the rule. messy church is interdependent with established church, but operates as a separate congregation.
- only for church families – anyone already belonging to church should be thinking about serving on the leadership team of messy church, however old or young they are, and helping others come to know Jesus.
- a quick fix for church growth
- an easy option – it takes money, time, prayer, commitment and energy from the church and leadership team.
- a drain on church resources – Yes, it will take money and time, effort and gifted people to run it, but it will give back in return a group of people who are fired up for mission, empowered by using their God-given gifts. It will spark off ideas and inspiration about what church is all about and will renew vision. It will grow goodwill in the neighbourhood towards the church and, most importantly, provide the opportunity to do effective mission in your own community.
- set in stone – We're learning all the time. As the network of messy churches grows and develops, so the best ways of delivering messy church will develop and grow. BRF has deliberately chosen to have a 'non-controlling', 'hands-off' approach in the way it promotes messy church in the hope that this will give God space to grow his church as he wants to, and that it will give everyone encouragement to experiment and innovate.
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Physicists say they are now almost certain that the curious "Higgs-like particle" revealed last year at CERN is a Higgs boson.
Data presented this week at the Rencontres de Moriond meeting in Italy – billed as a place for physicists "to discuss recent findings and new ideas in physics in a pleasant, relaxed and convivial atmosphere" – showed that the Higgs-like particle behaves in ways that suggest it is actually a Higgs boson.
The Higgs boson is the missing piece of the puzzle in the Standard Model of physics, and is crucial to understanding why particles have the masses they do.
A statement on the CERN website said the new scientists speaking at Moriond announced last week "that the new particle discovered at CERN last year is looking more and more like a Higgs boson. However, more analysis is still required before a definitive statement can be made."
"Finding out what kind of Higgs it is will rely on carefully measuring the particle's interactions with other particles, and that may take several years to resolve," the statement said.
The new findings, presented by CERN scientist Adam Falkowski and colleagues, show that the Higgs-like particle decays into W and Z bosons – crucial criteria that must be met before the particle could be confirmed as a real Higgs boson.
"Previous measurements of the 'Higgs-like' boson determined that it is probably a boson, which means it has a spin quantum number of zero and that it had positive parity. These are qualities we would expect of the Higgs boson, but also of just a Higgs boson (there are models with more than one, and of differing types) or another particle entirely," said Jonathan Carroll, Post Doctoral Research Associate at the University of Adelaide's Centre for the Subatomic Structure of Matter.
"What remains is to sort out a small excess in the two-photon decay channel; to observe it actually decay into fermions; rule out spin-2 to make sure it really is a spin-0 boson (though observing the fermion decays will serve this purpose just fine); and to make sure that it doesn't have a twin," said Dr Carroll.
"These will quite likely occur in the next few years, but at the moment 'Higgs' seems to be the best label to put on this particle."
Dr Nitesh Soni, ARC Research Associate at the Centre of Excellence for Particle Physics at Tera Scale) at the University of Adelaide, said the fresh evidence was "compelling enough to drop the "like" from Higgs-like particle and say it was a Higgs boson."
"But the remaining question is if it is the ultimate boson or do we have more similar, unobserved bosons?"
"To come up with a significant answer on fermions, we will have to wait for the restart of Large Hadron Collider machine," he said.
The University of Adelaide's Professor Anthony Thomas, director of the Adelaide node of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Particle Physics at the Terascale, said it is crucial that the Higgs boson's existence and properties be established beyond doubt.
"This work adds some confidence concerning one feature of the Higgs, namely its couplings to bosons. However, the essential missing element is the coupling to fermions and there we still need more information and this may not come until after the shutdown of the Large Hadron Collider – not until 2015," he said.
"The whole subatomic physics world is waiting for that information with great anticipation."


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Sony made the grip just a tiny bit bigger to accommodate two SD card slots -- one a UHS-II, which has a maximum theoretical transfer rate of 300MB per second, and which you need for shooting full resolution at 10fps -- and the high-capacity NP-FZ100 battery which gives it good life.
One of the things the A7R III did not inherit from the A9 is the drive mode dial which sits on the left shoulder of that camera.
This hasn't changed from the A7R II with one exception; there's now an S&Q mode on the dial for shooting at high or low frame rates for slow or quick motion video. Because the sensor isn't the faster stacked Exmor RS model that's in other models like the A9 or RX100 V, the A7R III's maximum frame rate is 120fps.
The A7R III uses the same viewfinder as the A9 but with the same refresh capabilities as the A6500. That means when you're shooting 10fps it doesn't keep up and you're essentially looking at the last frame shot.
Rearranged controls
It gets the same joystick controller as the A9 and an AF-on button, plus the recording button has been moved to where it's easier to feel and more accessible with your thumb.
USB and more
The camera has two USB connectors, one USB-C (for charging or faster download) and one older Micro-USB, as well as a PC sync connector. Those are in addition to the rest of the connectors carried over from the A7R II, which include micro HDMI, headphone and microphone jacks.
There are some more minor tweaks to the design of the back. For instance, the programmable C3 button which used to be on this side is now to the left of the menu button.
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The full-resolution versions are best viewed in the Adobe RGB color space, and the quality of the shots in the photo gallery is not representative of anything.
Detail, continuous shooting
This is cropped and rotated from the original because of my usual horizon problem and also because someone's arm was in the shot. The full-res version is its ugly unretouched self. I included this because it was shot with strobes which allows you to see the detail and focus available with continuous shooting in its best possible light (look at the hair).


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Japan Stocks Rise, But Sony, Softbank Losses Limit Gains
Japanese stocks opened to solid gains Thursday amid a favorable currency environment but moved a little off their early highs as the yen strengthened slightly on the back of better-than-expected trade data. The Nikkei Stock Average was up 0.3%, off its 0.7% gain at the open but still strong enough to erase Wednesday's 0.3% loss. The Topix also rose 0.3%. The yen hit fresh post-financial-crisis lows ahead of the open, though the unit rebounded modestly after data showed a 9.6% year-on-year increase for Japan's October exports, beating a Wall Street Journal survey forecast for a 4.4% rise. Early in the session, the dollar was buying �118.06, up from �117.58 at the Wednesday Tokyo stock close. The forex move sent currency-sensitive shares rising, as Casio Computer Co. gained 2.2%, Fujitsu Ltd. rose 3.5%, Mazda Motor Corp. gained 2.5%, and Honda Motor Co. rose 2.3%. But losses for some of the most-heavily weighted names limited gains, as Fast Retailing Co. edged down 0.1%, Softbank Corp. fell 2.1% (possibly weighed by a 1.8% loss for Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd. , in which it is a major shareholder), and Sony Corp. gave up 1.3% (possibly amid some profit-taking, as the shares are still up 16.3% so far this month). Back in the retail sector, J. Front Retailing Co. lost 0.8%, Takashimaya Co. fell 0.4%, and Isetan Mitsukoshi shed 0.3% after separate data showing a 2.2% drop in Japanese department stores' October same-store sales, compared to a year earlier.
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A clear majority of companies in Colombia's eSourcing sector are composed of call centers and other low added value electronic outsourcing businesses. However, there is still a good deal of serious providers that are consistently adding value based on the knowledge picked up during their experiences.
In its current state, this is not enough to differentiate the market from other Nearshore players with more established BPO and outsourcing industries.
These types of initiatives are exactly the ones that need to be supported by Bancoldex and other government digital transformation programs to increase Colombia's eSourcing opportunities
As BPO takes Root and Blossoms, Differentiation Becomes Key
Looking at Colombian BPO from a wide angle, the most common cases of outsourcing are in customer support services, payroll outsourcing, and financial process outsourcing. Although there are other specialized outsourcing services in very different areas, such as the banking and aerospace industries, most of the industry is centered on customer and personnel management.
The outsourcing industry in Colombia represents more than 1.2% of the national GDP and its annual sales reach $16 billion. The country has around 300 BPO firms and at least three unionized groups representing companies in the industry.
There are some signs that the Colombian BPO industry is heading toward sophistication as it reacts to growing competition. Evidence suggests that the domestic market is becoming increasingly more attractive for investors who are interested in better and multifaceted solutions. Furthermore, following the stability brought about by the recent peace agreement, economic signs point to more BPO investment pouring into this South American county.
As more firms converge on the market, sooner or later a mechanism of differentiation will need to be enacted in order to succeed. It will no longer be enough to have the best technologies and promote aggressive innovation, but a certain level of excellence will be necessary to remain in the market.
This is why many large BPO firms in the country are now incorporating eSourcing on an increasing scale.
Adopting a New Model
One of the most advanced technological models for outsourcing services is the Electronic Sourcing Capability Model (eSCM). Designed to work with any type of outsourced service that uses IT as a key component of the delivery, the eSCM model defines a set of 84 best practices that help sourcing organizations manage and reduce their risks, as well as improving their capabilities across the entire sourcing life-cycle.
The eSCM framework was developed by ITSqc at Carnegie Mellon University in order to improve the relationship between IT services providers and their customers. These services can be very different, ranging from IT outsourcing, IT hosting, application development and maintenance outsourcing, to networking services and BPO. There are currently three eSourcing companies in Colombia using the eSCM model: Heinsohn Colombia, Carvajal, and Atlantic International BPO.
The model, in a similar way to the CMMI standard, establishes five levels of proficiency and can certify suppliers and customers independently. One of its advantages is that it can help eSourcing providers achieve excellence in outsourced customer care services, software development, data center management, and Big Data Analytics.
The model has been quite successful among certified providers in Latin America, especially Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. Furthermore, a large Colombian customer service BPO is currently undergoing a level three evaluation. Among the more influential BPOs and ITOs certified in the region that have applied eSCM are Hinduja Global Solutions (HGS), Capgemini, and IBM.
Colombian Opportunity
Most eSourcing organizations in Colombia think that having just an ISO 9001 quality certification is enough to be differentiated from the flock. This is not only because they are looking to minimize the costs of an intrusive certification process, but also because they are not really exposed to the global market or actively looking to broaden their target markets. This in turn is related to the lack of more focused official policies, which are missing the point of differentiating the local good services in the regional context.
Colombia has gone a long way to develop the local eSourcing industry. The government has a clear determination to allocate resources that promote the digital processing and delivery of services, as well as to strengthen the exportation of services.
Nevertheless, insufficient results show that the certification of inspiring eSourcing initiatives in the local industry are more of a promise than a reality. The country has to focus more on this in order to differentiate Colombian services from those of other countries.


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As part of the procedure in civil cases, both parties have the capability of making requests for court consideration. Motions are formal requests submitted to a judge to serve a variety of purposes. Examples include requests to continue (postpone) the proceedings, that an existing court order be modified, for case dismissal, and many others. The majority of these requests must be done in writing, unless during a hearing or trial, and notice is provided to the opposing party and/or their legal counsel. Motions typically include a brief summary of points which support the request. Two common types include motions to dismiss (MTD) and motions for summary judgement (MSJ), both request that a case be disposed, or terminated, but are quite different.
Motions for Summary Judgement
Summary judgments are addressed in Rule 56 in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. They are motions by either party, the movant, to dispose of a claim by judgement in their favor, since no genuine disagreement exists to any material fact. They are accompanied by a factual supportive statement(s) indicating a claim lacks viable evidence, or that the opposing party is unable to produce evidence that is admissible to support it. Courts generally discourage lengthy exhibits accompanying motions, preferring rather that they are limited to the essentials, in a brief format. An MSJ avoids furthering the case to trial since the facts indicate what the outcome will be.
Motions for Dismissal
They are addressed in Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and typically generated by defendants early in a case's development. They seek to expose legal deficiencies within claims. Common reasons for dismissal include that the defendant was improperly served with the complaint, or for a failure to state a claim for which relief could be granted. For example, in personal injury actions, plaintiffs must detail that they were injured from the opposing party's negligence. If the pleading is unable to determine this, the grounds for granting a dismissal may exist.
Key Differentiating Factors
- An MTD typically occurs because a key procedural aspect was not conducted, or done improperly. MSJs focus on facts in the case and suggests a trial will not alter the indisputable outcome.
- When a MTD is granted, the losing party may revise their claim and file again. It most instances, summary judgments cannot be re-filed unless under certain circumstances or via appeal.
- Plaintiffs need only to have legally compliant claims to avoid MTDs, otherwise, it should be determined by a jury. An MSJ requires that judges decide the sufficiency of evidence in rendering a determination.
- MSJs are exclusively applicable in civil cases, while MTDs apply in criminal and civil matters.
The Law Firm of Jeremy Rosenthal has vast experience advocating for the rights of victims throughout Colorado. They focus on cases involving personal injury, wrongful death, and product liability or defect. They are committed to recovering financial compensation for their clients by securing verdicts and settlements. Contact the office today to discuss the details of your case.


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Brendan Dixon
Brendan Dixon, Computational Biology Researcher, Biologic Institute
Brendan has over twenty years experience in active development and design of highly
complex software for Microsoft, IBM, and Apple computer. He was, among other things,
a Security Architect during which he co-authored a number of the Web Services security
specifications. He was also one of the architects for Microsoft's Internet Explorer and
contributed to many products including Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Access, ODBC,
.NET Passport, and MSN. Brendan is presently active in Computational Biology working
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Your Green Canopies We Will Miss –
In memory of the two lost Saratoga Torrey Pines 1930-2016
By Kathy Blavatt
The sign said "trimming"
Like when you trim your hair and it grows back healthier.
Not chop up your body and spit out the pieces.
No tree-huggers could save this community elder.
The death sentence had been passed, with the judgment only coming in the
way of questionable permits.
… After the fatal blows had been cast.
The wood-nymphs and elfens gathered to sing the praises of the tall beauty.
They knew the joy this green over-looker had given our seaside kingdom.
The shade baring icon and his precious friends.
If our foliage-covered friend was sick, shouldn't we have known?
Could we not find a way to diagnose and possibly save our noble friend?
Was extra care or life-support not an option?
But death came quickly, by an emergency clause.
By those who had no history, no connection,
to our tall friend who dared to reach for sky.
How and why had our Torre, then his brother, been so brutally taken?
… Asked the elders, the protectors and the lifeblood planners of our domain.
Once again respect had passed us by.
Now our watering is only tears.
A piece of specialness is gone.
Our forest street is now filled with tragic blanks, as is our hearts.


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and all I have accomplished is:
washed our sheets and made our bed
ate half a bowl of oatmeal
combed and detangled Julia's little neck cover/mullet
explained the importance of napping to Julia
held Julia
fed Julia
held Julia
held Julia
held Julia
fed Julia
fed Julia some more
and held her again..and STILLLLL holding. She must find my jawline very exciting.
don't tell Simon but I am about to resort to putting on a movie to babysit the needy girl so I can at least drag our suitcases from the front door to our bedroom.
Merry Monday to you.
almost 1:00 in the afternoon...
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Anyway, to get back into blogging mode, I'll show you two little things that are both beautiful and useful; this inspired by a quote by William Morris Jodi posted some time ago.
"Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
I must say I would not let some of William Morris' own designs into my house (way too busy and dark), but his principle is very helpful. Even though I still struggle with living up to it.
On the top is a flour scoop. We've had this thing all my life; it disappeared for some time, I think, but was unearthed again and is in wide use. It is mostly useful: larger than a spoon, but about as narrow, perfect for scooping flour into your measures (ordinary cups in this house) or the container you use when you weigh it. So yes, I know this to be very useful. But I also believe there is some practical beauty about it; it's so balanced.


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Echinoids are a major group of marine invertebrates with a long fossil record. If you know nothing about the group the obvious place to start is at the Introduction. Here you will find some basic facts about how echinoids live, feed and reproduce. Information presented here is very non-technical and is designed for the casual visitor with no biological training.
The section entitled Morphology and morphological terms will be most useful to the serious amateur, undergraduate or those just beginning to get into the scientific literature who need some guidance with the formidable array of technical terms. Here you will find illustrations of the more commonly employed descriptive terms applied to echinoids.
The primary purpose of the site, however, is to provide a taxonomic resource for the scientific community in which the genera and higher taxa of echinoid can be simply and rapidly identified. There are currently over 2500 pages of detailed information about echinoid taxa. Here no holds are barred and technical terms abound. A reasonable grasp of echinoid morphology is assumed and these pages will be of most use to professional scientists and advanced researchers. For each genus information is given about the type species, the key diagnostic characters, its stratigraphical and geographical distribution, species currently assigned with confidence (not by any means exhaustive), and remarks about recent scientific publications dealing with this taxon. Wherever possible high-quality images are provided of specimens in oral, aboral and lateral views.
To access this information you can go direct to the Index which will take you to the appropriate page, or you can use the Keys where you will find an illustrated step by step dichotomous key to help you identify which echinoid you have.
This site is an open community project which currently provides access to images of the type species of almost all described genera of echinoid, both Recent and fossil. Some additional non-type species are also illustrated. All taxonomic names that have ever been proposed, whether valid or otherwise should now be covered. Dates of first postings of major groups are as follows:-
Designed and created by Andrew B Smith, Department of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum.
If you wish to become a contributor email the editors, Andrew Smith or Andreas Kroh. You will then be able to add comments to existing pages or add pages for valid taxa not already covered.


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During the months of March and April, the students of Palette Art Studio will be exhibiting their artwork at the Woodbridge Town Library. The creations displayed include still lives, animals, abstraction, portraits, and landscapes, and are created with a variety of mediums, such as oil, gouache, tempera, pencil, and ink.
March 1st to March 30th: All Ages Exhibition.
March 30th to April 29th: All Ages Exhibition featuring the artwork of high school seniors Katharine Wu and Dan Galasso
Reception: April 2nd, 2pm - 4pm, open to the public
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Hi girls,
Buying some new lip color makes me extremely happy! This time I picked up two new shades from Lotus Ecostay Lip Color range. Lotus has recently included 10 new shades in this range. All the shades are so beautiful and some of them are very unique. I really love this particular color on me.
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Texture and Quality: Texture is smooth but not dreamy soft. It needs little pressure for smooth application. It can evenly spread on lips and doesn't look patchy on lips. But extra layering makes application little patchy and also uneven. I need to exfoliate my lips; otherwise it doesn't look so smooth. It keeps lips moisturized but I have extremely dry lips during winters so after few hours, it makes my lips little dry. I always need a balm underneath this. And also on dry lips, it settles on dry patches or fine lines.
Staying Power: This is really a long lasting lip color. It stays on my lips for around 6 hours. It fades away little from the center of my lips after 4-5 hours after a meal. Otherwise it stays nicely. One reapplication goes really long. It never creases and doesn't transfer crazily.
Overall, I am just loving this beautiful orange shade this wedding season as it looks amazing on my medium complexion.
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• Lovely coralish orange shade complements all skin tones.
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• Has a lovely soft matte texture.
• Nice orangey smell.
• Long staying, almost 6 hours.
• Doesn't crease.
• Doesn't transfer crazily.
• Contains SPF 20.
• Preservative free and 100% vegetarian.
Cons of Lotus Herbals Ecostay Long Lasting Lip Colour – Orange Lush:
• Makes lips little dry.
• Extra layering makes the application little patchy.
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Would I Repurchase/Recommend Lotus Herbals Ecostay Long Lasting Lip Colour – Orange Lush?
It will last long. And I will definitely try some more shades from this range. You should try this range and particularly this shade. It looks gorgeous and a wearable orange shade for Indian skin tones.
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Gordon Biersch is leaving Mission Valley, with Puesto taking over the restaurant and brewery
Ending a 20-year run in San Diego, Gordon Biersch is closing its Mission Valley brewery restaurant, pouring its last pint July 14.
This is the latest closure in the chain, which operates German-style beer halls from coast to coast. CraftWorks, a Colorado-based corporation that bought Gordon Biersch in 2010, last year shuttered outlets in San Francisco, San Jose, Palo Alto, Plano, Tex., and Washington, D.C. It still has nearly two dozen restaurant breweries in 14 states and D.C.
In San Diego, the closure will mean the loss of 79 jobs, although some may be hired by Puesto, the locally-based Mexican restaurant chain that plans to take over this spot.
Their intent is to retain as many as possible," a Puesto spokeswoman said, "so as to not result in a huge loss in employment for current staffers."
Gordon Biersch's Mission Valley operation opened in November 1998. Doug Hasker, the restaurant brewery's first and only brewmaster, is one of the senior figures in San Diego's beer scene. In a region where most breweries focus on ales, Hasker was known for German-style lagers.
"Doug always jokingly referred to himself as the lager guy in a town of hopheads," said Tom Nickel, owner of O'Brien's Pub in Kearny Mesa and owner/brewer at Nickel Beer in Julian. "He said that jokingly, but the rest of us in the brewing community took him seriously. If people wanted to do a lager, he was the go-to guy."
Some craft beer fans considered Gordon Biersch stodgy and corporate, and sales of beer brewed in Mission Valley are now less than one-third of what they were in 1998. Five years ago, local beer writer Brandon Hernández's "Complete Guide to San Diego's Breweries" judged Hasker's lagers to be "clean, vastly underrated" but "just not exciting."
Admired for his brewing skills, Hasker was also a stalwart member of the San Diego Brewers Guild.
"There were few people more committed to the betterment of the San Diego beer scene and supporting the people in it than Doug," Nickel said. "He was just a huge supporter of the scene."
Puesto plans to move into the Mission Valley location this fall. The restaurant will augment its menu of tacos and margaritas with house-brewed beers, using the system installed by Gordon Biersch.
"The Puesto team has been doing cervecería collaborations for years now, working primarily with cervecerías in Mexico to create our own San Diego meets Mexico cervezas," said Eric Adler, co-owner of Puesto.
"We've been looking for a space in San Diego for some time where we could develop our own cerveza program. This new space gives us the opportunity not only to brew, but continue bringing our innovative approach to authentic Mexican flavors to more of our hometown."
Hasker, 61, declined to comment on the brewery's closure or his professional plans.
His personal plans? "I'm going to float in a pool with a margarita for two months," he said.
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Some mental tuning is in order this morning as the world is engaged in a massive
hand-wringing festival over what happens next in the Middle East – and by
extension – what will happen to life savings and the sunset of civilization in
general. Then we cast a steely eye on the matter of whether this could be
the "End of Days" period. Odd for an economics-oriented site I'll
grant you, but you "must be present to win" in markets, and if the
world's going to end, some consideration of how to gracefully withdraw from
markets and where to deploy life savings would make sense. Why, that's just the
kind of chipper and cheery good news that just makes you want to spring out of
bed this morning, isn't it? First coffee and assorted headlines and then
notes on what to watch for.
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Brett Eldredge is heading out on his forst solo headlining tour and kicking it all off on April 5th in Garden City, ID.
Eldredge is out in support of his new album, Brett Eldredge.
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How to Create Your First Blog – WordPress Or Blogger?
First, what does blog stand for? Blog method net-log: a weblog. So your listening to how interesting it is and crucial to have a blog? Well, I become in your equal footwear no longer too long in the past and have come to be a real believer in running a blog.
So, Why did I not get into blogging a long time ago? Well, certainly, I just did not see the significance of doing it for myself. While I constantly blogged about the businesses I labored for, I simply in no way did my own. So I am right here to permit you toon in a few insider guidelines and hints to creating a successful blog, the corporate way, and the professional manner.
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- Ownership Type: Co-op
- Exam Rooms: 2
- Size: 800 Sq Ft.
Close to Lenox Hill Hospital, this medical space is in the very heart of the Upper East Side. This office share is flexible and can suit a variety of specialties.
Multiple Exam Rooms
Certified Operating Room
Consultation Room available
Reception/back office
Available immediately
Price based on usag – asking $5,500
Contact Richard for more details
New York Medical and Dental Space
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Can design move us? Can design move our communities, our economy and our culture towards productivity, innovation and a better quality of life? Can it make our homes, our schools, and our streets more comfortable, sustainable and beautiful? Can it move us to tears or laughter by telling good stories? Can it move us to action to create positive change?
Amman Design Week 2017 is seeking to exhibit conceptual, experimental and realized design works and projects by designers of all ages, across all disciplines (urban, architecture, interior, landscape, product, automotive, fashion, brand, communication, packaging, digital, animation) that demonstrate social, business, intellectual and aesthetic impact on our lives. Amman Design Week 2017 is aspiring to create a showcase of design that engages with and challenges our contemporary reality, learns from it, adapts with it, and changes it – design that moves life and that is moved by it.
Movement is the essence of change. The intertwined movement of life and design can be explored in multiple domains; the physical, intellectual, cultural, and social. Movement in the physical domain can address a spectrum of issues, from explorations into pure kinetics and interactivity to proposing solutions for urban mobility and access, the movement/travel/migration of populations, goods, and resources across borders. Movement in the intellectual and cultural domains expresses the flow of knowledge, stories and ideas across cultures and time. In the social domain movements bring together people around issues and demands.
Amman Design Week 2017 invite designers to move between extremes. The extremes of attitude: from the experimental to the practical. The extremes of impact: from the individual to the collective. The extremes of scale: from a letterform to the planet. Amman Design Week 2017 invite the design community in Jordan and beyond to create an exhibition, that moves the general public, decision makers, and designers to explore the value of design as a way to tackle challenges, create opportunities and contribute to a richer life.
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Deadline for submission: 2 April 2017 at 12 pm (noon)
Amman Design Week is launching its first student exhibition this year!Amman Design Week is extending an open call to design students from schools and universities across the country to submit portfolios for inclusion in a multidisciplinary exhibition and mentorship program.
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A unique vehicle to learn about yourself on an unconscious level are your creative pursuits . In therapy we can use your creative products to help you to understand yourself on an unconscious level. Often clients bring their writing, painting, music or acting either current or crafted as a child. As we go through and understand what is before us, people are amazed what they have expressed with this unconscious vehicle.
Here are some example of Art that can be used to learn more about yourself
Unconsciously we often choose our entertainment based on the struggles we identify as well as the joys in our lives. People often worry they are wasting their time watching TV, but they may be working on a situation troubling them.
"Good art wounds as well as delights. It must because, our defences against the truth are wound so tightly around us. But as art chips away at our defences, it opens us up to healing potentialities that transcend intellectual games and ego preserving strategies" Rollo May, 1985


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My Top Five Albums of 2019
When I sat down to write a "best of the year" list, I realized it would have to be my top five albums of 2019. This year hit me especially hard, and I wasn't able to catch a ton of new releases in other mediums. For better or for worse, streaming means all the new music I want for the same amount of money each month. So, without further ado, here are my picks for the top five albums of 2019!
Lamb has always been a very hit-and-miss band for me. Each of their previous albums had 2-3 tracks I absolutely loved and a lot of other tracks that I didn't really care for. It's with great surprise and delight that I put one of their albums in my top five this year.
This is by far their most accomplished and focused album. They've traded their ambient trip-hop for, well, less-ambient trip-hop. All of the songs here are catchy and memorable, even the slower and more atmospheric ones. The Secret of Letting Go sees Lamb perfecting their songwriting and highlighting their ability to evoke melancholy, all while managing to keep sight of what made their sound unique in the first place.
Look. We all would have rather had a new studio album from Apoptygma Berzerk this year. It's been ten years since Rocket Science (does Exit Popularity Contest count as a studio album?). Anyways, if a studio album was off the table, you could do a lot worse than SDGXXV. The album is a remixed and reworked version of their very first album, Soli Deo Gloria, which came out 25 years ago this year. Get it?
Eighteen artists contributed tracks to this re-imagined version of Apop's EBM masterpiece. As with any kind of remix album, not all the songs here are winners. However, most of them do offer fresh interpretations of songs that we've all had on repeat for ages. I'm just excited it didn't take another decade to finally get some "Backdraft" remixes.
Souvenir isn't quite an album, but a 40th-anniversary singles collection bundled with a bunch of rare and live tracks. The first two discs contain all forty of the band's singles, from "Electricity" released in 1979 to "Don't Go" released just this year. The third disc contains previously unreleased tracks and aural experiments. The fourth disc is a recording of their live show from The Mermaid Theatre in 2011. The final disc covers a live show from The Hammersmith Odeon in 1983.
Having every one of their singles from the last forty years all in one place makes for very easy access. Some of the unreleased tracks are really good and others are at least interesting to hear. Others still are under-developed ideas and it makes total sense that they were never released, though it's still nice that they are available here for the first time. OMD have a monster of a career and Souvenir is a fantastic starting point.
Ephemeral is a 30-track double album from one of the best from the current synthpop scene, Mr.Kitty. It was inspired by the suicide of a close friend and has been appropriately described as "suicide pop." The album is essentially 30 dance songs about dealing with death.
The sheer number of tracks mean that there are some duds here and there, but overall, this is some of the best work Mr.Kitty has ever put out. It's dark and depressing and great for putting on and falling into. If you're into melancholic dance music, you'd be hard-pressed to find tracks better than "Trauma" or "I Want to Hurt Myself" that were put out this year. Hands down this is one of the best albums of 2019.
There are bands I might like better than Iris, but I don't know if I can think of a single band that has been as consistently amazing. They have put out one fantastic album after another. How could they possibly follow-up Radiant? Spoiler: They put out an album that's just as strong.
On Radiant, the duo chose to embrace optimism. The songs there were about how it was possible to see the world in a positive light. While Six still has moments of positivity, it also sees Iris willing to explore more depressing worldviews and subject matter in their songs again. One such example is "Sundowner" which is the best track on the album and likely my song of the year. Six is another gem from one of the most consistent bands in the synthpop scene and very worthy of my album of the year.
[Note: It was honestly a toss-up between Six and Ephemeral for album of the year. I gave Iris the slight edge because Six's 11 tracks were tighter and more focused than Ephemeral's 30 tracks, though minute-for-minute, Ephemeral might be the better album.]
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My kids are genetically average (from an athletic point of view) – I am ok with that.
We have exposed our children to as many activities as life, time, and money will allow.
We've tried hockey.
We've tried soccer.
We've tried baseball.
We've tried rugby.
We've tried dance.
We've tried ballet.
We've tried theatre.
We've tried basketball.
We've tried karate, tae-kwan-do, and yoga.
Our kids were ok at all of those activities. They tried hard, they worked hard, and they had fun. Never the standout star of the team, but always a valuable part of the team.
Should we have picked a lane and just focused on one sport like hockey? Should we have looked for spring leagues, power skating camps, and hockey academies to accelerate and improve skills?
I don't think so. We accept what is. Sport for kids should be fun, not a job. We see the light at the end of the tunnel, and it ain't the infinitesimal chance of making the NHL or the Olympics, it's happy, confident kids. Ask any professional athlete or coach what it takes to get to any elite level? Most would immediately say "genetics!"
While dedicating weekends and weeknights to hockey wasn't super appealing, the costs of elite rep hockey are staggering from equipment to coaching, camps and even hotels at faraway tournaments. Could we afford it? Maybe for one kid, but I have 4 children. Does only the one that shows the most promise go and we buy colouring books for the others?
Don't even get me started on the politics of elite sports like hockey or figure skating or the crazy parents that inhabit those worlds.
But I will openly admit, I do struggle with the notion of not pushing my kids in activities. If they show promise and interest, am I doing them a disservice by not making maximum opportunities available to them? I want my kids to know sacrifice, working hard, and dedication as corner stones for a strong adult work ethic, but should hockey, for example, be our chosen vehicle for these life lessons?
Because we have jumped around from activity to activity with our kids, never spending more than two 'seasons' at any given activity, our children have never really had the chance to improve skills over time. Was that a mistake?
Exposing them to different opportunities was important to us, but also allowing the children to choose their activities has been equally important. Their sport/activity resume looks like a job-jumpers work experience nightmare, but it's what they wanted. They were choosing a sport because THEY wanted to try it, not because they thought it was what WE wanted.
I don't want to live vicariously through my kids. I have a life and so should they. My ego is my ego, not theirs.
I coached my oldest son for year at hockey. He loved it and I loved it. He was good, not great, but he enjoyed it. However, he was lukewarm when the topic came up the following season. I was worried that he might choose to play hockey to please me and unless he is bolting out of bed and really jacked for a 6am Saturday morning practice, I wasn't pulling teeth to get him to play. So we chose to not play hockey and he did break dancing that fall with, apparently, no regrets.
I was fortunate enough to play every sport growing up and was pretty decent too. Sport can be tremendous source of confidence and self esteem. Now, I enjoy sport for the exercise and social connections. That is what I want for my children: to have the skill set and coordination for many sports. Shoot, pass, skate for beer league hockey. Leave the left wing lock to the pros.
TAKEAWAY POINT: Where is that balance of push and pull? Knowing when to encourage your kids to help achieve a higher level or accepting what is and letting them choose their path of experiences.
Although, parents are terrible judges of their own kid's ability, you still know your kids best. Be honest…. Do they really love it? Or do they love it because they think YOU really love it? Forced participation can not only hurt the self esteem of your child, but also build resentment; resentment towards you and the activity!
Every parent's goal is a happy well rounded kid. If pushing your child to excel is working and you are blessed with an elite athlete, then go for it. But for the other 99% of us, let your kids lead their way to happiness by helping provide opportunities for a variety of activities and experiences.
Be a fan and cheerleader on the sidelines, with front row tickets to the best game in town!
Until next time…
PS… Hockey families? Do I have it all wrong? Are we missing out on something?


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I guess it's time to evolve.
Does this feel uncomfortable?
Damn right it does.
Does it feel good?
Damn right it does!
I've been contemplating treating myself like this for a while.
But, there's a lot of beliefs from my past telling me that it's selfish, greedy and showing off.
On the other hand, what people don't see is when I was cycling to the laundrette at 25 years old to get my clothes washed with my benefit money.
And living in a clean and dry house after being released from rehab.
Then working 14 hour days, going to college, drug and alcohol meetings, and building a business from scratch with zero money.
A few years later, I see myself as someone who is here to inspire people and show them what is possible.
To do that, I need to constantly evolve into a better person inside and out.
And if that means enjoying the fruits of my labour in the process?
Well, I think I've deserved it.
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Uber chief tightens grip with top execs' departures
Uber chief Dara Khosrowshahi put out word Friday that he is tightening his grip on the wheel at the ride-share firm in the wake of a bumpy stock market debut.
The company's chief operating officer and head of marketing will leave in a leadership shake-up that will result in Uber's shared rides and food delivery platforms reporting directly to Khosrowshahi, according to a copy of an internal email provided to AFP.
Khosrowshahi credited the maturing of operations at the San Francisco-based company and the completion of its initial public offering last month with enabling him to make the management moves.
"I now have the ability to be even more involved in the day-to-day operations of our biggest businesses, the core platform of Rides and Eats, and have decided they should report directly to me," Khosrowshahi said in his message to employees.
"This will allow me to be more hands on and help our leaders problem-solve in real time, while also ensuring that we make our platform vision a reality."
He cited a need for a clear and consistent "narrative" at Uber when it comes to how the company is seen by consumers, partners, policymakers and the press as a factor in his decision to consolidate the marketing, communications and policy teams.
"There's never really a right time to announce departures or changes like this, but with the IPO behind us, I felt this was a good moment to simplify our (organization) and set us up for the future," Khosrowshahi said.
Uber shares that ended the formal trading day down slipped 1.2 percent to $43.63 in after-market trades.
In its first earnings report as a publicly traded company last month, Uber said revenue climbed 20 percent to $3.1 billion from the same quarter last year, but that it lost $1 billion.
The earnings were in line with Wall Street expectations.
After debuting at $45 for the initial public offering—translating to a market value of $82 billion—Uber shares went into reverse.
The decline came amid doubts over Uber's path to profitability despite one of the biggest tech IPOs ever.
While Uber has lost billions since offering its first rides in 2011 in San Francisco, it envisions becoming the "Amazon of transportation" in a future where people share instead of owning vehicles.


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Cadence – Core Sample
$16 General Admission
$13 NWFF Members
A panel discussion with Tom Konyves, Amaranth Borsuk, and Nikkita Oliver on the history and definition of video poetry will follow the screening and will include an opportunity for audience questions and contributions.
An attempt at describing video poetry with words alone leaves out half the poetry of the genre! Come to this screening to see work that helped define the video poetry genre from its beginnings to outstanding contemporary examples.
Verse meets visuals in motion during Cadence, a series of cinepoem screenings, ekphrastic responses, and generative workshops celebrating National Poetry Month. Cadence is programmed in collaboration with Chelsea Werner-Jatzke.
Video poetry is the synthesis of two types of imagination. It is text-based video work or a video-based text piece. It is a space within which visual and text are intrinsic to each other. It is a poetry genre that some might call an experimental film. A video poem makes meaning that would not exist if the text was without image, the image without text.
Poet, scholar, and book artist whose work encompasses print and digital media, performance and installation.
Canadian video poetry pioneer and author of the 2011 Videopoetry: A Manifesto.
Seattle-based writer, teaching artist, attorney, and organizer.
Author and organizer of literary organizations and events.
Featured Artists
Tom Konyves
Tom Konyves is a Canadian video poetry pioneer and author of the 2011 Videopoetry: A Manifesto. In 1978, Tom Konyves coined the term "videopoetry," a genre he pioneered as a member of The Vehicule Poets, a Montréal avant-garde group. Konyves initiated The Great Canadian Poetry Machine (Expo 86); curated Montréal's first Concrete Poetry Exhibition (Vehicule Art, 1980); and has given numerous poetry performances. His collection, Videopoems 1978-2008, is available on DVD (AM Productions, 2008). He currently teaches at the University of the Fraser Valley, in Abbotsford, British Columbia.
Javier Pina – Bilingual in a Cardboard Box
Emily XYZ with Myers Bartlett – Cash
Paul Beaty – Three Point Shot from Andromeda
Directed by Mark Pellington, produced by Bob Holman and Joshua Blum, "The United States of Poetry" aired on PBS.
Nico Vassilakis
Nico Vassilakis is a text and visual poet. He manipulates letters to free them of their word scrum. Many of his results can be found online and on his website, Staring Poetics. Nico's work has been exhibited in visual poetry exhibits around the world. Alphabet Noir, a book of poems/texts about visual poetry, is out from c_L Books. Another book forthcoming is Voir Dire by Dusie Press. Nico was vispo editor for Coldfront Magazine. He has curated online mini-vispo anthologies of Finnish, Turkish, and Chilean vispoets. He co-edited The Last Vispo Anthology (Fantagraphics Books 2012). He lives in New York City with his wife and children.
John Lucas
John Lucas's photography and multimedia projections have been exhibited nationally and internationally in museums and galleries. He is collaborating with the poet Claudia Rankine on short documentary films, incorporating image and text in response to topical issues in the American consciousness.
Claudia Rankine
Claudia Rankine is the author of four collections of poetry, including Don't Let Me Be Lonely (Graywolf, 2004). She is co–editor of American Poets in the Twenty-First Century: The New Poetics (Wesleyan University Press, 2007) and author of the play Provenance of Beauty: A South Bronx Travelogue, which was staged at the Foundry Theatre in 2009. Rankine is the recipient of fellowships from the Academy of American Poetry, the National Endowments for the Arts, and the Lannan Foundation. She is the Henry G. Lee Professor of English at Pomona College.
Eula Biss
Eula Biss is the author of The Balloonists and Notes from No Man's Land, which recently received the National Book Critics Circle Award. She holds an MFA in nonfiction writing from the University of Iowa and teaches nonfiction writing as an Artist in Residence at Northwestern University. Her essays have recently appeared in The Best American Nonrequired Reading, The Best Creative Nonfiction, The Believer, Gulf Coast, and Harper's.
John Bresland
John Bresland works in video, radio, and print. His audio essays have aired on public radio's Weekend America, and his video essays can be seen at Ninth Letter and Blackbird. His print essays can be read in North American Review, Hotel Amerika, and elsewhere. He teaches creative writing and new media at Northwestern University.
Matthea Harvey
Matthea Harvey is the author of five books of poetry — If the Tabloids are True What Are You?, Of Lamb (an illustrated erasure with images by Amy Jean Porter), Modern Life (a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and a New York Times Notable Book), Sad Little Breathing Machine and Pity the Bathtub Its Forced Embrace of the Human Form. She has also published two children's books, Cecil the Pet Glacier, illustrated by Giselle Potter and The Little General and the Giant Snowflake, illustrated by Elizabeth Zechel. She teaches poetry at Sarah Lawrence and lives in Brooklyn.
William Kaminski
William Kaminski is a conceptual artist who started Control Room with his friend, artist-curator Eve Ruether, an artist run space that independently facilitated artist projects, group exhibitions, and events in Los Angeles.
Adam Shecter
Adam Shecter works with hand-drawn animation, which he draws directly on a computer "tablet" instead of paper. His works incorporate humor, bright colors, speed and excitement.
Addoley Dzegede
Addoley Dzegede is a Ghanaian-American interdisciplinary artist based in St Louis. Her work has been exhibited throughout the United States, Europe, and Africa, and she has been an artist-in-residence at the Arteles Creative Center in Finland, Foundation Obras in Portugal, and Nes Artist Residency in Iceland, as well as a post-graduate apprentice at the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia. She received a BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art, and was awarded a Chancellor's Graduate Fellowship at Washington University in St Louis, where she completed an MFA degree in Visual Art in 2015.
Arturs Punte
Arturs Punte is a member of Orbita, a creative collective of Russian poets and artists. He is a media artist and also works as an advertising writer in Riga, Latvia. A graduate of the Gorky Literary Institute in Moscow, he is the author of two books of poetry in Russian and has published in the journals Daugava, Vavilon, Orbita, and others.
Nissmah Roshdy
Nissmah Roshdy is a young Egyptian filmmaker with an interest in experimental films, animation and motion graphics. Roshdy, who studied Applied Arts and majored in Media Design, enjoys scriptwriting and integrating literary aspects into her films.
Mahmoud Darwish
Mahmoud Darwish (13 March 1941 – 9 August 2008) was a Palestinian poet and author who won numerous awards for his literary output and was regarded as the Palestinian national poet. He is the author of over 30 books of poetry and eight books of prose, and earned the Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize from the Lannan Foundation, the Lenin Peace Prize, and the Knight of Arts and Belles Lettres Medal from France.
Kate Greenstreet
The Evolution of Meaning is based on poems from Kate Greenstreet's book, The End of Something. See more of her videopoems here.


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Today Qualcomm is announcing an update to its robotics platform, upgrading the aging RB3 with a Snapdragon 845-based SoC with the new RB5 platform which is based on a newer Snapdragon 865 chipset. Qualcomm is aiming for gaining market share in the fast-growing industry that's projected to reach $170B by 2025. What's might be more interesting for AnandTech users, is the RB5's potential as an Arm single-board computer platform, as the inclusion of the newest silicon here should represent a significant advantage for designs based on the RB5 platform and the Snapdragon 865 derived "QRB5165" chipset. The design of the RB5 platform comes in the form of a carrier board and a system-on-module board. The SOM contains the actual SoC alongside core components such as RAM...
Nvidia Announces Jetson Xavier NX Developer Kit for $399
Today Nvidia is expanding its offerings of single-board computers in the Jetson family of developer kits, introducing the new Jetson Xavier NX Developer Kit. The Xavier NX actually isn't new...8 by Andrei Frumusanu on 5/14/2020


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If you do nothing else this week, watch this video about a man on a mission to brand peace. You'll feel better. It's an amazing story about how artists used their talents to change perception. With all the heartbreaking events that have happened from Orlando to Nice, we could use more stories like this one.
"A project of peace, painted across 50 buildings" via TED. eL Seed used Arabic calligraphy with graffiti on 50 buildings in an impoverished neighborhood of Cairo. Now the messages can bee seen from a nearby mountain and glow in the dark.
"9 Tips to Jumpstart Your Snapchat Marketing Strategy" via AdHawk Blog. Snapchat is garnering better metrics than TV and other social media platforms. Definitely worth exploring.
"Pokemon Go is the Most Addicting App in Years. Here's Why It Matters" via Fast Company Design. You know what? I still have no desire to play it. But at least I have more of clue of what the fuss is about.
"Freelance Workers Have a New Way to Save for Retirement" via Entrepreneur. It's nice to see that those of us who are working without a safety net have a new one for our future.
"5 breeds of blog post you can use to promote your creative business" via Creative Digest. Do you have a blog for your creative business? Leave me a comment with a link, so I can check it out.
What has you excited about advertising, branding, or marketing this week? Share it with me. And if you need any help with a project, drop me a line at email@example.com.