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A good place for rolled towels, a good place to sit! This simple spa bench is compact enough to fit in most baths, but adds both storage and seating. Super easy to build and inexpensive.
Special thanks to Heather for sharing her photos.
1 – 1×10, 10′ Long
1 – 1×12, 4′ Long
3 - 1×3, 8′ Long
2 – 1×10 @ 17 1/4″ (Sides)
2 – 1×10 @ 34 1/2″ (Shelves)
4 – 1×3 @ 17 1/4″ (Legs)
4 – 1×3 @ 31″
1 – 1×12 @ 37″ (Top)
Work on a clean level surface. Adhere to necessary safety precautions. Check for square after each step. Measure and cut your trim to fit your piece for the best fit.
Step 1
Build the Box. Start by marking the sides 3″ from the bottom. This will be the bottom of the shelves. Fasten the bottom shelf in place, using 2″ nails or screws and glue. Then fasten the top shelf in place.
Step 2
Legs. Fasten the legs to the sides of the bench as shown above, keeping outside edges flush. Make sure you also fasten to the sides and the shelves. The legs reinforce the sides
Step 3
Shelf Trim. Fasten the shelf trim to the shelves, as shown above. You may need to nail at an angle from the bottom corners of the shelf trim into the legs. Use 2″ nails and glue.
Step 4
Top. Mark the sides of the top in 1/4″ and 1/2″ from the ends. Position on top of the bench and fasten in place with 1 1/4″ nails and glue.
We apologize if there was an error in this plan. Please help us out and report any errors here.
Mon, 03/15/2010 - 14:58
Hi Ana. I am really loving
Hi Ana.
I am really loving the new look of the blog. I especially like the about tab at the bottom of each article.
It turns out that this was a fantastic opportunity for you to make a name for yourself, huh?! ;)
Keep up the amazing work. Your talent is truly an inspiration for those of us with big ideas, but struggle in the blueprint areas.
Mon, 03/15/2010 - 16:14
So happy when you say
So happy when you say "outdoor". I am saving all these plans for when it gets a little warmer.
Mon, 03/15/2010 - 16:24
you truely are gifted at
you truely are gifted at designing plans! so much so youre the first feature i've done on my blog!
hope you dont mind!
Mon, 03/15/2010 - 18:11
Now I just need a spa to put
Now I just need a spa to put it in...
Mon, 03/15/2010 - 20:22
I know EXACTLY what you mean
I know EXACTLY what you mean by the "wipe me mom" pleas. We're at that stage right now and it's a lot less work to do it than to take care of what happens next if I don't!
Tue, 03/16/2010 - 02:28
We are so glad to see you
We are so glad to see you back!!! My fiance and I are addicted to your blog and check it daily (okay, really a few times a day between the two of us). When you didn't post, we fretted, sorry you were ill, take another day or two and really get back on your feet!!!!
(We are going to build the Grace's Town Grocery and Library for our soon-to-be 3 year old's birthday gift!)
Thanks for all you do!!
Talia & Tim
Tue, 03/16/2010 - 03:54
Ana,This is perfect for my
This is perfect for my Florida room to use as storage. Do you have an estimate of how much it would cost to make, with basic wood? I'll probably make about 10 of these if they are cost effective enough.
In reply to Ana,This is perfect for my by Rebecca (not verified)
Mon, 04/15/2013 - 06:19
Hey Rebecca,
Assuming that you already have all the tools, nails, glue, etc...
I just bought my wood last night at Home depot and it cost about $25. You will have a bit left over here and there so the cost would go down per bench if you are making multiples.
Tue, 03/16/2010 - 04:42
Gorgeous bench! How's the
Gorgeous bench! How's the finish done in the photos? I love it and will copy it if I can.
Tue, 03/16/2010 - 06:36
Hi Ana! I just found your
Hi Ana! I just found your blog and I LOVE IT!! I'm totally going to buy myself a saw and make some stuff! I want to put your button on my blog, but I can't get it to copy. I tried to type it all in, which worked for the image but it didn't link to your blog. Any ideas?

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Goosegrass/Paragis- 10 Potential Health Benefits, Use and General Information
|Goosegrass (whole plant) known as Paragis in the Philippines
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Goosegrass (also called wire grass or yard grass) is an obnoxious weed with scientific name Eleusine indica (Linn.) Gaertner. In the Philippines, it is commonly known as paragis, apidan, bikad-bikad, bakis-bakisan, bugtusan, barangan, gagabutan, dinapulak, kabit-kabit, palagtiki, parangis-sabungan, sambali, and sabung-sabungan (this is due to the many dialects). This plant, classified as a grass, is a trending topic after a person posted on social media that after drinking the goosegrass "tea", her ailment miraculously was cured. Everyone is looking for a miracle; she is lucky to have found hers.
Eleusine indica is a weed found in many places and can withstand temperatures as low as -7°C. It is native to tropical Asia, Papuasia, and Africa while it is naturalized in Australia, the Mediterranean, the Americas particularly South America and various islands. It was first described and named by Carl Linnaeus in his book Species Plantarum (1753) but was reclassified into today's valid botanical systematics by Joseph Gaertner, a German Botanist, in 1788, hence its scientific name. Eleusine sp. was named after the ancient city and deme (town, division, community) Eleusis of Africa, famous for the mysteries of Ceres. Eleusis is said to have been the place where Demeter (Ceres for Romans), the Greek Goddess of Earth's Fruits, sown the first seeds of corn. Demeter was the first daughter of Cronus and Rhea, sister of Zeus, and mother of Persephone ( sired by Zeus).
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10 Potential Health Benefits from Goosegrass (Recommended dose according to The Institute of Ayurveda is 5-10g)
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Disclaimer: I, The Tired Mama PH, am not endorsing the use of Indian Goosegrass. This post has been written for educational purposes only. Do consult your physician for medical advice.
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Iqbal, Mohammad et.al " Eleusine indica L. Possesses Antioxidant Activity and Precludes Carbon Tetrachloride (CCl4)- mediated Oxidative Hepatic Damage in Rats", Environ Health Prev Med 2012 July, 17: pp.307-315 (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
Okokon, J.E. et.al "Antiplasmodial and Antidiabetic Activities of Eleusine indica", International Journal of Drug Development and Research 2010 February 27 (www.ijddr.in)
Ibrahim, Rashidah et.al "Phytochemistry, Cytoyoxicity, and Antiviral Activity of Eleusine indica (sambau)", AIP Conference Proceedings 2015 September (aip.scitation.org)
Hansakul, P. et.al " Apoptopic Indication Activity of Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) P.B. and Eleusine indica (L.) Gaerth. Extracts on Human Lung and Cervical Cancer Cell Lines", Songklanakarin J. Sci. Technol. 31(3) 2009, May-June: pp. 273-279
Morah, F. et.al "Antimicrobial and Anthelmintic Activity of Eleusine indica", Acta Scientiae et Intellectus 2015 November (www.research gate.net)
Njamen, D. et.al "Phytotherapy and Women's Reproductive Health: The Cameroonian Perspective", Plants Medica 2013 March (www.research gate.net)
Alamgir, A.N.M.; Therapeutic Use of Medicinal Plants and the Extracts Vol. 1 Pharmacognosy (https://books.google.com.ph)
Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeial Plant and Expanded Therapeutic Drugs (https://books.google.com.ph)
Quattrocchio, Umberto; CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Grass (https://book.google.com.ph)
Philippine Traditional Knowledge Ethnopharmacology Digital Library of Health
Database of Toxic Plants in the US (www.webpages.uidaho.edu)
Prelude Medicinal Plants Database (www.africamusuem.be)
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Guatemala: MEM to Increase Capacity Sought in Renewable Energy Tender
Submitted by Marcelo Lippmann, source: ReadMetro.com ~ Guatemala's Ministerio de Energía y Minas (MEM) and the National Energy Commission are looking to increase an open bid tender for renewable energy from 250 MW to 400 MW. The tender "Generation Expansion Plan (PEG) 03-2013″ (PEG 3) was announced in September 2013, and the increased target capacity is due to delays in a coal-fired power project by Jaguar Energy. The new renewable energy projects will be awarded contracts of up to 15 years and would start operating in 2017. Erick Archila, head of MEM, was quoted saying the call for bids could be made between April and June of this year.
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With no talks in sight, MTA and LIRR unions take messages to public
Long Island Rail Road union leaders and the head of the MTA delivered dueling messages Tuesday to the public and railway workers.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority chairman Thomas Prendergast released an open letter to LIRR riders assuring them his agency "remains committed to settling this matter quickly."
Lead union negotiator Anthony Simon visited union offices throughout Long Island to coordinate Sunday's possible 12:01 a.m. work stoppage. The "MTA cannot settle quickly if they do not wake up," he said.
Among other key developments:
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said a strike would be "a real pain, maybe, but not a disaster."
In contrast, State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli estimated an LIRR strike could cost the state $50 million a day in economic losses.
Members of Long Island's congressional delegation urged both sides to resume contract negotiations
Prendergast's agency met with LIRR unions Monday in an abbreviated negotiation session, but rejected the unions' counteroffer without presenting a counter of its own. In his letter Tuesday, he wrote that an agreement with the unions would have to be "affordable not just today, but also into the future" without putting pressure on the MTA to raise fares or scale back capital investments.
"A strike would have a devastating impact," Prendergast wrote. "It's time to have productive negotiations to resolve our differences and return to what we all do best together -- serving our LIRR customers."
Asked if he would intervene in negotiations to avert a walkout by 5,400 LIRR workers, Cuomo said: "Well, let's see how it goes."
The governor downplayed the potential impact of a shutdown of the nation's busiest commuter railroad.
"Look we've had strikes before, right? And we've survived. And we've had disasters. And we know what that's like. Hurricane Sandy was a disaster and we've gone through other disasters," Cuomo said Tuesday at an event upstate. "This is not a disaster."
In his letter, Prendergast included details of the MTA's current proposal.
The plan calls for 17 percent raises for current workers over seven years and asks health care contributions of 2 percent of weekly wages. To help fund the raises, the MTA wants future workers to pay twice as much in health care costs, take twice as long to achieve top pay, and contribute to pensions permanently, instead of for 10 years, as most now do.
As part of its campaign, the MTA will also begin running print and radio ads Wednesday, detailing its offer and asking, "When is enough enough?"
The unions, following the recommendations of two federal mediation boards, want the 17 percent raises over six years, and, according to the MTA, have proposed much smaller concessions for future workers that amount to 0.15 percent savings from their previous offer.
"They again showed how quickly they want a strike by coming in with nothing yesterday," said Simon, who plans to address union members in a closed-door meeting Wednesday. "Nobody feels good about a strike, but at the same time they know I am doing the right thing by our members."
Members of Long Island's congressional delegation said Tuesday they were "extremely disappointed" that the MTA walked away from the bargaining table.
"Both sides need to be at the negotiating table nonstop to work out an agreement that keeps the transit workforce on the job and keeps service running for our constituents," Reps. Steve Israel (D-Huntington), Peter King (R-Seaford), and Tim Bishop (D-Southampton) said in a joint statement. "Both sides need to do their part to keep negotiations moving forward rather than settling in for a stalemate. A compromise must be reached."
Meanwhile, Mark Epstein, chairman of the LIRR Commuter Council, a watchdog group, reached out to Prendergast and Simon Tuesday to "relay, personally, riders' concerns if, indeed, the strike goes forward."
Epstein urged Prendergast to step up communications to riders about the agency's plans, including putting up posters at stations. He also received assurance from Simon that unions would not take actions that would impact riders before Sunday.
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A Night With a Sake Samurai!
This holiday, treat someone special to a one-of-a-kind dinner for two with exquisite sake pairings from Sake Samurai Chizuko Niikawa. We will only be offering ONE of these very special dinners.
There are only 70 sake samurais in the world, and for this night only, acclaimed Sake Samurai Chizuko San will be the guests' personal sommelier for this dinner. A multi-course meal will be prepared by SakaMai to perfectly complement each sake chosen for the meal.
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According to the "Food Coach" Lori Corbin of ABC's LA affiliate, both food changes as well as added exercise are necessary to achieve flat tummy nirvana. "'One thing that you can start doing right away is Pilates,' said fitness expert Jill Brown from the Sports Club LA.
Brown says there's no equipment needed. Just grab a mat or lie on carpet to try a reverse crunch in order to train the deepest level of your abdominal tissue; as standard crunching might not be effective.
'If you're doing crunches all day long, 1,000 crunches a day or what have you, you're only working the six pack. But that's not actually going to shrink the width of your belly or flatten your tummy,' said Brown."
See a video of great tummy flattening Pilates moves on the station's website.


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Western Washington Real Estate Market Update
The following analysis of the Western Washington real estate market is provided by Windermere Real Estate Chief Economist, Matthew Gardner. We hope that this information may assist you with making better-informed real estate decisions. For further information about the housing market in your area, please don't hesitate to contact your Windermere agent.
Posted on 22 October 2019 | 6:00 pm
Your Beginner's Guide to Home Appraisals
Appraisals are used as a reliable, independent valuation of a tract of land and the structure on it, whether it's a house or a skyscraper. Designed to protect buyers, sellers, and lending institutions, appraisals are an important part of the buying/selling process.
Posted on 21 October 2019 | 6:00 pm
Our Favorite Real Estate Podcasts
Podcasts are a growing medium as listeners search for new sources of entertainment and information. In 2018 there were about 550,000 podcasts, in 2019 there are more than 750,000. Listeners are growing too, an estimated 20 million more people in the U.S. are listening to podcasts this year as compared to2018.
Posted on 16 October 2019 | 6:00 pm
Keeping Families Warm from Head to Toe
Windermere is in its fourth season of helping #TackleHomelessness with the Seattle Seahawks!
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Designing Your Rental To Feel Like Home
Stylizing your own home can be a daunting but rewarding challenge. When you own your living space, it's easy to feel a sense of ownership over every piece of your design. But for renters, the challenge is a bit different. Despite limitations, it's no less important to one's well-being for a residence to convey a sense of ownership and self. To make a rental unit feel a bit more like home, we collected a few ways to imbue your abode with your own spirit, without risking your security deposit.
Posted on 9 October 2019 | 6:00 pm
Prepare Your Home for Winter
As the days shorten, you can mitigate many mid-winter headaches with some preemptive prep. Proper weatherizing can help protect your home from preventable damage, save money on energy costs, and, most importantly, keep you and your loved ones safe and warm throughout the winter season. Here is a useful checklist to manage your weatherization project. Setting aside some time on a couple of weekend days should be more than enough to knock this out:
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5 Deal Breakers That Can Blindside Home Buyers
Purchasing a home can be a complex endeavor for even the most well-prepared home buyer. You've diligently saved for your down payment, followed the market, researched agents and now you are ready to make an offer on your dream home. Don't let these 5 "Deal Breakers" come between you and your new home.
Posted on 2 October 2019 | 6:00 pm
10 Tips to Minimize Stress When Selling Your Home
When I was growing up, my family must have moved a dozen times. After the first few moves, we had it down to a science: timed out, scheduled, down to the last box. Despite our best efforts, plans would change, move-out and move-in days would shift, and the experience would stress the entire family out. Despite the stress, we always managed to settle in our new home and sell our old one before the start of school.
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The Impact of Staging Your Home
For more than 20 years, the benefits of staging a home have been well documented. Numerous studies show that staging helps sell a home faster and for a higher price. According to the National Association of REALTORS®, 88 percent of home buyers start their search online, forming impressions within three seconds of viewing a listing. When a home is well staged, it photographs well and makes the kind of the first impression that encourages buyers to take the next step.
Posted on 25 September 2019 | 6:00 pm
Benefits, Risks and Things to Consider Before You Add an Accessory Dwelling Unit to Your Home
Have you ever rented the unit in someone's basement? Maybe your spouse's mother moved into your "Mother-In-Law Unit" above your garage? Or have you ever travelled and stayed in a pool house for your stay? Commonly referred to as "Mother-In-Law" units, homeowners use these as a way to fill the space in their home and gain residual income, either from vacationers or long-term tenants.
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This litterature study is an analysis of the concept of tolerance, as it is a central value in the
curriculum for the Swedish upper secondary school (Gy11) and therefore an important part of
interpreting the specific curriculum for religious studies. The scientific approach is drawn from
curriculum theory and the method of analysis is hermeneutic. Four different understandings of the
concept are presented from academic literary sources. To further problematize the understandings of
the concept, critique against a "pedagogy of tolerance" as expressed by normcritical pedagogical
writers and scholars is presented and analyzed. Implications regarding didactical practice are
discussed in the light of previous analysis. Two main criteria for tolerance were found in all four
understandings. These criterias outline the necessary components of an act of tolerance. The critique
mainly focuses on said act, as it is an act of power and differentiation. This implies the didactical
importance of awareness regarding the complexity of an act of tolerance.


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The Arc Invitational 2019
Join The Arc of Palm Beach County for an extraordinary day on the exclusive Dye Preserve golf course. Your world-class experience begins with a delectable breakfast and incredible gift bag upon registration, followed by refreshing beverages and snacks on the golf course. You can play your poker hand, enjoy cocktails on the terrace, and get ready for a much deserved lunch at the Winner's Circle Awards Ceremony and Auction. Will you be in the Winner's Circle? Exciting prizes await for best team, closest-to-the-pin, longest drive and hole-in-one, with more surprises to be revealed. And with every swing you are making a difference to help improve the lives of children and adults with developmental disabilities and their families at The Arc. To learn more about sponsorship opportunities, click HERE.
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Now, a secret project finally revealed! Earlier this year I was honored with the task of making the awards for the annual Finnish Nihil Interit poetry awards. I won't go into the background here much since hardly any of you know Finnish (you can read more about Nihil Interit on their website if you do), but the idea is that the poetry award objects are commissioned from other poets. I'm certainly a fan of this to poets from poets idea!
Last Friday these "poetry medals" were presented to the poets Pauliina Haasjoki and Leevi Lehto at Turku Book Fair, and I can finally share them here with my readers. I've been pretty excited about these ever since I finished these some weeks ago, so it's about time! The boxes I already blogged about, impatient as I was.
I was given a free hand to create whatever I wanted, which was such an ideal situation to start with in this case. Even though I'm best known as a bookbinder (and a poet) I opted to create medals for the award winners instead of handmade books. I'm not ashamed to admit I'm drawn to objects that are more special and less everyday, when given the opportunity (not to say my notebooks are bland and boring), and award ceremonies are perhaps one of the most obvious situations where the object presented is mainly symbolic and usually entirely decorative. I wanted to play along with traditions and still come up with something unexpected.
The linen covered presentation boxes feature hidden magnets to hold the medals in place by the pin.
My new-to-me typewriter was put to use for the first time as I repeatedly typed the word runo (Finnish for poem) onto linen and featherweight Japanese tissue. The tissue was then adhered to a sheet of translucent natural mica. Mica can be split into ever thinner and more translucent layers, more times than you'd first imagine. To me, mica was really the starting point of this project: its naturally occurring shapes, its ethereal translucency, and it's multi-layered structure, they all formed too delicious a parallel to poetry to pass by the opportunity to bring the two together.
And finally, some minimalistic diplomas to go with the awards:
Centering stuff on a typewriter... Let me tell you - it's hard, especially for a beginner! I'm glad our new neighbours didn't come knocking on our door to complain after I'd spent the better part of two hours banging my typewriter somewhat aggressively.
I now want to say huge thanks to Oskari (who gave me the typewriter - it's awesome and I love it even when my fingers hurt), to O-P (who kindly made sure the awards ended up in Turku when I wasn't up to travelling), and most importantly to Nihil Interit ry for trusting me with this wonderful task!


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FURminators have a long, stainless steel edge that reaches deep beneath your pet's topcoat to safely remove undercoat and loose hair faster and easier.
Reduce allergies caused by pets
A dead undercoat that is the underlying source of shedding, and a pet owners #1 complaint, and which leads to allergies. According to the Humane Society of the United States, simply bathing your pet and removing loose hair and dander can reduce the level of allergens by as much as 85%. When pets are not brushed or cleaned at least once a week, microscopic particles of their allergens become airborne in large quantities.
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A-B M is an interdisciplinary artist from North Carolina who specializes in illustrative black linework tattoos. A-B graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2013 with a BFA in painting, and began tattooing in the winter of 2014, learning and sharing skills of the trade amongst artists and friends in Baltimore before chasing the sun to the west coast in 2015. A-B's work features fantastic creatures and mythical landscapes, rendered with special attention to line weight, texture, and movement. They are most inspired by esoteric archetypes, illustrative symbology, folk narratives, and storytelling, with a style informed by elements of psychedelia, horror/sci-fi comics, and a variety of printmaking techniques and print history. A-B also makes drawings, comics, flyers, and objects from a home studio.
Their tattoo portfolio is online at abmtattoo.com and on instagram @v_a_l_l_e_y .


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2016 10 27ensp;0183;ensp;INTRODUCTION. In Jan. '96, I bound the first copies of The Illuminati Formula Used to Create Undetectable Total Mind Controlled Slave. Hundreds of people in the United States and other countries were reading this book, and were expressing their appreciation and praise for the work.
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So getting right to it then, what type of foundation are we going to build for our flagstone patio sand, cement, or gravel?. Short answer well it depends. Quarry screenings (if available in your area) are generally best for under the flagstones.
quot;Pegasus to Acheron. How do you suggest we can assist you?quot; It was eerie to be speaking to a man who was already as good as dead. The traditions of space were as strict as those of the sea.
By Truthfall editor Craig Brown Its been more than 2 years now since I last wrote about the mysterious ET Dragonfly Drones. My previous witness Mary told me of how she encountered one of these intimidating craft sitting silentl and motionless in the air only feet away outside her mothers apartment complex in Phoenix, Arizona in 1981
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In the novel, the scene is more quot;big brother protecting his little girl sisterquot; than it is quot;Manly man rescuing silly damsel in distress who stupidly forgot her pistolquot;
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BENTONVILLE, Ark. (CBS.MW) -- Wal-Mart Chief Executive David Glass suddenly stepped down Friday and will be replaced by Lee Scott, the chief operating officer and acknowledged heir to the top spot.
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Wal-Mart said Glass, 64, will also give up the title of president, but he'll remain chairman of the board's executive committee for "at least the next year," the world's largest retailer said. See press release.
Glass, who ran the company the past 12 years, replaced legendary founder Sam Walton in 1988. He's credited with expanding the retailer overseas and bolstering Wal-Mart's highly successful superstore format. Since he became CEO in 1988, Wal-Mart has increased sales to $165 billion from $16 billion and seen its stock skyrocket.
While analysts have been expecting the highly regarded Glass to step down in the near future, the timing and suddenness of his announcement took some by surprise.
Wal-Mart spokesman Jay Allen, however, said the "announcement is the culmination of a very deliberate succession process. In David's own words, 'It's the right time to do it, and Lee is the right guy.' "
Lee, 50, has only been chief operating officer for one year, but he's held various positions at Wal-Mart during his 20-year stint and is highly regarded by Wall Street. Analysts don't think the company will miss a beat.
"He's a very capable individual," said Daniel Binder of Brown Brothers Harriman. "Lee's been being groomed for some time."
Scott will retain COO duties as chief executive and the company said it has no plans to name a replacement to that position.
"The key to Wal-Mart is our people," said Rob Walton, chairman of Wal-Mart Stores. "We have no doubt that the same collaborative culture which has always driven the success of our company and served our leaders so well will also help make Lee Scott successful in his new role."
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Total of Eight Grants Awarded to New Media Storytellers
[New York, NY – April 11, 2017] – Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) today announced the grant recipients for the TFI New Media Fund and the TAA Interactive Prototype Funds. This new slate of interactive projects highlights the importance TFI continues to place on supporting and celebrating the great breadth of new media storytelling ranging from virtual reality to installations and mobile games.
The TFI New Media Fund provides funds and support to nonfiction, social issue-driven media projects that go beyond traditional screens — integrating film with a wide range of content across media platforms. The fund is supported by Ford Foundation's JustFilms Initiative, with the ultimate goal of exploring storytelling that is interactive, cross-platform and participatory. The recipients of the TFI New Media Fund grants will receive $50,000 in funding, as well as peer-to-peer support to help them develop their projects and build engagement with audiences.
TFI's premiere scripted and documentary filmmaker program, Tribeca All Access (TAA), expanded in 2015 to include grants and resources for interactive storytellers who are underrepresented in the media maker community. The TAA Interactive Prototype Fund aims to build new bridges between technology and filmmaking and encourage the development of novel ideas, rather than work that is already in development. The fiction portion of the TAA Interactive Prototype Fund is supported by the Time Warner Foundation, and the nonfiction portion is supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Recipients will receive between $10,000 and $20,000.
"Our interactive programs inspire the use of new technologies among diverse and emerging storytellers," said Amy Hobby, Executive Director of TFI. "This is an urgent agenda for TFI in an era in which inclusion remains in crisis and some of our best storytellers are without the tools to rise to the surface."
"We believe interactivity is a cornerstone for meaningful engagement, especially in these increasingly turbulent times," said Opeyemi Olukemi, Senior Director of Interactive Programs at TFI. "Each of these projects, both in topic and form, encapsulates a powerful message and will, without a doubt, breathe new life into the media landscape."
Jury members for the 2017 TFI New Media Fund were: ALISON ABREU-GARCIA (Senior Manager of Digital Technologies at the Whitney Museum of American Art), DEANGELA L. DUFF (Co-Director of Integrated Digital Media & Industry Associate Professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering in Brooklyn) and MARINA ZURKOW (Media Artist). Jury members for the 2017 TAA Interactive Prototype Fund were: ADI MAROM (Experience Design Lead at Second Story NYC and Adjunct Professor at Parsons, The New School for Design), ERROL KING (Manager of Google's Code Next) and GABRIEL BARCIA-COLOMBO (Mixed Media Artist and Teacher at the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU Tisch School of the Arts).
Both grant programs exemplify TFI's emphasis on pushing the boundaries of form and function in storytelling, as well as its dedication to cultivating the voices of non-traditional filmmakers. A recent example of TFI's successful support in this space is that of Pearl, a VR short, supported last year by TFI, that went on to be nominated for a 2017 Academy Award®.
"On behalf of Ford's work in Creativity and Free Expression, we are very proud to continue to support emerging media practices, and applaud the role Tribeca Film Institute has played in breaking ground in this new storytelling field in the US," said Cara Mertes, Director of JustFilms at Ford Foundation. "The artists supported in the most recent round are setting the stage for new advances with digital story technologies, and reflect our emphasis on inclusive talent making innovative work about contemporary realities that impact all of us."
"We continue to be inspired by the work of Tribeca and the Tribeca All Access program," said Diahann Billings-Burford, Executive Director, Cultural Investments, Time Warner Inc. . "We are proud to support an initiative that gives diverse storytellers an opportunity to share their gifts. At the Time Warner Foundation we believe in creating a body of work that fully reflects the rich diversity of our nation, and of our world. TAA is helping us get there!"
The recipients of the 2017 TFI New Media Fund grants are:
Blackout: Co-Created and Directed by Alexander Porter; Co-Directed by Yasmin Elayat. Blackout is a virtual reality documentary inviting New Yorkers to share stories in their own voice. Blackout illuminates the moments when our lives intersect in a space where differences are most visible – the subway. It is an ongoing, participatory project dealing with contemporary political issues through the lens of lived-experiences in the city of New York.
MICRO: Co-Directed by Charles Philipp and Amanda Schochet. MICRO is a distributed museum. Its fleet of six-foot-tall science museums is installed in unexpected places, from hospital waiting rooms to the DMV. MICRO brings designers, scientists, storytellers and artists together to squeeze the best parts of museums down into boxes that can go anywhere. TFI is helping MICRO develop their second science museum, The Perpetual Motion Museum, which uses kinetic sculptures, video and audio to tell the story of humanity's age-old struggle to harness and understand energy.
The fiction recipients of the TAA Interactive Prototype Fund are:
Bright and Gifted: Directed and Written by Lilian Mehrel. What if you were stuck in the worst high school in Miami? A short dark-comedy VR series about the characters at Bright and Gifted, a Miami high school that falsely promises advanced courses. When they don't deliver, the smart kids take their education into their own hands, and out on the streets.
Cousins of War: Written, Directed and Produced by Fereshta Kazemi; Co-Created by Hadji-Gul Asser. An episodic, web-narrative-doc, livestreamed on Twitter for an audience that interacts with the story via Twitter, about an Afghan-American writer who returns to Kabul, Afghanistan, for first time in 30 years, to discover a country deeply changed from its recent, progressive history by extremism and war, but people still living life like anyone else, even in the face of it.
Rearview Mirror: Co-Created and Written by Anisha Sridhar; Co-Created and Directed by Shaheen Nazerali. Rearview Mirror is an interactive web series about an unsuspecting cab driver who helps a woman in distress only to get caught up in a tale of an unwanted pregnancy and possibly murder. Driven by branching dialogue, this interactive narrative puts you in the driver's seat where you face moral quandaries and ethical dilemmas. You'll have a chance to make decisions that alter the course of the story and change the characters' lives. What will you choose?
You Are Forever, You Are Everyone: Created by Aleem Hossain. You Are Forever, You Are Everyone is a sci-fi virtual reality experience that allows you to time travel through a lifetime…your lifetime. You are Ahsan, a mixed-race American, struggling to find your place in the world. One fateful day, you are given the ability to interact with all the moments of your life – past, present, and future – and you try to solve the mystery of this power and your connection to humanity.
The nonfiction recipients of the TAA Interactive Prototype Fund are:
Earn a Living: Written and Produced by Margaux Missika; Directed by Malika Zouhali-Worrall. Earn a Living observes the concrete effects of basic income through life-size studies (USA, Finland, Kenya), while our multiplayer digital board game offers a playful and interactive simulation of basic income in a fictional setting.
Queerskins: A Love Story: Written and Directed by Illya Szilak; Cyril Tsiboulski (Cloudred Studio) - Artistic Director, Interactive Designer and Developer. A diary found in a box of belongings offers a devoutly Catholic mother in rural Missouri a chance to know the estranged son she has lost to AIDS. Wracked by grief and guilt, she seeks to reconstruct him through memory and imagination. Celebrating love in its many varied forms, the project includes a multimedia website http://www.queerskins.com (40,000 words of diaristic text, two hours of audio monologues from five characters, videos by Iris-nominated filmmaker Jarrah Gurrie, archival and crowdsourced videos and photos), a haptic experience for virtual reality, and an interactive installation in which visitors are encouraged to explore a historically accurate (circa 1980) recreation of the son's childhood attic bedroom.
The Family Reunions Project: Directed and Produced by Alvaro Morales and Frisly Soberanis. The Family Reunions Project reunites undocumented immigrants to their families, hometowns and home cultures using VR technology. Acting where politics have failed millions, The Family Reunions Project explores how new technologies will challenge physical borders.
About Tribeca Film Institute:
Tribeca Film Institute champions storytellers to be catalysts for change in their communities and around the world. Each year, we identify a diverse group of exceptional filmmakers and media artists then empower them with funding and resources to fully realize their stories and connect with audiences. Our education programs empower students through hands-on training and exposure to socially relevant films, offering young people the media skills necessary to be creative and productive global citizens. We are a year-round nonprofit arts organization founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff in the wake of September 11, 2001.
About Ford Foundation:
The Ford Foundation is an independent, nonprofit grant-making organization. For more than 80 years it has worked with courageous people on the frontlines of social change worldwide, guided by its mission to strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement. As part of the Ford Foundation's Creativity and Free Expression program, JustFilms funds artist-driven documentary and emerging media projects that explore timely social justice issues, with a focus on inequality. With headquarters in New York, the foundation has offices in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.
About Time Warner Foundation:
The Time Warner Foundation is a private, nonprofit foundation wholly supported by Time Warner Inc. and its subsidiary companies HBO, Turner and Warner Bros. Entertainment. Its mission is to seek innovative and powerful ways to discover, nurture and celebrate the next generation of storytellers with best-in-class nonprofit organizations that push the boundaries of artist development. The Foundation's ultimate goal is the cultivation of an artistic community that is vibrant and relevant to diverse global audiences of today and tomorrow.
About John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation:
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation supports creative people, effective institutions, and influential networks building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. MacArthur is placing a few big bets that truly significant progress is possible on some of the world's most pressing social challenges, including over-incarceration, global climate change, nuclear risk, and significantly increasing financial capital for the social sector. In addition to the MacArthur Fellows Program, the Foundation continues its historic commitments to the role of journalism in a responsible and responsive democracy, as well as to the strength and vitality of our headquarters city, Chicago. www.macfound.org


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Presence Frames (Device, 2004)
A pair of networked photo frames that indicate the remote presence of the person in the photo. For example, if my sister in New York walks in front of her photo of me, my photo frame of her will gently flicker and light up here in California, and vice-versa.
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Susannah's frame flickers when she walks in front of her brother's photo.


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The Making of the Sara-Jane Pendant
Another work in progress series, showing the creation of a of a kind pendant for a wonderful friend of mine. The pendant was a joy to create, I purchased the opal out in the outback town of Lightening Ridge, Australia a few years ago, and was happy to see it go into such a special piece. Surrounded by blue, black and white diamonds set in sterling silver and 18 karat gold, the piece truly makes a statement.


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What makes Malta's very own Titanium Man happy?/
When I met Jacob Cachia – aka Titanium Man – for the first time about a year ago, he didn't seem to be any ordinary teenager.
Instead of receiving disgruntled answers to my boring questions, I suddenly found myself chatting to this bubbly and constantly smiling teenager who seemed genuinely interested in my recovery story.
And the thing is Jacob isn't an ordinary teenager.
Jacob and his family have lived through things most of us don't even live through in our worst nightmares.
It's difficult for me to summarise their amazing survival story but his ever-supportive mother, Sarah, wrote a book called Jacob: My Titanium Man, co-written by Kristina Chetcuti, and the book's blurb sums it up in the best way possible:
"The amazing story of the boy who survived against all odds, becoming an inspiration to thousands and a beacon of hope for survivors everywhere.
When in January 2013 Jacob complained to his mother that he had a splitting headache, she thought he was down with a winter cold.
Within days he lay unconscious on a hospital bed, and had had half his skull removed. Jacob was fighting for his life, against meningoencephalitis: an infection of the lining of the brain and the brain substance.
"If we don't operate, he may die, if we operate, he may die," Jacob's parents were told.
Doctors told Sarah to prepare for the worst. But she refused, instead she promised him that one day he would be an old man sitting on a bench telling his grandchildren the amazing story of how he had fought his battle and won. Jacob's whispered answer was, "Mummy, you tell my story! Write a book and tell my story!"
This is the story of a boy who survived against all odds, who became the life and soul of every event, who inspired his family to set up Survivors Malta, offering a space for people going through traumas to share their pain and give each other the motivation to carry on.
This is the story of Jacob, the Titanium Man."
Jacob's mother Sarah actively supports other survivors on a daily basis through Survivors Malta – what they realised through their own trauma was highly needed for families who have endured or are facing hardship and ill health – and she always says that you can either choose to be bitter or be better in the face of difficult circumstances.
And it's hard to put into words to what extent Jacob's family have chosen the latter after what they went through.
Apart from their positivity which shines through their words and faces, they have also done a lot of good and continue to do so.
Apart from setting up Survivors Malta they are also in the process of making another of Jacob's dreams come true through Jacob's Brew – Pay it Forward.
Jacob's dream is to own a coffee shop.
But just as Jacob is no ordinary teenager, his dream coffee shop is also no ordinary coffee shop: he also wants it to be a haven for families facing trauma.
So that's what this family-run business will be because Jacob and his family have witnessed first-hand that it's always great medicine when Survivors meet.
The coffee shop will also implement a pay it forward initiative whereby customers will be given a token offering free-flowing coffee to pass on to another family going through a trauma who they feel may need a coffee and a chat.
They have other great plans for the coffee shop – and pretty much any plan I've ever heard Jacob and his family discuss involves helping others.
And to me that just sums them up.
They have been through so much but not only come out of it stronger and so impressively positive, but also with a huge passion to help others.
And as their joy radiates through each time I see them, I was curious about what makes Jacob and his lovely mum, Sarah, happy.
So I asked them a bit about it.
And this is what makes Malta's very own Titanium Man happy:
1. I will be happy when my coffee shop finally opens
2. Challenging myself and achieving my goals
3. Helping others
4. Meeting new people
5. Travelling and experiencing new cultures
And this is what makes his Mum happy:
1. Priority is making my children happy; Keeping the smiles upon their faces. If they are happy then so am I.
2. I cannot not mention Jacob's Brew. Fulfilling a dream makes me happy; my son's dream has now become my dream as much as his. It will be hard work, but so so worth it!!
3. I'm a great believer in PAY IT FORWARD. Nothing can be more rewarding than surviving a trauma. I am eternally thankful for my blessings and will never grow tired of paying it forward to those still facing their trauma in whatever way I can.
4. My book Jacob – My Titanium Man is a best seller. I'm happy not because it sold well, but because it has inspired countless readers enough to pass it on to somebody else to read. The thought that it may help that someone who may be facing a hardship makes me happy!
5. I just feel so blessed to have my family whole again. Life is so precious. Each and every new day has its worth. I treasure every new memory that I share with my family. Looking back on those memories makes me happy to see how far we have come and I look forward to how far we still have to go!
Jacob and his sister and parents have taught me so much through their amazing story of trauma, recovery and doing anything possible to give back to others facing trauma.
It's no wonder Jacob is seen as a Maltese superhero.
He truly is a superhero and he's surrounded by a family of superheroes!
To find out more about Jacob, Survivors Malta and what they do, visit their website here.


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Earlier this year, I read a short play called "Rocks, Algae, Water, Stars" by emerging playwright Jonathan O'Neill. O'Neill had submitted the play for consideration in the 4th Annual Lift-Off Festival of Science Fiction Plays at the Navigators Theatre Company, and the piece immediately caught the eye of literary manager, Melina Neves. As the Artistic director of this small Theatre company, I read quite a few short plays every year for our annual festival, and O'Neill's play was one of them. Our mission as a company is to produce feminist science fiction stories, primarily written by women or female identifying people. "Rocks, Algae, Water, Stars" struck Melina and I as unique for several reasons—primarily because its main character was a female presenting anthropomorphized version of the Mars rover, Opportunity.
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All Of The Election Blogging/
Two days ago I sent my final election blog post for the Center for Disability Rights website.
Blogging about the 2016 Elections for CDR has been a great pleasure, and a learning experience. I got paid, which is really, really great in a way that has not just about the dollar amounts collected. I had to meet deadlines, whereas in normal blogging the deadlines are self-imposed and therefore kind of flimsy. And blogging forced me to pay close attention to the debates, which I usually skip because I can't take the stress of watching "my" candidate possibly fail. I'm not sure any of the individual debates taught me much, but all together, I think I really did get a clearer sense of all the candidates.
Anyway, it was a great experience. I haven't read all of these posts over again yet, but here they are, for posterity:
October, 2015
And How Will That Work For Disabled People? The 3rd Republican Debate
November, 2015
It's Up To Us - The 4th Republican Debate
December, 2015
The Full Plate and The Missing Topic - 3rd Democratic Debate
Safety At All Costs - 5th Republican Debate
Mocking Trump
Disappointing, But Not A Waste Of Time - 2nd Democratic Debate
January, 2016
Shoot For The Moon, Or Play It Safe - 4th Democratic Debate
Blowing On Sparks - 6th Republican Debate
Passing A Low Bar: Hillary Clinton Answers a Disability Question
February, 2016
I Guess We're On Our Own - 10th Republican Debate
No Time For Disability - 9th Republican Debate
It's Time To Do Better - 6th Democratic Debate
The 8th Republican Debate
Bad Conflict, Good Conflict - 5th Democratic Debate
A Real Disability Issue, But Is Anyone Listening? - 7th Republican Debate
March, 2016
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April, 2016
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August, 2016
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Remember when The Janoskians said they had worked on a song with 5SOS? Turns out that was a bit of a porkie pie. Damn.
Speaking to Capital FM, The Janoskians said "It was co-written by Calum Hood… it's called 'Cloudy'. I actually really like it – it's one of my favourites. It was supposed to come out on this EP… the track is so huge that they wanted to release it on its own. We've been mates with him for a long time before they blew up and got so big… it was just fun times in the studio together, making memories."
HOWEVER. After having a chit chat with Shazam Top 20 earlier this week, the 5SOS lads discussed the truth behind the matter.
Ashton put the rumours to a halt by saying: "Okay, let's clear it up. It's a song we wrote and we never gave it to anyone – we just never used it. There's not many details."
Luke then added: "No one told us they were using it. It was kind of a song we forgot about writing for the first album and it took us a while to remember what song it actually was… so we're not sure if they're using it or whatever… It was definitely never written for them or with them, but they might use it… they might not."
Goddammit! There we were thinking the two groups full of Aussie babes were working hard in a studio together, having some banter, writing some tracks. Our dreams have been crushed. Guess whoever said The Janoskians could have the song were slightly 'Disconnected' with 5SOS, eh?
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Billy is living on the streets of Southampton due to a series of unfortunate events. Originally from a different city, Billy was already living on the streets before he came down South. He has been on the streets for six months, four of which have been spent here.
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The last couple of weeks have been amazing for common dolphins and bottlenose. A very wee calf was spotted in the Sound of Mull. The oil calm sea allowed for a few clear photos of the commons. They are always a crowd pleaser and great to see them interact with the boats.


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Christchurch water bottling companies receive major blow
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There is delight from a Christchurch group opposing overseas water bottling consents.
Community group Aotearoa Water Action has won the first round of its legal battle against Environment Canterbury and two water mining companies Cloud Ocean Water and Rapaki Natural Resources.
High Court Justice Peter Churchman ruled old industrial resource consents for a wool scour and freezing works at Belfast don't allow for large-scale water bottling operations.
Aotearoa Water Action spokesperson Peter Richardson says they expected the judge to rule in their favour.
"We were very confident heading into the hearing, we would've been surprised if we had lost it to be honest."
The decision doesn't mean the consents are cancelled, but a hearing will be held on the issue in the new year.


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We are licensed by the State of Colorado for a maximum of 38 children and the Qualistar Early Learning System, which rates the quality of child care and preschool programs across the state. In our last evaluation Qualistar found our classrooms bright and cheerful with our children having a variety of materials allowing for learning opportunities through hands-on experiences as well as physical activities both inside and outdoors.
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Kari was voted the runner-up in the Best Local Tweeter category of the Free Times Best of Columbia 2017 poll by the readers of the Free Times!
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The first Grand Prairie Festival of Arts was held in September of 1956. Each year the festival continued to grow and attract larger crowds. In 1964 the Grand Prairie Arts Council, Inc. was established by the following incorporators: A.P. Finken, Madeline Oliver, Toney Morris,Irene Cao, Lillian Young, Edith Andrews, and Helen Malcolm. The expressed goal of the council was to encourage cultural development in the Grand Prairie area and to work toward the establishment of an arts center.
In October, 1982, The Arts Center of the Grand Prairie was officially opened at 108 W. 12th in Stuttgart. The Arts Center, under the direction of Charles Law strives to present programs, exhibits and special events which will acquaint local residents and supporters with high quality art in the various disciplines.


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A landlocked country in South Africa, Zambia is flanked by Congo, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Malawi and Angola. With its tropical climate, plateaus, mountains, hills and forests, Zambia is resplendent with natural splendour. Waterfalls, beautiful river basins and lakes, make Zambia a haven for the nature lovers.
For pristine natural beauty, a tourist can visit the Zambezi river basin and Congo River basin. For the adventurous travellers or tourists, canoeing, white water rafting , bungee jumping, tiger fishing and river surfing can be a great way to exhibit their bravado. Zambia comprises of national parks that are full of exotic animals and birds. Amidst untamed nature, a visit to Zambia provides opportunities to enjoy fine safaris.
Lusaka is the capital of Zambia and the capital has an assortment of nightclubs, restaurants, and cinemas. Lusaka is situated on a plateau, in south central Zambia. The capital is buzzing with energy with people thronging the shopping malls and other places. The city is a mix of skyscrapers, malls and ancient colonial buildings.
The Kabwata Cultural Village that preserves indigenous arts and crafts and showcases the traditional dancing is a part of Lusaka. Lusaka is also home to the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, the Munda Wanga Botanical Garderns and Zoo and the National Museum at Lusaka.
There are many national parks in Zambia and Kafue national park is one of the most famous parks in Zambia. Kafue national park is located in the central part, in the southern part of Zambia. The park covers a large area and is a second largest park, in the entire world. A beautiful park, Kafue national park is divided by the Kafue River. The river allows many to indulge in fishing. There are innumerable wildlife species in the park.
A commercial centre that is located about 320 km from the capital is Ndola. It is a significant commercial centre and is a great mineral producing region, in Zambia. The Copperbelt Museum is situated in Ndola. Lake Chilengwa and Lake Kashiba are two of the sunken lakes and the latter one is deal for bird watching. Ndola is situated near Zaire.
The second largest city in the country, Zambia is Kitwe. Kitwe is also a major tourist attraction in Zambia. Kitwe was popular for copper but now, it has become a haven for industries. Kitwe has malls, theatre, cinema and many other facilities, owing to the urbanization and modernization that has uplifted the image of the city. The Mindolo Dam and Makwera Falls and Lake are locate near Kitwe and are popular tourist spots, in Zambia. The Chembe bird sanctuary is also around 30km from Kitwe.
Zambia also has a splendid cascade called Victoria Falls. The Victoria Falls is one of the mightiest gushing waterfalls in the world. The spray that comes from the flowing water can be seen 30 km away. Knife Edge Bridge forms the ideal place for viewing the main falls and the boiling pot. Zambia is the best place to enjoy the beauty of the landscape through walking safaris, bird safaris, river safaris, canoeing safaris and elephant back safaris. Zambia with its lovely landscape with natural beauty offers an enthralling experience to a visitor, to the region.
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Located on Mexico's Pacific coast in the northwest corner of the state of Jalisco, Puerto Vallarta rings Mexico's largest natural bay, the Bahia de Banderas (Bay of Flags). This popular beach resort area is one of the main ports of call for Mexican Riviera cruises, has a well-deserved reputation as a foodie destination, and is also home to a wide variety of natural and cultural attractions.
History of Puerto Vallarta:
The area around Puerto Vallarta was long inhabited by indigenous groups, most notably the Huicholes. Spaniards first came into the area in 1524. According to legend, they were met by a large group of indigenous people carrying flags, giving the bay its name Bahía de Banderas - "bay of flags." The area remained sparsely populated until much later, however. It wasn't until the film "Night of the Iguana," directed by John Huston and starring Richard Burton, was filmed here in 1964 that Puerto Vallarta became known to the world.
During the filming, Richard Burton and his wife Elizabeth Taylor became enamored of the beautiful location and subsequently purchased a home in the Romantic Zone. Puerto Vallarta soon became a gathering place for celebrities and their entourage, increasing its general appeal. In the 1970s, the tourist infrastructure began to be built up to accommodate the influx of visitors, though the town still maintains its charm and the bay its natural beauty.
Banderas Bay:
Banderas Bay is shaped like a horseshoe and covers 60 miles of coastline from Punta Mita to Cabo Corrientes. The entire area surrounding the bay is all known simply as Vallarta, but it is divided between two states: Jalisco and Nayarit. These states are in different time zones; Puerto Vallarta is in the central time zone and Nayarit is an hour earlier. The area of the bay that is located in the state of Nayarit is known as Nuevo Vallarta.
What To Do in Puerto Vallarta
In Puerto Vallarta, you can take it easy on the beach, or fill your days with fun activities - it's entirely up to you. Check out the selection of things to do in Puerto Vallarta activities, or choose from this list:
- Stroll along the Malecon to see the collection of sculptures. In the evenings, there are often buskers here entertaining passers-by.
- Go on a boat trip to the Islas Marietas.
- Shop for handicrafts, such as the beadwork of the Huichol.
- Get an adrenaline rush on an extreme adventure offered by Vallarta Adventures
- Enjoy Puerto Vallarta's many beaches. You can enjoy the beach, pool and fun scene at Mantamar Beach Club, or visit some of the best beaches which located in the secluded area south of Puerto Vallarta and are accessible only by boat (water taxi).
- Make a visit to Puerto Vallarta's Botanical Garden, where you can discover the exuberant flora and fauna of the area and take a dip in the Horcones river.
- In the evening, find a spot to enjoy Puerto Vallarta's beautiful sunsets - from the Malecón or any of Puerto Vallarta's beachside restaurants.
Where to Stay in Puerto Vallarta:
There are a great many choices of hotels and resorts in Puerto Vallarta, in all price ranges and for all tastes. Some popular choices for both couples and families include the CasaMagna Marriott Puerto Vallarta and The Westin Resort & Spa Puerto Vallarta. For an adult-only boutique stay, consider Casa Velas or Villa Premiere.
Dining in Puerto Vallarta:
Puerto Vallarta has a deserved reputation as one of Mexico's fine dining destinations. With its annual gourmet festival and abundance of restaurants, you will find Puerto Vallarta delivers on its promise of great food. Take a street food tour to discover all the wonderful street food and low-key dining options, or enjoy one of Puerto Vallarta's upscale restaurants like Café des Artistes. Here are some of our favorite Puerto Vallarta restaurants.
Getting There:
You can get to Puerto Vallarta from Guadalajara by bus in under five hours. The bus line ETN offers first-class service. See more information on travel by bus in Mexico.
The most popular way to get to Puerto Vallarta is by air. Puerto Vallarta's airport, the Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport (airport code PVR) is located approximately 6 kilometers north of the center of town.


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Baku. 13 January. REPORT.AZ/ Director of the Free Economic Zone (FEZ) Anzali Reza Masroor will visit Azerbaijan.
Report informs, as Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mohsen Pak Aayeen said to the Agency, R. Masroor will arrive in Baku on January 19 and to hold official meetings in several ministries of Azerbaijan.
In addition, R.Masrur will be acquainted with the conditions created in the field of customs, as well as in the seaports of Azerbaijan.
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Google announced the would open VP8 up as WebM, an open source video codec in a Matroska package with Ogg Vorbis as the audio encoder. So I thought it would be good to have a news round up of who's in, who's out and what Apple thinks (we all know that without a 500-page letter from Mr. Jobs).First off, I covered the original announcement so I won't cover that again, you can find it here. Shortly after Google made the announcement public some high profile announcements were made in support of WebM.
Microsoft Says Internet Explorer will Support WebM
In a somewhat surprising move, Microsoft lined up with the masses to announce they would add support for the new open source video codec to Internet Explorer 9. Perhaps they smelled the winds of change, or perhaps they saw a way to stick it to their old rival Apple by teaming up with their other rival, Google. It's hard to say really. As if already believing that VP8 (the On2 Technologies name for the video portion of the WebM codec) would be the default codec for HTML 5 Microsoft stated, "In its HTML5 support, IE9 will support playback of H.264 video as well as VP8 video when the user has installed a VP8 codec on Windows." That was in a quick blog post by Dean Hachamovitch the Internet Explorer General Manager, hours after the WebM announcement by Google.
Oddly, they didn't mention anything about Ogg Theora even though they claim to be "all in" when it comes to HTML5. Perhaps they simply forgot to tell us they're supporting it? They did however, not fail to use the announcement to take a shot at Mozilla's lack of H.264 support.
Considering that Google, Opera and Mozilla all were part of the original WebM announcement the only major browser left to announce support Apple's Safari, but perhaps they're too busy attacking Ogg Theora to realize that they're late to the party.
There will still be one big problem with perhaps loads of big name sites (aside from GooTube) supporting WebM, the lack of DRM support. Google has already stated that there is no digital rights management in the codec. However, there is an alternative.
Adobe says Flash will support WebM
In what is most likely a nose-thumbing at Apple, or a really smart move to secure their place in the market space. Adobe has announced that they will add WebM support to Flash. Now, that would then allow for DRM on the content and still have it encoded in WebM. Pretty freakin' sneaky guys! Adobe put out two announcements involving HTML5, the first of which is that there is now an add-on pack for Adobe DreamWeaver CS5. That will allow the application to utilize, implement and preview HTML5 coded pages.
But the bigger announcement followed on. Adobe's CTO Kevin Lynch openly stated that Adobe will integrate VP8 (WebM) into the Flash videoplayer by year end and have it distributed to the masses. How large are the masses? Oh say, One BIIIILLION people. That means that you'll be able to encode that video content once, and have an HTML5 player with Flash fallback for non-compatible browsers.
Like I said, pretty sneaky guys.
There are already all sorts of FUD flying about. Some say that there will be patent lawsuits (personally, I wouldn't go up against Google there) and some say that it won't run well on smartphones and other less powerful devices. But hardware companies are already lining up and offering to work on hardware acceleration. AMD (who owns graphics cardmaker ATi), NVidia and ARM are all signed on. Broadcom already jumped in and announced that they would help support hardware acceleration on mobile phones, as have Qualcomm and Texas Instruments. Hardware-wise there's really only one major player we're waiting to hear from, Intel.
They have already signed on with Google in the Smart TV deal along with Sony, it wouldn't be such a stretch to see that leveraged into further cooperation including this.
In the online video industry some big names have already announced they'll support VP8 and WebM. Google announced that all 720p or higher resolution videos uploaded to YouTube will automatically be encoded with it. Others have announced cooperation as well, including Brightcove (who support Flash and HTML5), Encoding.com (who states they'll have a live beta soon and supplied the specs below), Kaltura, Ooyala, Sorenson, and ViewCast.
Whew! That's a big list already! Even Skype has announced that they're IN (they have used VP7 for several years already).
Here are the technical details:
- Container File Format: WebM
- Video Codec: VP8
- Audio Codec: Ogg Vorbis
- Container DOCTYPE: webm
- File Extension: .webm
- Mime Type: video/x-webm
So, I'm opening a pool "Who will give into VP8 first, Intel or Apple?" Include which company you think will announce first and give a date and time in comments. Closest person wins…er, our neverending respect for their prognosticating skills.
As a side note, I'm VP8-compatible as well, now I just need to get GDN on the bandwagon.


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