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The police have a general power to stop any vehicle on the road. However, they do not have the power to conduct random roadside tests. To do this they must have reasonable grounds (i.e. a suspicion or belief). An officer may have reasonable grounds if:
If the roadside officer has reasonable grounds to, he may ask you to preliminary specimen (breath or saliva test), or he may arrest you immediately under Section 4 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (for driving whilst unfit). The purpose of the arrest is to obtain a more accurate specimen from you at the police station.
Many police forces hold random stop checks, particularly over the festive season. If the circumstances would not give the officer reasonable grounds to suspect or believe that alcohol or some drug had been consumed, this may render your arrest unlawful. It's also worth noting that the officer making the requirement for you to provide a roadside test must be in full police uniform.
If you have been charged with failing to provide a specimen you will now be facing the prospect of attending court. No doubt you will be extremely worried about the court process and what will happen to you. You may be thinking of pleading guilty or you may be wondering if there is any possibility of defending the charge. Either way it is vital that you obtain professional advice and consider all your options.
The penalty for a failing to provide allegation can range from 10 points on your licence to a prison sentence, depending on the circumstances of the offence and the impairment level of the individual. If convicted, it can often mean:
It's important to understand that pleading guilty is not your only option. In fact, there could be a number of options available to you, depending on the exact circumstances of your case. Please see the table below for the sentencing guidelines used by the Magistrates Court for the offence of failing to provide a specimen.
|Nature of activity
|Starting point
|Disqualification 2nd offence in 10 years
|Moderate level of impairment and no aggravating factor
|Band C fine
|Band C fine
|12 – 16 months
|36 – 40 months
|Moderate level of impairment and one or more aggravating factors
|Band C fine
|Band C fine
|17 -22 months
|36 – 46 months
|High level of impairment and no aggravating factors
|Medium level community order
|low level community order to high level community order
|23 -28 months
|36 – 52 months
|High level of impairment and one or more aggravating factors
|12 weeks custody
|High level community order to 26 weeks custody
|29 – 36 months
|36 – 60 months
Failing to provide a specimen is a serious offence, which is why the knowledge and expertise of a specialist solicitor is recommended. It's crucial that we consider why you failed to provide, and build your defence around that. If your failure was reasonable, you may have a full defence. This is known as reasonable excuse. Here at GQS Solicitors, we have won many 'failing to provide' cases over the years by raising a reasonable excuse. Below is a list of just some of the ways that a defence could be raised:
There's a chance that you may have a reasonable excuse defence without knowing it. If you do, and your defence is successful, the court will not convict you.
GQS Solicitors will be able to identify and develop a personalised defence strategy for your case, which is typically done before the first court hearing. This allows us to safeguard your position, and advise you in clear detail from the outset. Our team is made-up of senior solicitors, barristers and expert witnesses.
By pleading 'not guilty' to failing to provide, you force the CPS to prepare its case and present the evidence. Most prosecution areas have huge difficulties correctly preparing cases, warning witnesses and presenting evidence. This is mainly due to;
Whatever the reason, if the CPS fail to serve evidence, you should not be convicted.
The entire criminal justice system relies on guilty pleas. By pleading guilty, you are accepting that the entire police investigation – the collection & preservation of evidence – from start to finish was correct, without checking the evidence. So why would you? We've already established that the length of disqualification will not increase if later found guilty. In our view, there is far more to gain by exploring the technicalities of your case, and checking all evidence. You might be surprised to find that it doesn't exist.
Even if you are still considering entering a guilty plea, M.A.J. Law can help. By highlighting recent case law, we may be able to convince the CPS to give you 10 points, rather than a mandatory disqualification. Whatever your decision, our team will use their expertise to secure the best possible outcome in your case.
Any initial advice we give is completely free of charge. You may also want to learn more about special reasons and mitigation, as they could be applicable in your case. Our team of specialist solicitors have the knowledge, experience and expertise to help you build a successful defence, and achieve the best possible result.
GQS Solicitors are completely transparent about our fixed fee pricing structure and any potential costs that might be incurred throughout the case, so please don't be afraid to ask. Our quoted fixed fees will not change, even if the case becomes more complicated than originally anticipated. Over the years, our team of specialist solicitors have built long-lasting, honest and trustworthy relationships with our clients. This has helped us become the leading motoring defence solicitors in the UK.
GQS Solicitors also employs a number of Cost Recovery Administrators who will process your Defence Costs Order immediately. This allows you to claim back your costs from the Central Funds Office of the Government (subject to assessment).
If you've been accused of failing to provide a specimen – whether one of blood, breath or urine – then your next step is to find the right legal team. There are a number of factors that can define what makes a solicitor 'right' for you, for instance:
If the solicitor you're considering is lacking in any of the above areas, then it could be beneficial to explore other options.
I would have no hesitation in recommending GQS Solicitors to my family and friends. A proven track record in serious crime, "they successfully defended my mate G.R and he was acquitted of Murder
Dave Courtney O.B.E
Warwick Crown Court
I was charged with serious offences of Kidnap, Firearms and was at risk of receiving a lengthy prion sentence. Thanks to the hard work GQS put into my case, I was found not guilty.
Birmingham Crown Court [July 2017]
I would like to say a massive thank you for representation at the Crown Court. I was found not guilty after trial. Brilliant Team !!
Birmingham Crown Court- June 2017
I was found not guilty of a shooting that I did not commit. Thank you GQS for all your hard work from me and my family.
Birmingham Crown Court- January 2018
I was represented at the police station, thanks for the proper advise, no further action was taken against me.
Solihull Police Station. 7.01.18
My husband was expecting to go to prison for a Fraud offence, against all the odds the Judge went outside the sentencing guidelines and was gave him a suspended sentence. Thanks to the support and advice from GQS we can now carry on living with our lives.
Inner London Court 10.01.18


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My friend Federico Gama, a collage of whose Mexico City photographs is on the "about" page of this website, has a couple of pieces in an exhibition called Identidades y Fronteras en Iberoamérica (Identities and Borders in Iberoamerica), at the Centro Cultural España on Calle Guatemala #18, behind the Metropolitan Cathedral. It is an unsettling show of photographs that documents various groups of Latin Americans, who travel to other places to find a different life. (Most of them go to other countries, but one of Federico's obsessions is photographing youths from towns and cities around Mexico who come to live in Mexico City. Two of them, whom Federico refers to as Mazahuacholoskatopunks, are pictured above.) Federico has just begun a blog, the link to which is on the list of "Friends" on the right-hand side of this page. The exhibit is up through the end of August.
Meanwhile, around the corner, at the Coordinación de Literatura de la INBA on Calle Brasil #37, is an ingenious exhibit based on the novel Las violetas son flores de deseo (Violets are Flowers of Desire) by another friend, Ana Clavel. Ana's book is about Julián, a man who sublimates his desire for his pubescent daughter, Violeta, by creating a series of dolls inspired by his cravings for her. Ana convinced a series of artists to make sculptures based on Julián's dream-dolls. The show is on through August 15th.

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My Gaming History 'Part 5'
It was bank holiday Monday last week and so that meant wind and rain here in the UK. A good friend of mine insisted we go to the local Racecourse (a place where small people smack horses and race them around a track) to see a stunt show.
The poster was defiantly eye catching, anyone from my generation knows how cool a Monster truck is from when we first caught a glimpse of American motor sport on SKY television back in the 80's.
Obviously I was keen to see a real monster truck again, in a nation full of people obsessed with football and running, a fire breathing 1000+ horse power, car crushing truck is hard to come by and even then you're promptly disappointed due to our health and safety regulations requiring a noise reduction, no jumps that are too high and the crowd must be half a mile away wearing fire proof suits and ear plugs.
Quoted as "The greatest show on wheels" I stuck on my all weather gear and met my friend at the show. The gravelly, uneven tarmac car park was the "arena", surrounded by metal temporary fencing and the stunt crews caravans and trucks. The wind was blustery and unpredictable, the cold, biting, and the rain was the familiar British drizzle which is much like being stroked by a wet piece of ham. The commentator did his best throughout the show to rally some enthusiasm but trying to bring British spectators to clap and cheer in these conditions is like trying to teach a dog Spanish, whilst wearing a bacon jacket.
Before the big finale involving the monster truck trundling around the car park, crushing three already mangled vehicles, you were witness to the "greatest show on wheels" This involved a Ford Mondeo estate was one of the first highlights to perform a stunt. It was more of a crash really, with a set of ramps positioned in front of a smashed car that stood vertically. The exhausted Ford reached the ramps wheezing around 30mph and pretty much fell into the target car. All of this topped off with some pyro effect which I suspect was a shotgun shell rigged onto a make-shift fuse. Watch a clip of the spectacle here;
Why am I telling you all of this? Well, simply because without standing outside in the cold and rain, watching people hurl themselves at burning wood, strapped the front of a clapped out Ford, you can experience all sorts of dangerous looking activities from the comfort of your own home.
After the plethora of 2D fighting games and the new breed of racing dynamics, came the next generation of shooters.
Now for anyone unfamiliar with what is now the biggest selling gaming genre right now, it's quite simple to explain. FPS games or "First person shooters" involves looking through the eyes of the character and pointing a weapon at things. Boys and girls the world over had enjoyed playing bubble popping, coin collecting, secret finding, spinning, jumping, colourful musical delights but the games we enjoy more than anything else involves running around virtual worlds, brandishing anything that can wound, maim or kill.
My first experience of this new age of shooter was sat with an older friend of mine, who had acquired a copy of Wolfenstien on the PC. Looking through the first person perspective literally gave me Goosebumps, I didn't even know what a Nazi was at the time. When I finally witnessed the showdown between my friend and an 8ft Hitler in a robotic suit with gatling-guns as arms, I didn't sleep well that night. I was terrified at the time and then shocked when later I came to know him from history class as the evil Austrian guy who wanted anyone who wore a star badge to die in an oven.
I had to get myself some of this terrifying action, thankfully at the time my old man required a PC for his personal use. With a little bit of my input we had a gaming rig for doing his word processing…handy for when you need to play Doom.
Doom was similar to Wolfenstien in many ways. The controls were simple, you could not look up or down, there was no jump, you simply looked at what you wanted to kill, select the appropriate weapon and shoot it until it stops moving. Doom was an instant classic for this reason, it is another game where references have been used in film, music and books since its creation.
Both Wolfenstien and Doom were created by ID software who had no problem in letting people share the games freely and this has resulted in the franchise having a long and prosperous life. There have been changes made to both games over the years, such as gore content, obvious references to shooting Germans in the face and having maps shaped like Swastikas.
In late 1995, Doom was estimated to be installed on more computers worldwide than Microsoft's new operating system Windows 95, the "Doom style" clones since the release have been relentless and a truck load of these games were complete pap.
It set the standard for the genre by including great game play, crazy satanic art work, totally immersive sound and hard hitting weapons. There is little more satisfying than the "boom click click" of the pump action shotgun as a monster gargled it's last breath.
The fantasy element in recent years has been seen less and less and replaced with total realism of combat, it can often feel like you're training yourself mentally for some weird military recruitment frenzy in the near future where you have to fight the entire middle east with your five best friends. Typically all of the Doom style games from the past were based around the complete eradication of everything in the level but as time progressed, so did the programming and the AI. This opened up new opportunities for games designers to improve combat but it wasn't without it's turkeys.
You can pick up a copy of one of the many attempts at creating a "next gen" shooter with basic AI in any PC retailer in a bargain basket, the consoles have also seen their fair share. It's the simplest things, from how an enemy is alerted to your presence or how accurate they can be with a weapon. Games are so advanced now that a programmed AI can't detect you through some foliage or in darkened corners. Young gamers today never had to endure sniping levels were an enemy could spot you half a mile away hiding behind a bush and shoot you between the eyes with a pistol. Neither have they been pinned down by a dozen enemies who can shoot a single polygon of your character as you cautiously peek around a corner in a vain attempt to return fire.
Not all games were as bloody and gore ridden as Doom, some games rolling out of the shops at this time were as dark as the Care Bears. The simplicity of gaming can always be sought out if need be, which is why I find the arguments against gaming / violence ridiculous.
There is something strangely satisfying and relaxing about dispatching hundreds monsters with a sawn off shotgun, if I could think of one game responsible for some anger issues as a kid, it would have been Code Masters Micro machines.
Based on the tiny over priced toy vehicles from the 80's, you raced from a top down perspective against the computer, or your friends around a race track. Friendships were pushed to their limits as your opponents were able to bump you off the track to meet certain doom, sometimes accidentally, often intentionally.
Being constrained to a top down view and a single screen, did limit how much you could win or lose by, as the camera could only zoom out so much. Tracks were set in garages, gardens, kitchen tables, pool tables and bathrooms, each presenting their own dangers like moving platforms, sweets, holes in the ground and spilled drinks. Circuits could be mastered by remembering every single object, turn and jump of the track, as it raced towards you from any direction but more often than not you are simple flying blind, knocking into things, occasionally shouting something vulgar at the TV.
The experts indeed have it all wrong. I would literally have to take myself outside and go play with some matches for awhile in the garden, all because of certain levels I was trying to complete, with curtains drawn and strict instructions to my mum that she better have a good excuse to enter my room.
In a similar vein, Disney's Aladdin was a beautifully crafted film, with a star studded voice over cast and slick animation, it should have a place in anyone's collection if you like that sort of thing. So in 1993 when a game was released on the Megadrive, my parents bought me the game as a birthday present as I enjoyed the film so much. The game played rather well, so well in fact it was pretty addictive and so I spent a few hours jumping around, throwing apples at beggars and slashing enemies with a scimitar. As platformers go Aladdin was good fun, with a dose of Disney's very own humour and animation thrown in for good measure.
I was keen to complete the game as it was so good, to do this however you had to endure a level so infuriating, at one point I think I almost considered putting the cartridge in the gap between the edge of a door and the hinge to crush it into pieces. With no capacity to save the game you had to get this right and you quickly learnt that either these game developers are fucking with you, or they are just horrible people.
The flying carpet level begins with Aladdin flying through a cave slowly, you have a few seconds or less to figure out all of the controls because the carpet is speeding up and you need to avoid rocks. Behind you is a wave of lava in case you weren't panicked enough. As a platformer your perspective was limited on a twenty something inch television, in reality, to avoid the obstacles and the tidal wave of molten lava, you had to rely on your psychic abilities or pure luck. With a finite amount of lives and a fair number of levels left to get through in the game, getting this right took patience and good memory skill. One technique used to complete this level was the use of the start, or pause button. Used continuously you could gauge how much you need to move up or down on the carpet, this required the concentration of a bomb disposal expert with Parkinson's and a pillow to bite in case you fucked this up too.
I do apologise that every time I mention in a previous 'Gaming history' post, that I'm going to talk about a certain game, more often than not, I don't. There is a lot of games to get through and hopefully I'll get to mention the best ones.
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I'll do my best to articulate what it is I'm trying to get across here, but I'm afraid that not only do I lack some of the necessary expertise, but I also lack some of the crucial data as well. Anyway, I'll give it a shot.
I work with a Canon 7D, but would be willing to switch to another camera if and when a better one comes along. I own three Canon L-Series full sensor lenses — I use the 24-105 IS lens on every single job I do — as well as a bunch of manual AI-S Nikon SLR lenses, namely a 24mm, 28mm, 35mm, and 50mm. I purchased several Nikon to Canon adapters from Cinevate and Fotoiox to attach these lenses to my 7D, and have been fairly satisfied with the results.
On a separate track, I've been following the recent developments surrounding the GH1 firmware hack and its higher available bit-rates. If the Next Big Thing in HDSLR technology turns out to indeed be a micro four thirds camera, perhaps a yet to be announced GH2 or the upcoming AG-AF100, then my Canon and Nikon lenses will need to be attached using a micro four thirds adapter.
These adapters are longer and bulkier than the Nikon to Canon version — not a deal breaker, but still something to be aware of. And I'm still not entirely sure what the crop factor of SLR lenses would be when attached to a micro four thirds camera. Here's what Camerapedia has to say on the subject:
"The ratio of the image size, combined with the smaller sensor means that Four-Thirds based DSLRs have a 'crop factor' of exactly 2 — that is to say, a 50mm film lens used on a Four-Thirds body gives the equivalent field of view to a 100mm lens on a 35mm film camera body. The term 'crop factor' is somewhat misleading as the sensor does not crop the image at all — it simply utilises a smaller section of the lens. In essence only the portion of light entering the lens that actually hits the sensor is altered, meaning the field of view is smaller, and thereby effectively doubling the focal length of the lens."
I've never used a GH1 with a Nikon lens and adapter, so I can't verify this data, but it seems like a potential problem. Wikipedia also writes that a micro four thirds sensor "is approximately 30–40% [smaller] than the APS-C sensors used in other manufacturers' DSLRs," so the 2x crop factor on SLR lenses sounds correct. It's been drilled into my head that the 5dmkII is a full sensor camera, and that the 7D has an APS-C sized sensor, with a crop factor of 1.6x. So a 50mm SLR lens on a 7D is instantly turned into an 80mm lens. For wide angles, a 24mm SLR lens becomes a barely-wide-enough 38mm on a 7D, whereas on a GH1 it would be a not-wide-at-all 48mm.
Or maybe the Next Big Thing will be an Ikonoskop A-cam dII.
No rolling shutter, and it shoots in what they're calling 12 bit RAW! Except when I e-mailed them to ask about using my Nikon lenses, I got a very interesting response. I could use a C-Mount adapter or an IMS adapter (with backfocus, and very expensive), and the crop factor would be 3x! Here is what Peter Gustafsson wrote in his reply:
"A normal lens on 35mm still camera is 50mm. On a 35mm film camera it's 32mm. On 16 mm film camera it's about 16mm. Our sensor is 10.6 mm wide and a 35mm still negative is 36mm wide. The field of view is similar to standard 16mm film cameras. The factor is about x3 so the field of view of a 25mm lens on the dll is similar to a 75mm lens on a Nikon 35mm SLR camera."
On the A-cam, then, if I'm understanding Peter correctly, a 50mm SLR lens would be turned into a 150mm, and a 24mm would become a 72mm! Apparently the best way to use the A-cam is with Super16 PL mount lenses. On ebay, I quickly found a couple of Angenieux options, one a Super16 11.5-138mm T2.3 PL Mount and the other a Super16 7-81mm HR T2.4 PL Mount. Each one will cost you $10,350. Used!
Perhaps the Next Big Thing will be the Red Scarlet.
Who knows if and when this camera will see the light of day, but what I've heard about it is that it will be available with two sensor options, a 2/3″ sensor and a full sensor. The 2/3″ sensor is 10mm wide, approximately the same size as the A-cam sensor. I'm assuming this will also create a 3x crop factor when used with SLR lenses. Which means the only real option if I don't want to spend a zillion dollars on new glass will be the Scarlet with a full sensor, which RED lists at 30mm wide. But obviously this will have a huge impact on cost. A word of caution: these specs are now a year old, and based on the most recent delays we've all been hearing about, I'm not even sure there are still two versions of the Scarlet in the pipeline.
Who knew interchangeable lenses could be so complicated? Well, I'm sure a lot of people did, but I wasn't one of them.
I suppose Canon or even Nikon could swoop in and rescue me by creating an APS-C sensor HDSLR that shoots true 1080P (like a lot of people, I'm concerned that the 7D may simply be upscaling 720P) with a professional quality, high bit-rate codec. It would need to allow for simultaneous LCD monitor and HDMI-out signals. We're probably five years away from a global shutter I can afford, but at least the next great HDSLR from Canon or Nikon could do away with line skipping in favor of something better. I know some folks wish for more audio controls, but I've gotten used to a secondary recording device, and may even prefer it.
Or, the simplest solution of all, I suppose, is to just keeping using what I'm using. Canon 7D. Combination of Canon and Nikon glass. Rolling shutter on quick pans. Jello effect on shaky handhelds. 13 minute cut-off time on interviews. For the most part, I've been happy with the results. The more I learn about HDSLR shooting, the more critical of it I become, but for corporate work, which is how I make my living, it's easily the best technology I've ever had access to.
I think that, like many people, I can become susceptible to "gear envy." I'll see what different companies are releasing — a gearless follow focus solution here, a fancy new HDMI monitor there — and I'll think, hey, that would be the perfect piece of equipment for my kit. So I'll save up for it, and then count the days until it arrives in the mail, when I open the box, barely able to contain my excitement, and…
…and my life goes on just as it did before. I don't believe a $1,000 matte box can make a person happier anymore than a $1,000 watch can. If my $150 matte box is still working, there's no reason to lust after a more expensive model. And yet, when it comes to camera gear, it's always about the next technology, the next upgrade, the next lens system. We eat this stuff up every year at NAB and we visit our favorite HDSLR websites every week, daydreaming about the perfect quick release rod system, the best LCD magnifier, the most stable shoulder support rig, what have you.
It's easy to rationalize these expenditures by arguing that these are all items needed for work. We tell ourselves (and our wives) that we can't afford to risk using cheaper, less dependable gear on jobs. And that is certainly true for some people, professionals living and working mostly in L.A., who shoot for series television, 30 second broadcast advertising, or mid-range features. But, in my experience, producers and videographers who make their living shooting corporate interviews, music videos, short films, b-roll, or documentaries don't necessarily need the latest and greatest equipment. These folks are being asked over and over again to cut their rates. For this group — and I count myself as a member — the best gear on the market may be the stuff we already own.


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Breaking Up Is Hard To Do/
By Margaret McNellis
I first joined Facebook right after the site was made available outside of Harvard. Users still needed a valid school email to register, but I was an undergrad student at Southern Connecticut State University at the time, so joining was easy. For the most part, I connected with classmates and we griped about which teachers we didn't like.
Then it was opened to the general public. Cue the kitten videos! They were enjoyable for a while, but now I feel like I've seen them all. I've seen the one with the cat jumping and landing on its feet (hint: I knew it would do that) and I've seen the one where the cat gives its owner a do-you-dare-me glance before pushing a glass off the counter (hint: I knew it would do that). Basically, cat videos are cute but plot wise, they're pretty predictable.
Then came the "Share this if you love Jesus" posts. My personal beliefs aside, I had trouble picturing Jesus in heaven on Facebook checking to see how many people liked and shared posts about him. So I left Facebook.
That lasted about four days. One of my friends got me hooked on Candy Crush. I returned to Facebook, sheepish but eager to prove I could "win" Candy Crush without spending a dime. I played for a whole summer and got to level one-hundred-something. I broke up with Candy Crush when I realized just how much time it ate up. Shortly after, I broke up with Facebook again.
Wouldn't you know it, a game lured me back in! Words with Friends. I convinced myself that because it's like Scrabble, it's intellectual, so it was okay to get hooked. I bet you can see where this is going. The whole cycle repeated with Trivia Crack. Yes, I know there are apps for these, but sometimes I was at work at a 9-5 that left me feeling like my brains were about to ooze out of my ears. The distraction on a PC when I couldn't take out my phone was helpful.
Eventually, I stopped playing freemium games and games like Words with Friends. The truth is, I'd much rather sit down and play some Scrabble, in the same room as friends. I don't need those games to last for weeks and I enjoy the human-to-human element of real board games. So, bored with predictable cat videos and done forever with Facebook games, what was left to hold my interest?
Groups. I participated in and/or ran over forty groups on Facebook, some more successful than others. However, something happened in mid-April. I read an article about Mark Zuckerberg that turned me off to both Facebook and Instagram. I downloaded my activity—because I don't want to lose that picture where my friend and I are making funny faces with fake glowing crowns on our heads in a Facebook video chat—and I sent a message to my Facebook friends whose offsite contact information I didn't already have.
I shut down my Facebook on April 13, 2018. I don't miss the cat videos. I don't miss the games. I do miss the groups, but they required so much time that I felt stressed trying to freelance part-time, TA, and write for my MFA submissions. I made time for those things, but at the expense of extra reading time or sleep.
Life without Facebook is way less stressful, and after Zuckerberg announced that he's launching a Facebook dating service, I feel like I jumped ship at the right moment.
Incidentally, since closing my Facebook account, I've stopped watching as much television. I've started playing piano again and writing short stories again. Facebook sucked me in almost 13 years ago, but this time, I've come up for more than one breath of fresh air and I know I've kicked it for good. I'd rather write stories than updates any day.
Margaret McNellis is a current degree candidate at The Mountainview Low Residency MFA in Fiction and Nonfiction.


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The Fishermen on the Sea
¨ The Disciples
John 21:1-2 Later, Jesus appeared again to the disciples beside the Sea of Galilee. This is how it happened. Several of the disciples were there—Simon Peter, Thomas (nicknamed the Twin), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples.
¨ The Decision
John 21:3 Simon Peter said, "I'm going fishing." "We'll come, too," they all said. So they went out in the boat, but they caught nothing all night.
The Fisher of Men on the Shore
¨ Call
John 21:4-5 At dawn Jesus was standing on the beach, but the disciples couldn't see who he was. He called out, "Fellows, have you caught any fish?" "No," they replied.
¨ Command
John 21:6a Then he said, "Throw out your net on the right-hand side of the boat, and you'll get some!"
¨ Catch
John 21:6b So they did, and they couldn't haul in the net because there were so many fish in it.
¨ Comprehension
John 21:7 Then the disciple Jesus loved said to Peter, "It's the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his tunic (for he had stripped for work), jumped into the water, and headed to shore.
¨ Coals
John 21:8-9 The others stayed with the boat and pulled the loaded net to the shore, for they were only about a hundred yards from shore. When they got there, they found breakfast waiting for them—fish cooking over a charcoal fire, and some bread.
¨ Count
John 21:10-11 "Bring some of the fish you've just caught," Jesus said. So Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the net to the shore. There were 153 large fish, and yet the net hadn't torn.
¨ Communion
John 21:12-14 "Now come and have some breakfast!" Jesus said. None of the disciples dared to ask him, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord. Then Jesus served them the bread and the fish. This was the third time Jesus had appeared to his disciples since he had been raised from the dead.
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This Counterflow copper wort chiller is a very good conductor of heat.
These units are 23cm in diameter and about 18cm high. The input and output are approximately 10mm outside diameter. These can be used with gravity but are recommended to use with a pump.
They are similarly as efficient as the 30 plate chillers however they are easier to clean as they do not have all the small crevasses to trap hop material and other solids.
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The former Indian cricket team captain and the legendary batsman, Sachin Tendulkar has provided his voice to a song, dedicated to the Indian Prime Minister Modi's Swachh Bharat (the cleaner India) campaign.
The popular music director Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy has composed the song; lyrics are provided by Mukesh Bhatt, penned by Prasoon Joshi and sung by Shankar Mahadevan, Babul Supriyo and many other singers. The song was unveiled on 2nd October, the occasion of Gandhi Jayanthi.
While recording this song, Sachin reportedly provided his few suggestions as well. This is also confirmed by him on his official page, where he writes, "Lending my voice, support and more to#SwachhBharat, with@Shankar_Live, @Prasoon_Joshi, @SuPriyoBabul – Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt)".
Earlier, in a Facebook post also, the master blaster is seen in the recording studios with Shankar Mahadevan, Prasoon Joshi and Babul Supriyo.
Importantly, the celebrities across the diverse fields of art, cinema, sport, politics, etc. are pooled in to make the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan campaign a public movement, ever since the campaign was announced the previous year, also on the Gandhi Jayanti day.


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Biz Buzz: Airline cuts may not be felt here
US Airways staffing and flight reductions will not directly affect operations at San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport, officials there said.
The carrier plans to cut 1,000 jobs next year — including ramp service workers, pilots and flight attendants — and drop flights to such destinations as Colorado Springs, Colo., and Wichita, Kan. It is also trimming its Las Vegas flights.
But the cuts will not affect San Luis Obispo County customers because the company's move only pertains to US Airways' main service lines, which flies larger jets. Mesa Air Group, which operates the smaller regional jets and turbo prop aircraft, is the regional carrier for US Airways at San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport.
"I spoke with our (Mesa) station manager last week, and he didn't mention anything about cutbacks or reductions in service,'' said Richard Howell, airport general manager.
Mesa Airlines already has a lean staff of about 15 to 20 people in San Luis Obispo, and many work part-time, airport spokesman Craig Piper said. The carrier operates three flights six days a week and two flights on a seventh day.
Mesa is accommodating more passengers than it has in the past, Piper said. Last month, the airline had 5,168 people board its planes, up from 2,703 in the same month last year. The carrier began offering more flights and increased the size of its aircraft to 86 passengers from 50.
Overall, passenger counts at San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport are down 10 percent from September last year. Airport officials have been working to encourage another airline to offer service and have applied to the U.S. Department of Transportation for a $500,000 grant that could be used as an incentive for an airline to move to the area.
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Central Coast Women's Network, Directory of Women in Business, has launched "Business Connection," a weekly, 60-minute online radio show that airs Mondays at 7 p.m. Hosted by Jacky Lopez, founder of the Central Coast Women's Network, the show is a blend of interviews and commentaries on topics ranging from social media and career transitions to marketing, entrepreneurship and finances. Each segment can be streamed live through a computer or telephone or downloaded to iTunes. Visit http:// blogtalkradio.com/businessconnection to listen and get more information.
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Fortunato "Chubby" Quinto
A Family Man to the Fullest
Born: Saturday, 5 September 1936 (Brooklyn, New York)
Passed: Sunday, 28 October 2012 (Staten Island, New York)
Fotunato "Chubby" Quinto—My grandma and mother have told us so many stories over the years about how amazing he was. Before he was a grandfather, he was a devoted and wonderful father. As the saying goes, "The best dads always get promoted to grandpas," and he was no exception. He loved his family unconditionally.
Ever since I could remember my grandpa has always been there to give us a good laugh, to care for us, to console us when needed, to spoil us all and most importantly to be our best friend. When we were kids every Halloween we would create a vegetable pumpkin with him and he would bring it into our classrooms on Halloween. This meant so much to us, he always made us feel special. He would work at night and babysit his grandchildren during the day and made sure we were never bored.
His creativity and imagination were second to none and I am happy to say it is the best trait I received from him. I loved to do projects with him whether it was coloring, painting or woodwork.
My grandpa was also known to joke around a lot. When he was in the rehabilitation center, he would ride around the halls in his wheel chair with the TV remote turning off all the other patients TVs or changing the channels.
While I miss him dearly, I am grateful for every single second I spent with him. I can look back fondly at him and realize how much of him is truly within me.
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Ann Quinto Taylor
My dad left us way too soon but we are blessed to have so many wonderful memories. Where do I begin?... He was very creative from helping us all with school projects to Mr Fix It when we owned homes to his imaginative play with his grandchildren. He was also quite the jokester and storyteller. My fondest memories aside from my wedding day and him being the special Papa to my girls are the Holidays. He'd be right there in the kitchen helping mom cook and bake. Crispella and struffola his favorites. We were able to mass produce because he concocted a motor to the pasta machine so the dough would be the perfect thinness and size. I'm proud to say my husband has taken on this role now. My dads legacy lives on in so many precious ways
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Susan Calfa (Niece)
There are so many stories and great memories, where to start??? Well, we all know he was a police officer...when we were kids, he was at our house often as he is my mother's only brother and our favorite Uncle, we used to play cops and robbers and run through the house...my grandma lived with us, his MOM, and she used to yell at him but it didn't matter, he did so many fun things with us. He was there for all of my siblings while we grew up, whether it was for support or we were in trouble, he was there.....going forward to me getting married and having new memories. Well, here is one more...My husband and I were building a workshop in the garage of the house we just purchased, and who better to help than Uncle chubby. so He and my husband were at it all day, hammering and measuring...at one point, my husband was holding a nail while Uncle was hammering, and he missed the nail but got Frank's finger instead and smashed his ring...they went crazy trying to figure out how to get the ring off, but somehow they did, while it was painful at the time, they laughed about it for years to come....just so many stories to tell I could be here all day with the fond memories...thank you Uncle. I love you!
2016-08-24 15:17:40
Ann Taylor
"A heck of s Santa too". Posted by Tommy Murray our old neighbor. My dad, for many years, played Santa for me and my siblings, neighborhood kids and his grandkids. Another warm and wonderful memory.
2016-08-25 03:56:28
Gabriell Lucchese
"Chubby" was my long-time good friend Justine's PopPop and anytime I came over and he was around, he made us crack up in laughter. I specifically remember a time he misheard something we said to him and insisted we said "cheese." Justine tried telling him we did not say cheese and he repeatedly said "cheese, cheese?!" This made us laugh so hard. He was a silly guy everytime I was in his presence. I know Justine loved him so much and continues to keep his spirit alive!
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Top of the agenda for the World Economic Forum is how governments can respond to the Arab uprising. Published in MEED, 14 October 2011
Violence flared up in the town of Al-Awamiyah in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province in early October when protesters took to the streets. The Interior Ministry was quick to blame an unnamed "foreign country" for instigating the protests, which lead to 11 security personnel and three bystanders being injured.
Riyadh was making a clear allusion to Iran, which it tends to blame for leading its Shia minority astray, although it provided no evidence to back up its assertion. Whatever the cause of the unrest, it was just the latest sign that Arab governments are still struggling to deal with dissent, some 10 months after the first stirrings of the uprising in Tunisia last December.
As policy-makers gather in Jordan on 21 October for the World Economic Forum, how to respond to the Arab uprisings will be top of the agenda. Across the region, governments have been handing out payments and other inducements in an attempt to keep their populations off the street. On the whole these appear to have been successful, with large protests restricted to just a few countries. But the high spending levels have put huge pressure on public finances almost everywhere, which will only increase over time.
State handouts in the Middle East
According to the World Bank, the measures announced by the Saudi government, which have included bonuses for state employees, 500,000 new homes being built and 60,000 extra jobs at the Interior Ministry, are equivalent to 25 per cent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP). The measures taken in Algeria, including public-sector pay rises and increased food subsidies, add up to 25 per cent of its GDP too.
Both countries have plentiful oil reserves to help pay for the largesse, but others without natural resources have also had to spend more. Jordan, for example, has announced measures amounting to 5 per cent of GDP, covering subsidies, pay rises and infrastructure spending.
This spending has had a positive impact on growth. The World Bank recently raised its 2011 GDP growth forecasts for the region, from the 3.6 per cent it predicted in May to 4.1 per cent, citing high government spending and increased oil revenues.
"Across the region what you've had is substantial new spending commitments, especially in Saudi Arabia, and economic growth is once again being fuelled by government spending," says Jarmo Kotilaine, chief economist at Jeddah-based National Commercial Bank. "In Saudi Arabia, the increased government spending is translating into projects, into construction activity, so there is a lot going on."
However, there has been a downside too. A consequence of all the handouts and the government jobs is that private companies now find it harder, if not impossible to compete with the state sector when it comes to hiring locals. In the process, the long-term aim of building diversified economies is significantly undermined, particularly in the Gulf.
"If you're looking at it from the point of view of regime security and survival, they've been very successful," says Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, research fellow at the UK's London School of Economics. "They've tried to accommodate and absorb the pressures that were generated around the region and they've succeeded in deflecting much of the unrest.
"But from the point of view of economic diversification, it's been a disaster. The creation of tens of thousands of new ministry jobs is exactly what they shouldn't be doing. The same goes for raising public sector pay, while leaving private sector pay untouched. These directly contradict the visions to reduce the role of the state in the economy and expand the role of the non-oil sector."
Middle East political reform
Where financial inducements do not look enough, political reforms have been offered up as well, although with the exception of Morocco, none will fundamentally alter the power structures. Parliaments have been promised greater power in Algeria, Egypt, Jordan and Oman. In the UAE, the size of the electorate for the Federal National Council was widened. In Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud has promised women the vote by 2015.
Such reforms are not always greeted warmly by voters. Bahrain's by-elections on 24 September were boycotted by Shia opposition parties, turnout was low for the UAE's election on the same day and Saudi Arabia's municipal elections five days later were largely ignored by the half of the population that could vote.
Despite the shortcomings, some observers say it is better than nothing. "It's very important that you start to get people used to this political process," says one Kuwait based political analyst. "It is something that people in the West take for granted, but it's really not something that is part of the social structure in this part of the world."
Alongside the limited political reforms has often come old-fashioned repression. That was most obvious in Bahrain in March, but authorities elsewhere have proved very sensitive to any suggestion of dissent too. In the UAE, for example, five people were arrested in April and are facing charges of, among other things, "opposing the government system and insulting the president, vice president and the crown prince of Abu Dhabi", according to a statement from the Attorney General Salim Saeed Kubaish.
Among the region's monarchies, there has also been some effort to defend their positions. Again, Bahrain is perhaps the most notable case with the entry of the GCC's Peninsula Shield force into the country in March. But the GCC has also offered membership talks to Jordan and, more surprisingly, Morocco. It appears doubtful whether full membership will actually happen, but in any case it is not an entirely selfless act. Jordan has what is generally viewed as the most professional army in the region outside Israel.
"They probably want to benefit from the human resources and the advanced security personnel that exist in Jordan, in order to solidify the security aspect within the GCC," says Ibrahim Saif, resident scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Centre in Beirut.
The effectiveness of all these responses remains open to question. On one basic level they have worked, in that no other regimes have been toppled outside the North African trio of Tunisia, Libya and Egypt. When MEED went to press, President Bashar al-Assad of Syria and President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Yemen were both still clinging on to power, but protests elsewhere have largely died away.
Even in those countries where the leader has been ousted, however, it is not always clear whether the regime has changed or just the figurehead. The continued delays in the political process in Egypt in particular has led some to fear the military there are intent on retaining a great deal of influence.
In countries where the balance of power has not changed, the risk of upheaval has not gone away entirely, as the grievances that lay behind the protests remain in place. Most countries have large, young populations with limited hopes of finding rewarding employment and they have unrepresentative and autocratic governments.
In that sense, the mix of higher spending and limited political reforms that most governments have offered would seem, at least, to partly address the issues at hand. However, many of the governments' expenditure plans are not sustainable. Perhaps only Qatar can truly afford the extra spending commitments in the longer term; even other oil rich countries such as Saudi Arabia may not.
In July, Saudi bank Jadwa Investments issued a research note saying that, even with a projected slowdown in the growth of state spending, Riyadh will need an oil price of more than $320 a barrel in 2030 to balance its budget.
In addition, the government will have to run budget deficits from 2014, which will become substantial by the 2020s. "Preventing this outcome requires tough policy reforms in areas such as domestic pricing of energy and taxation," the bank said.
Underlying issues
It is also far from clear that the political reforms will be meaningful enough to meet people's expectations.
"The problems that generated the protests – people's feeling of economic helplessness, frustration at corruption, and governments they felt were completely unresponsive to everyday needs – they're present throughout the region," says Coates Ulrichsen. "The reforms do nothing to change the balance of political power.
"They can probably get away with [higher spending] for a few more years, particularly if oil prices remain high, but in the longer term its going to be fiscally unsustainable. It's going to be extremely hard to roll back these measures, especially in times of unrest, so it's just going to lock in government spending at incrementally higher levels. That just increases the eventual cost of coming to a reckoning."
While Arab governments appear to have hit on a short-term formula to deal with the pressures of the unrest, they may yet find they have merely bought more time. In the longer term, most will have to find real alternatives.


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Cover illustration created for Weiping Wang and the Kohane Lab at Boston Children's Hospital for their paper Efficient Triplet–Triplet Annihilation-Based Upconversion for Nanoparticle Phototargeting.
The article and cover art appear in the October 2015 issue of Nano Letters.
The illustration depicts a nanoparticle in the bloodstream being hit with a beam of green light; this initiates a transfer of energy that ultimately causes pegylated ligands to unfold from the core of the nanoparticle and extend from the surface, where they can bind to integrins on the blood vessel wall.
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Time of Space
Time of Space presents sculptor Antero Toikka's production from 1990s to present day. The book has been published concurrently with Toikka's exhibition Vision 2015, that is exhibited at Art Museum Gösta and its park during summer 2015. Foreword of the book has been written by art collector and lyricist Vexi Salmi. Art museum Director Emeritus Markku Valkonen has contributed an article. The editors of the book are Antero Toikka and Jussi Tiainen, who has also taken most of the photographs of the publication.
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De-Boarding, Delays, Decisions and Doubt: The Four D's of the Day
This morning was a brutal one. I went to bed at midnight, slept for a couple hours because I was anxious, and then left at 4AM to catch a flight. We boarded seamlessly, kicked back from the jet bridge and were on our way.
Then a sensor was dirty, so we turned around. The pilot anticipated a quick conversation with the maintenance team. Then he expected a fifteen minute delay to lube it (don't ask, I don't know either, other than that they used the exact word 'lube').
After two hours on the plane, they de-boarded us.
A line formed, so I decided to stand in it. What I was waiting for, I was truly not sure. But I followed the crowd. Then a gatekeeper told me to call the airline's customer service line to rebook my flight if I wanted to.
I didn't know if I wanted to. I didn't know how long our flight would be inoperable, but I thought if I called at least we could talk through it.
So I dialed and go a hold of a woman who faked a "ooooh no," and told me that she could snag me a seat on the 10AM flight. Then she placed me on hold. Once she came back, she told me that if I took the 10AM seat, I'd lose my current flight's seat.
"In your professional opinion, what should I do?" I ask the customer service representative.
"You're the one in the airport" was her unhelpful response.
I could feel the tears welling up in my throat. I was going to be livid if I gave up my seat on this plane and it took off soon thereafter (bear in mind, it was 7:45AM so the 10AM flight was still a long way off). But I was going to be mad at myself if I passed up a good seat out and this plane never took off.
I didn't know what to do. Then the woman told me it was the last seat and I needed to take it or not. She said something mildly convincing like, "Well, they haven't updated your time yet which means they're unsure," so with that vague utterance, I took the 10AM seat.
I was wracked with anxiety. I'm talking full stress sweat levels of anxiety. What did I just do? Was it right? How do I know that it's right? Should I just walk away so I never find out if I'm right or not?
I finished my complimentary snack (you know it's bad when they wheel out the snack cart), and the captain came out. He got on the mic, and it was judgment time for my decision. I could barely hear him over my anxiety.
But then a rush of relief washed over me. The maintenance team needed a new part, which they needed to order, so they couldn't fly the original plane today. And the plane they were using to replace it didn't get in until 2PM.
I gave a passenger next to me a fist bump in excitement. I actually almost cried happy tears (one of five or so times I thought I might cry today, but the only time out of sleep-deprived joy).
I had made the right call.
How do you ever know if you're making the right decision in the moment?
I mean truly, how do you ever know without being able to look in hindsight and judge your judgement call? Something right could feel wrong and vice versa. You might weigh all the facts and emotions, but still make the wrong choice. Or you might do what you think is right, but it's really wrong.
We operate every day living in our own perspective and our own version of reality. I fully recognize we don't live in a black and white world, but that there is a lot of grey area with color and contrast to every choice we make. But what do you decide when both options seem plausible? What do you do when something you know to be right starts to feel less right?
The older I've gotten, the more I realize that unfortunately decisions that you wish were simple are riddled with doubts, mostly because with maturity comes understanding the nuances and repercussions of every choice. Lots of big choices can't be quantified as entirely right or entirely wrong, nor will you really know if it was the best choice until after you make it. All you can do is weigh everything you know and make the best decision you can in the moment and know that sometimes you'll win and sometimes you'll lose. For the entire Richmond International Airport, I am thankful I won today or else people would have witnessed a grown woman ugly crying in a corner.


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Get All the Scoop on Bethenny Frankel's New Hamptons Home (UPDATED)
Is The Real Housewives of New York City mogul on the move?
UPDATE (May 24, 2018, 12:32 P.M.): Whatever your thoughts about what side of the highway it's placed on, Bethenny's buzzy Hamptons home can now be yours for $2.995 million, according to Trulia. Check out some photos of the posh pad, below.
The original story continues below.
Bethenny Frankel's real estate empire is expanding. The Real Housewives of New York City mogul recently purchased a home in the Hamptons, according to the New York Post. And, not that we're surprised, but it sounds simply lovely.
According to the publication, the home is a former bed-and-breakfast known as the the Morning Glory House (we mean, that name alone is enough to make us swoon!) and it was built in 1910. It's 4,239 square feet and includes seven bedrooms and five-and-a-half bathrooms. The home's other features include a hand-carved staircase, hardwood floors, a formal entry, and a gym. There's also a pool surrounded by a bluestone patio for you hang out on while you waste those warm summer days, if that's something you're into. And to add to the charm of the shingle-style home is a wrap-around covered porch.
As fans already know, Bethenny has another home in the area and her rep tells the publication that she "bought this one as an investment property."
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Jack Casady's Bass, July 1972
Jack Casady's bass, from the July 1972 issue of Guitar Player.
Jack Casady's bass, from the July 1972 issue of Guitar Player.
When Epiphone and Jack Casady first released Jack's signature bass in 1997, it was the culmination of years of experimentation by the innovative bassist to create an instrument that had superb electric tone but also had the response of an acoustic bass.
Ed Friedland introduces the Epiphone Jack Casady Signature Bass in Alpine White.
By Chris JisiContinuing a tradition started in 1998 that has since honored twenty top bassists, BASS PLAYER will present its Lifetime Achievement Award to Jack Casady at BASS PLAYER LIVE on October 22 and 23 in Los Angeles. Following the
We thought it was high time to look back at Casady's low-end legacy with our picks for his top ten bass performances over the years.
Novation's popular 20-year-old Bass Station gets an update with the Bass Station II, an all-analog redesign equipped with two filters, two oscillators, a sub-obscillator, patch-save capability, onboard modulation, an arpeggiator, and analog effects.
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I've got to say after two weekends of mini sessions- they are my new favorite thing! It is so very fun to meet a family for the first time and get to know them a little in 20 minutes time and capture such fun images! By the end it feels like I've known them longer than 20 minutes and I LOVE it!
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Enzymotec to Report Second Quarter 2017 Financial Results
MIGDAL HA'EMEQ, Israel, July 26, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Enzymotec Ltd. (NASDAQ:ENZY) ("Enzymotec" or the "Company"), a developer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative bio-active lipid ingredients and medical foods, announced today that the Company will release financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2017 on Wednesday, August 16, 2017, before the market opens. Following the release, Erez Israeli, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Oren Bryan, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will host a conference call to review the financial results.
The conference call is scheduled to begin at 8:30 am ET on Wednesday, August 16, 2017. Participants should dial +1 877-359-9508 (United States) or +1 224-357-2393 (International) with confirmation code #54908799 to access the live call. The call will also be broadcast live over the Internet, hosted in the Investors section of Enzymotec's website at http://edge.media-server.com/m/p/fsb2hqfy, and will be archived online within one hour of its completion.
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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE larger phases of our manufacturing de velopment practically coincides with those colors on a density-of-population map showing forty or more inhabitants to a square mile. Naturally we have not developed large manufacturing in areas that average a fewer number of persons. If we look at a map of our irrigation centers we may see today a large number of them scattered over the plateau 'region. But those dots repre sent only small areas of irrigated land. Perhaps we shall never see the irriga tion centers largelyincreased in number but many of the dots on the present maps will spread out into broad or long patches of color representing very im portant areas of reclaimed lands. RIVER VALLEYS AS LINES OF DEVELOPMENT River valleys have always facilitated the advance of man into the interior of the continents and for this reason the Nile, the Euphrates, the Ganges and other great rivers are spoken of as the creators of history. Exploration is usu ally retarded wherever physical obstacles make it very difficult to ascend the rivers, such as the rapids of the Mekong and the Congo; the latter river was known less than 200 miles from its mouth until Stanley launched his boats on the upper river and floated down the stream. Our rivers also have been the creators of his tory. Just as the Jesuit Fathers paddled their canoes up the St. Lawrence and the Ottawa, carried them across portages to rivers leading to the Great Lakes, followed up the western tributaries of Lake Michigan and finally pushed their little craft into the current of the Mis sissippi, so our forefathers used the rivers and lakes to push their hamlets and their farm lands inland ; and reach ing out on both sides of the waterways they found new opportunities for settle ment and enterprise. The old Dutch burghers lined the Hudson with their farms and villages. In the course of time the settlements spread farther and farther from the river edge. The pio neers, for example, pushed up on the great limestone plateau of the Catskills to see what they might find. They dis covered fine forests of hemlock and the day came when immigrants from Con necticut and other regions went to the Catskills for the primary purpose of using hemlock bark to turn into leather the hides produced by farmers. As the population of the valley steadily in creased it was certain that a town would rise at the head of navigation on the Hudson; for wherever an important amount of transshipment of freight be tween land and water is made there must be freight handlers, blacksmith shops, living accommodations, and fod der and shelter for animals ; a town is sure to rise at such a place and thus Albany and Troy were founded at the head of navigation. The valley of the Mohawk was discovered opening an easy route of penetration to the west. The gradually growing stream of immigrants pushed westward clearing farms and founding settlements along the Mo hawk ; following up a little tributary of the river some of them made their way into the forests of Fulton county where, finding plenty of deer, they began to dress buckskin and make gloves for which they found a ready market. The farmers' wives and daughters took up the industry in increasing numbers and finally skilled labor from Europe came over and taught better methods of glove making; so the industry grew until today we have Gloversville and the towns around it, the greatest centers of glove-making in the country. Entering the Onondaga valley from the Mohawk the pioneers found the salt springs of Syracuse, long the largest source of salt in the country; Oswego on lake Ontario is one of the oldest set tlements in New York because the early farmers found along the Oswego river a natural route of penetration from Syra- 182
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Black Friday Purchases/
I hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving! I wanted to take a minute to review some of my favorite Black Friday finds with you all. One of my favorite purchases from last year was this Halogen cashmere sweater and it's back on sale and a steal at $55. It comes in 15 colors and I'm wearing an xs. I also found this Rebecca Minkoff Regan satchel in the color "tawny" on sale, which is so close to my almond one. This is my "goes-with-everything" bag and fits my Macbook Air perfectly. I linked my sunglasses on sale, too!
I almost never met a feminine top I didn't like. I looooove this one from Topshop (the color is a bit more pink in person) and it's another steal at $30. I'm wearing a US 2.
This Madewell rolled turtleneck is maybe the softest I've ever worn. I love the neutral tone and how cozy it is. I'm actually wearing a medium because that's all they had in store, but I plan to order a small. I normally wear an xs, but I prefer the relaxed fit, so consider sizing up if you're the same. It's on sale for $52. I'm also obsessed with these Current/Elliott Stiletto jeans. I've never worn this brand, but they're SO comfy and I love the distress. I'm wearing my normal size. They run a little big through the waist (at least on me), but they fit so well otherwise, so I can deal or wear a belt. :)
Next purchase was this Forever21 faux suede jacket in olive—only $25, so I grabbed it in black too. (oops) It looks more like grey here, but it's definitely a soft olive and I really love it. I'm wearing a small.
I actually bought this BlankNYC faux leather moto this past spring and it's now back in stock and on major sale—$51! It's one of my favorite brands for faux leather and I always wear an xs in their outerwear. I have this jacket in black too and love it, but I like the grey for a bit of a changeup and how it feels lighter for wear for every season. BlankNYC is also always my go-to for nights out.
Finally, I got TWO new pairs of boots. I didn't get a picture quite yet, but I grabbed this perfect pair of Franco Sarto block heel ankle boots with the cutest buckle detail. I love them a lot, but what I'm really, REALLY excited about is these Steve Madden over-the-knee boots. I have the hardest time ever finding tall boots that are fitted through the legs without any sort of bunching and gapping. I didn't want to spend $800 on the Stuart Weiztman Lowland, but I love these as a dupe. Sorry for the poor pic and showing them against black denim, but they're definitely the sleekest I've found and are a great price—just $96!
Oh and then I bought two Rebecca Minkoff bags from Shopbop that I've been needing and wanting—a crossbody in almond and one in mushroom. My go-to, goes-with-everything favorite styles!
Feel free to check out the rest of my Black Friday Sale roundup! x Tyler


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3 star hotel Best Western Hotel Continental
- Best Western Hotel Continental
- Viale Innocenzo XI, 15
- 22100 Como
- Italy
- Latitude:
- 45.80821990966797
- Longitude:
- 9.07661819458008
The Best Western Continental is a modern hotel with an efficient service, a refined restaurant and large conference rooms. The hotel is located near the wonderful lake, where you can practise outdoor sports such as: horse riding, tennis or fishing.
The Best Western Hotel Continental is located only 5 min. from the railway station, from the city centre and from the splendid lake.
The Hotel has a restaurant, bar, a car park, internet connection and conference rooms that can host up to 200 people.
Near the Hotel you can go fishing, horse riding or play tennis.
Rooms are comfortable and modern and all with a satellite TV, Safety box, fax/modem connection.
The Hotel restaurant offers delicious fish or meat based dishes.
Facilities of Best Western Hotel Continental
- General
- 24-Hour Front Desk, Bar, Non-Smoking Rooms, Pets Allowed, Restaurant, Rooms/Facilities for Disabled Guests
- Services
- Breakfast in the Room, Meeting/Banquet Facilities, Room Service
Are you the owner of this facility? Do you represent this hotel? Learn more about our additional services
These comments and evaluations about Best Western Hotel Continental were made directly by our customers which have booked through Traveleurope. Scores are based on a 1 (poor) to 10 (excellent) rating system.
All Traveleurope's customer which have booked their accommodation through Traveleurope and have stayed in the hotel, receive a questionnaire at check out, which allows them to send their opinions concerning accuracy and correctness of information provided by Traveleurope on accommodation facilities. Traveleurope publishes only reviews of identified users, who take the sole responsibility for the content of information provided. For this reason Traveleurope does not assume any responsibility concerning correctness, truthfulness, effectiveness, quality, exactness, completeness, reliability or credibility of the information provided by the users.
Best Western Hotel Continental Be nice to be able to get tea/coffee form the bar area afternoon/evening
- Young couple
- Anonymous, United Kingdom
- August 2009
Best Western Hotel Continental just average
- Senior couple
- Anonymous, Australia
- June 2009
Best Western Hotel Continental The cleaning staff were very friendly. I found that the people at the front desk were very unhelpful. When you asked them a question, it was as if it was a huge effort to give a reply. They didn't explain how the key card activates the lights in the room. There was a coffee bar in the lobby that is supposed to serve guests 24 hours a day and no one was ever there. When I asked the front desk for help they couldn't be bothered. The meal I had from the restuarant for supper was wonderful and the service then was very good.
- Solo traveller
- Anonymous, South Africa
- February 2009
Best Western Hotel Continental No shower - big negative. Great breakfast included.
- Group
- Anonymous, Canada
- October 2008
Best Western Hotel Continental thank you for a fantastic stay -shame about the weather!!also thank you for your hospitality especially the gentleman on reception with glasses who was first class with his information and kindness thanks again james hall england
- Solo traveller
- , United Kingdom
- April 2008
Best Western Hotel Continental Super clean, well located and close to the train station and the old town. Friendly and helpful staff. Good variety for breakfast.
- Group
- October 2007
Best Western Hotel Continental perfect
- Young couple
- , Egypt
- September 2007
Best Western Hotel Continental Was disappointed by the location on a busy road away from the main town centre. Decor was dated and dingy. A kettle in the room would have been appreciated.
- Traveller
- Anonymous, United Kingdom
- July 2007
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The Best Western Hotel Continental is centrally located and "easy to reach". It is near one the most beautiful lakes because of its lush vegetation and picturesque villages, some of which date back from to the Middle Ages.
The Best Western Hotel Continental is centrally located and "easy to reach". It is near one the most beautiful lakes because of its lush vegetation and picturesque villages, some of which date back from to the Middle Ages.
Travel information
- Milano Malpensa, 50 km.
- Milano Linate, 68 km.
- Bergamo Orio al Serio, 90 km.
Highways: A9 Lainate-Como-Chiasso, exit Como Sud, 4 km.
Railway station: Como, 200 m.
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Ask The Rabbi – 09/01/2014
Dear Rabbi,
What is the situation with walking a dog on Shabbat?
We recently acquired one as it makes for good company, but my husband insists I cannot walk it, nor even touch it on Shabbat. However my good friend, equally as religious as we are, walks her dog all the time.
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Her husband seems to have no problem with it. Is my husband being unnecessarily stringent or has my friend's husband got it wrong? I need sources to convince him, please.
Dear Miriam,
Your husband isn't being unnecessarily stringent. He may, in fact, be necessarily ignorant.
The Talmud says it is forbidden to move animals on Shabbat. In practical terms, animals are like other inanimate objects that you have no use for on Shabbat and as such they are forbidden to you. This ruling is cited in Jewish law (O.C. 308:39) and many codifiers make no distinction between farm animals and household pets.
Some codifiers (Shulchan Oruch HaRav 308:78; Kaf HaChaim 308:235) expressly include "playful animals" in this prohibition. There are, however, others who distinguish between farm animals and household pets (Igrot Moshe, Orach Chaim vol. 5, responsa 22).
In their opinion, a pet is considered more like a household item, similar to a toy or a picture that you might want to move on Shabbat and is therefore not prohibited. Even as many might want to rely on the stricter opinion, nonetheless if the pet is in dis- tress one may certainly move it or carry it. Furthermore, even the stricter opinion that forbids moving the animal will permit touching it (petting it) and certainly to feed one's own pet on Shabbat – indeed even before you feed yourself.
Here's where your husband is wrong. Jewish law (Mishnah Berurah 305:70) is clear that it is permitted to hold onto a leash and walk a dog in an area enclosed by an eruv. Furthermore, it is, under certain conditions, permitted to take a dog on a leash on Shabbat, even in an area that is not enclosed. (O.C. 305:16; Aruch HaShulchan; Shulchan Aruch Harav Orach Chaim 305:19.).
The leash must be held at the very end of it, and should not be wrapped around your hand or dangling from your hand, as it is considered carrying the portion that is dangling or wrapped. It must be clear that you are walking an animal, not carrying a leash.
The pet must therefore remain close to you at all times, and the length of the leash should remain taut; never sagging within a handbreadth of the ground, and no more than a handbreadth of extra leash should dangle from your hand. So, all things considered, take Buster for a walk on Shabbat if so required. Oh, and if you were to consider putting your husband on a tight leash, the same rules would apply.[divider]
Dear Rabbi,
My grandson is becoming barmitzvah in a year. As his grandfather, I was hoping to teach him his portion just as I did my other grandchildren, but his parents are insisting they are not having him do more than the standard Maftir and Haftorah.
I would like to impress upon them the importance of doing more and thought maybe you can refer me to chap- ter and verse where it says the boy should do his whole portion.
Dear Conrad,
Don't get me started – I have a real bee in my bonnet on this one! So I went through the entire four volumes of Jewish Law and all of the Tanach, and would you believe it? I didn't find any reference to a barmitzvah boy needing to do his whole portion.
I'm now halfway through the Talmud, but I am guessing I will get a similar result. Then I looked into that rare fifth volume of Jewish Law, otherwise known as the Book of Common Sense.
Not every barmitzvah boy is the same. Some are more capable than others. Inasmuch as it makes little sense to remortgage the house to put on a barmitzvah party as lavish as the Cohens, it makes equally little sense to submit a child to undue pressure just because that is what the Cohens did the previous week.
Don't get me wrong. I am sure you have your grandson's best interests at heart. But I am also fairly certain you have your own interests at heart as well. After all, you taught your other grandchildren and it would be nice having another notch on your belt. Sometimes family and barmitzvah teachers are more concerned about their image, such that they will push the boy too much, regardless of how many mistakes he might make on the day – so long as it is not too noticeable.
Better he should do half the job flawlessly than the whole thing, but with those mistakes. And don't get me started about those teachers who stand right next to the boy on the big day, hear the mistakes but let them ride, hoping no one else will have noticed either. And having the boy corrected too many times, is, in my opinion, worse for his confidence than having him read the whole book!
Becoming barmitzvah means reaching a certain age of spiritual maturity marked in particular through a call-up to the Torah.
Everything else is already optional extra. Deal with it!
There, the bee is out. I am feeling so much better already.[divider]
Read Rabbi Schochet's blog at shul.co.uk/rabbi.
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September is one of the busiest birthday months. I celebrate my mom's birthday, my best friend, Jenny's, AJ's, Natalie's, and Cammy's. And let's not forget important blog birthdays - This Food is My JAM celebrates its 1st birthday, reaching 10,000 hits in under a year! We have had far more readers than I could have imagined, so thank you to everyone who continues to read. I would also like to give a shout out to my friends of Matzo and Rice who recently just celebrated their 1st birthday as well!
Being on the West Coast for the first september meant that I couldn't be there in person for everyone's bday. But luckily I was able to celebrate AJ's birthday during our first year living together! We had some friends over for a dinner party. I served a menu using mostly local and organic produce, per the birthday boy's request.
Mint chocolate chip ice cream Chocolate cupcakes with chocolate ganache.
Caprese salad, paninis, asparagus, watermelon, sweet corn, guacamole, salsa, and chips.
This meal was an amalgamation of fresh ingredients -which was great because it meant I didn't have to do much to make this meal tasty. For starters I made homemade salsa, guacamole, and chips. Chips and salsa are always crowd pleasers. AJ and I also made two great sangria - a risesling/pinot grigio with citrus, peaches and apples, and a cabernet sauvignon with raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, and apples. We added a touch of vodka, and sugar, which made the fruit quite potent (Note: the key to good sangria is to let it sit overnight.)
The remnants of our dinner.
For dinner I served sweet corn on the cob, asparagus with lemon juice, watermelon with mint, and roasted red pepper, portabello, and zucchini paninis with goat cheese and pesto. We took our plates and ate outside. It was a great way to savor the last warm summer nights.
Even the boys love Sangria.
For dessert I made Georgetown cupcakes' chocolate cupcakes. I froze them and then topped them with mint chocolate chip ice cream and chocolate ganache. They were amazingly messy and amazingly delicious. I need to figure out the timing for defrosting the ice cream, these were a little melty. But I don't think I heard any complaints. :)


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If You Tell Me, I Can Fly! (Female Edition)
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SYNOPSIS: If You Tell Me, I Can Fly By Sharon Thayer
With stunning illustrations and Sharon Thayer's subtle metaphors and inspirational conclusion, If You Tell Me, I Can Fly! is the perfect gift for anyone starting a new phase in their life. From small steps to giant leaps, the dream within takes flight with one simple, yet powerful message "You can fly!" Who do you need to tell?
Honored with seven state, national, and international awards this book has inspired reviews such as, "Some stories give roots, some give wings – this story gives both." and "If we could give everyone this message, what power they would have to become whatever they dream." Age 8 – adult.
If You Tell Me, I Can Fly! Book Awards
USA Best Book Award ● Moonbeam Children's Book Award ● Eric Hoffer Award Finalist ● Four EVVY Awards from Colorado Independent Publishers Association
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"This book made me think about the people in my life who helped me believe that I could fly. It made me realize there are people I need to tell. Thank you for a perfectly lovely gift!" – Lynn C. Single Mother/Accountant
"One has to wonder, how would our lives have been different if someone had told us that we could fly!" – Margaret A. Retired
"Such a beautiful book to send inspiration during times when a loved one is standing on the brink of change: graduation, new career, parenthood, or heading into countless other frontiers." – Christian Y. Mother/ Librarian
"If we could give all children this message, what power they would have to become whatever they dream." – Betsy R. Third grade teacher
"Beautiful, absolutely beautiful, with a message that softly flows from the pages into your heart." – Beatrice P. Grandmother
"This book, with its encouraging words and true-to-life illustrations, touched my heart at such a deep level! Sharon knows, and put words to the importance of giving encouragement to persons of all ages. At 83 years of age it took me back to the child inside that longs to be encouraged and reminded that I can indeed still fly." – Darce M.
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If you have lived in our area very long, chances are pretty good that you've seen one or more lenticular clouds form above Mt. Rainier. Sometimes mistaken for UFO's or the cover for UFO's, they are unique and quite impressive. During my research about the town of Orting, I ran across this photo taken from the Orting area in 1978. Neat picture.
Photo courtesy of Northern Pacific Railway Scenes, Stephen Thompson photographer, circa 1978
If any readers of this blog have photos of lenticular clouds that they would be willing to share with us, please let me know.


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Suggestions To Choose a Bridal Makeup Artist3568887
The wedding is the most important occasion of your life. So missing out, anything can make you really feel bad. Plus, it's your large day, so every thing has to be perfect. Even when you are talking about the makeup, it should be ideal too. This is because there will be several photos and a bad makeup can ruin them. So, it is best you employ a expert bridal makeup artist who has sound encounter in providing good work throughout the wedding season. But discovering a proper makeup artist is not simple. You require to take particular issues into consideration. Keep reading this article to find out what they are.
Search for the Artist Earlier
Make certain you book your makeup artist at the earliest feasible. This will assist you to discover the correct artist and avoid final moment rushes when you may land up booking the incorrect individual for the job.
Go For a Trial
Maybe you have come across a particular kind of makeup at a party. You want that for you also. But right here one factor that you should keep in mind is that makeup differs from individual to person. You need to find the correct one out. If you are having enough time left, you can ask your bridal makeup artist for a makeup trial.
Go For a Makeup Consultation
The dress is absolutely important. Whether it is your lehenga or a saree, the makeup has to be in maintaining with it. Numerous of the makeup artists provide pre-wedding consultation. We advise you ought to go for that in spite of them being a little pricey. Throughout the consultation, you would be advised what do's and Don'ts are there that you require to follow. This will make certain that your skin appears completely perfect on that big day.
Tell Them What You Want
Tell your artist what kind of makeup you want to have. Most prefer to go all-natural and apply nude makeup tricks so that the makeup does not look as well much. If you have planned a destination wedding, you can get choose to have a spray tan. Make sure you do that early so that the tan sets in nicely on your skin.
Pack an Emergency Makeup Kit
In the end, the bridal makeup artist would definitely leave. But you should make certain that they help you out with an emergency makeup kit. This would make certain that when your makeup is a slightly out of order, you can touch up and acquire the right look.


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How much do you cost?
Please go to our contact us page and fill in your details. We will then ask you to fill out a form and will be in contact soon after with a quote or advice on options available for your event.
Do you require a deposit?
Yes, we require a 25% deposit on confirmation. The remaining is to be paid 2 days prior to your event.
What will you wear?
We will dress to suit the event. From smart/casual - formal. This will be indicated in the form you will fill out for us.
Do you travel to Perth?
Yes, we are happy to travel to Perth with a travel fee we will quote you.
Do you take song requests for weddings?
Yes, we can learn up to 2 of your favourite songs for your wedding ceremony -the entrance, signing of register or the first dance. Extra songs to be learnt may incur a fee.
Do you offer an MC service for weddings?
No, we are purely music.