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Wildfires have been spreading around the globe during the past few months. This map shows how many wildfires have been popping up on practically every continent. Forest fires do not only threaten peoples' lives and homes, they also destroy the forests and with them the benefits the forests provide for the earth, wildlife and mankind.
What is the difference between forest fires and wildfires?
A wildfire that occurs in a forest is also called a forest fire. Wildfires can also spread through deserts and would then be referred to as a desert fire. There are some forest fires that are set intentionally to clear wooded areas, but if the fire spreads uncontrollably it is then considered a wildfire.
What are the negative effects of forest fires?
Forest fires that enter residential areas can be fatal and can devastate entire communities. Wildfires that consume forested areas also destroy natural habitats for different wildlife species. In addition forests provide food for many populations around the world and they also provide clean air for us to breathe. Losing forested areas negatively affects air quality and it takes years to re-grow the forests and restore them to their full function.
Climate change can contribute to the increase of forest fires
A major contributor to forest fires is climate change. This may sound like it is out of our control, but people actually have a significant impact on climate change. By making greener choices in our daily lives we can help reduce our ecological footprint, which can help prevent additional climate change. Here are some tips for how you can help prevent climate change.
Arson and accidental forest fires
Some forest fires are started purposely by arsonists. This is a serious crime that can cause irreparable damage to the environment. People can also start fires unintentionally. When camping or hiking in the forest people can accidentally start forest fires if they do not take care of properly putting out their campfires. Everyone should follow these safety guidelines when making campfires.
Naturally occurring fires from lightning
Not all forest fires can be prevented. Lightning also starts some wildfires every year. During the summer months these types of forest fires can spread rapidly through dry brush and grass. Although we can't do much to prevent these types of forest fires firefighters still have to put them out in order to reduce the damage.
If forest fires continue to spread they will cause much damage to our planet. Help do your part by spreading forest fire awareness tips for campers. Also you can continue to support green living that will reduce climate change and help prevent more forest fires.
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Schmidtea polychroa
Schmidtea polychroa is a species of freshwater flatworm, a dugesiid triclad that inhabits the shallow mesotrophic or eutrophic waters of rivers and lakes of Europe. It is also present in North America, where it has been introduced at least in the Saint Lawrence river system.[1][2] It is an animal with a limited dispersion capability.[3]
Individuals of this species search for food actively; they feed mainly on small invertebrates.[4] They prey preferably on oligochaetes, and also on gastropods.[1]
They are hermaphroditic. Schmidtea polychroa produces cocoons in water temperatures between 10 and 23 °C.[5]
- ^ a b Boddington, M. J.; Mettrick, D. F. (1974). "The distribution, abundance, feeding habits, and population biology of the immigrant triclad Dugesia polychroa (Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria) in Toronto Harbour, Canada". Journal of Animal Ecology 43 (3): 681–699. doi:10.2307/3531.
- ^ Kenk, R. (1989). Revised list of the North American freshwater Planarians (Platyhelminthes. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 476, 1-10.
- ^ Pongratz, N.; Gerace, L.; Michiels, N. K. (2002). "Genetic differentiation within and between populations of a hermaphroditic freshwater planarian". Heredity 89 (1): 64–69. doi:10.1038/sj.hdy.6800102. PMID 12080371.
- ^ Calow, P.; Davidson, A. F.; Woollhead, A. S. (1981). "Life-cycle and feeding strategies of freshwater triclads: A synthesis". Journal of Zoology 193 (2): 215–237. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1981.tb03441.x.
- ^ Reynoldson, T. B.; Young, J. O.; Taylor, M. C. (1965). "The Effect of Temperature on the Life-Cycle of Four Species of Lake-Dwelling Triclads". Journal of Animal Ecology 34 (1): 23–43. doi:10.2307/2367.


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It isn't a Fashion Show
I can't emphasize this enough. Your heels can stay home. It is best to trade in your stilettos for comfy sneakers or flip flops. Dress in layers. Some of these shows can start early. I got to Brimfield one year at 6:30 am and the Ralph Lauren crew had already loaded their truck with great finds. So, have your sweatshirts and jackets, wear them layered over a long sleeve top and tank. It can get hot on open fields in the sun. Last time we went to Brimfield it was 96 degrees in September (quite warm for Massachusetts).
Many people take cards now, but if you want to get a deal, or plan on negotiating, then you need to have cash in your wallet. You can often get a better price with cash.
Let's Make a Deal
If I think a price is already fair then I don't try to negotiate down. I know people do but if I already feel like I'm getting a great deal then I don't nickle and dime. However, if I'm buying many items from one booth I might say, "If I get this, this and this could you do me a better deal?" Other ways of phrasing a negotiation which aren't offensive to the dealer or you are:
"What's the best you could do?"
"Is this price firm?"
"Could you take $10 off?" (provided the item isn't only $10)
"I'm interested in this piece, but the price is a little higher than I wanted to spend. Is there any wiggle room?"
"Wow! Your booth is so expensive."
"Why, would I pay $200 for THAT."
Don't gush over something that you're trying to get a deal on.
Most dealers want to sell their wares and will make a deal with you, they usually will give 10 percent off but might give you more off if they don't want to bring their items back home with them. Also, don't give away the fact that you love everything, and that the prices seem fair, there is almost always some wiggle room. Great deals can happen at the end of the day or end of shows for that reason.
A Friend with a Truck
If you think you might find a piece of furniture, or even if you're not looking for one you might find one. That is what happens to me. My first Brimfield, I had our small SUV and found an awesome cupboard but it wouldn't fit in the car. Now, I always bring the truck! Just in case.
If you're looking for specific pieces of furniture or artwork, bring a list of measurements so you'll know if you find something that will fit your space. Also, bring a pocket tape measure so you can double check finds in the booth before you buy them.
I love how homes look styled with collections. I collect - old books (but just for looks, not antique value), blue and white china / pottery, ball jars, old bottles and shells. My husband will also tell you I collect furniture as I love to paint it. What do you collect? Antique Shows and yard sales are the perfect places to find these items for your collections. If you don't already collect, these are great places to find things to start.
It is a good idea to bring a small cart or large reusable bags if you find any great treasures. It can be a long day if you're trying to juggle everything. Ikea makes a great little cart and the Ikea shopping bag is a great large bag to bring to fit all your items. Make sure dealers wrap your breakables if possible. For larger items they sometimes let you pull your truck up to load. It is good idea to have blankets in your car to wrap furniture.
Bring a Friend
It is always more fun to go on the hunt with a friend. I usually bring my husband, kids or my mom. Sometimes it can be hard with the kids, for a day long show like Brimfield, because they are done looking before I even get started, but I love looking with my mom and husband. It is nice to have second pair of eyes and also a second opinion. For example, that soda sign might look amazing on the field but it is way too big for your living room wall.
Upcycled Style
I'm constantly making over furniture with furniture stains and paint. I often look past the current finish on furniture, but focus on if it is well made and has good bones. I try to envision how it will look AFTER. Keep an open mind when you're looking, items can get upcycled - crates can become side tables, doors can become tabletops or headboards, jugs or clam baskets turned into industrial looking lights, old work trolleys into tables…. Well, you get the idea! You can see I used a barn door as a headboard in the bedroom I created with Habitat for Humanity.


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Wedding ceremonies are always very special for all women. It is not one of a laborious task to find a right wedding hairstyle to match your personality and beautiful wedding dress.
We personally think choosing the right hairstyle is as important as selecting dress, shoes and other accessories. An attractive hairstyle is very important as it reflects on your overall personality and sets you apart from rest of the crowd.
A decent woman hairstyle should be comfortable and easy to wear, should not only match your personality, but also heighten your natural features.
As far as weddings are concerned, spring is without a doubt a wedding season. There are endless combinations and hairstyles that women can try according to the occasion i.e.,updo, loose hairstyle, a half-up do or curls.
Braided hairstyles are ideal for attending close relatives or even your own wedding day. Braided crown with loose strands to frame the face or alternatively, if you don't want your hair to have too much of a princess's look than keep the texture straight with few natural waves.
Windswept hairstyles are important in providing romantic, soft and classy look. Windswept hairstyle also falls under frowzy look category and it is very trendy in young women these days. Hair accessories like headbands, flowers significantly improves overall appearance and look.
Wavy hairstyles for wedding are also very common in women throughout the globe. Updos styled with loose waves are a definite way of giving your hair that extra romantic edge. Another reliable option of wearing your hair half-up or down, messy & rough waves provide simple yet elegant look.
The Real You: If you are preparing for a close relative or even your own wedding, don't go over the board. Try to go for hairstyles that defines grace and avoid opting for complicated hairstyle options as you don't want to be surprising people with something horribly different.
If you are planning to get special hair treatments i.e., perm or hair coloring. Do it well ahead of time at least a month ago in case so they look natural before attending wedding.
Get Help: Engage and get feedback from various people including friends.
Extra Care: If you are planning to get your hair done exclusively on your wedding day, avoid doing it too tightly and early. It can possibly hurt scalp and lead to headache.
Neat Look: Try getting hair trimming at least few weeks prior to wedding in order to get rid of split ends.
Neat Look: Try getting hair trimming at least few weeks prior to wedding in order to get rid of split ends.
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The Colorful Influence of Artistic Endeavors on a Child`s Development
A happy child, drawing, coloring, spreading joy and color is something unique, pure and spectacular. One`s imagination materialized on paper spreads joy and happiness whilst indirectly encouraging the development of the child, a powerful tool in a parent's arsenal, a colorful way to connect and bond with the little one. Thousands of things to draw can be found online ready to be drawn, colored yet the true emotion lies in artistic endeavors born from creativity, incentive, emotion, every line drawn and every character colored bring the little one closer to something meaningful.
Art and its artistic endeavors constituted the backbone of our civilization across centuries through its actions and expression and in the following rows we will showcase how this immense artistic influence can emphasize the development of the little one through doodling, sketching and drawing.
18 months is the average time on which the toddler starts to move the pencil around, to materialize the unknown on a piece of paper with color and joy. This is a simple process yet at this young age the process greatly emphasizes the development of the little one as the coordonation between figer, wrist and hand is fine tuned through exercise. Through color and drawing the child will get full controll over his hand, the simple process also encourange ssocial interaction and improves cognitive skills.
Colors, line and dots will soon be connected and the progress will always become more important than the destination, encourage every action, draw with the little ones and be there for them.
Indentifying and Using Shapes
A child of only two-three years will soon be able to indenitify primitive shapes such as squares, circles and triangles and these will soon be utilized in attempts to resemble our reality in simple compositions, what Kellog has titled as "aggregates", drawing formations constructed out of primitive shapes.
The use of aggregates is one of the first pure incetives of resembling our reality, the first connection that our little one attempts to make between drawing and reality and one of the most common representations of such an intent is the drawing of the entire family, lined up, constructed with simple lines, circles and triangles, a soon to be family heirloom, an intitiative to be encouraged and supported.
Using Conceptualization
The real world starts to raise the interest of a child around the age of three and four and at this point the little one filters common, iconic elements to color and draw: people, homes, trees and birds will soon sit by a smiling sun and angry clouds and thanks to this association the childhood takes a grasp on conceptualization, simplificationn, an important skill for the natural growth of the child.
Materializing the reality
At the age of 8 nature brings forward the concrete operational thought process, an impressive incentive that attempts to depict the reality in a realistic manner, at this point one`s imagination is haulted in favor of realism. This is a highly complex artistic endeavor as perspective, porportions, materials and textures are brought into the picture and these raise additional challenges like detailing, lineweight, textures and shading.
Artistic endeavors are marathons in which the individual wins with every single step and in this journey support and encouragement is key, every action ought to be encouraged. Creativity, confidence and autonomy are skills that the individual earns as art become a more relevant part of his life, a corner in which he can find refuge, peace and calm.
We can all be artists yet the little ones are different, pure and limitess, their creativity and imagination should be nurtured and the following tips ought to help:
- No discouragement, no critic. The child has to redefine himself, his realm on a piece of a paper and through graphic expression and encouragement he`s surely on the right path yet every disapproval or critic damages and discourages the process. Discuss everything with your children; all artists love to talk about their work.
- Support every step. Be there for the little one, encourage every act, draw with him and be ready to open new opportunities with multiple forms of expression like painting or coloring templates.
- Be prepared. Children have no schedule and you ought to be prepared for random coloring times whether it's while riding the train or in park, waiting for the slide to free up. A set of coloring pencils and paper should be by your side at all times.
How do you see coloring and drawing? What is your take on these forms of expression and their influence on a young mind? We would love to hear your opinion on the subject in the comment section.
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West End Leading Man George Rae joins creative team on YMT Boot Camp.
Youth Music Theatre UK has an unwavering reputation for creating the brightest new musical theatre projects and courses, led by trailblazing creative teams from West End, Fringe, Repertoire and Broadway theatre. And in the year of our 15th anniversary, this is no exception, especially in the case of our London Musical Theatre Boot Camp, taking place 13 – 18 August!
The YMT Musical Theatre Boot Camp comprises 60 hours of intensive tuition, rehearsals and masterclasses spread over a 6-day residential retreat, aimed to equip you with the unique skillset and knowledge needed to be competitive and to excel in the theatre industry. Whilst the course is beneficial for everyone, it is particularly beneficial for those interested in auditioning for drama school or conservatoire at undergraduate or postgraduate levels. During this course, George Rae will be running several workshops that especially focus on the skill of acting through song.
George has an impressive background performing in popular West End shows and tours including The Frogs, The Lion King, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Fame, A Slice of Saturday Night and The Mikado. Not only has he performed in many notable shows, but has actually received recognition for his roles. George gained three best actor award nominations for his portrayal of Otto Kringelein in Grand Hotel , received best supporting actor for his part in Noises Off, and was featured by Mark Shenton in his 'The Best Leading Men in UK Musical Theatre' list.
As an established performer, George's experiences will make the Boot Camp extremely valuable for those who participate. During the course, participants will have the opportunity to explore different approaches to making new music theatre and cross arts developments, including styles used in physical theatre, mask and Commedia dell'arte, as well as traditional musical theatre and performance techniques.
There is still an opportunity to BOOK ON to the London Musical Theatre Boot Camp to train under George and other creatives, but be sure to book soon as spaces are limited!
The show is A Teenage Opera and it has been nearly 50-years in the making
Last week was bursting with activity at Lyceum Theatre's Ambassador Lounge as YMT produced the first rehearsed reading of A Teenage Opera to an invited audience. This ground-breaking work began its life in Abbey Road Studios in 1967, when composer Mark Wirtz penned what was to become the first rock opera concept album.
YMT's Associate Producer, Matthew Johnson, talks to us about how it all went down
I packed the keyboard, music stands and amp into the back of an Uber.
"Where are we going?" asked my driver.
"To the Lyceum Theatre!"
This had been our office for the last week as we prepared our rehearsed reading. Our 20-strong cast had been given only four days to get a brand new musical off the page and in front of an invited audience of producers, agents and friends. The show is A Teenage Opera and it has been nearly 50-years in the making.
Michael Bradley, fresh from dilivering the musical direction for The Busted Musical: What I Go To School For, took the mixed cast of YMT Alumni and young people through a speedy vocal warm-up. Meanwhile, Writer/Director, Pete Gallagher, made a few last-minute adaptations to his inspired new script.
Barely a few months earlier, Pete had come to YMT with a vision for transforming the world's first rock opera from a concept album to a fully-staged piece of music theatre ahead of its 50th Anniversary in 2017. Today, this new production was going to be heard for the first time.
Standing quietly next to the action was the man himself, Mark Wirtz – creator and composer of A Teenage Opera at the Abbey Road Studios back in 1967. He and his wife, Amanda, had flown all the way over from Atlanta, USA, to assist the massive transition from album to performance.
It wasn't too long before the room filled with anticipation from an excited audience. Mark was joined by Keith West and the 'Corona Kids' – a well-overdue reunion of the voices from the original album. The lights dimmed, music blared, and the story of Grocer Jack in A Teenage Opera finally began.
A reflection on #YMT2016 by Jon Bromwich
YMT's 2016 Summer Season of New Music Theatre has now finished! Our Executive Producer, Jon Bromwich, reflects on the last few weeks.
I love the last bank holiday weekend of August: the culminating weekend of the YMT season. It's a chance to look back on a wonderfully intense, inventive and imaginative collection of new music theatre. This year, down in Plymouth, there was a real Bank Holiday pearl in the form of The Legend of White Bear Lake, a beautifully lyrical work set in the forests of North America. Somehow it seemed fitting that the approach of the autumn, the new school term, would be marked by a work celebrating the seasons and the ever changing patterns of human and animal life.
Before that we had some our best ever reviews for The Dark Tower at the Bussey Building in Peckham:
This is probably the biggest musical theatre event of the year…It is exhilarating. It is startling. It is also the boldest, most original score you will hear this summer, apart from Andrew Lloyd-Webber's 1970, 'Jesus Christ Superstar'. This incredibly wonderful work deserves the close admiration and encouragement of all arts organizations who want to support and be a part of the most exciting development in musical theatre in this country in years. We need to try and catch up with the awesome pace that YMT is setting. Read the full review.
That 'awesome pace' included the new Busted musical What I Go to School For at the Theatre Royal Brighton featuring some truly breathtaking performances – watch this space for the next generation of BRIT award and Olivier winners. The show is already optioned for professional development and we expect to see it on the West End stage at some point in the future...
In Trojan Women we tackled asylum stories, women escaping war and abuse, and took Theresa May to task for her attitudes to immigration. Also exploring serious matters, we looked at how female boxing can become an outlet and catharsis for the frustrations and energies of damaged youth in Fight Like A Girl - perhaps not the usual fare of musicals - but important nonetheless and an antidote to the vacuity of much commercial musical theatre. Fight Like A Girl, which was performed at the textile factory Sunny Bank Mills, also garnered five-star reviews.
In MAELSTROM we explored - through a devised rehearsal period - the deep bonds between Scottish and Norwegian legend and music while in The Frenzy of Sweeney we modernized an ancient Ulster legend transforming it into a drama on the streets of Belfast.
Every year we ask Trinity College London to assess our work under their Musical Theatre in Performance certification and this year was no exception to the rule that every YMT production received a Distinction at Grade 8 – the highest available before BA or Diploma qualifications. Indeed, one examiner commented that the production she saw displayed a group of mostly 14-19 year olds working at Diploma and Post graduate level. Most astonishingly, our production of The Great Gatsby received a remarkable score of 99/100 – just part of that 'awesome pace' that the YMT Company is setting.
And the Trinity assessments are mirrored on our Summer Skills Courses where Distinctions at Grade 6 are the norm. Over 200 young people took these courses in 2016 and, along with our After School Clubs, it's an area of growth and innovation for YMT.
Each year we ask 300 young people to set the bar high and achieve the (almost) impossible – the highest quality productions rehearsed in ten-hour days with a creative intensity unparalleled elsewhere in the world of theatre training. We ask our young people to take part in a process of making new theatre with the best practitioners in a way that no other organisation can match.
There are too many people, places and things to thank individually here but this summer we asked over 150 creative, technical and pastoral staff to join us and make the YMT 2016 Summer Season of New Music Theatre happen. Thanks to all of them and also to those who came to watch any part of our great creative festival. We are continually amazed by the support and dedication from parents, carers, teachers, families and friends and we are so grateful for all your efforts in making the summer possible.
Thank you and we look forward to working with you all again next year!
Jon Bromwich
Executive Producer
Summer Skills Courses - what are they?
What are Summer Skills Courses and why should I take part?
If you love being creative and exploring new ideas as well as acting, singing, dancing and generally being silly then YMT is the place for you!
YMT is the UK's most active organisation offering music theatre opportunities to young people aged 11-21. On our Summer Skill Courses - which are basically like summer camps - you'll work with leading theatre professionals (people who have worked on Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, American Idiot, In the Heights, Cats, The Diary of Adrian Mole and so much more) to create something that is TOTALLY NEW! This is what's unique about our Summer Skills Courses: nowhere else can you work on something that's completely new and completely yours! PLUS, you'll get a Grade 6 Certificate from Trinity College London - a testament to the high quality of our work!
Aaron, 17 – 'The experience was incredible. I've learned so much. The course gave me so much more confidence.'
You will have the opportunity to meet like-minded people and be at the centre of the creative process. We have participants from all over the world at different experience levels - and that's great! You'll learn so much not just from our professionals but also from each other. The exciting thing is meeting someone who loves musicals and theatre just as much as you! So many other companies do Annie or Oliver, Spring Awakening or West Side Story - and that's fine - but now's your chance to be part of something different. You'll have the chance to shape and develop a new piece, offering ideas for movement, direction and lyrics.
Courses are intense, but they're also incredibly fun and informal. You'll also be staying in some really amazing places too - like Fettes College, rumoured to be JK Rowling's inspiration for Hogwarts or beautiful boarding schools like Rugby School, Lockers Park and Warminster School.
Ayesha, 20 – 'I can't recommend these courses enough. I had so much fun working with an amazing team and meeting so many lovely people.'
We're running seven Summer Skills Courses in 2016 - all across the UK - and each course will take inspiration from a different theme. This year's themes cover classics like Shakespeare's The Tempest and Arthur Miller's The Crucible. We'll also be exploring Wes Anderson's zany comedy The Grand Budapest Hotel, which won four Oscars back in 2014. Other themes include vampires, suffragettes, protesters, the Jazz Age and FANDOMS like Harry Potter, Pokémon, Beyoncé, Dr Who, Star Trek, One Direction and lots more.
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The 50 Most Inspiring Famous Photographer Quotes of all Time
1. "A lot of photographers think that if they buy a better camera they'll be able to take better photographs. A better camera won't do a thing for you if you don't have anything in your head or in your heart." Arnold Newman
2. "There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer." Ansel Adams
3. "Beauty can be seen in all things, seeing and composing the beauty is what separates the snapshot from the photograph." Matt Hardy
4. "To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting an ordinary place… I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them." Elliott Erwitt
5. "Look and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera."Yousuf Karsh
6. "The photograph itself doesn't interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of reality."Henri Cartier-Bresson
7. "If I saw something in my viewfinder that looked familiar to me, I would do something to shake it up."Garry Winogrand
8. "Remember that the person you are photographing is 50% of the portrait and you are the other 50%. You need the model as much as he or she needs you. If they don't want to help you, it will be a very dull picture."Lord Patrick Lichfield
9. "Photography is a love affair with life."Burk Uzzle
10. "When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence." Ansel Adams
11. "It can be a trap of the photographer to think that his or her best pictures were the ones that were hardest to get." Timothy Allen
12. "Photography is not about the thing photographed. It is about how that thing looks photographed." Garry Winogrand
13. "The most important part of a camera is the 12 inches behind the viewfinder." I really hate it when someone looks at my photos and says, "Wow, you have a great camera!" Ansel Adams
14. "Life is once. Forever." Henri Cartier-Bresson
15. "To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting an ordinary place… I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them." Elliott Erwitt
16. "I never have taken a picture I've intended. They're always better or worse." Diane Arbus
17. "If I am at a party, I want to be at the party. Too many photographers use the camera to avoid participating in things. They become professional observers." Robert Mapplethorpe
18. "My job as a portrait photographer is to seduce, amuse and entertain." Helmut Newton
19. "If your photos aren't good enough, then you're not close enough." Robert Capa
20. "It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter." Alfred Eisenstaedt
21. "There is a vast difference between taking a picture and making a photograph." Robert Heinecken
22. "You don't take a photograph, you make it." Ansel Adams
23. "The best images are the ones that retain their strength and impact over the years, regardless of the number of times they are viewed." Anne Geddes
24. "I love the people I photograph. I mean, they're my friends. I've never met most of them or I don't know them at all, yet through my images I live with them." Bruce Gilden
25. "Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again."Henri Cartier-Bresson
26. "In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality." Alfred Stieglitz
27. "One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind. To live a visual life is an enormous undertaking, practically unattainable. I have only touched it, just touched it." Dorothea Lange
28. "Skill in photography is acquired by practice and not by purchase." Percy W. Harris
29. "If I like many photographers, and I do, I account for this by noting a quality they share – animation. They may or may not make a living by photography, but they are alive by it." Robert Adams
30. "Light makes photography. Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all, know light. Know it for all you are worth, and you will know the key to photography." George Eastman
31. "It's one thing to make a picture of what a person looks like, it's another thing to make a portrait of who they are." Paul Caponigro
32. "Now, to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravity before going for a walk." Edward Weston
<33. "Great photography is about depth of feeling, not depth of field." Peter Adams
34. "There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are." Ernst Haas
35. "I think all art is about control, the encounter between control and uncontrollable." Richard Avedon
36. "When I was on trips I used to put Polaroid's in a container with sea water, sand and pebbles. I'd swirl it all around to get scratches. It's this random element that I call 'the drip'. It's the drip which might splash onto the other side of the canvas when you're working on a painting and make you think 'that is good', possibly leading you to explore other things. My whole life is spent in search of the drip; it can change everything."David Bailey
37. "Maybe the judgment of whether something is art or not should come from the viewer and not the doer." Alan Babbitt
38. "Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still." Dorothea Lange
>39. "If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera." Lewis Hine
40. "Light glorifies everything. It transforms and ennobles the most commonplace and ordinary subjects. The object is nothing, light is everything." Leonard Missone
41. "If the photographer is interested in the people in front of his lens, and if he is compassionate, it's already a lot. The instrument is not the camera but the photographer." Eve Arnold
42. "Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past." Berenice Abbott
43. "One doesn't stop seeing. One doesn't stop framing. It doesn't turn off and turn on. It's on all the time." Annie Leibovitz
44. "You've got to push yourself harder. You've got to start looking for pictures nobody else could take. You've got to take the tools you have and probe deeper." William Albert Allard
45. "No place is boring, if you've had a good night's sleep and have a pocket full of unexposed film." Rober Adams
46. "Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask 'how', while others of a more curious nature will ask 'why'. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information." Man Ray
47. "A good snapshot stops a moment from running away."Eudora Welty
48. "Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper… the photographer begins with the finished product." Edward Steichen
49. "Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst." Henri Cartier-Bresson
50. "I see something special and show it to the camera. The moment is held until someone sees it. Then it is theirs." Sam Abell
Do you have a favorite quote from a top photographer? Be sure to share it in your comments below.
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...but we survived quite nicely! and our bride & groom didn't melt either! yay!!:)
out to maple ridge i went to go shoot with erin g.. it was a scottish/irish wedding..truly thru and thru! the details were lovely...the bride was so very sweet. the day was really hot! :) but what do you expect for july, right?! :)
a couple of the detail shots from the wedding... head over to erin's blog to catch the rest of it! :)
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With an analog signal the archaic TV can tune to channels 2-13 and maybe some UHF. Or that's how I'd think it would work. As far as I know, which may not be too far, all US TV cable and broadcast have been digital for 4-5 years by FCC rulings. this was to permit OTA HDTV possible.
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I'll try to provide some assistance here. But to be honest, I've got zero firsthand experience with your particular ATI 750 USB tuner card (is it a Theater 750 USB like this one?). However I do have firsthand experience with the ATI 650 PCIe tuner card (installed internally).
I used that ATI tuner card back in Windows XP (with Catalyst Media Center as the TV/DVR app), and then also when I went to Win7 (initially with BeyondTV as the TV/DVR app, and eventually with Windows Media Center as the TV/DVR app),
Now my setup did not use my TWC cable coax as the source into the TV tuner card. I have a pretty good roof antenna, which I used to feed the 650 PCIe card OTA/ATSC (which uses 8VSB modulation as the digital tuner technique). Note that OTA/ATSC digital TV (which is the way all US over-the-air TV now works... there is no longer analog NTSC over-the-air, everything is now digital 8VSB) is how the TV tuner card is designed to work when you feed it a roof antenna input signal.
However the driver support for the 650 PCIe card (and also for your 750 Pro USB card, if that's what it is) can also support "clear QAM" input, which is the digital modulation method used by US cable systems delivering content over coax. Again, this is digital and not analog, and without a STB/DVR requires a TV tuner (or TV tuner card and drivers) that supports QAM in order to tune to these digitally-provided channels.
"Clear QAM" basically means that those channels are sent over the cable network "unscrambled" so you can receive them without a cable receiver. However the tuner (in a TV, or drivers in a TV tuner card in your PC) must support the 64QAM or 256QAM modulation method.
Now normally, a cable subscriber such as yourself would have a "cable box" (or STB, or DVR, or cablecard in a TV/TIVO) to support receipt of "scrambled/protected" channels as well as the unscrambled/unprotected "clear QAM" channels... all of which are provided in a digital form on the coax coming into your house. Without a settop box or equivalent from your cable company, you will only be able to make use of unprotected unscrambled channels... such as the local networks (which could be received over-the-air for free by a roof antenna if you had one)... if the tuner in your equipment is capable of accepting QAM.
Now, most cable companies recognize that some of their customers will not have newer digitally-capable TV's (which have a built-in QAM tuner, so that you can just connect the coax directly to the TV to receive the unscrambled channels delivered in QAM). So they may provide a "digital-to-analog" converter for free (which was offered several years back at no or little charge, when the US was undergoing its analog-to-digital transition), to allow subscribers to continue to use their old analog-only TV's and not require a new digital STB/DVR.
Although I don't have an old analog TV any longer to confirm, I don't believe TWC/LA (where I live) now delivers anything but all-digital channels on their coax, which means I could NOT use an old analog-only TV with an old analog NTSC tuner (capable of tuning analog channels over-the-air from a roof antenna) any longer if I connected the TWC/LA coax directly to that TV.
But from what you describe, that you can connect your cable company coax to your old analog-only TV and you can actually get channels, that tells me that your cable system is still providing at least SOME channels over the coax in a form usable by your TV. Can you tell me what channel numbers on the TV actually work? what is the brand/model of the TV? Do you have two coax connectors on the back... one for VHF/UHF roof antenna and a second for "cable"? If you have two separate coax connectors that suggests the "cable" connector goes to a QAM tuner in the TV, which certainly has been around for a long time so it's not impossible.
I suppose it's possible that your cable company is still providing analog NTSC channels on your coax (unlike my TWC/LA which is ALL-DIGITAL on the coax, requiring QAM tuners).
Ok. According to the specs on your 750 USB card (if I'm looking at the right one), it should support BOTH (1) digital OTA/ATSC via 8VSB from a roof antenna, (2) digital unprotected cable channels via QAM from coax, and (3) analog NTSC channels (presumably from a roof antenna, but I suppose it could also work if your cable system still delivered some low channels in NTSC form for old TV's). There's an F-type coax connector.
Before going on, can you provide more detail.
Where do you live, and what is your cable provider?
What is your TV? Does it have one or two coax connectors on the back? Is there a "slide switch" for "UHF/VHF" vs. "CABLE"?
What channel numbers can you tune to with your TV when the cable coax is connected to it?
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|23 Mar 2014
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
My new HDTV Westinghouse can see both ATSC HDTV channels and NTSC channels.
I have watched channel 51 which is NTSC and has snow just like old TV do with a weak signal.
AFAIK, low power local broadcasters can still use NTSC.
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No, the usb 750 will not tune in analog signal. By the way the Hauppage 1191 will. I have 65 analog channels coming i n from time Warner directly through no box. 750 will not detect. I ordered a Sabrent Analog tuner which picked up all channels imediately. I display them on an older VGA monitor as it has this as an output also. Works great, has many functions. But, to display everything for over the air Broadcasts, Digital or Analog, the Hauppage 1191 is the ticket. I tried various software, the Media Center was the best as you can resize TV anywhere on your computer.
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|28 May 2014
Windows 7/64 HPremium.
I have a misunderstanding of the tuner and the channels being tuned.
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TV show resurrections are nothing new — TNT saved Southland, CBS saved Medium — but a comeback after two years in the grave?
"You don't see those too often. Usually, the longer it takes, the less likely it is. But here we are. The Game is alive and kicking!" creator and executive producer Mara Brock Akil tells TVGuide.com. "It's been a long journey, but I wouldn't have it any other way."
Nearly two years after CW pulled the plug, the comedy about football players and the women who love them, makes its improbable return Tuesday on BET with two episodes — thanks mostly, Brock Akil says, to the devoted fans. "In a sense, we felt buried alive because we felt we had so much in the show creatively. I can only imagine being buried alive and you start hearing people digging you out! 'Yes, I'm in here!'" Brock Akil says. "We are very, very excited. We want to do well, not only for ourselves and the network, but especially for the fans."
Are you watching The Game tonight? Tell usDebuting in 2006, The Game , a spin-off of Girlfriends, was the CW's only sitcom in the network's inaugural season. Three years later, the network axed the 30-minute sitcom as part of an overhaul focusing on one-hour shows. In a last-ditch effort, Brock Akil tried revamping The Game into a one-hour dramedy, but the CW didn't bite. "What was even beautiful about that was that the fans got wind that I was going to pitch the show to the CW as an hour and they gathered millions of fans on the CW's website to prove the audience value of the show, but I think it was a lot too late," Brock Akil says. Enter BET. After reruns of The Game garnered record ratings for the cable network in syndication, Loretha Jones, BET's president of original programming, reached out to Brock Akil and her husband, showrunner Salim Akil, about reviving the show in its original half-hour form. "I don't think we thought it would take a year, but we knew Loretha was going to get it done," Brock Akil says.
Check out photos from The GameTo show that everyone involved "never stopped living The Game," all the actors re-signed, including Coby Bell, who joined Burn Notice in the interim. But there were a few changes when production resumed in October. For one, BET committed to 13 episodes, instead of the broadcaster's usual 22 — a mutual decision to have "quality control," Brock Akil says. The show also moved shooting locations from Los Angeles to Atlanta, where the episodes were filmed out of order like a movie after all 13 scripts arrived. "We've never done that," Brock Akil says. "It's not the best way to shoot comedy. Comedy is a very in-the-moment set-up. A lot of times, you're changing jokes and lines. It's a little difficult, but that also speaks to the talent of Salim and Kenny Smith, our head writer."Getting back into the groove proved to be anything but difficult. "Everybody had their game face on, so to speak," she says. "Second chances — you hear about people having these near-death experiences and it changes their lives. They're more appreciative. They're more passionate and life and what's important. Here was a second chance for us. We were dead. It was over. It was on another level. I think our creativity was able to soar and it had to because our budget was less. You have to be more creative."So where does The Game find Derwin, Melanie & Co. in Season 4? Mirroring life, the show picks up two years later. Melanie (Tia Mowry Hardict) has voluntarily put her residency on hold to be superstar Derwin's wife, but suspects D.J., the son Derwin (Pooch Hall) had with Janay, is not his. Playboy Malik (Hosea Chanchez) having an affair with the wife of the San Diego Sabers team owner, while his mom, Tasha (Wendy Raquel Robinson), is having her own fling with a younger guy. And Jason (Bell) and Kelly (Brittany Daniel)? The divorced pair is still at each other's throats."It's so funny trying to keep up with life. In the pitch to the CW, I pitched that Kelly was going to have a reality series — Ex-Ballers Wives — and I think a year later Basketball Wives premiered and now there's Football Wives and everybody else's wives!" Brock Akil says. "I just felt, 'Oh my gosh! It looks like we copied them.' But really, I pitched this two years ago! But it's OK. Because people now know what those shows are. It makes the fact that she's doing it even funnier."


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I am trying so hard to keep blogging daily....it's almost 7:20 pm and it just dawned on me that I hadn't opened my blog and shared anything. Part of me said, 'don't worry, no one is reading the silly thing' and the other part of me said 'you just get over to that blog and at least put in a blog-a-day post'....look who won!
All of the photos in the past few post have been mine......I am so in love with my camera - have no idea what half of the buttons and settings are for, but I do love it
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There appears to be a disconnect between what women want to give the dads in their lives this Father's Day and what those dads would really like, a new survey indicates. While a majority of women thought that tickets to a sporting event would put a smile on Dad's face, it turns out that what would really make pappy happy is a new tablet or smartphone.
In a survey of more than 2,000 American adults conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of Ebates.com, a shopping site that offers rebates to members, 60 percent of women said they thought tickets to a sporting event were at the top of men's wish list for Father's Day. In actuality, the majority of men responding (52 percent) said what they really want was a tablet or smartphone.
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Completing the top five gifts American dads would like to receive are a home-cooked meal, which came in second among dads (37 percent), followed by tickets to a sporting event (36 percent), power tools (34 percent), and then a guilt-free weekend with friends (30 percent).
The women saw things a bit differently, placing power tools in the second spot (50 percent) after tickets to a sporting event, followed by a home-cooked meal (46 percent), tablet or smartphone (41 percent) and a guilt-free weekend with friends.
Men were just as clueless when it came to guessing what women wanted for Mother's Day, according to another Ebates survey. While 72 percent of men thought women wanted to receive flowers, the No. 1 gift moms actually wanted was a spa day (48 percent).
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Another porcelain beauty from Royal Copenhagen in Denmark! This charming grey tabby cat is playing with his tail. He has a sweet expression with his slanted eyes looking down and a cute pink nose. The mark, which has a line under the final N in Copenhagen, indicates that the figurine was produced between 1980-1984. The cat stands about 7.25" tall, and is about 4.25" wide. The artist's initials which appears to be SM are written next to the wavy lines. The model number 340 is written in blue ink as well as incised in the bottom. The figurine is in excellent condition, but does has a scratch through the wavy blue lines which indicates "second." I can't imagine why as I cannot find anything wrong with the piece.
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The card, which we suspect will have 6 bouts, will be headlined by female action as Naoko Yamaguchi (21-3-3, 17) competes against late replacement opponent Chuthaporn Pradissan (5-14).
Originally Yamaguchi was scheduled to defend her WBA female Super Flyweight title against interim champion Daniela Romina Bermudez (14-2-2, 4) in what looked to be a genuinely amazing match up. Sadly with Bermudez pulling out we've been left with a much less significant match up.
The chief support on the card is also a female bout as former world title challenger Kayoko Ebata (6-4, 4) looks to claim the vacant OPBF Flyweight title. Ebata will face South Korean Cho-Rong Son (11-3, 3), a former female WBA Minimumweight champion, in a bout that we need to say is a tough one for Ebata.
Staying on the theme of female action the show is also expected to feature the retirement ceremony of Noriko Tsunoda. Tsunoda is a former OPBF Super Flyweight champion though having lost her title last time out to Tomoko Kawanishi she has called it a day aged 42.
As well as the female action on the card we expect to see 4 others bouts on the card including 3 "Rookie of the Year" qualifying bouts. Sadly we're not certain on the full bout list though we believe that Yuki Miyoshi (2-0, 0) and Little Tyson Tanaka (3-0, 2) will both be featured in those bouts.
We also think that there will be action involving Hokuto Kawana, though we've no other information here.
If you want to see the promotional poster for this show we have it in our new "Posters!" section.


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Since 2003, M Grill has been a standard for fine dining in Los Angeles. Located near museum row and Koreatown, M Grill Brazilian Steakhouse is centrally located near downtown LA, Hollywood, Beverly Hills and only 20 minutes from the beaches.
However our story begins a few centuries back, on the plains of Southern Brazil, Gauchos, Brazilian cowboys raised cattle and expanded crops on the fertile meadows of the Pampas. Though the Gaucho way of life was tough, they were admired by friends and family because they only depended on the 4 fundamentals of nature: earth, water, air and fire.


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G20 rioters being held at Toronto Film Studios
Soundstages serving as temporary jail for 580 protestersTORONTO -- The former Toronto Film Studios saw much drama unfold on its soundstages over the years until a 2008 closing, including shoots for "Cinderella Man" and "The Incredible Hulk."
But none came close to the clash that took place Sunday outside the facility's gates on Eastern Avenue as G20 Summit protesters and tactical riot police fought a pitch battle complete with tear gas and rubber bullets used to restore order.
The former studio soundstages are serving as a temporary jail for around 580 G20 demonstrators so far arrested by police over the weekend as world leaders gathered in a nearby security zone to debate key political and economic issues.
Also swept up in the G20 police dragnet have been accredited media, including Jesse Rosenfeld, a freelance journalist with Britain's Guardian newspaper, and a CTV producer arrested on live TV Saturday night while CTV reporter Scott Laurie protested without success to nearby police officers.
On Sunday morning, around 100 protesters turned up at the detention center on Eastern Avenue to support the arrested demonstrators, shouting "let them go" and "free our comrades" as police officers guarded the main gates.
As TV reporters and camera crews looked on, unmarked vans sped into view to release plainclothes police offices that made a series of snatch arrests of protest ring-leaders.
That was followed by hundreds of riot police quickly flooding Eastern Avenue to disperse the latest outbreak of rampaging protesters at the G20 Summit.
Canadian all-news TV channels continued Sunday with round-the-clock coverage of riot police enforcing a security lockdown in downtown Toronto, while city workers swept up broken storefront glass after widespread rioting Saturday that went into the night.
TV reporters also struggled Sunday to cover the politics taking place inside the G20 Summit gathering, as normally quiet downtown streets that have served as the backdrop for many a Hollywood film and TV shoot were turned into a virtual war zone.


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New Mexico's Eagle Picher Carefree Battery Co. building has been found to possibly contain lead–based paints and mesothelioma-causing asbestos.
Just north of Socorro, New Mexico, the building where Eagle Picher Carefree Battery Co. makes circuit boards and lead-acid batteries has been found to possibly contain lead–based paints and mesothelioma-causing asbestos.
In addition, the soil at the Eagle Picher Carefree Battery Superfund site is laden with heavy metals including lead, cadmium and chromium. Similar to disintegrating asbestos, which releases highly poisonous fibers that can be inhaled, leading to such fatal diseases as pleural mesothelioma, heavy metals and contaminated soil can become airborne if disturbed.
Authorities are concerned that the community may be in danger of prolonged exposure to those contaminants. Asbestos exposure can cause irreparable damage to the body. In the case of mesothelioma, the disease can take up to fifty years to exhibit symptoms. By that point, the cancer is so far advanced that most patients only have an 18 month life expectancy.
The EPA believes that only corrective action is necessary, and that the Eagle Picher site requires a long-term cleanup, preventing the release of hazardous substances.
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Onam is the one of the most celebrated cultural festival in kerala. Malayalees(The keralites) celebrating Onam uniformily. They celebrate onam together by various activities. The main imagination behind celebrating the onam is the visiting of maveli in their place who was ruled a long ago and he was killed by vamanan. They celebrating onam days from atham and they getting the flower in their home beautifully. and making sadhya in onam days. Here we are going to publish the onam wishes greetings here
onam wishes
May the spirit of Onam remains everywhere
Whatever you do,
Whatever you think
Whatever you hope in your life
"Wish you a Happy Onam"
My Dear Fiendz…
May this ONAM brings in U the brightest and choicest happiness & prosperous U have ever wished for !
May God bless U & Family and fill your heart with Joyful & Colorful Moments…
HaPpY OnAm…
It's Onam! So celebrate the spirit of the harvest festival in all its splendor. Decorate your house with Pookalams, listen to the melodious Onappattus and enjoy the festivities…
No formalities…….
No decorative words….
just from the deepest of my soul …….
The Onam is an occasion for people to remind themselves of the all pervasive nature of divine. I wish all your family members a happy Onam & Thiruonam.
onam wishes
May the spirit of Onam appears everywhere at all time!!
Onaashmsakal to all, belonging to Punnakkan House Kizhuthally!
"Forever remembering thoughts of happiness & prosperity with all sweet onam days."
To all keralites wishing you a Happy Onam Day.
Wish you all a very happy, prosperous, colorful, healthy, wealthy and funfilled Onam!
Let this season brings you all lot of good luck, peace of mind, happiness and all that you wish!
Lots of Love, Hugs n Kisses,
Always yours,
By recollecting and preserving those old days of Thiruvonam Celebrations in our Village in Trivandrum.
We wish all malaya lees a very Happy Onam
onam wishes
all onam stuffs
Let me wish you and your family on the auspicious day of ONAM. I dont know how popular it is among you since you are in the UK. Nevertheless, I thought it would be a better idea.
The Malyalee folks in Goa do celebrate it with great pomp and yeah it would be funny if I don't mention about ONAM in our resort. Well, we have laid out the authentic Kerela vegetarian menu… hmmm.. I think I have to cut short here as I need to catch up with my busy schedule.
Warm Regards
Wish u both a very prosperous and Happy Onam..do send our greetings to all at home..hope ur getting together under one roof this Onam..Has the new house been furnished and when are u planning to move in?
We all are keeping fine…we visited Aniyan's house. They too are keeping fine. We are also in touch with Shirley and Thampi
Wish u all the best
With Love & Prayers
The Onam celebration is an occasion for people to remind themselves of the all pervasive nature of the Divine."
Wishing all Family members & dear ones a Happy Onam!
May you all have a Happy, Peaceful and Prosperous Year ahead
onam wishes
Onam is the biggest and the most important festival of the state of Kerala. It is a harvest festival and is celebrated with joy and enthusiasm all over the state by people of all communities. According to a popular legend, the festival is celebrated to welcome King Mahabali, whose spirit is said to visit Kerala at the time of Onam.
Wish U a Happy Onam festival
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|1,500 sq ft
|Property type
|Minimum Stay
|3 nights
Three Treasures Condominiums sit on the north end of Jaco Beach right next door to the brand new Croc's Casino and Resort – just far enough from town to enjoy the serenity of the crashing waves and lush rainforest, and just close enough to walk down the beach into town.
In addition to the picturesque ocean view throughout this 3-bedroom jaco condo, this deluxe condo at Three Treasures sits directly in front of the beach. Open your patio doors and the beach sprawls out before you in perfect, unobscured vistas.
During your stay, you will find your deluxe, ocean front 3 bedroom vacation rental has all the comforts of home, from wireless internet, to cable TV, to a gourmet kitchen, complete with solid wood cabinetry, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and all-inclusive cookware.
Just a ten-minute stroll down Jaco Beach (or a $2 taxi) will take you to all of Jaco Costa Rica's many attractions.
After you've enjoyed all the great Costa Rica tours, world-class cuisine and exciting nightlife that Jaco Beach has to offer, you can return to relax in your luxury beachfront Jaco condo and enjoy the quiet sounds of the gentle, tropical ocean lapping against the shore - right outside your window.
Gordon Nichols is a dual citizen of both the United States and Costa Rica. He is an avid, rider, surfer, a family man and a lover of all things 'adventure'.
Gordon Nichols purchased this condo in 2014
This condo community has so many amazing features, from the salt-water swimming pool, to the 24-hour security and gated entry, to the incredible location, but what makes this condo unique is that is it sits directly on the beach in Jaco. It's a million dollar, unobscured view that you won't soon forget.
This condo is steps from the sand! The ocean view is fantastic. It's a secure community - the nicest place we stayed during our trip to Costa Rica. We loved the salt-water pool and also did a bunch of tours that were so memorable. The ATV tour was our favorite - what a blast! The condo was near everything we needed, like grocery stores, shops, restaurants, etc. Our family will be staying here again on our next vacation. Thank you so much!
My husband and I chose this condo for our family Christmas with our adult sons. There weren't many choices in Costa Rica since we only decided a couple of months in advance and the 2017 hurricanes had hit most of the Carribean Islands. However, it worked perfectly for us! Both of our sons commented several times that I couldn't have chosen a better place. (if you know boys, you know how rare a compliment is let alone making them happy). The advantages of this spot are many. It is on the ground floor so the beach and pool are very accessible. The beach itself is amazingly beautiful, uncrowded, hot, and stunningly beautiful sunsets. As far as adventures, there were many we could have chosen but the boys both enjoyed just chilling right there. Each day, we made breakfast in the condo then ventured into town (5-minute drive) for lunches and dinners. There were plenty of great choices for even the vegetarians in the family.
A couple of notes, we never did figure out the dishwasher but had fun hand washing the dishes and talking. The washer/dryer combination was tricky but we managed a load a day which was adequate. All in all, this condo was clean, had adequate supplies, very secure and a hit with the whole family.
Beautiful condo, walk to ocean, and only mins from everything town has to offer. Owner and property manager make checking in and out a breeze and are always responsive to anything you may need.
We loved staying here. Right on the beach, and steps to the pool. Pool was shallow enough that our 3-year old could walk around most of it with no problem. And the outdoor shower was a great (and necessary!) feature after a trip to the beach. The management was great, and the condo management even came in fixed the patio gate so that we could walk right off the porch to the pool. Beds were comfortable, and the kitchen was fully stocked with everything we needed (right down to sponges and dish soap). I would definitely recommend it!
We stayed in this condo for 4 nights in November. We loved many things. First, it was very spacious and filled with sunlight. The master bedroom has both a pool and beach view. The patio was great for sitting and watching the beach, although you couldn't see a lot of water and waves. The area of beach that this condo is on is simply stunning. I thought it was the prettiest part of Jaco Beach. If you walk out and go to the right, there is a stream to cross and some rocks and and a hill with palm trees. At night the sunset can be all colors of red, orange, yellow, and purple. There were plenty of towels and blankets. Bathrooms were very nice. The kitchen had conveniences such as a crock pot, toaster oven, and blender. Wifi worked great. We walked to town several times for meals and cooked breakfast in the condo. The supermarket we found was maybe a 10 minute walk away. We had coffee at the casino next door a couple times and ate there once when we didn't want to walk into town. There were only a couple small improvements we would make. There was a bit of a damp smell when we walked in. The walls could have used a fresh coat of paint. Also the hot tub wasn't hot and no one seemed to be able to tell us if it ever got hot. Overall, we were very happy with our stay. We booked transportation and tours with this company as well and they were great to work with.
The condo was very nice and spacious for our group of six. Was truly beachfront, but you can't really see the water due to the mounds of sand between the water and the condo patio. The swimming pool was very nice and conveniently located just around the corner from the patio a mere 20 second walk. Complex was very clean and security guards at gates were always very pleasant. Location was great, far enough from action of downtown Jaco, yet just a 2 minute drive to the restaurants, bars and various stores. The property managers were extremely friendly, accommodating and always willing to help out in any way possible. In fact, our baby got sick while we were there and they recommended a doctor to see and we were able to walk in, have exam and prescription filled all within an hour. Baby was great within 48 hours.
We arrived at 1:00 in the afternoon, and maybe it was in the agreement and I didn't see, but we were not allowed to check in to condo until 3:00 even though no one was occupying condo. Additionally, it would have been nice after we stopped by management office at 1:00 if they could have sent someone the one mile to the condo to turn on the air conditioning so it wouldn't be sweltering hot inside upon our arrival. We also encountered numerous missing light bulbs, ceiling fans not working, dishwasher flooded the kitchen and the washer/dryer was the worst ever. Nice to have washer/dryer in condo, but it took nearly 5-6 hours to dry just 4 towels! However, outside of the dryer, management had the maintenance man at the property the day after arrival and he fixed every single item that day which was great. All issues resolved, but seems like management company should have all these items checked out before our arrival to ensure that the condo is ready for occupancy and that we don't have to spend part of our vacation trying to get condo move-in ready. Be aware if necessary for your use, the pictures online reflect a bathroom that is not the one at the condo. There is a picture of a bathroom with a bath tub, but no tub exists at this unit.
Overall, once maintenance attended to property, the condo was an excellent place to spend our week vacation. Would definitely recommend to family and friends, and will likely use again myself.
On a side note, Adventure Costa Rica (managers of property) offer a lot of great tours and have by far the nicest, most knowledgeable tour guides you could ask for.
This privately owned, deluxe condo is located at the less touristy northern end of Jaco Beach, but is still within walking distance to nightlife, restaurants, shopping, grocery stores, fruit stands, organic smoothie stands, bakeries, coffee shops and more. Enjoy first-rate surfing lessons, Stand Up Paddleboarding, canopy ziplines, exciting ATV Tours, rainforest waterfall tours, crocodile mangrove boat rides, kayaking and snorkeling, horseback waterfall tours and of course - world famous, big game Los Suenos Sportsfishing - all just a stone's throw away from this amazing condo that sits directly on the beach in Jaco.
|Cleaning Fee
|Refundable Damage Deposit
CONDO CANCELLATION POLICY: We require a minimum of 60 days' notice on this deluxe ocean front Costa Rican condo cancellation in order to receive a complete refund. We must receive your cancellation in writing, no later than 60 days prior to your reservation start date in order for your cancellation to be valid. We are sorry, but there are NO refunds on cancellations that do not meet this specific criterion as your Costa Rican luxury condo is held for you regardless of your attendance, and as such, cannot be rented to any other group. Cancellation requests received after the 60 day cancellation deadline may be subject to a partial refund if the condo is rented to another party. In cases where the condo is not rented and remains vacant during your reservation dates, no refund will be given.


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Marines Based In NC Killed In Osprey Crash
2 Victims Were Based At New River Air Station
Marines Based In NC Killed In Osprey Crash
2 Victims Were Based At New River Air Station
The military has identified the two Marines based at New River Air Station who were killed in the crash of an MV-22 Osprey in Morocco.
The Marine Corps said that Cpl. Robby Reyes of Los Angeles and Cpl. Derek Kerns of Fort Dix, N.J., died Wednesday in the military training exercise. Both were MV-22 crew chiefs.
Reyes had joined the Marines in 2007. Kerns had joined a year later.
The military said it would not provide the names of two Marines injured in the crash.
A Marine spokesman said earlier this week that the Osprey crashed in a training area southwest of Agadir, Morocco, after taking off from the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima.
The 10-day exercise is to end April 17 and involves about 1,200 U.S. military personnel.


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Self Development
Timeless Principles From Jim Rohn Always Apply
If you're a business leader, then you know that you have to keep yourself motivated, focused, and always improving. Self-improvement is necessary for anyone, even role players that want to keep up with the expectations and demands of their daily jobs.
You, however, are not a role player. You're a leader, and if your company and those around you are going to get better, then you have to start with yourself. It's often said in professional sports that if you're not getting better, then you're getting worse. That's even truer in business, which is also competitive and a place where everyone is trying to win.
You probably buy audiobooks and self-improvement materials regularly. You might listen to them when traveling, or even daily, to keep yourself fired up. Every latest fad that comes along probably comes into your life at some point, but have you ever noticed how many of them are just repeating the same things over and over?
While it's great to be open to new books, ideas, and voices, there are fundamental truths that are just always going to hold true, and the great principles listed by Jim Rohn cover most of them, if not all of them.
If you're looking for material that can help you focus on yourself and your business that packs truth and punch, it might not be the latest things on the new shelves at Barnes and Noble, as it might be older classics from someone like Jim Rohn. There are many …


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BERTHA, Minn. (WCCO) — A Bertha woman is recovering at Hennepin County Medical Center after her significant other tried to shoot and kill her last Friday. The shooter took his own life before Todd County Sheriff's deputies responded.
The couple has been identified as Eric Grewe, 39, and Angela Templin, 31, both from Bertha.
"The weapon that was used was a shotgun," said Sheriff Peter Mikkelson, Todd County.
Sheriff Mikkelson says the attempted murder-suicide happened around 7:15 p.m. on Friday.
Templin survived the gunshot and was taken by ambulance to Tri-County Hospital before she was airlifted to HCMC. A hospital spokeswoman says Templin's condition is serious.
Mikkelson says the incident appears to have been a domestic situation that escalated. It's being investigated by the Todd County Sheriff Office and The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.


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Smoked Honey
Style: Hybrid Ale: Cross between an English Brown Ale and German Smoked Lager, or "Rauchbier"
Similar To: Newcastle Brown, Caledonian 80, Schlenkerla Rauchbier
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Light wood smoke, ribs, bacon, malt sweetness.
Palate: This beer drinks quite a bit lighter than it looks. A light smoke taste will greet the palate, moving into distinct malt notes of biscuit, maybe a touch of raisin. Very light bodied, this beer finishes with a tart cloying taste that dries the palate. This is essentially unsweetened honey. It coats the mouth and the smokiness will build as you progress through the pint.
Other Notes:
Smoked Honey is not a heavy tasting beer. It is also not a "sweet" tasting beer, and it actually finishes rather dry. What makes this beer different from traditional honey beers is that the honey is completely fermented out, leaving little residual sweetness. The lightly smoked character comes from the beechwood smoke malt we use, which has a very delicate — rather than overly aggressive — smoky taste.


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You gotta have style to get up in the morning
God was fair to the Japanese. He gave them no oil, no diamonds. He gave them style.
Style; all who have it have have one thing: originality.
You gotta have style. It helps you get down the stairs. It helps you get up in the morning. It's a way of life. Without it, you're nobody.
Too much good taste can be very boring. Independent style, on the other hand, can be very inspiring.
You've got to have style, it helps you get out of bed in the morning.
Money has nothing to do with style at all, but naturally it helps every situation.
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So how do you build your own offline and online story to uniquely position your business or organization in the best possible light? It's not a simple question to answer but I'd like to share with you a few strategies to improve your chances of engaging customers, prospects, and the media you seek to engage.
First, find, gather, and document compelling stories from existing customers. Having spent over 11 years in the direct sales industry offering telecom and advertising services, I can tell you that my best customer prospects were those who believed not so much in me, but the third party stories and testimonials from other happy clients I'd already worked with. The use of well matched stories helped to greatly lower the initial perceived risk level in their mind.
It was pretty simple: in the forst few minutes a prospective customer on the phone or in a face-to-face meeting knew that I was there to discover if I could match my offering to a need or want they possibly had.
Since I was tagged as a salesman immediately, I knew their were already two strikes against me and no matter how good my presentation skills were, I always felt more confident by sharing third party success stories to quickly establish maximum credibility. To earn an appointment or possible deal I quickly learned that strong marketing materials , especially written and video testimonials, were the foundations to our marketing success.
A second area to investigate regarding building a great story for your company or organization is to ask your current customers to reveal why they chose to work with you. You'll be stunned at how much incredible feedback (good and sometimes bad) that they'll share in helping you to craft your unique story from their viewpoint and not just your own.
A third and final approach to employ in helping you craft your unique story or reason for being in business is to ask powerful questions based on the customers point of view. A few questions you should continually be thinking about and asking include:
*Why should prospects choose or trust to do business with us?
*If someone looks at our website, direct marketing tools or offers, is there a strong enough set of reasons or compelling story for them to strongly consider using or choosing us?
*If a prospect finds online, what's the process for them to engage us and maintain interest in the first 5-10 seconds?
*Does our online presence engage, activate, and educate or do potential prospects visit once and never return?
There you have it. As legendary marketing mind Seth Godin says,"All marketers are storytellers!"
Tony Rubleski
Mind Capture


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Irvine, Calif. March 24, 2014. The Orange County Medical Association is pleased to announce another benefit of membership. The OCMA has designated Argus Medical Management as its Business Partner for physicians seeking practice management services.
OCMA members will receive the following benefits:
Argus Medical Management offers the following physician practice management services:
Argus Medical Management has provided a full spectrum of practice management services to physicians in Orange & Los Angeles Counties since 1995.
Contact: Shing Huang, CFO, 562-299-5210, firstname.lastname@example.com
For GroupSource (GPO/Purchasing Discounts): Peachy Paulino, Director, Marketing Support, 562-299-5252, firstname.lastname@example.com
Please visit the Argus Medical Management website at www.ArgusMSO.com


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