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October 6, 2017
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) praised all the teachers for their dedication and contributions in making a difference in the lives of students, during the 2017 National Teachers' Day held in Legaspi City, Albay.
TESDA Director General, Secretary Guiling "Gene" Mamondiong also recognized National Teachers' Day, which is also known as World Teachers' Day, during ceremonies held in Balong Centrum of Recreation, Legaspi City, Albay last Oct. 5.
Mamondiong also cited the teachers not only for teaching the students the basic skills but also for teaching them how to think critically.
Sixteen regional officials and personnel of TESDA, along with 29 Tagsanay (trainer) awardees and candidates, took part on the occasion.
Among those who joined the celebration were teachers from various schools, national and local government officials, top officials of Department of Education (DepEd), executives and employees of private companies, officers and members of volunteer organizations, etc.
With the theme "Gurong Pilipino: Kaakbay sa Progreso," various activities were lined up in honor of teachers during the celebration.

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Chris Koll models off a crazy outfit for a breast cancer awareness theme in November during a St. Laurence/Crete-Monee playoff football game.
If you are a high school senior male, you don't just wake up one day and say "Hey! I'm going to the big football game today and I'll wear a pink training bra, a pair of pink and white tight shorts and a big floppy hat. Oh, and I will paint the number '1' on my stomach.''
No, this kind of highbrow thinking takes planning.
St. Laurence grad, athlete and super fan Chris Koll, made it to 94 percent of the school's football, basketball and baseball games in 2016-17.
OK, he was on the basketball team for all 29 of the Vikings games so he had to be there, but when it came to football and baseball games, he froze with those teams on some days and sweated with those teams on other days. He waited through rain delays and had to adjust his schedule with postponements.
He was with them for blowout regular season wins. He was with them for exciting postseason wins. And he was with them for heart-crushing, postseason losses – including the football team's Class 6A state semifinal loss in Springfield and the baseball team's 3-1 Class 4A Illinois High School Association state semifinal loss to Edwardsville on June 9 in Joliet.
And there was that crazy day that took some planning.
It was Nov. 5 and the Burbank resident was ready to show up to the school's stadium for a second-round playoff football game against Crete-Monee.
Bra? Check.
Tight shorts? Check
Floppy hat? Check.
Guts to walk around hundreds of peers in that getup? Check and double check.
"When we came up with the theme about breast cancer awareness I started texting girls I knew for the bra," he said. "I texted them on Tuesday and the game was Saturday. I was ready to go.''
And he said he made 23 bucks when other students wanted to stuff that bra with singles.
He also made $5 on a bet for baseball season. The Vikings played four games in Arizona but he vowed he would attend every game the Vikings played in Illinois.
Now, it's easy to be a super fan in football with a 9-to-14-game schedule. It's a little tougher for basketball, but he was on the team bus all the time. He had to be there for all the games.
But baseball? The late-afternoon starting times of many of the games and the weather make it a challenge to make every game.
"I told the baseball team I was going to go to every game they played in Illinois and they told me I wouldn't do it. "Then I did it'
"I was just messing with them at first," he added. "Then when they said I couldn't do it, I wanted to prove I could. I won a $5 bet that I could do it. I wanted to prove them all wrong. It was one of the best things I've ever done. It was so fun seeing them on the road and at home. It was just awesome.''
When Koll was a freshman in 2013, he said his first game as a future super fan was Sept. 13 and the Vikings took a 2-0 record to St. Rita and lost 55-14.
"We got killed," he said. "That was when Rita was on their insane level. I remember watching it and it was just terrible. I was in the student section but I didn't say anything. I was just at the top of the stands and just watched.''
Year later, he was in the front – and sometimes the focal point – of the section.
As a fan and athlete, he has a unique perspective on the dynamics between the hecklers and the heckled.
"Being a fan was more my calling than being an athlete,'' Koll said. "It was a nice change of pace being a fan during football season and playing during basketball season and being a fan against for baseball. When people would say stuff to me during basketball season, I would just laugh. It doesn't get in my head – I think it's so funny.
"I know what I do as a fan to other people so I was getting a taste of my own medicine.''
Koll is heading to the University of Illinois to major either in business or kinesiology.
And he wants to be a super fan for the Illini.
"That's the goal – that's the plan right now," he said. "Freshman year I will definitely be at the home games and by junior and senior year, I'm going to try to figure something out to get to some road games, too.''


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Eggplant Caprese Stacks
- 3 English Muffins, split and toasted
- 6 Ounce 6 one ounce deli-sliced mozzarella cheese
- 6 slices tomato (about 1-inch thick)
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning, divided
- 0.33 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
- 8 Ounce 1 eight ounce container whole milk ricotta cheese
- 0.5 tsp fresh ground black pepper
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 12 slices eggplant, unpeeled, about 1½ inches thick
- 0.33 cup garlic infused olive oil, divided
- 8 Ounce 1 eight ounce can pizza sauce
Preheat oven to 350°F. Place English muffin halves on parchment lined baking sheet. Brush cut sides of each English muffin with olive oil. Set aside. Generously spray non-stick cookie sheet with cooking spray. Set aside. Coat each eggplant slice with remaining olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Place each slice on prepared cookie sheet and bake for 12-15 minutes, or until just getting soft.
Meanwhile, in a medium size bowl, combine the ricotta cheese, parmesan and ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning. To assemble: Top each English muffin half with a slice of eggplant. Top eggplant slices with 2 tablespoons ricotta cheese mixture, spreading to coat evenly. Top with a second eggplant slice, tomato slice and mozzarella slice. You should have 6 "stacks." Garnish with remaining Italian seasoning. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until hot and cheese is melted. Serve with pizza sauce on side for dipping.


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West Indies captain Jason Holder leaves the field after being dismissed by Stuart Broad Getty
And so it begins, again: the existential fears for Test cricket so beloved of its fans. The West Indies' desultory performance at Edgbaston, losing 19 wickets in a single day, combined with Sri Lanka being eviscerated 3-0 by India at home, has provoked a new bout of angst about the state of the Test game.
In a format so small – only 10 nations have ever played, though that will soon increase to 12 when Afghanistan and Ireland play their first Tests – Test cricket cannot afford to lose teams. This century, it has effectively lost both Zimbabwe – who once beat Pakistan and India in consecutive Test series – and the West Indies, who have won 16 and lost 89 of their 146 matches against other top eight teams since June 2000, as competitive sides.
The West Indies' complicity in their own downfall – the endless petty politicking, the stubbornness, the squabbling between islands – is well-known. Yet England should not feel entitled to any sanctimony. The West Indies are also the victims of a broken structure in international cricket – one that England, the second wealthiest cricket nation, did a great deal to build.
If countries like the West Indies get the message that they aren't cared for in Test cricket, they could hardly be blamed. From 2011-15, four of England's five major home series were against Australia or India – not because of the quality of the contests, but because those matches were the most lucrative.
West Indies, it is true, have hardly made a compelling case for more fixtures. But consider the case of New Zealand. In 2013-15, they went seven series undefeated, toppling India at home and being thrilling tourists to England in their two-Test drawn series in 2015. At the time, Mike Hesson, New Zealand's coach, said his side had "earned the right" to play longer Test series.
But to get bilateral fixtures what matters is not the quality of cricket. Instead fixtures are determined by a combination of short-term alliances and politicking – Sri Lanka are touring India for another three Tests later this year, and it may or may not be coincidence that they joined India in opposing ICC reforms earlier this year – and the size of a country's GDP, which is where New Zealand fall short. Although they are still competitive, they have trimmed their forthcoming summer to just four Tests, with a gaping three months in the middle of the summer with no Tests at all. Senior players are frustrated, but the board can hardly be blamed: unless it is against England or India, hosting a Test typically loses the home board around $500,000.
Unlike most sports leagues, there is no central dividing up of TV rights. But then Test cricket has never really been a league at all; instead, its quaint structure of bilateral matches, meandering on without any final, is out of kilter with all other sports.
That bodes ill for the West Indies who, as a small and relatively penurious nation, will never – even with the best administration in the world – be able to generate anything like enough to prevent leading talents from playing in T20 leagues instead. The West Indies earn around £12m a year for their domestic TV rights; England's new broadcasting deal is worth £220m a year. Given this disparity, it is curious how England, even after agreeing to a substantial reduction in their ICC funding in June, can justify receiving over £1m more than the West Indies from the ICC a year. In England that money will do little more than swell the ECB's £35m reserves; in the West Indies it could improve facilities in the region – most territories lack decent indoor training centres – and salaries for playing regional and international cricket.
Root and Cook dominated against a weak bowling line-up (Getty Images)
Enriching the English game – through the ICC, and through not pooling TV rights – has actually helped deprive Test fans at home of competitive cricket. A lack of cash for their board means that leading West Indies players in all three formats can earn $225,000 a year, according to a FICA report last year – or they can earn in the region of $1m playing in T20 leagues. England's clout is even hollowing out South Africa who, after losing Kyle Abbott to a Kolpak deal, as well as a raft of fringe players, now face Morne Morkel retiring too.
Ironically, the largest nations do recognise the need for financial equality. That's why, both the Big Bash, Indian Premier League have salary caps designed to ensure competitive balance on the pitch; the new English T20 competition will do the same. Yet this logic does not apply to international cricket itself.
And then there is the structure of Test cricket: there is none. When England lost the 2013/14 Ashes 5-0, it had no impact on their their fixtures or future. Even the players barely feign to care about the world rankings, which, with no semblance of equity in the fixture list, are scarcely valid anyway. Test matches have no more consequences for success or failure than friendlies in other sports.
It was the first international day-night Test played in England (Getty Images)
There were issues with the ICC's plans for two divisions, which was abandoned last year after the Full Member boards refused to endorse it, fearing the consequences of relegation. Yet the meritocracy and context beloved of English sports could, if implemented sensibly, have improved the spectacle of Test cricket. "It will make people look at their high-performance programmes and their systems, so the product of Test cricket will improve as well," David White, New Zealand's chief executive, said at the time. The nine-team league structure that the ICC hopes will be passed in October is also imperfect – series would be of different length, though count for the same number of overall points; and it remains unlikely that India would be sanctioned to play Pakistan.
But any genuine context would be better than the status quo which is, essentially, the worst of all worlds. For smaller countries, there are no real incentives to improve. Without any semblance of meritocracy, success is not rewarded; nor is failure punished. The fixture list is unfathomable. Fans have no incentive to follow games involving other nations. The empty platitudes about 'protecting the primacy of Test cricket' continue, along with the format's inadequate structure. Where dynamic T20 leagues produce a clear champion, Test cricket just bumbles on.
The best that can be said is that it always has done so – and, after 140 years, Test cricket is still here. But never has it faced so many challenges – from other sports and cricket's own shorter formats, which are not only engaging fans but also incentivising players from smaller nations to quit Tests prematurely.
Together with ensuring context, Test cricket would also do well to learn from the world's most lucrative sports league. In 1962, the NFL's club owners met to discuss their network television revenue. By dint of being in a far larger market, the New York Giants received five times more than the Green Bay Packers. Yet the Giants argued that "the NFL was only as strong as its weakest link, that Green Bay should receive as much money as any of the other teams," as the NFL commissioner at the time later said. With a little of such thinking in cricket, it would be possible for the ICC to guarantee a minimum sum for each Test cricketer from the 12 nations, perhaps funded by the proceeds of a Test league, to ensure that teams from smaller economies would be able to actually pick their strongest possible side.
The alternative to radical reform, both to the fixture list and economic structure, threatens to be a further erosion of competitive balance, and an accelerating hollowing out of Test talent in smaller countries. All accompanied by more tedious laments for how the West Indies' maroon cap has been devalued.
The sport of cricket is far richer than it's ever been. When it's not in players' economic interests to play Tests, administrators have failed abjectly.


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Ever since the debut of The Fashion Sight, I have always had a photographer to shoot all my looks and content for posts on my blog. Until about 7 months ago when my husband encouraged me to pick a camera and try it myself. The thought of photography and the entire process of using photography tools, camerawork and editing all seemed too time-consuming and daunting for me to take on by myself. So, initially when it was suggested I fought it hard, I even found different photographers to shoot the blog content for a while. But I have always loved a new challenge and one day I gave it a shot!
After a while I finally had a breakthrough. Although at times shooting could be difficult and frustrating I soon began understanding and picking up on certain camera settings and how to get the best shots with a tripod. Once I gained more patience with the whole process I learned to love experiencing every aspect of shooting my own content for The Sight! Now, my favorite looks to shoot myself are billowy and layered with ruffles and pieces with those aspects have become more of a staple in my wardrobe. So catch me wearing more Zimmermann and ETRO pieces on future posts. What I loved most about adding photographer to my list of qualifications was the challenge it presented because the reward was even greater than the challenge itself. Honestly, it taught me that you will never really know what you love until you give it a try and keep trying.
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A Work Keys Pilot Project: Identification of Foundation Skills for Social Workers.
Palmer, Helen T.; Hane, Edward Z.
Recent reports by government agencies show concern regarding the extent to which American workers lack the workplace skills necessary to meet the challenges of today's workplace. The Work Keys system, a program developed by American College Testing (ACT) to help improve the job skills of the workforce, is described. A pilot project is being conducted with the Department of Human Services (DHS) of a Midwestern state to examine the extent to which Work Keys provides data which can be used to address the human resources needs for three classifications of social workers. The job analysis component of the Work Keys system has been used to study all three jobs and establish skill standards. The assessment component of the system will be used to examine the extent to which a sample of incumbents meets the skill levels set by subject matter experts. Data collected from a variety of sites in the United States are used to demonstrate the types of comparisons that can be made among job profiles and individual assessment data. Finally, a series of recommendations are given regarding how the Work Keys system can be used to address the human resources needs of the three social worker classifications studied in this pilot project. Contains three tables and nine figures. (Author)
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Work Keys (ACT)


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Blunsdon Abbey ParkWiltshire , South West England Blunsdon Abbey Park is situated just North of Swindon on the edge of the picturesque Cotswolds nestled in the conservation area of Blunsdon St Andrew. The park is meticulously maintained... more
Trowbridge LodgeWiltshire , South West England The park can be found within the beautiful county of Wiltshire and is within the grounds of a former private country estate. This is an exclusive park providing something different... more
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Friday, February 27, 2009
Is "UltraShape" the new face of "Lipo"?
It seems like everyday I am seeing information pop up about the newest form of Liposuction on the block, UltraShape. For those of you who haven't heard the buzz about this new procedure, here is the down low. UltraShape is the "brainchild" of Tel Aviv plastic surgeon Ami Glicksman. In this months issue (March 2009) of Allure magazine, they feature Dr. Glicksman in the article titled The Influencers. The surgeon confesses that this revolutionary procedure all started out as a daydream. He bagan to ponder "fat". He tells Allure, "What if there is an easier fat-removal method than liposuction. What if it was painless? That would be very nice." I think most of us would agree! This idea quickly turned into UltraShape. The procedure uses ultrasound that melts fat cells permanently and painlessly, without breaking the skin or requiring any anesthesia. Glicksman says, "The ultrasound shakes the fat cells to the point that they break down and are naturally metabolized by the liver." UltraShape can remove small amounts of fat, and works best on bulges in the stomach area, saddlebags, and knees. The hope is the device will get FDA approval by the end of this year. So, for now we will all have to dream about this "dream lipo" until it is available in the United States. Now what did our mothers tell us about patience??? Oh, and as an added bonus see what our own Dr. Walden thinks about UltraShape in the Fox News interview below!!
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- AnonymousApril 9, 2009 at 1:25 PM
Ultrashape sounds amazing.Every girls dream come true! just a message to the FDA: Approve this now please! ThanksReplyDelete
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Discussion in 'Joint Ventures' started by Sombrero, Jun 7, 2012.
Have you thinking about living in Mexico?
WOW you must be a total bou5 in Mexico.... but hey $2k is a shit load of cash... I wouldn't know what to do with it... IT'S TO MUCH FOR ME!
Results of JV = SIEMPRE SOLO
You gotta dream big.
WTF this thread?
I want to move to Colombia for chicas.
So you want to move to Mexico with another man? Is that this JV is about?
lol.. what is this JV all about?? Looking for a life partner?
Another waste of 48 seconds of my life I will never get back. Get rid of this thread.
I am definately interested.
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Sunday, 10 May 2015
Design | Luke Turner Bottle Openers
Beer seems to be at in the top five priorities when me + Nik meet up. The running order goes something like this; coffee, actual work duties + Buckets meeting (coffee before work, yes), checking it with PRs, visiting new stores, and beer.
While you can't open a PR with a bottle opener, you can open another on the list. A terrible segue way, but we got there!
I spotted these rather cool looking customised bottle openers on Instagram, created by a chap called Luke Turner. He's only selling them via Instagram right now, which I actually thought was a pretty sweet idea - people turning their social media into a quick turn over-type of side project. Just flogging them out there, no website, just Paypal. I dunno, I just liked the convenience of it all. Especially seeing as you can use the Paypal app on your phone these days.
Anyway, these bottle openers have all been collected over a few years, from various places like second hand shops, car boots, vintage sales…and have been spruced and cleaned up. They've been finished off with a little bit of natty paracord, which can be attached to your wallet, keychain or even wrist if you really must.
Find them at @helloluketurner for £8.50 each.
- Mat. Editor of Buckets and Spades.
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Caesar would have been proud
Alicia Ball, Latin Club Adviser
April 26, 2016
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On April 21-22, 17 CHS students competed against 2200 other students at the Texas State Junior Classical League's Latin and Greek State Competition. These are the results… Tucker Matis – 1st in Latin Reading Comprehension – Prose, 2nd in Latin Derivatives Hennessy East: 1st in Poster Tyler Ja...
Mustangs advance to state UIL
April 24, 2016
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The CHS UIL Academic Team competed in the Regional meet this weekend at The University of Texas at Arlington. 28 students from Coronado advanced to the Regional Meet in Arlington as a result of placing in the district meet earlier this month. The following Mustangs placed at the Regional Meet an...
Prom 2016
April 21, 2016
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The 2016 Prom Queen is Averi Cross. Cross is very involved in many activities at Coronado. She has been a member of the Pom squad for four years, a member of student council, NHS and FCCLA. Cross has been dancing most of her life and she is currently a Revolution Elite Company Dancer. Cross is...
Mustangs win Sweepstakes at UIL District Meet
Cecilee Echols, UIL Coordinator
April 4, 2016
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The CHS UIL Academic Team competed in their District meet this weekend at Texas Tech University. Over 60 students spent their Saturday competing in 15 different academic events. We brought home 37 individual medals and 9 team medals ---PLUS we won the Sweepstakes trophy for the 2nd year in a row! 28 ...


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In the past we had a detailed article about the new and exciting features in iOS 5. One of the major new features that we mentioned was the new Notification Centre that houses all the messages/notifications such as calls, sms etc. that you can check at any later time. As many have already noticed, Notification Centre also shows all new widgets developed by Apple specifically for the iOS 5 namely weather and stock widgets. Soon after the release of the iOS 5 beta, we were expecting that jailbreak community will move ahead and bring us the new customized 3rd party Read More >
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List of available Cydia apps for the Jailbroken iOS devices is growing by leaps and bounds in the recent time. These days you can find a Cydia tweak for literally for any modification you can imagine for your iOS device. And then apart from the free Apps there are also many paid Cydia apps available for which you have to pay but usually provides more refined functionality or control. In the past, we have covered a lot Cydia apps ranging from the typical Springboard mods, camera app tweaks, folder tweaks to more recently the iOS 5 notification center widgets. Recently, Read More >
Tetris is one of the most well known and classical puzzle games available virtually on every platform either its PC, gaming consoles or handhelds. Its been available on the iOS platform for quite some time as well as on the Android. However, previously for the version available on the Android you had to pay. Now EA has released a free version of the game on the Android Market for you Tetris fans out there to enjoy when you are on the move. However, there are some limitations on the free version of the Tetris for example, only Classic mode of Read More >
We all know that iPhone App market is absolutely huge, now supporting well over 300,000 applications and games. You can see all kinds of apps there ranging from very useful ones to the ones are just plain crap. With this much variety and diversity in apps its no wonder that every now and then you come cross some bizarre applications that makes you smile if not anything else. Yesterday, I was just digging through the iTunes App Store and found a really interesting application named MyRazor. Well, as the name say it out this application is expected to give your Read More >
If you are a NFL fantasy football player? If yes then you will love to know that official Android app for the NFL Fantasy is now live, and now you can do all the team management from the comfort of your Android device while on the go! This application has features for all the common tasks to manage your team such as: • Join or create a league • Check live fantasy scoring • Sit/Start and Add/Drop players • Propose and accept trades • Read up-to-the minute player news • Manage teams in multiple leagues Download NFL.com Fantasy Football 2011 Read More >
Well, this is not exactly the latest news, but somehow I missed to mention it before. The thing is rumors about the upcoming Samsung Nexus Prime (next generation Nexus device) are heating up. It has been reported by multiple sources that Samsung Nexus Prime will available in October which is not very far of course. Device also looks very potent indeed as its expected to support a 1.5 GHz processor and a gigantic 4.5-inch LCD display (HD AMOLED display) among the other assortment of features expected from a high-end Android device in the current generation. However, the most interesting piece Read More >
We have already told you about the TouchDroid project few days back. Its basically formed by one of the groups that have come forward and promising to bring the Android Gingerbread to the device via the TouchDroid project and later one shifting to the CM7 (based on Android 2.3/ Gingerbread) codebase. Eventually they are also planning to the bring the Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) Android 4.0 to the platform once Google releases it. Now the developers of the TouchDroid project have posted an interesting video demonstrating the boot of CyanogenMod 7 on the HP TouchPad! According to the developers, the Read More >
Steve Jobs resignation from the Apple as the CEO was probably one of the biggest news circulating around the Internet technology related news sphere . Of course, he will still be around serving on the Apple board of directors. I just came around a very nice Infographic at the GigaOM that basically rounds out the key moments in the Apple history, and also gives a rundown on the Steve Jobs career though the years in the process starting from the April 1st, 1976 when Apple was founded all the way to this year in June when iCloud was announced. Also Read More >
HTC Holiday is a device that was being speculated for months now. Now Engadget has got some tasteful leaked images of the device as well as some scoop on the specs of the device. According to their sources it will soon hitting the AT&T and will support the 4G LTE technology. HTC Holiday will come equipped with a huge 4.5-inch display, 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, an 8MP rear facing camera and a 1.3 MP rear facing camera. On the software side it should be loaded with the Android 2.3.4 and HTC Sense 3.0. Loos gorgeous visually as Read More >
As we reported earlier, that the Samsung Launch event has been postponed to Tuesday. However, despite this fact it seems that PocketNow has got hold of some gorgeous leaked images of the Samsung Epic 4G Touch which is in fact A Samsung Galaxy S II (S2) on Verizon. Images are embedded below. You can see the beautiful Galaxy S II logo and Sprint logo on the back. Apparently, device is similar to the European counterpart. [Source]


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Smash Through The Ceiling: Selling Your Home For More Than They Want To Pay
When you buy a new house, you are always on the lookout for the best deal. You'll negotiate to get the price as low as you can, and with a skilled agent in place you'll be able to get a deal you're happy with. But from the other side – when you're the one selling – you want to get that price as high as possible. You need to balance so many things – price it too high and it may not sell. But be too flexible on the price, and you may be robbing yourself.
One thing that complicates a lot of people's dreams of realizing the profit they want is history. And no, that doesn't mean your house is built on an ancient burial ground. Although if it is, commiserations. That will make it a harder sell. The history that really matters here is the price history of other houses that have sold in your street. Sometimes, they can make your sale problematic.
Given that information is lodged every time a house is sold, every area and every street has what is known as a "ceiling price". Although not official, this price guides what people are willing to pay for a home in a neighborhood. If they see a house for sale that they really like, buyers (and realtors) will research what other houses nearby have sold for. And so when it comes to selling your house, you may find it tricky to go above that price.
Ceiling prices are not legally binding – you can put any price you like on your home, as it belongs to you. But they do offer guidance, and if you want to smash through that ceiling you may have to do something special to render the price irrelevant.
Something Special? Like What?
Given that the area ceiling price is available to buyers and realtors, it is also open to you. When you know what the highest price paid in your area has been, it behoves you to do some scouting. What made that house worth that price? Does your house have those features? And if you want to sell for more, how can you add value quickly?
How you go about scouting this depends on a few factors. Are you friendly with the resident at the current record holder? If so, have you been to their home? And if you haven't, will they mind you having a look around and asking them a few questions? If you're not on good terms with them, what can you tell from a quick drive past?
These are all questions that a potential buyer is going to have. Although you're under no obligation to sell for the same price, you'll need to have a reason why you won't.
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To a large extent, real estate is a buyer's market in that you want to sell, so it's in your interests to accept the highest offer you get. If you want to overcome a buyer's insistence that your house is only worth $X,000, you need to make it irresistible. That means you may need to make an addition that has the "WOW" factor. They don't want to up their offer, but they want that "WOW".
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You may also want to look at adding something indoors that marks your house out as unique. Remodelling the master bedroom or the kitchen in a way that makes it more than just a desirable room is worth considering. Particularly in the kitchen, adding innovative, ultra-modern appliances can add value. The overall feel of a home sells it, as much as bare facts. Making it feel like a house they have to have can add value beyond what you spend on making those additions.
Restoring Former Glories
Anyone looking to buy a new house will be interested in the character of the home. A house where the outside and the inside do not match up will feel jarring. Realtors treat the phrase "original features" much like a magical incantation. The more original character your home has, the more it feels like a home. Although added gadgets in the kitchen give a "WOW" factor, the rest of the house shouldn't feel soulless.
If your house has an original fireplace, for example, the chances are that it has been sealed or even covered over. A real working fireplace is, however, a hugely attractive selling point. The same is true of bare wood beams and exposed brickwork inside the home. If a potential buyer can feel like the house is a home, they'll be able to see themselves in there. And for that, they'll pay a little more.
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A realtor has one of the most lucrative but also finely balanced jobs in the world. It is in their interests to realize a high sale price, because they work on commission. It is also in their interests not to turn the buyer off by quoting too high. So the moment you speak to a realtor, ask them what you need to do to smash that ceiling price. Take their advice, as no-one knows the area and the market better than they do.
Through all of this, bear in mind one thing. Your mind may be telling you things that you think would improve the house and increase the selling price. But you are one person, and you are definitively the one person who will NOT be buying the house. So what seems like a "can't miss" touch to you may not be so charming to others. Take advice from people who have set a high price and won before, and have confidence in making a lucrative sale.


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Upstream from the bridge
Clifty Falls
Memorial Weekend 2015 at Clifty Falls State Park walking a trail that is close to the in. Ellie Brie walking ahead of Grandma Nettie
Big Clifty
This picturesque, unnamed cascade is hidden amid boulders on a hillside.
This magnificent panorama unfolds when you pass around the back of Clifty Inn.
Big Clifty after heavy rains
The old railroad tunnel is a
weird place. Springs in the walls create flowstone cave formations, and bats sleep in crannies in the ceiling.
High Bridge is well-named. Spanning a gaping chasm carved by Little Crooked Creek, it has stunning views from both its sides. To the south, the hills of Kentucky are visible. High Bridge is located near the parks southern boundary.
Standing on the bridge looking toward Hoffman Falls
After a major rain event
After a small rain event
This bridge is above Hoffman Falls.
Turkey at Clifty Falls State Park we saw several Memorial Weekend 2015
The cascade shown is just the bottom of a tremendously high waterfall. This falls is one of many spectacular, yet hidden waterfalls that exist in Clifty Falls state park. This particular waterfall is only barely accessible, and the dangerous creek bed hike to it is not at all recommended.
I discovered this amazing jumble of huge boulders somewhere on the upper reaches of Clifty Creek.
Stone stairs on hiking trail 7.
One of the tallest waterfalls in the park, Tunnel Falls has a drop of around 80 feet.
One of the views from fire tower.
Cake Rock is a massive limestone slump block which towers above trail 7.
This beautiful cascade lies at your left when you cross the bridge spanning Little Clifty Creek, on trail 7. At your right, the creek spills into a deep hollow as Little Clifty Falls.
Trail 1 is a lovely trail in the morning.
Looking into the abandoned train tunnel.
Bridge over the stream that feeds Hoffman Falls
Indiana Looks more like a scene from the Smokies
Wooden structures on a trail at Clifty Falls.
Looking upstream from the bridge above Hoffman Falls
Tunnel Falls after a major rain event
This small and pretty cascade is found on a creek above Hoffman Falls.
Hoffman Falls after a major rain event
Upstream from Little Clifty Falls after a major rain event
Big Clifty Falls
Looking out over the Lilly Memorial
Protected overlook of Big Clifty Falls along trail 7
Tammy Davis
Stairs at the end of trail 4 - 154 straight up to the Lilly Memorial


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Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, 65, a Tibetan monk and prominent political prisoner, died in Chinese captivity on Sunday. In 2002, he was arrested and imprisoned on a bombing charge his supporters claim was wrongful. The United States, European Union, and international human rights organizations all pushed for his release.
Originally, he was slated for the death sentence, but thanks to pressure from international groups, the Chinese government commuted his sentence to twenty years.
In addition, Tenzin Delek's supporters claim that he was in ill-health and required medical parole to seek treatment.
Under Chinese law, if an inmate has served seven years and has chronic health conditions, he is permitted to leave on medical parole.
However, the humanitarian concerns about Tenzin Delek's imprisonment were ignored by the Chinese government.
"The fact that he was not even allowed medical parole and last wish of followers to see him reflects continuing hardline policies of the Chinese government," Lobsang Sangay, the head of the India-based Tibetan government in exile, said. "Such mistreatment will only create more resentment among Tibetans.
Members of China's Public Security Bureau admitted to the press that Tenzin Delek had died but refused to give any further details.
Sources close to Tenzin Delek say that his body has not yet been returned to his family.
Some groups are reporting that Chinese troops are moving into the area where Tenzin Delek lived to deter any possible protests.
"We fear for the lives of the Tibetans inside Tibet who are deeply affected by the death of their beloved Buddhist teacher Tenzin Delek Rinpoche. With news of armed Chinese troops moving into the local area, there is a heightened risk of a violent crackdown," Tenzin Dolkar, executive director of Students for a Free Tibet, said.
"World leaders must publicly condemn the Chinese government for the death of an innocent Buddhist monk and human rights defender and take concrete action to protect the lives of Tibetans in Tibet," his statement continued.
"His death is in every sense a political murder – a long, drawn out execution of a Tibetan hero who was a religious leader, environmentalist and rights advocate. We condemn the Chinese government for the murder of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche," the statement also said.
China first invaded and occupied Tibet under Mao Zedong in 1950. The mountainous nation had some measure of autonomy until 1959, however when the Chinese Communists dissolved the country's government and sent the Dalai Lama—Tibet's religious leader and an important figure in Buddhism—fleeing into exile.


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Happy Cranford Christmas: Behind the scenes of the TV series that took Britain by storm
I did not have a grey hair on my head when I first encountered Cranford. Now - having penned the Christmas special - I have five.
Two on each temple, and one at the back that my hairdresser found. They are an entirely appropriate memento.
Since starting work on the original series in 2002, I have morphed from a woman in her 30s - years younger than most of the ladies of Cranford - to someone shaking hands with middle age, standing shoulder to shoulder with Miss Matty and Miss Pole.
Leading lights: Deborah Findlay, Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton and Julia McKenzie in the award-winning television series
Most of the time, in the company of actresses, I find myself wishing I could lose ten pounds in weight. With the likes of Judi Dench, Barbara Flynn and Julia McKenzie, I wish I could gain ten years in age.
They, and their Cranford colleagues, form the finest group of actors I have ever known. Whatever I have been able to give them in terms of dialogue and plot, they have repaid tenfold with their wisdom and skill. They never miss a nuance, a beat, a trick. The Amazons of Cranford have been my inspiration.
In the third week of December 2007, my telephone rang while I was stirring a massive pan of mincemeat. It was Kate Harwood, Cranford's executive producer. The five-part series - filmed that summer - had just been broadcast to popular and critical acclaim. Kate cut to the chase. Would I like to write a sequel?
Heidi Thomas on the set this summer
I was stumped. Such a thing had never occurred to me and besides, I hadn't made the wreath, soaked the ham or wrapped anybody's presents. Feebly, I'd said I would think about it. And then I asked the thing that mattered most: 'Can we get the ladies back?'
The ladies were non-negotiable. There are some splendid men in Cranford. They are (mostly) noble and compelling. But the women - Miss Matty, Miss Pole, Mrs Forrester, Miss Tomkinson and Mrs Jamieson - are Cranford's backbone and its lifeblood. I couldn't do without them.
It was bad enough trying to do without Dame Eileen Atkins. She had given a bravura performance as Miss Deborah Jenkyns, who dropped dead of a stroke at the end of episode two.
In spring 2008, at the Press Guild Awards, Eileen was named Best Actress for this role. During the lunch at the Theatre Royal, Eileen took the microphone and said: 'Cranford was the third time I have worked with Heidi Thomas, and I can honestly say I have never had to ask her to change a single word.'
She paused as she sought me out among the audience. 'Except, you bitch, you killed me off!' She brought the house down.
Philip Glenister got up next, to accept the Best Actor award for his role as Cranford's Mr Carter. 'You killed me off, too, you cow!'
I regretted dispatching Mr Carter, with complications from an amputated leg, but I'd not known Phil would play him. But in drama, as in life, the dead cast long and tender shadows. I knew that in the sequel, Mr Carter and Miss Deborah would still touch the lives of those they'd loved.
I also knew, by now, that the ladies were safe. All the actresses had pledged their services, including Judi, whose diary is always bursting. Julia McKenzie, who plays Mrs Forrester, had also promised to appear, despite being busy as the new Miss Marple.
The matchless producer Sue Birtwistle co-created the original Cranford series along with Susie Conklin. I met them to discuss the shape of 'Cranford 2'.
The first series had combined a novel and two short stories by Elizabeth Gaskell, and I supplemented these with original material. The result was something fresh and surprising to the audience, but very much rooted in classic literature.
There were, crucially, several untouched chapters of Cranford remaining, which we hadn't had room for earlier. In addition, there was the delightful vignette, The Cage At Cranford, which features Miss Pole - played by Imelda Staunton.
But Susie, Sue and I didn't want to stretch out stories that had run their course. Some characters would have to be discarded - and replaced.
First time around, we had woven a Gaskell novella called Mr Harrison's Confession into the mix. It provided our medical thread and gave us a story of young love. Sue and Susie felt Gaskell's little-known short story The Moorland Cottage might take its place, and gave it to me to read.
I was hesitant at first. The story covers ten years in time, and the hero and heroine are children for much of it. Also, the high point of the action was a shipwreck, which would not sit well in landlocked Cheshire. Nevertheless, as I read, I felt the hairs rise on my right forearm - a reliable sign that something has potential. I saw the chance to link in the advent of the railway, and there was not just a romance, but a rich and conflicted father-son relationship. We decided we should do it.
I spent the spring and summer of 2008 snipping and filleting, finding ways to make the stories work. As I wrote, a theme began emerging - that of an older generation giving way to youth.
I was perhaps at a time of life that made me sensitive to this. My 11-year-old son, still at infants' school when I started the first series, was now transferring to secondary school. My once-tiny godson was an Army officer, at war in Afghanistan, and my grandma is very frail at 99.
Like Miss Matty and her Amazons, I could feel my known world shifting on its axis, and could not escape the sense that I must change with it. It was then that I found my first grey hair.
I scribbled out a line from the earlier series, and pinned it to the wall above my desk. They were words of wisdom from a man, Mr Holbrook, Miss Matty's doomed suitor, played by Michael Gambon: 'We cannot reverse the clock; only move forward, in the way of time itself.' This sentence became my motto.
Time has a habit of hustling us onward and making us less sure. I began my career as a dramatist at the age of 20. Then, I ran with my writing, tearing ahead with the fleetness of foot that comes from never having stumbled.
In my mid-40s, I still write with passion, but also with infinite, questioning care: Why does this move me? What are they feeling? What can they say aloud?
Only the young know everything. As I sat weaving the endless web of words, I came to see that the great gift of age is not the growth of confidence, but the loss of it. We are not wise, until we start to question. We can cherish no belief until we start to doubt.
It took a year to write the scripts. Each was 100 pages long, and then redrafted ten or 11 times.
The first series was showing internationally, and work was broken up by invitations to awards events. Every ceremony was preceded by a stream of calls from fellow nominees: 'Are you wearing long or cocktail?' 'I need a navy blue bra!' 'Are you taking your husband?' We'd look at frocks on the internet and email pictures to each other.
First lady: Judi Dench as Miss Matty Jenkyns
The dismal truth is that as a writer in early middle age, I could go in my wellies and gardening skirt - no one would take any notice at all. However, I spent several weeks having a gown made for the Baftas. It was black lace over chocolate silk, with handsewn caviar beads around the neckline, and I invested in a pair of antique earrings.
Next day, I received an email from an aunt: 'We thought we caught a glimpse of you, slightly behind and to the left of Bruce Forsyth.'
Cranford was warmly received around the globe, but it wasn't possible to get a swollen head. I was scrubbing out my wheelie bins when I was told we had seven Primetime Emmy nominations.
My old friend Simon Curtis, who directed both the original Cranford series and the sequel, advised me: 'Wear that thing you had on at the Baftas. Nobody's going to look at you. You're British.'
Driving to the ceremony in Los Angeles, as the temperature climbed, I had never seen so many limos in my life - they were crawling to the venue four abreast, trailing back for more than a mile. Then they ground to a halt. Time ticked by.
Simon started getting nervous. 'They'll lock us out. They'll lock us out!' The Emmys are broadcast live, and the doors close on the dot of 4.30pm. I said: 'They can't lock us out. We're nominees.'
But all around us, people start abandoning their cars and when we saw Glenn Close hook up the train of her gown and start to run, we realised it was serious, and followed suit. We fell into step as we scurried along, me in my Dior black satin stilettos.
'Are your shoes hurting?' Glenn gasped, clicking away on her scarlet-soled Louboutins.
'Yes,' I panted. 'Oh, well,' she laughed. 'At least it isn't really, really hot or anything.'
Cranford had been nominated for seven Emmys and we won two. Eileen Atkins was named Best Supporting Actress. The BBC contingent cheered its head off, and mourned her absence bitterly. Eileen always gives a magnificent acceptance speech.
Sometimes the plaudits were chastening. One morning I was in a vile mood - cross, tired, and a crimson sock had got mixed up in a white wash - when a parcel arrived from New York. I opened it, still cursing. It contained a giant St Christopher medal and a letter from a Catholic organisation, extolling Cranford as 'a work that celebrates the highest qualities of the human spirit'. I slunk back to my desk, and swore no more that day.
Rehearsals for the sequel began at Ealing Studios in May this year. All over the building, the Cranford cast were bumping into each other, thrilled by the reunion.
There was news: Emma Fielding, who plays Miss Galindo, had had a baby; Lisa Dillon, who plays Miss Mary Smith, was engaged and showing off a diamond ring. Simon Woods, who had played young Dr Harrison, appeared in his new role as a documentary maker, filming Cranford: Under The Bonnet - a factual peep behind the scenes.
Julia McKenzie, Barbara Flynn, Judi Dench, Deborah Findlay and Imelda Staunton
When I spotted the parquet-floored gazebo, erected on the lawn for dancing practice, I realised what I was reminded of. 'It's like being at a wedding,' I said to Simon Curtis.
'Well, it might be for you,' he said, fingers fizzing on his BlackBerry, face in a rictus of stress.
We were scratchy with each other; I had months of work behind me, and wanted it to finish. He had months ahead of him, and wanted it to start.
Suddenly, Dame Eileen's husband, Bill, turned up with a crate containing 30lb of oranges. There was a note attached: 'To Be Consumed In Your Rooms, In Solitude, by the order of Miss Deborah Jenkyns.'
This was a reference to a scene in the original, where the Misses Jenkyns guzzle fruit while sitting on their beds, and was typical of Eileen's generosity and style. Judi had been sent a separate gift: a bottle of Jo Malone bath oil, with an affectionate card: 'To my dear sister, who much prefers grapefruit.' We missed her.
Off screen, the Cranford ladies are a larky bunch. Eileen's gesture proved inspiring.
Barbara Flynn, who plays acidic Mrs Jamieson, scooped up the oranges and scuttled off with them. At the end of the shoot, we were each presented with a jar of Miss Deborah Jenkyns' Memorial Marmalade, made by Barbara and with a pleated paper cover made from a Cranford script page.
Judi commissioned a life-size cardboard cut-out of Eileen, dressed as Miss Deborah and clutching a fistful of candles. The ladies would regularly gather around it and pose for photographs.
The pictures were posted to Eileen, busy playing Eleanor of Aquitaine in a film for Ridley Scott. She would stick on speech bubbles, complete with lewd captions, and post them back.
When I ventured back on to the set a fortnight later, Simon was pacing the studio floor. 'Why is there always so much stuff in your scripts? I've just spent two hours filming a meringue.'
Pastures new: Julia McKenzie and the replacement pyjama-clad cow
He was referring to a scene in which a young couple - unable to speak their desire in any other way - touch fingers, in agony, across a plate of cake. A crumb falls to the floor; the young man picks it up, and dares to stroke the fabric of her skirt. In spite of his annoyance, Simon did it in a way that made it magical.
The shoot was not all plain sailing. The original cow-in-pyjamas - a beast condemned in the first series to wear flannels after an accident in a lime pit - had retired, and had to be replaced with an animal that could act and fit the costume. One of our locations, Flash Brook in Derbyshire, was so plagued with midges that the actors could not say their lines; their mouths filled with insects as they spoke.
Also, in keeping with the general trend, the budget for the show was tight. It mattered not one jot that the frocks were familiar, or that the cottage furniture was faded. In Cranford, 'elegant economy' has always been a watchword. But every penny had to do the work of two.
Sue and her co-producer Rupert Ryle-Hodges worked miracles. On screen, the show looks as beautiful as ever, and there are glorious set pieces, including a snow scene, a steam train and a magic show.
However, in television, time is money, and money was saved by shortening the shoot. Days were long and relentless, with no room for error.
Despite these strains, there was always a fabulous atmosphere. Much of this was down to Sue - birthdays were always marked and the sick nursed tenderly. But there was something else at work among us; a sense of shared commitment that smoothed the roughest days.
The shoot was marked, like Cranford itself, by people striving to be of help to one another. Stephen Myles, our costume-maker, appears in a non-speaking role as a tailor. 'We needed somebody who knew what they were doing,' he explained.
When designer Jenny Bevan couldn't get the right earrings for Lesley Sharp, who plays newcomer Mrs Bell, I raided my jewellery box at home and found a Georgian pair. This must have saved us all of £50, but I felt I was putting my shoulder to the wheel.
Much has been said about Cranford, and in particular its depiction of community. It is often seen as a portrait of a world long gone, and its success thought to rest in our desire to live there.
But Cranford is not one world, it is many. It is the fictional town portrayed on screen. It is Gaskell's memoir of the same name, in which she buffed up the details of a place she'd known in her youth.
It is Knutsford, in another guise - a place that was real, and remains so. And for a lucky few, Cranford was and is the job that binds us, a chapter we have shared, and from which we will move on.
The ephemeral nature of it all was brought home to me one bright, blue afternoon. We were filming at St Mary's Church in Radnage, in the Chilterns. I parked in a field near the dining tent, and walked up the lane to the church. Julia McKenzie, bonneted and costumed, beckoned to me.
She wanted to introduce Pretty, the replacement actress cow. 'She is so good, and so obedient,' said Julia. 'When we were playing a sad scene, she rested her head on my shoulder, and I kissed her! I never thought I could do such a thing.'
In the church and its grounds, two camera crews were working. One was filming a naughty Jack Russell, another a scene between three actors. In a corner of the ancient porch, Celia Imrie, who plays newcomer Lady Glenmire, was icing a gateau, dressed in a crinoline and velvet tam-oshanter. This had nothing to do with the plot. It was a designated cake day, which meant that the actors had brought in their home baking.
I found myself a brownie and a napkin, and sought out a place where I could watch the action without being in the way. The churchyard had been respectfully 'dressed' with ivy and one or two polystyrene angels.
About to tuck into my cake, I realised they were placed among genuine tombstones.
Side by side with our careful craftsmanship sat records of real lives loved and lost. We would be gone tomorrow. These would remain. Of course, I sat elsewhere. Before I left that evening, I did the graves the courtesy of paying my respects. It was a small thing, but inscriptions are put there for a reason. They endure; they cry out to be read.
When I write Cranford, it is lives like these that I have in mind: obscure and concluded, cherished and deeply felt. When the characters speak, they are real to me. And if they are women, they stand inside my heart.
There is a scene in the second part of the Christmas special in which Miss Matty and her friends visit the decaying ballroom where they danced as girls. They catch sight of their aged reflections in a filthy looking-glass.
Mrs Forrester's voice is soft: 'I do not recall such a mottled patina.'
With a gloved hand, Miss Matty wipes away the dust and answers: 'The candlelight was kind. It polished the glass, and the faces captured there.'
Middle-aged and mirror-shy, I am still not sure what I was trying to say. But Judi's eyes convey it perfectly.
Cranford is only a television programme. For a time, it has filled up my whole sky. It will live - like a loved one - for a while, but not for ever. As a spinster teacher at my school - my earliest Amazon - was fond of saying: 'This too will pass.'
I am making mincemeat again this week. It is two years since I was asked to write the sequel. And I'm glad that I said yes. Despite my silvered hair.
How Victoria gave us Christmas
For Elizabeth Gaskell, the creator of Cranford and a mother of four daughters, Christmas was a time for joyful celebration.
In 1853, she judged a printing house in Manchester a 'large and happy family' because it had religious prints on the walls and 'an Xmas tree at Christmas'.
But the Christmas traditions Gaskell praised were invented in her lifetime. At the time of her birth in 1810, the day was hardly observed and cards and gifts were not exchanged.
After their marriage in 1840, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, who came from Germany, began celebrating Christmas in the German style - with a rich meal, a decorated tree and garlands of holly around the house. Their subjects followed suit.
By the middle of the century, every family had a fir tree in their parlour, adorned with dried fruits, gingerbread and glass ornaments.
In 1843, Sir Henry Cole, weary of greetings letters, decided to create a seasonal card.
His idea caught on and in 1880 more than 11million Christmas cards were sent.
On December 25, after a church service, Victorian families dined on goose or roast beef. For dessert, they tucked into plum pudding stuffed with silver coins.
In the evening, there were parlour games and carol singing, with roasted chestnuts and perhaps mulled wine for the adults. Until Santa Claus became fashionable in the 1870s, children received gifts from their parents - dolls, clockwork toys and books.
The luckiest children had Christmas crackers, invented by confectioner Tom Smith in 1847, after his crackling fire inspired him to combine wrapped sweets with a popping sound.
Even the poor celebrated, eating a meat pie, building a fire for the evening and exchanging cheap gifts such as hand-carved toys or nuts.
By the time Gaskell died in 1865, the Christmas traditions we know and love had become firmly entrenched in British culture.
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AMS 2017 Presentation Slides
JeTSI team member Laura Ellen Dafoe presented "Characterization of the Data Volume Generated by the S-NPP Mission to Support Decisions Regarding Data Downlink Resource Management" during the 2017 American Meteorological Society's 13th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems in Seattle, WA in January.
Additionally, team members, Dr. Stephen Marley and Laura Ellen Dafoe, were co-authors along with Alexander Werbos (AER) and T.S. Zaccheo on "A Collaborative Approach for Algorithm Operationalization"during the 7th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations.
Click the links above to view the presentation slides. The recorded presentations will be available in late February through the AMS 2017 website.
JeTSI at AMS 2017
We are pleased to announce that JeTSI team member, Laura Ellen Dafoe, has been selected to provide a presentation at the American Meteorological Society's 13th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems to be held in Seattle, Washington January 22-26, 2017. Laura Ellen Dafoe will present "Characterization of the Data Volume Generated by the S-NPP Mission to Support Decisions Regarding Data Downlink Resource Management" on Thursday, January 25.
The presentation will take a look at the volume and rate of the data from the six S-NPP data sources analyzed and characterized for the time period April 2012 through December 2015. This characterization supports S-NPP and JPSS Program decisions on satellite data downlink resource management as well as concepts of operations and requirements for future missions. Understanding the variability of the data generation supports optimal and low risk operational decisions on data downlink operations.
Additionally, team members, Dr. Stephen Marley and Laura Ellen Dafoe, are co-authors along with Alexander Werbos (AER) and T.S. Zaccheo on "A Collaborative Approach for Algorithm Operationalization" being presented on Tuesday, January 24.
Environmental Information in Every Decision – EUMETSAT
EUMETSAT, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, Conference is being held this week in Darmstadt, Germany bringing together meteorologists, scientists and researchers from around the world to share their experience and knowledge during plenary, poster and workshop sessions.
Presenting in Poster Session 1, "Environmental Information in Every Decision" by Philip Ardanuy (INNOVIM), David Green (NASA Applied Sciences Program Office), George Komar (NASA Earth Science Technology Office), Dr. Stephen Marley (JeTSI), Peter Neilley (The Weather Business), and Carl Schueler (Schueler Consulting).
In two decades, nearly-deployed constellations of US/European polar-orbiting and geosynchronous meteorological/environmental satellite systems will approach the end of their planned operational lifetimes. As the needs of weather services users continue to grow, they demand a broader suite of applied environmental services. Our ability to deliver these enhanced services is directly coupled to the pace and state of technology maturation. The poster depicts several classes of decisions (public/private; corporate/ commercial; real-time/tactical/strategic) and how intersections of technology maturation and evolving societal needs can drive concepts for exploitation of emerging technologies for, and data collected from, a future satellite observing systems generation.
For news on the conference, visit the EUMETSAT Facebook page.
JPSS Program Visualized
The NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio has created an excellent description and visualization of the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Program. NOAA has partnered with NASA to implement the series of polar orbiting environmental satellites which began with the Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership satellite (S-NPP) and is continuing with the development and planned launch of JPSS-1 and JPSS-2.
JeTSI is proud to be part of the system engineering and architectural team developing and implementing the JPSS program with NASA and NOAA.
View the video telling the JPSS story and its Multi Mission Concept of Operations.
AMS 2016 Presentation Slides
JeTSI team member Dr. Stephen Marley presented "O2R2O – A 21st Century Approach to the Operationalization of Weather Science" at the 12th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems during the 2016 American Meteorological Society's annual meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Click the link above to view the presentation slides.
JeTSI at AMS 2016
JeTSI team member Dr. Stephen Marley was selected to provide a presentation at the 12th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems during the American Meteorological Society's annual meeting.
Dr. Stephen Marley will present "O2R2O – A 21st Century Approach to the Operationalization of Weather Science" on Thursday, January 14.
This presentation will explore the application of new technologies for the operationalization of weather science. It will review the current practices within the NOAA/NESDIS enterprise and identify how emerging technologies might be integrated into a more flexible architecture that provides for the efficient integration of the latest weather science understanding into operational use.
The meeting be held in New Orleans, Louisiana January 10-14, 2016
The presentation slides will be posted on our website after the conference is held. You will be able to find them in the Published Papers link at www.jetsi.com.
JeTSI Presentation Accepted – GSAW 2016
Jeffries Technology Solutions, Inc. (JeTSI) is pleased to announce that our submission to GSAW 2016 has been accepted as part of the "Enterprise Approaches" session scheduled for the morning of March 2, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.
"Architecture from Concept through Acceptance Test: Reducing Technical Management Costs for Systems-of-Systems" will show how Unified Profile for MoDAF and DoDAF (UPDM) was critical in achieving a new level of technical insight, technical management, and cost control. With the advent of the UPDM in DoDAF 2.0, along with implementations of UPDM provided by various commercial tools (e.g., MagicDraw by No Magic), the long anticipated potential to reduce costs and enhance the technical management of large Systems-of-Systems using "architecture" is beginning to be realized. UPDM's relational model infrastructure removes the engineers from having to ensure every relationship, every interface, and every perspective remains consistent with each update to the model. This allows the Systems Engineering group to unleash the true power of the "architecture" throughout the life cycle, from Concept Definition and now through Acceptance Testing.
JeTSI has been on the forefront of this new technical management paradigm applying DoDAF modeling to the Constellation Program and providing key support for the Space Network Modernization Ground Sustainment System. Working since 2010 with NASA and NOAA on the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Ground Project (GP), JeTSI is also leveraging the JPSS GP architecture to assist NOAA's Office of Satellite Ground Services (OSGS) in charting the overall NESDSIS ground system architecture into the next decade. For both NASA and NOAA, JeTSI has been in a unique position to support major system trades (capability, cost, and schedule) as NOAA charts its new course into the future of weather satellites. This presentation will present the highlights of these efforts, and how UPDM was critical in achieving this new level of technical insight, technical management, and cost control.
The presentation slides will be posted on our website after the conference is held. You will be able to find them in the Published Papers link.
JeTSI Supports Give to Science Day
Jeffries Technology Solutions, Inc. (JeTSI) is pleased to once again support the Society for Science & the Public's (SSP) Give to Science Day.
SSP engages the public in scientific research and education. They inspire young people around the world through their competitions – the Intel Science Talent Search, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, and Broadcom MASTERS – and their publications – Science News and the freely available Science News for Students.
Support SSP through their website – www.societyforscience.org.
JeTSI – Meeting Industry Workforce Challenges Head-on
A pioneer in the area of corporate teleworking, Alan Jeffries determined quickly that JeTSI did not need a dedicated office space to be successful and to meet client needs. JeTSI's unique telework approach provides experienced and premier engineering resources while reducing enormous energy costs for facilities and commuting. Additionally, there are a number of other factors in the American workforce as a whole, and some unique to the aerospace industry, which make JeTSI's teleworking model advantageous for all sides. The number of workers reaching and approaching retirement age coupled with the lack of experienced, skilled workers to take their place, and the significant drop in American students pursuing careers in the engineering, math, and science arenas has the possibility of leaving America without space industry expertise. These are serious and valid industry concerns.
According to HR Magazine, "Economists at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) project that most new U.S. job openings in the coming decade will not stem from newly created jobs but rather from a need to replace workers exiting from existing jobs." And the 2012 Space Report cites 45% of NASA's current workforce is between the ages of 45 and 59. NASA will be facing a wave of retirement by the 2020's significantly reducing the level of experienced workers. Furthermore, if you widen the age range to 40-60 year olds, more than 70% of NASA's workforce is in that range while the overall U.S. labor pool is less than 45%.
Unfortunately finding younger workers to train and replace the retiring workforce is difficult. In 2001, there were only 148,000 degrees awarded to Americans in the engineering, math, and physical sciences – a 50% drop from the 1960's and the lowest number in two decades. Despite the evidence that the unemployment rates for college graduates with degrees in STEM fields are lower than other fields, and salaries are higher (as much as 50% higher over a lifetime), only 16% of college students graduate in STEM fields according to a 2012 Georgetown University study.
Meeting the challenge with a 1,2,3 punch – As company owners, engineers, and science lovers, Alan and Leslie feel strongly about making a difference and turning these statistics around. They have a three-pronged approach:
- Providing aerospace engineers and scientists the ability to work a schedule that meets their lifestyle needs and still contribute to the industry even after retirement. For some, the ability to take care of children or other family members while retaining their professional career is the optimum situation. JeTSI matches the engineers' skill sets and availability with the clients' project requirements and schedule providing a win-win solution.
- Donating time and resources to schools and teachers working to foster a love, appreciation, and understanding of engineering, math, and science principles. It is vital to engage students while they are in school – from elementary and on through high school, and into college.
- Creating part-time internships and junior engineering positions within JeTSI to help train and mentor young adults who are still attending college and just getting started, or are still early in their careers.
This approach complements JeTSI's commitment to provide exceptional response, reliable service, and innovative solutions to clients; a challenging and fun work environment for our employees; and to develop a love for science and technology in today's youth.


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Dutch immigrant family waiting after arrival at Ellis Island, early 1900s. Nice snapshot of the fashions worn by women and children of the time. Bain News Service. Vintage photographs provided by LOC. Original Medium: glass negative.
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OptoTest introduces the OP-SPHR Integrating Sphere. It was designed as a cost-effective solution for optical testing of fibersterminated with high-density connectors such as MXC™, MTP®/MPO, or bare fiber .
The screw-on design is ideal for implementing into new or existing Test Systems to accommodate up to 72 fibers and can be used with all OptoTest 1mm and 3mm detector designs.
The detector-mountable OP-SPHR offers the most cost-effective solution available. It requires no calibration, which reduces the necessary maintenance substantially.


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Neurodegeneration (general)
Neurodegeneration is the general term for the progressive loss of function and integrity of neuronal networks, including death of neurons associated with neuroinflammatory processes. Neurodegeneration can be found in many different levels of neuronal circuitry ranging from molecular to systemic. Many neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and Huntington's occur as a result of specific disease processes destabilizing neuronal network integrity that have been associated to accumulation of misfolded proteins or peptides. Many similarities appear in the progression of these diseases on a cellular and molecular level. These biochemical insults to neurons are mimicked in our neurodegenerative disease models. There are many parallels between different neurodegenerative disorders including protein misfolding and aggregation, oxidative stress, and overstimulation by excitatory neurotransmitters. As research progresses, the presence of soluble and diffusible oligomeric structures may relate these diseases to one another on a molecular and sub-cellular level.
Discovering these similarities offers hope for therapeutic advances that could ameliorate many diseases simultaneously.
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Off to a wobbly start in 2016, the lending landscape for commercial real estate is expected to bolster as the year progresses. Yet investors and lenders remain uncertain about the extent of improvement, as the industry faces looming loan maturities and regulatory measures.
The CMBS market has been on shaky ground recently, as concerns about the stock market, China and the global economy dampened lender and investor confidence. "In the first two and a half months of this year, CMBS was virtually broken," says Michael Riccio, senior managing director in the capital markets group of real estate services firm CBRE.
In May, CMBS delinquencies rose for the first time in 10 months, to 2.92 percent, from 2.90 percent in April, according to Fitch Ratings. (The firm expects delinquencies to remain below 3.0 percent this year.)
According to a recently released report by New York City-based research firm Real Capital Analytics (RCA), "Into the second half of 2015, the price of commercial real estate debt increased in line with turmoil in the corporate bond markets. RCA calculates that the average interest rate on commercial property loans (office, industrial, retail and hotel) came in at 4.4 percent in June 2015. By January 2016, this figure had increased to 5.0 percent."
Late March brought some stabilization, with spreads recovering, at least partially.
"Sixty to ninety days ago CMBS was all but dead, spreads widened out and borrowers were being re-traded on most deals," says Gerard T. Sansosti, executive managing director at financial intermediary firm HFF. "AAA-rated CMBS bonds widened out to 173 basis points, with BBBs widening to over 850 basis points. This was the bottom of the market. Since that time (in the last 30-45 days), pricing has come in significantly. The latest securitization priced at 117 for AAAs and BBBs were in the 625-725-basis-point range."
In the interim, alternative sources of funding have risen to the occasion to fill the demand gap—and they don't plan on going away any time soon.
One example of this is EB-5 funding. "For new construction and/or rehab projects in the Midwest and other locations, many borrowers are utilizing alternative sources of debt and equity, such as historic tax credits, new market tax credits and EB-5 funding," says Jim Doyle, senior vice president at Bellweather Enterprise, a commercial and multifamily mortgage banking company. Bank and life insurance companies have also positioned themselves to gain market share should CMBS issuance not return in a significant way.
"During the market volatility [in the first quarter], a number of our borrowers avoided the CMBS market and went with debt funds or bank financing, even if it required some level of recourse. They were willing to put in more equity or take on recourse to avoid a CMBS execution," Sansosti says.
For their part, banks are becoming increasingly more comfortable with longer loan terms, now going up to 10 years, and funding higher leverage deals if recourse is on the table. They are also increasingly funding new construction loans.
In its April 2016 Lender Forum report, CBRE notes that life insurance companies are competing with CMBS lenders by structuring loans at 75 percent loan to value ratios (LTV) for higher mortgage rates.
"Life companies want to be at 60-65 percent LTV or below and are pricing deals below 200 basis points," says Sansosti. "CMBS lenders are really only competing with life companies on higher leverage transactions (65 percent-plus LTV) and larger single asset deals ($200 million-plus loan size). With the recent tightening in the market, we have begun to see CMBS lenders competing with life companies on some of the lower LTV opportunities (i.e. 50-60 percent LTV)."
"Life companies continue to be aggressive this year after a record year in 2015," he adds.
Insurance lenders accounted for 13.0 percent of all lending across commercial property types in 2015, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), an industry trade group. Banks held the most market share last year, accounting for 41 percent of all lending, while CMBS lenders accounted for 16 percent of the market, down from 27 percent in 2014.
That downward trend continues in 2016. Owners and developers who can avoid using the CMBS market right now are doing so, with Simon Property Group being a prime example. Should CMBS not perform up to par, the REITs are quite comfortable going to life insurance companies, according to Steven Marks, managing director for corporate finance and REITs with Fitch Ratings.
"REITs generally endeavor to have as many different sources of capital as possible, such as unsecured debt, bank capital, preferred stock, joint ventures, asset sales, and even through the secured market if they really need it," Marks says. This year brought an increase in assets sales, for example, to raise equity across several REITs, he adds.
Looking ahead through 2017, industry insiders are generally optimistic, pointing to solid property fundamentals, a stable market and good discipline from lenders. "Lenders are comfortable, but thinking about where we are in the cycle," Riccio says.
With the wave of loan maturities coming due this year, it will take about 18 months to clear loans made in 2006 and 2007, industry sources say. The market will also have to adjust to Basel III bank reserve requirements and the Dodd Frank risk retention framework that are scheduled to take effect later this year.
"When they figure out what they will do about risk retention, then CMBS spreads should stabilize, and that engine will pick up again," Doyle says.


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Which commands should be included?
- vector: needed for graph
- graph: curve display widget
- stripchart:
- barchart:
- busy: not needed, because we already have tk busy
- winop: Is there anything here that is absent from plain Tk except winop snap? As other extensions have similar things, it might be better to do that one thing as a core addition to Tk (separate TIP) and leave this whole command out. (Also note that TIP 489 implements this for the key special case of rendering a canvas to an image.)
Should there be a special switch to enable compiling and including Rbc?
Should we change Rbc to some other name to prevent name clashes?
How should we integrate Rbc?
- separately like ttk widgets (command=rbc::graph C-sources under generic/rbc/)
- directly add to tk (command=graph, C-source=tkGraph.c, ..)
Should we export a C-interface?


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I'm horrible.
I have been in a rut. If any of you know me… you can probably tell that I am in a rut by my facebook posts. I go through these stages where I am a good mom/wife/housekeeper – bad – good – bad.
And by 'bad' – I mean lazy. Out of control. My household has been full of chaos lately & I don't know how to calm things down. I don't know how I get in these lazy/chaotic ruts.
God speaks to me & tells me,
"GET UP and stop being lazy!"
"Get organized!"
He NEEDS to YELL at me though, haha.
He is telling me,
"These children are a gift I gave you! I gave you your husband! You have a roof over your head & food on the table! What are you doing with these blessings I gave you?"
Am I the only one that God needs to yell at & scold? I sure feel like it!
So there is a lot on my mind as a sahm. As I go to look up verses for different reasons, somehow God keeps making me stumble upon verses like these below… and even when I see these verses for husbands/fathers – I am feeling like this is God speaking to ME, not men. Really all these verses apply to me too.
I really have some shaping up to do!
Psalm 127:3
Children are a gift from the Lord; babies are a reward.
Psalm 113:9
He gives children to the woman who has none and makes her a happy mother. Praise the Lord!
Proverbs 13:24
If you do not punish your children, you don't love them, but if you love your children, you will correct them.
Proverbs 20:11
Even children are known by their behavior; their actions show if they are innocent and good.
Proverbs 22:6
Train children to live the right way, and when they are old, they will not stray from it.
Proverbs 23:13
Don't fail to punish children. If you spank them, they won't die.
Proverbs 29:15
Correction and punishment make children wise, but those left alone will disgrace their mother.
Proverbs 29:17
Correct your children, and you will be proud; they will give you satisfaction.
Proverbs 31:28
Her children speak well of her. Her husband also praises her,
Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents as the Lord wants, because this is the right thing to do.
Ephesians 6:4
Fathers, do not make your children angry, but raise them with the training and teaching of the Lord.
Colossians 3:20
Children, obey your parents in all things, because this pleases the Lord.
Colossians 3:21
Fathers, do not nag your children. If you are too hard to please, they may want to stop trying
1 Timothy 3:4
He must be a good family leader, having children who cooperate with full respect.
1 Timothy 3:12
Deacons must have only one wife and be good leaders of their children and their own families.
1 Timothy 5:10
She must be known for her good works—works such as raising her children, welcoming strangers, washing the feet of God's people, helping those in trouble, and giving her life to do all kinds of good deeds.
Titus 1:6
An elder must not be guilty of doing wrong, must have only one wife, and must have believing children. They must not be known as children who are wild and do not cooperate
Titus 2:4
Then they can teach the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,
Proverbs 12:4
A good wife is like a crown for her husband, but a disgraceful wife is like a disease in his bones.
Proverbs 19:14
Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a wise wife is a gift from the Lord.
Proverbs 31:10
It is hard to find a good wife, because she is worth more than rubies.
Ecclesiastes 9:9
Enjoy life with the wife you love. Enjoy all the useless days of this useless life God has given you here on earth, because it is all you have. So enjoy the work you do here on earth.
1 Corinthians 7:3
The husband should give his wife all that he owes her as his wife. And the wife should give her husband all that she owes him as her husband.
1 Corinthians 7:4
The wife does not have full rights over her own body; her husband shares them. And the husband does not have full rights over his own body; his wife shares them.
Ephesians 5:23
because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church. And he is the Savior of the body, which is the church.
Ephesians 5:28
In the same way, husbands should love their wives as they love their own bodies. The man who loves his wife loves himself.
I just hope I am not totally displeasing the Lord in every single way. I hope He sees my desire to please Him… and I hope I am able to climb out of my rut!!
I want to be a better wife & mother.
I hope I can get better control of my household.
I want things to calm down & the chaos to end & I want order back.
I want to run my home in a way that pleases HIM.


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Stillwater Creek Vineyard
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Vineyards Stillwater Creek Vineyard
Blend 100% Merlot
Cooperage 85% American, 10% French, 5% Russian (15% new)
Bottled June 2007
Cases Produced 445 cases
Tasting Notes
Scaling this wine will take more than a rope and a carabiner! Once you reach the top, close your eyes and slowly take in the scent of charcoal smoke and baking spice intertwined with black cherry cola and a touch of pencil lead. Bathing the palate is a juicy mountain of blackberries, blueberries and black pepper while cigar box spice climbs to the top of this Cliff of Insanity. Charcoal and a black fruit finish cling to the summit like a thunderhead cloud. -Justin Vajgert, National Schmoozer


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Sujit Choudhry On The Relevance Of Public Policy Integrating Comparative Constitutional Law Data
Sujit Choudhry is the present founder and director of the Center for Constitutional Transitions and a seasoned author as well. Among his famous publications includes The Oxford Handbook of The Indian Constitution and The Migration of Constitutional Ideas that has gained popularity all over the world. The Center For Constitutional Transitions works in tandem with NGOs, and other institutions integral to the constitutional advancement, modification, and the final implementation stage. In regards to this, Sujit's school of thought is that the sole responsibility of research centers based in the Universities to supplement data pertaining to the development of efficient constitutional delivery. Read an interesting article, hit ceocfointerviews.com.
He also believes that in the present society, it is imperative to utilize the comparative analysis of the political and legal frameworks. This involves comprehending the diverse cultural and political structures of various countries. Doing this will ultimately help the relevant people to structure policies based on the needs and requirements of the people. The Center for Constitutional Transitions runs its operations from over 25 countries globally. It collaborates with various entities which are experienced in generating policies from real-time evidence which ultimately aids leaders in the early stages of democracy to make conscious constitutional decisions.Check his recent timeline activities on crunchbase.com.
Sujit also believes that for these emerging democratic states to thrive, they have to be able to think out of the box and be innovative in their political strategies. They also need to be open to assistance from industry experts who will ensure that the strategies will not oust the programs that have been put in place to support the constitutional process. Read Sujit's blogs, visit his linkedin.cpm page.
Sujit Choudhry is a revered expert in comparative constitutional law. He holds various certifications which contributed to his industry and peer recognition globally. Sujit attained his law degrees from the University of Toronto, University of Oxford and the Harvard Law School. In the course of his career, he has featured as a professor at the University of Toronto among other prestigious institution. In his quest for constitutional development, Sujit has been able to take part in the constitutional implementation process in locations that include South Africa, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Jordan, and Ukraine., with reference to constitutionaltransitions.org.
Hit http://www.law.nyu.edu/news/choudhry_award for an added read.


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Victorian Ash Timber Flooring Sydney
Victorian Ash is the collective name for Mountain Ash (eucalyptus regnans) and Alpine Ash (eucalyptus delegatensis). Grown in south eastern Victoria, predominantly along the Great Dividing Range, these virtually identical hardwoods are renowned for their exceptional height and straightness.
Victorian Ash is sought after for appearance grade applications such as furniture, flooring, staircases, mouldings, window frames and doors. It is also valuable in structural use for frames, trusses and laminated beams.
Victorian Ash ranges in colour from a highly attractive pale blonde through to nutty brown tones. Natural features, such as gum vein, add decorative appeal to this species, telling the tale of the tree's previous life in the natural elements.
A range of different finishes can be used to bring out the unique appeal of a Victorian Ash floor, including water or plant based finishes and traditional polyurethane, acrylics or tung oil. A highly appealing hardwood species for flooring, Victorian Ash can also be used to manufacture the flooring joists and substrate.
Victorian Ash's botanical name is eucalyptus regnans, delegatensis. eucalyptus regnans and eucalyptus delegatensis have Janka ratings of 4.9 and 5.7 respectively.
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