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Jennifer & Pranav | Chatsworth House, Derbyshire Peak District
Now that autumn is drawing in, it's lovely to look back on some of the winter weddings we did this year. Jennifer and Pranav got married on a crisp winter's day on the 30th January at the highly popular and glamorous Chatsworth House.
Team Jen, Natty and Lauren helped the bridal party prepare for the first day of a two day celebration. The couple held an Indian reception the following day at the equally grand Kelham Hall, and Jenn was lucky enough to do the bridal hair and make up for this too!
We spent the morning at Jennifer's parent's house in the beautiful village of Curbar in Derbyshire, where we prepared the bride, bridesmaids and mum, whilst being kepy company by the family dog. Jennifer opted for a simple and polished chignon and some natural makeup and looked stunning in her dress and wintry accessories.
Having worked with several Chatsworth brides in the past, we knew that the couple were in for an amazing day, as the events team at the house are incredible and always look after their clients on their big days.
It certainly looks like the couple had a wonderful time, and Jennifer looked totally gorgeous and glamorous on this chilly but sunny day. Our friends Jo and Simon from Shoot Photography captured the happy couple's day and kindly sent us these images to share.


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Growing your business is not a walk in the park. Your succes as an entrepreneur depends greatly on your ability to go the extra mile, to stay committed to your goals and to push your limits. Are you willing to leave the comfort zone of 'what is' and search for 'what can be'? You will find inspiration by listening to adventurer Cedric Dumont who dedicates his life to search for new adventures. What can you learn from the man who put on a wingsuit to fly over the great pyramids of Giza?"
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According to research from Citi, 44% of the business from existing financial services companies could be taken by startups, while McKinsey estimates up to 60% could be taken by fintech firms in the coming decade. How is it playing out, how is the banking industry responding and what do investors think? Thought leader and mentor Julian Levy is a well-known advisor to investors in technology. He presents us some facts & figures and and a perspective on the lie of the land in the FinTech industry. In the company of leading private equity and Venture Capital investors we will debate where the money comes from and who will beat the market. What is the current risk appetite and where should we place our bets?
Jurgen Ingels - The most dominant FinTech companies from the past decade's tech boom have proven that healthy growth is all about scaling. Are you working on what needs to be done to grow or are you just managing the status quo? An aspect that's often overlooked is the importance of perspective. In this masterclass we take a step back and look at the bigger picture. What does it take to scale your business? How do you manage this efficiently? Jurgen Ingels - founder of Clear2Pay, and one of Europe's most prominent FinTech investors - discusses what it takes to successfully grow your business. European scale-ups join the debate and share their secrets with you.
Witness the presentation of the FinTech Awards! Who will be the winners of the European FinTech Awards 2017? The 9 companies with the highest score in their category will take home the prestigious FinTech Awards.
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Incumbents obstruct job- and wealth creation by constraining finance for SMEs. New players are on the verge of solving this immense problem. The panel of judges will assess the top 3 companies in the Alternative Finance category and will determine who will win a prestigious European FinTech Award 2017.
How can FinTechs help traditional institutions from keeping their customers happy? Is it even possible for these opposites to collaborate? The panel of judges will assess the top 3 companies in the Innovative Banking Software category and will determine who will win a prestigious European FinTech Award 2017.
Traditional insurance is gone. New players align individual premiums with what they know about your health status, car speed, home temperature and gym results. The panel of judges will assess the top 3 companies in the InsurTech category and will determine who will win a prestigious European FinTech Award 2017.
In every European country there are numerous initiatives to build networks and eco-systems for Fintech. Some are already very succesful, some are working hard to create impact. What are the ingredients for a Fintech network that works? What can we learn from each other and what role should banks, regulators, entrepreneurs and incubators play to stimulate growth, quality and profitability in the Fintech industry? Fintech Hubs come together to share experiences, stories and know-how.
FinTech is coming of age and with that also come other aging problems. From start up to scale up isn't solely achieved from inside. The media can have a good or bad effect on your company. This session will trigger your mind and gives you real life examples on how to survive a media storm.
For good ideas and true innovation, you need human interaction, conflict, argument and debate. So that is exactly what we will bring you during the annual FinTech Challengers vs FinTech Establishment debate! Listen in, cheer, participate and enjoy as we exchange arguments and ideas that will help us all move forward in the FinTech industry. We bring you 4 rounds of lively discussion between eager opponents that will take a clear stand in issues that matter. From regulations to partnerships, from investment to bubbles. A brave group of debaters will speak their minds and share their believes with you.
Protecting banking and payment apps against hacking Mobile banking and payment applications are vulnerable to a broad range of hacking attacks. As any other mobile application, they can be reverse engineered in no time allowing hackers to extract sensitive information from the code or even tamper with the application. Banking and payment apps can also be the targets of runtime analysis and live attacks. To ward off these attacks, it is imperative to harden the code of payment and banking applications and to integrate runtime self-protection functionality.


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From where I used to live, New Wilmington was about 45 minutes to an hour away by car. How did I ever find this town, you say? Well, a long time ago I went to square dances. Someone there mentioned they lived in New Wilmington. I never heard of it so I got out the map and away I went. I figured if someone from New Wilmington was coming this far to go square dancing, then I could go for a visit. There are not too many things in the town, except the college makes it productive.
The town was very quaint. There was a single street with shops lining both sides. I used to get an ice cream cone or a drink and find a bench to sit at. I liked watching people walk by. Mostly it was college kids with their brains too wrapped around something to even notice anyone watching them. Westminster College is the university in the town. Once in a while an Amish person would walk by. The women dressed one way. The men dressed another way. The clothes were the same but the people were different.
There was a Five and Dime on the main street. It was cool to go in there. It reminded me of the stores I went in when I was a child. Everything was neatly arranged in wooden cases or glass cases. There was everything in the store you could imagine.
Down the road a bit, there was a store called the Cheese Haus. Yep. Full of cheese. Some other things, but a long long case of cheeses. Some were made by the Amish. Some were commercially bought cheeses. There was old fashioned candy in a display. You got butter in a whacked off chunk because it was homemade. I used to buy a pound of cheddar port wine spread, a box of crackers and some coconut watermelon slices or coconut neapolitan bars. Yum! Most of the cheese never made it home. A half box of crackers got lost. The watermelon slices would disappear. And I'd be happy in my tummy the whole way home. For me, it was better than fast food.
I love reminiscing like this. Those were some really good times for relaxing.
Take care.
Friday, June 7, 2013
New Wilmington
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- Track 1-5 pH sensitive polymers
- Track 1-6 Temperature responsive polymers
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A smart structure is a system that incorporates particular functions of sensing and actuation to perform smart actions in an in genius way. Smart structures offer the ability to match the conditions for more than one optimum state thereby extending functionality.The smart structures based in sophistication are again classified in to different types.Ceramics, polymers ,metals and alloys ,rubber technologies ,fibers ,composite materials, green buildings, bridges and tunnels are some smart structures.Smart structures can help us to control the environment better and to increase the energy efficiency of devices.
- Track 2-1 Sensory structures
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- Track 2-3 Intelligent structures
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- Track 2-5 Active structures
Nano technology is rapidly entering the world of smart materials and taking them to the next level. Perhaps future nanotechnology enabled smart materials may be able to change and recombine much like the shape shifting cyborg in the movie Terminator 2. Initial nano technology influenced improvements to smart materials will be relatively simple changes to existing technologies.The future however possibilities for extremely complex solutions for producing not only smart materials but ones that are highly intelligent.These new materials may in corporate nano sensors ,nano computers and nano machines in to their structure Smart nano materials are expected to make their presence strongly felt in areas like Health care, smart textiles and security systems.
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- Track 3-6 Surveillance using Smart-dust
A shape-memory alloy (SMA, smart metal, memory metal, memory alloy, muscle wire, smart alloy) is an alloy that "remembers" its original shape and that when deformed returns to its pre deformed shape when heated.This material is a lightweight,solid-state alternative to conventional actuators such as hydraulic,pneumatic and motor-based systems. Shape-memory alloys have applications in robotics and automotive, aerospace and bio medical industries.Shape Memory Effect is the unique ability of materials to be severely deformed and then return to their original shape through stimulus which is possessed by the shape memory alloys and hence they are called so.They are many application of shape memory alloys in Bio engineering
- Track 4-1 Bones
- Track 4-2 Reinforcement for Arteries and Veins
- Track 4-3 Dental wires
- Track 4-4 Anti-scalding protection
- Track 4-5 Fire security and Protection systems
- Track 4-6 Golf Clubs
- Track 4-7 Helicopter blades
- Track 4-8 Eyeglass Frames
- Track 4-9 Tubes, Wires, and Ribbons
Smart materials must posses some important properties like technical properties ,including mechanical properties such as plastic flow,fatigue and yield strength and behavioral characteristics such as damage tolerance, electrical , heat and fire resistances.They must also posses technological properties, encompassing manufacturing, forming, welding abilities, thermal processing, waste level, work ability, automation and repair capacities. Economic criteria, related to raw material and production costs, supply expenses and availability. Environmental characteristics including features such as toxicity and pollution.Sustainable development criteria, implying reuse and recycling capacities.
- Track 5-1 Mechanical properties
- Track 5-2 Thermal properties
- Track 5-3 Optical properties
- Track 5-4 Magnetic properties
- Track 5-5 Electrical properties
Shape memory alloys (SMA) are materials that have the ability to return to a former shape when deformed, they return to their pre-deformed shape when heated this effect is known as shape memory effect and this brings the applications of smart materials in the medical field like cardiovascular applications where the filters can be inserted inside the human body which when the saline solution flow is stopped the filter returns in to its former shape and also the atrial hole is sealed with the help of atrial septal occlusion device which also works on the shape memory effect.In Orthopedic applications SMA have a large value. The spinal vertebra spacer is one.The insertion of this spacer between two vertebrae assures the local reinforcement of the spinal vertebrae and SMA have their applications related to surgical instruments in the concept of less invasive surgical procedures following this tendency, shape memory surgical instruments have been created
- Track 6-1 Shape memory alloys
- Track 6-2 Cardiovascular applications
- Track 6-3 Shape refining filters
- Track 6-4 Orthopedic applications
- Track 6-5 Spinal vertebra spacer
- Track 6-6 Surgical instruments applications
- Track 6-7Shape memory surgical instruments
A smart actuator is defined as the integrated actuator of all components such as motor, controller, sensors, and communication unit. The robot which is linked to a smart actuator can be assembled or disassembled and reconfigured.Smart sensors take the input and uses built-in compute resources to perform predefined functions they enable more accuracy and also they will have less erroneous noise among the accurately recorded information.These devices help in monitoring and controlling mechanisms in wide variety of environments and also help in complex science applications
- Track 7-1 Accurate and precise
- Track 7-2 Less erroneous noise
- Track 7-3 Monitoring mechanism
- Track 7-4 Controlling mechanism
- Track 7-5 Complex science applications
Global Industry Perspective, Comprehensive Analysis, and Forecast, 2016 – 2022". According to the report, global smart materials market was valued at USD 37.8 billion in 2016 and is expected to reach USD 70.85 billion in 2022, growing at a CAGR of 11.1% between 2017 and 2022.Increasing demand of piezoelectric devices in the different end-user application is likely to trigger the smart materials market. These devices are used in industries such as medical devices, robotics, information, automotive, information technology and telecommunication with shares over 50 %.With the fastest growth in the market of shape memory alloys the products are emerging like stents, dental braces, medical textiles with the increased emergence.Million dollars of revenues are obtained from the Product outlook, Application outlook and regional outlook.
- Track 8-1 Huge Market among end user industries
- Track 8-2 Piezo-electric devices with shares over 50%
- Track 8-3 Fastest growth in the market of (SMA)
- Track 8-4 Collection of revenues
Smart materials have properties that react to changes in their environment hence there are many possibilities for such materials and structures in the man made world and also Office of Science and Technology Foresight Programme has stated that "Smart materials will have an increasing range of applications in the future" these kind of materials have their applications like embedding sensors within structures to monitor stress and damage in the field of Structural health monitoring and also like embedding thin tubes containing uncured resin into materials which further on breakage of tubes fills any damage sets helping in Self repair .They also have their applications in the field of Defence and space to suppress vibrations and change speed in the helicopter rotor blades. In Nuclear Industries these materials offer opportunities in safety enhancement, personal exposure reduction, life cycle cost reduction.They also have wide range of applications in the field of Structural engineering and reducing wastes
- Track 9-1 Structural health monitoring
- Track 9-2 Self repair
- Track 9-3 Defense and Space
- Track 9-4 Nuclear Industries
- Track 9-5Structural engineering.
- Track 9-6 Reducing wastes
Smart materials have many applications in different fields of medicine and engineering and also the rise in demand for the smart materials is enough to believe that there is a great scope for the smart materials in the future.The development of true smart materials at the atomic scale is still some way off, although the enabling technologies are under development.Worldwide, considerable effort is being deployed to develop smart materials and structures and the technological benefits of such systems have begun to be identified and, demonstrators are under construction for a wide range of applications from space and aerospace, to civil engineering and domestic products these systems are recognized as a strategic technology for the future, having considerable potential for development of unknown products and performance enhancement of existing products in industrial sectors which is the future of smart materials and also creates many job opportunities in this sector.
- Track 10-1 Performance enhancement
- Track 10-2 Innovation (Unknown products)
- Track 10-3 Medical and engineering fields
- Track 10-4 Strategic technology for the future
- Track 10-5 New Job opportunities in this sector
Carbon fibers are the smart materials that are useful in the structural applications. The carbon filaments are bundle of many thousand carbon filaments which are made of pure carbon in the form of graphite these materials are distinguished by their extremely high strength and rigidity which is the most important requirement in the structural constructions also they are exceptionally durable, high resistant to corrosion, low density, excellent damping properties with a high resistance to impacts.The use of carbon fibers in construction has become a reality and many applications have been reported so far.The electrical conductivity of these carbon fibers is also interesting because the conductivity of concrete increases drastically when it is reinforced with such fibers so that they help in cathodic protection of degraded structures.
- Track 11-1 High strength
- Track 11-2 Excellent damping properties
- Track 11-3 Exceptionally durable
- Track 11-4 High resistant to corrosion
- Track 11-5 High resistance to impacts
- Track 11-6 Protection of degraded structures
Smart materials incorporate intelligence into systems which make that system or object "smart" these smart objects and systems are also used in military applications which help them in many ways like building a smart combat suit which acts as a body armor that can detect threats, Wearable electronics communicate with net-center room and get updates for better situational awareness. Soldiers can also wear smart T-shirts made of special tactile material that can detect a variety of signals from the human body such as detection of hits by bullets. It can also generate signal which indicates nature of injury, analyze their extent, decide on the urgency to react, and even takes some action to stabilize the injury.
- Track 12-1 Detection of hits by bullets
- Track 12-2 Detection of signals
- Track 12-3 Intelligence to analyze the injury
- Track 12-4 Detects threats in the way
- Track 12-5 Helps in communication
Smart gels contain fluids (usually water) in a matrix of large, complex polymers. These polymers are special in that they respond to stimuli in an advanced way. Types of stimuli that affect smart gels are physical and chemical factors.Applications of smart gels permeate into many various fields including both medical and industrial. While smart gels are in their infancy in the medical field, there is great promise for the technology. Self-healing hydro gels are a specialized type of polymer Hydrogels. A hydrogel is a macro-molecular polymer gel constructed of a network of cross linked polymer chains. Self-healing refers to the spontaneous formation of new bonds when old bonds are broken within a material.These flesh-like properties have motivated the research and development of self-healing hydro gels in fields such as reconstructive Tissue engineering as scaffolding, as well as use in passive and preventive applications.
- Track 13-1 Responds in an advanced way
- Track 13-2 Medical and industrial applications
- Track 13-3 Spontaneous bond formation
- Track 13-4Sealants and acid leaks
- Track 13-5 Tissue engineering and regeneration
- Track 13-6 Drug delivery
Energy harvesting is emerging as a viable method for electronic devices to pull ambient energy from their surrounding environment and convert it into electrical energy for stored power.A group of Smart materials known as "electrostrictive polymers" have been explored for years by researchers for their potential mechanical energy harvesting abilities.Electrostrictive polymers are a variety of electroactive polymers that deform due to the electrostatic and polarization interaction between two electrodes with opposite electric charge
- Track 14-1 High energy density for low electric field
- Track 14-2 Less losses
- Track 14-3 Less losses
- Track 14-4High working frequencies
- Track 14-5 Lower cost, lighter weight
- Track 14-6 Simple construction with smaller size
Medical literature is suggesting that regular sun exposure is associated with substantial decrease in death rates from certain cancers and a decrease in overall Cancer death rates. Sunlight activation is our most effective source of vitamin D and regular sunlight/vitamin D "intake" inhibits growth of breast and colon cancer cells and is associated with substantial decreases in death rates from these cancers.So how does one know how much sun exposure is enough? The device that can notify users of their total exposure, allowing them to achieve a balance has been developed. When the sensor turns orange, the user has reached the World Health Organization recommended daily dose of Vitamin D
- Track 15-1Small and easy to wear
- Track 15-2 All type skin compatible
- Track 15-3 Easy operative
- Track 15-4 Noticeable color changes
- Track 15-5 User friendly


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----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Castle" <email@example.com> To: "Ant Users List" <email@example.com> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 15:13 Subject: Re: detecting build failures with OUT exiting > > There are <try> and <catch> tasks in ant-contrib.sf.net; these let you wrap > > the <ant> calls. Covered on p256 of the book, btw. > > Ack! Information overload. And on such a memorable page number too! > > But this definitely looks like what I was looking for. Thanks! > > I take it that this is a different implementation of the same idea posted > by Dale Anson elsewhere in this thread? not if he used <try> and <catch> > > > > So, if a file fails to compile, the automated build exits, and I can't > > send > > > off an email from inside ant to the appropriate individuals telling them > > > they need to buy the next round. > > > > MailLogger is the way to do this. I like your 'your broke the build' > > punishment policy. > > The current script uses the XmlLogger and saves that off. If there is > an error it sends an email saying "go here." I'll probably keep that > method and use the <mail> task. They get annoyed if I even hint at > changing stuff to drastically, so I don't want to change what they receive. ok, but the purpose of the mail logger is to send out success/failure emails, which is really what you want to do. > Considering the number of emails we've sent out today, someone may have to > just bring in a pony keg later this week.... Wait till you add <checkstyle> to the build... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:email@example.com> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>
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Configuration Backup to Dropbox
Backing up and regularly syncing your Home Assistant configuration to Dropbox similar to Github Backup
You need two parts in order to get it working correctly.
Become the user that run Home Assistant.
- A separate Python script that syncs a specific folder. Which can be found here
- The excellent dropbox uploader script you can grab the .sh file only.
Download those files to a folder of your liking, after that edit both files and change paths accordingly.
In the Python script you can specify which files and directories should be excluded. This allows you to skip
secrets.yaml or the
deps folder.
Step 1: Linking your Dropbox account
$ chmod +x dropbox_uploader.sh
$ ./dropbox_uploader.sh
Follow the instructions you see on your screen.
Step 2: Running the Dropbox uploader
Go to the folder you have placed
$ python dropbox.py
The first time can take a lot of time since it will upload all your files! Do note, this will backup your passwords to Dropbox.
Automate the backup
So you just made a full backup, next time you want it to be done automatically. Since your database can change and so do other files over time. Add it to your crontab, edit the path/to part.
$ (crontab -l 2>/dev/null; echo "0 3 * * * python /path/to/dropbox.py") | crontab -


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Cambridge area guide
Get to know Cambridge area by area—the best local restaurants and bars, arts and entertainment and things to do in the city
Cambridge neighborhood guides
Central Square neighborhood guide
Although undoubtedly gentrified, Central Square has kept its distinct, rather gritty, identity. Over the past decade or so, the former working-class area has become a desirable location for young professionals—high-priced condos and the ubiquitous chains have followed. On the plus side, so have some great restaurants and bars, making it a popular spot for going out. During the day, the square's sprinkling of unusual shops makes for an interesting browse.
Harvard Square neighborhood guide
It may be cool, but Cambridge is all about squares. The best known of these, and certainly one of the most popular, is Harvard Square. It's a people-watcher's paradise, as the bustle of bookish Harvard students, mohawked punks, camera-toting tourists, homeless panhandlers, buskers and harried businesspeople creates a diverse and colorful street scene. It is of course intimately tied to the university of the same name, which boasts a panoply of sights, monuments and eye-popping architecture within its modestly sized campus.
Kendall Square neighborhood guide
Harvard notwithstanding, some incredibly bright folks attend that other top Cambridge college, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Kendall Square. The architecture of its various buildings is wildly diverse, ranging from the neoclassical walls of Building Ten to some striking modern structures by the likes of I.M. Pei and Frank Gehry. At the heart of it all, cutting through the center of campus and radiating out from under the university's imposing dome, is the so-called "Infinite Corridor," a long passage—punctuated by unexpected art installations—that connects many of the institute's departments. MIT doesn't have the same connection with Kendall Square that Harvard has with its eponymous square, so the area lacks a striking identity. But you'll find some good bars and restaurants here, as well as a popular arthouse cinema, the Kendall Square Cinema.
Guide to music venues on Massachusetts Avenue
Storied rock clubs, bare-bones bars and raucous DJ lounges are dotted along the Cambridge stretch of this major thoroughfare, which runs from Dorchester all the way to Lexington. Embark on a live musiccrawl from the mighty Middle East in Central Square to tiny Toad in Porter Square, stopping for burgersor other cheap eats along the way.
Top Cambridge attractions
Harvard Museum of Natural History
This historic museum boasts a vast and slightly creepy collection of stuffed, bottled and dried creatures from around the globe, from llamas to coelacanths and butterflies. Fossil-mad children can gawp at dinosaur skeletons and admire the 42ft kronosaurus, a prehistoric marine reptile, while rock fans will head straight for the meteorites and gemstones. Your entry charge includes admission to the interconnected Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
The Peabody features fossils and anthropological artifacts from as far back as the Palaeolithic period, with exhibitions on North American Indians and Central America. In fact, the museum has so many artifacts that staff once discovered a rare Native American bear-claw necklace acquired by early 19th-century explorers Lewis and Clark languishing in one of its storage rooms. Connected to the Peabody is Harvard's Museum of Natural History, which exhibits dinosaur fossils, mineral and rock collections and a menagerie of life-sized stuffed animals that includes pheasants once owned by George Washington. A highlight of the museum is the world's only mounted kronosaurus, a 42ft-long prehistoric marine reptile.
Mount Auburn Cemetery
This is the final resting place for Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Charles Bulfinch and some 86,000 others. In fact, the cemetery is now so full that locals who want to spend eternity here often settle for cremation. But there's plenty of life too. There are 4,000 types of tree and 130 species of shrub alone on its 175 acres, and excellent free guided tours to help you distinguish them.
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
In the La Corbusier-designed Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, the ground-floor main gallery and the Sert Gallery on the third floor host regular exhibitions by prominent international artists. The focus is on contemporary work, with a particular emphasis on photography.
Restaurants in Cambridge
The Sinclair
Finally, the music hall that Harvard Square deserves. Classier than Central Square's beloved (but borderline dilapidated) Middle East complex, the newly minted Sinclair has been attracting indie darlings since its opening thanks to NYC powerhouse booking crew, the Bowery Presents. The total package, the venue even has its own restaurant front-of-house.
Verna's Coffee and Donut Shop
The mom-and-pop stalwart cooks its heavy, dunk-worthy donuts fresh every morning, with favorites like apple cider, chocolate honey-dipped and butter crunch often disappearing well before 10am. One workaround? You can call ahead with your order. Another? They deliver. You're welcome.
Voltage Coffee & Art
Blame it on the alcohol: owner Lucy Valena started a mobile espresso bar back in 2008 thanks to a loan from the Sam Adams Brewery. Her venture has since morphed into a brick-and-mortar shop that doubles as an art gallery. (Exhibitions generally run for six weeks at a time.) The varieties of flavored latte include such enticing options as lime peel & agave or molasses & lemon zest. With white walls sporadically splattered in bright blues and pinks, Voltage looks colorfully modern, like an Apple store that fell into a fireworks display. Try out the "Atticus Finch"—you won't be disappointed.
TW Food
Perhaps the most under-sung restaurant in Boston. For years, chef Tim Wiechmann has quietly celebrated his rock-solid relationships with regional fisherman, farmers and foragers, turning out two nightly tasting menus—one three courses, one six—that commend rather than obscure the daily sourced ingredients. Wine pairings are highly encouraged, as Wiechmann and his wife and co-proprietor, Bronwyn, highlight tiny and lesser-known vineyards; at the end of the meal, Bronwyn will happily tell you where to pick up a bottle of your new favorite rosé. Brunch is another find, with rutabaga eggs Benedict and what-the-hell desserts like maple pound cake and a daytime sundae.
Bars in Cambridge
Plough & Stars
The spiritual forefather of Greater Boston's thriving Irish pub business, the Plough has been going for some 30 years. In the daytime, it offers the best pub grub in town. At night, the tiny bar is transformed into a hotbed of clashing elbows and live music. Your chances of meeting a novelist just went up by 90%.
Beat Hotel
Whether or not you're drawn in by the '60s bohemian theme, there's plenty to like about the Beat Hotel. Like its South End sister the Beehive, this retreat from the bustle of Brattle Street features thoughtful cocktails and daily live music in a cavernous room with plenty of space for all.
Phoenix Landing
Deep house and Guinness may not seem like the most natural match, but Phoenix Landing pulls off the hybrid pub/club marvellously. The decor is unremarkable, but the no-frills atmosphere fits well with the gritty underground sounds that find their way through the speakers. The floor is tiny, but the variety is huge: hip hop, reggae, house, techno, drum 'n' bass, new wave and dubstep all have a home here.
Brick & Mortar
It's still just as hard to find as its predecessor, the Enormous Room, but once you head through the nondescript door and up the stairs, the similarities end. A giant horseshoe-shaped bar and ample bar stool seating have replaced the low, rug-clad seating platforms and hybrid drink/bathroom line. The cocktails shine and the bar snacks (which include bacon-wrapped dates and deep fried house made pickles) are done just right.
Cambridge music and nightlife
The Middle East
This sprawling venue is one of America's leading rock clubs, and a major player on the national and local music scene. A Middle Eastern restaurant as well as a club, it was the nurturing ground for Boston's alternative and indie music scenes, beginning in the mid-1980s in the smaller Upstairs room. 'Downstairs' was added later and, like many of Boston's basement clubs, was once a bowling alley. In the restaurant, musicians play the Corner without a cover charge, and in keeping with the Middle Eastern theme, there are also belly dancers. ZuZu, the venue's newest addition, sits in-between Upstairs and Downstairs, offering food, hip DJ nights and bands.
Comedy Studio
This Harvard Square spot carries on the tradition of top-notch Boston Comedy in seedy Chinese restaurants. Perched atop the Hong Kong, the Studio features stand-up comedy Wednesday through Sunday (magicians take the stage on Tuesdays). The shows move quickly, with several comics doing short, punchy sets. Each weeknight features numerous gems, but on the weekends you get the highest caliber of talent. Club owner (and frequent host) Rick Jenkins showcases ten of the best local comics, and there's always the potential for a drop-in from national acts like Mike Birbiglia, Gary Gulman or Joe Wong.
Improv Boston
Five nights a week, Improv Boston is a clearinghouse for improv, sketch, and standup comedy. Wednesday night, you can get a sampling of all three at the Comedy Lab, which features experimental shows getting ready for a shot at the prestigious Friday night showcase. Recent offerings include "Twitterprov" "The Bigfoot Monologues," and "Discount Shakespeare: As You Like It in 45 Minutes." The Comedy Lab lets the top local talent breathe life into their weirdest comedy experiments, and you get to watch.
Shopping in Cambridge
Hubba Hubba
North of the Charles River and in need of a paddling? Hubba Hubba has got the wrist action you're looking for. The shop is best known for its independently designed S&M gear and fetishwear (with more than a pinch of punk). Shop owner Suzan Phelps has been helping locals spice up their wardrobes for over 25 years.
Weirdo Records
If stepping into this Central Square spot feels a bit like revisiting your first post-college apartment, you may not be surprised to learn that owner Angela Sawyer ran the business out of her tiny Somerville flat until 2009. No Beatles LPs here—Weirdo specializes in experimental and foreign music, from free jazz to Indonesian psychedelia. The store sports a colorful aesthetic, with bobble-head dolls lining the shelves and sky-printed fabrics adorning the walls. Sections display un-ironic titles like "New Sixties" and every price tag is affixed with the slogan, "Get your freak on." Sawyer occasionally crams people in for concerts that feel, aptly enough, like intimate house shows.
Oona's Experienced Clothing
After acquiring a new owner and a revamped interior a few years back, Oona's went on to regain its former place as one of the best vintage stores in Boston. The unfortunate (and inaccurate) label of a "costume shop" has hurt Oona's in the past, but another visit will show former nonbelievers that this is no longer the case. The feel is more Victorian dressing room than Halloween party store. The update is most evident in the men's section, which has traded in its printed cowboy hats and fake mustaches for vintage Western shirts and Levis 501s. As far as the women's section goes, the clothes are both affordable (starting at $30 for dresses and $20 for blouses) and beautiful. Everything in the store is thoughtfully handpicked—so you won't be wasting time rifling through extra-large polyester shift dresses and little league T-shirts.
Established in 1895, Keezer's is the oldest second-hand clothing store in the country and a cherished local resource. Max Keezer started the company by going into Harvard dorms in order to buy barely worn fine clothing from allowance-starved heirs. As well as renting out formalwear (they outfit the Boston Symphony Orchestra), the shop sells second-hand and end-of-the-line men's suits, sports coats, overcoats and casualwear, all in good or mint condition, and with at least 75% off. Since stock comes from Neiman's, Louis Boston and Saks, you may find Armani and Zegna among the labels.


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>>>>> "Rodrigo" == Rodrigo Kumpera <email@example.com> writes: Rodrigo> It would be great to be GCJ compatible. Leveraging they effort with Rodrigo> the binary ABI is a smart move and will promote more harmony instead Rodrigo> of fragmentation between the java ahead-of-time systems. See the "pluggable jit" thread on the classpath list; I sent a pointer here earlier. That has a list of the issues. This is not trivial to accomplish. It can be done, and with some not unreasonable implementation decisions you can get fairly close fairly easily. That said, finishing the task is hard. As a concrete example, ORP was a fairly modular VM; the JITs in ORP did not hard-code knowledge about thing like object layout but instead asked the VM component for this information. Likewise they did not know about GC. Nevertheless it proved hard to integrate this with gcj's output (I tried as a weekend hack and gave up) due to mismatches between exception handling implementations. (A similar thing applies if you look at merging kaffe and gcj, which both Dalibor and I have done.) Rodrigo> But this raises a question, can Harmony use GCJ's binary ABI Rodrigo> without been GPL? I'm sure that wouldn't be a problem. I think it is no different from, say, replacing libgcc, which some people do. Tom
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Today, the most valuable college education includes a meaningful internship. Students learn valuable skills to complement their classroom learning and help them figure out the next step in their careers. Internships also offer students important networking opportunities that can payoff nicely when they officially enter the workforce.
But while almost every college has an internship program, not all programs are the same, and students need to be sure that the position they choose is the one best suited for their needs and course of study. This includes ensuring that the internship offers the right level of rigor and focus, while putting the needs of the student first and foremost.
By shifting the focus back to students from what a company needs, we are redefining what an internship means and setting a framework for success.
Working to place approximately 4,100 students in internships each year, you learn a thing or two about what makes for a successful internship. Internships can no longer be viewed as a way for companies to secure free or inexpensive labor from an area college student, nor can students try to breeze through internships without showing a solid level of effort. And finally, the universities that structure internship programs need to balance the two, ensuring that both employer and student are benefiting.
This requires resources and investment by the universities. A good model justifies this investment as feedback from employers can provide current analysis of the university's curriculum and identify gaps in students' skill set. The main thing is that all parties -- student, company and university -- must experience a win-win.
To achieve this, several elements must be in place:
• A set of learning expectations/deliverables to which all parties understand and commit: The student should work to set and agree to certain learning expectations and deliverables regarding the internship from the beginning, and the company needs to commit to helping the student achieve these. In addition, both parties must be held accountable to make sure each side is holding up their end of the bargain.
• Clear expectations of the job requirements: Similar to learning expectations, a set of clear expectations of what is required from the student while on the job is important. This helps to guarantee students will be capable of handling assigned tasks, while ensuring that companies will benefiting from students' contributions.
• A streamlined communication structure: This works in several directions when done correctly. The student needs to be communicating with both the employer and the university (most likely via a professor) about the experience, and the employer and university need to be comfortable raising issues if something is not working. Open lines of communication should be established in case issues occur or for general troubleshooting.
• Financial compensation for the work: Like other skilled workers, students deserve pay for their time and labor. Whether provided by the company or the institution, adequate compensation must be provided to the student. At my institution, Johnson & Wales, the university dedicates $4 million each year into providing stipends to students for internships that are unpaid.
• Flexibility and creativity: This should be expected from both the company and the institution to ensure that whatever is being taught in the internship relates back to the student's academic curriculum. While most internship will have some degree of mundane tasks that are necessary for keeping the business running, for an internship to be worthwhile, it needs to provide students with a framework of meaningful experiences through which new skills are identified and learned.
While putting these requirements in place does require some additional steps, the benefits pay off. In a structured internship where the university is deeply engaged, students have an advocate assigned to help them with any situations that may arise during the internship, and the employers have a partner in assisting with the learning. Companies get enthusiastic workers (and potentially future employees) with new ideas, and students get a range of experience that helps them hone in on their area of study with real-world expertise.
For all three parties, this internship framework yields the most solid return on investment. Who can argue that this isn't the best strategy for everybody?


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Rule 23c-1 [17 CFR 270.23c-1], SEC File No. 270-253, OMB Control No. 3235-0260.
Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a request for extension of the previously approved collection of information discussed below.
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In addition, the fund must file with the Commission, during the first ten days of the calendar month following any month in which a purchase permitted by rule 23c-1 occurs, two copies of a report of purchases made during the month, together with a copy of any written solicitation to purchase securities given by or on behalf of the fund to 10 or more persons. The burden associated with filing Form N-23C-1, the form for this report, has been addressed in the submission for that Form.
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Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Leonard, ad Muhammad Ali couldn't stay retired. Floyd Mayweather looks like he lost in his bid to remain out of the ring, too.
ESPN's Darren Rovell reports that two weeks ago Mayweather Promotions registered trademarks for "TBE 50" and "TMT 50." The letters stand for "the best ever" and "the money team," and appear on gear sold by the retired boxer; "50" references the number of professional wins a comeback fight victory would give Mayweather.
Last month, Mayweather left the door open for a comeback on a network broadcast in which former protégé Adrien Broner expressed displeasure at the older fighter's criticisms of his behavior outside of the ring. "He's gotta see me," Broner said of the legend sitting ringside at the DC Armory.
On Saturday night at the same venue, Mayweather again wavered.
"Some crazy numbers have been thrown my way — upwards, of course, of nine figures," the fighter-turned-promotor said on Showtime. "But I'm truly blessed beyond belief, and I really don't know what we're going to do. But right now, I'm really happy being on this side helping our fighters."
Mayweather last fought in September against Andre Berto in what proved to be an anticlimactic end. The bout, like the letdown in May against Manny Pacquiao, left the public wanting less even if it left Money wanting more. This limits options if Mayweather desires a massive payday in his return.
The fight sure to generate the most dollars makes little sense to Mayweather. He repeatedly balks at a bout with the larger and more powerful Gennady Golovkin. Friend-turned-foe Broner, whose style both inside and outside of the ring conjures up visions of a younger Mayweather, looks good to bring in bucks. Amir Khan, should he upset Canelo Alvarez this weekend, could also justify a nine-figure payment to Mayweather.
But with victories over Manny Pacquaiao, Miguel Cotto, Alvarez, and most of the other big names between 140 and 160 pounds, Mayweather sees few other options than Golovkin, Broner, and Khan to generate big box office in a comeback.


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Erica Farias aims for a shot at glory against Cecilia Braekhus
By Diego Morilla
The fight ended with the same mood with which it started. A smile before the first round, and the very same smile at the very end of the bout. And with it, the gratitude for a chance to get in the ring, without any further ambition beyond the chance to realize a dream. That was the final comment, without even mentioning the result of the bout, as if proclaiming that if the road ended right then and there, it would be considered a road well-traveled.
This scene took place on July 25, 2009, almost eight years ago to the date, in the small Argentine Boxing Federation stadium where a 25-years young Erica Farias was realizing her dream to compete for the first time as a professional prizefighter against Betiana Viñas.
And upon this modest achievement of making a professional debut after a brilliant amateur career in the earliest days of Argentine female boxing, Farias knew how to build, fight by fight, step by step, a career that will take her to face the best fighter in the world right in her opponent's backyard of Bergen, Norway, this Friday, June 9, where she will meet unbeaten unified welterweight champion Cecilia Braekhus (30-0, 8 KO).
In the hours before her departure from Argentina, Farias (24-1, 10 KO) revisited her journey in boxing with the same humility with which she expressed her feelings in the night of her debut, and expressing the same gratitude for yet another chance, for the opportunity to have yet another one of those bricks that she has been patiently kneading, molding and laying, one after the other, to build her career.
"First of all, I am grateful for the opportunity that I have to face a great opponent with such a great experience as Cecilia Braekhus, a very complete fighter," said Farias during a halt in her training headquarters, the C.E.D.E.M. No. 2 in the town of Caseros. "This is a fight that I had been looking forward to for some time, and I knew how to wait for the opportunity. I don't want to squander it now. We had a very intense training camp for three months. We changed our entire team for reasons totally unrelated to the proposal of fighting Cecilia. I believe this change came in the right time, because we did a very different job than the one I had been doing up there in the ring. I exploited my best traits to the fullest, and I incorporated new things".
Farias' new team, headed by the experienced Juan Ledesma, comes in at a very special moment in her career, when expectations are unusually high. But Farias trusts that the job she has been doing with him will accumulate on top of his previous work to generate the best performance of her career.
"I've been told many times that I am not a fighter who works the body enough, or perhaps I need to loosen up a bit more, and today with Juan I believe we have reached some important improvements and this will be seen on the day of the fight," she said. "It's not only fighting Cecilia and bringing all four crowns to Argentina, but also developing all of what we have been working on during this time."
The stress of an imminent fight against such an outstanding opponent could break other fighters, but Farias is known for dancing her way to the ring and ending her fights with a smile, even after her only defeat to date which came in Belgium against Delfine Persoon back in 2014. And it is not strange to see that the imminence of a challenge that would take the air out of the lungs of any other fighter would provoke the exact opposite reaction in Farias.
"To me, this whole thing is a party," she said, without even considering that this will be only the fourth time she will be fighting abroad in her career. "From the moment in which I learned that I would fight Cecilia I enjoyed this whole thing to the max. I had the chance to visit Norway twice, and I am psychologically in the fight now. I have already been there, I met the people and the place, and now I am going in with only one goal in mind, which is to beat Braekhus."
If she wins that fight, Farias would become only the second Argentine fighter (male or female) to grab all four titles from the major sanctioning bodies, a feat that took her friend, the legendary Marcela Acuña, an entire career to achieve, little by little and in different weight classes. And the enormity of that potential achievement is not lost to her.
"As a fighter, you always want to be a champion and to own all four titles, right? This is every champion's dream. And I have the opportunity tonight to win all four titles, and this would be like reaching the sky for me," she said, when confronted with the idea of becoming the "female Chino Maidana" and repeating his quest to defeat the "female Mayweather" in her own backyard.
"There is a lot of expectation in Argentina for this fight, and I feel loved and truly accepted by the fans and the media. I feel that there is a lot of people following me in this important opportunity, and I feel happy," said Farias. "I am enjoying every moment, and I will come out to enjoy the evening. I believe that the onus is on her, because she is fighting at home and in front of her people, and she's going to want to give them a show. Many people think that this fight could be similar to Maidana vs. Mayweather, but this might be different because she could go out and bring the fight to me, looking to show off in front of her fans."
In spite of her great repertoire and her aggression in the ring, Farias knows that the magnitude of her challenge clamors for a clear strategy, and she believes she has it.
"The idea is to stay away from her game, because most of the fighters who faced Braekhus have respected her too much and have fallen into her game of coming in and out and feint and keeping the opponent off balance and entangle them, and this has been usual in her fights," she said. "I haven't seen anyone putting any real pressure on her, I haven't seen her in trouble before. The key here is to have a 'cold mind and a hot heart,' sticking to the plan and performing as I am told in the corner, working round after round, and the only voice I will hear will be the one coming from my coach. If we did it in the gym, we can do it again up there in the ring. Cecilia is not a machine, she is a human being and can lose too."
Physically, the always impeccably prepared Farias has all the tools to impose her strength if the fight moves into phone booth territory. But the psychological aspect is also in play, and Farias has been working on this ever since she started openly harassing and calling out Braekhus on social media for a few years now, only to then travel to Norway to continue her campaign face to face. And from those encounters she has drawn the conclusion that this aspect of the confrontation is well taken care of.
"I never thought she was a cold person, not at all," said Farias, disproving those who see Braekhus as a cerebral fighter with a behavior more related to the calmness of her adoptive homeland than the one from her hot South American birthplace. "Just by having her in front of me at the press conference and looking into her eyes, her gestures and movements, I have noticed weaknesses too. One knows when the other person is nervous or worried, and I don't think this will be just another fight for her, she said so herself. She said that against Farias she had to be at 110% and she knows that this is a fight in which she will be pressured."
That extra ten percent could be either physical or mental, and Farias claims to have found a way to project that extra mental fortitude from his mind into Braekhus without even landing a punch to her head.
"My stare will be lethal, no words will be necessary. I will never take my eyes away from here, that's the key. I will put pressure on her all the time just to let her know that I will beat her, and that I am coming for her titles, not just to visit her country like the others," she said.
But a hard stare is not enough to mold the new bricks that are needed to continue building her personal legacy. The sweat, tears, blood and manual labor needed are still the main ingredients of a recipe in which Farias has placed her highest hopes, and now that this soft mass of clay lays in front of her at the reach of her fingers, the moment is right to make one final push.
Whether this push brings her any closer to victory or not, nothing will take away from Farias the joy of having arrived and the gratitude of having the opportunity to live to experience it.
"I love challenges," she said. "As a fighter I am always chasing big things. If I dwell in the mediocrity of picking easy opponents that do not push me hard enough or that are never at their best, I end up being just a good local fighter in Argentina, but I want to be the best pound-for-pound, and to reach for the highest possible level. That's why I get such joy from fights like these. I am not worried or stressed. On the contrary, I am grateful for having this opportunity."
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