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USA struggles at TwinTip Europeans
Published on July 15th, 2017
Gizzeria, Italy (July 15, 2017) – Lighter breezes that nevertheless fuelled scintillating downwind slalom racing in the kiteboard TwinTip class saw some of the leaders who had dominated their divisions over the opening days come unstuck and slip down the order.
In particular the US's Daniela Moroz, the 16-year-old Formula Kite Foil world champion, ceded the overall lead after several poor heats put her down the order and threatened to derail her bid for the crown in the girls' division of the International Kiteboarding Association (IKA) TT:R Kitesurf Europeans in southern Italy.
On the fourth of the five-day competition being hosted on the flat waters off Gizzeria's Hang Loose Beach in Calabria, the French rider Victor Bachichet, 17, took an opportunity to seize the lead in the boys' division with an especially gutsy performance in his last elimination final of the day.
But in the Open division, Croatian rider Martin Dolenc, also 17, remained unflappable and blisteringly quick even as his closest rivals found better pace and consistency, chipping away at his overall lead.
The penultimate day of the contest that is employing the format to be used at the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Argentina next year was marked by breezes that took time to build and rarely struggled above 12kts.
Yet the 112 riders from 21 nations—including 68 boys and 28 girls who will be eligible for the Games in Buenos Aires—were easily able to post searingly-fast times on the track of five downwind legs, completing each of the dozens of eight-person heats in a little over three minutes.
The slightly softer airs forced race officials to leave out the jumping obstacles that had added to the already spectacular format. But the scorching mark roundings, with riders barely metres apart, led to a clutch of tangles as the pressure mounted on competitors unprepared to give any quarter with a European crown in their sights.
Yet in the girls' division China's Jingle Chen nosed her way into the top five of the girls' standings after a carefully-calculated performance that secured wins in both her day's elimination rounds, laying to rest her forgettable foray of opening rounds when she crashed or tangled pushing too hard at the wrong times.
"In the first three days I just crashed too many times," said the 16-year-old who has her sights firmly on the prize of YOG qualification. "I've learned that I don't need to push it to the limit in early rounds and risk not qualifying for the crucial elimination finals."
Twice on day four Daniela Moroz failed to reach the elimination round finals, ensuring she was knocked off her perch at the top of the leaderboard. Rival, 15-year-old Nina Font Castells (ESP) took that honour even though she, too, had a mixed day at the races.
But Bachichet, one of the riders sporting snowboard-type goggles against the ferocious amount of spray thrown up by other competitors, held his nerve too, to go top of the boys' standings in a nerve-jangling elimination final.
The French teenager, who took up TwinTip racing just three months ago with YOG qualification his goal, had led the final until the first mark when Toni Vodisek (SLO) squeezed past on the inside in audacious move.
Both tussled all the way down the course's next four legs until Bachichet finally overhauled his 16-year-old rival in photo-finish after a drag race to the line. It earned Bachichet the boys' top spot overall, just ahead of Cameron Maramenides (USA) and Vodisek.
Britain's Olly Bridge also narrowed the gap to Dolenc in the Open division, but with the Croatian commanding the top of the leaderboard since the opening round, he appear to be in pole heading into what will surely be a gripping finale.
Girls' IKA Europeans top five after 5 elimination rounds (1 discard)
1 Nina Font Castells (ESP) – 10pts
2 Daniela Moroz (USA) – 15pts
3 Alina Kornelli (GER) – 15pts
4 Isotta di Domenico (ITA) – 18pts
5 Jingle Chen (CHN) – 25pts
Boys' IKA Europeans top five after 5 elimination rounds (1 discard)
1 Victor Bachichet (FRA) – 13pts
2 Cameron Maramenides (USA) – 15pts
3 Toni Vodisek (SLO) – 16pts
4 Anthony Picard (FRA) – 18pts
5 Benoit Gomez (FRA) – 21pts
Open IKA Europeans top five after 10 elimination rounds (two discards)
1 Martin Dolenc (CRO) – 13pts
2 Olly Bridge (GBR) – 19pts
3 Florian Gruber (GER) – 27pts
4 Axel Mazella (FRA) – 37pts
5 Theo de Ramecourt (FRA) – 37pts
IKA TwinTip:Racing Class – Facebook
The Elimination Ladders will be online at
BOYS: http://scoring.windtulip.com/home/results_dashboard/18/total_results
GIRLS: http://scoring.windtulip.com/home/results_dashboard/19/total_results
OPEN: http://scoring.windtulip.com/home/results_dashboard/20/total_results
The Europeans has 112 riders from 21 nations competing July 12 to 16.
Originally set up as grass-roots and youth racing program, the class philosophy is to allow all competitors to compete on "every day" kiteboarding equipment with minimum limitations.
TwinTip Kiteboards are used by the vast majority of kiteboarders around the world and can be found on virtually every beach around the globe.
The Slalom/Boarderceoss formats combines "first past the post" racing with spectacular jumps, the stand-out feature for kiteboarding as a discipline of sailing.
IKA TwinTip:Racing has been selected as event for boys and girls born between 200 and 2003 to feature in the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires in 2018, and promises a spectacle similar to the successful Snowboard and Ski Boardercross disciplines in the Winter Olympics.
Source: Ian MacKinnon


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Get a job: Evil Empire is hiring a Senior Technical Developer
The new team working on Motion Twin's smash hit _Dead Cells _among other ambitious projects, is looking for a Senior Technical Developer with experience working on console platform, engine optimisation and tooling.
August 27, 2020
The Gamasutra Job Board is the most diverse, active and established board of its kind for the video game industry!
Here is just one of the many, many positions being advertised right now.
Senior Technical Developer, Evil Empire
Location: Bordeaux, France
Evil Empire, the new team working on Motion Twin's smash hit Dead Cells among other ambitious projects, is looking for a Senior Technical Developer with experience working on console platform, engine optimisation and tooling.
As our independent studio grows and new projects kick off, we'll need key people to help take our games to the next level and navigate the complexity of working with large game platforms, meeting demanding technical requirements and shipping rigorously tested games.
Being a little bit crazy about video games is also handy.
Your responsibilities would include:
Integration of the game on new platforms, whether it's next gen consoles or new and unproven technologies.
Integration of relevant SDKs and necessary backend elements that make up the complete package of a game release.
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Engine optimisation and working with the rest of the team to get our games up and running on most anything with a CPU.
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You should have at least 5+ years of experience in the games industry with a few shipped games to your name in technical and support programming roles.
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Rigorous, you're a technical programmer, nothing should get past you, you're detail orientated and like splitting hairs about the most efficient way to write every line.
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Fringe benefits include; restaurant cheques, as much junk food fruit and good stuff as you can eat, flexible working hours, access to any books and professional development resources as you want and more.
About us:
Evil Empire is a new studio formed by a few ex-Motion Twin people with the intention of creating more Dead Cells and using this as a stepping stone towards making our own games. We work in the same open space as Motion Twin and regularly beat them in Nerf wars and Smash.
The name of our studio is a dig at some of the shadier aspects of the game industry and, if you have a sense of humour, a signal that we're all about being the exact opposite (and, unfortunately, people didn't like my "Cat Nap studio" name suggestion - which really says something about their poor taste).
If you're working at Evil Empire you will NEVER crunch (it's nuts that this has to be said), you will have excellent health cover, five weeks paid leave, subsidized meals, flexibility with work time, free fruits and other noms and of course as much coffee as you can drink.
We also do regular trips to some of the most legendary gaming events in the world, including excursions to National Parks and other such shenanigans (team building right?), so there's plenty of opportunities for motivated people to get out and see the world. Well, at least, we were doing this before Covid happened, and plan to do it again if events are ever a thing in the future...
Bordeaux is an awesome city as it's big enough to have plenty to do, but small enough that you can walk across it in half an hour. Beautiful 19th century architecture and more restaurants than you can poke a stick are a big plus. You're also 45 minutes drive from the beach and 3 hours from the ski slopes. Access to a very well connected airport and a 2 hour train ride to Paris mean you're never far away from anything.
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The Golden Cloud Did Sleep (Dargomyzhsky)
The Golden Cloud Did Sleep (Ночевала тучка золотая) is a trio for voices with piano by Aleksandr Dargomyzhsky, which Tchaikovsky arranged for orchestra (TH 189 ; ČW 418) [1], probably in 1876.
It should not be confused with Tchaikovsky's own choral setting of the same poem, The Golden Cloud Did Sleep, which dates from 1887.
Arranged for solo soprano, tenor and baritone voices, with an orchestra consisting of 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (in B-flat), 2 bassoons + 2 horns (in F) + violins I, violins II, violas, cellos, and double basses.
Movements and Duration
There is one movement: Adagio (G minor, 69 bars), lasting around 4 minutes in performance.
The Russian words are by Mikhail Lermontov (1814–1841), from his poem The Rock (Утес) (1841).
On the manuscript of his orchestration, Tchaikovsky wrote: "Trio. Music by Dargomyzhsky. Orchestrated by P. Tchaikovsky". No other information has survived concerning the origins of this work.
The first performance took place in Saint Petersburg at an afternoon concert of the Russian Musical Society on 26 December 1876/7 January 1877, conducted by Eduard Nápravník. The performers were Ye. V. Klebek, Fyodor Komissarzhevsky and Fyodor Stravinsky.
Tchaikovsky's arrangement was published for the first time in 1970 in volume 59 of Tchaikovsky's Complete Collected Works, edited by Irina Iordan.
Tchaikovsky's manuscript arrangement is now preserved in the Klin House-Museum Archive (a1, No. 142).
Related Works
The trio The Golden Cloud Did Sleep was written by Aleksandr Dargomyzhsky (1813–1869) in the mid 1850s, for soprano, tenor, baritone and piano accompaniment, and was first published in 1856 in Saint Petersburg.


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1,976 MW Thermal IPP Portfolio Due Diligence
South Asia,Sub-Saharan Africa
October 22, 2020K&M was engaged by CDC Globeleq to conduct technical and commercial due diligence on a fast-track basis. K&M evaluated the following six power plants totaling 1,976 MW of capacity: the Haripur 360 MW CCGT IPP, the Meghnaghat 450 MW CCGT IPP, the Kelanitissa 163 MW diesel-fired combined cycle IPP, the Kelvin 600 MW coal-fired IPP, the Songas Ubungo 113 MW CCGT IPP, and the Ebute 290 MW gas-fired open cycle barge IPP. For each power plant, K&M evaluated technical performance, commercial arrangements, operations and maintenance (O&M) arrangements, plant management, regulatory structures, and the plant's environmental profile. To support the technical due diligence, K&M engineers interviewed plant staff and conducted site inspections to evaluate the physical conditions of each plant. K&M reviewed all major contracts for each plant, including PPAs, fuel supply agreements, and O&M contracts, and K&M analyzed risks which could impact future operations and cash flows to investors. K&M also estimated the remaining useful life of each asset.


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News about CapitaLand Ascendas REIT —
Ascendas REIT continues acquiring Australian properties with the purchase of a suburban office around Sydney. Located in Macquarie Park (an area where Keppel REIT also made an acquisition just a few days ago), 1 Giffnock Avenue is an upcoming 9 storey office building with retail space on the ground floor and 204 carpark lots. The property, expected to be completed mid-2022, is freehold and will have 19,384 m² of lettable area.
For a total cost of A$167.2 million, the purchase is expected to be internally funded and be DPU accretive. The developers will provide a three-year rental guarantee from completion of the property for any vacant spaces.


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'The Sopranos': How Lorraine Bracco Kept Peter Bogdanovich on His Toes for Their Scenes
If you want to know how The Sopranos changed TV, look at how the cast shaped up after the show's debut season. Over the years, you saw all sorts of well-known film figures (e.g., Burt Young, Steve Buscemi, Annabella Sciorra) coming in to guest-star, direct, or both. Peter Bogdanovich was one that did both.
Bogdanovich, who broke through as a writer-director with the Oscar-nominated The Last Picture Show (1971), had forgotten more about cinema than most people know by the time he started playing Dr. Elliot Kupferberg in season 2. Looking back on his work as the psychiatrist of Dr. Jennifer Melfi (Lorraine Bracco), Bogdanovich recalled how Bracco always kept him on his toes during shoots.
Peter Bogdanovich said Lorraine Bracco would never do 'Sopranos' takes the same way twice
On a visit to the Talking Sopranos podcast, Bogdanovich explained what it was like working opposite Bracco. Overall, he described it as a challenge.
"She was wonderful," Bogdanovich said. "When you think about her, she never did two takes the same way. We'd do one take, and they'd say, 'Fine.' Then we'd cut and [say], 'Let's do another one.' And she'd do it, but completely different. So I had to be on my toes."
Since so much of acting comes down to reacting to the situation around you, Bogdanovich would then have to alter his reading of the scene. "I couldn't play it the same way if she wasn't going the same way," he said on Talking Sopranos. "I had to change my attitude."
Bogdanovich likened James Gandolfini to great stars he's directed
Bogdanovich played Dr. Kupferberg in seasons 2-7. Along the way, he also sat in the director's chair for one Sopranos episode: "Sentimental Education" (season 5 episode 6). In that installment, Tony Blundetto (Buscemi) gets several lucky breaks before he squanders them all. Meanwhile, Carmela (Edie Falco) begins to find fulfillment in an extramarital relationship.
As with every Sopranos episode, "Sentimental Education" also features a good deal of Tony Soprano (Gandolfini). Looking back on directing the late Sopranos star, Bogdanovich rated Gandolfini quite high. "Jim was a great actor," Bogdanovich said on Talking Sopranos. "A great actor and a great personality. He had both."
Bogdanovich then compared Gandolfini to some of the actors from earlier generations whom he'd directed. "He reminded me quite a bit of the older actors," Bogdanovich said on Talking Sopranos. "You didn't feel [Gandolfini] acting. He seemed to be just being. Which is the greatest kind of moving acting. Just being."
Bogdanovich didn't feel intimidated coming onto the 'Sopranos' set to direct
By the time Bogdanovich sat down to direct a Sopranos Season 5 episode in '04, the show had been a game-changing hit show for several years. He knew that, of course, because he'd been performing as Dr. Kupferberg. But Talking Sopranos co-host Steve Schirripa still asked if Bogdanovich felt intimated directing that season 5 episode.
"No, it was actually fun because I'd met everybody already because I'd been acting on the show for two or three years," Bogdanovich replied. "It wasn't difficult. I didn't think it was tough — so well written, the actors were so good — it was easy to do, I thought."


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This staff is overpowering!
New year, new Talon staff! Keep reading to meet everyone!!!!
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Hey I'm Andrew, I'm a senior this year and I'm on the cross country team. I'm excited to write for the Talon this year and give y'all the most entertaining news possible. My likes include my dog, my friends, food, and taking phat naps. You can always catch me at Goodwill on the weekends popin' tags and coppin' heat, and if I'm not there I'm probably watching Friends alone, shout out to my queen Jennifer. Other than that I hope to have a great year with the Talon.
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What's beat-boppin y'all. So…how would I describe myself? Chunky yet funky. Also sassy, classy, and a little smart-you-know-what-y. Don't get on my bad side. I will put you on my list. When I am dead, I will come back to haunt you and probably move some furniture around or flicker the lights, who knows. I stay in shape thanks to latin-fusion zumba and my strict diet of pizza Lunchables and Red Bull. If you are above six foot and are planning to go to med school, hmu. I like long walks on the beach and romantic, candle-lit dinners at expensive restaurants. In my free time, I like to hunt for bigfoot and leprechauns. Hope you read and enjoy my work here on the Talon.
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In a wheelchair in a nursing home, a woman in the last stages of a metastatic malignant breast tumor was asked what she needed for her 75th birthday. "Life" was her answer.
Aging and developing chronic medical health problems is a natural process. Unfortunately, some individuals have it harder than others and develop terminal illnesses that take a drastic toll on their health and those looking after them. In such situations, the best that close friends and family members can do is make the patient's remaining time as pleasant and manageable as possible. The appropriate solution to turn to is good hospice or end-of-life care.
What are the ideal practices for end-of-life care?
You may have heard the terms 'palliative care.' Suppose you have a friend or relative who has a terminal illness or is dying. In that case, palliative care aims to relieve suffering and handle problems while treating an actual illness such as cancer. The primary objective of end-of-life care is to ensure patients experience an acceptable level of comfort, personal satisfaction, and medical assistance.
Palliative care can help people who are no longer receiving treatment or whose illness is nearing death. It helps identify end-of-life care needs and facilitates trained caregivers and family members to meet all patients' needs. It can take place at home, in nursing homes, and hospice care facilities. The palliative care team can help you set treatment goals and make crucial decisions.
Your loved one may lose the ability to speak, sit, walk, and eat. Daily tasks such as washing, grooming, dressing, and turning require full assistance from a caregiver. Your companion, the hospice team, or a caregiver with a terminal degree in nursing recommended by your doctor, can help you with these tasks. To ease the suffering, consider these ideal practices while providing end-of-life care to a loved one.
Talk to them and listen to what they have to say
Patients who know that their life is coming to an end may contemplate their beliefs, self-worth, or the purpose of their life. They may have questions about how they will be remembered or think of apologies or forgiveness from others. If the patient needs to talk about perplexing issues, you can speak and ask open or closed questions. If you're not much of a talker, just lend an ear and listen as they unburden. Alternatively, you can also read books together, play music, or bring up very personal qualities of the patient.
Provide emotional support
Battling terminal illness and end-of-life situations can be emotionally exhausting for the experiencing them. If you are there, you can offer emotional support. Your presence nearby, sitting quietly, or holding hands can be comforting and reassuring. You can also make arrangements for other loved ones to visit and extend their support. However, to keep the patient's comfort in consideration and ensure that you plan visits accordingly. That way, you'll avoid too many people showing up at one time.
Creating a quiet environment with soft lighting and gentle music to remove distractions can improve the person's mood, stimulate memories and help a person relax.
Provide comfort
Most terminal patients do not wish to make their caregivers uncomfortable. However, the truth is that there is only so much that you can do to provide comfort to someone in their final days. Given the situation, every bit counts. Consider the following tips:
- While feeding, give a small spoonful of food. Cook meals enriched with essential oils and nutrients to ensure they're eating healthy. It would be best to consult a doctor before meal prep to avoid giving them something that's off the plate.
- Dab the face with a slightly damp town to reduce dryness around the eyes. Apply medical-grade cosmetics to keep the appearance fresh and lively.
- To facilitate breathing, gently turn the patient's head, change the pillow or raise the head of the bed. Use a humidifier with a cool mist.
- Apply ointments carefully on dry skin to reduce irritation.
- Learn how to move and reposition people in bed to avoid injury.
- Learn how to change sanitary pads, adult diapers, or insert a catheter to avoid discomfort while removing body waste.
- Speak gently and reassuringly. Hold the patient's hand or touch her/him gently and frequently ask if they need anything.
- Use painkillers recommended by a doctor/professional caregiver only.
- Observe whether the person is hot or cold. Change room temperature and bedding if necessary.
Consider respite care
It's no easy feat to look after a patient in an end-of-life state; it takes a lot of patience, understanding, and nerve. The patient probably has many medical dispositions that require professional attention. You must be tolerant and composed enough to deal with that. However, there are alternatives to conventional caregiving options that can prove to be quite beneficial.
Respite care aspires to provide relief for you and your family from the difficulties associated with end-of-life care. Respite care offers a unique opportunity for a mental break and recreation for everyone involved in the process. Not only is this method effective in providing comfort, but it serves as an excellent break from the otherwise gloomy atmosphere in traditional caregiving facilities. A hospice volunteer may spend a few hours meeting the patient to check on their health, or the patient may visit the hospice office close-by to the retreat.
Providing terminal care to a loved one can be emotionally and physically exhausting. The ideal way to go about it is by providing emotional support and comfort to your loved one. Support them, talk to them, and help them out with routine tasks such as eating and cleaning. Consider on-boarding a trained professional to ensure that you do not falter along the way.
Additionally, it would be wise to keep a watch on your own physical and mental health. You will be unable to look after your loved one if you cannot cope with the fatigue and stress that accompanies taking care of someone in their final moments. Don't forget to love yourself in the process.


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Preceding its sibling Anomalies by one hour, the Portland #ViaLux Anomaly has begun.
The Measurement 1 snapshot shows the Enlightened leading, bolstered by strong performances across both the Flash Shards and the Cluster Battle. Conclusions cannot be drawn this early in the Anomaly -- earlier today in Europe control changed hands multiple times over the course of the battle.
The Enlightened lead in Portland @M1: 140 to 87
Find detailed and up-to-date scores at http://investigate.ingress.com/via-lux-scoreboard/
View detailed Shard Tracking information at http://thrakazog.com/via_lux/
(This data represents a snapshot of the Anomaly state taken at Measurement time. The Anomaly state may have evolved since this point in time.)


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Now in its 17th year, the Christmas Home Tour, sponsored by Marion City Library, is one of the most anticipated events during the holiday season.
Janet Marler, library director, said the tours are from 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 3, with $5 tickets available at the library, 101 Library St., or at the featured homes.
"It amazes me that every year we have such unique and beautiful home," Marler said, "and fortunate that people are willing to do so much work for the library."
The first home tour was in 2000, she said, as a way to raise money for the renovation of the depot, and each year since then, its popularity has continued.
Attendance varies, Marler said, but a normal year averages about 300 or more people taking the tour.
"Our theme this year is 'A Novel Christmas,' and we are decorating our tree with pages from old novels and making them into ornaments," she said.
In addition to the library's tree, novels are going to be displayed, she said, with pages folded into words and shapes.
"Should be fun to see what can be done with old books," Marler added.
This year's homeowners include Kathy Biswell at 325 Elm; Doug and Lori Heerey, 174 Eastmoor Drive; Max and Barbara Jackson, 301 S. Thorp and Rodney and Diane Richmond, 2049 Sunflower.
Following the tour, refreshments will be served the library, Marler said.
"Collective Goods," formerly, "Books are Fun," will have a display of items and books available for sale.
The following are brief descriptions of what visitors will see when they go on this year's tour:
Meeting people is fun part
For Kathy Biswell, the best part about participating in the home tour is meeting the people.
It's also not the first time she has had a home tour, either.
"I've done a couple of tours in Manhattan and three (tours) in Potwin in a big Victorian area," she said.
Prior to moving to Marion, Biswell said she lived in Topeka, but decided to move so she was closer to her daughter and grandchildren.
Biswell said she likes to move about every five years, but the move to Marion was a harder move than the others.
"This is the last time I am moving," she said.
And, she said she has a lot of things throughout her house that have been recycled and reused.
"I want (visitors) to see decorations and say: 'Oh, I didn't know I could do that with that,'" she said.
Biswell said she also enjoys making furniture and can do some electrical and plumbing.
One piece of furniture she said she thinks is beautiful is her yardstick table.
"It is colorful, and the yardsticks are from different businesses, states, counties and towns—just a fun project," she said.
While Biswell said she enjoys her variety of projects, that's not her career.
"I am a hair stylist in Manhattan," she said, "and I love it because I want to make people look good."
She also said she has a lot of antique ornaments from the 1920s, 30s and 40s.
The brand, Shiny-Brite, is featured on one of many Christmas trees in her home.
In total, she said she has three decorated trees downstairs and two upstairs, but she hasn't even put out all her decorations.
"Everybody likes to look at someone else's house, and I think that's fun," she said.
Dairy farm transformed
Doug and Lori Heerey's home was originally a dairy farm built in the 1930s, and sat on the west side of the Marion Country Club.
"It was moved in the 1970s to its present location by Dennis and Janis Maggard," Lori Heerey said.
"The hardwood floors on the main floor are original, as well as the numerous lathe and plaster walls," she added.
One of the Heerey's favorite features, she said, is the front porch, which is always seasonally decorated.
"Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph are there to greet visitors," Lori Heerey said.
The furnishings and the decorations in the home are eclectic.
"There are antique items in the entry and dining areas, and traditional items throughout the first and second floors," she said. "The dining room table was Doug's grandparents on the Heerey side from the early 1900s, and will be set with Christmas dishes for our meal on Christmas Eve."
The basement is mid-century modern, complete with orange velvet chairs and an aluminum Christmas tree.
"The tree," she said, "is decorated with a handful of Christmas ornaments from both my parents and Doug's parents that hung on our trees in the 1960s."
Adding to that, she said, a vintage Coca Cola Santa Claus is on display, which was given to our son, Adam, by Sue Hassinger.
Additional items of interest include a table setting of mid-century modern atomic amoeba glassware, she said.
"We also have an original painting of the Morning Star school house by Irene Smith," she said, "which was given to Lori's late father Jerry Hett, that is hanging in the hallway."
The Heereys have so many decorations and they both look forward to welcoming visitors on the tour.
For Max and Barbara Jackson, their theme is eclectic.
"We are marrying both of our personalities with decorations in this home," she said.
"Max grew up here in Marion, so there are a lot of memories he has," Barbara Jackson said.
In addition, his mother taught in Marion for many years, she said, and there will be a lot of that and a lot of her life woven into the decorations.
"We are blending the memories with pictures, some mantle-type pieces, a few historical pieces and references to his mom's teaching career," she said.
"When I say eclectic, it's a little bit of everything."
Being a jazz vocalist, Barbara Jackson said some of their decorations will be related to that and her history in music.
"Max will be in some of those because we've done some work here in Marion in music," she said.
One of the reasons the Jacksons said they were selected was not necessarily because of how they decorated the house.
"Two and one-half years ago we purchased this house, and Barbara completely redid the downstairs, added a room to expand the kitchen, and put new decks on the front and back of the house," Max Jackson said.
In addition, he said, she organized extensive landscaping and put in a new yard, and that's the reason they said they were selected.
"We did it together, but Barbara was the primary person who organized it," he said.
Max Jackson said he is a retired family practitioner who was in Kansas City.
Barbara (Baxter) Jackson retired as a manager at Xerox, working in four different states, and is now a professional jazz vocalist, performing under the name of Barbara Baxter, he said.
Living in a barn
Rodney and Diane Richmond live about two miles outside of Marion. Their theme has more of a rustic theme, Diane said, using burlap to decorate trees and wreaths.
"We have wooden trees, burlap trees, and our tree downstairs is all the girls old ornaments they made in grade school, Girl Scouts or at church,"
The building is a barn with the front having an extension out, and that is the family's house part, she said.
"The house is actually a barn," she said. "The barn is new and made a section in the front that is our house."
One of the Christmas trees is 9 feet tall. This is only the second year the family has decorated for the holidays.
Probably the most favorite part of decorating, Diane Richmond said, was having her daughters help her with the work during the Thanksgiving vacation.
Visitors can expect to see a "Country Christmas," she added.
All proceeds from the Christmas Home Tour is used for children's programs and library events.


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Real-Time Business Intelligence (RTBI) lets users access the information that happened recently via a dashboard. The recent information can be an event that occurred a few milliseconds ago or before an hour. The latency of this data depends on the analytical purpose. For marketing, the latency must be of least value.
Google Analytics is an example that provides real-time website tracking with high accuracy and the least latency rate. The above scenario defines the importance of real-time data analysis, however, Business Intelligence (BI) itself is an advanced tool to analyze the data.
Understanding real-time business intelligence concept
Google analytics provides user interactive data based on website behavior, but BI analyzes data based on the entire business information. Business intelligence can be defined as a collective data-driven process to analyze the business data and generate actionable insights that help decision-makers make smart decisions.
Customer and employee behavior can be analyzed from BI tools. Different Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are analyzed to make new strategies that help a company focus on low performing business metrics. Various tools and methodologies are used for data analysis, such as data visualizations which is then presented to end-users with data. With data visualization, the end-users can easily analyze the data using different chart-like representations.
Real-time data can be easily accessed from a BI-powered dashboard. Alongside, the historic data analysis can be made to find trends as well as compare it with real-time data to analyze the performance of the company.
Here is a BI dashboard that helps companies to analyze their real-time data, business trends, KPI cards, historic analysis and much more represented using data visualization techniques.
10 reasons why RTBI should be considered to improve customer acquisition and retention
As discussed earlier, different KPIs can be analyzed in an RTBI dashboard and represented in the dashboard as KPI cards. Actually, accessing and analyzing these KPI cards based on customer behavior is the goal of integrating business intelligence. So, let's see the 10 major reasons why one must consider introducing real-time business intelligence and how it effectively handles customer acquisition and retention.
- Analyze every tiny detail from your business data: With BI, it's easier to analyze every hidden detail from your data. All you have to do is feed all the business data because the insights are made based on the data provided by you.
- From raw data to structured data: The primary data from business sources are refined and modified into useful formats using different data labels. That is, raw data is converted into a structured form which is then easier for data analysis.
- Avoid bottlenecks on your business: Some delays may occur in your business flow which eventually affects the entire business process. Delays caused by bottlenecks can be identified and solutions can be made accordingly.
- Connect three phases of your business: It is important to track your business progress by comparing three phases—past, present, and future. Comparing past and present events or data for the future is one of the key factors for business growth.
- Find business trends from time-to-time: Trends keeps attracting more prospects and gives direction in the course of your business. With historic analysis, business trends can be analyzed and your business becomes aware of the changing ways in the industry.
- Visually appealing data representation: If the data is represented in a way that is hard for you to digest then it's a failure! Data reports and values represented with visually appealing data charts, maps, etc. helps you to understand the significance of your own business data.
- Demand forecasting: Based on the data, the system will predict customer demand (predictive analysis) and optimize supply decisions. Market analysis will also be carried out using methods like qualitative and quantitative assessments.
- Customer behavioral analysis: The most vital part of BI tools is to analyze customer behavior analysis based on different factors. The actionable data gives accurate information about customers, that help you make the right consumer segments.
- Build strategies to improve low-running fuels of your business: The low performing business metrics can be analyzed based on the value of KPI cards. Business strategies can be built to improve these areas.
- Make smart decisions using data-driven methods: Instead of making decisions based on assumptions, make smart decisions backed with proper data. The insights generated from the data analysis are thus very useful to improve decision-making skills.
By following these methods, make an effective customer acquisition as well as improve customer retention. Let me conclude this article by providing some stats that give you awareness on why customer retention is important?
- If an existing customer loves a company's product then there is a 60% probability that they are likely to make another purchase from the same company (Marketing Metrics).
- Organizations that follow data-driven approaches are 23 times more likely to acquire customers, 6 times to retain customers, and 19 times more likely to make a profit (Mckinsey Global Institute).
- Businesses that follow on data-driven insights are growing 30% on average each year and are likely to take $1.8 trillion from the less-informed competitors (fifth insight).
So, what do you think? Isn't this the right time to implement business intelligence into your business and earn more prospects?


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Body found in search for missing snowshoer on Mount Rainier
MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) — Rescue crews on Mount Rainier have discovered a body matching the description of a snowshoer who vanished in a severe storm over the weekend.
National park spokeswoman Patti Wold said Monday the body had been turned over to the Pierce County medical examiner's office.
The 37-year-old Puyallup, Washington, man intended to spend Saturday night at Camp Muir, a stone shelter nearly 10,200 feet up the 14,410-foot volcano. It wasn't clear if he knew the forecast called for a bad storm, but the formidable conditions forced him to turn back.
Two other people took him into their tent and snow cave at Panorama Point, at 6,800 feet, but the three of them abandoned the camp when one of the walls collapsed. They descended together toward the visitor center at Paradise, about 1,400 vertical-feet below, but the man became separated from the others.
Current conditions are cold and windy, and avalanche conditions are considerable, park staff said.


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Clatsop County had 711 arrests for the last 3 years, in 2016 the arrest rate was 585.01 per 100.000 population which is by 20.85% lower than the National average of 739.12 per 100.000 inhabitants. Among the 2016 arrests 12 were made for violent crime charges. Compared to neighboring county Benton and county Columbia it's a more dangerous place to live in.
Currently, the most popular arrest in Clatsop is larceny/theft - 125 arrests followed by burglary - 64 and motor vehicle theft - 25 arrests.
Violent crime in Clatsop County is considered rape and sexual assault, robbery, and assault. For the recent years the violent crime rate has decreased along with the non-violent crime rate. Compared to the national average of - 99.56 per 100.000 people the overall violent crime rate for the county is by 68.8% lower.
Most of the county arrests fall into 41-50 age group whereas the least arrests are seen between people who are 31-40 years old.
Police records exist in different types of law enforcement agencies and in many forms. In most cases, Clatsop county police reports may be found from the local county Sheriff's Office. You can appear in person and request copies as county police records are available to the general public per the state laws and the Freedom of Information Act. These records may include Clatsop county police reports, Clatsop county bookings and even mugshots. These records are related to when someone is arrested, booked, and jailed. First, they are questioned, and basic information is taken while officers fills out the report. Then they takes mugshots of the suspect, and they are put in a jail cell until they can make bail the fees. Some counties may charge a fee for a copy of police records. You may have to visit in person and may need to have the following information for them to find your file:
This will help the officer find the documents you need.
Clatsop county police records can provide a lot of information about a suspect. A good example of police record might be a traffic accident report. Some records are available to the public after a waiting period, such as 60-days.
Sometimes you can order copies of Clatsop county police records by mail. Contact your local county Sheriff's Office to inquire about forms and the fees.
Clatsop County mugshots have been used since the 1800s, shortly after the invention of photography. Then in 1888, a French police officer Alphonse Bertillon standardized the process and made it the norm. Groups of these mugshots are kept in a "mug book" to help witnesses and victims identify criminals.
Clatsop county mugshots are the photographs taken of suspects upon arrest. Local police, Sheriff's Offices, and other law enforcement agencies take them. Typically , the subject is photographed from the front (full-face view) and then the side (profile view). These Clatsop county mugshots are filed with the person's criminal record and police reports. They are used by victims, witnesses, and investigators to identify criminals guys.
Additionally , when a judge issues an Clatsop county arrest warrant for other purposes , and the person does not show up in court, these mugshots are used to help find the suspect.
Mugshots are readily available online as they are public records. Information brokers portals offer mugshots with other types of public records such as criminal records, arrest records and other court cases.
Police and arrest records will also contain on felonies, misdemeanors, and sex offenders. Since everything is computerized available and connected, any past incidents will show up as well.
It is situated in Clatsop county, Oregon with a total number of 54 employees - 1 female, 24 male officers and 29 civilians. Clatsop County SO ORI (Originated Agency Identifier) number is OR0040000, it belongs to the Pacific division in the West region with a region code of Region IV.
Department | Address | Phone |
Astoria Police Department | 555 30th St | 503-325-4411 |
Cannon Beach Police Department | 163 E Gower Ave | 503-436-2811 |
Seaside Police Department | 1091 S Holladay Dr | (503) 738-6311 |
Warrenton Police Department | 225 S Main St | (503) 861-2235 |
CLATSOP County has 64 jails with an average daily population of 586 inmates with a total of 64 jail population. When breaking down the CLATSOP County jail population by gender, females are a minority compared to male prisoners and make 14% with 9 female and 55 male inmates.
Clatsop County inmate records are public records that anyone can review easily. The Freedom of Information Act governs the availability of regarding Clatsop county inmate records which provide a lot of useful information about a person.
Clatsop county bookings are also helpful when looking for information on whether or not someone has been arrested. When a suspect is arrested, the officer fills out forms and then holds them in a jail , which essentially becomes their Clatsop county booking record. It may also include things like fingerprints, mugshots , physical details, their name, and address, arresting officer , the details of the crime, the location, and any vehicles that were involved. The general public has the right to review a copy of someone's Clatsop county booking records without any type of permission .
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Clatsop County OR Juvenile Detention Center | 800 Exchange St., Suite 200 | 503-325-8601 |
North Coast Youth Correctional Facility | 1250 SE 19th | 503-861-7190 |


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Delece Smith-Barrow is the Education editor at POLITICO.
Prior to this role, she was a senior editor for higher education at The Hechinger Report. She spent the 2016-2017 school year as Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan, where she spent a year studying how top-tier universities are increasing the numbers of underrepresented minority faculty. Prior to joining The Hechinger Report, she was a reporter at U.S. News & World Report, and a producer, writer and editor at The Washington Post. She received a bachelor's degree from University of Maryland--College Park and a master's degree from Georgetown University.


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Realdania, in collaboration with the City of Copenhagen, has invited five preselected teams of consultants to participate in a competition for the design of a cycle and pedestrian bridge across the inner harbor of Copenhagen, immediately north of the Langebro Bridge.
The five teams are as follows. Team 1: Arup. Team 2: Buro Happold Engineering, Wilkinson Eyre Architects, Agency ApS, Speirs + Major LLP, Eadon Consulting Ltd. Team 3: COWI A/S, Dissing+Weitling, Kragh & Berglund. Team 4: EKJ rådgivende ingeniører as, Leuchsenring &Rundquist, Svenska Teknikingenjörer – Sting AB, Vibeke Rønnow Landskab. Team 5: Tractabel Engineering, DFA Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes, Michel Desvigne Paysagiste.
The new bridge is to feature opening spans above the navigation channel and connect the western quayside where Vester Voldgade meets Christians Brygge with the eastern quayside at Langebrogade and the ramparts in the Christianshavn district. The land installations at both ends of the bridge will be integral parts of recreational urban spaces and promenades along the waterfront. The bridge should feature a simple design and light structures suited to the unique surroundings. The ambition behind the new cycle and pedestrian bridge is to create additional urban life and recreational facilities for people in Copenhagen as well as an additional link across the harbour basin. In a more general perspective the bridge is part of an ambition to develop Copenhagen as a green and sustainable waterfront city and the world's best city for cycling.


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Knowledge Center
Podcast Episode 67: DREAM BIG for Maternal Care- Holly Varnell, SERA Prognostics, Dr. Sharon Hibay, CEO Advanced Health Outcomes
March 4, 2022
Matthew welcomes Holly Varnell of SERA Prognostics and Dr Sharon Hibay of Advanced Health Outcomes.
To learn more about prenatal advancements discussed in this podcast, click here: PreTRM®
Based on data from the World Health Organization, the US is #6 on the list of countries with the highest pre-term birth (PTB) rates. That places the US higher than Bangladesh and lower than Indonesia. The top 4 countries with highest PTB rates are India, China, Nigeria, and Pakistan. Our guests discuss advancements in prenatal early intervention to improve maternal and neonatal health outcomes of preterm births.
Holly and Dr Hibay introduced the DREAM BIG (DRiving Equity for All Moms & Babies by Improving Gaps) in Maternal Care Initiative.


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"GrantNet" Funding Conference Update
Overview of the day
Presentations, Workshops and Meet the Funders sessions
After presentations on the new system of Fundraising Regulation in NI/Code of Fundraising Practice and Developing a Fundraising Plan, participants attended workshops facilitated by key funders including Halifax Foundation for NI, Big Lottery Fund (Awards for All), Big Lottery Fund (People in Communities), Trusthouse Charitable Foundation and Heritage Lottery Fund (Sharing Heritage).
Over extended coffee and lunch breaks participants then had the opportunity to meet other key NI funders including, BBC Children in Need, Enkalon, Ulster Garden Villages, Big Lottery Fund, Heritage Lottery Fund, Halifax Foundation for NI and Business in the Community (BITC).
GrantTracker Discount Offer Launched
Participants also had the opportuntity to try out GrantTracker, NICVA's NI-specific funding database. The conference then saw the launch of a 2-month GrantTracker Discount, giving a year's subscription for just £90!
To find out more about how GrantTracker can help you secure essential funding before the discount period ends on 14th November, see here
What did participants say?
Feedback from both the funders and participants involved was that the day was extremely useful. Funders welcomed the opportunity to explain what they were looking for in a successful application, whilst VCSE organisations learnt more about how to tailor their applications to specific funders to increase their chances of success.
"To apply all you need to do is try. No spending money on people to fill in the forms for you." (Bandanas For The Brave)
"Improved my knowledge and eased my doubts and fears of funding applications" (PIPS Charity)
"Excellent, first class, no nonsense approach to advice for community organisations seeking to develop" (County Armagh Vintage Vehicles Club)
"It was an exciting and insightful experience" (Northern Ireland Foundation)
Unable to attend?
For those unable to attend the event, see some of what the funders had to say below –
Download the Trusthouse Charitable Foundation's Guidlines for Applying for a Grant here.
Other useful fundraising resources
NI Trust Group Voluntary Action Funding Booklet – information on 18 of Northern Ireland's key funders in terms of their aims, current funding programmes and contact details. To access the most recent version of this booklet please click here
Fundraising Articles – find out just what the Fundraising Regulator and the Fundraising Code of Practice mean for your organisation here
Free Fundraising Clinics for NICVA members – sign up for the next available clinic here
Fundraising Training – Developing a Fundraising Strategy on 22nd November 2017 and Preparing to Tender on 29th November 2017
If you would like any advice on specific aspects of fundraising, or just want to move your fundraising forward, please just contact me at [email protected]


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Landsat's Role in Managing Energy Resources
Energy is a growing necessity for people worldwide. As the demand for energy grows, Landsat plays an important role in identifying new energy sources and mitigating the human and environmental impact of energy development. Landsat is useful in the energy sector both because of its unparalleled decades-long record of Earth's land and because of its ability to measure infrared and visible light. With more than 40 years of imagery, decision makers can monitor the environmental impact of mining and energy generation and track ecological recovery after operations end. Landsat's ability to measure infrared light allows farmers and decision makers to gauge the health of biofuel crops and natural vegetation near dams and mining sites. The infrared and visible measurements together help energy companies identify minerals on the surface when plants are sparse.
Discovering New Thermal Areas in Yellowstone's Dynamic Landscape
Over the last 20 years, a new thermal area has developed in Yellowstone. Landsat 8 is on the case.
Monitoring Forest Health Amid Oil and Gas Extraction
Following changes in long-term forest health around oil and gas wells in the Pennsylvania State Forest.
Land Under Water: Estimating Hydropower's Land Use Impacts
A team of Norwegian-based researchers has developed an innovative way to describe how much land it takes to generate a kilowatt-hour of electricity from hydropower.
Assessing Longwall Mining Impacts on the Forests Above
Erin Pfeil-McCullough, a graduate student at the University of Pittsburgh, gave a talk at #AGU15 on insights that she has gained from her research to determine what impacts longwall mining has on forest canopies above as the ground subsides and local hydrology is altered.
Landsat Images Provide the Gold Standard for New Earth Applications
Images from Landsat satellites provided free to the public by the Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey were the starting points for "a new breakthrough" reported today by Time and announced
Landsat Satellites Track Yellowstone's Underground Heat
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Harry Potter's third year at Hogwarts is full of new dangers. A convicted murderer, Sirius Black, has broken out of Azkaban prison, and it seems he's after Harry. Now Hogwarts is being patrolled by the dementors, the Azkaban guards who are hunting Sirius. But Harry can't imagine that Sirius or, for that matter, the evil Lord Voldemort could be more frightening than the dementors themselves, who have the terrible power to fill anyone they come across with aching loneliness and despair. Meanwhile, life continues as usual at Hogwarts. A top-of-the-line broom takes Harry's success at Quidditch, the sport of the Wizarding world, to new heights. A cute fourth-year student catches his eye. And he becomes close with the new Defense of the Dark Arts teacher, who was a childhood friend of his father. Yet despite the relative safety of life at Hogwarts and the best efforts of the dementors, the threat of Sirius Black grows ever closer. But if Harry has learned anything from his education in wizardry, it is that things are often not what they seem. Tragic revelations, heartwarming surprises, and high-stakes magical adventures await the boy wizard in this funny and poignant third installment of the beloved series.
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