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The below is a sample image. This is love, but the wisdom tee-shirt has the same layout.
Here's our translator Ling Hua (aka "Cat") wearing one of our "Love" tee-shirts.
More modeling pics: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
This tee-shirt features a wisdom character. The calligraphy was by our master calligrapher Xing An-Ping of Beijing. The character itself is used in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
We used a special process to make this shirt. We wanted a natural background that was somewhat like the xuan paper used on a wall scroll. We found that if we used a "discharge ink" when it was silk screened, we would have a dark black character that would virtually never fade (since it's the color of the tee-shirt itself). The character background actually bleaches out to the natural color of the cotton. We then used another screen to add the signature and personal stamps of the calligrapher.
The result: You get to wear a piece of artwork.
I spent two years working on this project until I was happy with the graphics and results of the tee-shirt. It's a very special shirt that I am sure you will treasure highly among your other tees.
This tee shirt was screened in the USA, just a few hundred feet from our small office in San Diego. The tee-shirt itself was made by All-Style (a very common brand seen often in the USA).
When you first receive the shirt, you will notice that the artwork panel area seems a bit stiff. After just one washing, this will go away, and you will only feel soft cotton on the whole front of the shirt. The only place you will feel a typical raised silk-screen area is the red signature seals.
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Gary's random little things about China:
If you are from my generation, you may remember the video game called "Frogger". It involved crossing a busy road while narrowly dodging cars and truck, often both in front of and behind you at the same time.
Well you can play real live Frogger every time you cross the street in China. It is perfectly normal to cross a four or six-lane road, one lane at a time. You stand motionless on the white, dashed line between lanes as cars and trucks whiz by you on both sides with only inches to spare. When the next lane is clear, you advance (there is no retreat in this game, that could get you killed, since drivers in China would never expect that).
If you did this in America, drivers would come to a screeching halt and think you were crazy (they might even tell you so, using colorful words and hand gestures). It is simply a different culture, or rather a different way of doing things in modern Chinese culture.


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The "miracle fibre" that helped drive Quebec's economy for more than a century now represents an industry near death, despite government efforts to keep it afloat.
In its heyday in the mid-1960s, Canada's asbestos industry employed thousands and produced about 40 per cent of the world's supply of the silky-white product known for its resistance to fire, rust and rot. It was used widely in construction throughout North America, including at the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa.
Now, it's known more for being ripped out of walls as a danger to public health. Many developed nations have banned it outright, and critics warn it's impossible to ensure its safe use in developing countries. These concerns over a known carcinogen have put the industry on its last legs.
Production at one mine has been halted until it can get refinancing, and another miner – Thetford Mines, Que.-based LAB Chrysotile –filed for bankruptcy Wednesday, leaving no active operations in Canada.
Yet a market still exists in the developing economies, and industry officials say chrysotile asbestos – popular in countries such as India and Indonesia as a reinforcing agent in cement products – is safe when used properly.
Proponents insist it has a glowing future in global markets, despite growing international pressure on the Canadian and Quebec governments to cease financial and political backing of the industry amid mounting evidence of asbestos's health hazards.
"I'm convinced we can relaunch the mine. We're going to push for a plan of action, talk to all the players," said a determined Simon Dupéré, president of LAB Chrysotile, which announced Wednesday it had to declare bankruptcy after a halt in production last October led to mounting fixed costs with no revenue to offset them.
The company's Lac d'Amiante mine in Quebec's Eastern Townships employs about 350 people.
The mineral's growing pariah status – it's been singled out by medical and health authorities around the world as a major carcinogen and contributor to lung disease, and has been banned in dozens of countries – doesn't phase Mr. Dupéré.
"We've been fighting [the negative publicity] I'm convinced that this product can – and is – used in a safe fashion," he said. "It's prized in many places as a low-cost infrastructure-building material."
He aims to have the operations back up and running "as quickly as possible" and isn't relying on government help, unlike the Jeffrey Mine, which has been struggling for months to clinch a new financing deal backstopped by Quebec.
The sector needs the clout and backing of the Quebec and federal governments to survive, said Kathleen Ruff, senior human rights adviser to the Rideau Institute. "The industry is totally bankrupt, but it continues to lobby to get public funds to save itself," she said.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative government is adamant that asbestos should not to be added to a global hazardous-chemicals blacklist under a United Nations treaty called the Rotterdam Convention. The government agrees with industry officials that asbestos is safe when used properly.
Officials in both the Quebec and federal governments were not available to comment Wednesday.
Worldwide production of asbestos is slipping, having fallen 5 per cent to just below two million tonnes in 2010 compared to a year earlier, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Russia accounts for about half that volume, followed by China at about 18 per cent and Brazil with 14 per cent.
Sales of asbestos are also falling worldwide, as more developed countries express concerns about health impacts.
John Ries, a business at the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia, said there are always victims in declining industries, particularly those with higher-cost operations.
As for the Canadian workers, Mr. Ries believes those who lose employment be able to find positions in other areas of the country's booming resources sector, particularly in rich mining regions like Quebec.
"Hopefully these workers will find work elsewhere," he said.
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Heidi Montag was happy to hear former roommate Lauren Conrad say she misses her on an episode of hit reality TV series, The Hills.
"I was glad to hear it... I thought it was really sweet," Montag told Extra.
"That really brought a big smile to my face."
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It is not the end of the world for you when this happens at a time of your life. It can be redeemed as a natural process of ageing. Yes, it can be quite distressing when it happens prematurely. There can be a number of health-related and genetic reasons for that. But when it does happen, the symptoms of such testosterone loss can be reversed. There are also reasons for testosterone loss that are fully your own doing.
And the more extreme the loss is, the more difficult it will be for someone like you to do something about it on your own. Medical and pharmaceutical help is recommended and necessary. Distressed Jackson men go to testosterone replacement therapy jackson tn clinics for treatment and care. You are reading this now and you are way, way out of the way. You need not worry either because you can be sure that there will be a specialist clinic near to you as well.
Perhaps you cannot find it on your own, but you can be sure that your general practitioner knows just who or where to refer you to. This is interesting because just how do you know that you are suffering from an acute testosterone deficiency. Make yourself aware of some of the typical symptoms and then tell your doctor about them. In extreme cases, you could be referred directly to the treatment specialists mentioned earlier.
A few basic symptoms that may be the result of grave testosterone loss would be excessive hair loss and extreme physical weakness. You are not as strong as you should perhaps be at your age. You are also a lot more tired than usual, perhaps even suffering from higher than normal stress levels.


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As the name of the theatre suggests, the Classical Ballet Theatre features traditional ballet performances, including "Swan Lake," as well as contemporary dance and other performing-arts productions. Large groups attending a performance can request a backstage tour where they will meet and greet with the performers as well as get a behind-the-scenes look of the stage and set-up before the start of the show. All performances take place at the Cultural Center Theater at the Northern Virginia Community College campus in Annandale unless otherwise noted in the program. Visit the Classical Ballet Theatre website to learn more about current ballet performances.
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The following are some of the history of osu! since its beginning. Special thanks to Sinistro for helping in compiling 2007/2008 content. Source link.
osu! began as a proof-of-concept named "ouentest". The first version was released on the 1st of July, 2007, to a small group of peppy's close friends and featured a very basic edit and play mode. The editor had no seeking or snapping functions, but allowed making simple beatmaps. There were no sliders or spinners at this point, but basic scoring/combo counters were present. The first release took approximately 16 hours of coding time and was done in a single all-nighter. pUpdater was introduced (now known as osume) to handle updating to the latest version.
By the end of July, the menu system was changed to add a bit of style to the game. An initial implementation of sliders was completed, with a non-animated orange slider ball and some relatively ugly curves. Beat snapping was added to the editor, as was a timeline and a more robust editor interface (quite similar to what you see in "Compose" view today).
The main menu was updated with a new look, and the editor received a lot of new functionality, including copy/paste support. The Windows's menubar and cursor are now present, making editor features a lot more accessible than before. Sliders are more extensively supported, with ticks present and disappearing as you pass them. Stacking of hitcircles is now also present. Local high scores are a lot better supported. The .osu file format is revised and completely revamped, but includes conversion of older files to the new format.
Gameplay was enhanced with the debut of combo fire, the HP bar, mouse trails, and better looking sliders. By this point, we had a humble collection of around 10 beatmaps made by the testing team of around 5 people.
The birth of osu! as far as the public is concerned. The forums as we know them today were established, and hosted from peppy's home server (ppy.sh). Attention was gained via a news announcement on http://www.bemanistyle.com which drew quite a few interested people with previous rhythm game experience.
Quickly after the public release, the first play mods (Easy and No Fail) were added, as well as break sections (which up until now had been ignored and missing). A large number of changes quickly made osu! look more and more like a commercial rhythm game.
October 1st was the day when online rankings were made available publicly. This also saw the launch of the .osz packaging method, and online beatmap database with an early web-based submission system. Online rankings were added to the in-game interface and also displayed on the website.
The song selection screen saw improvements, with grouping of difficulties and more intuitive song wheel movement. The soft sample set, keyboard-based controls, in-game searching all originate in this month. Players could make universal skins and per-beatmap skins for the first time and full TabletPC support was implemented.
pUpdater (osume) version 2 was released, supporting optional package downloads. This included making the first user-made skins available to all players via the updater. The editor saw the addition of distance-based snapping, bookmark support, multiple slider curve types, custom colours, play-testing, lead-in time and much more.
A new SS rank was added to the ranking system, replacing S rank in cases where perfection was achieved. The No Video and Hidden mods were introduced, and the SH and SSH ranks to go with it. For the first time, players could skin and assign normal and soft sample sets per timing section. .osz files could now be loaded by double-clicking them, or dragging them onto the osu! icon.
The "Beatmap Submission System" (BSS) was made public, allowing users to easily upload and share their creations. This introduced the status of pending and ranked maps and helped organise the rapidly growing collection of user-submitted beatmaps. In-game chat was added, as an IRC client built from scratch and connected to a standard irc server (no bancho yet). Extended chat was visible. Avatars and basic stats were displayed in game (using an http-based communication). Audio controls were also added to the main menu, which also now plays a random song on startup. Replays could be watched for both local scores and online plays. Players could spectate other players (and spectator data was sent raw over irc!).
Songs can be edited by dragging them into the osu! window. Tooltips are now present explaining all the various buttons in the osu! menus and editor interface. Many new quality skins were submitted by early skinners (Holiday by LuigiHann, WindWaker by awp). New sorting methods were added to the song selection screen. peppy could now send universal announcements to all osu! players. Minor tweaks are made to gameplay, such as non-active circle dimming.
peppy was MIA in Japan 2007-12-17 until 2008-01-20. He somehow managed to draw himself away from the osu! codebase for a full month, and therefore there were no major updates (and the community was quite stagnant during this time).
Hard Rock mod
Sudden Death mod
Double Time mod
Players received extra challenges in the form of mods (Hard Rock, Sudden Death and Double Time). Gameplay experience was enhanced considerably with the addition of countdown images and sounds, custom number and colours of combos, O/X (Pass/Fail) section rankings, countdown intros, background colour scripting, volume control per timing section and, perhaps most importantly, the introduction of storyboarding script support. An attempt was made to move osu! over to the XNAv2 framework, but peppy decided the new version was useless and reduced overall performance. XNA1.1 is used from this point forward, which is shaped according to osu!'s needs with thousands of rewritten lines and hacks to make osu! what it is. A new text rendering engine is implemented, allowing for very crisp font display at any font size. This makes it possible to display some more editor information and make the game look a lot better overall.
To counterbalance February's new mods, the Relax and Half Time mods arrived to make life easier for players this month. Users became able to take screenshots, import and export replays. Animations could be storyboarded for the first time, and the skin selection screen was added. Performance optimisations saw a decrease in 82% for loading the song selection screen (via a new format for the local beatmap database). Various other performance tweaks were made, including the introduction of the frame limit toggle and a number of other graphical options. Project Bancho was started on 2008-03-24. The idea was to create a server component for the osu! family, which handles communications between users and removes the irc dependency.
No joke, Bancho went live this month, and so did the user panels of Extended Chat as you know them today. Users are now able to see what other users are doing in their user panels, as well as interact with them by clicking to spectate. The automatic error submission system debuted, xfire compatibility was implemented, and the main menu and editor interface received makeovers (with new icons by LuigiHann). The chat interface got some love, with the "show chat" button, tab completion and nickname highlight alerts. The ranking screen now shows points required to reach the next rank.
The Taiko Mode first saw the light of day in this month, as well as another major addition, .osb storyboarding script support. Multi-part sliders and private messaging in chat were also made available.
A major milestone in osu history was reached with the addition of the multiplayer (Multi) game mode. Skinning options were expanded further regarding both graphics and sounds. Lastly, multi-channel chat was possible for the first time.
The editor, multiplayer, storyboarding, graphics, chat console all received numerous improvements this month. The options screen received a new layout, and custom key bindings were introduced.
Continuing the trend set by July, one would be hard pressed to find an aspect of osu! that wasn't improved or optimised in this month. In the realm of brand new additions, tags were added to beatmaps and multiple monitor support was implemented on an experimental level. A new method of unpausing gameplay was constructed to stop people abusing the pause function (you now need to align your cursor to where it was before you paused in order to continue).
Personal online best scores were added to song selection, fulfilling a long-time request. This required some fairly hefty database optimisation. Graphical improvements were made to the ranking screen, and various elements of the default skin, in an aim to make it feel more clean and crisp than before. The display of slider tick score sprites (10/30) was implemented. Improvements were seen in the multiplayer match setup, allowing host control to be transferred. Many new chat commands were added for user convenience.
A new ranked status "Approved" was added for maps which are of great quality but exceed ranking length or difficulty (or other) limits in some way. Maps in this status don't add to player's scores, but have scoreboards and act otherwise like a ranked map.
Flashlight mod
Spun Out mod
Auto mod
A slew of new mods were unveiled this month: Flashlight, Spun Out and Auto. Auto scripts an AI player that completed (almost) any beatmap with perfect accuracy, and can also be accessed via the editor test mode. The limits of beatmap design were pushed farther with the addition of more skinnable elements (including combo burst images), the clap sound sample, the ability to assign sound samples to individual slider endpoints and inherited timing sections. The song selection screen also received an overhaul.
Progress was made on OpenGL implementation and the upcoming game mode debut (Catch the Beat), in a private testing environment. A lot of the internals of osu! were rewritten, equaling over 4,000 lines of totally revamped code in order to make play modes more modular, so future modes could be added more easily. Due to these large changes, there was no public release this month.
November saw the introduction of a brand new play mode, "Catch the Beat". OpenGL support debuted, thus allowing osu! to run on most systems. Other new features in this update packed month included in-game friend list support, private chat tabs, a new tutorial/offset wizard and osu!direct; an in-game beatmap downloader for supporters.
Due to people with large numbers of beatmaps complaining about the load time of osu!, peppy spent countless days optimising anything possible, resulting in a performance increase almost unmeasurable on a scale (let's just say somewhere over 9,000). Load times of over one minute reduced to just milliseconds.
The last month of 2008 had plenty in store for osu! development. By osu!'s second Christmas, the first version of the Storyboarding Editor was implemented, making storyboarding much more accessible to users. A second multiplayer mode was added, "Tag Play" - a cooperative mode where players take turns playing a beatmap. Another addition to multiplayer was "Accuracy as a victory condition". MSN and Yahoo status were integrated, and users could fully customize key bindings and chat highlight trigger words.
Thumbnail and audible previews were added to the online beatmap listing, making browsing for a beatmap you'd like to play a much easier task.
Another noticeable event is that the Catch the Beat score is wiped this month. Since then, the score multiplier of mods has been changed on Catch The Beat mod as well.
The Future
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Fifty Shades of Grey Breaks Records, Steals Hearts at the Weekend Box Office
More like Fifty Shades of Green.
The breathlessly anticipated Fifty Shades of Grey surpassed studio expectations for the best Presidents' Day weekend ever, doing $81.7 million at the box office. The movie is projected to make $90.7 million through Sunday. It was also the second biggest February opening ever, just a hair under The Passion of the Christ's $83.9 million record set in 2004. "We're all popping champagne over here," Nick Carpou, Universal's president of domestic distribution, said to the Los Angeles Times.
The other new release, Colin Firth's action-comedy Kingsman: The Secret Service, also performed well — just not nearly as well — with $35.6 million. Last weekend's box-office champ, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water, dropped to third with a still-solid $30.5 million. American Sniper continues to stick around the top five with $16.4 million. Jupiter Ascending rounded out the top five with $9.4 million. The real lesson here is that sexy movies do well on Valentine's Day, or Galentine's Day: 68 percent of the audience was female.


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In a blended family, commonly known as a stepfamily, one or both partners have children from previous relationships. So what happens if the blended family then breaks down? Does the stepparent have visitation rights with their stepchild?
Under the Family Law Act (Cth), children have a right to spend time and communicate on a regular basis with any person who is significant to their care, welfare and development. This includes stepparents. This means that just because a relationship has broken down, it does not mean that the stepchild should miss out on spending time with their stepparent.
It is recommended first to try to reach an agreement with the biological parents of the child regarding what visitation rights the stepparent will have. Stepparents have access to Family Relationship Centres and Alternative Dispute Resolution Centres to assist them in negotiating with parents to allow them to have regular, uniterrupted visits with their stepchild.
If a stepparent cannot come to an arrangement with the biological parents, a Section 601 Certificate can be issued and the stepparent is then able to make an application to either the Federal Magistrates Court or Family Court to have orders made for them to see the stepchild. The Court is likley to grant such an order, providing the court believes it is in the best interests of the child to do so.
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When the Ashland Dance Community in Ashland, Oregon heard about Typhoon Haiyan's terrible effect on the Philippines, they decided to use their skills and resources to help Project HOPE send aid. The Dance Community is run solely by volunteers who organize three community dances weekly. On Wednesday, Nov. 27, one of their community dances was dedicated to a fundraiser to support Project HOPE's relief work in the Philippines.
The event featured an improvised dance piece by Dancing People Company, Ashland's professional dance company. There was also an eclectic mix of music played for attendees to dance to.
"My reaction to the crisis was one of great sadness and desire to help in any way I could," said Dinah Breakell, one of the benefit's nine organizers. "It's always hard to know what organization to choose to donate to. Our concern was if we are going to do something, how we get as much money to the people in the Philippines as possible," said Breakell.
Breakell said the volunteers ultimately chose Project HOPE because of HOPE's long-time history of applying donated money directly to the cause and HOPE's good track record of building long-term relationships with the countries it helps. The event received a $15 - $20 donation from each participant and raised $1500 to support HOPE's work in the Philippines.
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We are so thankful for each child who walks through the doors of North Naples Church
Serve Your World Camp
Serve Your World Camp 2018 will provide children with an opportunity to participate in service-focused activities that will open their eyes to the importance of serving others, including those right here in their own community. Through worship, lessons, and mission activities, children will understand the importance of being 'doers of the word'.
Dates: June 18 - June 22
Eligibility: Completed Kindergarten - Completed 4th Grade
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Twitter Handle: @Deggans
Writes At: Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg Times, NPR, Huffington Post
The television landscape is still just as whitewashed as America's executive boardrooms, from the almost entirely Caucasian casts of Mad Men, Game of Thrones, and Girls, to the dearth of minorities in writers' rooms. Eric Deggans has made it his mission to talk candidly and openly about race through the medium of television.
Most of his posts over at his Tampa Bay Times blog, "The Feed," examine the state of race in media (though, like any great TV blogger, he does take time to just nerd out about his favorite shows, as well). One of the most engaging aspects of Deggans' work is how he takes any instance of prejudice seriously. The smallest pop culture moment might be grounds for pages of analysis and commentary.
He's just as likely to dedicate an entire post to Lisa Lampinelli's infamous Lena Dunham tweet as he is to take a deep-dive into media coverage of the Trayvon Martin case. Deggans mantra is that there's no instance of prejudice that doesn't matter. Just because prejudice isn't overtly ugly or violent, doesn't mean it isn't a problem. As he eloquently stated in his recent piece for The Huffington Post, "Nine Dangerous Words The Media Uses To Talk About Race": "The mistake some people make in identifying prejudice is assuming the average person will find such notions...ugly and repellant. But many prejudices are attractive, because they simplify the world, offering others the chance feel superior. The primary challenge in deflating stereotypes is resisting those ideas we may find tempting ourselves."
If you want to hear more from Deegans, we recommend his book Race-Baiter. After Bill O'Reilly leveled the titular term at him, Deegans was inspired to examine the way that the rise of niche programming has changed racial dynamics in media, in many ways, for the worse.


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Lunch boxes are trendy. There is hardly anything better in the lunch break than the favourite meal you've brought with you...
The Thermo Pot by Black + Blum is the ideal solution for everyone that prefers to enjoy their favourite meal warm and that cannot warm it up. The Thermo Pot however, is also perfectly suitable for on the road, since a magnetically fixed spoon accompanies you and your Thermo Pot on your trips.
Thermo Pot is made of non-corroding steel. The natural cork lid has a small plastic thread cannot be seen when the pot is closed. Meals and liquids will stay warm inside the Thermo Pot for up to 6 hours. In addition, the manufacturer Black + Blum has a 10 year guarantee on the Thermo Pot.
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Ugens designer: Guld og Løvenholdt
We are Anders Guld and Kasper Løvenholdt, two passionate cabinetmakers and designers. In 2013 we founded Guld & Løveholdt as a custom woodwork shop and design studio.
We do not see our former projects as our limit of expertise, but rather as experience for touching new areas of work. We try to keep an open mind and inviting atittude in everything we do.
We are based in Copenhagen, where we have our workshop, studio and showroom. If you are interested in our furniture or want to discuss a potential project you are more than welcomed to swing by.


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At the top of my Asheville list was something I've wanted to do forever: visit the gorgeous Biltmore Estate. In fact, I was so excited to go that it was the very first stop on our trip (even before checking in at the hotel)! It was even more incredible than I thought, and I can't wait to share all my favorite parts below.
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When I saw the mansion for the first time, it seriously took my breath away! The different levels, winding hallways, and endless rooms could have kept me busy all day long. Although history was always my least favorite subject in school, for some reason that was not the case at the Biltmore. You have the option to listen to an audio guide as you tour the estate, and this gal could not get enough.
Can we talk about this chandelier/spiral staircase combo? There is not one square foot of this place that isn't mesmerizingly intricate – I could have stared at the details for hours.
One of the reasons it took me so long to get to the Biltmore is because I couldn't decide whether I wanted to go during fall or at Christmastime. Both are my favorite things ever, and both times of year are equally stunning there. Lucky for me, the Biltmore starts decorating for Christmas even earlier than I do (and my holiday season begins the day after Halloween, ha!), so I ended up getting to experience a little bit of both.
After making our way through the mansion, we went out and explored the gardens. The Conservatory was by far my favorite part, mostly because of the cactus room. It is literally a room filled with hundreds of succulents and cacti, which I'm pretty sure is every blogger's dream!
Is anyone else having major garden envy over this rainbow of mums? Currently my "garden" is a plant on the fire escape that I'm struggling to keep alive, so I was pretty into this situation.
Next it was off to Antler Hill Village & Winery, which was about a five minute drive through the Biltmore grounds. I could not believe how large the whole estate is! The wine tasting was right up my alley because they don't limit how many you can try – and their wine list is not small. I loved being able to taste everything, from the Christmas blend (!) to the exclusive reserve wines.
When I asked my blogger bestie, Brittany of Southern Meets Chic, about her Biltmore highlights, one thing at the top of her list was The Barn. We both share an absurd love for animals, so she gave me the essential pro tip that this stop on the map was not to be missed. Or in Britt's words, "they let you cuddle and love on the animals as much as you want!" Which, of course, is exactly what I did.
Thanks so much to the Biltmore for having us! It was an unforgettable experience, and I'm sure it won't be too long before I'm back. Most likely at Christmas. ❤


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NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Aug 26, 2014) - The iconic Bad Boy Records is commemorating its twentieth anniversary with a yearlong celebration and announced today a series of digital reissues, highlighted by newly digitally remastered editions of two legendary hip hop classics: The Notorious B.I.G.'s "LIFE AFTER DEATH" and Puff Daddy & The Family's "NO WAY OUT" -- both of which were remastered by Tony Dawsey at Phantom Mastering, NY. The albums are available on the iTunes Store now.
What's more, an exclusive "Bad Boy Records 20th Anniversary" page on the iTunes Store is showcasing some of the legendary label's most significant singles, EPs, remixes, and videos many of which are available digitally for the first time ever. Among the iconic artists featured are Faith Evans, Mase, 112, Mario Winans, Craig Mack, Janelle Monáe, French Montana, Machine Gun Kelly, and Cassie as well as further chart-topping favorites from The Notorious B.I.G. and Puff Daddy. For complete details and information, please visit the iTunes Store's "Bad Boy 20th Anniversary" page at http://smarturl.it/badboy20.
Released in March 1997, mere weeks after the groundbreaking rapper's tragic killing, The Notorious B.I.G.'s "LIFE AFTER DEATH" was immediately received as both a hip-hop milestone and one of the major creative works of the decade. The double album rocketed to #1 on the Billboard 200, then topped the overall Billboard Year End chart for 1997 before being awarded RIAA Diamond certification for sales in excess of 10 million. Along with its unprecedented commercial success, "LIFE AFTER DEATH" was also hailed as an artistic landmark, a revolutionary fusion of rap and pop showcased on such #1 hits as "Hypnotize" and "Mo Money Mo Problems (Feat. Puff Daddy & Mase)." As a result, the album earned three GRAMMY® Award nominations and has since only increased in power and reputation, topping VIBE's 2013 "Greatest 50 Albums Since '93" ranking and earning inclusion on Rolling Stone's definitive "500 Greatest Albums of All Time."
Puff Daddy & The Family's "NO WAY OUT" marked the debut album from Bad Boy founder Sean "Puffy" Combs and featured some of label's greatest artists, including The Notorious B.I.G., Faith Evans, Mase, 112, and The L.O.X., as well as appearances from Combs collaborators like Jay-Z and Busta Rhymes. The album made a spectacular chart debut upon its July 1997 arrival, entering the Billboard 200 at #1 with sales approaching 600,000. "NO WAY OUT" went on to earn 7x platinum certification from the RIAA for sales in excess of 7 million, fueled by a seemingly endless run of hit singles like "It's All About The Benjamins," "Been Around The World," and the worldwide #1 blockbusters, "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" and "I'll Be Missing You." The latter track made history as the first rap song by a male artist to debut at #1 on Billboard's "Hot 100," a spot it held for a record-setting 11 weeks, one of the longest reigning #1 hip-hop singles of all time. As if that weren't enough, "I'll Be Missing You" received a GRAMMY® for "Best Performance By a Duo or Group," while "NO WAY OUT" itself was honored with a GRAMMY® as "Best Rap Album."
Founded in 1994 by producer/artist/entrepreneur Sean "Diddy" Combs, Bad Boy Records instantly made a massive impact with its premier release, The Notorious B.I.G.'s 4x platinum certified debut masterpiece, "READY TO DIE." The next decade saw Bad Boy dominate contemporary pop, hip-hop, and R&B by unleashing a remarkable string of Billboard 200 chart-toppers, including such #1 albums as The Notorious B.I.G.'s "LIFE AFTER DEATH" and the 2x platinum certified "BORN AGAIN," Puff Daddy & The Family's "NO WAY OUT," Mase's 4x platinum certified "HARLEM WORLD," P. Diddy with The Bad Boy Family's 2x platinum "WE INVENTED THE REMIX" album, Danity Kane's platinum "DANITY KANE," the platinum certified "BAD BOYS II" soundtrack and more. Twenty years on, Bad Boy remains as innovative and influential as ever, with recent years seeing vital releases from Diddy -- Dirty Money, French Montana, Cassie, Machine Gun Kelly, and Janelle Monáe.
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The Importance of Marine Engineering to the UK Economy
A recent report by the Royal Academy of Engineering on Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) occupations found that demand for graduate engineers is exceeding supply. Since then there has been more focus by the British Government on the education of engineers and raising awareness of engineering career paths within the UK. With engineering being essential to a number of sectors there is a huge variety of career options available. There are career options in sound, safety, transport, aeronautical, energy and marine to name a few. Looking at engineering as a whole, SEMTA predicts that UK industry will need to recruit an extra 354,000 employees, to replace retirees up until 2016.
Some people have the impression that engineering is mathematically challenging, but truth is that engineering concerns the science used within design, engine building, machines and structures. For marine engineering Clyde Marine Training are one of the UK companies most associated with the education and promotion of engineers within the merchant navy. Marine engineering is broadly defined as working offshore on various vessels where the main tasks are working in the engine room and ensuring that all of the engines are configured, maintained and operated consistently and efficiently. There is a particular emphasis on propulsion and control systems.
Raising awareness for careers that are not balanced with supply and demand is important in sustaining the growth and economy within Britain. The simple truth is that SET occupations exert a powerful influence on the UK economy. Maintaining the current level of growth for marine engineering requires companies such as Clyde Marine Training to promote and provide information on the routes they offer for entrance into an engineering career and advice on how to accomplish a degree in engineering and begin a successful career in marine engineering.


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Research Equipment Reserve Fund (RERF)
**Guidelines and Evaluation Criteria Updated November 2015
Current Solicitation: 2018
Award Announcement: Spring 2018
Research Equipment Reserve Funds (RERF) may be used to acquire, repair, renovate, or improve equipment directly used for research. The equipment may be inventoried capital equipment (defined as =>$5,000 per unit), or fabricated capitalized equipment.
Faculty are allowed to be the PI or Co-I on only one submission per solicitation.
Faculty members with the rank of instructor and above are eligible to serve as Principal Investigator (PI). Faculty with courtesy appointments may serve as Co-Investigator (Co-I) only. Research Associates, Postdoctoral Scholars and Postdoctoral Fellows are not eligible to serve as PI or Co-I.
The Research Council is interested in supporting new faculty. However, faculty with uncommitted Research Office start-up funds are not eligible for consideration as PI or Co-I.
For proposals listing multiple users who are not Co-Is, the PI must obtain a letter of endorsement (limit one page) which consists of a signed acknowledgement from each of the individuals listed stating that they have agreed to be so recognized and certifying that they have a legitimate need for the equipment being sought in the proposal.
The Research Office will now accept a maximum of three proposals from any college, provided that at least one of the three proposals lists Co-Is from multiple colleges. Individual colleges can select their own criteria for how they vet their proposals. However, if more than two (or three if one or more are multi-college) proposals are received, they will be returned to the Associate Dean of Research for further vetting. Proposals returned for further vetting will be given only a very narrow window for that process, so it is strongly recommended that applicants work with and through their Associate Deans to obtain prior approval for their submissions.
PIs and Co-Is may receive an award from the RERF program only one time in a 24-month period as the PI. PIs and Co-Is that have received RERF funding as the PI in Spring 2016 are NOT eligible to apply. PIs and Co-Is who apply after the 24-month period are only eligible if the required final report(s) from the previous Research Office Incentive Programs (GRF, RERF, or FRT) award(s) has been submitted (see "Other Requirements").
Award Information
The Research Office will host only one RERF competition in AY2018-2019
Anticipated Funding for 2018: $400,000
Award amounts vary, but cannot exceed $100,000 (matching requirements vary).
Applicants will be notified via email of award decisions.
Matching Funds
The Research Council will generally not recommend proposals for funding for equipment if the total acquisition costs are less than $10,000. For equipment costing more than $10,000, matching funds must be provided according to the rate table outlined below. Matching funds must be used for equipment acquisition. Note that funds originating from the Research Office (e.g. capital equipment start-up funding) cannot be used as a source of the required match. In addition, the program now caps Research Office RERF awards at $100,000. If total acquisition costs for equipment (including any shipping and installation costs IF those items are listed on the original invoice) exceeds $140,000, the investigator(s) will be responsible for identifying the source of those funds. Also note that any maintenance costs beyond the warranty period identified in the purchase agreement, building modifications, and training are not eligible for support from the RERF fund nor should the matching funds be designated as supporting these activities.
Total Acquisition Cost of Equipment
Required Minimum Percentage of Total from Departmental, College or External Sponsor Matching Funds
$10,000 to $40,000
$40,001 to $75,000
$75,001 to $100,000
Over $100,000
Grant funds contracted through DOE National Laboratories and some types of EPA Cooperative Agreements may not be used as matching funds. These organizations retain ownership of equipment purchased with their funds, even if their investment is only a minor contribution to the overall purchase price.
The Research Office will accept one resubmittal of a denied proposal. The proposal will be deemed a resubmittal if the PI or Co-I requests a comparable piece of equipment, or if the request for a comparable piece of equipment comes from the same academic units (i.e., changing the listed PI on an RERF proposal will not, in and of itself, be sufficient to have it deemed as a new proposal). Resubmitted proposals must be accompanied by a letter, not to exceed one (1) page, explaining how the reviewers' comments from the previous submission have been addressed. For resubmittals not accepted for funding, the proposers may submit, as a new application, a request for the equipment one year after the last rejection.
Use of Funds
The following provides common examples of eligible and ineligible items based on recent proposals submitted to this program:
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Budget items NOT ELIGIBLE for support
Review Procedure
The Research Office Incentive Programs reviews all proposals for eligibility. Those requests that qualify are reviewed by two non-Research Council reviewers (possibly including individuals suggested by the PI) and one Faculty Senate Research Council member. The Research Council will provide a prioritized list of recommendations for funding to the Vice President for Research, based on the quality of the proposals as reflected in the evaluation criteria. The Vice President for Research will make all final award decisions based on the recommendations and available funds.
Evaluation Criteria
Proposals will be reviewed both by knowledgeable colleagues and by members of the Research Council. Reviewers will be asked to provide a summary recommendation for each proposal consisting of:
In addition, reviewers will be asked to evaluate proposals based on the following criteria:
Application Procedure
The RERF application form is available in MS Word format (updated November 2015). If you are unable to access this form, contact the Research Office Incentive Programs at (541) 737-1755 or email firstname.lastname@example.com to request a hard copy. Please allow one week for delivery.
Complete all sections of the application form and follow submission instructions on the application form.
Email the complete PDF file with supporting documentation (signatures required) to firstname.lastname@example.com by the deadline date.
Incomplete proposals or proposals NOT following the guidelines (including spacing, font size, margins, and page limits) will not be considered for funding.
The complete PDF document (including supporting documentation and all signatures), must be submitted electronically to email@example.com by 5:00 PM, on the deadline date.
Award recipients (PIs and Co-Is) are required to submit a final report within six months of equipment procurement / repair / construction.
This final report will be posted on the Research Office website and will be archived such that future applicants and awardees will be able to access it as a source of reference. If there is a valid reason for not wanting the final report posted on the website, submit the justification (limit one page).
Award recipients (PIs and Co-Is) who fail to submit the required final report will be ineligible to receive future funding from the Research Office Incentive Programs.
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It's so exciting to see the daily changes on the Davenport campus as we continue the north site and Alumni Auditorium construction projects. The photo shows demolition work on the Alumni Auditorium, which will be transformed into the R. Richard Bittner Athletic & Recreation Center by next January.
Click on the "Construction webcam" button at the top right-hand corner of this page for live updates of the construction.


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The rubber around the aviator's goggles has rotted, and the orange-tinted glass is clouded by dust. But the name "Smitty" is legible on the cloth flight helmet, as it appeared on Oct. 25, 1944, when Joseph S. Smith Jr. sat behind the tail gun and watched black smoke shroud his view of the Philippine Sea and the Japanese warship that fired thefatal shots.
"I said, 'I'm going to die, I'm going to die,' " said Smith.
In his Millersville living room, with the aviator's helmet and his flight logs on the coffee table, Smith displays a newly published book, "Flight of the Avenger -- George Bush at War."
The book, by former war correspondent Joe Hyams, contains a description of the day that Smith did not die but lived to be reunited with many of his mates -- including President George Bush -- from torpedo bombing SquadronVT-51.


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Indigenous Stories
Indigenous Stories
Do you have a story to share?
If so, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company wants to hear from you!
Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company is proud to announce the creation of a new website for stories from the Aboriginal community. Indigenous Stories website aims to preserve the community's stories in an easily accessible digital library. We invite all community members to come forward to share their stories. This is a free service and we encourage stories from all genres and formats.


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True DetectiveWith A-listers Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey on the marquee and HBO footing the bill, we figured True Detective would be the kind of quality fare we've come to expect from the premium cabler. But we were completely unaware of what a mindgame the self-contained first season would play on our collective unconscious, the series' decades-long murder investigation twisting over and around on itself until Marty and Rust weren't the only ones obsessed with a string of ritualistic killings. In director Cary Fukunaga's hands, Nic Pizzolatto's scripts drew us ever deeper into the sultry Louisiana bayou, a place where spaghetti monsters, Lone Star men, the Yellow King and a Big Hug mug all seemed to carry a deeper meaning. By the end of the grueling finale, we were relieved to have some closure and psyched that the excellent project would be back for Season 2 – a sure sign, if you ask us, that the light's winning.
Masters of SexOK, Masters of Sex: You got us. We started watching the Showtime period drama – which follows researchers William Masters and Virginia Johnson's 1950s investigation into human coupling – for its titillating premise. Imagine our surprise when the bedroom (or rather, laboratory) scenes turned out to be the show's most perfunctory element. You want to talk real eye-grabbing? Watch Michael Sheen's buttoned-up pillar of science fall to pieces after his wife's horrific miscarriage. Witness Lizzy Caplan's jazz-singer-turned-secretary grasp her future with both hands as she enrolls in medical school. And even after hundreds of topless (and bottomless) scenes, the Michelle Ashford-created series is never so naked as the moment that Masters realizes he's fallen for his velvet-voiced assistant – and makes a beeline to her house to tell her so. If you're looking for top-shelf, Emmy-worthy drama, Masters of Sex – pardon the pun – nailed it
HannibalSeason 2 of Bryan Fuller's visually sumptuous thriller was a classic game of FBI-cat-and-suavely-sociopathic-mouse in which profiler Will Graham had to get unspeakably close to the titular Dr. Lecter without falling completely beneath his spell. With hauntingly understated turns by Hugh Dancy, Mads Mikkelsen and a sublime supporting cast, plus crime (and dinner) scenes so disgustingly beautiful you half-wished you could frame them and hang them in the parlor, Hannibal became a weekly fever-nightmare from which you didn't really want to wake. Nobody summed up the Emmy-worthy juxtaposition better than ill-fated meatpacking tycoon Mason Verger (as he prepared to eat chunks of his own face): "I am enchanted and terrified!"
The Good WifeFrom the birth of Florrick-Agos to the shocking death of Will Gardner, The Good Wife's fifth season rained turmoil and upheaval down on its core characters — to absolutely stunning effect. Exploring everything from the ethics of wiretapping, eavesdropping and client-poaching to the emotional reverberations of a loved one's violent death, showrunners Robert and Michelle King brought together compelling story crafting, razor-sharp direction, second-to-none casting and powerhouse performances from its deep cast of regulars — best captured in the must-rewatch episode "Hitting the Fan" — to reach an undeniable creative peak in Season 5. The Good Wife and the Emmys is a merger just waiting to happen… again.
Game of ThronesWho in seven bloody hells would disagree that Game of Thrones just keeps getting better? Season 4 saw scads of the most anticipated moments from George R.R. Martin's book series (bye, Joffrey!) as well as some of the most memorable performances from the HBO drama's incredible cast (Tyrion's trial speech!) thus far. The characters' loyalties may have been constantly shifting, but the quality of this epic saga remained unwavering. Plus: Khaleeeeeeesi.
Breaking BadThere are few TV dramas that are able to reduce us to near-hyperventilation on a weekly basis, but Breaking Bad's final season did just that. As the AMC juggernaut came to a near-perfect conclusion, we let our jaws take up permanent residence on the floor and marveled at how Vince Gilligan & Co. maneuvered their way around such a magnificently tangled web. Plus, with an ensemble cast that gave heartbreaking performances week after week — even baby Holly! — there's no question that Bad's Emmy-worthy final run was so, so good.


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Data Centre, ICT Building Infrastructures, Staffing & Managed Services
" This new data centre not only gives Esterline the possibility to store data in a secure manner, its scalability is also a major advantage. We now profit from a state-of-the art facility." Jan Bruggeman, Director ICT EsterlineDownload the full case study
Esterline originates from the U.S. but is active on a global scale, with offices and productions sites in the U.S., Europe – including Belgium –, China, India, Singapore, Israel, Morocco, etc. Its Belgian branch is located in Kortrijk.
The company's core business can be summarized in three segments: Avionics & Controls, Sensors & Systems and Advanced Materials. All three intended for the commercial and military aviation industry, the defense sector and some related markets.
The biggest challenge posed by this carveout project was the implementation of a new infrastructure for the data centre. This had to be carried out in a challenging environment with limited space and a strict deadline. Besides, the data centre had to be scalable for the future.


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Employability and enterprise skills
Enhance employability and enterprise skills by embedding opportunities throughout the student experience from day one.
"At RMIT our goal is to provide every student with the tools they need to succeed in life and work."
Vice-Chancellor Martin Bean (26 November 2015)
RMIT's Strategic Plan, Ready for Life and Work sets out to create transformative experiences for our students, getting them ready for life and work, and helping to shape the world with research, innovation, teaching and engagement.
Employability skills ensure graduates stand out to prospective employers in a competitive marketplace. Along with technical understanding and subject knowledge, employers now demand transferable skills such as communication, teamwork, problem-solving, initiative, organisation, and proficiency with digital technologies.
Enterprise skills are also highly valuable as they enable graduates to create new ventures and seize business opportunities, or be a substantial contributor to an enterprise as an employee. An enterprising mind-set includes a mix of creative, entrepreneurial, leadership and problem-solving skills.
Staff can support students in developing their employability and enterprise skills by promoting and delivering targeted activities in programs and courses in alignment with discipline knowledge and in collaboration with industry.
Resources for your students
Connect your students with services and information that will enhance their employability and enterprise skills.
Employability in the curriculum
The integration of employability and enterprise skills at the core of the student experience will enhance employment prospects for all students.
Building industry connections
Your connections with industry, employers and alumni are essential links to the future careers of your students.
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Robert Wicks invites us to bring Christ's teaching of welcome and openness into our lives. Become more available to God, yourself, and others and seize opportunities for growth that will enhance the clarity and self-awareness of your approach to life.
This now standard text offers engaging readings from a wide variety of sources by and about women. Designed for women's studies and religion courses everywhere.
Mary Ann Massey offers practical solutions for the complex problems of aging and end of life. Case studies illuminate simple and effective tools that encourage communication and support families facing the challenges of diminished health, loss of independence, and caregiver exhaustion.
In this compelling collection of essays, New York Times bestselling author George Weigel advocates for a return to the core values and robust moral culture of the Catholic church. His ideas provide practical insight on the pressing global issues of our times.
Richard Rohr, a leader in the men's spirituality movement, shares the key concepts of traditional male initiation, and shepherds readers toward an awakening into a conscious, alert, and mature masculinity. A catalyst for a transforming revelation of true self—from a master.
In the spirit of Teilhard de Chardin, this fiercely innovative theologian tries to clear away 2,000 years of metaphysics and Christology, to present Jesus in a bold new light—as the culmination of human evolution and the divine plan.
Drawing on timeless principles of monastic communal living, this spiritual guide for families offers effective tools to meet challenges and counteract the divisive forces that can splinter a healthy home.
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Icicle Riverhaus
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Most visitors to Leavenworth are searching for a cabin that reflects everything special about the Bavarian Village. They need look no further than the Icicle Riverhaus, a favorite getaway for two decades.
Most visitors who are searching for a high mountain getaway want a true cabin experience. Those visitors need look no further than the Icicle Riverhaus. Big and roomy and full of pinewood and comfy furniture built for lounging and a setting that is unmatched.
Most visitors who seek the outdoors want to stroll the river and hear its constant voice. Those visitors too need look no further than the Icicle Riverhaus. Some cabins make guests walk blocks to glimpse the river. At the Icicle Riverhaus, guests only need to walk 10 feet to wet their feet.
Most visitors who want to get away, often settle for a condo or hotel room that looks like every other. Those visitors will be delighted to drive up the valley, across the bridge and down a private road only to find a true mountain cabin, perched on a river. The kind of cabin they dream about.
Just five miles from downtown Leavenworth, traveling to the Riverhaus is always convenient. From the home, there is easy access to numerous trails, including the Snow Lakes trail, along with cross country ski areas, and world class rock climbing areas.
Plus the home is big with 4 bedrooms and 2 and a half baths,so the cabin sleeps 8 guests comfortably. In the living room, an air-tight wood stove keeps things toasty on the coldest winter night. In summer, the river helps cool the hot summer air. Just outside is an expansive deck that stretches to the water's edge.
The kitchen is rustic with a handy kitchen table for meals and snacks. Of course there is an instant-on gas barbecue and deck table with chairs. A laundry room makes it handy to keep clothes clean. There is a television with VCR and cable television signals.
You can find all kinds of accommodations in the Leavenworth area. But there is only one place perched on the river like Icicle Riverhaus, and its complete with everything you will need to bask in the beauty of Washington State's Bavarian community.
- Water Front Home
- Patio
- High Speed Wireless Internet
- River Front Location
- Name: Icicle Riverhaus
- Status: Inactive
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- Type: Cabin
- Country: United States
- State: Washington State
- Destination: Leavenworth
- Location: Icicle River
- Setting: Water Front Home
- View: Full Water View
- Internet: Yes
- Floors: 2
- Entrance Floor: 1
- Bedrooms: 4
- Beds: KQFTT
- Bunks: No
- Baths: 2½
- Normal Occupancy: 6
- Sleeps: 6
- Max Occupancy: 8
- Parking: 2
- Pets: None
- Checkin: 05:00 pm or later
- Checkout: 11:00 am or earlier
- Website: IcicleRiverhaus.com
- Manager: Leavenworth Accommodations, Inc.