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Nicene and Ante-Nicene Fathers, Ser. II, Vol I:Early Church Fathers Index Previous Next
The Life of Constantine with Orations of Constantine and Eusebius.: Chapter LXIII
Chapter LXIII.—How after his Baptism he rendered Thanks to God.
He then lifted his voice and poured forth a strain of thanksgiving to God; after which he added these words. "Now I know that I am truly blessed: now I feel assured that I am accounted worthy of immortality, and am made a partaker of Divine light." He further expressed his compassion for the unhappy condition of those who were strangers to such blessings as he enjoyed: and when the tribunes and generals of his army appeared in his presence with lamentations and tears at the prospect of their bereavement, and with prayers that his days might yet be prolonged, he assured them in reply that he was now in possession of true life; that none but himself could know the value of the blessings he had received; so that he was anxious rather to hasten than to defer his departure to God. He then proceeded to complete the needful arrangement of his affairs, bequeathing an annual donation to the Roman inhabitants of his imperial city; apportioning the inheritance of the empire, like a patrimonial estate, among his own children; in short, making every disposition according to his own pleasure. 3361
The idea of ownership in empire which seems so strange in these days of republics, and is disallowed even by theoretical monarchists, seems to have been a most matter-of-course one in the mind of Constantine, and Eusebius was a true imperialist regarding "tyranies" and "republics" as in the same category. Whether it was by "divine right" or "natural right" they were quite sure it was a "right," and one to be freely exercised.
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For this week's prompt, write a risk poem. That is, write a poem in which either the narrator, a character, or whatever takes a risk, or in which risk is involved. For those who like board games, yes, you can finally write that game about Risk that you've always wanted to do.
Here's my attempt at this risk poem prompt:
I found her waiting–
blood-mouthed and confused–
inside the fence. She
let me approach, though
I heard her breathing
increase with each step,
afraid as I was
she might turn on me.
In silence, we held
our own until I
could unclasp the latch.
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By normal De La Soul standards Smell The DA.I.S.Y. is an average product. It's mostly classic De La verses laid out casually over J-Dilla beats. That's not to say it's a complete wash, but it's clear that the real star of the show here is Dilla, no question about it.
Songs like "Vocabulary Spills" is a prime example. It's the same verse as found on the "The Bizness" (sans Common), but delivered in an uber-casual manner. It's not laziness so much as it is a thoughtful kowtow to Dilla, an opportunity for listeners to dip their eardrums in the liquid gold beat brewing underneath: [LISTEN]
The nuances of Dilla's beats are what makes them so great. Packed into dark corners are layers of samples with just enough obscurity to defy the understood physics of hip hop production. He's often described as a clairvoyant or a genius even an alien, and this is just another example of his greatness.
Hearing De La rap over his beats is undeniably sentimental and nostalgic like a campfire where all can gather in remembrance. And although the outpouring of love can be a bit overstated at times coming from the mind of De La Soul it sounds justifiably right.
"Dilla Plugged In" draws a circle around the main idea shouting out Dilla's genius as well as Ma Dukes while moving to a groove that is decidedly Detroit: [LISTEN]
Smell The DA.I.S.Y. isn't what you would call top-shelf De La material. They just coast through most songs allowing the beat to take center stage. But it does serve a couple different purposes. There's the tribute element, which is obvious from the jump, and then the promotional storm that comes with it.
It'll send ripples through the hip-hop community, which'll help promote De La's forthcoming projects – an EP Preemium Soul on the Rocks with Pete Rock and DJ Premier, and their full length You're Welcome. Smell The DA.I.S.Y. is simply the delectable appetizer that'll stimulate the hunger bug before the main course arrives.


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David Cameron has attempted to give a boost to the UK's aerospace industry while on a trade mission to India.
The Prime Minisiter offered a message of support to workers at AgustaWestland today, after the helicopter manufacturer was hit by corruption allegations, and vowed to raise the possibility of India buying partly British-made Eurofighter Typhoon jets when he meets the country's Prime Minister and President tomorrow.
Cameron declined to comment on the allegations over the Anglo-Italian helicopter company's £480m defence deal with the Indian government, which he said were a matter for the Indian and Italian authorities.
And he said it was up to the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to decide for itself, as an independent organisation, whether it should get involved.
Giuseppe Orsi, the chairman and chief executive of AgustaWestland's parent company Finmeccanica, was arrested last week, along with Bruno Spagnolini, the chief executive of AgustaWestland, on corruption and tax fraud charges.
Indian authorities have suspended payments to the company, which produces helicopters at its factory in Yeovil, Somerset, as it launches its own investigations.
Speaking in Mumbai to Jon Sopel for BBC News, Cameron said: "This is really a question between the Italian authorities; because it is Finmeccanica, an Italian company, which owns AgustaWestland; and the Indian authorities.
"What I am telling people here is that AgustaWestland is an excellent company, with highly skilled workers who make brilliant helicopters.
"Britain has, in our anti-bribery laws, some of the toughest laws in the world, so people know if they do business with British companies, that they have those protections."
Asked if the SFO should get involved, Cameron said: "That is a matter for them. We have totally independent investigating and prosecuting authorities in the UK, and they are at liberty to act or not."
Cameron later told reporters: "My message to workers in Yeovil is that they are highly skilled, highly respected, they do a fantastic job. I really value what they do.
"It's an excellent company with a very talented workforce which produces a superb product.
"I make the case for Westland helicopters generally. I think they make very good helicopters and I am happy to support and promote them.
"But obviously, in this case, there are issues that have been raised that have got to be settled by the Italian and Indian authorities, and I am sure they will do."
The Prime Minister also promised to see whether the Indian authorities were ready to "reconsider" purchasing jets from the UK-German-Spanish-Italian Eurofighter consortium – which includes BAE Systems, though he stressed that negotiations were a matter for the group.
Hopes seemed to have been dashed when French contractor Dassault Aviation was chosen last year as the preferred bidder for the £6.4bn contract to supply 126 jet fighters to the Indian air force.
But they were revived when French President Francois Hollande returned from a visit to New Delhi without a signature on a final contract.
Speaking in Mumbai today, Cameron said: "I think Typhoon is a superior aircraft. It has the advantage of all the partner nations behind it. It is an aircraft that, of course, for those countries that want to buy it, we can make some aeroplanes available within months because there are so many countries already using it.
"We also have very interesting offers to make in terms of industrial participation and technology transfer and the company has said it would look again at price. But that is for them to discuss with the Indian authorities.
"I will obviously make clear that Typhoon is still available. This deal is clearly not the biggest item on this visit, but it is obviously a point we will make to the Indian authorities should they want to reconsider where they are."


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What is the fundamental objective of instructional design? Instructional design involves understanding the learning objectives of the course and chalking a strategy that helps learners meet those objectives. It involves analyzing learners, content & course objectives, designing and developing the course in a format that best suits the needs of learners and evaluating its effectiveness.
Rapid authoring tools make it easier to develop eLearning courses
Now, in the pre-rapid authoring tools days, you might have had to outsource the eLearning design and development to an external vendor. They would take into account the available content & resources and design a customized course to cater to your specific requirements. This obviously involved a huge amount of costs not to speak of the endless back and forth meetings to approve and finalize the content. However, with the advent of rapid authoring tools, suddenly it seems a lot easier to develop an eLearning course. It is just a matter of converting PowerPoint presentations into eLearning courses using one of the rapid authoring tools. Is it really the case?
No one tool meets all the designing needs
Rapid authoring tools provide you with new tools to design and develop your eLearning courses. However, you must remember that each of the available tools have certain capabilities. If you are an organization looking to develop your own eLearning courses, you need to really be careful before choosing an authoring tool that will meet your present and future training requirements. Each of the tools are ideal for certain tasks – for example articulate is best for converting PowerPoint slides into eLearning courses, Captivate is known to be useful for capturing screen simulations and Lectora allows a great deal of customizations. These are some of the popular tools today. Articulate has come up with another version called Storyline which, according to the initial reports, provides powerful yet simple options not to speak of its compatibility with mobile devices. There are innumerable other tools flooding the market and tomorrow, more powerful tools might occupy prominent position in the market shelf space.
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Typically, if an organization has already invested in an authoring tool, they tend to use the same tool for all their eLearning courses. However, the best option is to choose the right tool based on the requirement of the course. If you outsource your design and development needs to an external eLearning service provider, you do not have to bother about choosing the right tool or making do with an existing tool. The eLearning service provider will analyze your content and choose the best tool that is suitable for the learning requirements. You will be free of licenses and renewals of the tools and can focus on your core L&D function. The tools should not dictate your content; the tools are only a means to achieve your learning goals and that is the way it should be.


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Where did the idea of spending $81.5 million to tear down and rebuild the current operations in Harbour West come from?
Was there a ground swell of public opinion in some part of Hamilton that we need to fix something in the west harbour?
Did the people who were using the parks and the marinas complain that something was missing?
Did the volunteer organizations who are doing a great job bringing people to the water's edge demonstrate there was a need for radical change?
Did we learn something from the failed experience of designing a Crystal Palace on Bayfront Park?
Is it true that this project is an offspring of Setting Sail?
Here are some of the answers:
How Well Does Harbour West Work Now?
(This is not a simple or short story and may take 3.26 minutes to read. )
Here is a report, thanks to Mocha, the hyperactive insane canine, from one person who walks the area two or three times every day, seven or eight months of the year.
In a sentence: Harbour West works extremely well just as it is today. So why would we talk about fixing something that "ain't broke"?
Until you spend real time walking the area, in all seasons, you will not realize how extremely well Harbour West functions as a recreational resource. And recreational in this report means to "re-create". It is a place of quiet repose combined with festivals, family parties, dog walkers, marathon practisers, boaters, sailors, dragon racers, ethnic family gatherings, Hamilton's best singles dance, a great place for coffee and refined sugar products.
Today, Harbour West is more functional for Hamilton than Central Park is for New York. And as Hamilton, like every city in Ontario becomes more intensified and crowded, the openness and mix of uses in Harbour West will become much more valuable, with little need for much of a cash injection.(The picture on the right shows a typical immigrant family gathering on Pier 4.)
The west harbour can be difficult. Today, Werner's Harbour Queen, stuck in the ice, has no passengers. Harbour West is often an unpleasant place to be four months or five months of the year. It is a place where you come face to face with raw nature. Northern cities' shorelines are not comfortable and rarely successful in Winter. This fact has a significant economic impact on using a northern shoreline for commercial purposes.
From a recreational boating point of view, there is simply no place on the Great Lakes that compares.
There are really good reasons why five recreational boating organizations are all clustered together in the place where Rocco loaded his rum boats and the great sailing vessels of earlier times docked for customs inspection. It is a natural perfect place for boating, right wind, right water, right configuration, right location. It is perfect.
I am very fond of the photo to the right. Click on it and you will see how a few hundred thousands of dollars of government money spent on a simple trail and some landscaping, combined with a marina built with private funds and maintained without costing the City a penny, work together to create an ambiance that is restful, joyous, refreshing, beautiful. It really is perfect.
From a community point of view, the existing stakeholders have done a remarkable job of building, repairing and developing this community resource through hundreds of thousands of hours of volunteer work. There are hundreds of volunteers at work in Harbour West every year. They not only come to the water's edge themselves, they bring friends, family, customers, visitors. These are the experts with a track record of sharing the water's edge with the whole community. This has been good for Hamilton and the staff and consultants do not value it.
Such a great variety is hard for bureaucrats and governments to manage. The diversity is not easily controllable by a bureaucracy. Harbour West works today because of the uniqueness of the contributions of a wide range of individuals, none of whom are on the City's payroll. Unlike the manicured and carefully controlled spaces run by the Conservation Authority, Harbour West is a place for individuals, and specifically, for individuals of all income levels and backgrounds.
Where is the need for change? I have not been able to find a single stakeholder who has expressed a wish or a demand for government largess. They are too busy being successful.
Where then did the current $81.5 million project come from if it is not a solution to an existing problem?
Candy for Government
The answer is that the west harbour is a constant attraction to governments to turn into a project. Governments and well meaning theorists love the idea of a Chicago shoreline. Whether we have the millions of people in our city, whether or not it is accessible, whether or not there is a demand for it. This turns into a sermon that Hamilton can be saved if only we had lots more of something on the west harbour shoreline. We are not exactly sure of what that is, but some people feel that there is a magic bullet there. Somehow. It just feels like it will makes us more like Toronto and therefore more successful. Particularly if you do not know how it works now.
It is a long sad frustrating story. From the days of Urban Renewal when Ken Sobel dreamed of high rise buildings all along the bluffs and a major road running from HMCS Star to Bayfront Park, like Front Street in Toronto, to the plans that have popped up every ten or fifteen years in Hamilton's Public Works department, to Sheila Copps dreams of renaming the West Harbour Hamilton's "Waterfront" and building a legacy there.
The Crystal Palace Tall Ships episode:
At the right you will see the concept plan that was completed for
the West Harbour in 1985 by a consortium of 6 consultants from across Ontario
and three from New York City. As you can see, it
included a proposal for a Crystal Palace, Tall Ships in Macassa Cove (where the current team plans fishing), and an entrance that a local resident who lived through all this described recently as having been designed by Albert Speer on crack. We paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to consultants in a consulting feast, and then the plans died. Same story today.The budgets over the last 60 years have run from todays current $81.5 million to hundreds of millions of dollars. Its like the west harbour is irresistible candy for governments.
So this is not just Setting Sail, its a fantasy tradition in Hamilton.
But what happened in Setting Sail may be useful to understand.
The Setting Sail planning process, initiated because of talk of building great structures on the CN rail lands and Piers 7 and 8, including looking at a stadium and other dreams, and studied the entire area from Barton to the Bay, Wellington to Locke. Because it was an environmental assessment, City Staff had to recruit public participation. At the invitation of the City, a group of local residents and stakeholders met for months and months to review the possibilities.
While the plan eventually proposed over 750 new housing units on Pier 8, combined with new stores and offices on Pier 7, proposals which were fully supported by the neighbouring residents and local stakeholders, this old paranoid lawyer started to notice that the Staff did not seem to be in a rush to deal with two key issues: traffic in the Setting Sail area, including the North End, and the recreational boating uses along the shoreline.
That slow treatment of those two key issues continued until the very end of the process when the planning leaders suddenly advised the stakeholder that the plan had to be approved by Council virtually immediately. (A development control by-law was expiring and Setting Sail needed approval before that by-law expired.)
City Staff stated that the waterfront recreational uses could be dealt with after Setting Sail was approved by means of a "Master Plan." In other words, the decisions on the shoreline would be made in a Master Plan process that gave no stakeholder any rights of appeal to the OMB.
Master Plans are a great way for Cities to reduce stakeholder leverage. They have nowhere to go but to the City itself. No OMB appeals allowed.
The Setting Sail stakeholders refused to accept this and I worked to settle the difference by an agreement with City Staff that the waterfront recreational boating issues would be resolved not through a Master Plan process, but through an Official Plan Amendment which would give all the stakeholders an appeal to the OMB. This is what should be going before Council now.
At the time, all the stakeholders believed that the remaining recreational boating issues would be resolved by creating a working group of the organizations who had the experience and knowledge of how the shoreline worked. We expected it to be a short, two or three month process.
Instead, staff obtained a budget for $600,000 to spend on consultants. Most of us who participated in Setting Sail were astounded when we learned how much was proposed to be spent. City Staff regularly complained that they had run out of budget to bring in experts to assist the study group. Somehow, $600,000.00 was found the same year for the waterfront gambit. Given the very real needs of ordinary people in Hamilton, this budget was widely seen as extraordinarily extravagant.
That $600,000 consultant driven process was seriously flawed from the beginning. The need for change was not identified in advance. Consumer demand research was not undertaken. Stakeholders with experience in operating on the shoreline were disdained. Not one stakeholder I have interviewed reported that their input was valued or taken seriously. Somewhere in the bowels of City Hall a decision had been made to completely destroy and rebuilt this perfectly functioning community resource. Most of the people involved believe that this decision was made years ago and is quietly and silently being played out year by year. The consultants duly proposed a Chicago style shoreline at a cost of $81.5 million. This result is now rationalized by City staff as implementing the City's stated policy of enhancing the city's waterfront.
Ideas that had consistently failed to work in the last century were brought back to life, sometimes by the very same consultants who had been involved in prior attempts.
Everything Hamilton needs to be done in West Harbour could have been resolved with a no-cost working group of local stakeholders. Instead, the locals were largely ignored until a little known sub-committee of the Chamber invited all the local volunteer organizations to meet, and then asked the Manager of Public Works to come and listen. This occurred at the end of the staff/consultant process. Suddenly they were asked what they really thought. Every single stakeholder advised the Manager that their plan was fundamentally flawed.
What Council might Consider Doing Now
The staff report going to Hamilton's Committee of the Whole should be filed, put away, and city staff asked to form a working group with the local stakeholders to deal with a few relatively minor items of maintenance and repair of the shoreline and the wavebreak. And we can all get on to solving some of the real issues in our City.
Next and final episode: Why it might be s a good idea to pay attention to Hamilton's Waterfront
Next, in the final episode of this lengthy journal, I hope you will join me in exploring the nature of Hamilton's real waterfront.
Herman Turkstra
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This past Social Media Breakfast Maine we had an all-star line-up to help us recap the last year and prepare for 2011. We were lucky to have the three organizers of Social Media FTW, Rich Brooks, Chrystie Corns and Jaica Kinsman to share with us their thoughts on the current social media landscape.
For the second half of the breakfast, we opened up into a panel and the attendees were able to ask the presenters questions that they had. One of those questions was prepared by me and I wanted to share the responses I got from the speakers with you.
What is one local success story that you found inspiration in this past year?
- Sea Bags – Chrystie Corns said she was really impressed with how well Sea Bags is doing with their online marketing. They always have deals, specials, quizzes and contests running on their Facebook page. They have a large fan base and interact with them regularly.
- Comedian Bob Marley – Jaica told us about an experience she had with one of her clients, Bob Marley, this year. Together they were using social media to promote his attempt (and success) breaking a world record for the longest stand-up performance. The event was also a fundraiser for the Barbara Bush Children's Hospital. Jaica told us about the power of social media she felt with such a big event. People were following along online and she was interacting with viewers in real time.
- Calvin Gilbert and Goodwill of Northern New England – Rich told us that he was really impressed with the work Calvin is doing for Goodwill of Northern New England. They have been using location based services, coupons on Facebook and Facebook ads to target people geographically with new store openings.
- Beadin' Path – Rich also said he has always been impressed with the work Heather DeSimone has done creating a community online around her brand, Beadin' Path.
- Chantal – Both Rich and Jaica chimed in on how impressed they are with Chantal, a clothing store in the Old Port. They say that the owner does a good job creating regular content and interacting with their network online. Rich said she is very good about putting up content about trends we see on popular television shows and where you can buy the look. Jaica told us about their amazing fleece lined tights and how when she was telling a friend about them on Twitter, the owner of Chantal was quick to jump in on the conversation.
That was the list that our experts came up with. I think they did a good job. Part of the reason I think the breakfasts are so successful is because we can learn from our neighbors. It is great to read case studies about how the Gap, Starbucks and Dell are using social media but it is easier for us to relate to what our friends and neighbors are using, versus the big brands. That is why I wanted to share this list with you here, so as we come into the new year we can take a peek at some people who killed it in 2010 in social media and learn from them.
Thanks again to our speakers and everyone who made our last breakfast such a huge success.


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Since the Brexit result will the council still go ahead building on green field sites?
The result of the vote means a big curb on immigration (less need for houses).
The area must have one of the highest rates of unemployment in the country.
What's the point in destroying the countryside.
J Gray


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text: If you are still working on your fall shopping wishlist, make sure you leave a little space for Karen Elson's capsule collection for Nine West. Yes, dear readers, the British model has designed a range of footwear and accessories for Nine West, called the Vintage America collection. What will you find? Key pieces include a chunky granny boot, a shearling-trimmed hiking boot, a strappy wedge, a crochet-embellished sandal, a lace-up ankle boot, a cross-body purse, a lace-embellished satchel, a key charm bangle, and a pair of fish-hook earrings. Plus, while you browse the selection, you can listen to tracks from Karen's debut album, The Ghost That Walks. Head to NineWest.com to check out the collection. Prices start at $18.


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Clemson Tigers Shaft Gripper Driver Headcover Purple
Proudly display your Tigers pride when you hit the links with this driver headcover! It features patented Shaft Gripper technology that grips the driver firmly and allows for easy, singlehanded removal. With embroidered team graphics and your teams colors, this useful cover will help keep you above par — at least when it comes to your Clemson style!
- Constructed of durable 420D nylon
- Headcover Matching System - headcover is tailored to fit drivers up to 460cc
- Imported
- Officially licensed collegiate product
- Patented Shaft Gripper easily releases to allow quick single-handed removal from the club
- Quality embroidery


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2.1 mile hike? With bags? No problem!
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After working towards longer and longer hikes (Jack can handle 3 miles no problem now), we decided to take a break and try a shorter hike with some additional weight. Before his amputation, we bought Ruffwear's Palisades Pack, which comes with a Ruffwear Harness and the saddle bags/water reservoirs for backpacking. Jack no longer carries real weight in the saddle bags, but I have noticed they're handy for adding small things in, to set him off balance when we're walking/hiking and make him strengthen different parts of his body.
Yesterday we took off on the 2.1 mile wooded trail near our house for a much-needed hike. Jack carried a collapsible water bowl and the leashes with absolutely no problem. He never lagged behind his four-pawed siblings and didn't hesitate to dart off into the brush after rabbits like he loves to.
All in all, I think we're getting back to a great level of fitness. I don't think we'll ever tackle those day-long hikes that we used to do, but who knows what we can accomplish?
Water break with the little brother, Toby.
Swim break with sister Abbey!
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The Steam Box cometh! On Monday, Valve announced SteamOS, a Linux-based operating system with support for local game streaming. Today, the company made another announcement: it's working on a "powerful new category of living-room hardware," and it's inviting beta testers to kick the tires.
The company doesn't go into very much detail, except to say that it's "working with multiple partners to bring a variety of Steam gaming machines to market during 2014." Those systems will have "an array of specifications, price, and performance," and they will all run SteamOS, but Valve says users will be free to swap in another operating system if they so choose. Users will also be allowed to build their own Steam machines from scratch and to upgrade retail-boxed systems.
This year, a group of lucky beta testers will get their hands on a "high-performance prototype" of a Steam machine designed for the living room. The prototype will be shipped to beta testers "free of charge," and Valve says it will be "completely upgradable and open." Here's how you can sign up for the beta:
Before October 25, log in to Steam and then visit your quest page to track your current status towards beta test eligibility
1. Join the Steam Universe community group
2. Agree to the Steam Hardware Beta Terms and Conditions
3. Make 10 Steam friends (if you haven't already)
4. Create a public Steam Community profile (if you haven't already)
5. Play a game using a gamepad in Big Picture mode
Valve goes on to explain, "You can complete the steps in any order. Once you've completed all of the steps, you'll be awarded a special badge, and you'll officially be among the pool of people from whom we'll choose beta participants / hardware recipients." Most beta participants will be chosen randomly, but 30 or fewer will be selected "based on their past community contributions and beta participation."
We've known a Steam Box was coming for a long time, so I'm saving my excitement until Valve discloses more about the hardware. I'm especially curious to see what kind of form factor—or form factors—the company will adopt. SteamOS's game streaming capabilities should allow for small, low-power machines with minimal processing power. However, the company says SteamOS will also have "hundreds" of native titles, including triple-A releases, so at least some Steam machines will likely need to accommodate full-sized graphics cards and beefier CPUs.
Today's announcement was the second of three Steam-related reveals this week. Valve has started a countdown for the third announcement, which is scheduled for 10:00 AM Pacific Time this Friday, September 27. The countdown page doesn't say what the announcement will be about, but the Steam machine FAQ includes a potential teaser: "we have some more to say very soon on the topic of input," it says.


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Tourism and Biodiversity, China, 27 September 2010
As the international community comes together throughout 2010 to celebrate life on Earth as part of the United Nations International Year of Biodiversity, the tourism industry is pleased to join in this global campaign by celebrating World Tourism Day (WTD) 2010 in China under the theme Tourism and Biodiversity.
The value of biodiversity for tourism is immeasurable. One of tourism's greatest assets, the diversity of life on Earth causes millions of people to travel the world each year. Yet biodiversity, the intricate web of unique species and ecosystems that make up our planet, is at risk on a global scale. Demographic pressures and unsustainable human activities are causing irreversible biodiversity loss at an alarming rate.
Recognizing the value of Earth's natural capital to its long-term sustainability, the tourism industry is called upon to protect and sustainably manage biodiversity. A healthy tourism industry depends on a healthy resource base, and sustainable growth in tourism means increased funds for conservation.
Tourism revenues resulting from the enjoyment of this biological diversity, often located in the world's less developed regions, are a significant source of income and employment for local communities. It is this relationship between tourism and biodiversity and the resulting positive impacts on local livelihoods, development and poverty alleviation that must set the tone for sustainable tourism development.
Against this background, WTD 2010 will highlight the strong ties between tourism development, biodiversity conservation and poverty reduction. Sustainable tourism presents an important opportunity for safeguarding irreplaceable natural wealth and raising awareness of the importance of life's natural diversity.
Safeguarding biodiversity is an urgent challenge that concerns us all – the international community, governments, companies and travellers – but it is not too late to act. I am confident that throughout 2010 and beyond the tourism community will come together to demonstrate its vital role in protecting biodiversity and maximizing its contribution to poverty reduction and development.
We look forward to celebrating the natural richness of our planet with you.
Read more about World Tourism Day at World Tourism Organization (UNTWO) . Download the message from Taleb Rifai, UNWTO Secretary-General here.


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Kirstie Alley, Maksim Chmerkovskiy Wipe Out on 'Dancing With the Stars'
"Dancing With the Stars" had its first onstage disaster Monday night.
Kirstie Alley and "Dancing with the Stars" partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy fell in the ballroom during the live performance show.
Just seconds into their rumba routine to "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" on Monday, Chmerkovskiy wiped out, taking the 60-year-old actress down with him.
A limping, apologetic Chmerkovskiy later told the judges that his thigh "just gave out."
After a few moments the pair recovered and went on to earn the praise of the judges and a score of 21 - one point higher than their score for last week's quickstep.
Judge Carrie Ann Inaba says, "Sometimes tragedy leads to amazingly beautiful moments."
After the show, Chmerkovskiy tweeted his apologies to Alley and their supporters.
"To all the fans...I'm sorry! It will never happen again and I will never 'fall'! To @kirstiealley You were..FLAWLESS! In more ways than one!"


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A vacation in Costa Rica is planned with one primary purpose in mind – to enjoy the tropical waters and white, sandy beaches! Costa Rica is a leading destination for anyone searching for a beach vacation.
What better way is there to spend your holiday than lounging on the warm sands, soaking up the sun, and cooling off with a refreshing dip in crystal-clear waters! However, when planning your Costa Rican vacation, it is important to remember that every hotel is not located right on the beach.
Luxury resort with beach
You should choose your accommodations according to your desired location. If you want a beach resort in Costa Rica – a luxury resort with the beach literally right outside your window – look no further than the Ylang Ylang!
Here at the Ylang Ylang, our beaches are some of the best that you will find in Costa Rica. Our remote hotel resort is located within a stone's throw of the beach, providing our guests with beach access at any time of the night or day.
Various activities on offer
The beach is so much a part of our hotel that we offer various activities that take place right on the beach. For instance, a revitalizing yoga session on the warm sands or a moonlit romantic dinner near the waves are both perfect ways to enjoy the beach's close proximity.
If you are looking for a resort that is located on the beach – and also in peaceful, quiet seclusion – contact us today and reserve your suite or bungalow. When you think about Costa Rica and beaches, you should always think the Ylang Ylang!


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Bathsheba Grossman
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Bathsheba and her creations at the 2006 Maker Fair in San Mateo
|1966 (age 51–52)
|Studied with Erwin Hauer and Robert Engman
|Alma mater
|Yale University, University of Pennsylvania
|Known for
|Mathematical and scientific sculptor
Bathsheba Grossman (born 1966) is an artist in Santa Cruz, California who creates sculptures using computer-aided design and three-dimensional modeling, with metal printing technology to produce sculpture in bronze and stainless steel. Her bronze sculptures are primarily mathematical in nature, often depicting intricate patterns or mathematical oddities (for instance, a figure with only one side but three edges). Her website also has crystals that have been laser etched with three-dimensional patterns, including models of nearby stars, the DNA macromolecule, and the Milky Way Galaxy.
Grossman's works have featured in art galleries around the world, as well as The New York Times, and the television series Numb3rs and Heroes. In July 2012, her work The Rygo was installed in the VanDusen Botanical Garden in Vancouver, Canada; at 2 meters high, as of the time of installation it is the largest 3D print in North America.[1]
She studied under sculptor Erwin Hauer at Yale University as a mathematics undergraduate, and later with Robert Engman at the University of Pennsylvania.
Her brothers are the writers Austin Grossman and Lev Grossman. She is the daughter of the poet Allen Grossman and the novelist Judith Grossman.[2]


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Badri Patarkatsishvili, Future Owner of Maariv?
How the darling of Tbilisi's business scene fled to London
Who is Badri Patarkatsishvili, who may soon own Maariv?
The Georgian billionaire is unknown in Israel, but his is a colorful story well worth the telling.
Let's start with the latest development, whcih is that yesterday Israel Land Development Corporation (TASE: ILDC) advised the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange that it is negotiating to sell Ma'ariv Holdings (TASE: MARV) to Patarkatsishvili, in parallel with negotiating the same deal with another billionaire, the American tycoon Sheldon Adelson. ILDC, which belongs to the Nimrodi family, clarified that the talks with Patarkatsishvili are in their infancy while negotiations with Adelson have reached an advanced stage.
That is the relevance to Israelis: Patarkatsishvili may soon control Israel's second most popular newspaper, Maariv.
Patarkatsishvili, 52, was born to an observant Jewish family in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, which is a former Soviet satellite state.
He himself religiously attended temple, but married a non-Jewish woman. The couple has two daughters, aged 24 and 27.
The Russian press describes Patarkatsishvili as being heavy (fat) and sporting a long mustache, a man who radiates warmth and intimacy combined with Jewish shrewdness.
He studied industrial engineering and management in Tbilisi, worked in the textiles industry and in the late 1970s, met Boris Berezovsky.
The Berezovsky connection
Over the years Berezovsky became one of the best-known of Russia's oligarch class, who found up fleeing to London, which granted him political asylum. Meanwhile, he became one of Patarkatsishvili's closest friends and business partners, a relationship that made the Georgian very wealthy indeed.
In March 2007, the Georgian Times estimated that Patarkatsishvili is worth $12 billion.
Berezovsky named Patarkatsishvili as chief financial VP of his company LogoVAZ, which was in the car business. It distributed, marketed and sold Russian-made cars. Wikipedia explains that LogoVAZ was the consignment dealer of another Berzovsky firm, AutoVAZ.
In the mid-1990s, Patarkatsishvili became First Deputy Director General of the leading Russian TV channel, ORT, and also assumed a top role at the oil company Sibneft.
In May 2001, Patarkatsishvili took the chair of Berezovsky's private TV network, TV6. In June of that year, however, he and Berezovsky were jointly charged by the Russian prosecution of stealing hundreds of millions of rubles from Aeroflot, the Russian national airline, and moving the missing money to Switzerland. He left Russia and returned to Georgia.
Patarkatsishvili is also accused of stealing cars during his stint at Logo VAZ. Russia has asked Georgia to extradite him several times, but neither he nor Berezovsky have been turned over to the long arm of Moscow law.
Bounce, bounce, checkmate
After his return to Georgia, in 2002 Patarkatsishvili set up a private media company, the first of its sort in that country, called Imedi.
He also bought Georgia's national circus, soccer clubs, and the Dynamo Tbilisi basketball team. He also adopted four wrestlers, swimmers and even Georgian chess players.
Patarkatsishvili also spent millions on developing Tbilisi, and even took the unprecedented step of lending the city a million dollars, interest-free, to pay for gas supplied by Russia - after Russia threatened to cut off Georgia's gas supply for nonpayment.
In 2003 Patarkatsishvili was named president of the Georgian Association of Businessmen, and the following year he was elected Man of the Year by the Georgian business sector.
In December 2004, he began serving on Georgia's Olympian committee and come the start of 2005, he became president of Georgia's Jewish TV network.
At the start of 2006, Patarkatsishvili openly condemned the Georgian government's economic and political policies under president Mikheil Saakashvili, mainly in respect to civil rights and the rights of the local businessmen. The local political leaders were not impressed and charged him with subversion.
At that point Patarkatsishvili sold some of his media businesses in Georgia - to western interests - and moved to London. Now he lives there and says he has no intention of going back to his homeland.
And this is a thumbnail sketch of the man who may one day own Maariv. The negotiations reportedly price the company at $200 million, though its market cap on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange is $156 million, after a recent surge in its share price.
Adelson may beat him to the finish, though: he's reportedly completed due diligence and is expected to tender his official offer soon.
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Embrace the Change and the Young Will Embrace You
A lot has already been written about this year's Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, the trends that came through and the awards given. As prevalent as anything was discussion on the growth and empowerment of young creative talent. How do you attract and then stimulate the best new minds out there?
The PR game is continually evolving, as we all know, but some themes are constant – innovation and change. Agencies need to use these themes to their advantage. Getting the job isn't enough for young graduates anymore. They want to know that their potential employer is committed to embracing the newest methods of communication, and isn't just relying on staid, tried and tested techniques. More than that, they want to know that their voice will be heard and their knowledge of new trends championed, not quashed.
In terms of what was on the tongues of those participating in panels and talks at Cannes Lions 2016, it goes without saying that the current new method of communication is Immersive Experience. Whether that's Volvo giving Instagram users the chance to take a Thumb Ride through a variety of US cities, RYOT bringing the news to the world in 360° or Samsung taking Lions attendees on a rollercoaster ride, the story remains the same – it's time to go beyond the frame. Just look at the quieting of text-based social media networks like Twitter, and the rise of unedited POV, in-the-moment video coverage tools like Snapchat to see that even without new tech, this isn't just point of view but fact.
Specifically in terms of 360° video and VR, whether this is just another flash in the pan trend reserved for audiences who sit in the Innovator and Early Adopter phases of the Innovation Curve, or something that will transfer into the Late Majority mainstream, is yet to be seen. But at what cost do we wait for this to happen? If we are to show not only our clients and the industry, but also younger generations that we are truly at the forefront of communication, it is a simple fact that we can't wait.
Let's not follow, but lead. Challenge ourselves to think outside the frame into new mediums. Embrace change and, most importantly, not just be inspired, but be inspirational. If we can do these things we stand in fantastic stead to not only do great work ourselves, but also to bring the best in young minds to our table and allow them flourish and perhaps to even teach us a few things.


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Psychedelic Furs touring w/ Lemonheads & Juliana Hatfield (dates); Hatfield releasing covers album
Juliana Hatfield at The Bell House, April 2011 (more by Graeme Flegenheimer)
The Psychedelic Furs have been touring all year, and having already stopped in the NYC area on two separate occasions this year, they'll be returning on their fall tour and bringing along some pretty excellent support — The Lemonheads, who will again be joined by Juliana Hatfield. Juliana and The Lemonheads (or more specifically Lemonheads frontman Evan Dando) go pretty far back. Evan played on multiple albums for Juliana's band the Blake Babies, including 1989's Earwig and their 2001 reunion album, God Bless the Blake Babies, in addition to her first solo album, Hey Babe. Juliana was also a member of The Lemonheads for their 1992 LP, It's a Shame About Ray, which The Lemonheads have been touring for the past year. Evan and Juliana again teamed up in 2010 and 2011 for some duet shows together.
The Psychedelic Furs tour with Lemonheads/Juliana Hatfield kicks off in October and hits the NYC area for shows on October 20 at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester and October 21 at Best Buy Theater. Tickets for the Best Buy Theater show go on sale Friday (8/24) at noon with an AmEx presale starting Wednesday (8/22) at 10 Am and an AEG Live presale starting Thursday (8/23) at 10 AM.
In related news, Juliana Hatfield is also releasing a covers album next week (8/28) which includes covers of songs by Teenage Fanclub, Nada Surf, Liz Phair, The Who, Led Zeppelin, and others. You can help fund the record on PledgeMusic. The goal has been met and many of the pledge options are out of stock, but there are still a few options left and pledgers can stream the album ahead of its release date.
A video of Evan and Juliana playing "It's A Shame About Ray" at the Bell House in 2011 and a list of all dates are below.
Evan & Juliana – "It's A Shame About Ray" at The Bell House – 1/12/11
The Psychedelic Furs — 2012 Tour Dates
September 21 – Houston, TX @ House of Blues
September 23 – Austin, TX @ Emo's East
September 25 – Sante Fe, NM @ Sol Santa Fe
September 27 – Chandler, AZ @ Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino
September 28 – Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up
September 29 – Hollywood, CA @ Hollywood Bowl (with the Go Go's)
September 30 – Saratoga, CA @ Mountain Winery (with the Go Go's)
October 4 – Portland, OR @ Alladin Theater
October 5 – Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory
October 6 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox at the Market
October 8 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The State Room
October 9 – Aspen, CO @ Belly Up
October 12 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant *
October 14 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue *
October 17 – Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre *
October 19 – Glenside, PA @ Keswick Theatre *
October 20 – Port Chester, NY @ Capitol Theater *
October 21 – New York, NY @ Best Buy Theater *
October 22 – Washington, DC @ Howard Theater *
October 24 – Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel *
October 25 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse *
October 27 – St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theatre *
October 28 – Miami, FL @ Grand Central *
October 29 – Orlando, FL @ House of Blues *
October 31 – Pensacola, FL @ Vinyl Music Hall
November 2 – New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
November 4 – Dallas, TX @ Grandta Theater
* – w/ The Lemonheads ft. Juliana Hatfield


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Best Western Plus Yakima Hotel
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Best Western Plus Yakima Hotel
About the hotel
Property Location
A stay at Best Western Plus Yakima Hotel places you in the heart of Yakima, convenient to Capitol Theater and Yakima Convention Center. This hotel is within close proximity of Yakima Valley Trolleys and Yakima County Stadium.
Make yourself at home in one of the 75 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Flat-screen televisions with cable programming provide entertainment, while complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as desks and complimentary weekday newspapers.
Enjoy a range of recreational amenities, including an indoor pool, a spa tub, and a fitness center.
A complimentary full breakfast is served daily.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include a business center, express check-in, and express check-out. Free self parking is available onsite.
Hotel Facilities
- 24-hour front desk
- One meeting room
- Computer station
- Indoor pool
- Express check-in
- Free breakfast
- Fitness facilities
- Total number of rooms - 75
- Business center
- Express check-out
- Free WiFi
- In-room accessibility
- Free self parking
- Elevator/lift
- Spa tub
- Accessible bathroom
- Parking (limited spaces)
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Smoke-free property
Room Facilities
- Coffee/tea maker
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free weekday newspaper
- Private bathroom
- Flat-panel TV
- Shower/tub combination
- Air conditioning
- Free toiletries
- Phone
- Desk
- Hair dryer
- Cable TV service
- Iron/ironing board
- Daily housekeeping
- Free WiFi
Hotel Policy
Know Before You Go
- Children 17 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.
- The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
- Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section).
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Pet fee: USD 20 per accommodation, per day
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For those of you not on the facebook page here is the review I wrote for the GPR exhaust for the 200 4t as well as a video of how the exhaust sounds.
GPR Exhaust for LML 200 4T Review.
I had wanted a GPR exhaust for my LML since I saw the pipe the Italian company released for the 125/150cc version of the LML 4 stroke scooter a few years back. The quality looked superb,the sound (from what I could make out from a video) was spot on,you could still carry and spare tyre and it had a dyno graph to back up the claimed extra horse power. It could be the perfect exhaust !
I had tried a couple of other aftermarket exhausts but they were a little too loud for my liking so I emailed GPR to ask them if they had any plans to develop an exhaust for the 200cc LML. They told me that they would love to if I could find them a scooter to work on when designing the exhaust. I considered riding to Italy to let them use my scooter but it's a 2000 mile round trip from my home in Somerset England so I waited to see if anyone else stepped up to the plate. Eventually I saw a video on the Italian LML owners club facebook of a LML 200 with a GPR exhaust fitted and emailed GPR straight away to see how I could get hold of one.
I received a reply straight away and so the story begins -
In my opinion how a company deals with it's customers is just as important as the products they sell. Both Arthur at GPR UK and Mauro at GPR Italy responded to my emails quickly and I even managed to wrangle a discount for LML Owners Club UK members if I could secure 10 orders ( think we have ordered around 15 exhausts now in total). Tracking numbers were sent as soon as the exhausts left Italy and the whole ordering experience was top notch. The only issue I had was some of the hardware was missing from my package. I emailed GPR and it was sent out via DHL the next day. Also the bolt that goes through the swing arm that came with the exhaust was too short,I am not sure how this happened but I was not the only one to have this problem. GPR did offer to send out replacement bolts but most members opted for sourcing their own 65mm m10 bolts instead. I slight hiccup but rectified quickly.
The exhaust comes well packaged. The box contains a two branded cloth bags with the various parts in,separated to stop them banging against each other in transit. The smaller parts (nuts bolts etc) are also in a sealed bag along with a couple of GPR stickers. The down pipe as well as all the fixings are stainless steel and the box section is aluminium,the whole system weighs 3kg less than the standard pipe.There is also a removable db killer for those people who like to bother their neighbours.
The Tig welds are clean and solid and the exhaust comes with a certificate to show that it meets european standards. It comes in a cat and not cat version but not surprisingly nobody from the club ordered one with a cat fitted.
Anyone who has fitted a mass produced aftermarket scooter exhaust before will know that they don't always fit without a bit of gentle persuasion from a rubber mallet. Luckily fitting the GPR was fairly straight forward. The instructions that come with the exhaust are pretty basic but there is a video on youtube which shows you step by step how to fit the exhaust. The instructions say the exhaust doesn't need a crush washer in the exhaust manifold but I left mine in place to give a better seal. Other members fitted their exhausts without a washer and haven't had any problems.
I found that using a cable tie to hold the hanger that goes round the box section tight while I torqued up the bolt made things easier. The fact that everything is so precise and well made meant that fitting the exhaust was relatively easy compared to others I have fitted in the past,both 2 stroke and 4 stroke,no rubber mallet was needed.
The pipe fits with enough of a gap between it and the scooter's frame to ease any worries about heat transfer and the stubby end can means there is still enough room to carry a spare wheel although it did seem that some of the owner's exhausts were closer to the spare than others.
I did feel a slight leak between the downpipe and the box section but this was cured by repositioning and re-tightening the clamp slightly. My scooter was jetted with a 94 main jet which seems to work well,more on this later.
After fitting the exhaust my scooter fired up straight away. The exhaust has a nice deep rumble when idling without being offensively loud. When rolling up to traffic lights with the clutch pulled in the pipe is barely louder than a standard one but has a much nicer tone. Out on the open road the exhaust purrs along nicely,loud enough so that the traffic around you can hear you coming but not so loud that it drives you mad on a long journey. The more I ride with this exhaust the more I fall in love with the sound of it,they have got the balance just right.
You can hear what the exhaust sounds like here - https://youtu.be/ZV89tk0wXDM
This is always hard to judge using the 'bum dyno' sometimes the sound of an exhaust can make you feel like you are going faster,other times the fact that you have just forked out a load of money can convince you that there is an improvement.Just bolting on an exhaust to a 4 stroke scooter is never going to make a huge difference in performance.
However, myself and other members of the club certainly noticed an improvement in acceleration with possibly a couple of mph top speed. The proof of the pudding is in the eating and after getting the jetting setup to suit the exhaust on a dyno I ended up with an 80 main jet. The exhaust definitely allows you to rev higher in 3rd gear. I can now rev up to 60mph on the speedo before changing up to 4th where as before I would have to shift up around 40mph. My top speed has also increased,I now regularly reach 70mph on the speedo which is around 65 mph on the speedo an improvement of just under 10 mph !
The most noticeable difference is how smooth the scooter seems to run with the GPR. I don't know how or why this is but I like it. The other exhausts I had fitted to my 4 stroke in the past didn't give the same feeling of totally loosening up the engine.
The GPR costs £229.00 for the non cat version which means it isn't the cheapest exhaust on the market but it also isn't the most expensive. It is however,in my opinion the best quality pipe available at the moment and each one comes with a 2 year warranty to back that up. The exhaust fits pretty much perfectly,the sound is awesome and there is definitely a noticeable performance improvement. The only negative I can think of is that there were some bits missing from my package but as I mentioned before this was quickly put right.
If you are looking for an aftermarket exhaust for your LML 125,150,151 or 200 4 stroke then I definitely recommend the GPR.
I will end this review with the words of Rich Bennett another member of the LML Owners Club of Great Britain UK - "
'Well just around 300 miles since fitting and got to say it's the best exhaust I've had. Good performance increase. Great mid range response and acceleration. Lovely tone. Best of all the 200 feels so much smoother through the gear range and there's also a little increase in fuel range. It's the dogs b*llocks.'
Matt Tipper.
Thank you to Howard Jones for the photos.


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The next Movie Night will take place on: Wednesday September 28 2016
The Angry Birds Movie
Find out why the birds are so angry. When an island populated by happy, flightless birds is visited by mysterious green piggies, it's up to three unlikely outcasts - Red, Chuck and Bomb - to figure out what the pigs are up to.
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Eight times a year, (in September through November and in January through May), Geneva Centre for Autism hosts a private showing of a recent feature film for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
This showing is made possible through the generous support of the Langar Foundation, and takes place at the Regent Theatre, 551 Mt. Pleasant Road. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the movie begins at 7 p.m. Snacks and drinks are provided and no reservation is necessary.


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Dean and the Democrats
By naming former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean as its chair, the Democratic Party is finally moving in the right direction. I think Dean will do a great job reinvigorating the party, helping define the issues and raising money. I think he can do that without selling out to conservatives. Most importantly, I think Dean will steer the party away from candidates who come across as elitist and out-of-touch, like John Kerry and Al Gore. Dean definitely grasps that these types of candidates are what's wrong with the party and that the solution lies in connecting with everyday people.


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This newly constructed Cape Cod style home is located in South Chatham on Nantucket Sound. It's only 3/10th of a mile to Pleasant Street Beach. Located on a small, quiet, private way at the top of the Fairview Heights community, this spot has spectacular views of the Red River Marsh and Wetlands. It is perfectly situated between the shopping areas of Chatham Center and Harwichport Village. The home itself is beautifully decorated with loving cottage charm. It sleeps 8 adults with two private bedrooms and a third bedroom open loft, which can serve as a second living room during the day.
Chatham Vacation Rental ID 5471
Front of house with driveway
Living Room
Family room with fireplace
Living area/dining area and slider to back deck
1st floor bedroom: queen bed
2nd floor bedroom: king sized bed
Loft living and sleeping area: 3 twin beds
Bedroom with two twin beds
Backyard living & dining
Stone patio on south side of house
Backyard with outdoor shower
Pleasant Street Beach: entry from Pleasant St parking area
Pleasant St Beach: Nantucket Sound view toward Monomoy Island
Calendar Last Updated: August 17, 2018
Additional availability info:
This is a Saturday to Saturday vacation rental.
Long-Term Rental (1 month or more):
Home may be available to rent on a longer term month-to-month basis. Rental rate ranges from $1500 - $3000 depending on the month. If interested, please contact owner.
Nearest beach: 3/10th of a mile to Pleasant Street Beach
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GeneXpert® Omni*
The True Point of Care Molecular Diagnostic System
* Statements and products depicted are forward-looking. Not available for diagnostic use.
Introducing the GeneXpert Omni
- Small and Portable
- Proven Cartridge Technology
- Durable
- Low Power Consumption
- Automatic Connectivity
- Solid State
- Integrated Battery
For the Point of Care and Emerging Markets
Leveraging existing cartridge technology, GeneXpert Omni expands accurate clinical molecular diagnostic testing into disseminated locations around the world that demand portability, connectivity and ease-of-use — ranging from resource-limited settings to a neighborhood specialty clinic.
Proven Cartridge Technology
- Delivering unsurpassed accuracy, speed, and ease-of-use, Cepheid's proven cartridge technology remains a cornerstone of the GeneXpert Omni.
- Advanced microfluidics regulate all aspects of the testing process within the test cartridge — from sample preparation and nucleic acid extraction, to amplification and detection. Just add the patient sample and go.
New, Innovative Design
- At the heart of the GeneXpert Omni, solid state digital electronic architecture provides durability, portability, and connectivity — while lowering power consumption.
- Component parts reduction improves reliability and serviceability.
- Greater efficiency offers faster results.
System Configuration & Connectivity
- A simple, intuitive user interface is driven by a dedicated mobile device controlling a single module.
- Discrete system configuration — mobile device to a single module —enables cost-effective deployment and sets a new standard of access to molecular testing in almost all environments.
- Secure cloud-based connectivity integrates real-time data streams for greater productivity and performance.
System Dimensions
Height: 9.1"
Width: 3.0"
Depth: 4.2"
Weight: 2.2lbs
Integrated Rechargeable Battery
Up to four (4) hours operation with unexpected interruption to power supply
Supplemental Rechargeable Battery Supply (up to 12-hours of battery life)
With variable to no power supply, a supplemental rechargeable battery provides freedom to operate for more than one day of testing
System Data Storage Capacity
A single system module can store 20,000+ test results
Standard System Configuration
1 x GeneXpert Omni single module
1 x Mobile Device
1 x AC/DC Power cord (country specific)
1 x Supplemental Rechargeable Battery Power Supply
1 x User Guide
- Cepheid - Our Vision for a Better Way
- Cepheid GeneXpert Omni


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Cross-Country Skiing/Skijoring
Cross Country Ski Trail UpdatesPlease check skinnyski.com as we will post the most recent updates on that site.
This annual, volunteer organized, winter triathlon raises funds for equipment/maintenance for the ski trails. Check out the Facebook page for information about the event and to learn how to register. Register early for the best rate! The next triathlon is scheduled for Sunday, March 3, 2019.
Annual Stride, Ride, Glide Triathlon
The trail head is at 28th Street and Wyoming Avenue for cross-country skiing. Skijoring is permitted on Chase's point, see details and a map under "skijoring" section below.
Changes & Updated Map for the 2017-2018 Season
The outer section of the purple trail will be closed for the 2017-18 season, due to trail conditions. A portion of the blue trail has been rerouted off of private property. The most up to date ski trail map can be found HERE. We also have new maps on the trails, to help skiers find their way.
The City of Superior is proud to offer 26 kilometers of cross-country ski trails, beginner to advanced in the beautiful Superior Municipal Forest. You may buy a daily permit at the trail head or purchase a season pass, either at the trail head by envelope or at the Government Center. Once trails officially open, Northwest Outlet will also sell season passes.
The Superior Municipal Forest is comprised of 4,400 acres of forest and natural habitat, making it the third largest forest within a city in the nation. It is the best remaining example of a boreal forest (conifers and hardwood, including white and red pine, balsam, cedar, black spruce, white birch, and aspen) in the state of Wisconsin. Our forest is a beautiful place to ski! We offer the following trails, for skiers of all abilities:
Red trails, 3K 2K-Outer, 1K-inner Perfect for the beginner and a great warm up trail.
Green Trails, 5K 4K-Outer, 1K-Inner More advanced with flat, open fields and gently rolling terrain.
Purple Trails, 6K Parallels the snowmobile trail and takes you along the edges of Kimballs & Pokegama Bays.
Yellow Trails 10K Spectacular view! Longer, hilly trail with bypass side loops and more difficult terrain. The trail falls within a designated State Natural Area valued for its unique biological resources & boreal forest.
Orange Trails, 10K Snowmobiles and ATV's are allowed on these specified routes in winter months, so please be alert to this.
Skijoring (Dog-Assisted, Cross-Country Skiing)
5-mile portion of the Orange Trail on Chase's Point, shared with snowmobiles/ATVs. Access Chase's Point off Highway 105, then follow Riverside Drive. MAP
Trails are tracked and groomed 7 days per week, depending upon staff availability and weather, for both skate and classic skiing. Please note that our trails are not lighted.
Seasonal Passes
Seasonal permits are available for sale now at the Government Center, 2nd Floor, M-F, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Northwest Outlet, 1814 Belknap Street (available starting 12/22/17), and by envelope at the self-service kiosk at the trail head with a 3-5 day turnaround.You must be age 65 to qualify for a senior pass.
|Season Permit Fees
|City resident
|Sr. City resident
|Sr. Nonresident
Daily Permit FeeYou will find daily envelopes at the kiosk at the trail head. Fees for a daily pass are $5.00 for both resident and non-residents.
Children 15 and under ski free
Ski Etiquette & Rules
- A yearly or daily ski permit is required to ski in the Municipal Forest
- Get out of the track when skate skiing up hills
- Do not snowplow in the classical ski tracks going down hills
- Skate skiers, please avoid classical ski parallel tracks
- Ski under control at all times
- Ski with a friend
- Dogs are not permitted on groomed ski trails
- Carry out any litter
- Please do not walk on groomed ski trails
Hotline/Ski Websites
Call (715) 395-7299 for open/closure information. Please check skinnyski.com or norwiski.com for trail conditions supplied by skiers.
View a map of the Superior Municipal Forest Proposed Site Plan (2010), which shows existing features and proposed improvements.


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Wednesday, 25 September 2013
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Hmm I am not sure I would like the Botanics range, I don't know what it is but they never sound impressive xxReplyDelete
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There hasn't been anything that has made me think 'WOW' at all yet. Meh, give this a miss if you can! xxxDelete
I have only liked the Toner from botanics so far!ReplyDelete
This sounds like a good budget friendly version. I ten to only use balms at night as I have very oily skin and they often feel to heavy.
I might pick this up as I saw there was 1/3 off all botanics products
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India secured a convincing 40-run victory in the first one-day international against New Zealand on Sunday, as Virat Kohli scored 105.
India's total of 276 looked enough, and New Zealand were out of contention at 169 for 8 after 36 overs before a quick ninth-wicket partnership of 67 between Nathan McCullum and Kyle Mills offered them a glimmer of hope.
But McCullum's dismissal in the 45th over allowed India to finish as the easy winners in gloomy conditions at the Nehru Stadium in Guwahati.
Kohli's century was the highlight of the game, with the right-handed number three scoring 100 off 100 balls before falling to Andy McKay, New Zealand's most effective bowler, caught by Jamie How in the 43rd over.
McKay pinned India back with four wickets for 62 runs, as the hosts' stand-in captain Gautam Gambhir scored 38 and Murali Vijay and Yusuf Pathan both chipped in with 29.
India's regular captain M.S. Dhoni was rested along with other top stars such as Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh for the start of the five-match series.
New Zealand's regular captain Daniel Vettori was also missing due to back stiffness following the three-game Test series between the teams, which India won 1-0 with victory in Nagpur.
Ross Taylor took over Vettori's post, and top scored with 66 as his side struggled to keep up with the required run rate of 5.66 an over.
Wicketkeeper and explosive opening batsman Brendon McCullum was also absent from the touring side with back trouble, with Gareth Hopkins taking over duties behind the stumps.
New Zealand had won the toss and elected to bowl as they took into account the Guwahati ground's reputation as a tricky track to bat on early in the day.
India beat New Zealand in one-day opener
India secured a convincing 40-run victory in the first one-day international against New Zealand on Sunday, as Virat Kohli scored 105.


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You enter this rarely available 2-story home with 5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths on almost an acre zoned Single Family or Duplex via a 230' private drive! Spacious floor plan, open kitchen, stainless appliances.Wonderful living area, bay windows, impact glass, family room, large dining area plus 2 bedrooms and 1.5 baths. Upstairs is a huge master suite with spa like bath and 2 more bedrooms and a bath. Beautiful landscaped with pool. Attached 2-car garage with separate 4 -car garage and shop. Close to Golf Course.
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In this test flow you'll see 2 documents, a W-9 and an agreement. This flow is an HR on-boarding flow for the dummy company, CircleHR.
Here is some of the information you'll need:
- The API key: Will be provided via email from your sales rep. If you would like a key and haven't connected with us please contact email@example.com.
- The flow ID: nTRA2AJhKNMia1SJ
- Form names and the fields you can pass to: (See below).
Please remember not to input real and/or confidential information in that this a test workflow and the documents you are signing are not legally binding.
Disclaimer: All API paths are relative to https://api.helloworks.com. This is a beta version so it might change in the near future.
1. Authentication
We use a combination of an API key and a JSON Web Token (JWT) to manage authentication.
Your API key is used to retrieve a JWT that can then be used to authenticate on API calls.
curl -X GET /v1/token
-H"Authorization: {API_KEY}"
"token": "{JWT}",
"expires_at": 1471980538
You can simply call this endpoint again if you ever need a new token after the current one has expired.
2. Create a flow instance
curl -X POST /v1/flow/:flow_id/instance
-H"Authorization: {JWT}"
--data-urlencode "identity[type]=phone"
--data-urlencode "identity[value]=+14155555555"
--data-urlencode "data[formName][mergeField1]=value1"
--data-urlencode "data[formName][mergeField2]=value2"
--data-urlencode "callback_url=https://some.domain.com/some/path"
--data-urlencode "redirect_url=https://some.domain.com/some/other/path"
"id": "{flow_instance_id}",
"url": "{url to access this instance}",
"mode": "live|test"
Used to identify and authenticate the user associated with this flow instance.
It's an object with the following fields:
type: Either 'phone' or 'email'
value: The phone number or the email address
Phone numbers must start with '+1' and be followed by 10 digits (North America numbers only for now).
data (optional):
This offers a way to pre-fill some of the form data.
callback_url (optional):
URL to send the callback to after the user is done, must be a valid url and use HTTPS with a standard port (443).
redirect_url (optional):
URL to redirect the user to after they've gone through the flow, must be a valid url.
On error:
HTTP 4/5xx with a payload formatted as { "error": "{description of the error}" }
On success:
HTTP 200 with a payload formatted as { "id": "flow instance id", "url": "flow instance url" }
The url is where you need to redirect the user to, once there they will be able to fill in the associated documents.
curl -X POST /v1/flow/BB35F913D8EC1D7B45A5AFC3CBCF5AF1/instance
-H"Authorization: eyJhbGciOiJIUzUxMiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJhdWQiOiJJZGVudGl0eToxIiwiZXhwIjoxNDcxOTA2MTYwLCJpYXQiOjE0NzE5MDQzNjAsImlzcyI6IlNtYXJ0Zm9ybXMiLCJqdGkiOiJmMWVhYjc0YS02Mjg0LTQ2ODctYmNmNS03MDQ3YWZmMjEzZDIiLCJwZW0iOnt9LCJzdWIiOiJJZGVudGl0eToxIiwidHlwIjoidG9rZW4ifQ.XjZLf4UxtYpiOGIc2brr9DL1W5RBbHIfdDSVJms719Fh08SCiPIvRMzaQWS_yx-5P8PEzb47PeySIeypb06gZw"
--data-urlencode "identity[type]=phone"
--data-urlencode "identity[value]=+14155555555"
--data-urlencode "data[w9][fullName]=John Doe"
--data-urlencode "data[agreement][amount]=$1500.99"
"id": "59F3F97104695A8725D5224F818D0F6A",
"url": "https://app.staging-helloworks.com/entry/flow_instance/59F3F97104695A8725D5224F818D0F6A",
"mode": "test"
3. Retrieve flow instance information
curl -X GET /v1/flow_instance/:flow_instance_id
-H"Authorization: {JWT}"
"id": "...",
"flow_id": "...",
"identity": "+14155555555",
"status": "new|started|completed|unknown",
"mode": "test"
"forms": [{
"id": "{form id}",
"name": "{form name}",
"data": {
"field1": "value1",
"document": {
"id": "{document id}",
"hash": "{sha256 hash of the document}",
"url": "{url to retrieve the document}"
"audit": {
"events": [{
"time": 1475101042,
"name": "identified"
"document": {
"id": "{document id}",
"hash": "{sha256 hash of the document}",
"url": "{url to retrieve the document}"
4. Post-completion callback
curl -X POST https://your.domain.com/some/path
--data-urlencode "{payload}"
payload: The same data that would get by calling
GET /v1/flow_instance/:flow_instance_id
signature: The base64-encoded SHA256 hash of the flow instance data concatenated with your API key
i.e base64encode(hmac_sha256(payload, encryption_key))
with encryption_key = concat(api_key, int(unix_timestamp_in_seconds / 300))
5. Retrieve generated documents
In the callback data, for each form, there will be a document url.
These document urls are behind authentication so you will need to add the an auth token to the Authorization header to be able to access them.
The document API endpoint returns HTTP 200 and the PDF file upon success and HTTP 204 if the file isn't ready yet.


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Honorary appointments
- Adjunct Professor
- Emeritus Professor
- Honorary Professors
- Honorary Associate Professors
- Honorary Associates
Adjunct Professor
Susan M Pond, AM, MB BS, MD (NSW), FRACP, FTSE
Emeritus Professor
J Paul Seale, MB BS, PhD, FRACP FRCP
Emeritus Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, Deputy Director, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research
email: email@example.com
Asthma; corticosteroids; neuropeptides; beta adrenoceptor agonists
Faculty of Medicine profile
Graham AR Johnston, AM, MSc, PhD (Cambridge), DPharm (h.c., Copenhagen) CChem, FRACI, FTSE
Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology and Medicinal Chemistry
Room 219, Blackburn Building
phone: +61 2 9351 6117
Amino acid neurochemistry and neuropharmacology; novel GABA receptors; anxiety and stress; gender differences in drug action; drugs in sport; molecular modelling; computer-aided drug design; drugs to treat Alzheimer's disease, amnesia, anxiety, epilepsy, insomnia, myopia and schizophrenia; herbal medicines
Faculty of Medicine profile
Home page
Honorary Professors
Peter R Carroll, BPharm, MSc, PhD, FPS, FACPP
Room 211c, Bosch Building, phone: +61 2 9351 6121
e-mail: email@example.com
Disease State Management, Medication Reviews, Drug Interactions, Management of Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
Michael Kassiou, BSc (NSW), PhD (NSW), FRACI *
email: email@example.com
Drug design and medicinal chemistry; structure-activity relationships of bioactive CNS molecules; elucidation of drug-binding site interactions; applications of molecular imaging in diseases of the brain.
Gillian Shenfield, PhD
email: email@example.com
Honorary Associate Professors
Robin D Allan, BSc (Qld), PhD (James Cook), FRACI, CChem
email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Structure-activity studies; amino acid analogues; medicinal chemistry; glutamate; GABA; neurotransmitters; synthesis; heterocycles
Rosemarie Einstein, BSc, PhD
e-mail: email@example.com
Cardiovascular pharmacology; congestive heart failure; fibrillation and defibrillation; stress in experimental animals
Ewan J Mylecharane, BPharm (V.I.C.), BSc, PhD (Melb.)
e-mail: email@example.com
5-hydroxytryptamine receptor agonists and antagonists; prejunctional inhibition of peripheral noradrenaline release; modulation of central dopamine release; funnel-web spider neurotoxins; cardiovascular pharmacology
Ian Spence, BSc, PhD (Monash)
e-mail: email@example.com
Non-linear analysis of heart rate variability in diabetes and eating disorders; applications of data mining techniques to community screening diabetes data and in Alzheimer's disease
Honorary Associates
Hugh Capper, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Rujee Duke. PhD, Department of Pharmacology, University of Sydney
Ken Mewett, PhD, Department of Pharmacology, University of Sydney
Ann Mitrovic, PhD, Department of Pharmacology, University of Sydney
Lyn Moir, PhD, Department of Pharmacology, University of Sydney


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Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Cold Nose, Warm Heart
So, I was inspired by Faith's artwork and had to make a card for myself. This was so fun to create. I used PSX tree stamp and a snowman from CTMH. Colors used are Sunflower, Chocolate and New England Ivy. I actually made two cards similar to each other, so I could keep one for myself. During the busy holiday season I am enjoying creating instead of cleaning and doing what I should be doing. Aren't holidays grand?
1 comment:
- dd2njoy said...
What a sweet card!!I'm a sucker for
snowmen,they just melt my heart!!!
This is too cute!!!
- December 19, 2007 at 8:28 PM
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Austin, TX's Ghostland Observatory seemingly came out off nowhere in 2005 with its soulful electronic debut delete.delete.i.eat.meat. The album was a grassroots hit and the group's colorful live show—which features two men on drums, guitar, synthesizers and vocals, as well as a silver cape—helped Ghostland score spots at festivals ranging from Nateva to Bonnaroo to Vegoose and ACL. After a relatively quiet year, Aaron Behrens (vocals, guitar) and Thomas Ross Turner (drums, synthesizers) returned to their home studio to begin work on their fourth studio album, _ Codename: Rondo_. The album not only reclaimed Ghostland Observatory as one of the funkiest bands on the electronic music circuit, but also reminded the band's principals why they started making music in the first place. Below, Thomas Ross Turner discusses Codename: Rondo, his record label Trashy Moped Recordings and why Austin is known for both its raves and Widespread Panic concerts.
Though last year may have seemed like a quiet year for the band, Ghostland Observatory was actually quite busy working on a new studio album. Can you start by bringing us up to speed on the past few months?
We've started to work on Codename: Rondo but touring just kind of kept going. We did Coachella and a couple of other festivals and a lot of offers kept coming in. So we just continued to keep doing shows and then after New Years this past year, we decided, "Let's just take a break and focus on a new record." So that's what we did—we did a New York show and then we came back to Austin and locked ourselves in the rehearsal room and just started working on the new record. We worked on the record for about 3 or 4 months straight and then we went into the studio—into my studio—and started laying down the tracks and got it knocked out.
It sounds like when you were working on the album you consciously isolated and fully immersed yourselves in the process. Was this process different from previous recording sessions?
Well, for this record especially, we got in the frame of mind of pretending that this was our first record. The first record we did, we just had so much fun doing it and there were no distractions like, "Oh, this has to be better than our last record, I hope people are going to like this new direction…" We just wanted to make a record and we didn't care—we had no worries or concern. It is just a natural process and then you keep making records and you grow a fan base and you have all these kind of things that interfere with the creative process.
So, on this one, we just wanted to go back to, "Let's just go have fun, go in there, create, work hard and see what comes out." So, we both kind of clocked in around 9 or 10 PM and then we'd work through the early morning hours until 2, 3 or 4 AM. There were really no rules, it was just like, "Let's be creative and experiment and not be concerned with anything else." I'll start working on a track or messing with sounds and then Aaron will hop on it and we'll kind of just go back and forth off of each other. Then we'll create a little grid for each song and then just work it out. We'll move onto another one and then later on in the week we'd go through the songs, play them, pretend like we were playing them live. And then if they suck, they suck. If not, we just moved on to another thing. So that was kind of the process—just kind of being really free with a lot of clean slates. We said we do something Tuesday and we thought it was good and we'd go in Wednesday and we'd be like, "I don't know if that's really working." So, we'd just erase it and start over with something completely off the wall. It's really fun doing it that way and we had a blast. I think we had the most fun doing this record than any other record we've done.
Do you feel that because you had been on the road so much and become known as a live act, Codename: Rondo is tailored more for your live show?
Yeah, I think even in the beginning when we were playing small bars, we were never making music for ourselves. It was always like, "We got a show this Friday, let's make a new song for it" or "We've got a show next week, let's try to make something that will go over well. I think that was always in the back of our minds: to play music that goes over with a hang live.
It's always just been us two—there's never been anyone else in the room when we write. It's also the relationship. We've been together for seven years now. So any relationship has its ups and downs or things going on outside of the band or whatever. There's different emotions and I think that kind of comes through on our previous records. But [on] this one we just tried to block all that out. Once we went into the room we blocked out everything and had fun: "This is our time to just have fun and keep everything outside of the [box] and turn the equipment on and just go where we want to go."
Any band who's been together as long as you have, people get other priorities, commitments and families and slowly things change. But it is great that you figured out how to bring back that sense of excitement with this album.
Yeah, that was really important [and] I think that kind of comes through. There's always an element of fun and in this record there's extreme experimentation—like pretty far out stuff, but there's still an element of fun to it, where it's not like we're taking ourselves too seriously or trying to prove some kind of point or anything like that. It's just two guys having fun, creating [and] having a blast doing it.
I think that's one of the reasons why the live show has always been so well received. Even, like you said, if the music gets experimental and psychedelic it doesn't get too self indulgent or weighty.
Yeah, totally. We like to try to keep it a full-blown experience from as soon as we walk on stage until we take a bow and it's over. We try to keep everyone interested and involved and keep everything flowing and if we look out and people are smiling and dancing and having a good time or going berserk, we feel great. It's a good feeling and we play harder. So, that's definitely what it's about.
In terms of presentation, Ghostland is still a duo. Would you consider expanding to a player band onstage with the Black Keys or Jack White?
I think Ghostland is just the two of us. Ghostland started as a two-piece because we were unable to find other members who were committed to the project with us. We would try having a drummer and a bass player and then I would just play keys and Aaron would play guitar. Either the bass player would flake out or quit or the drummer would just disappear, and then after a series of that we were just like, "All right, these are the tools that we have. Me and you obviously want to do this, [so] let's just make it work as a two-piece and then take it as far as we can take it like that." I think that's how it started, and it's worked out well that way, and I just can't change something that works good the way it is.
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