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Watts Premier RO System Review – What Can An Extra Stage of Filtration Do For You?
When it comes to filtration systems (especially reverse osmosis) it is tempting to think that all systems are the same and it doesn't really matter which one you buy. Thinking that is forgivable, but misguided.
Most purification systems have some specialty or niche that they cater too. Some have a special feature that sets them apart from the rest. For the Watts Premier RO-Pure 53411 that is their 4-stage system (most RO systems only have 3).
But what does this really mean? And how does it benefit you? That's what this review is for! Read on to find out more about this model and to find out if it's the one for you.
4-stage filtration system
Four stages of filtration go the extra mile to make sure you have the cleanest, best-tasting drink.
High-end, designer faucet
RO filtration systems tend not to be the most beautiful, however with this beautiful designer faucet, it really puts its best foot forward.
Quick and easy to change filters
Each of the systems four filters can be changed with little more than the push of a button. This makes home maintenance quick and easy.
2-gallon storage tank
Although not the biggest, this translates to enough drinking aqua for a small family on a daily basis.
50 gallons per day
That is an impressive figure. Even with a big family, you would be hard-pressed to use 50 gallons of drinking liquid on a daily basis.
NSF/ANSI certified standard 58
Rest assured that this system meets all the minimum health, safety, and quality standards.
The adapt-a-valve makes it easy for any novice to hook up this system to your homes plumbing supply.
Pros and Cons
4-stage filtration system provides superior drinking H2O.
Easy to install and maintain. The manufacturer provides clear and easy to follow instructions.
The 3.2-gallon tank is a little small when compared to most other products.
Relies on H2O pressure that is above 40 psi and delivered at 72° Fahrenheit.
WATTS Premier Osmosis RO-Pure 531411 – How Does It Work?
Usually, these RO systems operate on a 3 stage basis…
Firstly, in what's called the pre-filter stage, the liquid is cleaned to sift out the biggest particles that can damage the membrane.
Secondly, the aqua is passes through the actual membrane where most of the contaminants are removed.
Thirdly, it passes through another drain (usually a carbon based) that makes sure there are no bad tastes or smells left.
The 4-Stage System
This is much like the first stage in a normal reverse osmosis system. A 5-micron sediment pre-filter removes bigger particles like dirt, rust, and silt from the aqua.
Now we get to the main stage where the magic happens. Watt's states that their RO membrane removes up to 96% of total dissolved solids such as various metals and 99.9% of other contaminants such as cysts, bacteria, and viruses. It is also designed to remove nitrates and nitrites.
Usually, this stage is only done last and this is the extra stage in the 3-stage system. However, this cleanser uses a 5-micron carbon filter to filter chloramines and chlorine out. These particles usually lead to funny tasting drink.
This is the final polish on your 100% potable and fresh tasting drinks. The water is passed through another, final carbon permeate to ensure that no bad odors or tastes are left to linger.
So, What's Our Impression?
Overall, there is not much to objectively find wrong with this system. There is no doubting the fact that it fulfills its most important goal, providing crystal clear and good tasting, drinking aqua. Once you use tap the drink out into the glass it really is crystal clear with no floating particles in site and once you taste, you know that you are drinking pure pleasure.
Our biggest complaints are a few small, practical irritations. For example, it's fantastic that the system can process up to 50 gallons of a day, but you have to wonder what the point is with a storage tank that only has 3.2 gallons of capacity. As well as the fact that you will get sub-par performance if you don't have the minimum plumbing pressure. Other option and alternative but just different in how it operates is Opec five stage RO structure.
However, the 4-stage system really works! It's one of those things that just look like a marketing gimmick until you try it. There simply isn't an impurity to be found in the that comes out of here. On top of that, the Watts Premier RO-Pure 531411 is very easy to install, especially with the handy instructions provided.
This is how you install Watts RO system:


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TDD Teams Write Better Software
November 16th, 2011 | Katie McCroskey
Pictures are worth a thousand words, so I'll try to keep this brief – TDD teams write better software.
The chart above is based on a formal paper of four empirical case studies on teams using Test Driven Development. Test Driven Development has been used sporadically for decades, and has been tested in academic and controlled settings numerous times. But this paper is different because it's not about controlled experiments; it involves real people, real projects and real customers – at IBM and Microsoft, really smart companies. Test Driven Development is when a developer writes a failing unit test to define a desired function. Then, code is written to pass the failing test. Finally, the code is refactored to meet acceptable coding standards. The developers are in control, constantly making small design and implementation decisions – and getting constant feedback.
A few details on the teams: at IBM the developers were working on developing device drivers, working on new and legacy code. It was a distributed team, working in Java and no one had any previous experience in TDD. The teams at Microsoft, on the other hand, were co-located, working in C# and C++ on three products you may have heard of: Windows, MSN and Visual Studio. None of these teams were Agile, but collectively decided to try out TDD.
Despite the differences in project size, type and environment – the results were conclusive. Test Driven Development drastically reduced the defect density (bugs, missed requirements, etc.), anywhere from 40 – 90%. In the end, the tests were considered assets so when the code is enhanced/modified it will be easier to find new bugs. Although all the teams did experience a slight increase in development time, 15 – 35%, the increased time is offset by the improved quality and reduced maintenance costs. If you are interested in learning more, check out the formal paper.
Who left the PartialMock out in the sun? It stinks!
May 14th 2009 | Jimmy Bosse
Who left the PartialMock out in the sun? It stinks!
I recently paired with a developer to add functionality to an older piece of code. My pair typed in a line of code that almost gave me a heart attack:
ObjectUnderTest myObjectUnderTest =
mocks.PartialMock<ObjectUnderTest>(int someVariable);
I have an aversion to PartialMock like a vampire does to light. Its use is one of the putrid code smells I come across on a regular basis. But before I start a flame war let me preface my post by stating that there are many valid uses of PartialMock. It is very helpful when bringing a large legacy code base into a TDD environment, or when testing inherited objects. But most of the time, it's more like a big block of gouda baking in a sunny kitchen window for a month or two.
Partial mocks are a sign that you might need to inject a dependency.
Imagine we are testing a Person class:
IPerson person = new Person(); Assert.AreEqual(true, person.IsAlive());
One of my qualifications for being alive is that my person must have a pulse, and luckily there is a HasPulse property on my person, so one might be inclined to:
Person person = mocks.PartialMock<Person>(); Expect.Call(person.HasPulse).Return(true); mocks.ReplayAll(); bool isAlive = person.IsAlive(); mocks.VerifyAll(); Assert.AreEqual(true, isAlive);
Needing to fake out one part of my class to test another part is a sure sign that my class is doing too much. What my person needs is a heart. If I inject my person with a heart, my person can simply see if the heart is beating instead of asking itself if it has a pulse.
IHeart mockHeart = mocks.DynamicMock(); SetupResult.For(mockHeart.IsBeating).Return(true); mocks.ReplayAll(); IPerson person = new Person(mockHeart); bool isAlive = person.IsAlive(); mocks.VerifyAll(); Assert.AreEqual(true, isAlive);
Now when my test passes my person will be properly dependent on a heart. How the heart functions is separate from how my person relies on the heart.
public class Person : IPerson { private readonly IHeart _heart; public Person(IHeart heart) { _heart = heart; } public bool IsAlive() { return _heart.IsBeating(); } }
Now imagine that my person needed more than a beating heart to survive, like lungs, liver, stomach, etc. If I had put all the code for each of these organs within my person, the class would get extremely complicated. Now I can make each organ function individually, and simply make my person dependent on his organs. So while it may seem like overkill now, with just a beating heart, by avoiding the partial mock in the beginning there is precedence for the next pair who works in this class to inject their organ when the client decides that the person needs a pancreas.
Refactoring Code: A Programmers Challenge Part 2
April 9th 2009 | Kevin Jones
Refactoring Code: A Programmer's Challenge
In a previous blog post– Refactoring Code: A Programmer's Challenge Part 1—we went over refactoring basics, and took a not-so-easily-tested piece of code and made it easy to test.
Our final bit of code was this:
public class DisplayPanelDecider { public bool ShouldDisplayPanelOnPage(string pageName) { string[] pagesToHideElement = new[] { "/index.aspx", "/sitemap.aspx", "/404.aspx", "/status.aspx", "/online_help.aspx", }; return !Array.Exists(pagesToHideElement, s => s == pageName); } }
The objective of the code is clear: "Given the name of a page, should I display a panel?"
Furthermore, the code is compact and does no more or less than it should – so we can test it easily.
Some of our tests would look like this:
[TestClass] public class DisplayPanelDeciderTests { [TestMethod] public void ShouldDisplayThePanelIfThePageIsNotInTheExclusionList() { DisplayPanelDecider decider = new DisplayPanelDecider(); Assert.IsTrue(decider.ShouldDisplayPanelOnPage("/foobar.aspx")); Assert.IsTrue(decider.ShouldDisplayPanelOnPage("/main.aspx")); Assert.IsTrue(decider.ShouldDisplayPanelOnPage("/blog.aspx")); } [TestMethod] public void ShouldNotDisplayThePanelIfThePageIsInTheExclusionList() { DisplayPanelDecider decider = new DisplayPanelDecider(); Assert.IsFalse(decider.ShouldDisplayPanelOnPage("/index.aspx")); Assert.IsFalse(decider.ShouldDisplayPanelOnPage("/map.aspx")); Assert.IsFalse(decider.ShouldDisplayPanelOnPage("/status.aspx")); } }
An interesting side note: Did you notice that the names of our tests start with the word "should?" It's such a simple thing, but the name of tests is important. One should be able to figure out the purpose of the test by reading its name. Using the prefix "should" forces you to think about the test name.
But as we know, software requirements grow and change. What's happened to our software developer a few months down the line? (Put on your pretend cap!)
Well, at this point, his list of pages grown considerably. Rather than the handful we have in our code, we now need to hide the panel for many pages. As an additional requirement, it now needs be configurable too, so compiled code is not the best solution.
A natural place to put configuration for now is in the appSettings section of the web.config file, and for simplicity sake, we'll separate our pages with a semicolon, so they'll look like this:
<configuration> <appSettings> <add key="PagesToHidePanel" value="/index.aspx;/map.aspx;/404.aspx;/status.aspx;/online_help.aspx"/> </appSettings> </configuration>
Now, we need a class that is responsible for retrieving these page names and parsing them. Rather than throw that code in our existing class, introduce a new dependency.
The implementation I came up with looks like this:
public interface IDisplayPanelExclusionProvider { string[] GetPageNames(); } public class DisplayPanelExclusionProvider : IDisplayPanelExclusionProvider { public string[] GetPageNames() { string unparsedContent = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["PagesToHidePanel"]; string[] pageNames = unparsedContent.Split(';'); return pageNames; } }
Notice I created an interface. This will have a key role later on. The next step is getting our two classes, DisplayPanelExclusionProvider and DisplayPanelDecider talking to each other.
The constructor is a simple and useful approach to dependency injection. Our goal here is to get the DisplayPanelDecider to ask the DisplayPanelExclusionProvider, "On which pages should I not display this panel?"
We'll modify the DisplayPanelDecider to take in a IDisplayPanelExclusionProvider. Again, notice I used the interface in this example. So our class now looks like this:
public class DisplayPanelDecider { private readonly IDisplayPanelExclusionProvider _displayPanelExclusionProvider; public DisplayPanelDecider(IDisplayPanelExclusionProvider displayPanelExclusionProvider) { _displayPanelExclusionProvider = displayPanelExclusionProvider; } public bool ShouldDisplayPanelOnPage(string pageName) { string[] pagesToHideElement = _displayPanelExclusionProvider.GetPageNames(); return !Array.Exists(pagesToHideElement, s => s == pageName); } }
Our DisplayPanelDecider now asks the IDisplayPanelExclusionProvider for a list of pages. However, by introducing our constructor, we broke our tests! The next step is to start getting our tests working again.
Important note: even though our class examples seem contrived, we are keeping decision-making logic separate. This is important from the testability aspect as well as for future maintenance. The key part here is single dependency, and that applies for our tests as well. We don't want our tests testing multiple classes at once: keep them separate.
This is where the interface saves us: we can inject our own classes for the purpose of testing.
[TestClass] public class DisplayPanelDeciderTests { private class MockDisplayPanelExlusionProvider : IDisplayPanelExclusionProvider { public string[] GetPageNames() { return new[] { "/index.aspx", "/map.aspx", "/404.aspx", "/status.aspx", "/online_help.aspx" }; } } [TestMethod] public void ShouldDisplayThePanelIfThePageIsNotInTheExclusionList() { DisplayPanelDecider decider = new DisplayPanelDecider(new MockDisplayPanelExlusionProvider()); Assert.IsTrue(decider.ShouldDisplayPanelOnPage("/foobar.aspx")); Assert.IsTrue(decider.ShouldDisplayPanelOnPage("/main.aspx")); Assert.IsTrue(decider.ShouldDisplayPanelOnPage("/blog.aspx")); } [TestMethod] public void ShouldNotDisplayThePanelIfThePageIsInTheExclusionList() { DisplayPanelDecider decider = new DisplayPanelDecider(new MockDisplayPanelExlusionProvider()); Assert.IsFalse(decider.ShouldDisplayPanelOnPage("/index.aspx")); Assert.IsFalse(decider.ShouldDisplayPanelOnPage("/map.aspx")); Assert.IsFalse(decider.ShouldDisplayPanelOnPage("/status.aspx")); } }
Note that we are injecting a fake class that allows us to implement a hand rolled mock. The single purpose of this test class is to ensure that the DisplayPanelDecider decision logic works. It isn't the DisplayPanelDecider's responsibility to know the real list of pages from our configuration. That should be tested somewhere else. In effect, we are testing against dummy data. When we want our class to use the real provider, we just create an instance of that and hand it in. In fact, with constructor chaining we can implement a default constructor that uses the real provider:
public DisplayPanelDecider() : this(new DisplayPanelExclusionProvider()) { }
We have the option of using the DisplayPanelDecider with the real provider, or handing in our own – which we do for testing.
Now the thought on most people's mind at this point is most likely "This seems like overkill." If you stand back and look at it for all it is now, I might agree. However, maybe the programmer we're helping finds himself with more challenging requirements. The other part is the hand rolled mock.
Rewinding a bit, in our new tests we saw a dummy class that provided fake data for the sake of testing. There are mock frameworks that remove the need for these dummy classes, but we'll examine that in a future blog post. If you're up for some homework, check out Rhino Mocks.
I pose this question to you: What advantages and disadvantages do you see with our approach? Is it worth the effort? I'd love to know what you think.
Refactoring Code: A Programmers Challenge
April 2nd 2009 | Kevin Jones
Refactoring Code: A Programmer's Challenge
Today I encountered a question on the ASP.NET Forum that I got quite excited about, "How do I refactor this?" Refactoring is a big part of our daily coding practices and I was curious as to what other programmers would come up with. Here is the basic question re-worded a little bit for brevity:
I have a master page with a control on it. However, on certain pages I don't want a control to be shown. At first it was just one or two pages, and my approach worked just fine. However, the number of pages I need to hide this control on has grown. Can anyone offer some advice on how to refactor this code?
This was his code:
string pagename = Request.ServerVariables["PATH_INFO"].ToString().Trim().ToLower();
if (
pagename == "/index.aspx" ||
pagename == "/sitemap.aspx" ||
pagename == "/404.aspx" ||
pagename == "/status.aspx" ||
pagename == "/online_help.aspx"
SomePanel.Visible = false;
The original poster realized that his code wasn't maintainable-a classic reason to refactor: Keep your code clean, readable, and maintainable.
The interesting thing about refactoring is that there is no de-facto way to improve this code-or any refactoring for that matter. Refactoring has a lot of patterns that have been used over the years, but how that pattern is implemented, and evolves, is a discussion that could go on forever. The key is: keep the code simple and keep the changes small. If we really wanted to, we could write over-the-top code; put these pages in a database table; and cache the table for performance. But if you refactor often enough the changes should always be incremental.
Here's something else to consider: the 'if' statement will keep getting larger and larger every time a page is added. If I was implementing this I might have started in the same place. I wouldn't have needed this control visible for this page, but then I might not have needed it for the next one either, or the next one. The original code is not bad-it just doesn't meet the new criteria.
My suggestion is to remove the OR chain and store the page names in a local so one can just keep adding to a string array, and then check if it exists in the string array. This simple refactoring adds a little clarity to the code, but it's not exactly a work of art:
string[] pagesToHideElement = new[]
string pagename = Request.ServerVariables["PATH_INFO"].ToString().Trim().ToLower();
if (Array.Exists(pagesToHideElement, s => s == pagename))
SomePanel.Visible = false;
We have isolated one of our problems: the growing list of pages we want to exclude. The developer can then keep adding to the array. This also provides flexibility we didn't have before. We can now move our page list anywhere we like, like a new class and method. This is a very simple refactoring, but what else can we do? While the original person didn't think of this, this code isn't easy to test without a full-blown integration test.
Not to derail our refactoring discussion, but let's talk briefly about testing and how it applies to refactoring. They go hand-in-hand, especially to an Agile developer. Refactoring is a necessary part of improving code, but how do you know that everything will still work? Many who oppose refactoring don't write tests simply because they have no proof that a refactoring didn't break the code. And refactoring isn't always easy, especially when dealing with legacy code. Most Agile developers are familiar with the "Red-Green-Refactor" motto:
The diagram varies, but nevertheless it always says the same thing
1. Write a failing test first (That's a core Test Driven Development value)
2. Make the test pass by implementing the required code
3. See the test pass
4. Refactor
5. Make sure you are still green
6. Improve test so that it is red again
It's the fifth component that makes testing and refactoring go together well. Peace of mind comes with knowing that you didn't break anything, assuming you have good testing practices-but of course you do!
Back to refactoring. How is this code refactoring tested without actually seeing if it shows the correct content or not? MVP or the MVC pattern are a good idea, but let's start small. A pattern that I am fond of for these simple things is a decider class. The benefits of this pattern will become clear shortly.
This sort of decision-making logic doesn't really belong in the presentation layer (UI layer). It can be deferred to a decider. The decider is exactly what it sounds like-a class that decides if the panel should be visible or not. So our decider can have a method on it that takes a page name, and return a Boolean value if the panel should be displayed. Simple enough, right? At this point we are extracting our logic out of the page and into a new class.
public class DisplayPanelDecider
public bool ShouldDisplayPanelOnPage(string pageName)
string[] pagesToHideElement = new[]
return !Array.Exists(pagesToHideElement, s => s == pageName);
So now we have a piece of logic that we can test very easily. All that the ASPX page would have to do is create an instance and hand in the page name, but the core decision logic can be tested without any need for a browser.
This gives us a new power through. Now that we have this decision making logic in its own method, we can make our method do whatever we like. If, in a year's time, this no longer feasible, we can alter our method to pull the page names from an XML file or a database. We'll look at that later.
A quick recap of what we did:
- We changed the functionality to give us a bit more functionality and moved from a large OR operation to a more dynamic approach.
- We extracted our logic out to a new class.
- Two simple changes…and the benefits are huge!
- We can now test this logic very easily through our favorite testing framework. XUnit MSTest, etc. (I refer to XUnit as "Any of the testing frameworks, like NUnit, MbUnit, etc. Not the actual framework called "xUnit").
- Our logic extraction keeps the decision making out of the ASPX code behind. This keeps our ASPX code behind focused on the page, not buried in a code behind.
- We have the freedom to change what this method does without affecting the page. In the future, we can make "ShouldDisplayPanelOnPage" do whatever we like.
- Further changes to this class can be tested TDD style so we can feel confident that future refactorings won't break functionality.
What would you have done to improve the code? Got a better idea or suggestions?
Next we'll look at dependency injection and what happens when this decision making logic gets complex.
Kevin Jones is a Senior .NET developer and Product Team Leader at Thycotic Software Ltd. Thycotic is recognized for providing Agile TDD Training and Agile .NET Consulting Services, and its flagship password management software Secret Server.
Announcement – Intro to TDD Presentation
Our CEO, Jonathan Cogley, will be presenting an introduction to Test Driven Development on March 25th for the DC ALT.NET user group. The session will focus on walking through and solving a "real world" problem by identifying and isolating the dependencies in the logic.
This is a great chance for aspiring and veteran TDD developers to touch up on the basics.
Date: Wednesday, March 25
Time: 7-9pm
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GDPR Week#20: Where in the world is that data?
Let me ask you a question.
As champion of your organisation's customer experience and (for now, at least) the person responsible for ensuring you comply with the GDPR and new Data Protection Act, are you sending prospect and customers' personal data outside of Europe solely to circumvent the laws on data protection?
No, of course not! I think.
But if any of your technology partners or services transfer, save or process personal data outside of the EU or EEA (European Economic Area), then you need to be clear about the legal basis on which you are doing this. And if you have intra-company transfers of personal data outside of the EEA and your organisation doesn't have Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs www.ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/binding-corporate-rules/) in place – which is unlikely as BCRs are tricky and expensive to establish – the same stipulations apply.
Like a lot of aspects of the GDPR, the key consideration here is transparency – let your customers know what you'll do with their data and where. So before you do that you'll need to a) know where the personal data is going, b) that you are confident that it will be safely and securely treated.
So whether personal data transfers outside of the EEA are being carried out by your CRM provider, email or SMS despatch solutions, fulfilment providers, for fraud screening or data profiling, in most cases you will need to explain this to the data subjects whose personal data is being affected. If you have a good reason for doing this and can be confident that your overseas partner will handle the data appropriately, then there's no problem.
If not, then you'll need to take a long hard look at your 'customer experience infrastructure'.
Life's a lot simpler if you are transferring and processing data in countries that the EU has ruled to display 'adequacy' in terms of personal data protection. However, the current list is rather eclectic and includes a mixed bag of countries: Switzerland, Andorra, Faeroe Islands, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man, Argentina, Canada, Israel, New Zealand and Uruguay. Unfortunately, the USA is only 'partially adequate' and you will be reliant on your partner/supplier overseas company to gain Privacy Shield (www.privacyshield.gov) status; it's not a given.
Finally, if you are a provider of services (a data processor) which requires client personal data to be transferred out of the EEA then this is another GDPR-related concern you will want to add to a growing list. See our blog from a few months ago: www.channeldoctors.co.uk/blog/29-technology-providers-it-s-time-to-wake-up-to-the-gdpr


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Take the pressure off your feet with these traditional twin-gusset slippers from Fleet & Foster.
- The memory foam footbeds inside mould to your feet for a better fit and superb cushioning.
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Kingfisher Report – Sunday June 15th
QCL guests have seen a full range of Haida Gwaii weather this past week with blue sky & calm water perfection giving way to gusty northwesterly seas breaking over the rocks at Cape Naden, then settling back to mild westerlies with those amazing ever-changing skies. Through it all we've had some awesome fishing with the Tyee bell ringing loudly every night.
Feeder Chinooks still dominate the salmon catch with lots of typical teen-sized beauties keeping anglers on their toes. Bigger fish are steadily increasing in number every day. Last week's trip finished off with a flourish; lots of bell ringin' going on! Keith Brown, fishing with guide Randy Zinck at Bird 2, landed the third fifty pounder of the season, releasing it after a careful measurement and revival. Well done guys! Lorne Kines boated a beautiful 39 pounder and Driftwood guest Morgan Schmidt weighed a stunning 44 lb Tyee on the swimgrid of the ship with his guide Nick Teichert. Those are fantastic fish guys! Bird 2, Parker Point and Cape Naden have all been particularly productive. The offshore drift at 50 / 70 feet in 120 ft of water from Yatze down to Parker has also been producing after the slack tide. Anchovies with and without flashers are working well. The star of the show right now is that "Tiger Prawn" spoon that just keeps tempting the tyees!
Halibut fishing continues to figure prominently with QCL guests, especially when they some hefty 40 pound plus fish hit the dock! Notable big catches were a 51 for Doug Astes, a 69 for Chad Werbowesky, a 53 for Mandy Clark, a 57 for Les Morris and an even 60 pounds for Ernie Tardiff! Jamie Tardiff pulled a bigger one up from 280 feet that taped out to 115 pounds. Now that's a workout! Doug Nichiporik turned back a big slab at 108 pounds and Jordan Stang found a 70 pounder that fit just right!
The annual QCL Kingfisher Derby is in full swing this weekend with $50000 in prizes for big salmon catches, focusing mainly on Catch & Release fishing. Stay tuned for the exciting results!


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Between the Sky and the Earth
Dates: 22 August – 20 September 2016
LAM 360° is a biennial art festival located in Mongolia. LAM focuses on Land Art as a form of spatial visualization of the relations between nature, culture and social policies.
N. Amarsaikhan (Mongolia), D. Batkholboo (Mongolia), R. Chinzorig (Mongolia), T. Enkhbold (Mongolia), G. Enkhjargal (Mongolia), Lkh. Gankhuyag (Mongolia), M. Munguntsetseg (Mongolia), B. Munhksetseg (Mongolia), Lisa Batacchi (Italy), Edgar Endress (Chile/USA), Zhen + Qiang Gao (China), Severin Guelpa (Switzerland), Erica Masuya (Japan), Pekka Niityvirta (Finland), Camille Norment (Norway/USA), Romina Novellis (Italy), Benjamin Sabatier (France), Marc Schmitz (Germany), Jacek Tylicki (Poland/USA), Herman de Vries (Netherlands/Germany), Mabelle Williams (Haiti).
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I am a big fan of 1994's The Shadow, but no I havent dabbled on to read any of the comics. It's a film I watch at least twice a year, one of my guilty pleasures. I guess it helped that Alec Baldwin played the lead that would explain one of the reasons of my fascination with the character. Filmstalker earlier reported a possible remake of The Shadow, and after just four days that the news came out, today there has been a confirmation that Sam Raimi will be involved in it, and I am torn as to whether I really want to see it remade.
Also in the Filmstalker this week as if by coincidence is a new feature about what films you want to see remade and with this news about The Shadow possibly getting a new treatment, you might think it just might be a good idea. Well, I still dont know, I loved the film as it was, should I have faith in Raimi when I didnt really love the Spiderman films?
Now if only I can find my Shadow DVD. 🙂


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Piece by Piece mosaics will provide interior and exterior decor for a Grand Opening Event at Taylor Yard Village — an innovative, transit-oriented, master-planned community, developed by McCormack Baron Salazar with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Taylor Yard is adjacent to the 40-acre Rio de Los Angeles State Park, which boasts fabulous riverfront and wilderness hiking trails. A nearby bike path offers a scenic 7.4-mile ride along the riverbank. Exciting plans for the restoration and revitalization of the Los Angeles River front is a major priority for the city, with initial focus on 11 miles of prime riverfront between downtown and Griffith Park.
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Earlier Event: April 24Living Arts Fair at Star Apartment
Later Event: June 6Mosaic Garden Party at L.A. Arboretum


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As part of its ongoing relationship with AmericanSnipers.org, Kestrel donated 48 new and refurbished units to the program throughout 2014 from customer participation in the "Trade-In, Trade-Up" and "Buy A Kestrel, Give A Kestrel" programs.
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Kestrel® Weather & Environmental Meters, manufactured by Nielsen-Kellerman in Southeastern Pennsylvania, is a long-standing supporter of AmericanSnipers.org, an organization dedicated to assisting snipers and designated marksmen in more than 150 sniper platoons of the US military with their specialized gear needs amid budgetary constraints and government cutbacks. As part of its ongoing relationship with AmericanSnipers.org, Kestrel donated 48 new and refurbished units to the program throughout 2014 from customer participation in the "Trade-In, Trade-Up" and "Buy A Kestrel, Give A Kestrel" programs.
The Kestrel "Trade-In, Trade-Up" program encourages customers to trade in their existing Kestrel meter (any model) for a specified value toward a newer or different model. Used Kestrel meters are then refurbished and donated to AmericanSnipers.org. In addition to the refurbished model donations, if a customer requests to purchase any Kestrel meter at full retail price instead of the discounted SHOT show price, a new Kestrel of that same model will be donated to AmericanSnipers.org.
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Why Messaging Matters to Job Seekers
Thinking of a title here I would be better to say that the "Right" messaging matters to job seekers. Over the last several months I have been working with the team at RoboRecruiter creating conversations that our Bot would deliver to job seekers and the results are clear: be specific, add value and deliver a reason for people to engage with you and your brand.
Far to often, and probably from a "this is the way we have always done it" type of attitude, companies and more specifically recruiters have relied on the same tired ways of communicating their opportunities. They then question their responses and wonder why they are not receiving the information they need to deliver results, fill positions and attract the right talent into their open roles. Let's face it, its a tough market out there. High valued talent is in high demand and if you are going to attract the best, especially if you or your client is not the most well known brand, you need to use tools that will help you lift your game, maximize time and set your message out from the rest of your competition. A simple job description just does not cut it anymore.
This is part of the reason that we starting working on RoboRecruiter. Having worked to build both recruitment, staffing and teams internally we understood the challenges they, people who wish to hire, face when trying to fill open roles. The best people are busy, they are mobile and they are in demand. They will make a career transition when they have a level of trust with a new company once they have had an opportunity to research, question and understand their role and responsibilities — understand where they fit into the new company's vision and mission. Building this trust takes time.
So what does this mean for those out there who's mission it is to communicate this information?
I heard an interesting statistic that even the best recruiters can only really have 20–25 "real" conversations a day. Think about that. If a recruiter can only have 20–25 conversations with different people each day and over half of these conversations are with people that are new contacts over the course of a month we are looking at around 200 new contacts a month and if half of these are not qualified for any number of reasons for your roles you are looking to fill you have cut your ability to fill positions down substantially.
Part of RoboRecruiter's mission is about helping people who hire find the time to maximize their ability to communicate with the "Right" group of contacts. The other is about being able to craft specific, personalized messaging using the latest automation techniques. We are in no-way trying to fake a human conversation — we are crafting conversations that are specific to the interest of the user and by doing so helping our clients, people who hire, save the time they need to execute and fill their or their client's roles. Using the bot to initiate a conversation and then using messaging to guide responses developing trust, providing specific user information and collecting the information you need, leads to results.
So what does this all mean in terms of results? Without beating our drum too loudly our results have blown even the most skeptical away. Get this- once a user opens the bot and starts communicating for those who complete the first question almost 80% go on to complete the entire question set. And how does this compare to emails — well from our initial pilots on data sets that have not been contacted in over 6 months we have had response rates as high as 25%. Impressive for sure but these results have really come from a few lessons we have learned:
- Be Specific: Personalize the message to the reader making sure that they know why they are being asked the questions they are being asked. Use personalization in both your emails, mobile messages and the bot channel.
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Highly influenced by Charles Dickens own performances of his classic tale, Simon Callow and designer-director Tom Cairns had dreamt up an enthralling one-man theatrical spectacular of Christmas story-telling that was beautifully emotional and incredibly heart-warming.
The show was perfect for families, being designed for children aged eight years old and up, making it the perfect Christmas outing that got everyone in the festive spirit.
A Christmas Carol is one of the best loved tales in the world, having been told Christmas after Christmas since it was first published over a hundred and fifty years ago.
The story tells the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, a tight-fisted and grumpy miser who simply hates Christmas. However, when he is haunted by a set of ghosts in his dank and creaking house, he is given the opportunity to see things from a different perspective.
This magical tale was beautifully transformed by Simon Callow who takes us takes us on a journey from cold loneliness to the warming hearth of a Christmas fire in a story that offers a celebration of goodness, a plea for justice and the promise of redemption.
Simon Callow is one of Britain's most loved actors, with a long history of performing Dicken's work, from the huge success of The Mystery of Charles Dickens on both West End and Broadway, as well as the acclaimed Dr Marigold & Mr Chops, and even guest starring as Charles Dickens in the hit BBC TV show Doctor Who. Callow has also lent his voice to the character of Scrooge in the 2001 animated film of Christmas Carol: The Movie and even published his own biography of Dickens.
Asides from Dickens, Callow is known for his huge range of work in theatre, TV and film, including starring alongside Sir Ian McKellen, Sir Patrick Stewart and Ronald Pickup in Waiting for Godot as well as Emanuel Schikaneder in Amadeus.
A Christmas Carol as presented by Simon Callow was one of the most beautiful and charming festive performances this Christmas and was not be missed, in a fantastic experience for all the family. Performances began at The Arts Theatre on the 8th December 2016 with and ran over Christmas until the 7th January 2017.
Recommended forA Christmas Carol is highly recommended for anyone looking for a family friendly Christmas outing to the theatre this festive period. With one of the nation's favourite actors at the helm, this is set to be a charming re-telling of one of the world's favourite Christmas stories.
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The European Centre for Environment and Human Health (ECEHH) as part of the University Of Exeter are planning a free workshop in Cornwall for those interested in research relevant to care homes and those working with dementia.
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This workshop is postponed due to ice and low registration. We will announce a new date soon.
Rejuvenate with restorative yoga and essential oils! During this class, participants will be fully supported and grounded in relaxing restorative poses, using blankets, blocks, bolsters, and other props to support you. Specific poses have been chosen for this class that help support the function of the immune system. This kind of resting can also reduce tension, fatigue, and ease experiences of anxiety - moving one into a peaceful state of deep relaxation. During the practice, everyone will get to experience different essential oils to enhance the experience. After the restorative yoga class, there will be an educational portion about the essential oils used in class and how they can be used to support the immune system to protect against seasonal threats. Attendees will leave with some reference material.
No prior yoga experience is necessary for this workshop.
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Carrie's love of yoga is fostered from a need for balance in her life after struggling with anxiety from a high-pressure corporate job. With a strong desire to help others find peace in this crazy world, she completed her 200-hour RYT training with Dominica Knapp at Ananda Shala in Frederick, MD. After discovering the importance of rest to complement a busy life and active yoga practice, she was called to incorporate restorative yoga in her practice and teaching. She studied restorative yoga under Tara Lemerise's Rest for All Teacher Training. Carrie also has been studying, using, and selling doTERRA essential oils since 2016. She is certified as a Level 2 Reiki Healer – she studied under Reiki Master Irene Glasse.


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Alkaline Trio man is recording new album with band following Tom DeLonge's departure
Mark Hoppus has shared footage of Blink-182 working on their new album in the studio, uploading a video of new member Matt Skiba recording vocals for a track.
The band are in the studio with Skiba, also known for his work in Alkaline Trio, who joined the band following original co-frontman Tom DeLonge's departure.
Having recently shared clips of Travis Barker playing drums, Hoppus has now uploaded a snippet of what appears to be a new track.
Watch Skiba recording vocals for the album below.
Last month (January 27) Hoppus revealed that the band are working on their new album with producer John Feldmann, best known for his work with All Time Low and 5 Seconds of Summer.
Feldmann is also the lead singer and guitarist of the band Goldfinger but has become one of the biggest producers in pop-punk, producing and co-writing on both 5 Seconds of Summer albums as well as holding production credits for bands such as Panic! At The Disco, The Used, Sleeping with Sirens, We Are The In Crowd, Black Veil Brides and Atreyu.
Skiba joined the group after frontman Tom DeLonge parted ways with the band. Mark Hoppus and bandmate Barker announced their split when the singer allegedly refused to enter the studio and record a new album with them.
Speaking to NME about the band's current line-up, Barker painted a positive picture for fans. "Matt's killing it," the drummer said in a 2015 interview. "He's fun to play with and write with. We're just getting started but I think we've got, like, four or five songs right now that I'm really, really happy with. There's a song called 'Punk Rock Cliché', which I love the most right now. It's about friends of ours and their relationships."
Asked how the new material is sounding, Barker admitted some things have obviously changed with DeLonge no longer in the band.
"They sound different but still the same," the drummer said of the new music. "Obviously, it's Matt Skiba singing so there's hints of Alkaline Trio, or at least Matt's contributions to Alkaline Trio, mixed with my drumming and Mark's voice and stuff. It's really cool and I really love what we've done so far."
"The goal here is to come up with an album and just write," he added. "We don't put a limit on how many songs we're gonna write. [We just] write a bunch of songs and when we feel like there's an album ready, there's an album ready. You know, no pressure, no deadlines."
Tom DeLonge told NME that he still wants Blink-182 to be part of his life – yet he currently needs time to focus on his other projects, including solo material, work with his band Angels & Airwaves, novels and a live action film.


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Mission & Vision
Educating in a joyful Catholic community of faith, hope and love, Saint John's Catholic Preparatory School prepares our students to be leaders with good hearts and discerning spirits as they pursue truth, academic excellence and service to humanity.
Saint John's Catholic Prep will be the leader of college preparatory institutions in Frederick and surrounding communities by providing a quality Catholic education to students with a diverse range of learning needs and abilities. From its rigorous advanced placement programs to its active service in the community, Saint John's challenges each and every student through an innovative curriculum implemented by a dedicated faculty and staff.
As Maryland's oldest Catholic high school, all of us recognize our responsibility to continually strive for excellence in providing a comprehensive education to our students. We will work diligently to provide a joyful, robust and invitational Catholic education to prepare our students for college and for life. Thomas H. Powell - 2018
...Be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of god, what is good and pleasing and perfect.ROMANS 12:2
This is what the Lord requires of you: act with justice, love with kindness and walk humbly with God. Micah 6:8


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Economy Convener welcomes city's new Apple Store
Cllr Frank Ross, Economy Convener, today welcomed the announcement that the Apple Store on Princes Street is set to open next weekend.
This is great news and a fantastic new offering to shoppers in Edinburgh. It is also further proof that Edinburgh is regarded as one of the leading destinations for major international retail brands following in the footsteps of Harvey Nichols, Hollister and Primark. Attracting big name retailers to the city centre is a key strand of our economy strategy 'A Strategy for Jobs' and the Apple store is a perfect example of this.
The opening of the Apple store is another example of the regeneration that this area of Princes Street is undergoing. Developments in St Andrew Square, the arrival of the trams, refurbishment of Waverley Station, the ambitious plans for the St James Quarter and Registers Lane all combine to what is, and promised to be, a fantastic transformation.
We have a vibrant city centre and earlier this month new figures revealed that 39 more stores opened in Edinburgh in the first six months of this year compared with the same period in 2013. This bucked the trend across the UK and shows that business is attracted to invest here as the city is seen as a world class brand and tourist destination. This is critical to ensure the Capital remains the most prosperous city UK city outside of London and why Edinburgh is ranked as the best large European City for foreign direct investment by fDi's European Cities and Regions of the Future awards.


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"The term 'astroturfing' is a play on the term 'grassroots movement,' since the grass is fake. Astroturfing has been attempted by online businesses who present a product as being highly desired and sought out by a certain customer base via company-sponsored message board posts, blogs or articles when there is no evidence to support such an assertion."
"Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman on Making Smarter Decisions. The bestselling author of Thinking, Fast and Slow talks about overcoming the cognitive biases and errors that can affect decision–making."
Kinetica Art Fair 2013, February 28th – March 3rd 2013, Ambika P3, 35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LS, London, UK
"The Kinetica feature exhibition and events programme is themed on 'Illusion and Reality' and the thin veil that divides what is real and perceived. The exhibition will focus on perceptions of reality, with works by 19 international artists exploring the many dimensions of illusion. The exhibition aims to challenge ideas on what is real, perceived or imagined, and focuses on transformation, metamorphism, visual paradox, vibration, nature, the subliminal and the subconscious.
The exhibition includes a huge interactive light sculpture from Dutch artist Titia Ex, an exoskeleton hybrid of man–animal–machine by Christiann Zwanniken and a giant three dimensional zoetrope by Greg Barsamian.
The boundaries between reality and illusion will be explored in a series of live performances using the Musion holographic projection system, and features an international line–up including the award–winning audiovisual collective Origamibiro ; a fusion of 3d imaging and quantum mechanics in danceroom Spectroscopy ; a hypnotic audiovisual experience from Simulacrum ; and multi–sensory Polish collective INIRE. The Musion Academy will present a further series of captivating performances including Analema Group, AV3, IEOIE and Paul Prudence.
Key figures and eminent pioneers in the fields of new media art and neurosciences have been invited to participate in a daily programme of Talks, which also features presentations by experimental artists exhibiting at the Fair."
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I just got back from the rally for comprehensive immigration reform in Pittsburgh, part of the nationwide day of action expected to draw as many as two million people.
Pittsburgh doesn't have a huge immigrant community, and the rally here was nothing compared to the large-scale events in many other major cities. In fact we got in the news mostly for starting earlier than any other city.
About 100 of us gathered downtown at 8am and marched to Senator Specter's office. The crowd included immigrants, labor and religious leaders, and sympathetic locals. The marchers geared themselves up by chanting 'Si, Se Puede!' ("Yes, We Can!"). One immigrant carried a sign that read 'Immigrants Love Steelers,' which received a lot of friendly honks from passing cars. (Other passing cars were not so friendly; one car gunned the gas as we crossed the street, as if they were going to run us over, while screaming hostile slurs at us).
I was at the rally to represent the ACLU, but I was also there to represent my family, many of whom came in to this country in the last three decades as refugees from both Vietnam and the former Soviet Union. The immigrants in my family have contributed so much to this country, across the socio-economic spectrum–they include a doctor, two engineers, two small business owners, a nanny, and a nurse. This country means everything to them. They are so patriotic that they often put me to shame, and remind me of all the wonderful things about this country that are too easy to take for granted if you were born here.
When I lived in Austin, TX, I worked mostly with illegal immigrants. One of my friends, Luis, worked two minimum wage jobs to support his family of three. His son had just graduated as valedictorian of his high school class. Luis was so proud of his family; every penny he made went to them. He was epitome of true 'family values.' It is hard for me to comprehend that House Bill 4437 would likely make Luis a felon.
Not to trivialize a very serious and complicated problem–our current system is obviously not working. But to criminalize 11 million people for trying to improve their lives is not only profoundly un-American, it would be almost impossible to implement.
So wherever you live, now is the time to call your Senators and ask them to support COMPREHENSIVE immigration reform, not legislation that only focuses on enforcement without incorporating the larger picture.
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Embarrassing Dad Jamie Oliver
Jamie Oliver likes being an embarrassing dad.
The 42-year-old chef - who has kids Poppy, 15, Daisy, 14, Petal, eight, Buddy, six, and River, 12 months, with wife Jools - says no matter how he behaves in public, his two eldest daughters will cringe.
Asked if he is an embarrassing dad, he told heat: ''Apparently very much so, but the more my kids give me grief for it, the more I'll just work it.
''I took them to school the other day and got told off for being embarrassing so I did a full 'me' analysis, and the only thing I was guilty of was walking and having a pulse.
''I guess it's hard for them being Jamie Oliver's kids, but hopefully they'll end up being proud of me.''
Jamie and his wife are trying to ''slow things down'' with their older kids because they don't want them growing up too quickly, much to the teenagers' annoyance.
He said: ''We're on the cusp [of them dating] now.
''They're very interested in boys but they've had no boyfriends yet. It's weird.
''You have a little girl until about 12 and then... different league.
''We've consciously tried to slow things down - there's no rush right?
''My kids were the last kids in the whole year to have a mobile phone, which apparently was child abuse.''
The 'Quick & Easy Food' host has faced criticism in the past for his children's unusual names but he still loves them and cares more about how they grow up than what they are called.
He said: ''I've had people caning us for our kids' names and then you look on their Facebook profile and they've got the most f***ing ridiculous name. I love my kids' names.
''I like ones that are an expression of nature. Everyone was like, 'River? What a f***ing stupid name.' But I love it...
''Ultimately, if a kid grows into a lovely person and they're joyful and work hard, they could be called Cat's A**e for all I care.''


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I've been using this app called "Streaks" lately, and it tracks how many days/weeks in a row I do my daily/weekly goals.
For example I have one for practicing French, one for tidying for 10 minutes, one for DOING MY TUESDAY BLOG POST (yay), etc.
Practicing French and taking my garlic vitamin (long story) every day has been going good. As you can see, my water phase has reached it's end. I tried drinking 96 oz of water a day for 24 days in a row, and nothing changed, except I had to pee all the time! I don't know what people are talking about when they say "my skin was glowing after I started drinking more water!" NO. WRONG. I initially drank a gallon a day for a whole week, and felt like it was a little too much for my body….
I'd highly recommend the 10-minute daily clean. My best streak for that was 12 days in a row. Our apartment stayed really clean and fresh during those days, and you'd be surprised how much you can do in 10 minutes! Just set a timer on your phone and listen to music.
I have a workout streak on there. It's grayed out in the picture because I only have to do it Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. And today is Tuesday, duh! I missed yesterday's workout so I'm back down to 0. At first I thought the bump down to 0 times in a row was depressing, but I'm getting used to the app, and it's keeping me more motivated than without it.
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New Screenplay makes Top Ten Finals at Cinequest
We just got back from the Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose where our new screenplay "You Have Feet in Your Shoes" was selected as a Top Ten Finalist. The festival was great. They really take good care of you with lots of happy hours and opportunities to connect with other filmmakers. San Jose was also a really cool place. A fun dense city centre with lots going on. We ended up going to see Anthony Jeselnik at the Improv which is apparently the oldest comedy venue in the country.
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LONDON — American Airlines Flight 109, traveling to Los Angeles from London, was more than two hours into its journey and close to Keflavik, Iceland, when several passengers and crew members suddenly and mysteriously became ill. Those aboard were startled, news reports said, and the pilot decided to fly back to London.
The plane landed safely. But on Thursday, the mystery of what happened on the plane, which captured headlines in Britain and beyond, remained unclear. The Daily Telegraph in Britain, citing a passenger on the flight,reported that one crew member had fainted.
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Graffiti Theatre Company posted an update 3 years, 7 months ago
Since 1984 Graffiti Theatre Company has provided a unique brand of excellence in drama and theatre work for young people.
True to its original aims of educating through a vibrant theatre event framed and extended by top-quality educational materials the company has provided almost 100 productions to young people from early childhood to young adult.
Mission Statement of Graffiti Theatre Company
The primary purpose of Graffiti Theatre Company is to provide a high quality educational theatre/drama experience to young people. To this end, we engage with many specialist artists in a creative process which honours the creativity of the whole team. We seek to place at the heart of each programme of work an innovative piece of theatre which is specifically designed to mediate the experience between the art work and its particular audience. All Graffiti's work – central educational theatre, youth theatre and outreach drama – is informed by a philosophy which validates the aesthetic, personal and social experience of young people.
Artistic Aims
1. To produce a range of high quality educational theatre work in English & Irish and to sustain the standards developed over 31 years;
2. To develop the work by remaining open and creative to new ideas, new
populations, new trends;
3. To develop innovative and ambitious new work in drama and theatre for and with young people;
4. To develop new programmes of issue-based drama workshops;
5. To document, analyse and research our own international practice;
6. To disseminate our work through teaching & publishing;
7. To train and mentor new workers in this specialist field of arts practice;
8. To facilitate the creativity of the core staff and to encourage their professional development.
2015 Productions:
(Spring & Autumn) After Dark by Mike Kenny
(Spring) BEAG Early Years Arts Intervention
(Summer) Gile na Gealaí – Melody of the Moon
(Culture Night) Jackie's Day by Sarah FitzGibbon
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(Spring) Dorchadas Draíochta by Mike Kenny Première as Gaeilge
(Autumn) The Children of The Revolution by Ray Scannell (New Commission)
(Ongoing) The Centenary Workshops/Ceardlanna an Chéid


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You'll often hear people say that Pilates is good for runners, but if you're anything like me, you won't fully believe it until you understand why. Pilates is all about learning to use your body in its most efficient way. Everything you are taught in class is for this reason and with everyday function in mind. It therefore goes hand in hand that it will help make your running more efficient. We will look at the six principles of Pilates and how they will help you.
'Breathing is the first act of life, and the last' [1]. Pilates teaches you to use your breath consciously opposed to our day-to-day breathing that we usually do without any thought. We breathe in combination with the movement, using the breath to increase efficiency. This becomes important in running where we want the breath to match the stride pattern. Doing this brings a consistency to your breath and has the additional benefit of putting your attention there, instead of say, how much your legs are aching! In Pilates we are taught to exhale all the stale air out, which gives more room for inhalation and a higher volume of fresh air (and therefore oxygen) into the lungs. This in time increases lung capacity which will improve running performance.
This is 'the act of drawing your own mental and physical focus during each exercise to the core, or centre' [1]. This isn't just your 'six-pack' muscle. The core is called your 'powerhouse' in Pilates. It incorporates the muscles from the bottom of your ribs to below your hips, including your four abdominal muscles (internal and external obliques, transverse abdominis and abdominis recti), diaphragm, pelvis floor, multifidus, quadratus lumborum, spinalis, psoas, as well as the muscles in your bum. A lot of muscles is what I'm trying to say.
Your core when running serves to 'stabilise the spine and make movement of the extremities as economical as possible, allowing the transfer of power with minimal dissipation of energy' [2]. Using the centre in Pilates also strengthens the diaphragm which is one of the primary breathing muscles. Added strength in this area will mean more air in the lungs with less effort, helping you run further and further when combined with the additional lung capacity.
Pilates works the stabilising muscles such as the gluteus medius (you may have heard of it as the glute med) which are so important when running. These muscles will stop you from wobbling when you are on one leg. Many injuries are caused by the knee falling out of alignment and out to one side in this wobble, so strengthening the stabilising muscles helps to not only increase efficiency but reduce injury. Exercises such as clams (shown right) target these areas which are hard to focus on in regular gym exercises.
It is not just pelvic stability that is important. Pilates also works scapular or shoulder stability. If your shoulder girdle isn't stable when running it is going to have a knock on effect to your lower body. Image trying to run whilst flailing your arms out wildly side to side; your lower body won't be able to balance. This is obviously an extreme example but shows the relationship between upper and lower body stabilisation.
Concentration is just that. Joseph Pilates states 'Concentrate on the correct movements EACH TIME YOU EXERCISE, lest you do them improperly and thus lose all the vital benefits of their value' [1]. This concentration on every movement takes time to master as the mind likes to wander off when it is not controlled. Pilates helps bring this focus which is a transferable skill to all areas of life, including running. Focussing on your running form helps to not only become more efficient, but also keep the mind from wandering to things we don't want to think about…again, the pain springs to mind (can you tell I might push myself hard when running).
This is again using the mind, but using it to make sure the body is in complete control. This relates to posture and alignment. Using this skill can help running efficiency. Efficient running uses gravity to assist by having a slight lean forward in a straight line opposed to leaning with the spine [3]. Whether you believe in mid-foot striking (right) or forefoot striking (left)- a whole different debate- you still lean forward as shown to the left.
Many people find difficulty keeping their pelvis level in everyday life, let alone running with this lean. Pilates helps to develop a body awareness and control to enable you to know when your pelvis is in 'neutral' or level. It also focuses on strengthening all the postural muscles of the 'powerhouse' to enable us to do this without thought or strain.
The goal in Pilates exercises is for them to be performed with 'fluidity, elegance, and grace' [1]. Watch professional runners and they nearly all share this quality in their movement. Learning this in Pilates helps to transfer flow to all movement, including running. When something is performed in this way it is again, more efficient. In order to achieve flowing movements, the joints need to be mobile and free from excess muscle tension. Pilates not only strengthens muscles but also lengthens them to help with mobility. If you aren't mobile in the hips it is going to be difficult to maintain a level pelvis whilst extending your leg behind you or bringing your knee in front of you. Muscle tightness also increases the risk of injury, so limber up with some Pilates!
This is about the placement, alignment, and trajectory of each moving part of the body' [1]. Again this will improve running efficiency. In running we are looking for precision where we are planting our foot, where the knees are moving in line with the hips and ankles, where our arms are in opposition to our legs and so on. Learning precise movements in Pilates is yet another transferable skill which will help you no end when running.
As you can see, Pilates has numerous important benefits for those that run. Have a go at the class at the top of the page to find out for yourself, and let me know how you get on.


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With the release date for Gearbox's highly anticipated role playing shooter Borderlands 2 inching closer, Gearbox has now set up a calculator for the skill trees available in the game for all the classes.
The skill tree calculator shows the skill trees for Axton the Commando, Zer0 the Assassin, Salvador the Gunzerker and Maya the Siren. The skill trees show a great variety in the abilities that are available to players, with each character having three skill trees. It is possible to have a character as varied as a Siren who causes explosions when she uses her phaselock ability on enemies, and heals her team mates if she shoots them with her gun.
Some of the skills for Maya in Borderlands 2
Earlier this month, Gearbox released a trailer for Borderlands 2 that introduces you to the changes between the first and second games, along with helpful hints help you in becoming more badass. The trailer is narrated by Sir Hammerlock, who gives an introductory tour of Borderlands 2 as only he can. The trailer shows many details about the game, such as the name of the Big Bad of the game, Handsome Jack. The trailer also points out how much of a badass you are. It shows how you can become more badass by levelling up your character, getting new and interesting weapons out of the 87 bazillion the game has, and how you can attain new levels of badassery by getting things such as relics and class mods, which change how certain skills of your character work.
The trailer also gives information about the four classes in the game – the Gunzerker, the Siren, the Commando and the Assassin. The Gunzerker, named Salvador, is a brute force master of mayhem that has the ability to enter a berserk rampage armed with a two-handed gun in each hand. The Siren, named Maya, is a woman with the ability to Phaselock her enemies and control the flow of battle. The Commando, named Axton, is a general combat proficient character with the ability to deploy an automated turret. The Assassin, named Zer0, is a mysterious individual equipped for deadly precision attacks and has the ability to deploy a decoy and fade from sight.
The game had recently gone gold. The developers of the game are now working on downloadable content (DLC) of which there will be four. The planned DLCs will be decently sized campaign add-ons with new stories and environments. The developers also mentioned a Season Pass for Borderlands 2 that may be available later and will include all four add-on campaigns. The Season Pass will be priced at 2400 Microsoft Points for the Xbox 360 and $29.99 on the PC and PlayStation 3. This would mean that buying the Season Pass will net you a 25 percent discount over buying each add-on campaign individually.
Borderlands 2 will be released for the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3 and the PC on September 18, 2012. The DLC add-on campaigns for the game will be available on Xbox LIVE Arcade, Steam and PlayStation Network.
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Early stage businesses govern their operations more by vision than by a budget. This makes sense, because without a track record it's difficult to develop a credible budget. But over time as the business expands, it needs structure to grow successfully.
If your employees are not accustomed to working with a budget, it could lead to culture shock and the false impression that you are stifling growth or becoming too stodgy. That's why its important to shape your company's culture early on to accept budgets and related controls. First make sure that key employees are familiar with financial statements and how their decisions impact them. Next teach employees how budgeting works, emphasizing that they are flexible and will adapt as the business requires.
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When you order, you submit all your details andmake the first months payment. We then set up the direct debit and whilst that's clearing, we prep your bike (all of the fleet is new at the moment). We like to deliver bikes ourselves at the moment, so we get in touch to find a convenient time. Usually this is by phone, sometimes by email. Then you just need to look out for a yellow mini and hope we're not running late (sorry in advance - we're not that bad…).
We keep in touch with the odd email to check how your child is getting on, and work out when they will grow out of the bike. Once they need a new size, you let us know. We generally find that it's every 18 months they need the next size up. You then you send it back to us (we do also offer pick up) and once we have received it we send you your next bike.
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Tomorrow, Jacqueline du Pré's widower conducts a special concert to mark the 30th anniversary of her passing. Here we pay the cellist a small tribute of our own
"Jacqueline du Pré was a creature like none other: musically, cellistically and as a personality. Some things, very few, but some things are beyond words. And Jacqueline du Pré was beyond words," says Toby Perlman in a new BBC4 documentary directed by Christopher Nupen. The hour-long film is comprised of archival footage from five of Nupen's previous works on the late Du Pré, made prior to her premature death in 1987 from Multiple Sclerosis. Perlman, the partner of violinist Itzhak Perlman, was just one of the notable figures close to the cellist during her lifetime, which saw the musician rise to garner a widely accepted status as one of the most precocious musical talents of all time.
Renowned for her visceral and emotionally charged performances, which eschewed the logical and often po-faced attitude of classical music, Du Pré's convulsing body appeared to become possessed by Dvořák, Brahms and, perhaps most notably Elgar, as she played his melancholic Cello Concerto in E Minor, a piece of music now synonymous with her gut-wrenching interpretation. Tomorrow, her widower, composer Daniel Barenboim, conducts a concert at London's Southbank to mark the 30th anniversary of her death. Here, we pay Du Pré a small tribute of our own.
Defining Features
Du Pré was known as one of classical music's most striking women, described by those who knew her as 'Juno-esque'. Her pale complexion was offset by a mane of thick straw-coloured hair that fell about her face as she performed. Equally fair lashes and highly expressive brows framed her watery eyes. As musician John Williams recalls: "She was a bit like a schoolgirl, totally open, rather jolly – but she had these shrewd, discerning eyes. Someone else's eyes in her round jolly face."
She reached adolescence during the early 1960s, and wore clothes that were befitting of the era, yet also had many specialist gowns made for her to perform in, the designs lending themselves to the particularly spasmodic movement of her body. Later in life, after she married the Israeli-Argentinian Barenboim, she adopted a European-sounding accent, leaving a cut-glass English twang behind her.
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Du Pré first picked up a cello at the age of six, and went on to enrol at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama at ten after winning an award that allowed her early entrance to the institution. Here, she learned her craft with the famous cellist William Pleeth, who she fondly nicknamed her "cello daddy". She later studied under various world-famous classical musicians in Europe and Russia, with Mstislav Rostropovich exclaiming she was "the only cellist of the younger generation that could equal and overtake my own achievement". With a particular skill for memorisation, Du Pré would instinctively learn her pieces without the need for much rehearsal, which allowed her to play with the kind of emotion, expression and command of her instrument that most cellists never achieve. Her debut performance took place at London's Wigmore Hall at the age of 16, and four years later she would go on to record the now famous Elgar Cello Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra.
Not long after studying in Russia, Du Pré met pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim (incidentally, while they both had glandular fever) and the two fell deeply in love. "Instead of saying good evening we sat down and played Brahms," the musician recalled of their relationship. She soon converted to Judaism, marrying Barenboim in Jerusalem a while later. The pair would often draw comparisons between Robert and Clara Schumann through their outstanding collaborative work.
But, tragically, it wasn't to last. By 1971 Du Pré's playing began to falter: she could no longer feel the strings or the weight of her bow and was prone to bouts of clinical depression. Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, Du Pré was robbed of her ability to play the cello by the age of 28, ultimately ending up wheelchair-bound and unable to feed or dress herself. Her body – once such an integral part of her performance – had ultimately failed her. She passed away at the age of 42. After her death, a book titled A Genius in the Family was written by Du Pré's siblings Hilary and Piers. In 1998, it was turned into biopic Hilary and Jackie, starring Emily Watson as Jacqueline and Rachel Griffiths as Hilary. Despite the film receiving high praise from critics – Watson and Griffiths each received Best Actress and Supporting Actress Academy Award nominations for their challenging roles – it was also met with furore from those who knew Du Pré personally, with director Anand Tucker accused of over-dramatising Du Pré's life.
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Du Pré's unyielding love for performance broke with formal conventions of classical music, imbuing concertos with a romantic spirit, not least through her expressive and frenzied bodily movements which were often met with criticism and shock. Nonetheless, she continued to work in her own way until she was no longer able, with the bow of her cello communicating something truly transcendent. In her personal life, Du Pré was known for her unashamed honesty and openness, reflected in the candid performances that have moved even the most stoic of men into tears. "She didn't give people what they wanted, but she gave people who she was," says Nupen's documentary.
Daniel Barenboim and West-Eastern Divan Orchestra perform at the Southbank Centre, London, on October 28 & 29, 2017.


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Well, believe that or not, the suspense is soaring to unprecedented highs as there is still uncertainty about who is the Bigg Boss 11 winner. This will remain so till the official announcement has been made. But Bigg Boss 11 winner name will definitely come from these four champion fighters in the reality TV show who bested everyone else to remain alive till the very last day! It has now emerged that desi Superhero aka the Padman, better known as Akshay Kumar will join BB11 to announce this season's winner! And when will he do that? Well, catch him tonight at 9 PM as the the Bigg Boss 11 Finale plays out. Needless to say, Hina Khan, Shilpa Shinde, Vikas Gupta and Puneesh Sharma must be thinking that they have done all the hard work and each one of them should be announced the winner.
However, that is not the way contests work out. There has to be one winner and the scales are turning in many contestants' favour and then they tilt to others. However, one thing is clear to everybody, and that is that both Hina Khan and Shilpa Shinde have created the most controversies and are eye-ball grabbers by all rights. Vikas Gupta and Puneesh Sharma are dark horses. They sometimes win too, but not often. The girls have gone out of a limb and staked their reputations on BB11 just to emerge winners. And now they are both eyeing looking to be crowned the champion.
To cut down to brass tacks, tune into this space to find out who will emerge the real winner and ignore all else including the reports saying Bigg Boss 11 winner name leaked. There is everything to play for still and may the best woman or man win. So, aa gayi hai results ki ghadi! Top 4 finalists mein se kaun banega Bigg Boss season 11 ka winner?
And not just Shilpa Shinde, Hina Khan, Puneesh Sharma and Vikas Gupta will be there to entertain and shock and awe you, a number of spectacular acts will be seen on the show tonight that will leave you craving for more and more.