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USC School of Music offers summer programs and events for all ages
Summer Chorus I and II
Community singers and students are invited to participate in Summer Chorus at USC. Join summer singers for Mozart's Missa Brevis, Brahms' Nanie and Corigliano's Fern Hill. First rehearsal for Summer Chorus I is May 31. Summer Chorus II's first rehearsal is July 5, performing Haydn's Harmony Mass and Brahm's Song of Fate (tentative). Public performances are June 24 and 26 and July 29 and 31. Register at first rehearsal. $15
Conductors Institute of South Carolina
Watch the world's next conductors as they train with professionals in the field. The public is invited to observe Mondays – Saturdays during the Conductors Institute, from 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. and 2:00 – 4:30 p.m., June 5 – June 18 at the Koger Center for the Arts. Contact Charlene Rackley: firstname.lastname@example.com or 803-777-7500.
Music Play
You're never too young for music! Music Play classes at the USC's Children's Music Development Center are part of an innovative
program designed to develop the music potential of young children from newborns to
five-year-olds. And it's fun for parents too! Both Wednesday and Saturday classes
are available. June 8–July 20 (Wed. class) and June 11–July 23 (Sat. class). Registration deadline is June 1 for Wed. class and June 4 for Sat.
Contact Wendy Valerio: firstname.lastname@example.com or 803-777-5382.
Southeastern Piano Festival
The much anticipated Southeastern Piano Festival is a summer highlight in Columbia June 12–19. Twenty of some of the best precollege pianists on the piano scene today take part in a rigorous program that culminates with the Arthur Fraser International Piano Competition. Nightly concerts by a rich lineup of world-class guest pianists are open to the public, and the Festival opens with the Piano Extravaganza Concert on Sunday, June 12 featuring Marina Lomazov, Joseph Rackers, Phillip Bush, Charles Fugo and guests. Tickets are on sale here.
USC Summer Drum Major Clinic
Rising sophomores, juniors and seniors who have been selected as official drum majors
for their high school can participate in the Drum Major Clinic, which focuses on the skills essential to becoming an effective high school drum
major, June 16–18. Deadline to register is June 3. $110 per person (lodging not included).
Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com or 803-777-4278.
Carolina Summer Music Conservatory
Advanced high school students of woodwind, strings, brass, percussion, jazz, voice
and piano can get an intensive week of training with USC faculty and other professional
musicians at Carolina Summer Music Conservatory. In addition to individual lessons, courses in music history, music theory and jazz
improvisation are offered during the week. June 19–25. $450; with room/board $725.
Contact Clifford Leaman: email@example.com or 803-576-5893.
Carolina Opera Experience
Carolina Opera Experience campers get an exciting, hands-on experience in the art of opera, and the week ends
with a public performance. Kids learn the art of props, make-up, costumes, scenery
and musical preparation in this creative experience for 5th through 10th graders.
Students work with professional-level opera singers, directors and designers and explore
the basics of creating characters with and through music. July 11–15. $185
Contact Lisa Smith: email@example.com or 803-777-5369.
Music Education Professional Development Courses
Music education professional development courses are for early childhood, elementary, middle school and high school music teachers,
piano teachers, instrumental teachers, musicians, professional performers and music
education students interested in furthering their understanding of audiation and enhancing
their teaching through an audiation approach, are eligible to enroll. July 11–22. $150/565
Contact Wendy Valerio: email@example.com or 803-777-5382.
Summer Piano Camps and Lessons
NEW! For beginners: This two-week course at the Center for Piano Studies is open to beginners, from age 5 to 8, who have had one year or less of piano study. July 11–15 and July 18–22.
NEW! For intermediates: this one-week class is for ages 8 to 14 who have taken piano for at least 3 years takes place June 27–July 2 and July 25–30. Private lessons are also available. Cost varies.
Contact Sara Ernst: email@example.com or 803-777-4414.
USC String Project Summer Camp
Students in grades 3 through high school hone their skills and learn from experienced
teachers and graduate students. String Project Camp fosters the excitement of developing skills on an orchestral string instrument and
is open to students who have completed one year of instruction. July 11–15.
Contact: email@example.com or 803-777-9568.
Private Lessons
Private lessons are available in brass, strings, woodwinds, guitar, percussion and voice. Our private
lesson program offers 10 or 6 lessons. New this summer: Music theory classes introduce students to the basic elements and notional conventions
of music. These building blocks of musical grammar provide the foundation for further
explorations in harmony, history, counterpoint, and analysis. Cost varies.
Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com or 803-777-5381.


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Going green is top of mind for businesses and individuals alike. Whether paying bills online, emailing receipts or signing e-documents, cutting down on paper is helping the environment and significantly reducing paper waste.
Technologies that enable mobile productivity make going paperless even more convenient. Intel-powered tablets provide a means to get business done without printing countless documents. The trend is already in full swing, being adopted by numerous tablet users. Here are a few ways that you can decrease paper waste and go green with your tablet.
Hold the Receipts
Our pockets are constantly cluttered with receipts that waste paper and often end up crumpled in the laundry or tossed out. Many mom and pop shops are bringing tablets into their businesses to cut out paper waste while improving customer's experiences. More and more often you will see a tablet and payment applications such as Square, which ensure both customer and business security, in the place of a cash register at your corner coffee shop or favorite lunch spot. Swiping, signing and sending your receipt to your email inbox instead of waiting for a printed receipt improves the speed and ease of your purchase while cutting out paper waste. By continuing to implement paperless point of sale solutions and encouraging customers to opt-in, businesses will improve the customer experience and provide secure methods to go paperless.
E-Sign Away
Popular e-signature solutions such as DocuSign and Adobe EchoSign enable secure, paperless signing. Businesses and individuals can cut out the paper trail and eliminate printing lengthy documents to sign and scan or fax. E-signing on a tablet can benefit large business who constantly send out contracts to employees, customers and vendors, small businesses who need an efficient and cost effective solution, and individuals who might need to accept a job offer or sign an agreement while away from their printer, all backed by top security solutions.
Ditch Your Notepad
Whether taking notes in work meetings, the classroom, or for your personal reference, a tablet can act as a one-stop shop for organizing your documents and reminders. From grocery lists to important meeting minutes, tablets eliminate the need to carry around clunky notepads and help to consolidate important information in one ultra-portable place. Apps such as Evernote go above and beyond by helping you organize notes, make lists and clip Web pages, in addition to tasks such as photographing receipts saving pictures all on your tablet. Share documents with your other devices, friends, family and colleagues with apps such as OneDrive and Google Drive to improve collaboration and connectivity.
Stop Your Subscriptions
While some things will always be nice to have on paper, chances are you may prefer reading your newspapers and magazines conveniently on your tablet device. Instead of carrying around heavy magazines or sorting through the morning paper, newspaper and magazine apps allow you to save articles, subscribe to monthly magazines and organize reading materials all on your tablet. Think of all the trees that are saved by people reading more on their device.
With New Year's resolutions on the horizon, now is a good time to reevaluate your paper usage and think about how you can positively impact the environment by using your tablet.

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Professional physics demonstrator David Maiullo creates scientific "magic" right before your eyes! This Off-Broadway performance captivates audiences with interesting experiments centered around motion, momentum, vacuum, friction, energy, density, fluid motion, sound waves and sound vibration, among other things. Kids of all ages (and adults, too!) will undoubtedly be enchanted by David's exciting and educational performance. All ages.
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StoryCORE—Connecting Over Reflections and Experiences—is a program that responds to the increasingly diverse population at Bryn Mawr College. Through StoryCORE, students come together to talk about their experiences, share their stories, and promote and participate in an open dialogue around issues of diversity.
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Avatar faced some potential blockbuster competition this weekend, as Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend brought Denzel Washington and The Book of Eli out to face off against James Cameron and the Blue People Group. Avatar seemed safe to repeat for its fifth straight weekend, but with Denzel able to open films in the $40 million range, Avatar would have to hold strongly from its $50 million gross earned last weekend. Other new players this weekend include Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones and Jackie Chan dipping to new lows in The Spy Next Door.Our number one film for the fifth straight weekend is James Cameron's Avatar, as it becomes the first film since 1999's The Sixth Sense to stay at number one for five consecutive frames. Avatar earned another $41.3 million this weekend, and drops a very small 18%, thanks largely in part to the Martin Luther King holiday on Monday, which turns a usually slower Sunday at the box office into a quasi-Saturday. While Avatar didn't reach $500 million this weekend, it will before next weekend is upon us, which will make it the fastest ever to reach that mark. It took The Dark Night 45 days to earn a half-billion, where Avatar will likely take 35 days. Avatar also easily took the record for the biggest fifth weekend of all time, getting ahead of Titanic's $30 million and The Sixth Sense, which brought in $29.3 million over its fifth frame. Oddly enough, over Titanic's fifth frame, it beat another Denzel Washington film, Fallen, which debuted that weekend to $9.1 million. History is repeating itself, this time with bigger numbers.


text: Best Vacation Lodges in Washington and Oregon M.D. Johnson - December 13, 2017 Many of our region's public-land accommodations are located within a short distance of great fishing or hunting opportunities and offer lodging that ranges from simple and rustic to more well-equipped. Photo By Ron Sinfelt The only thing better than the perfect place to rest your head, courtesy of The Great Outdoors, of course, is knowing that place is located smack dab in the middle of some of the best hunting and fishing the region has to offer. Fortunately, folks choosing to recreate in the Pacific Northwest have an almost endless list of possibilities from which to choose. Want something within earshot of the surf, where clamming, crabbing and both saltwater and freshwater fishing are all just minutes away? You can find it, along with a bunk for the night. Long for something a little drier, with a dash of sagebrush, mule deer, and the occasional tumbleweed? It's there, too. The challenge, if there indeed is one, lies in making the decision as to which way to point the truck, how many fishing poles to pack, and which rifle — or shotgun, for you shotgunners — to stow. In the world of problems, it's a good problem to have. However, this month, Washington-Oregon Game & Fish will try to take the soul-searching out of this decision with a short list of state-owned best bets for base camps.OREGONPrineville Reservoir State Park Sixteen miles southeast of the town of Prineville in central Oregon lie the roughly 3,000 surface acres of the aptly-named Prineville Reservoir. Created by the construction of the Bowman Dam and subsequent damming of the Crooked River, itself having headwaters in the Ochoco Mountains, Prineville is a popular playground for Oregon residents living in all four corners of The Beaver State. Situated on the north shore of the reservoir at approximately the midpoint between Bowman Dam to the west on Highway 27 and Highway 380 to the east, Prineville State Park caters to some 33,000 overnighters annually, many of whom come to enjoy the fantastic fishing and hunting to be found locally. In addition to 44 RV sites and 23 tenting spots, Prineville offers five deluxe log cabins, complete with showers, heating and air conditioning, a covered porch, outdoor barbeque and sleeping for six. Three miles to the east, the smaller Jasper Point Campground, a part of Prineville, features an additional pet-friendly cabin, with like amenities. Fishing is tops at Prineville, with the most sought-after species being largemouth and smallmouth bass, crappies, planted rainbow trout, and bullheads. Several launching facilities are available at Prineville, including ramps at Bowman Dam, the state park, Jasper Point, and the Prineville Resort below Jasper Point. Late spring, May, especially, is a great time to focus on Prineville crappies, with light jigs tightlined or fished underneath a casting bubble often being the ticket to filling a cooler with fine-eating specks. Smallmouth are suckers for plastics; twistertails in a variety of colors rigged on 1/8-ounce leadheads work well.And while fishing's king at Prineville, hunters aren't left out. The eastern end of the reservoir does provide some waterfowling potential. However, it's the public lands surrounding the lake where upland bird enthusiasts seek out coveys of valley quail. Those obtain permission to hunt private holdings around the reservoir can find good dove hunting, especially at the opener in September, as well as often excellent goose hunting, that particularly good during the mid- to latter part of the traditional waterfowl season (October through January). Closer to and within the boundaries of the Ochoco National Forest east of Prineville, blue and ruffed grouse become a possibility, as do improved chances of encountering mule deer, elk, pronghorn antelopes, black bears and cougars. The national forest, all 850,000 acres of it, is a beautiful place, tailor-made for those seeking quiet, solitude, and, with luck, the main ingredient for pan-fried grouse breasts.19020 SE Parkland Drive, Prineville, OR 97754 - 800-452-5687 - reserveamerica.com Accommodations: Five deluxe log cabins, complete with showers, heating and air conditioning, a covered porch, outdoor barbeque and sleeping for six. Rates: $87 to $97. Rates can vary by date.Farewell Bend SRA If history, hunting, fishing, rockhounding, hiking, waterskiing, rock climbing, and essentially anything outdoors-esque is what one seeks, then eastern Oregon's Farewell Bend State Recreation Area has it on tap. And then some. Located just north of Interstate 84 near the town of Huntington on the Oregon/Idaho border and on the shore of the Snake River, what this diminutive 74-acre parcel of greenery amidst the desert lacks in size, she certainly makes up for both in hospitality and in her vast array of outdoor recreational opportunities. Ninety-one RV sites with electric and water dot the area, along with 30 tent spots and a designated hiker/biker camp. Two log cabins are available. At Farewell Bend, the Snake River begins to back up, courtesy of the Brownlee Dam, the first of three structures that make up the Hells Canyon Hydroelectric Project, built in 1958, and thus creating Brownlee Reservoir. The remaining two — Oxbow, and the Hells Canyon Dam — were built in 1961 and '67, respectively. Among Western anglers, Brownlee Reservoir is well-known as a top-end producer of smallmouths and rainbow trout; however, it's the crappies, channel cats, and tackle-busting flatheads that attract fishermen and women in droves from all around the Tri-State area. Spring is crappie time, with small chartreuse, yellow, yellow/black, and white marabou jigs being the go-to baits. Channel cats, too, favor the warming waters of spring, falling victim to both boaters and shore-based anglers soaking commercially-prepared baits or nightcrawlers on the bottom. Summer and fall see incredible smallmouth action on Brownlee for those tossing crankbaits in crayfish patterns, or slowly working orange/brown jigs over rocky points mid-day. Huntington Bait and Tackle on First Street in Huntington is the place to go for the most up-to-the-minute information on fishing Brownlee.Cabins at Farewell Bend - 23751 Old Highway 30, Huntington, OR 97907 - reserveamerica.com - 1-800-452-5687LODGING: Two log cabins equipped with a full bed, two bunks, electricity, heating and air conditioning. Rates: Prices range from $44 to $54 per night, depending on the seasonWASHINGTONNorth Head Lighthouse Residences I think in part, perhaps large part, because I'm a native of the Midwest — Ohio to be precise — I absolutely love the Washington coast, and the Long Beach Peninsula (LBP) in particular. Why? I love the salt air. The smell. Marsh's Free Museum, and Jake the Alligator Man; but that's another story.There are countless things to watch and things to do on the LBP, and what's more, wonderful places to bed down for the evening after a long day of fishing or setting out goose decoys. Certainly, there are campgrounds aplenty, all of which provide visitors their choice of primitive and not-so-primitive accommodations; however, if it's something a little bit different you're searching for in terms of lodging, then look no farther than the North Head Lighthouse keeper's former residence. That's right; I said lighthouse.Located roughly two miles north of the mouth of the Columbia River, the North Head Lighthouse was completed in 1898 and was meant to serve as a guide for mariners approaching the river from the north. A nearby sister lighthouse at Cape Disappointment served a similar function, only for ships coming from the south. In 1995, the U.S. Coast Guard turned stewardship of the lighthouse over to the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission, who in turn began maintaining the lighthouse keeper's residence as a vacation rental facility.Today, two homes, each accommodating a maximum of six guests, are available. And each is within a short walk of the North Head Lighthouse, itself. Inside each, guests will find three fully furnished bedrooms, a formal dining room, living room, and kitchen equipped with a modern range. Sorry, there's no television reception or Wi-Fi at the property; fortunately, however, there's plenty to do outdoors and within minutes without plugging anything in or charging anything up! As North Head lies within Cape Disappointment State Park, there is no hunting permitted; however, there are plenty of water-based activities available. A short drive through the park brings visitors to the North Jetty, an Army Corps of Engineers on-going project that provides excellent fishing for red-tailed surf perch, black sea bass (rockfish), lingcod, and both king and silver salmon. Crabbing, too, is popular from the jetty. Inland from the cape, the 28-mile-long peninsula offers additional opportunities for surf fishing, crabbing, oyster gathering, and, during fall and spring, razor clamming. Several small freshwater lakes on the peninsula, including Black, Island, Lost, and Loomis, hold excellent numbers of largemouth bass, yellow perch and bluegills, and make for great morning or evening kayak or canoe adventures. Hunting, as mentioned earlier, is limited on the LBP due to much of the peninsula being privately owned.Waterfowlers are afforded some opportunity at Leadbetter Point at the extreme north end, and the Riekkola Unit, a parcel within the Willapa Bay National Wildlife Refuge, located east of the community of Long Beach. Big game including blacktail deer, Roosevelt elk, and black bear are pursued on Long Island east of the LBP in Willapa Bay — archery only — as well as on private timberlands farther inland. Information about all there is to do on the peninsula, as well as the history of Jake the Alligator Man, can be obtained by contacting the Long Beach Peninsula Visitors Bureau at 360-642-2400, or at funbeach.com.244 Robert Gray Drive, Ilwaco, WA 98624 - 1-888-CAMPOUT - washington.goingtocamp.comLodging: Two houses, each with three bedrooms and one bathroom. Rates: Contact for current rates.Potholes State Park If fishing's your bag, then Washington's Potholes State Park should be, without question, the epicenter of your where-to-go map. Located in central Washington's Grant County some seven miles south of the town of Moses Lake, Potholes Reservoir is one of the West's premier walleye and smallmouth fisheries, and at over 20,000 surface acres, provides more than ample room for anglers from all over the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Interesting to note, the reservoir was created by the building of O'Sullivan Dam, and is often referred to as O'Sullivan Reservoir, with the adjacent complex of small freshwater ponds and lakes to the north being known simply as The Potholes. Photo Courtesy of Long Beach Peninsula Visitor's Bureau The state park sits in the southwest corner of the complex due west of the dam and just north of Highway 262. Five rustic (translation: no indoor plumbing, restrooms are nearby, and an air conditioning unit is provided) cabins are scattered along the shoreline, along with 61 tent camping spots and another 60 units with water and electricity.Should you tire of walleyes and smallmouths on O'Sullivan, there are plenty of smaller local waters to try, including Soda and Upper Goose lakes to the east, Moses Lake to the north, and the Columbia River at Vantage to the west. Come fall, this area of Washington is well-known among serious waterfowlers as providing some of the finest duck hunting found in the Pacific Flyway. The upper end of O'Sullivan, i.e. The Potholes, is famous for its 'fowling; so, too, is the nearby Columbia River and many of the privately-held irrigated fields surrounding the reservoir. Valley quail can be found in good numbers throughout much of Grant County. Pheasants, mourning dove and Hungarian (gray) partridge round out the upland bird roster, while mule deer, coyotes, bobcats, and cottontails serve up a big game, predator and small game menu.6762 Highway 262 East, Othello, WA 99344 - 1-888-CAMPOUT - washington.goingtocamp.comLODGING: Rustic cabins that include air conditioning. Access to nearby bathroom facility. Rates: From $45 to $80 per night, depending upon date.Click Here To See Your States Best Hunting and Fishing Coverage


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How an uneven skin tone can age you
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We all worry about wrinkles, but according to research reported by NetDoctor, it's uneven skin tone that really gives your age away.
Austrian and German research showed that an uneven, patchy complexion can age you by as much as 20 years.
Pigmentation is one problem – it's often worse in Asian, black or Mediterranean skins because they naturally have more melanin – the pigment that gives hair and skin its colour.
Your body produces excess pigment thanks to inflammation, hormones and sun damage, and even short bursts of sun exposure can cause problems.
It's treated topically by dermatologists using hydroquinone – which isn't safe for pregnant women who often suffer pigmentation thanks to excess oestrogen – or you can get products off the shelf containing kojic acid, soy extracts, vitamin C (ascorbic acid) and vitamin B3, (nicotinamide or niacinamide).
Another factor is oxygen; our skin's oxygen intake starts to drop after the age of 25, and is halved by the time we hit 50.
This leads to dehydration – and a dull, uneven complexion.
Pores enlarge too, because our skin loses elasticity thanks to declining collagen and elastin, the proteins that give skin its firm structure.
Freckles, while cute speckling our noses as children, lose their appeal as we get older and they cluster in patches thanks to years of UV exposure.
Then there are age spots – the yellowish-brown splodges, caused by UV-damaged pigment cells and oxidative stress, which traps waste inside skin cells.
A more general dull, uneven skin tone with a rough texture, visible pores, and fine lines can be caused by a combination of skin fatigue, everyday pollutants, poor nutrition, yo-yo dieting, stress, smoking, alcohol, inadequate sleep and lack of exercise.
You can spot fatigued skin by the telltale patchiness around your mouth, temples and eyes, increased oiliness on your T zone, prominent pores and dryness around your nose and cheeks.
So how do you beat this? Matis Reponse Intensive Redensifying Concentrate is a tone booster concentrate for mature skin which can improve your complexion.
This melting and light texture care boosts tone and firmness of mature skin thanks to its active ingredients acting on restructuration and consolidation of a dermal network. They also act on collagen and elastin present in the skin. Your skin looks firmer, the oval is as redrawn, lines and wrinkles seem to fade away.


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Honeysuckle, Woodbine
Lonicera 'Mandarin' (Honeysuckle). These are deciduous, semi-evergreen or evergreen shrubs and woody-stemmed, twining climbers. The flowers are tubular, with spreading 2 lipped petal lobes. You should prune out the flowering wood of climbers after flowering.
They are fully hardy to frost tender, with a min of 5C. They are easily grown in sun or light shade, in any fertile, well drained soil. They will need regular pruning to keep them from becoming tangles. You can propagate from seeds in the autumn or spring or from cuttings in summer or late autumn. Prune out flowered wood of climbers after flowering. Prune shrubs only to remove dead shoots or restrain growth.
Grown for fragrant, year-round flowers which attract bees in the day and moths at night. Suitable for flower arranging. Suitable for coastal conditions.
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Rustic Roman Bronze 3 Panel Fireplace Mesh Screen
The heavy duty Roman Bronze designer screen is the epitome of rustic charm. The ornate design of this screen will certainly complement a multitude of fireplaces. This larger sized freestanding screen provides protection and rustic sophistication for fireplaces that have a larger opening. The item features solid tri-folding panels that make the screen easy to maneuver and setup. This fireplace screen showcases attentive detail with the twisted rope handles on the side panels for both elegance and convenience. The durable bronze heat and scratch resistant finish will allow long lasting years of use.
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Jen Hippisley was born and raised in St. Louis, MO, the gateway to the West. She enjoyed an active lifestyle growing up, playing soccer, basketball and volleyball and spending time at the river. Graduating from Colorado State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering, Jen wasn't ready to leave the Colorado lifestyle behind and joined the Point team in October of 2014. Since moving to Denver, she enjoys skiing, hiking, food and art festivals and volunteering at the humane society. Jen remains an avid St. Louis sports fan and never misses an opportunity to see her teams play when they come into town.
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Ryan Ghesquiere
Ryan Ghesquiere grew up in the small agricultural Town of Johnstown, Colorado and is a proud Colorado native. He enjoys a multitude of sports, hanging out with friends and family, and spending time outdoors taking in all the wonders Colorado has to offer. From a young age he had a creative passion for the natural world and loved to display his creativity throughout different forms of art and music. After graduating high school from Roosevelt High he carried his passion on to the City of Green and Gold. He found his home away from home at Colorado State University where he studied Landscape Architecture. Ryan graduated college with a Bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture and moved to Morrison, CO with his wife, Rachel. In July 2015 he joined the Point Consulting team and with a well-earned set of skills and a determined attitude he is ready to take on whatever is thrown his way.
Nick Sheremeta
Nick Sheremeta grew up in Englewood, Colorado just outside of Denver. Growing up Nick enjoyed skiing and became an accomplished swimmer in high school which he continued to do in college. He left Colorado to attend the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia where he studied Civil Engineering. After graduating he worked in the telecommunication and technology industries in Washington D.C. and Boston. After 10 years of living on the east coast he came to his senses and moved back to Colorado where he worked as a civil engineer in the mining industry and met his wife Darcy. Nick worked on many diverse and international mining projects around the world both as a civil and a mining engineer. Nick Joined the Point team in November 2015 bringing his diverse experiences with him. Nick lives with his wife Darcy in Denver where he takes full advantage of the all that Colorado has to offer by skiing, camping, fishing, and biking.


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by Hazel Straub
Daddy God, loves to lavish his love on you. He delights in you, his child and loves to give you good things. Every need he supplies to overflowing. The enemy of our souls is defeated.
Trust confidently in God, focusing your eyes on him, with faith. Do not pay attention to the difficulties, which are only a test, so you can experience how God provides for you supernaturally. The test becomes your testimony, when you believe that nothing is impossible with God. Praise God because what you need is already on its way. Worship and thank God, before it is in your hand, because it is already done!
Trust in the LORD and do what is right!
Settle in the land and maintain your integrity!
Then you will take delight in the LORD and he will answer your prayers.
Commit your future to the LORD!
Trust in him, and he will act on your behalf.
He will vindicate you in broad daylight,
and publicly defend your just cause. (Psalm 37:3-6 NET)
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As with most things that are higher quality, they come at a greater cost. CanYouHandleBar doesn't skimp out on anything, their labels are waterproof and the tin is stainless steel. Their products are made in the USA, even their beeswax is locally sourced in Michigan. All their ingredients are safe, natural, no petroleum and nothing is hidden. These are all things to note, and a reason to consider CanYouHandleBar for your next purchase.
My first question here would have to be what are you using to wash this creature of yours? Soap, shampoo? My suggestion would be to try our cleansing oil. This is a non soap cleanser that you can use on your face and beard. Pump it into your palm and massage it into your skin, and through your beard like a shampoo, however this won't produce any lather. Rinse it out with warm water. Cleansing oil could be good for you, because it won't strip your hair of it's natural oils, which is sounds like you really need.
Make no mistake; the Braun BT5070 gives you flexibility. It has two detachable trimming combs and 25 different length settings; so, whether you're looking to trim your full beard or go for a designer stubble look, this trimmer has you covered.
Sweet Potatoes – High in Beta-carotene this will help with the cell growth in your beard. What happens is that the Beta-carotene is converted into Vitamin A and this will lead to more cell growth within the hairs located on the beard.
During the early nineteenth century, most men, particularly among the nobility and upper classes, went clean-shaven. There was, however, a dramatic shift in the beard's popularity during the 1850s, with it becoming markedly more popular.[37] Consequently, beards were adopted by many leaders, such as Alexander III of Russia, Napoleon III of France and Frederick III of Germany, as well as many leading statesmen and cultural figures, such as Benjamin Disraeli, Charles Dickens, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Karl Marx, and Giuseppe Verdi. This trend can be recognised in the United States of America, where the shift can be seen amongst the post-Civil War presidents. Before Abraham Lincoln, no President wore a beard;[38] after Lincoln until Woodrow Wilson, every President except Andrew Johnson and William McKinley had either a beard or a moustache of some sort.
Quality Construction: This model is clearly one that was designed with longevity in mind—you can tell by just looking at it. Paired with its two-year warranty, you can rest assured that this model will serve you for the long haul.
Hi. Which is the best oil or cream available online for beard growth. I could not find any oil or cream related to facial hair growth online other than few hair nourishment products. I have a beard but its not thick. Also does age has to do anything with the growth of the beard.
Beard oil is an easy to use beard moisturizer and conditioner that will moisturize the skin underneath your beard, soften facial hair and help create the conditions for healthy beard growth. Beard oil is especially helpful during the first six weeks of beard growth when itching can be a problem. If you have a naturally thick, long beard, you may find beard oil easier to work with than beard balm.
What you can do, however, is start applying beard oil. Oil makes your beard look and feel healthier (as well as the skin underneath) and is an important weapon in your fight against beard itch. Beard oil is your friend.
Carrier oils are so named because they carry an essential oil to the skin. They dilute essential oils so that they can be applied to the skin, and thus impart the essential oil's scent and therapeutic qualities.
Unfortunately, there is no way to escape the low temperatures or the hard water. Unless you want to move to the south and wash you face only with spring water. But that would be a bit of an extreme gesture to do just for the sake of growing a beard.
Hi Robin, thanks for your questions. Age can effect beard growth. Prime beard growing years are generally between 20-60. But many people older and younger grow full beards. Perhaps the most overlooked component to beard growth is hydration. Make sure you are drinking plenty of water, wash your face with an all-natural hot processed birch tar soap, and then apply beard oil or beard balm. In addition, a biotin supplement can help your beard grow thicker.
We'd absolutely recommend beard oil for a starter beard. When you're starting your beard, it's easy to forget that the hair forming under the skin at the root needs to be cared for properly so that it can grow in strong and healthy. For that reason it's important to keep your skin moisturized, and our beard oil has the ingredients to do that. It's a light oil that absorbs into hair and skin easily, and won't leave you feeling greasy.
Laser: This is a truly unique quality in a beard trimmer, and one that we have not found in any of the other models we reviewed. It's an interesting experience all its own to use, completely transforming the grooming experience and making it easier and more precise than ever.
Beard itch should only be a temporary phenomenon, occurring only in the first few weeks of growing out your beard. Any beard itch that lasts longer or is very severe could be the sign of a medical condition, such as fungus, allergies or some dermatological issue like rosacea. If you have severe itching, itching that lasts longer than a few weeks, or itching accompanied by unexplained redness, welts or flaking skin, see your doctor.
It's 2017! Which means you've probably already heard about beard oil and all the awesome things it can do for your beard. However, if you haven't, Eric is here to fill you in on not only what this wonderful product is, but how you apply it to your beard!
Healthy pores allow for hair to grow faster and more naturally, and this can be accomplished through exfoliation. The Real Shaving Co. makes a great, affordable face scrub that purges dead skin cells and impurities. It's designed to be used prior to shaving for optimum smooth shave results and to reduce ingrown hairs.
First, you can take supplements to make up for any deficiencies in your diet. My regimen usually consists of a multi-vitamin, biotin, and fish oil. Biotin will help your hair and nails grow faster and in other countries it's called vitamin H for hair. In addition to these basics, you can add zinc, vitamin B (specifically B6), and magnesium.
Don't use antiandrogenic medication. Many common drugs have a nasty side effect of lowering crucial beard growing hormones, these include: statins, SSRI's, beta-blockers, opiate painkillers, antifungals…
It is important to mention that the scent they give out is not too strong, and will not turn you into a walking cloud of odors. You will have nice smelling beard, but not the one that is choking everyone that gets within a 10 foot radius. Typically the scents come from the likes of cedar or maple wood all the way to the fruit and citrus spectrum of lemon and orange. There are numerous scents and you will quickly find the one perfect for you, or one with no scent at all, if that is what you like the most.
Being thicker, beard balm is often effective when your beard become fairly thick (when hair follicles are 1.5 inches long or longer). The longer your facial hair – and the denser it is – the more you'll need a product that can keep stray hairs from going wild.
That's why the first product we recommend is the Woodland Harmony Beard Shampoo. If you don't want to spend your time researching all sorts of ingredients, this shampoo is as natural as it can get and among the best beard shampoos you can wash your beard with. You will understand everything written on the label.


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September 13th, 2016 by Adam Armstrong
Veritas Announces New Cloud Data Management Solutions
Today at Veritas Vision 2016, Veritas Technologies announced a new Cloud Data Management Suite aimed at helping companies as they transform to digital business. While these new solutions are designed to help companies manage hybrid clouds, and drive more value from their data, the three areas of focus will be on: data protection, data availability, and data insight.
As we all know by now, data is growing and there is no end in sight to the overall volume or the increasing speed at which it grows. Most organizations now know that they can gain key insights from this data that can help streamline their business and potentially help generate new revenue. In order to store all of this data organizations some times need to store data in multiple places. Once data ends up in more than one place a series of complications can occur in protecting this data, being able to retrieve it, and to gain value from it. Veritas' new solutions are designed to address these issues.
When one thinks of Veritas and NetBackup the first thing that comes to mind is data protection. Veritas currently supports some major cloud providers such as AWS and Google. This means that companies that want to take advantage of the cloud for its scale and costs benefits can do so knowing their data is protected. Veritas not only will continue to support AWS and Google, NetBackup will support Microsoft Azure and OpenStack clouds in the future with enhanced cloud connector capabilities.
For data availability, Veritas is tackling the issue with three solutions, one for OpenStack, a software-defined storage (SDS) solution to access data wherever it resides, and one aimed at the scalable hybrid cloud. Veritas is working with OpenStack with its new Veritas HyperScale for OpenStack SDS solution. This new solution enables companies to deploy OLTP tier one and tier two applications on OpenStack environments. Veritas states that users will be able to ensure storage quality of service and application resiliency on their OLTP applications with this new solution. HyperScale for OpenStack uses a unique architecture to provide policy-based workload deployment, offloads backups and snapshots from compute resources, and can perform live migrations in case of storage and network failures. Veritas claims that HyperScale for OpenStack will achieve superior performance versus cost.
Veritas is announcing its new Veritas Access that claims it can seamlessly access data wherever it resides, on or off premise, in AWS or in new OpenStack clouds. Veritas Access has automated tiering that can move cold, or cooler data, to lower cost storage such as AWS. Veritas states that hot data can be brought back quickly or stored on more expensive storage for quick access. Veritas Access can be installed in any commodity x86 hardware.
Veritas announced that it will take its popular NetBackup Auto Image Replication and integrate it with Veritas Resiliency Platform 2.1. When the two technologies are integrated, IT can orchestrate complex recoveries for thousands of virtual machines with single-click automation, according to Veritas. This will be beneficial to organizations that need a unified resiliency strategy for complex, multi-platform and multi-vendor hybrid cloud environments.
To provide customer with better insight into their data, NetBackup is working with Information Map to integrate both data visibility and data protection. This integration will address the challenges that are inherent in managing unstructured data. The newly integrated solution gives IT insight into the company's unstructured data and global data environment. Not only can companies gain insight into their data they can cut down on costs by knowing what data is truly valuable and what data to back up.
Support for Azure and OpenStack Cloud and Veritas HyperScale for OpenStack is expected to be available in the coming quarters. Veritas Access is available in controlled release. Veritas Information Map is available now.
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A simple and slightly desperate plea for help from homebuilding.co.uk visitors: anyone know of any decent LED lights?
I'm talking the 2 or 3w GU10 fittings that replace regular halogen downlighters. Something came over me last weekend and I decided to – rather than buy the 28w halogen replacement bulbs – invest £20 in three 2W LED bulbs instead. They are the 'warm white' ones which, let me tell you, is something of an exaggeration. I mean, they're certainly white, but 'warm' is not necessarily a word I'd associate with them. I ended up putting them in the ground floor WC and they give off a light which makes one look as if one has been woken up after a winter hibernation.
I'm keen to go down the LED route for replacing the ground floor bulbs as required – we have, I would say, around 25 to replace. Anyone got any good tips on 2 or 3W lights that give a nicer, warmer light?


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WASHINGTON — To foreign policy experts, it is no mystery why President Trump's national security adviser tried in May to block Gordon D. Sondland from becoming a player in United States diplomacy with Ukraine.
As the American envoy to the European Union, Mr. Sondland managed a portfolio unrelated to Ukrainian issues. And beyond that, he was so inexperienced as a diplomat — a wealthy Republican donor rewarded with an ambassadorship — that one top White House foreign policy adviser complained he was a national security risk.
But Mr. Sondland wedged his way into Ukraine policymaking anyway, attending the new president's inauguration in Kiev in May and briefing Mr. Trump afterward, all over the objections of the national security adviser at the time, John R. Bolton. And now Mr. Sondland's gambit appears to have placed him at the center of House Democrats' impeachment inquiry.
In testimony scheduled for Thursday, Mr. Sondland was expected to say that during a meeting in May, Mr. Trump gave him and two other officials the impression that they should coordinate on Ukraine issues with his personal lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani. That command effectively created a foreign policy back channel that cut the State Department and National Security Council out of deliberations involving a pivotal ally against Russia.
Mr. Sondland was also expected to testify that he realized by midsummer that Mr. Trump had a condition for agreeing to an Oval Office meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky, the new president of Ukraine: an announcement by Ukrainian prosecutors that could benefit Mr. Trump's political fortunes.
Initially hopeful that Mr. Sondland's account would help Mr. Trump, congressional Republicans now fear it will add momentum to Democrats' impeachment inquiry. His decision to testify is itself a sign of fissures in the support for Mr. Trump, evidence that even some defenders have balked at shouldering the legal and reputational costs of thwarting the impeachment inquiry.
Read the Text Messages Between U.S. and Ukrainian Officials
The messages reveal new details about President Trump's efforts to use American foreign policy to benefit himself.
In a matter of weeks, Mr. Sondland has evolved from a neophyte diplomat known for his ambition and subservience to the president into a witness in a proceeding against Mr. Trump.
In the process, Mr. Sondland's own reputation took a hit. Fiona Hill, the former senior director for European and Russian affairs at the White House, described him to congressional investigators this week as a well-meaning but inexperienced liability.
He used his personal cellphone for official business and assured foreign officials they were welcome at the White House whenever they liked, she testified. On one occasion, she said, Romanian officials showed up at the White House gates with no appointment, citing Mr. Sondland.
As experts see it, his story is an object lesson in the pitfalls of handing influential foreign posts to diplomatic naïfs, while stripping oversight from the career officials at the State Department and the National Security Council.
"I told the Europeans, maybe this is the best you can expect" from the Trump administration, said Daniel Fried, a former longtime diplomat now with the Atlantic Council. No one imagined, he said, that Mr. Sondland would become a pivotal player "in this bottomless pit" of scandal.
Mr. Sondland, 62, tall and bald, is far from a typical diplomat. Foul-mouthed and unafraid to bruise egos, he craves the limelight, not policy papers and the politics of quiet persuasion that are the staples of diplomacy.
He nonetheless fits a certain mold of ambassadors: The founder of a boutique hotel chain, he landed his post after decades of work bankrolling Republican presidential candidates, including John McCain, Mitt Romney and George W. Bush and his brother Jeb Bush. In Bush family circles, he was particularly well liked.
"There aren't many people who do it as well as he does," David Nierenberg, an investment manager in Washington State who worked on Mr. Romney's campaigns, said of Mr. Sondland's fund-raising prowess. "He knew how to deliver."
Friends said he loved the trappings of politics: ferrying presidential candidates around the northwest in his Lear jet and hosting their events at his 8,300-square-foot estate in Portland, Ore.
He had hoped to be rewarded, he told Mr. Nierenberg, with an ambassadorship in a German-speaking country. That would bring his life full circle, he explained: His parents fled Nazi Germany as teenagers in 1939.
But he was a latecomer to supporting Mr. Trump, first backing Jeb Bush, then Marco Rubio. During the 2016 campaign, after Mr. Trump disparaged the Muslim parents of an American soldier killed in Iraq, Mr. Sondland and his business partner backed out of a fund-raiser, saying they did not share Mr. Trump's values.
Those reservations apparently vanished once Mr. Trump was elected. Mr. Sondland donated $1 million to his inaugural committee, joining a crush of once-reluctant donors anxious to make up for their previous lack of support. In spring 2017, he joined the Republican National Committee's finance committee as a regional vice chairman.
Reince Priebus, Mr. Trump's first chief of staff, was unwilling to grant Mr. Sondland an administration job. But after Mr. Priebus was fired, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who knew Mr. Sondland from the campaign, put forward his name for ambassador, according to people familiar with the situation. He was appointed in May 2018.
By then, the post had gone unfilled for more than a year. Some European officials suspected it was a deliberate sign of neglect of Western allies that Mr. Trump has accused of unfair trade practices.
European officials were struck Mr. Sondland's self-confidence, bordering on arrogance. He quickly posted an introductory video on Twitter. Set to snappy string music, it described him as the son of immigrants and showed him brewing espresso, showing off his fine art collection and climbing into a private jet that he pilots.
His message to his European hosts was less friendly. At one dinner party, Mr. Sondland said his job was "to destroy the European Union,'' one senior European official said.
He repeatedly told European officials that their countries had long taken advantage of the United States through trade, according to one person who heard him complain. And he seemed unaware of protocol, inviting the leaders of European countries to dinner without understanding that they do not typically dine with ambassadors.
A June 28 dinner in Brussels was a case study in his unapologetic style. The German Marshall Fund originally organized it for 18 former and current diplomats and academics to discuss trans-Atlantic relations. Once Mr. Sondland heard about it, two participants said, he insisted on hosting.
As the plates were cleared in a small ornate room in the American Embassy, he delivered what one guest described as "a first-year master's student's" account of the Marshall Plan, the United States' multibillion-dollar effort to rebuild Europe after World War II.
"We paid all this money, but every room I go to in Europe, I get told no," he told his stunned guests, according to two participants. "Why?"
"It felt like a shakedown," said one of the guests.
European officials said that Mr. Sondland often bragged about his good relationship with Mr. Trump, and some said it was clear that he was looking for a higher-level administration post.
How he inserted himself into American relations with Ukraine, which is not part of the European Union, is not entirely clear. Ms. Hill has said he told her that Mr. Trump had put him in charge.
In a July interview with a Ukrainian television station, Mr. Sondland presented himself as an authority, dismissing the notion that Ukraine is torn between Europe and Russia. "It's not a tug of war. They're Western, and they're going to stay Western," he proclaimed.
With Mr. Trump's blessing, he traveled to Kiev in May for Mr. Zelensky's inauguration. Others in the delegation included the energy secretary, Rick Perry, and Kurt D. Volker, the American special envoy to Ukraine. They labeled themselves "the three amigos."
Mr. Sondland's subsequent White House meetings are a key focus of questioning for congressional investigators.
When he and his colleagues briefed Mr. Trump on May 23, the president complained that the Ukrainians were "all corrupt" and had tried to keep him from winning the White House. He left them with the impression that they were to talk to Mr. Giuliani in dealing with Ukraine.
By mid-July, Mr. Sondland was expected to testify, he had realized that Mr. Zelensky would be granted an Oval Office audience only if Ukraine publicly announced it would investigate Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company that had placed Hunter Biden, the younger son of former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., on its board. According to a person familiar with his account, Mr. Sondland did not then understand the relationship between Burisma and the Bidens.
In a July 10 White House meeting with Mr. Bolton, Ms. Hill and two top Ukrainian officials, Mr. Sondland cited an agreement with the acting White House chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, that inviting Mr. Zelensky to the Oval Office depended on Ukraine opening criminal investigations, according to Ms. Hill's testimony. She told congressional investigators that she subsequently heard Mr. Sondland mention Burisma to the Ukrainians.
Mr. Sondland was expected to testify that he has no firm recollection of that conversation. But the next month, he and Mr. Volker prepared a draft statement for the Ukrainians to issue, announcing an investigation of Burisma and any interference in the 2016 American presidential election. And in a subsequent text message, he wrote: "POTUS really wants the deliverable."
Mr. Sondland now fears that he will be blamed for the scandal, while more powerful players will be protected, one person close to him said. He has expressed concern that he could end up, the person said, as "collateral damage."
Reporting was contributed by Nicholas Fandos, Adam Goldman and Kenneth P. Vogel from Washington; Steven Erlanger from Brussels; and Maggie Haberman from New York. Kitty Bennett contributed research.


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- Above is the second trailer for the HBO Sports documentary on WWE Hall of Famer Andre the Giant. The special premieres on Tuesday, April 10th at 10pm on HBO. This video features WWE Hall of Famers Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair, Vince McMahon, and various actors discussing Andre.
- WWE will be releasing a three-disc DVD on the history of women's wrestling later this month, according to WrestlingDVDNetwork.com. "Then, Now, Forever: The Evolution of WWE's Women's Division" is set to be released on June 12th and will replace the nixed DVD on Shane McMahon. The current plan for the set is to feature a match compilation with more than 8 hours of content plus interview footage from The Bella Twins, Mickie James, Natalya, Paige, Sasha Banks, Bayley, Stephanie McMahon, WWE Hall of Famers Lita & Trish Stratus and others. Ronda Rousey may also provide interview footage for the DVD.
- Former WWE Superstar Darren Young, now using the name "No Days Off" Fred Rosser on the indies, has signed up to take the Covenant House's "Young Professionals Sleep Out" fundraising challenge on March 23rd, which is held every March to support homeless youth. Darren and a group of young professionals ages 25-40 will go to a local homeless shelter beginning at 7pm to hear from homeless youth, participate in roundtable discussions and have dinner. When it gets late, each participant is given a cardboard box and a sleeping bad to sleep out in the parking lot for the night.
Young is taking donations on his official website. He wrote the following on the site, "I'm Sleeping Out. I have accepted Covenant House's challenge to spend a night sleeping on the street so homeless kids don't have to. The Sleep Out is not about pretending to be homeless. It's an act of solidarity with the 3.5 million young people who experience homelessness each year. It's a decision that we can't stay indoors while so many kids remain outside. One night can make a difference. As part of my Sleep Out, I am raising funds and awareness for Covenant House, a shelter for homeless and trafficked youth. Covenant House offers these young people so much more than a safe place to sleep - they welcome each kid with absolute respect and unconditional love, and their continuum of care provides essential services to help kids transition from homelessness to independence."
Young also posted this tweet on accepting the challenge:
I have accepted Covenant House's challenge on March 23rd to spend a night sleeping on the street so homeless kids don't have to.— nodaysoff fred rosser (@realfredrosser) March 8, 2018
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A group of unknown people broke into the Elections Commission's office late Sunday and stole an undisclosed sum of cash.
Speaking to Mihaaru, the EC said that the office door was broken down and that the money was stolen from a safe kept in a certain room.
The EC did not publicise the amount of money stolen from the office.
Theft is common during the month of Ramadan. According to Maldives Police Service, burglaries occur most frequently after the dawn prayer and at the time of breaking fast.
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HPI Racing is proud to introduce a 190mm body of the legendary Toyota Levin! The Toyota Levin is the JDM version of Toyota Corolla with non-pop-up headlights. For the Toyota Hachiroku fans it's all about the little details, this attention to detail work is what sets HPI Racing apart from the rest. This body will fit both the Sprint 2 [190mm] or Nitro 3 [200mm] HPI Racing chassis and is perfect for most other electric touring cars.
Included with the body is a huge pre-cut vinyl decal sheet with window lines, headlights, grilles, tail lights, HPI logos and extra "tuner" decals for a realistic look. A convenient overspray film is included, as well as vinyl window masks to make painting quick and easy. To make mounting the body simple, an instruction sheet is included and the body has dimple marks for drill locations. The 190mm width is perfect for most electric touring cars.


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Bio-Inspired Robotics
Bio-inspired robotics is the process of using real world examples to create robots that have the same effect. This involves both the mechanical process of their body and their behaviour patterns. Some really good examples of bio-inspired robotics is Spot from Boston Dynamics. Where researchers have been modelling the dynamics of a cheetah and other four legged animals to try to recreate it to make a dynamic robot.
QUT leads a number of biologically-inspired robotics projects, ranging from modelling of the neural processes in animal and human brains underlying navigation, to modelling the behaviour of animals such as ants, rodents and birds in flight. By modelling these creatures, we are able to lead the way to better and more dynamic robots.
The current projects are being funded by the Australian Research Council, the Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development and by industry including Boeing.
Superhuman place recognition with a unified model of human visual processing and rodent spatial memory
Australian Research Council Future Fellowship Scheme FT140101229
By modelling the behaviour of rats, we can create better algorithms to make cheaper robots.
An infinitely scalable learning and recognition network
By creating better neural networks, we can ensure that we don't need massive amounts of data or computation to make robots


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Forty-four years at the end of this school year.
I graduated from DeKalb County High School and went to college in Nashville at Belmont University. After graduation, I taught school in Morgan County, AL for twenty-five years and moved back to my hometown of Smithville, TN in 1996.
After teaching seventh grade English at Dekalb Middle for three years, I was given an opportunity to work in the Dekalb Adult High School. The Adult High School was a high school GED program when I first started, but over the last eight years we transitioned to a different program--serving anyone who wishes to complete a regular high school diploma. Any adults living in the county eighteen years older, or seventeen (with special persmission) may attend AHS and take courses necessary to complete their high school secondary diplomas. The diploma earned will be a regular diploma. We are no longer a GED or alternative diploma school.
It's my pleasure to work with many students from seventeen with the oldest graduate to date being in her thirties. It's never too late to come back to school and get your diploma. Any interested students may call the guidance department at the high school. The students have their transcripts sent to the records department and are evaluated based on the standards for graduation when the student started high school. The guidance counselor will determine how many subjects and what these need to consist of after the records are received. The student is then reccomended to the DeKalb Adult High School and meet for a conference to enroll.
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Mojitos are a popular drink to sip on all year-long. However, in the summer when peaches and strawberries are in-season, this is a great time to mix a little rum, peaches and strawberries to put a twist on your classic mojito. Introducing our summer mojito cocktail, the Peach & Strawberry Rum Mojito.
- 0.5 ounce Mint Simple Syrup
- 1.5 ounces Kraken Black Spiced Rum
- 3 ounces Santa Cruz Peach Lemonade
- Fresh Sprig of Mint
- Crushed Ice
- In a cocktail shaker add mint syrup, black spiced rum, peach lemonade, and crushed ice.
- Secure the lid on the cocktail shaker and shake the contents for 30 seconds.
- Strain the contents into a Mojito-style filled with crushed ice.
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The XX gang return from their dark, somber sleep to bring us their sophomore album. Ironically titled Coexist, the London trio balances the old with new arrangements as all the while making us feel like the The Cure's pornography was a show tune record. Before we proceed, one must know that this is not the self titled album part deux. I have read reviews where it was slammed for not being so. If you were expecting that then just listen to the self titled all over again. While there are some elements bridging the two releases together, this is entirely its own monster. At times Coexist does seemed rushed and put together in the dark but maybe that is the point. XX had never been about staying the course and trying to win over public approval. The album starts out strong with angels, chained and fiction. All three are definition tracks ( again emphasizing the balance of new and old themes and sounds). Fiction is my personal love monkey on here with Oliver showing off his more expanded talents. The more deeper we get though, the more the album does stretch at the seams. Sunset is decent and Tides grew on me but the rest struggles to tread water. If you loved the first LP then keep loving it as much as you did before but don't let it gauge this release. If you do then you will be cheating yourself for the spectrum of coexist.


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What brilliant weather we had this bank holiday weekend, i always remember it being wet and windy over easter, let's hope it's always like this now. So we had a group out over at stony croft ghyll near keswick, Lucy and her friends fancied a go at ghyll scrambling and had a right scream. All the jumps and scrambles were done with no backing out, well done guys. If you fancy trying out this adventurous activity click the link bellow for more details. https://www.edenvalleyadventures.co.uk/activities/ghyll-scrambling/


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QUIZ: We Know Which Overwatch Character You Are, For Sure
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We gotta know!
Aside from the fact that it won Game of the Year and has been picked as Tumblr's most popular game in 2016, it seems like Overwatch is freaking everywhere. Whether you're playing it, watching YouTube videos about it or reblogging all those luscious GIF's of people animating fanfic between Reaper and Widowmaker, 2016 will truly go down as the year Overwatch took over the world. Literally.
So, to celebrate its global success, we've come up with an incredibly scientific quiz to determine which character you are out of their sterling line-up of maniacs. Whether you're a healer, a DPS master or the best tank in the goddamn world, there's only one Overwatch character truly in your heart and we're about to reveal your inner truth. Get ready for the most life changing quiz of your entire existence, or least, the most life changing quiz you'll take all day.
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This Exclusive Collector's Edition of the #1 New York Times Bestseller includes more than 40 additional pages of bonus material: a letter from the author; a conversation with the author; letters, e-mails, and cards from readers; discussion questions and additional resources; and much more!
I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.
August Pullman was born with a facial deformity that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kidbut his new classmates can't get past Auggie's extraordinary face. WONDER, now a #1 New York Times bestseller and included on the Texas Bluebonnet Award master list, begins from Auggie's point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others. These perspectives converge in a portrait of one community's struggle with empathy, compassion, and acceptance.
"Wonder is the best kids' book of the year," said Emily Bazelon, senior editor at Slate.com and author of Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy. In a world where bullying among young people is an epidemic, this is a refreshing new narrative full of heart and hope. R.J. Palacio has called her debut novel "a meditation on kindness" indeed, every reader will come away with a greater appreciation for the simple courage of friendship. Auggie is a hero to root for, a diamond in the rough who proves that you can't blend in when you were born to stand out.
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About the Author
R. J. PALACIO lives in NYC with her husband, two sons, and two dogs. For more than twenty years, she was an art director and graphic designer, designing book jackets for other people while waiting for the perfect time in her life to start writing her own novel. But one day several years ago, a chance encounter with an extraordinary child in front of an ice cream store made R. J. realize that the perfect time to write that novel had finally come. Wonder is her first novel. She did not design the cover, but she sure does love it.
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Wonder is about a boy with lots of struggles and this book gives an inside as to how August and the rest of the characters look at things from their point of view. This book is about a boy with a birth defect, who has Treacher - Collins Syndrome and all his struggles in life and school. Each chapter has a different point of view which I really liked, because I didn't have to worry what all the other characters are thinking or doing. My favorite part is when Auggie gets his standing ovation, because nobody's judging him, and they're happy for him. I recommend this book for people with Treacher - Collins Syndrome or anyone that gets bullied, because they can connect with August Pullman.
August isn't an ordinary kid. He was born with a deformality. He's been homeschool all his life, but now his parents want him to go to regular school. My favorite part is when August was going on a trip and his mom was doing everything for him. And August was saying "Stop treating me like a baby!" Anyway I recommend this book to anyone who likes a happy ending! -Aylin A.
Wonder is a Book about a boy that has treacher collins syndrome who faces many obstacales but the hardest one obstacales was going through 5 grade.He experiences a whole new world.-Hunter m.
Wonder is an engaging book about a young boy who was born with a deformity and is being bullied for it. I love this book because it shows how even through all the hardships if you have one friend then you are doing fine. I recommend this book to anyone who likes a book where the main character comes out a hero in the end my overcoming many obstacles. -Lucero S.
Wonder is about this boy named August who has this rare disease called Treacher Collins Syndrome. In the novel August goes to public school for the very first time but faces diffculties and has a hard time fitting in. The novel isn't just about August it's also about the other characters point of view. August is embarrassed of how he looks and wants to be treated normal. My faviorte part of Wonder is when August gets a standing ovation. I recommened this book beacause it gives hope and states that life will get better as it goes. ~Mya M.~
Wonder by R.J Palacio is an enticing work of fiction appropriate for all ages groups. Wonder tells the story of a boy, August Pullman, suffering from Treacher Collins Syndrome as he goes through the journey that is his first year in public school. While Wonder had much success in capturing the interest of the audience and plot, it suffered in areas regarding character personality and development. Except for Jack and Via, very few characters other than August had any sort of character development. The characters also always seemed to have August on there mind, and hardly any side plots were noticeable that didn't revolve around August and barely any characters had personal problems. All of the characters seemed to fill a stereotypical role to help August in his journey, such as Via, the supportive older sister, or Summer, the gold hearted sweetheart. The novel was successful in some areas, however. Such as plot, which time after time succeeds in engaging the audience. This book also succeeds in showing how the reality is for children who are different, and how they have to deal with bullying and other struggles children do not tend to face. Wonder I recommend to any one who is looking for a hard look at reality for children with Treacher Collins Syndrome.-Brittany G.
It's true that acceptance of ourselves is the biggest hurdle, especially physical differences in this world where, unfortunately, outward image overrides the true heart and soul of a person. This story, written for all age groups, is heartwrenchingly poignant and relevant. A book that must be read and will not quickly be forgotten.
Wonder by R.J.Palacio A little boy named August Pullman was born with a difficulty in his face called Treacher Collins Syndrome.He had recieved many surgeries that lead him to homeschooling.He would be attending fifth grade for the first time at Beacher Prep Elementrary School.August struggels to accepet that life is not easy and theres going to be bumps in the road.My favorite part is when August gets a standing ovation.I recommend this book to anyone who loves when a character over comes his/her fear and problems and love a happy ending. ~Jade M.~
Wonder, by R.J. Palacio this is a book about a nine year old who was born with Treacher Collins sydrome which is a deformality. His name is August Pullman. This year is his first year to ever go to school at Precher Prep , he has to face very difficult obstacles but he overcomes them. August meets new friends as well, however he confronts classmates who don't except for who he is. My favorite part was that August gets an adorable puppy named Bear. I would recomend this to a friend if they are interested in drama, comedy, of fell good books. ;Karen M.
A ten yearold boy named August was born with treacher-collins syndrome.August is faceing many obsticals in the path of his fith grade year.His parents want him to attend a regular school instead of going to home school.My favorite part of the book would be when August stood up to the bullies in the wood but got knocked down and his friends stood up for him.I recommend this book to anyone who lkes life stories or a realistic fiction. -Angel A.
Wonder is about a ten year old boy named August Pullman who has a physical deformalitity called Treacher Collins Syndrome. He is homeschooled untill he gets to fifth grade where he faces the problems of other kid. My favorite part of the book is where one of his friends stands up for him when he is getting bullied. I recomend this book to Teachers, to us for a Anti-bully campaign . - Logan H.
Wonder is a wonderful book it tallks about a brave kid that has Treacher Collin sydrome.Wonder is about a kid that goes to school for the first time and has trouble fitting in at school.Wonder isn`t always about August but also the other characters point of view.My favorit part of the book is when Amos,Miles,Henry stand up for August and Jack at the movie showing.I recommend this book because it talks about not giving up.
Wonder (by R.J Palacio) is a lovely wonderful book about a young boy named August. August has a disease called Treacher Collins Syndrome(TCS).He starts school for the first time, but he faces many obstacles through his journey in school. All he wants is to be treated like an ordinary kid like the rest of the kids. Students from his class and all the school would give him weird looks and bully him for the way he looks. Each chapter has different points of view of the way the think of him. This book has lots of love from his family and few friends. My favorite part is that August started not to care of what they say and what they tell him.I recomend this book if you has times when you feel you dont fit in. It gives advantage to your life and has lots of love.- Sofi E.<3
This book is the greatest book of all time. love it get it . and wonder is the crazy and funny also sometimes so the meaning of this book is that there are two friends Alex and Goob so they go on an adventure to the wilderness…. Thanks
Once in awhile you read a book in which the character remains important deep within your thoughts and heart. A character so moving, so special, and so inspiring... so alive. Wonder is a book in which the main character has made the decision to enter Middle School after being home schooled. It is a decision that will leave him vulnerable and exposed. A courageous step beyond the safety of his family. Meet Auggie (August Pullman), who was born with a facial deformity, intelligence, and courage. All of his life he has endured the devastating looks, reactions, and fearfulness of strangers. Now is the time for him to become a student among many who are finding their way as middle school students. Given the "all encompassing" emotions and hormonal changes, middle school can be a roller coaster of fear, bullying, anger, and uncertainty. Why would Auggie want to begin public school at such a time is beyond reasoning for most of us. Yet, Auggie is blessed beyond measure with courage and a determination to live without "superficial" boundaries. "I know I'm not an ordinary ten-year-old kid. I mean, sure, I do ordinary things.... But I know ordinary kids don't make other kids run away screaming in playgrounds." Mr. Tushman of Beecher Prep school has prearranged a meeting with Auggie and his mother before the first day of school. Like any ordinary "new" student, Auggie will meet some of the staff and tour the school. It is with great foresight, that Auggie's tour is lead by a few "homeroom" students: Jack is the first student that will extend friendship in the halls and classrooms. Yet, at some point he will need to decide if he wants to fit in with his old friends or stay friends with Auggie. Jullian is rude and obnoxious (you know that type that acts one way with adults and another with students). The type that is loud, arrogant, and will not let Auggie escape being bullied. When push comes to shove, Auggie will demonstrate true character strength. The question will be if Jullian will learn acceptance of Auggie as an "ordinary" kid... and a friend? Charlotte is an "artsy" girl. She enjoys all aspects of school, including science. She doesn't waiver in her support for Auggie, unless maybe it's in the lunch room. Will Charlotte be strong enough to overcome peer pressure? Mr. Browne is Auggie's English teacher. He values his students and begins school with learning about precepts (any important thought, motto, or saying that guides you when making really important decisions). His students will write-to-learn a new precept every month: "When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind." Dr. Wayne W. Dyer Summer is the first student who braves the whispers in the lunch room and chooses to sit at the table with Auggie. It might seem a small gesture to many... but not only will it prove to be a courageous step towards friendship... it will also be an experience of a life time for both of them. Whether it is Auggie's first birthday party, the first Halloween school event, the first school trip (outdoor school away from home), or the first meeting with his sister's high school friends... Auggie is on a life-changing quest... to be just another "ordinary kid!" The depth of characterization will leave a lasting "thumb-print" upon every reader's heart. There is so much that Auggie offers, care enough to experience the "Wonder," MrsK http://mrskbookstogo.blogspot.com/
This book was recommended to me by a friend. I was immediately drawn in by August's honesty. When the perspective switched, I thought the story would lose its focus, but each character added to August's story. After reading each section, I had a more complete picture of August's world and I became more attached to the little boy. Books rarely make me cry, but this one did. Now it's on my figurative shelf of books everyone needs to read because the world would be a better place if they did.
I love that the book is told from agguie's, and via's and summer's and that other boy's point of view, it really shows you how the other characters really feel! The via chapter is really emotional and made me sympathize with her tremendously
Wonder by R.J Palacio. In the first few days of school it was harsh.Being in a state of confusion feels like you are traapped ina box. August is the main character, and has a medical condition called TCS (Treacher Collins Syndrome). This does not stop him from being the top in his class. Tygent Orange has effected one of my family members. He no longer has use of his legs but that just makes him stronger. I recommend this book to people who have faced issues with not fitting in. It is a heart-warming story and will bring a tear to your eye.
The book wonder is about a kid named August. He has treacher collins syndrome.He starts school in 5th grade. He couldnt attend school because of the many surgeries he was having.This book is about a boy that has struggles in life. He finally goes to school after being homeschooled by his mother. My favorite part of the book is when August, Amos, Jack , Henry , Miles were in the woods. That was my favorite part because afterwards they bacame friends. I recommend this book to people around the world. I like this book because it shows that bulling is not a very good choice.
Wonder by R.J Palacio is taken place in school. The main character is Auggie, he was born with TCS and his mom is making him go to school. Most of the people that look at him judge before they meet and get to know him. Some people in the world are born with TCS and deal with the same problems the Auggie goes through. I recommend this book because it teaches a very important lesson in life
August (Auggie) was born with Trecher Collins. He struggles but more with the decision of going to regular school or being home schooled. After he his parents convinced him to finally go to school hes made fun of and even bullied by Julian, and some part by Jack. My favorite part of the book is when Jack punches Julian because he was talking dirty about Agguie. I recomend this book to people who like sad stories because this book is so sad it will probably make you cry! Devany T.
In the book Wonder theres a boy named Aggust Pullman and its his first time ever going to regular school. One of my favorite parts in the story Wonder is when Aggust and his freind Jack is being bullied by older students and the last people that they thought would help them went to their rescue. I recommend this book to anyone who likes a book with an under. it will be worth your time.-Mario M
wonder by R.J palacio. This book is about a kid named august and he has a rare deformation called treacher collins. There is also some bullys involved in the story . They bully august because of his deformality. my favorite part of the book is when august goes campimg whith his school because thats were he gets bullyed but after all they solve the bullying . If u read this book i know that you will love it -Adalberto M.
The book Wonder by R.J. Palacio, is abount a strong willed, brave boy who overcomes many obstacles, and does his absolute best to fit in with the "norm", but doesn't have such an easy time at some points. One of my favorite parts was when the main character; August, makes a brave descison to attend public school, with an abnormalty. I definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes a great book about the bravery of a unique person. - Michael G.
Wonder is a book about a kid that is about a kid with a deformality called trecherous collins syndrome (tcs). His parents want him to go to regular school. But he dosent want to go to school. while hes at school he gets bullied for the way he looks.My favorite part is when his sister cheers him up to go to halloween. I would recomend this book to anyone who likes books based on a true story. -xavier g.