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Founded by the Nishiyama family in 1849, the sake brewery Nishiyama Shuzo is located in the heart of Hyogo Prefecture, one of the finest sake regions in the country. While sake from Hyogo is most famously associated with a cluster of huge sake breweries all built on a famous water source close to the port of Kobe, Nishiyama is a small house quietly dedicated to craft production. Located deep in the mountains, their house brand Kotsuzumi is unique and distinctive, more artistic than industrial, and the culture of the brewery overlaps with traditions of visual arts and poetry. The name Kotsuzumi ("little drum") itself was coined by a famous poet friend of the Nishiyama family. While enjoying the sake with them at the family estate he composed a poem on the spot that spoke to the energy and power in his cup, calling it a little drum.
While the southern edge of Hyogo borders a bay that opens into the Pacific Ocean, most of the prefecture is crisscrossed by mountains with villages and settlements tucked into narrow valleys. The network of narrow valleys hold microclimates that perfectly nurture the finest sake rice varietals in the world. Rice types like the native Yamada Nishiki respond best to both the rich mineral content of the mountains and the perfect shift in nighttime and daytime temperatures that allows the grains to grow fat and well-structured for premium sake. Sake producers from around the country seek out Hyogo grown rice at auction, reserving it for the most delicate, expressive and high end Junmai Daiginjo and competition level Daiginjo sake. Nishiyama takes full advantage of its unique location, growing much of the rice for their sake themselves in an estate style system that is unusual for sake makers.
The brewery itself is tucked into a side valley in the town of Tamba, deep in the heart of sake country. The rice paddies that surround the brewery draw their water from the same source as the brewery, the mineral rich Takeda River, whose distinctively rich flavor shapes their sake.
The culture of Tamba is uniquely suited to sake brewing, being the birthplace of the Tamba toji. Considered one of the three major brewing guilds of Japan, the Tamba toji are a collective of master brewers and sake workers who incorporated in the 18th century to share techniques and improve methods, and are largely responsible for modernizing the craft of sake making and elevating it to an art. While teams of Tamba guild brewery workers would be hired by breweries around the country to complete seasonal sake production, Tamba and northern Hyogo remained their hometown and local breweries like Kotsuzumi reap the benefits of so much local expertise.
It is a unique experience to taste through the range of offerings from Kotsuzumi, to understand the subtle changes from one rice type to another. The "Rojo Hana Ari" or literally "Bloom on the Path" series of sake show a unique expression of rice and terroir. Each sake in the series is made in the exact same manner, on the same equipment, with identical yeasts, microbes, water and skill. All of the rice grains are polished to exactly half their original size to make them Junmai Daiginjo, with the only difference being the varietal of rice.
True to the poetic legacy of the brewery, the name of each "Bloom on the Path" Junmai Daiginjo sake refers to a different flower or natural expression encountered as you wander along that path. The "Hanafubuki" or "Shower of Blossoms" is made from Gohyaku Mangoku rice, noted for its clean and direct structure with a slightly earthy and bitter quality, uniquely suited to food. The Tohka "Peach Bloom" is a soft orange in color from Hattan Nishiki rice, a mellow, rich and slightly sweet varietal usually used for big powerhouse styles of sake but here kept light and delicate. Lastly the Kurobotan "Peony Shadow" features Tajima Goriki, a uniquely local rice type that is given a truly unique expression here, with notes of fennel and herbs like sage and rosemary supported by a savory base flavor not unlike mushrooms braised in soy sauce. These sake all sit in contrast to the sake from Hyogo's biggest and most famous producers; instead of being bold and fabulously rich they are light and poetic.
One final example of Nishiyama's commitment to creative expression is their longtime collaboration with the celebrated artist Hirosuke Watanuki. Sourcing beautiful and unique bottles from Italy, his expressive and minimalist designs are etched directly on the glass. Even after the poetry-inspired sake is gone, the vessels themselves remain as works of art.
Kotsuzumi 'Hanafubuki Shower of Blossoms' Junmai Daiginjo Sake
The 'Hanafubuki' Junmai Daiginjo is made from Gohyaku Mangoku rice polished to 50%, all of the rice sourced locally, with the brewery growing as much of it as they can themselves. A gorgeous medium-light bodied sake with notes of mushrooms and fresh herbs.
Kotsuzumi 'Rojo Hana Ari Tokha Peach Bloom' Junmai Daiginjo Sake
50% polished estate-grown Hattan Nishiki rice, which is a local rice to Tamba in the Hyogo Prefecture where Kotsuzumi is produced. All of the rice is from the estate.
"Tohka" has a comfortable sweetness derived from the rice umami with an all-enveloping, viscous berry and fennel notes that skirt ethereal enchantment.
Kotsuzumi 'Rojo Hana Ari Kurobotan Peony Shadow' Junmai Daiginjo Sake
50% polished estate-grown Tajima Goriki rice, which is a difficult to grow, low yielding rice variety. It is tall, big, and grows slowly so it is easily damaged when typhoons come into the area. This is all estate-grown and they use no fertilizer or pesticides, basically practicing organic.
"Kurobotan" is well-rounded and powerful. Not only does it go well with raw fish dishes; it also pairs nicely with lightly grilled meat dishes due to its glycerol edge tethered to a refreshing sharpness that carries its power alongside a wide variety of beautifully prepared cuisine.


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Tick Tock! Come to our Storytelling Workshop 11 November
From Lyn Roseaman, Grosvenor Square Speakers
"Each day comes with 86,400 seconds. Tick Tock." Or as the Mad Hatter puts it a little more explicitly: "If you knew time as well as I do ... you wouldn't talk about wasting it."
On 11 November 2013 at 6.30pm Grosvenor Square Speakers is delighted to host a Storytelling Workshop led by Julie Kertesz DTM at Cumberland Hotel Gt Cumberland Place, W1H 7DL (close to Marble Arch underground station).
The clock is ticking. Don't miss out on the opportunity to improve your storytelling skills. Stories can take your speeches to a whole new level. They help your audience engage with you, remember your message and act on any call to action.
All you need to do to come along is prepare a 3-minute speech entitled 'The first time…!' using a personal story to deliver it.
There is a charge of £5.78 per non-GSS member ticket and the event can be accessed on http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/9049393981. Tickets are limited so if you'd like to join in this fun and valuable evening, book before time runs out. Tick tock!
Julie Kertesz is an experienced Storytelling workshop leader. She is a successful stand-up comedian, storyteller, keynote speaker and coach.


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A Review of the Sony Bravia 850F and Sony Bravia 900F
Hey Dudes! Today we will be reviewing both the Sony 850F and the Sony 900F.
A Television. No longer big, dark pieces of furniture that dominate a room, now TVs are almost all screen with no frame or bezel, and they're meant to look sharp and integrate a variety of programming into your home and your life.
Sony's updated Bravia lineup takes this sentiment to heart. Sony's 900F offers stunning 4K resolution plus HDR colour and sharp contrast. Similarly, the Sony 850F offers many of the same features of its older brother, however, is priced to include more consumers.
Sony's 900F has five sizes (49", 55", 65" ,75", and 85") to choose from. No matter which size you choose, you'll get top-tier technology: the X1 Extreme Processor, X-Tended Dynamic Range PRO 6X, X-Motion Clarity and much more. The Sony 900F 4K HDR TV displays awe-inspiring 4K HDR. This is accomplished with its full-array LED backlighting.
For Gamers: The 900F has an input lag of 25ms @4k 60Hz and 40ms @1080p 60hz.
For Movie Watchers: The 900F has some bleeding on edges.
The 900F is a large upgrade over last years 900E and is actually closer in specs to the 930E.
Sony 850F comes in 65", 75" and 85" sizes. While it does not feature the backlit full-array control and brightness of it's more refined sibling, the 900F. It does, however, use Sony's proprietary Triluminos technology to give itself some of the most natural looking colours in 2018.
For Gamers: The 850F has an input lag of 34ms @4k 60Hz and 31ms @1080p 60hz.
For Movie Watchers: The 850F has some slight blooming in dark scenes and light bleeding
Click here for our review of the Samsung QLED Q8F and Q9F
Combined with 4K Ultra HD resolution, HDR video content delivers exceptional colour, leading to a premium movie and gaming experience. The result is the most lifelike picture TVs have ever been able to create, with brilliant highlights, true and natural gradation, and superfine detail. With Sony's full-array local dimming technology, found in the Sony 900F, you get enhanced contrast and incredible brightness in a slim design. This technology more accurately balances light output across the screen giving better control over colour and black levels on-screen
If you don't have access to as much HDR content as you'd like, you can count on your Sony Bravia TV to help you. Sony's revamped X1 and X1 Extreme processors take even non-HDR content to near 4K HDR quality. Sony's Object-based HDR Remaster technology can detect, analyze and optimize each object in the picture individually then adjust the overall contrast for a more natural and realistic picture on the screen. Image processing is the name of the game in 2018.
I still firmly believe that both the 850F and 900F are the best Televisions for colour reproduction on the market. Both don't do fantastic in terms of blooming, but it is still great.
If you are comparing Televisions check out our Top 10 TVs of 2018
From movies and TV shows to thousands of apps you can enjoy a huge range of apps from Google Play™, including YouTube™, Netflix, and Amazon Video. Or even something a little more on the not-so-legal-but-legal side of things: Kodi media centre.
The Android OS is extremely intuitive, however, it is also extremely slow; this is where many still complain about the television. If you read user reviews, there are numerous 1-2 star reviews based on how slow it is. This is where I will interject. The system is slow, yes, but as a total home media system it completely dominates the competition.
Final Thoughts:
To be completely honest, not a ton has changed on the Sony 850F and is almost identical to its predecessor: the 850E. However, the Sony 900F offers a major upgrade over the 900E, in that it offers the video processing of the 930E and the price of the 900E. When this showed up at my local Best Buy, I knew it was the TV I needed to have. However, at full MSRP, I will wait until the 65 inch hits the 2500 dollar threshold sometime in June.
Additionally, this "upgrade" for both televisions was somewhat disappointing in that the Android operating system is the same that was used in the 900e. This lack of an upgrade is not a problem with functionality but with speed.
Sony 850F
65 inch @ 2599.99 MSRP
75 inch @ 4299.99 MSRP
85 inch @ 7799.99 MSRP
Sony 900F
49 inch @ 1799.99 MSRP
55 inch @ 2299.99 MSRP
65 inch @ 3299.99 MSRP
75 inch @ 5199.99 MSRP
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5 Benefits Of A Mobile Application For A Business
Business is an art of strategy; you always must think the creative ways to gain the competitive advantage. Applications that sprung up with the emergence of the smart phones have acquired the attention of the people in the present immensely. In a world that is run by a sophisticated technology, it could be such a waste if it was not used for the betterment of your business.
Here are 5 benefits of having a mobile application for your business.
- The best way to brand
Just as much as the social media, apps have obtained the love of the people worldwide to such a great extent. It is in fact one of the most popular platforms to place your brand in. This popularity is rapidly being used by almost all the companies in the world. Hence, it can be effectively used to improve the branding process of the company given that people constantly engage in their smartphones. The more they see your logo, the more they will tend to shop at your business.
- A better customer-service
No matter how sleek your business and marketing strategies were, your service must be exquisite. After all, the purpose of marketing is to attract the customers. But to keep them in, you need to ensure that your service is in the best quality, always.
- Doesn't take forever to get one done
It is true that the development and assembling of a mobile application is a task that requires a lot of knowledge. But thanks to the advanced technology in the field, agile app development has become an easier task. As long as you're consulting the correct people, it shouldn't take a long time.
- Ability to educate the customers in benefit of the business
There are occasions where people have a very general idea about what they want but they just don't know specifically. This could be a quite problematic situation when they keep asking about almost everything about your services. But with the help of mobile learning app for them, you'll be able to educate them adequately enough so that the endless explanations from your side will not be necessary.
- Free advertising
Special promotions will be easy to be advertised with the help of these applications. As long as it's a user-friendly app, people will engage in it more, resulting greater sales in turn.
It is vital that your business adapts to the hastily changing world. If not, you'll end up with less profits. But if you keep up with the technology, you will always have the better competitive advantage.
Making Your Child Smart: Simple Things You Can Do From Young Age
Any parent would want their child to have a beautiful future. From the moment that the child comes to your life, you will be looking into ways in which you can make the life of your child better. There are so many steps that you can take in giving them a better future. However, there is no denying that one of the best things that you can do for them will be allowing them to be smart. Children have an innate eagerness to learn, and as a parent, it will be up to you to facilitate the learning requirements of your child.
In making your child smart, there are certain steps that you need to take regarding the matter, since the young age of the child. If the child is given the necessary exposure and the encouragement to work his or her brain, it will be evident that the child will grow into a very smart adult. Here are three steps that you could take in ensuring that you child is smart from a young age.
Answer their questions
Children are very curious. Sometimes, the questions they ask might seem silly, but you should never put down a question that they ask. Firstly, it will damage the image that your child has of you. Secondly, it will dishearten their enthusiasm to learn new things. Therefore, it will be necessary for you to focus on answering their questions at all times, in ways they understand. This can be a fun experience as well!
Encourage learning environments
It will be possible for you to see that there are various services that are useful to you in making your child smart. As an example, taking your child to a baby playgroup Hong Kong will be a fun learning experience for your child, as the existing environment will encourage education while being relaxed. Just as your child might get to interact with other children there, you will be able to interact with other parents in sharing experiences.
However, when a subtle, yet effective learning environment such as a playgroup in Hong Kong is being chosen, you need to make sure that you turn to capable service providers. Such a place will be a place that your child looks forwards to go to, and it will be a positive change from the home environment as well.
Give your child educational toys
Since children love playing, you can turn their playing experiences into something that is educational. By giving them educational toys, it will be possible for you to facilitate this matter in such an ideal way.
Guide To Water Transportation
Water transport is mostly regarded to be the cheapest mode of transport while it is as well the oldest. While it is the cheapest method, it further is advantageous when you have to transport large and bulky goods, regardless of the distance. It is one of the methods that majorly is responsible in encouraging trade between different countries, hence international trade. Among water transport, there are additionally two ways of transportation.
For instance, firstly there is inland water transport, and then there is transport through the ocean. Ocean transport is the most crucial method of transport for foreign trade. It is one of the ways that has helped to develop the markets of the world into one whole global market. This is known as the cheapest method of transport as it does not require to be constructed or maintained as it operates on natural course. Coastal shipping is the method through ocean transportation, that is used to export and import goods from different parts of a country itself. Despite its ability to deliver bulky goods, it is still inflexible as it can only serve limited areas. Shipping containers for sale Brisbane are widely used to carry goods on ships as they can hold a lot of goods because of its size. Click here to read more – https://www.multiboxx.com.au/multiboxx-locations/perth/.
Inland water transport includes the use of rivers, canals, and lakes. This method of transport is not made use of much lately due to the development of other means of transport. However, it can be used for both small and big boats and barrages. It is further one of the ways that has been used the most throughout time. Canals on the other hand which is artificial in contrast to rivers. They require large capital investment in order to be constructed and maintained. Therefore, this results in this mean of transport being much expensive compared to other inland water transport methods. In addition, lakes can be both built like canals, or naturally set as rivers.
However, insuring the goods that you transport is an important fact that you should consider before setting up your carriage. We can't predict what happens in the future and certainly there is a risk involved when transporting your goods by means of water. Therefore, having a proper insurance plan can help you to prevent any loss on your goods. Overseas shipping utilizes three other methods of shipping which includes liners, tramps and tankers. Nevertheless, these methods of ocean transportation are known to cost the least of damage to the goods being transported. However, there is always the danger of these goods facing the unpredictable nature of the sea.
A Girl's Best Friend – What To Buy And How
A man's best friend may be a dog, but the same for women has commonly been identified as diamonds – they are a 'girl's best friend'. And there might be some truth in the statement, given how much women tend to love jewellery and diamonds in general. This has made diamonds a staple of engagement rings and the like. However, if you are planning on buying an engagement ring with a diamond stud on it, you better stop to consider certain criteria before you decide on one. Because, after all, when it comes to diamonds, there are just as many things to consider as when it comes to buying jewellery. The criteria have been commonly termed the '5Cs'. To help you understand, here are some of the points you will need to look at:
- Cut – the cut, unlike what you would expect, does not refer to the shape of the diamond per se, but the way the diamond was cut. It might sound like there is no difference between these two, but the shape refers to the physical shape of the diamond (i.e. pear-shaped, for example), whereas the cut refers to the method in which the diamond was cut. The cut actually decides the brilliance of the diamond – the angles at which the diamond was cut determine its reflectivity. The most brilliant diamonds will be the ones that fully reflect the light directed at them in the same direction, with lower quality cuts letting light pass through in other directions (and thereby reducing brilliance).
- Colour – one of the most confusing aspects to consider when you buy diamonds collection Hong Kong is the colour and the price fluctuations. Theoretically, the perfect diamond is a colourless stone, but the naturally occurring diamonds tend to have other impurities mixed within them, which means that they can possess different shades of colour. Now, you might believe the colourless diamonds are the most expensive (since they are technically the closest to being the 'perfect diamond'); however, the rarity of the colour is actually what decides the price: red diamonds are the most expensive of all.
- Clarity – the clarity basically refers to the number of imperfections, or to 'how flawless' the diamond is. Naturally, flawless diamonds are the most expensive. Imperfections can only be viewed with the aid of a microscope, but worse the imperfection, the less brilliance you can expect from a diamond.
- Carat – whilst this might be the fourth point, this might actually be one of the first points to focus on when people buy diamond rings collections, engagement rings and the like. The reason is because there is a general idea that the bigger diamonds have bigger carat numbers; however, keep in mind that this basically refers to the weight of the diamond.
- Certificate – and finally, the last point is the report or documentation that proves the quality of the diamond. Basically, receiving this is a testament to the fact that you have bought a quality jewel!


text: PHOTONEWS 25 May 2015: Survey (And A Chance To Win £30) Fellow Photographers,I need your help. If you look at the 'forthcoming events' section of the studio website at the moment it is looking pretty sparse. I have actually got lots of ideas for events but I want to make sure that my ideas are for events you want to come to. Let me be honest with you. Recently I have had a few events that have not run because I have not had sufficient people booking for them. This does happen every so often, so I am not unduly worried. However it is obviously better for me, for the models I book, and for you as photographers if the events I plan are ones that where there is the most interest. So please can I ask you to spare 5 minutes to take a short survey about events at Ian's Studio. As a thank you for taking the survey, everyone who provides their name an email address before 9.00am on Monday 1st June will be entered into a draw to win £30 worth of vouchers which can be used to attend any event at Ian's Studio. Please be honest with your replies – if something isn't working tell me! If you wish you can remain anonymous: just don't give your name and email at the end of the survey. Take The Survey Once I have analysed the results of the survey, I will be putting more events on to the calendar. But before then we have a couple of exciting Friday Night at the Studio events. The first two have just been added the third has been on the calendar for about 8 months. Friday, 29 May 2015 – Photo Doctor – Bring images to be critiqued. Get answers to photography questions. See how YOUR photos can be enhanced in post-production. Friday, 5 June 2015 – Red or Nothing – An evening of glamour photography working with our red room set. Friday, 19 June 2015 – Falling Down and Floating Up – We will be looking at techniques for creating so called 'levitation' style images. For all this an more please read on… Forthcoming Events Friday, 29 May 2015 – Photo Doctor Location: Ian's Studio Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM Price: £5 Bring images to be critiqued. Get answers to photography questions. See how YOUR photos can be enhanced in post-production. Tonight's Friday Night at the Studio event will be a little different. When I have been lecturing on the cruise ships on of my most popular sessions has been my Photo Doctor sessions. I'm now going to run one of these sessions as a Friday Night event. The format of the session is simple, come with images. They don't have to be your best images, the session works best with images that didn't quite work – and perhaps you don't know why. Come with photography related questions, is there a technique you want to understand, is there some photography advice you need. We will load images in to Adobe Lightroom, and go through them, looking at them projected on studio wall. We talk about what works and what can be improved. If appropriate we then look at post production techniques that can be used to enhance the images. Interspersed between the images, I will do my best to answer you photography questions, explaining techniques and helping you learn new skills. Not only will you get answers to your own questions and advice on how to improve your photographs, but you get to hear the questions and answers from other photographers. It should all make for a fun evening where we can all learn more. All this for just £5. Price £5 Please book via my website: http://www.ians-studio.co.uk/events/photo-doctor/ Friday, 5 June 2015 – Red or Nothing Location: Ian's Studio Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM Price: £29 For tonight's event we will be working with an experienced glamour model using the studio's "red room" set-up. The set, and the props will be red, the outfits will be red or nothing! The red room set-up has proved highly popular in the past and it offers a surprising amount of flexibility in set-up and lighting. You can see examples of types of images created with the red room here: http://photos.imb.biz/model/shoot/redroom (NSFW – as you might expect the gallery contains nudity). Details of the model for this event will be post shortly. Price: £29 Maximum spaces for this event will be 7. Please book via my website: http://www.ians-studio.co.uk/events/red-or-nothing/ Friday, 19 June 2015 – Falling Down and Floating Up Location: Ian's Studio Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM Price: £25 For tonight's Friday Night at the Studio event we will be looking at techniques for creating so called 'levitation' style images. These are images where a person appears to be floating in mid air. If the weather permits we will go outside this evening and create images in the studio grounds and in the local parks. If the weather is not suitable we will work inside the studio. You WILL need a tripod for this event. I have a couple of spare tripods at the studio – please let me know if you need to borrow one. Details of the model for this event will be published shortly. Price: £25 Please book via my website: http://www.ians-studio.co.uk/events/falling-down-and-floating-up/ Photo of the Day POTD Fri, 15 May 2015: Splash, Bang, Wallop Bursting a water balloon A dart bursts a water filled balloon. This is one of the images captured at our "Splash, Bang, Wallop" table-top night at the studio. You can see other images created at the event here: http://photos.imb.biz/studio/splashbangwallop PLEASE NOTE: This is not a source of free photographs. This photograph is (c) Ian M Butterfield. All rights are reserved. No use Is permitted (including non-commercial use) without prior permission. If you wish to use any of my photographs please ask first. Image Reference: FH0515A-G08098 POTD Fri, 8 May 2015: Strawberry Venom Model Strawberry Venom at Ian's Studio After nearly two years model Strawberry Venom returned to Ian's Studio for a Friday Night at the Studio event. Highlight of the evening was this the Zebra patterned latex dress that she had designed and made herself. The full set of images that I made durring the evening can be found here: http://photos.imb.biz/model/shoot/fridayvenom (NSFW – Please note gallery contains some nudity) PLEASE NOTE: This is not a source of free photographs. This photograph is (c) Ian M Butterfield. All rights are reserved. No use Is permitted (including non-commercial use) without prior permission. If you wish to use any of my photographs please ask first. Image Reference: FH0508A-G07679 The Full Programme For full details of all our fourthcomming events please use the links below or click on the event eFlyer. • Friday, 29 May 2015 – Photo Doctor • Friday, 5 June 2015 – Red or Nothing • Friday, 19 June 2015 – Falling Down and Floating Up • Saturday, 4 July 2015 – Messy Art Nude Workshop • Saturday, 24 October 2015 – Studio Photography Taster Day Don't forget our referral programme £10 for each new photographer you refer to the studio who goes on to book for an event, workshop or course. More details here. IanButty2016-11-05T23:29:51+00:0026 May 2015| Please share this page: FacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditTumblrEmail Related Posts PHOTONEWS Tues 12 May 2015: In Depth Training [PHOTONEWS] Lessons in Lighting PHOTONEWS: Part 2 – Lightroom CC/6 [PHOTONEWS] Part One: What's On PHOTONEWS: To the next level [PHOTONEWS] Did you miss me? 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Dakari Hru, a poet and an author of children's books, died on Aug. 31 at Cabrini Medical Center in Manhattan. He was 42 and lived in Manhattan.
He died after a brief illness, said Mary Jack Wald Associates, his literary representative.
Mr. Hru's first picture book, "Joshua's Masai Mask," published in 1993, was described as "splendidly universal" in a review in The New York Times. A second picture book, "The Magic Moonberry Jump Ropes," is to be published by Dial Books for Young Readers in the spring of 1996. His poetry is to be included in an anthology to be published by Lee & Low Books in 1995.
He was born in Pittsburgh and received a bachelor's degree in French from the University of Dayton in Ohio and a master's degree in organizational psychology from Columbia University. He was employed at the United Nations and, since 1985, was a contributing poet to "Reflections, Journal of the United Nations Society."
He is survived by several cousins.


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Codethink has been collaborating with British Cycling technical staff to develop an innovative telematics system to measure performance of their athletes in training for competitive events. This system seeks to improve the recording and analysis of raw data and will aid training progress of British Cycling in preparation for the Olympics in Tokyo 2020.
Codethink's Project Manager Paul Waters provides insight into Codethink's involvement:
"When British Cycling first approached Codethink, they were having trouble maximising the efficiency of their embedded logging hub. Sensors were placed on the training bikes, this is used to capture live data during use, such as cadence and torque.
Codethink engineers worked with engineers from British Cycling to redesign firmware on their central hub, identifying the best way forward and resolving the issues that were found. The sensors were now also able to operate on tandem bikes for the paralympic athletes, allowing for data analysis that was previously unfeasible."
After several sensor and firmware upgrades, British Cycling's main hub now supports a much higher rate of data logging which in turn helps produce more accurate analysis of performance integral data."
British Cycling's head of technology Tony Purnell said:
"We use world-class products in all aspects of our work, and Codethink have been no exception.
In competitive sport at this level, small details make a huge difference. And because our athletes' successes are often measured in hundredths of a second, we need to make sure we are doing everything we can from a coaching perspective to help them achieve a performance edge. Technology is vital to this process. The new systems upgrade developed by Codethink not only enables us to better understand our athletes' current limitations, but it also allows us to maximise their potential by helping them push beyond those boundaries."
Nick Cooper, British Cycling's development engineer, said:
"Working with Codethink allowed us to actualise the use of a cutting edge technology that we had been attempting to implement ourselves for an extended period of time without success.
The upgraded data-logger will provide access to more detailed cycling data the likes of which we don't believe is available to any other federation worldwide. When we commenced the project we hoped only to achieve the desired functionality, but Codethink along the way dissected and restructured some of our tired and messy code and to a level that we are very happy with. The code base is now more structured, maintainable, readable and extensible thanks to their careful design and experienced adaption.
We are hoping that these new data streams will translate to new performance insights for Tokyo 2020."
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edingacic wrote:I contacted the guy that has MM1 and will get you the drivers hopefully soon.
edingacic wrote:I agree timecode would be nice but for the printer port I don't think is needed because we can use midex+ for this and have 13 out and 3 in with this solution. Right now this is what I use on my TT030 Midex+ and SoundPool mo4 giving me 8 out plus atari = 9 OUT and 3 IN. But it would be nice to have a new device that does it all and does it faster
edingacic wrote:Yes here it is thanks to Autonomy Music - Evert . Please download the pictures from wetransfer as soon as possible as they expire.
edingacic wrote:Hi Foxie, as I am hardware clueless these questions are better answered by other people on the forum here. Maybe those DIP switches are for the printer settings like IRQ things I might be talking bull now but that could be it.
edingacic wrote:It would be amazing if we could clone this 1 to 1.
edingacic wrote:With fear, pounding heartbeat and shaking hands and even a drop of sweat or two, I took the MM1 apart,… You know what you did to me by asking me this!??!!? . I did a test run of all the connected gear to see if it still worked,… pfff,… yes!
edingacic wrote:This is really promising Foxie . Looks like simple solutions are always the best if you can improve on them with today's knowledge and tools that would be even better. KISS rule - Keep it simple stupid!
Miguel wrote:Up to four of these units can be cascaded, giving a maximum of 512 additional independent MIDI channels.
Miguel wrote:The price for a StarPort unit is 498 marks. DVPI has announced in this context a MIDIShare compatible version of the session partner, which also supports the StarPort. Freestyle by Sound-Pool also controls the StarPort. The device is identical to the MMI MIDI expander by Friendchip."
edingacic wrote:Wow this is all too interesting to read. Foxie if you write a program I am sure my friend will run it and give you data back. He is using it on Falcon and I would love to use it on my TT030.
edingacic wrote:I have original dongles and Midex+ & SoundPool MO4 if you need anything tested here I can do that too. Keep up the good work.
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Chabad Emissaries Coming to Small Jewish Community of South Dakota
by Deborah Fineblum / JNS.org
JNS.org — A state boasting just 400 Jews is about to receive its first full-time Jewish leadership, in an historic move for the community and the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.
South Dakota will soon be home to Rabbi Mendel and Mussie Alperowitz, who will set up a Chabad center in the last state still without emissaries.
The official announcement was made last month at the annual international conference of the movement's emissaries in New York. As soon as enough money can be raised and a venue obtained, the Alperowitzes will make the move to Sioux Falls, where — like the more than 4,500 other Chabad emissary families worldwide — they will lead Shabbat prayer services, host holiday celebrations and offer classes and workshops for Jews of all ages.
The Alperowitzes have a head start with the South Dakota Jewish community, as they have visited the state three times as part of Chabad's "Roving Rabbi" program, which dispatches rabbinical students and young rabbis to teach and lead services in communities without a Chabad center. On the plane ride back to New York after celebrating the Purim holiday in Sioux Falls last March, the couple began to seriously discuss the possibility of opening a Chabad House in the city. A visit in October for Sukkot sealed their commitment, Alperowitz said.
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"I've been so impressed with the people there," Rabbi Alperowitz, 27, told JNS.org. "There was a great feeling of welcome."
The rabbi recalled when a man approached him in the the Sioux Falls airport and told Alperowitz — who was carrying a traditional lulav and etrog for Sukkot — that he was Jewish but had never held the four species before.
"When I saw this man feeling so good about being a Jew, and excited about doing this mitzvah, we both got pretty emotional," Alperowitz said.
The rabbi added that he believes that the commonly used estimate of South Dakota's Jewish population — 400 individuals — may prove to be low, and guessed that the community may be "double that size."
Dr. Richard Klein, a retired urologist who has lived in Sioux Falls for 16 years, agreed that the number may be wrong. "Whether [local Jews will] become more involved now that there will be a full-time Chabad rabbi, we'll have to wait and see," he said.
The Aleprowitz couple — who have two young daughters — say that each time they visited, they have made new friends and connections, and community members report that the feeling is mutual.
"He's made a great impression on us," said Steve Rosenthal, who runs a local printing business, serves as state chair for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and was formerly the president of the local Mt. Zion Reform Congregation. "He's a very warm guy."
Klein said he is looking forward to taking classes with the rabbi.
"I tend to learn on my own on Shabbat," he said. "But we're not a hermit religion. We need someone to learn with. I'm hoping that will happen now."
Yet, in a town where the only current synagogue is Reform, and Shabbat services are led about half the year by a visiting Reform rabbinical student, the Orthodox traditions of Chabad may take some getting used to, acknowledged Rosenthal.
Klein said that some local Jews "could feel somewhat threatened, somewhat intimidated" by the forthcoming center, but "we discussed that possibility honestly with the rabbi, and he said he's coming here to bring the community together, not tear it apart."
"I think having [the Alperowitzes] here will make us a stronger Jewish community," Klein added.
"I'm not saying there won't be challenges, but they've already broken down walls," said Rosenthal. "I agree with the rabbi that we're here to learn from each other, and building the community is my dream. Maybe this is a first step — after all, four new Jews is already a 3-percent increase in the city's Jewish population."
Reuven and Avigail Hanna, both in their 30s, are eagerly awaiting the Alperowitzes' arrival. Doctoral students with a 19-month-old child, the Hannas are among the few current Orthodox Jews in Sioux Falls, and Reuven said having a full-time Chabad rabbi in the city "can only benefit Jews of every flavor."
Matilda Oppenheimer, who has lived in Sioux Falls for 27 years, added that the challenges of raising a family in a small Jewish community are real, but that the difficulties can encourage people to forge stronger and more resilient Jewish identities.
"My children learned to stand up as proud Jews," she said.
Rabbi Alperowitz agreed.
"In Brooklyn there are shuls and restaurants everywhere — it's so easy to be Jewish," he said. "In South Dakota they have to come together to create Jewish community, to celebrate Shabbat. It's really an inspiration. We're looking forward to raising our daughters as proud Jewish South Dakotans."
"These are people who've really given their all to maintaining communal infrastructure for decades," Mussie Alperowitz, 26, said. "We felt an instant connection with them and we said to each other, 'Wow, these people are wonderful. We should really consider moving out there.'"
The two most obvious hurdles for the Chabad family — food and education — are surmountable, Mussie said. The Sioux Falls Jews already have a system in place for bringing in kosher food from outside the state — "We have a big freezer," laughed Rosenthal — and there is an online school available for the children of Chabad emissaries located in remote areas.
"There won't be family there like in Brooklyn, but in small towns like this the community becomes your family," Mussie added.
The Alperowitzes are a good fit for Sioux Falls, said Rabbi Mendel Feller, a Chabad emissary in Twin Cities, Minnesota.
"I knew [Rabbi Alperowitz] as a personable, approachable guy, so I suggested he try it out. The community has been very supportive, and we're a few hours away [from Sioux Falls] and ready to help in any way we can," Feller said.
"In Chabad, being an emissary is a normal and beautiful thing to do. For us to live a meaningful life, we want to bring meaning into others' lives," Mussie said.


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May 28, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 135 km long Eastern Peripheral Expressway which was followed by his 50 minute-long speech. As usual, he brought up Congress in his talk and said that the party betrayed people for 70 years along with praising his government on many levels and in multiple departments. The points from his speech can be read at the bottom.
Eastern Peripheral Expressway
Here are the things which are noteworthy about the Eastern Peripheral Expressway
Today is a special day for people living in the NCR. Two key projects, Phase-1 of Delhi-Meerut Expressway and the Eastern Peripheral Expressway have been dedicated to the nation. Through top quality infrastructure, we are enhancing 'Ease of Living.' https://t.co/fVJLJ9ugXi pic.twitter.com/alGiNyOShCNarendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 27, 2018
- It is a six-lane expressway built with a cost of Rs 11,000 in 500 days
- It is located in Haryana and originates from Kundli and ends at Palwal with 135 km stretch
- It took 17 months to complete
- It is expected to bring down the pollution level in Delhi by 27 per cent
- The Eastern Peripheral Expressway is India's first highway to be lit by solar power
- It also has provisions of rainwater harvesting on every 500 metres on either side
- The highway is also equipped with intelligent highway traffic management system (HTMS), video detection system (VIDS) and Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) system
- The expressway is likely to bring down vehicular pollution by diverting at least 50,000 vehicles from Delhi going towards Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand
- 27% #PragatiKaHighway pic.twitter.com/dBbK7QRm6xNitin Gadkari (@nitin_gadkari) May 25, 2018
Points from PM Narendra Modi's speech
Asserting that infrastructure is a key priority of his government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said Rs 3 lakh crore has been spent on laying a network of 28,000 km of highways.
Highways, railways, airways and Iways have been the focus of the government he said.
Highways construction has reached 27 km a day from mere 12 km a day during Congress regime while last year 10 crore people undertook air journeys, he said.
He said that apart from Rs 5 lakh crore provision for Bharatmala for highways, a provision of Rs 14 lakh crore was made in the budget to strengthen agriculture-related infrastructure.
The government is sensitive to the plight of sugarcane farmers and adequate steps are taken to provide proper prices for their crop, he said.
While talking about social justice, Modi said his government is committed to Dalit protection and has constituted special courts for fast-track hearing of cases of atrocities.
Lauding Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, he said criminals in UP are now surrendering themselves and pledging not to indulge in illegal acts.
About the Ganga cleaning programme, Modi said more than 200 projects worth Rs 21,000 crore for having been taken up.
Taking a jibe at Congress, Modi said it had betrayed people for 70 years and played politics to create a crisis of confidence whether related to EVMs or other critical issues.
He said the Opposition was spreading rumours on farmer issues and asked people not to give credence to lies about farms given on contract farming.
In his about 50 minute-speech, he said all-round development work has been initiated.
(with inputs from PTI)
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Dr Singh who runs his botox clinic in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, in his latest blog shares his thoughts on botox and the potential side effects.
Botox® treatments are well tolerated and have very few side effects.
Botox® injections are extremely safe when undertaken by an experienced and qualified partitioners. The most common side effects reports by individuals include some swelling or bruising around where the injection was applied, headaches or flu-like symptoms. If the Botox® injections are not applied correctly, the toxin may spread to surrounding tissues and causing the following problems:
Eyelid droop
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Over the weekend, the Los Angeles County Coroner revealed that "sleep apnea and other undetermined factors" was ruled as the cause of death for beloved Star Wars icon Carrie Fisher. Today we have word that cocaine, morphine, codeine and oxycodone were found in the actress' system at the time of her death. The coroner's report added that atherosclerotic heart disease, the hardening of the arteries, was also listed as a cause of death along with drug use, but no specific drugs were revealed until now.
TMZ reports that the Los Angeles County Coroner released its full autopsy today, along with the toxicology report that reveals what drugs were found in her system, through a urine analysis. Other drugs found in her system include MDMA, a.k.a. ecstasy, and heroin. No details were given as to how big the dose for each drug was, when these drugs were taken, or if they had any impact on her death. However, it has been widely reported that drug use can make the symptoms of sleep apnea worse.
Just two days before Christmas last year, Carrie Fisher suffered a heart attack on a flight from London to Los Angeles. On Christmas Day, the actress' mother, iconic singer/actress Debbie Reynolds, revealed that her daughter was in stable condition, but on December 27, the actress had passed away. Carrie Fisher had been returning home to L.A. after a promotional tour for her new book, The Princess Diarist, with her heart attack occurring just 15 minutes before the plane landed. Sadly, just a few days after Carrie Fisher passed away, her mother Debbie Reynolds also passed away at the age of 84.
Shortly after her death, it was confirmed that Carrie Fisher had already finished shooting her scenes for Star Wars 8, while other reports hinted that reshoots for the movie will pay homage to her iconic character, General Leia Organa. No specific details about the reshoots were given, but there were also rumors that the studio may use CGI technology to digitally re-create her General Leia Organa character, much like how the studio recreated the Grand Moff Tarkin character in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, years after actor Peter Cushing's death. LucasFilm denied those reports, and it has been confirmed that Star Wars IX will not feature Leia.
There was also a report from January that claimed Leia may be cut from Star Wars 8, since there were still two very important scenes that were set to appear in either Star Wars: The Last Jedi or Star Wars: Episode IX that Carrie Fisher had yet to film. Since it was already confirmed that she had shot all of her scenes for Star Wars 8, it seems likely that these scenes would have taken place in Star Wars IX, but we haven't gotten confirmation if these scenes are authentic or not. The scenes in question featured Leia reuniting with her brother, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and a confrontation with her son, Kylo Ren (Adam Driver), who killed his father and Leia's husband, Han Solo (Harrison Ford) in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.


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Everything in the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Trailer That Made You Giddy
List Rules Vote up the elements of the teaser trailer that make you most psyched for Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy 2.
Did any of you know Marvel was going to drop a Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 trailer out of nowhere? Why didn't you tell anybody? The teaser trailer writer-director James Gunn posted without warning has almost too much information to process. One of the best things about the Guardians of the Galaxy 2 teaser trailer is that you find out that not only are all of your favorite space cowboys coming back for more action, but they're being joined by the coolest side characters from the first movie. But it's not all about finding out that Groot's back and is somehow more adorable than the last time we saw him. It looks like there's also going to be a ton of insane action in this movie ..
One of the most exciting elements of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 teaser trailer is how different it feels from the first film. Obviously there's not a big tonal change going on, but the trailer makes it seem like the characters are more suited to where they are in their group, and now we'll get to see them take on new intergalactic challenges while also walking in slow motion. That sounds dorky but it looks amazing.
Keep reading and vote on the elements of the teaser trailer that have you all fired up for Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy 2.


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This guideline covers investigating and managing gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) and dyspepsia in people aged 18 and over. It aims to improve the treatment of GORD and dyspepsia by making detailed recommendations on Helicobacter pylori eradication, and specifying when to consider laparoscopic fundoplication and referral to specialist services.
This guideline covers identifying children, young people and adults with symptoms that could be caused by cancer. It outlines appropriate investigations in primary care, and selection of people to refer for a specialist opinion. It aims to help people understand what to expect if they have symptoms that may suggest cancer.
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in people aged 18 and over. It aims to improve the quality of life for people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis by helping healthcare professionals to diagnose the condition and provide effective symptom management.
This guideline covers endoscopy treatments for people aged 18 and over with Barrett's oesophagus and high-grade dysplasia or intramucosal cancer. It offers advice on which types of endoscopy treatments should be offered and how these should be used. It aims to improve choice of treatment for adults with Barrett's oesophagus and improve quality of life and survival for those who cannot have surgery.
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in people aged 16 years and over. It aims to improve care for people with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma by promoting the best tests for diagnosis and staging and the most effective treatments for 6 of the subtypes. Tests and treatments covered include excision biopsy, radiotherapy, immunochemotherapy and stem cell transplantation.
This guideline covers cardiac rehabilitation and preventing further cardiovascular disease in people aged 18 and over who have had a myocardial infarction. It aims to promote the health of people who have had an MI by encouraging them to attend a cardiac rehabilitation programme and advising them on a healthy lifestyle. It also includes advice on drug therapy.
Evidence-based recommendations on dabigatran etexilate (Pradaxa) for preventing stroke and systemic embolism in atrial fibrillation (AF)
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing gallstone disease in adults. It aims to reduce variation in care by promoting the most effective treatments, and to improve the advice given to people with gallstone disease before and after treatment.
Evidence-based recommendations on dabigatran etexilate (Pradaxa) for treatment and secondary prevention of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in people aged 18 and over. It details how to accurately diagnose IBS, and aims to improve the quality of life for adults with IBS by promoting effective management using dietary and lifestyle advice, pharmacological therapy and referral for psychological interventions.
This guideline covers interventions in the acute stage of a stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA). It offers the best clinical advice on the diagnosis and acute management of stroke and TIA in the 48 hours after onset of symptoms.
This guideline covers diagnosing, assessing and managing cerebral palsy in children and young people from birth up to their 25th birthday. It aims to make sure they get the care and treatment they need for the developmental and clinical comorbidities associated with cerebral palsy, so that they can be as active and independent as possible.
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in children and young people (under 18s). It aims to raise awareness of symptoms that need investigating and treating, and to reassure parents and carers that regurgitation is common in infants under 1 year.
Evidence-based recommendations on pirfenidone (Esbriet) for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in adults
Evidence-based recommendations on patisiran (Onpattro) for treating hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis in adults with stage 1 and stage 2 polyneuropathy
This guideline covers assessing and diagnosing recent chest pain in people aged 18 and over and managing symptoms while a diagnosis is being made. It aims to improve outcomes by providing advice on tests (ECG, high-sensitivity troponin tests, multislice CT angiography, functional testing) that support healthcare professionals to make a speedy and accurate diagnosis.
Evidence-based recommendations on raloxifene for the primary prevention of osteoporotic fragility fractures in postmenopausal women
Evidence-based recommendations on rivaroxaban (Xarelto) for preventing stroke and systemic embolism in atrial fibrillation (AF)
Evidence-based recommendations on raloxifene and teriparatide for the secondary prevention of osteoporotic fragility fractures in postmenopausal women
Evidence-based recommendations on apixaban (Eliquis) for preventing stroke and systemic embolism in people with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF)
Evidence-based recommendations on migalastat (Galafold) for treating Fabry disease in people over 16
Evidence-based recommendations on infliximab (Remicade) for acute exacerbations of ulcerative colitis in adults
This guideline covers the recognition, assessment and management of coeliac disease in children, young people and adults.
This guideline covers identifying, assessing and managing obesity in children (aged 2 years and over), young people and adults. It aims to improve the use of bariatric surgery and very-low-calorie diets to help people who are obese to reduce their weight.
Evidence-based recommendations on adefovir dipivoxil (Hepsera) and peginterferon alfa-2a (Pegasys) for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B
Evidence-based recommendations on rivaroxaban (Xarelto) for treating deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and preventing recurrent DVT and pulmonary embolism
Evidence-based recommendations on pazopanib (Votrient) for the first-line treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC/kidney cancer)
Evidence-based recommendations on high-sensitivity troponin tests for the early rule-out of acute myocardial infarction (AMI)
Evidence-based recommendations on rivaroxaban (Xarelto) for treating pulmonary embolism and preventing recurrent venous thromboembolism
Evidence-based recommendations on rivaroxaban (Xarelto) for preventing adverse outcomes after acute management of acute coronary syndrome (ACS)
Evidence-based recommendations on mirabegron (Betmiga) for treating the symptoms of overactive bladder
Evidence-based recommendations on olaparib (Lynparza)
Evidence-based recommendations on eltrombopag (Revolade) for treating chronic immune (idiopathic) thrombocytopenic purpura (chronic ITP)
Evidence-based recommendations on dimethyl fumarate (Tecfidera) for treating relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS/RRMS)


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Empower a Woman, Empower a Nation: IWD 2017
International Women's Day is held annually on 8 March — a day that has long been observed as an opportunity for asserting equality for women's social, political and working rights.
On Tuesday, 8 March 2017 Chapters are encouraged to demonstrate their support for this year's theme of Empower a Woman, Empower a Nation.
History of IWD
The first International Women's Day rallies were held in March 1911, initiating what would become a world-wide movement to champion the cause of equality for women. In Australia, the first IWD rally was held at the Sydney Domain in 1928.
Empower a Woman, Empower a Nation
Gender inequality remains one of the greatest barriers to women's empowerment and sustainable development across the world. Women are disproportionately affected by poverty, discrimination and exploitation because of barriers to education and employment and often end up in insecure, low-wage jobs.
While the percentage of women represented in parliaments around the world has doubled in the last twenty years, today, only 23% of all national parliamentarians are women, with just 6.3% female representation in the Pacific region.
In 2017, our union is doing its part to increase the profile of issues and problems that affect women in their domestic and professional lives, including committing to a specific industrial and professional issues work plan that was developed out of our Women's Conference held in 2016.
The key elements arising from this work plan that will form the basis of our union's commitment to improving the working lives of our members are:
Policy: Development of position statements and industrial provisions that support greater equity.
Advocacy: Public support or recommendation for particular causes or policies.
Claims on employers: Pursuit of provisions and clauses that enhance working conditions of all workers, and women in particular.
Internal support: Programs and actions to support women members to take up positions of leadership and influence within their own workplaces and, where applicable, the union movement more generally.
If you are interested in learning more about our women's work plan, consider becoming a part of our union's equity committee.
Chapter action
As part of our 2017 International Women's Day celebrations, Chapters are asked to support a collective culture in school workplaces by organising Chapter activities such as:
- hold a celebratory IWD Morning Tea on Wednesday 8 March 2017;
- provide a photo of Chapter celebrations for inclusion in the Independent Voice and our union's digital communications including social media (please email these to firstname.lastname@example.com)
- urge your colleagues to join us (or to renew their union membership);
- Join our union's Equity Committee. (email your interest to email@example.com).
Happy International Women's Day!
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The common view—only common because of its proliferation by the leftist media, and Hollywood–is that Democrats are empathetic wonks. What I mean by that is they are portrayed as people whose hearts bleed when they see hardship, and all they want to do is help. They are seen as eggheads, whose intelligence, and practicality of policy lead them to be mocked. While Republicans are viewed as either bumbling morons, or racist, misogynistic, greedy menaces to society. This is only the case because–as I mentioned above—Hollywood and the media have worked tirelessly to sculpt these images.
One of the more upsetting aspects of this incorrect perception is that people actually believe that it was Republicans who were opposed to civil rights, and that it was Democrats who tirelessly championed them. This belief has led people away from the Republican Party, and toward the Democratic Party. But it's just false. I cannot do justice to this issue on a large scale, but I would like to tackle it in a very specific way. If you'd like a better, and more thorough grasp on this issue, read The Tyranny of Cliches, by Jonah Goldberg.
According to Breitbart, Joe Piscopo, a former SNL actor has publicly left the Democratic Party. In an op-ed for the Washington Times, Piscopo explained the reason he decided to leave the Party:
"I was a Democrat because I believed in civil rights, like Lyndon Johnson…I was a Democrat because while it was clear to me that the Republican politicians were out of touch and cared for only the upper class, Democrats like Franklin Roosevelt cared for the masses and helping the working man…By and large, none of these values are represented in the Democratic Party today…From where I'm standing, the party has largely abandoned its commitment to civil rights and instead allows race-baiters to be national power brokers…"
To most people, what Picopo wrote falls into line with what they know to be true—at least in terms of the historical position of Democrats like Lyndon Johnson. The problem is that the Democrats were not the civil rights champions college professors, and pundits claim they were. Moreover, Lyndon Johnson was certainly not an advocate for blacks, in fact, he was a racist.
Yeah, most liberals, and even many apolitical individuals would probably scold me for saying something like that, because they have no clue. They believe that Johnson was a champion of the black community. According to Kevin D. Williamson of National Review (and don't lambaste me for my choice of source, because this info can be found in many other places. Try Google, it's pretty cool, guys.):
"The depth of Johnson's prior opposition to civil-rights reform must be digested in some detail to be properly appreciated…In Congress, Johnson had consistently and repeatedly voted against legislation to protect black Americans from lynching. As a leader in the Senate, Johnson did his best to cripple the Civil Rights Act of 1957; not having votes sufficient to stop it, he managed to reduce it to an act of mere symbolism by excising the enforcement provisions before sending it to the desk of President Eisenhower."
Lyndon Johnson said this of the Civil Rights Act:
"These Negroes, they're getting pretty uppity these days, and that's a problem for us, since they've got something now they never had before: the political pull to back up their uppityness. Now we've got to do something about this — we've got to give them a little something, just enough to quiet them down, not enough to make a difference."
Next time a liberal friend extols Lyndon Johnson as some kind of civil rights hero, make sure to bring up that quote. There is so much more to this story, just check out the rest of the article on National Review, and read Jonah Goldberg's book. But my focus isn't on the fact that Lyndon Johnson was a racist, or that it was mostly Republicans who shepherded the Civil Rights Movement in Washington, but the fact that common wisdom says that the reverse is true.
When celebrities like Joe Piscopo come out, and leave the Democratic Party, it's a good thing. But when they make comments like "I was a Democrat because I believed in civil rights, like Lyndon Johnson," it perpetuates a devastating myth. This myth permeates our society, and it blights the conservative movement. As Winston Churchill said, a lie can get around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. Because of lies like the ones being told about who opposed civil rights, many people are completely unwilling to understand the Republican Party. More than that, they don't see that the Republican Party is the Party of compassion. They see Republicans as evil, and backwards.
This one myth has created an illusion that has millions of people convinced that conservatism is bad, that conservatives are idiots. Joe Piscopo has just done his part—likely unwittingly—to advance a vile cultural lie. And as we know, lies (propaganda) told enough times have an incredible influence. Without the lie that Republicans were racists, and Democrats were compassionate civil rights champions, more Americans may be willing to seriously consider our platform. Without this lie being constantly told, the light of truth could reveal to many Americans that conservatism is the most compassionate philosophy. But, once again, "common knowledge" has killed the truth.


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Marketing-oriented visual identity for University of Waterloo brings chaos
Branding an educational institution would definitely be challenging, if I could imagine. There's pressure to stay classic and academic but not too 'old' vs. taking a risk to make it modern but not too 'cool' and unprofessional, to begin with. Case in point: University of Waterloo.
In the spring of 2009, the University of Waterloo announced plans to re-brand and update their image. They wanted to start by simply putting up banners in the summer – however, their new logo design was leaked and has since caused an incredibly outcry from students and the community. There was a Facebook group called Students and alumni against the new University of Waterloo logo that had over 5,000 members in its beginnings and now as over 9,000.
As the design blog Under Consideration writes, the main complaint throughout is that the new logo is not dignified enough and it does not represent the school.
Since September, the school's opinion site has been flooded with comments on the logo, and a Facebook page has been created to collect opinions on the logo – all of this serious consideration taken after the original plans were to be officially launched this fall.
Now, the university seems to have been left with only one choice: to accept and review feedback. The team then went through 131 iterations of the logo. As of July 24, 2009 they have begun to "share the new visual identity system with campus groups" and are preparing for a reveal in the November issue of Waterloo Magazine. On August 28, the University of Waterloo's identity task force announced that they would have to re-evaluate the prototype logo.
From the very start, the University officially described it as part of a way of "How to better tell the Waterloo story". I wish them luck in doing so, while keeping all of their students from transferring schools!
If this is the reaction Waterloo (a school recognized for sciences, engineering and quantum computing) is getting, I could not even begin to imagine the feedback OCAD (the university of design, art and imagination) will get when they re-brand their logo in the near future!
So, Waterloo student or not, what do you think?
[Update]: MJ Braide, the Lead Brand Strategist on the project, shares what they would do differently next time: "Perhaps we would not have taken no for an answer when we invited the entire student community to engage and only 11 obliged. As she reflects on it Meg observes that she might have stood her ground a bit harder on the logo. It was was a great design with real integrity."
[Inside Perspective]: Lead Brand Strategist MJ Braide shares the inside story on her blog here.


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The POS Dashboard gives a real-time, immediate picture of the entire store, including transaction counts and sales by category, for each store. The Scorecards focus in on a specific area, like inside margin, to give a more detailed picture of the performance. Both the POS dashboard and scorecards can be customized with user-defined parameters and then saved as a "favorite view," so the information is exactly what management needs and is easily accessible throughout the day. And they are worth looking at throughout the day, since they are created from real-time POS data, reflecting changes as they happen.
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No time to do anything I wanted or dreamed of doing. Basically, my morning mantra was please, not another day of this. So I decided to revamp everything. Changed everything about my life. Sacrificed a lot to move ahead and create a more positive, mentally healthy life.Bottom line, I wanted to make some stuff happen! What stuff? Still figuring that out. LOL
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If you've followed my blog you are aware of my penchant for altered books. I'm often in awe of the intricate and beautiful carvings and sculptures that artists have created, often inspired directly by the literary art within. The further appeal, to me is the 'repurposing' or reusing of books that would otherwise have been burned, buried or shredded; books that have outlived their readability, either because they have literally fallen apart or the content is no longer either useful or acceptable.
Although I'm sure there is a plethora of tattered Dickens out there, I wasn't really surprised that I didn't find a lot when searching for images for this post. Dickens should be read and treasured until the pages completely disintegrate – and then by then there would not be much left to carve.


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China to put manned space station in orbit around Earth within two years as part of push to become 'major space power'
People's Republic is also planning to build a base on the moon as part of ambitious scheme to stake its place in space
CHINA is planning to put a manned space station in orbit around Earth within the next two years as part of an ambitious scheme to dominate the heavens.
Earlier this week, Beijing and the European Space Agency announced plans to build a base on the moon.
Now China has revealed that work on the base will begin in 2019.
It announced the scheme after performing a successful in-orbit refuelling of its Tianzhou-1 cargo spacecraft.
The Tianzhou-1, China's first cargo spacecraft, launched on April 20 and completed the first of three planned docking attempts with the orbiting Tiangong-2 spacelab two days later, state media reported.
The successful five-day refuelling, directed from technicians on Earth and completed on Thursday, is a key milestone toward China's plans to begin sending crews to a permanent space station by 2022.
"This again announces the ambition and aspiration of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese people, and our resolute confidence in becoming a major space power," the space station project's supervisor Wang Zhaoyao told a news briefing in Beijing.
"After completing experimental stage spaceflight missions, we will enter the development and construction phase. According to our plans we will carry out the assembly and construction of China's manned space station between 2019 and 2022."
President Xi Jinping has prioritised advancing China's space program to strengthen national security.
The Central Military Commission, chaired by Xi, sent a letter congratulating staff of the Tianzhou-1 mission for "realising our unremitting space dream", according to the official Xinhua news agency.
The U.S. Defense Department has highlighted China's increasing space capabilities, saying it was pursuing activities aimed at preventing other nations from using space-based assets in a crisis.
China insists it has only peaceful ambitions in space, but has tested anti-satellite missiles.
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Courtney Ceramic Table Lamp Base, Ivory
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- Overview
Our lamp's rounded silhouette replicates the shape of an antique Japanese urn. Traces of clay are visible below the hand-applied glaze.
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- Pair with our Small (Small Table Lamp) or Large (Large Table Lamp) Tapered Drum Shade or any of our Mix & Match® shades (sold separately).
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