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President Barack Obama says the United States plans to increase its military presence in Europe by sending in more American troops.
Obama is speaking at a joint news conference in Warsaw with Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski. Obama says his new initiative will involve prepositioning more U.S. military equipment in Europe as well.
Obama says he's calling on Congress to provide up to $1 billion to support the effort.
The move aims to ease anxiety among NATO allies wary of Russia's threatening moves in Ukraine. Obama says the U.S. has a duty under NATO to protect its allies.
Komorowski says Poland plans to increase its budget for its armed forces up to 2 percent of its gross domestic product. He says it's a tangible, clear sign of engagement.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
President Barack Obama called on Congress Tuesday to back a $1 billion effort to boost the U.S. military presence across Europe, as he sought to ease anxiety among NATO allies who are wary of Russia's threatening moves in Ukraine.
Obama was announcing the initiative during a visit to Warsaw, Poland, his first stop on a three-country swing through Europe. The White House said the funding would be used to increase military exercises and training missions, as well as rotations of air and ground forces, on the continent.
Officials said Obama was also seeking to ramp up U.S. Navy participation in NATO deployments in the Black and Baltic Seas, plus working to boost the military capacity of non-NATO countries that sit on Russia's border, including Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova.
NATO secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen hailed the proposal even before Obama had a chance to formally announce it.
"The United States has reacted swiftly after Russia's illegal military actions in Ukraine," Rasmussen said as he met with NATO defense ministers in Brussels. "And I appreciate that other allies have followed so that we can announce that all 28 allies are now contributing to reassurance measures."
Minutes after landing in Poland, Obama declared that European security was the "cornerstone of our own security and it is sacrosanct."
"It is a commitment that is particularly important at this time," Obama said, standing in front of American and Polish F-16 fighter jets.
The president's visit to Warsaw coincides with the 25th anniversary of Poland emerging from communism. Obama also planned to meet with Group of 7 leaders in Brussels before heading to France to mark the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion that eventually led to Allied victory in World War II.
After viewing the F-16 fighters, Obama headed to Warsaw's Belweder Palace for a meeting with Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski. Followinng their private talks, the two leaders were to hold a news conference.
Later Tuesday, Obama and Komorowski planned to hold discussions on central European security with leaders from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Croatia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Slovenia.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was joining Obama for many of his events in Warsaw. During a separate meeting Tuesday with Poland's foreign minister, Kerry said the crisis in Ukraine presents "a new moment of challenge for all of us."
"Events in Ukraine have unfortunately unleashed forces that we had all hoped had been put away, were behind us, and so it requires new vigilance and it requires clear commitment," Kerry said.
Ukrainian President-elect Petro Poroshenko also planned to be in Warsaw this week and was scheduled to hold his first bilateral meeting with Obama. Those talks come a few days before Obama's likely encounter with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who also planned to attend the events in Normandy.
White House officials said the anniversaries of both Poland's post-communism elections and the WWII invasion had particular resonance given the ongoing tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
"We have to take the energy that we draw from those anniversaries and the inspiration we draw from those anniversaries, and use that to mobilize collective action going forward," said Ben Rhodes, Obama's deputy national security adviser.
Obama's meeting with Poroshenko was scheduled for Wednesday. Poroshenko also planned to attend the D-Day events Friday with Putin and more than a dozen other heads of state. All eyes will be on body language and any interactions between them, with Europe and the U.S. condemning Russia's actions in Ukraine and levying sanctions against Russian officials.
French President Francois Hollande invited all the leaders and was going to great pains to keep some distance between Obama and Putin on the eve of the Normandy visit. He was hosting a dinner with Obama in Paris on Thursday night, then another with Putin a couple of hours later.
"There will not be a trilateral dinner that evening between the three of them," Rhodes said. "It's just a one-on-one."
Source: The AP
AP White House Correspondent Julie Pace and AP Diplomatic Writer Matthew Lee in Warsaw and John-Thor Dahlburg in Brussels contributed to this report.


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John F. Baird
Mustered into service as a 1st. Lieutenant on July 29, 1861
Born 28 April 1831
Died 13 October 1893
Buried Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis Missouri
Bellefontaine Cemetery
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1st. Lieutenant Baird left the 19th Indiana in the winter of 1862.
On August 19th, 1862 he was commissioned a Captain of Company A of the 66th Indiana Infantry where he served until his muster out on February 28th, 1863.
He filed for a pension in 1868.


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Control Momoka as she hops and flies across her solar system in this 2.5D platforming adventure game.
Gameplay switches seamlessly from a platforming shooter within and between each of the planets, to exploration of the large planetary system using her spaceship. You will meet many characters, collect upgrades, and battle fearsome enemies as you explore Haruto to find out why its sun is dying, and how you will fix it.
Momoka: An Interplanetary Adventure has heaps of heart. It's a 2D side-scrolling adventure with 3D environments and gravity defying flair in a similar spirit to Zelda and Metroid.
The game sees you hopping from planet to planet flipping upside-down and right-side up as gravity shifts around you.
It begins simply enough, with our eponymous heroine saving her home system from a nasty spider infestation. You move using arrows on the lower left corner of your screen, while a button on the right allows you to jump.
Eventually you're granted a gun to blast baddies and destroy wooden crates and other obstacles that block your path. As you explore more diverse worlds, you'll uncover upgrades for your abilities and weapons.
The controls work beautifully, even on smaller iPhone screens. Momoka dashes across each planet she explores with graceful precision.
Lost in space
However, the game does stumble a bit when it comes to navigation. While the lighting and shadow effects are superb for a mobile game, and the color scheme pops in its contrasting deep space purples and verdant greens, everything tends to look the same.
It also does a poor job at pointing out where to go next, and I often found myself circling the entire planet before I was able to locate my next objective.
Despite this occasional confusion, Momoka is still a delight for anyone who loves exploring and it really takes off when your mother presents you with the keys to your very own rocketship.
From then on, you're free to sail across the solar system, travelling to beautifully varied far-off planets in search of adventure. The NPCs you meet along the way offer brief, but often endearing conversation and words of wisdom, and it lends the game a very welcoming, lived-in feel.
The bottom line
Momoka: An Interplanetary Adventure doesn't break any new ground for mobile platformers. It is, however, a satisfying way to spend a few hours if you're seeking some simple, light-hearted fun.
Felwig Games has crafted a fine tribute to old school action games that's also appealing to new generations of gamers.
Game: Momoka: An Interplanetary Adventure | 6.99$ | Universal app | Download


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Come and look at all of the exciting things that we have been doing in Year 3 this year! Click on each class page to find out more.
Here you find lots of resources to help you with your reading, writing, spelling, maths and your homework projects.
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What To Look For When Joining Any On the web Opportunitylug 23rd, 2018 | By autore001 | Category: Senza categoria
Everyday, hundreds of people all over the world link up with multi-level marketing opportunities online, hoping to make riches, but often the opportunity that they join up with is closed down within a few short months. That is one of the main reasons that on line entrepreneurs need to focus on building sustainable and long term residual incomes for themselves. Problem is most internet marketers join every opportunity that comes their way, and then never actually make any such thing much in just about any of them. This is because that they do not treat one opportunity just like a business and work on that one opportunity until they are actually in profit. Instead they try for a little while with one and then join up with the next best thing that comes around. The secret to success is working your part time job just as hard as you'd your regular job for at least six months or until you are in profit. Only after you have done this will you see set up business will work out for you or not.
The other problem that many face is that they do all the above and the company closes their doors just when you do start earning yourself a good little income. Overnight, poof, their earnings have gone. Okay, we all know that internet marketing is work and always will be. Only once you have in disposable income in both hands, can you make your money do the job and afford yourself additional time to live your life. It will be effort until then, building up your business and learning all there is about driving traffic to your program.
Here are some what to look out for before joining up with any MLM or Internet Marketing Business and you skill to sustain your income:
1. When you will find something that appeals to you, Google it and see what others have to say.
2. Try not to lay out hardly any money unnecessarily. If at all possible, make some cash first, then reinvest it into your business.
3. If there is a monthly fee involved, which there normally is in any good business, ensure that you will be able to afford the first 3 months at least, until you have something coming in.
4. Take to to link up with opportunities that are either more than 2 yrs old, or that help you to build multiple streams of income in more than one different place. In that way if one of many streams collapses, then at least you'll have another to sustain you.
5. Develop a good relationship with all your referrals when you bring them into your business. Help them as much as you can, because if they are successful, then you will be successful.
6. Join up with an online company that you merely have to promote one URL and earn multiple streams of income. In this way you are able to focus your time more productively on promoting one thing rather than trying to promote many different things and thus dilute your advertising power.
7. Make sure that you invest money in an item or service, as there are many pyramid schemes to invest in with nothing to exhibit for it, and these are normally the types of sites that don't last very long.
Multilevel marketing is the wave of the future, as this is among the only methods you can build yourself an excellent residual income. A residual income is something that we have to all strive for, as you'll be earning on automatic mode, which is something nobody can do with a regular day job. When you get to this stage, you'll be able to enjoy your daily life more without having to tie yourself to your desk for eight hours a day. For more information read here pbo.onsisdev.info .


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Welcome to Woodford Methodist Church,
thank you for visiting our website.
PASTORAL CHANGES – Sept 2017
We welcome Rev. Oseias da Silva to be our pastor at both Woodford Methodist and Shernhall Methodist Churches. He is Brazilian so might know a bit about football too!
After 7 years with us, we say "au revoir" to Rev Dr Jongikaya Zihle (Jongi) who is taking up the appointment of District Chair for the London District and will be based in the south-
We are a friendly active Church with lots going on for people of all ages. Built just over 141 years ago WMC is a church firmly rooted in the community. Join us for our services on Sunday mornings and evenings or be part of the community in other ways, taking part in our lunch clubs, coffee mornings, Boys Brigade after school clubs and yearly "Open Doors" special events such as Cream Teas.
Our Haven Coffee Mornings are on most Tuesdays and our premises are used by a range of community groups bringing fun, a supportive environment and enjoyment to people of all walks of life in the community.
Get the latest on what's happening here at WMC through our free Contact magazine, available to read on line or downloadable from the WMC News Page.
We hope you enjoy browsing the site. Don't hesitate to contact us if you would like any further information regarding the Church or any of the activities!
Thank you for reading, and we'd love you to be a regular visitor, on line or through our door.
The WMC Website Team
O God, make the door of this house wide enough to receive all who need human love and fellowship, narrow enough to shut out all envy, pride and strife.
Make its threshold smooth enough to be no stumbling block to children, nor to straying feet, but rugged and strong enough to turn back the tempter's power. God, make the door of this house the gateway to thine eternal kingdom.
Minister: Rev. Oseias da Silva


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Sacred India Sunset
The guys at Sacred Chocolate just took an Indian spice market and turned it into one of their incredulous chocolate bars. Literally, there are no words to describe the flavor notes on this one. Let's just say it's been voted "Most Exotic Chocolate Bar" and was included in the 2009 Emmy Award's swag bag. As you let this amazing chocolate melt in your mouth savor the symphony of cardamom, ginger, and curry (yes, you read that right and no, you won't be weirded out). India Sunset is sweet and creamy.
Ingredients: "Unroasted Cacao Nibs`, "Raw Cacao Butter`, *Maple Sugar, "Coconut, "Unroasted Whole Cacao Beans with Skins, *Cashew, *Ginger, *Cardamom, ~Himalayan Salt, *Curry, *Saffron. "100% Organic, *Organic, ~Wildcrafted.


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I did something this past weekend I've never done before: I binge watched an entire season of a show on Netflix in one sitting. Yes, it was Stranger Things; yes, I know it's only eight episodes; and yes, I know I'm a year late to the party. But better late than never, and once I started, I couldn't stop.
After my eight-hour binge (during which, I'm embarrassed to admit, I only walked away from my TV twice: to get the food from the delivery man, and then to make food a few hours later), I reflected on my (shameful) day, and why I was able to stay engaged with the show for so long.
Netflix's user experience makes it so easy to fall into the deep spiral of the binge watching universe. With all the other distractions and content around us, how can we get our audience to spiral down into our content universe and binge?
As consumers, we expect a seamless user experience on every platform we use, and we make decisions to stay or leave a site in just a few seconds. A strategic design that allows users to continue to consume content instead of leaving your site after one visit is key to earning trust and establishing a loyal consumer base.
Netflix, with nearly 100 million loyal subscribers, is the example that we should look to in order to learn from their design. Through the flow of the site, their consistency, and their in-depth knowledge of the user, they allow us to binge consume content at an incredible rate.
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In content marketing, our goal is to hook our audiences through content and keep them engaged with us. Netflix has accomplished this by making the flow of the next content intake easy. They do this in two ways: by the viewer manually pressing the "Next Episode" button, or by automatically starting the next episode.
Manually pressing the "Next Episode" button allows the viewer to opt in to the next episode, meaning they are choosing to stay engaged with the show. This would be similar to clicking on an article on your favorite site to read more follow-up information. But most people—myself included—are less likely to click next to consume more content. Netflix solved this problem by incorporating the second option of automatically starting the episode.
Netflix gives the audience 15 seconds to decide if they're ready for the next episode. If you don't take any action during this time, it makes the choice for you. Nancy Harhut, chief creative officer of Nancy Harhut & Associates, explained this concept in her session, "7 Behavior Hacks that Increase Engagement and Response," at the recent Marketo Roadshow in Boston. She calls this hack "choice architecture," meaning that the way things are presented influences the way we respond. The structure of Netflix's user experience gives us all the more reason to turn a single episode into a binge watching session.
Whenever Netflix asks "Are you still watching?" does anyone actually say no? Make sure your audience always answers yes by giving them the ability to continue to consume content in an effortless way. Marketers can do this by making sure the next piece of content relates to the previous one and gives the audience a seamless way to view it. Whether this is having the next content start automatically for a video, or have the following piece of written content below it, follow Netflix's strategy and give them no choice but to keep engaging with your content.
You may have a hard time remembering what Netflix was like prior to their 2013 redesign. Before the update, each platform looked different, making it difficult for audiences to navigate each interface. Shows you were watching on the computer might not appear in the same place on your phone. The inconsistency of the design turned off and frustrated audience members.
The updated interface that we've grown familiar with makes it easy for us to navigate through all platforms, whether that be on a TV, our phones, or our computers. The new update changed all platforms at the same time, allowing users to get comfortable with all the changes at once. The shows we were watching on each platform are now easily available on different devices and will pick up exactly where you left off: in the middle of an episode, or ready to watch the next one in the series.
Netflix's ability to create a seamless, consistent platform on all devices makes it easy for audiences to consume content. Marketers should follow in their footsteps by making all their content accessible, responsive, and consistent on all channels, by creating responsive emails and websites, and the ability to stream videos at ease. No matter what medium your audience uses to view your content, make sure it's consistent. Users are five times more likely to leave a site that isn't responsive; make sure yours isn't one of them.
They say that some people know you better than you know yourself. For many of us, that "someone" is Netflix. Netflix broke new ground with their "Recommended For You" section of the site, or in marketing terms, their content personalization.
Based on previously watched shows and movies, they are able to give their audiences recommended shows and movies based on each user's likes. More often than not, they are correct in choosing shows that stand out. Because I had watched Stranger Things, they are now recommending to me The OA (watched), Breaking Bad (watched), and Ozark (on my list). With such an immense library of content to choose from, it's unbelievable that their recommendations are so accurate.
Their way of organizing their recommended content is a strategy all marketers should take note of. They organize recommendations into personalized rows, each row powered by different algorithms using what they know about you as a viewer and other factors they have determined, according to Business Insider:
One of my favorite parts of Netflix is their individual personas on the homepage. There are four of us who use one Netflix account (thanks, Dad!), and I would get so frustrated if we were watching the same show but on different episodes. I would lose my spot and not remember where I had left off. Their individual user personas make the content even more personalized without screwing up other people's recommended content. I can continue to watch House of Cards at my own pace, and my obsession with rewatching Friends won't appear on anyone else's screen.
Netflix's goal is to get you to consume as much content as possible through their specialized, intricate, and personalized content. For me, and I'm sure for many others, they achieve their goal pretty often.
Netflix's user experience and their ability to create a seamless platform that allows users of all interests to consume content at great capacity is something we all as marketers should learn from. As content creators, we may struggle with ways to reach our audiences, keep them engaged, and keep them coming back. Taking notes from Netflix, we can use the same strategies to create binge-worthy content to build loyal audiences. The next time you evaluate your site, ask yourself:
In other words, ask "Is this what Netflix would do?"
I'll bet you my delivery order that when the second season of Stranger Things comes out tomorrow, I'm sure I'll fall into the binge universe again and finish the season in one sitting.
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Heart breaks.. A topic that rules the world of fiction. The cinema loves it, the writers give it so much of stardom and center stage. Be it the classics or the contemporary, tragedies out stand the happy endings. It's also correct that melancholy is regarded closer to the heart than the joy ones.. Dealing with the heart break is a strength that cannot be defined with words. There are emotional wretchedness and baggage that haunt us…
Whilst we try to cope up with the emotional turmoil, there are physiological effects on breakups.. Some usual symptoms are loss of appetite and nonchalance in everything.. But.. The word heart break attacks the heart too..
Known as the broken heart syndrome, it occurs when we are seriously emotionally stressed..many times mistaken to be an heart attack.. The phrase "My heart skips a beat " is manifested by this..
So heart does get hurt.. It not only pumps blood all over the body, it circulates love. The rhythm of the heart is not a mere sign of existence.. It's a sign of love.. The systolic and diastolic actions are actually the signals of love.. The medical world may call me a moron.. But..
Every rhythm of my heart chimes her name,
It repeats the same,
For eternity it's the same..
Resourceful verses on @$@love Communicative poems relating to Broken Abundant thoughts on Heart


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A longstanding building on the near east side of Indianapolis will soon have new life. Indianapolis-based TSV Properties is partnering with Hotel Tango Artisan Distillery to redevelop the Tinker House building for office and commercial use. Inside INdiana Business sat down with Brian Willsey, co-founder of Hotel Tango, to talk about the new space.


text: Healing is all around us, all the time. Our best work is sometimes done when we least expect it. This is the thinking of Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona, a trained medical doctor who also uses traditional aboriginal wisdom as part of his healing practice. Sit with Dr. Mehl-Madrona as he shares his history, healing insights, and shining pearls of wisdom about living healthy and happy.


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This summer I have been noticing quite a few of these distinct large flies hanging out around my house in southeast Michigan. At first glance I thought they were in the horse fly family (Tabanidae) but they are actually in the bee fly family (Bombyliidae). Specifically they are tiger bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae: Xenox tigrinus).
These flies are parasitoids of large carpenter bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopa spp.). Their relatively sudden abundance in my neighborhood may suggest a local infestation of carpenter bees.


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If you've been overwhelmed by news of all the superhero movies set to hit, welcome to the club. It seems like just about every day there's some tidbit or another about one of the many upcoming films from either the DC or Marvel stable. It's getting so that it's going to take a Professor X-style super-brain to keep them all straight.
Being that most of us are unlikely to develop super-psyches however, it's a good thing that Dylan Todd over at Comics Alliance has put together this handy timeline that lays out Hollywood's plans for bringing big heroes (and villains) to the big screen.
The graphic details 33 movies and, though several of them are tagged with "unknown date" or even "unknown movie," it's still a helpful guide to what's coming down the pipeline super-cinema-wise in the next few years.
For example, now you'll know not to plan any vacations in 2017, because with a whopping 10 superhero films slated, you'll be plenty busy. Plus, there's always the chance that any of the seven "year unknown" films shown at the bottom of the graphic could get thrown in.
In addition to helping you plan your social life for the next six years, the infographic also provides some interesting trivia:
"Of all the movies on this timeline, including those with no release year announced, it's worth noting that only two have female solo leads, compared to eighteen with male solo leads," says the analysis below the graphic on the site. "One of those female solo movies is 'Wonder Woman;' the other is a 2017 movie for Sony's Spider-Man franchise with an unidentified lead. All of the ensemble movies that we have cast information for are also male-dominated.
"Two of the solo movies have a person of color as the lead; 2018's 'Aquaman,' starring Jason Momoa, and 2020's 'Cyborg,' starring Ray Fisher. Dwayne Johnson is also one of the leads and thus far the only named star of 2019's 'Shazam,' but he's playing the villain Black Adam rather than the title character."
So, what do you think? Which of these superfilms are you the most excited to see? Personally, I'm kind of pumped for "Aquaman." Let us know which ones you'll be saving your pennies for in the comments below.


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Dog Friendly places to eat near cardigan
Dog friendly places to eat near Cardigan
Ferry Inn
St Dogmaels
Ferry Inn Riverside Pub and Restaurant, St Dogmaels. Voted one of the top 10 beer gardens in Wales.
Penllwyndu is a bustling and unique Country Inn located in the Teifi Valley, between Cardigan and Newcastle Emlyn, Wales - it is one of the few remaining free houses in the area.
The Ship Inn
The Ship Aberporth offers a lunch and evening menu. All food is freshly prepared and ingredients being sourced from local suppliers where possible. Well behaved dogs are welcome in the bar area.


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Shop? Yes, we're going to have a shop!
Ever since we knew we were moving to Madley, we knew we wanted to have a shop on site. We have the polytunnels yes, but it's impossible to keep anything dry in there because there's so much moisture in the air; card and paper just absorbs it and then curls up and looks horrible. Added to this, the sun shining down through the polythene fades paper and card packaging so it doesn't look very nice for very long. So the solution is to have all the other things we'd like to sell in a warm dry home..and we've found one that we think is up to the task! It's a 6m x 5m log cabin and it's being delivered towards the end of November. One great thing is that because it's more then 2m from our boundary and within a certain size, we don't need planning permission. It's sitting on a site previously occupied by a shed near the cafe and it will be up and running for the start of the Spring season 2018, the date we've set is the 1st of March.
We spent a week recently dismantling the shed and clearing the surrounding flower bed and then we had heaps of soil excavated for the base to go in. That should happen in the next couple of weeks if all goes to plan and it doesn't rain anymore. As you can see from the final photo below, our once perfect shed base hole became a swimming pool after a recent downpour!


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Real-time video analysis using Microsoft Cognitive Services, Azure Service Bus Queues and Azure Functions
Cloud based Video Analysis is an upcoming field that strives to solve and automate video analysis in real time or near real time. The engine that drives the solution is set of cloud based APIs supported by Cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud etc. These APIs are built on top of Computer Vision, Face Recognition and Object Tracking. All these APIs are REST based and take a video frame or set of frames and return a JSON document that summarizes the analysis result and the percentage of confidence. To achieve real time or near real time analysis the enterprise solution needs to address the following constraints:
- Process streaming video input into smaller frame set and process them in parallel – This allows for efficient processing
- Use advanced heuristics and machine learning to minimize calls to API – the cloud APIs for cognitive services are priced by the number of calls. And hence using heuristics to infer results based on Machine Learning will reduce overall cost.
Use-case solved:
The solution we built here streams a live video stream from a series of traffic cameras operating simultaneously and trying to find vehicles that are infringing red lights and vehicles that are pulled over curbs. We also filter out sensitive content from video if the frames match the criteria and need to be displayed on the User Interface.
The streaming video is broken down into frame-set of 10 seconds. These frames are then queued up in a Azure Service Bus Queue. An Azure function then analyzes the frames for existence of objects using an open source Computer Vision library. The frames with no objects are not sent to Cognitive Services. We also do other heuristics and CV analysis to pre-determine if a call to Cloud API for cognitive services is needed at all. Once a frame-set is marked ready for cognitive services it is sent to a different Service Bus Queue. Another Azure function makes a call to cognitive services and gathers statistics of the frame set. Based on configurations, the azure function determines which frames are identified for the match and forwards them to another Service Bus Queue. A third azure function processes these frame-sets and blurs sensitive content on these frame-sets and stores them in Azure Blob Storage. The matched content can be viewed in a Node Js, Angular 2 based web application running in Azure Container Service.
Results & Conclusion:
- Able to achieve real time analysis with minimal API cost
- Able to scale horizontally for multiple video streams
- Able to achieve multiple analysis objectives on video streams


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10 Local SEO Tips for small business. Grow your business with higher Google rankings
10 Local SEO Tips
1. Find keywords that are relevant for local business and have the location in them
2. Add the keyword in the SEO title of the page
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3. Set up a Google my Business account
4. Contact Us page – should have your business name, address and phone number.
5. Footer – should have your business name, address and phone number. Should also list the areas/cities you cover or your top 10 postcodes
6. You need enquiries – so make sure you have contact forms and phone numbers that make it easy for people to contact you.
7. List yourself in Business Directories –
List of Australian Directories – http://www.fruitfulonline.com.au/blog/australian-business-directories-list/
Software for tracking listings in Australia – https://www.mypresences.com/
America, Canada and the UK – https://moz.com/local/overview and https://whitespark.ca/
8. Make sure your business listings are consistent
9. Blogging – SEO tips for Blogging https://youtu.be/RQ3peOP8QdE
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Summer is officially here! With Warped Tour starting in 4 days I decided to do a few 'Warped Tour Editions' of my series 'Behind the Scenes' with some Warped Tour veterans to try to get an idea of what really happens, and what really goes into working this very long, very hot, tour. This will give you some tips on what to wear/ where to eat/ how to get involved with the festival/ the do's and don'ts of Warped Tour and some bands you should check out while there. Let the countdown begin!
Here is Ryan Sweeney who has created Hope In Music; an organization devoted to helping people who struggle with addiction, depression, eating disorders and self-injury.
Position(s) held when on Warped Tour:
Guitar Tech (From Autumn To Ashes) Brand Ambassador (Conan The Barbarian)
How many summers on Warped?
One full Summer in 2011(Conan) and two or three weeks in 2002, 03 and 04 (FATA)
How did you first get involved with the tour/ any previous experience?
Well in the early years I was on tour with From Autumn To Ashes and that just happened to be the tour we were on at the moment. In 2011, I had been trying to get back on tour since I hadn't been touring for a few years and my boy chuck hooked me up with the Conan gig.
Describe a typical day working the tour:
Waking up super early (for a touring dude) eat some breakfast, set up everything and wait for doors and then mess around with kids and make the most out of a long hot day. When working for bands it's a little different. Wake up find out your set time. Set up your guitar world change strings, fix anything that needs fixing and hang until go time.
Survival tips for Warped Tour (for both crew and fans):
Crew; drink lots of water, make friends with your stage manager or if you are in sponsor world make friends with Danny, Kate and Alison.
Fans; drink lots of water and enjoy your day. Check out new music and be open minded!
Do's and don'ts of Warped Tour:
Have fun, make friends, be awesome.....don't be a dick.
What to wear/not to wear:
Wear sunblock...don't wear fur!
Best live performance(s) you have seen at Warped:
Snapcase,Vision Of Disorder, Hatebreed, Glassjaw and Thursday.
Best and worst part about working Warped?
The worst part is just how long the day is and how hot it can get...the best part is you are working with a bunch of amazing people from Kevin to the interns everyone is typically really rad.
Was it/is it what you thought it would be like?
It's everything I thought it would be.
Favorite city and/or best venue Warped Tour stops in?
Venue; the gorge
City; Long Island, I rep my hood.
Best place(s) to eat while being out on the tour:
Watercourse in Denver, Colorado.
Favorite Warped Tour memory/ story/experience:
My early Warped Tour years where in a drugged out daze so I probably shouldn't talk about that. 2011 was a rough year on warped I found out my friend Danny Bobis went missing while surfing and later found out that he had died. The love I got from the warped crew was overwhelming so yeah that love helped me deal with it
Advice for first timers (for both crew and fans):
Crew; don't piss off people its lame (don't be a young me basically).
Fans; you are in for an awesome time so just open your ears and take in the sounds!
If someone wanted to work on Warped Tour how would they go about it?
You know I unfortunately don't have a good answer for this question
What are you most looking forward to this summer on Warped?
Not being on it.....I'll be on Mayhem Fest head banging to Slayer instead of crying to Taking Back Sunday
Anything else you'd like to share?
Yes! Make sure you check out everything Warped Tour has to offer; bands you love and the ones you don't know yet. Check out the amazing non-profits out on the tour and say hello to Floyd who will be slinging merch for Bayside.


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By Peter Hornor, chartered surveyor and auctioneer with Brown & Co.
When's the best time to sell a property by auction? Here are some tips:
Your objectives will be very relevant but if a house needs to be sold then it will not sell if it is not on the market. If it needs renovation and is perhaps an investment opportunity or cottage in need of renovation, or a house with scarcity value then it may well be that an auction sale is just the thing.
We would expect the market between now and the end of November to be active and we would certainly suggest that if you have a property that falls into this category that you should go to the market before Christmas.
Similarly, in an executor situation whether it is a rural, commercial or residential property and where the objectives are to dispose of a house that perhaps needs improvement and renovation we would certainly suggest going to the market before Christmas rather than after in order to get the job done and avoid deterioration.
Empty properties are certainly prone to deterioration or burglary, etc. if left unoccupied for too long. It is difficult to know what the market will do in the next few months and if a valuer could look into his crystal ball wouldn't that be wonderful! The last 3 – 4 months has seen the business of buying and selling start again and transactions are taking place albeit at a lower level and the market has certainly been seen to be on the move. Auctions have perhaps been something of a revelation and where you have a suitable property for inclusion through this method of sale there is certainly scope for success and a premium price as well.
The economy is still going through a difficult period and with mortgages being fairly scarce and confidence still on a knife edge we think this approach is as good as any at the time of going to press.
*Peter's at Brown & Co on 01603 767606.


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MJCCA Wins Grants to Green Assessment of its Campus
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta recently awarded the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta (MJCCA) with a Grants to Green Campus Assessment, to "green" its buildings, site and operations at the MJCCA's Zaban Park. The assessment is a service that will be performed for the MJCCA by Southface Energy Institute. Through this process, Southface will identify high-impact opportunities for reducing operating costs and environmental impact. The MJCCA then looks forward to implementing Southface's recommendations in an effort to support and maintain Environmental Sustainability
The Grants to Green Initiative
Grants to Green provides environmentally focused knowledge and funding to strengthen nonprofits in the Atlanta region. The founding partners of Grants to Green are The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta (www.cfgreateratlanta.org) providing expertise in grant making, and Southface (www.southface.org) providing expertise in energy efficiency.
Since 2008, the Grants to Green initiative has helped nonprofit organizations in the 23-county metro-Atlanta region assess facilities, identify and implement energy, water and resource-efficiency upgrades and adopt best management practices for sustainability. To date, 144 local nonprofit organizations have received Grants to Green Assessment and/or Implementation Grants. Collectively, these nonprofits have saved over $1 million a year in utilities including energy, water and gas costs.
The MJCCA's Grant to Green Vision Statement
The Grants to Green Campus initiative will further the MJCCA's commitment to transform how the agency operates and delivers services, establishing the MJCCA as a strong environmental steward and leader in the community and furthering its strategic plan for long-term financial sustainability.
Gail Luxenberg, CEO of the MJCCA said, "We look forward to partnering with Southface, through the Community Foundation and becoming an environmentally responsible agency." Luxenberg continued, "We are continuously working with the agency's staff and management team to ensure the agency is using best practices in its facilities, programs and community involvement to implement additional greening opportunities."
The MJCCA's Recent Efforts to Support Environmental Sustainability
- Recycling three-five tons monthly, including electronic equipment
- Installing more energy-efficient lighting fixtures in its main building and parking lot
- Offering three community gardens for its preschools and summer day camp
- Ensuring new computers/monitors meet ENERGY STAR standards
- Utilizing lighting timers
- Adhering a pool cover for after hours, which creates a thermal blanket to keep the pool heated and reduce energy
- Installing a misting system that collects and utilizes rainwater to cool the roof top HVAC units
- Planting 100 trees and 5,000 daffodils in recent months to further "green" the campus.
"After the assessment is completed, the MJCCA's Governance Board will determine which recommendations to implement, and ensure that adequate funding is secured," said Luxenberg. "The Community Foundation's generous support of the MJCCA will enable our agency to decrease unnecessary waste and expenses, enabling us to focus more resources on programs and services for our community members."
Luxenberg continued, "The MJCCA is more essential to the community than ever before, serving more than 55,000 people every year. As a non-profit organization serving the metropolitan Atlanta community for more than 100 years, the MJCCA relies on the support of organizations like the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta to continue providing high quality classes, leagues, programs and services for generations to come."
About the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta (MJCCA)
The MJCCA is committed to strengthening the quality of life throughout metro-Atlanta, and is recognized as one of the most highly regarded Jewish community centers nationally. From preschoolers and adolescents, to young adults and seniors, the MJCCA offers unique and engaging programs, events and services for every member of the community
About the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta connects donors, nonprofits and community leaders to strengthen the Atlanta region through philanthropy. The Community Foundation does this by providing quality services to donors and innovative leadership on community issues. Please visit the Foundation's website at www.cfgreateratlanta.org for more information.
Editor's note: for more, contact Erika Barnes, MJCCA Senior Development Associate at (678) 812-4144; www.atlantajcc.org


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I am a sneakerhead episode 106 - @Thomas_1986
Hi there, i live in Scotland in a small town called Scotland. I guess it all started when i was younger, i was into the whole skate and hip hop scene so seeing all these great shoes and styles really made me want to be a part of the sneaker culture.
I've been into sneakers for over 12 years now and the changes in the sneaker culture has been spectacular to see. The thing i love about sneakers is that there are so many different styles out there to tailor everyones needs, me personally its all about the quality of the materials used and the comfort of the shoe. New Balance hands down never disappoint when it comes to quality and also the Adidas Ultra Boost.
Currently in my own collection my go to pairs are my olive Ultra Boost, NB M998 CSAM, EQT Support 93/16 Boost, they are always in my rotation.


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On Radios and the Real World
Jennifer Lane
When Icame to MIT, I wanted to learn how to build a radio. Four years later, the Institute has shown me something that Idon't usually admit - Iwas wrong. Idon't want to know how to build a radio.
That pretty much sums up the completion of my undergraduate education.
Needless to say, as the graduates herd forward to claim their long-awaited diplomas, a little withered from the heat exhaustion, there will be no announcement made as to whether or not they can build a radio.
Similarly, there will be no mention of how many classes the graduate slept through or how many assignments were left undone in favor of a romp in the sun. Thank goodness.
Whatever colorful past brought you to Commencement, you head off just like everyone else into what is commonly called the "real world."
One of the first things the Class of 1998 did together was listen to welcoming remarks from then-Dean Arthur C. Smith. By the real world, he figured people meant "the non-academic world outside the boundaries of MIT."
This year, thanks to the Secret Service, even Commencement will be hermetically sealed off from the real world.
At MIT, we've had the unique opportunity to be self-absorbed for roughly four years. The majority of the Institute's pressure is focused on individual success in the classroom.
That is what will be honored today in Killian Court. Each and every graduate is an outstanding individual. Most can subsist on a few hours of sleep each night and couple packs of Ramen each day.
Needless to say, I'm relieved that even Smith wouldn't consider MIT to be a sample of the real world. Personally, I'm looking forward to a world where success isn't based on individual technical prowess. While working over the summer, my co-workers would tire of my uncanny Fourier transform abilities after the third or fourth parlor trick.
Future success, and happiness, will be based on our ability to function in a community.
The one thing that I'll concede my degree gave me, besides refining my healthy cynicism, is opportunities. There are a lot of places you can go and doors you can open with an MITdegree, or just a brass rat. Far from just scoring cool jobs, graduates will also find themselves in a position to choose and shape the communities they live in.
That means you can choose to isolate yourself. Or, you can choose to experience a wider array of the real world. To me, that decision seems like a no-brainer. Evidently, it isn't for everyone.
Today in Killian Court every hedge is trimmed neatly into place. Every tree has been gently settled into the proper location. Even most of the grass is new.
If you squint, though, and look across the river (still try and look nice for the Jumbotron), you'll see a world where the hedges are overgrown, the grass is browning, and people eat knishes on the street.
Beware as you enter the real world, though. Your MITreputation will precede you. This is great at work, but I bet when the fence breaks the neighbors will think the engineer should fix it.
Personally, Ihope to live among some of those blessed individuals that believe Iattended the Michigan Institute of Trucking. With a little luck, there will be a pretzel truck right outside.


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Our caring staff works with each resident and their family to establish a personal care plan. Working with the resident's doctor and care providers, we establish a care routine that is individualized and responds to the unique needs of each person.
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Just down the Canyon from the Lodge you'll find the unparalleled Spearfish Canyon Golf Club – the first 18 hole course in the Northern Black Hills. Stunning Spearfish Canyon provides the perfect backdrop for this challenging, scenic course.
Spearfish Canyon Golf Club is great for families, individuals, and groups. This semi-private facility is well-known for its outstanding golf experience, superb course conditions, top-notch service, and the best views in South Dakota. After you play 18, head to the full-service Restaurant & Bar for a delicious meal and refreshing beverage.
Besides for the breathtaking scenery, golfers can enjoy a unique experience on the course. The front nine, or original nine, features a traditional 3138-yard layout surrounded by thick forest. With small push-up greens and varied elevations (included some steep hills) you can look forward to a challenging yet rewarding experience. The back nine boasts a more modern design. Here you will find 3529-yards of large greens, rolling hills, and an oak-laden creek bed – features that present their own set of challenges.
The course is a short drive from Spearfish Canyon Lodge, making this the perfect golfing destination regardless of whether you are staying in the canyon for a day or a week! We would be happy to help you make your reservations at Spearfish Canyon Golf Club. If you're planning a trip to the Lodge, take advantage of our Black Hills Golf Getaway package!


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Road Vehicle Automation 3 pp 53-58 | Cite as
Automated Driving Policy
This chapter summarizes a longer policy paper, How Governments Can Promote Automated Driving, which details steps that state and local governments can take now to encourage the development, deployment, and use of automated road vehicles. The chapter has four main parts. Context emphasizes the need to think broadly about relevant technologies, impacts, and laws. Administrative Strategies identifies steps that governments can take in the course of their ordinary operations. Legal Strategies recommends a careful legal audit and provides guidance on the legal changes or clarifications that may flow from such an audit. Community Strategies focuses on ways that communities can prepare for and even attract truly driverless systems that are responsive to local needs and opportunities.


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The Secret Of Living happily with Lists
Are you the type of person who likes a list? Some people do and some people don't. As I grew up the 'list' always seemed superfluous to a happy life. Only when 100% completed was the list happy, until then it nagged me about jobs to be done or results not yet achieved. Who needs that? As a result I avoided a list like Russian athletes avoid a drug test.
I got old(er).
University introduced me to the reading list. Buying a home introduced me to a 'to do/ chore' list. The list snuck into my life. It started to deface my refrigerator. Bastard.
However, it was in my late 20's and early 30's when work and living abroad started to change my feelings towards the list. Suddenly I need to take note of all the things I had to do, prioritise, reprioritize, and delegate. It helped slow down and organise my world. The list became a friend. Not the type of friend you choose first for a big night out with but one who would help you do a C.V or paint your living room.
I got Old(er) still-- but still young. Very young.
Since motherhood I have become quite the fan of a list. It helped to provide a daily routine and structure. If anything all those sleepless nights and years of breast feeding gives one time to think and to dream of life once your baby is older, escaping current reality. As a result the list has become so much more than it used to be. On one hand it continued and improved its supporting role – a paper based personal assistant/ coach to my work, my family and the problems of living abroad. On another level it became a blank canvass for dreams and future intentions, a written promise to oneself that one day I would see a world beyond nappies.
Today the list represents both the jobs I need to do and the dreams I want to achieve. It helps me to stay in control (or at least feel in control), and to take more responsibility for making the things happen that are important to me, rather than getting lost in the never ending to dos.
So what's the secret to living happily with a list?
1. The 'to do' list
Balance is the key to a good to do list, for example…..
- Buy washing up liquid.
- Pick up kids from school
- Cheeky glass of wine with
- Work on the
- Cook dinner
Remember what things are urgent and need to be tackled today and what things can wait until the morning.
2. The 'already done list'
For every 'to do' list you should write an 'already done' list. In this list write down the things you have are proud of or enjoyed from the past day, week or month. You may find that just stopping to remember the good will help you to appreciate and become more intentional about what matters in the future.
I have put together a monthly list to help me keep this balance, so if you want to give it a try - print off this months FREE planner. DOWNLOAD IT HERE
Why not try it this week? Go grab a glass of wine, or cup of tea, and start planning, and dreaming at the same time.
Dont like the structure of the free printable, then here is some inspiration of lists I use with my coaching clients, helping you get started in your own format and style.
Highlights from 2015 - family milestones, travel highlights, new recipes or restaurants you have tried, lessons learnt.
Things most proud of doing or achieving.
Relationships you are grateful for, and moments of fun had with them.
10 Things you would advise a younger you.


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Christ University | Address:Hosur Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560029 | Phone No. 9250376104,9811004275 | Estd:1969 | www.christuniversity.in |Fees Structure: 6.75 Lakh | College Approval By : UGC Approved
Christ University
Established in 1969 as Christ College, it undertook path breaking initiatives in Indian higher education with the introduction of innovative and modern curricula, insistence on academic discipline, imparting of Holistic Education and adoption of global higher education practices with the support of creative and dedicated staff.
Christ University Bangalore
The University Grants Commission (UGC) of India conferred Autonomy to Christ College in 2004 and identified it as an Institution with Potential for Excellence in 2006. In 2008 under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, the Ministry of Human Resource Development of the Government of India, declared the institution a Deemed to be University, in the name and style of Christ University. One of the first institutions in India to be accredited in 1998 by the NAAC, and subsequently in 2004 and 2016, Christ University has the top grade 'A' in the 4-point scale.
The multi-disciplinary University which focuses on teaching research and service, offers Bachelors to Doctoral programmes in humanities, social sciences, science, commerce, management, engineering, education and law to over 18000 students. The campus is a living example for the harmonious multiculturalism with students from all the states of India and from around 60 different countries. Christ University publishes six peer-reviewed research journals and has published more than 300 books in Kannada and English. A promoter of sports, music and literary activities, it is a nurturing ground for creative excellence.


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DSS70A Portable Sampling System and Sampling Cells for DM70/
The Vaisala DRYCAP® Portable Sampling System provides a compact solution for field checking dew point where direct measurement is difficult.
Typical applications for the sampling system are metal treatment and plastics drying processes.
- A compact solution for sampling from hot or dirty processes
- Enables measurement from both pressurized processes and processes at atmospheric pressure
- Vaisala DRYCAP® sensor with patented autocalibration function
- Low maintenance need due to excellent long-term stability
- NIST traceable (certificate included)
Product Information
DSS70A Portable Sampling System
The DSS70A is designed to provide dew point sampling flexibility for the DM70 hand-held dew point meter. For processes at atmospheric pressure, a battery powered pump is used to extract a gas sample. For pressurized processes up to 20 bar, the sample is measured at process pressure and then reduced to atmospheric pressure for venting or re-direction, bypassing the pump. In all cases, the sample gas passes through a filter to remove particulate contamination before measurement. Flow through the system is controlled and monitored with a needle valve and flow meter.
The DSS70A is easily connected to an appropriate sample point with tubing (typically 1/4" or 6 mm). The measured dew point must be below ambient temperature to avoid condensation in the system. Gas temperatures higher than +40 °C (+104 °F) should be cooled with a short PTFE (included in the DSS70A system) or stainless steel tube prior to entering the DSS70A. DSS70A is an accessory for DM70 Dewpoint Handheld Meter.
Sampling Cells for Pressurized Processes
The DM70 can easily be connected to pressurized processes. In addition to direct pipeline installation, a variety of sampling cell options are available for gas sampling.
The DSC74 sampling cell is the recommended choice. It has a variety of connection adapters that allow several different ways of installation. The quick connector with a leak screw allows a very fast connection for compressed air lines. Additionally, two thread adapters are available for the inlet port. The DSC74B is a two-pressure sampling cell, which enables measurements in both process and ambient pressure. This sampling cell is especially suitable for dew point measurements in SF6 gas with the DMP74C probe.
The DMT242SC is a basic sampling cell. The DMT242SC2 is a sampling cell supplied with welded Swagelok connectors for sampling in a 1/4" pipeline.
Operating Principle
RYCAP's unrivaled performance is based on two innovations: the proven capacitive thin-film polymer sensor and the auto-calibration function. The sensor's thin-film polymer absorbs or releases water vapor as the surrounding humidity increases or decreases.
The dielectric properties of the polymer change as the humidity around the sensor changes, as does the capacitance of the sensor. Capacitance is converted into a humidity reading. The capacitive polymer sensor is bonded together with a temperature sensor, and dew point is calculated from the humidity and temperature readings. Vaisala's patented auto-calibration function optimizes the measurement stability at low dew points. The sensor is heated at regular intervals during the automated auto-calibration procedure. The humidity and temperature readings are monitored as the sensor cools to ambient temperature, with offset correction compensating for any potential drift. This enables the DRYCAP sensor to deliver accurate measurements in the long term, dramatically reducing the need for maintenance.


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What's your Nashville story?
"I live in New York but I come here because my sister lives here. I just became a first time Aunt and I love my nephew so so much. Every time I come to Nashville I have so much fun it's such a wonderful place. It's always been great."
What is your favorite part of your outfit and why?
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Note: The image above is through the living room window of Dan Blumenthal's vacation rental apartment in the Edifício Themis in Salvador's Centro Histórico. More information on this further down…
You're coming to Salvador da Bahia and you have to figure out where to stay. You have to decide upon a neighborhood and choose between the amenities of a hotel or the independence of an apartment. Or maybe you're looking for the conviviality and low price of a hostel. Here are some options and observations:
Before getting to hotels, most of which are pricier, I'll begin with apartments. Before Airbnb came along, every apartment rented via the internet in Salvador was rented through us. A couple of American friends of mine living here — Dan Blumenthal and Alain Zamrini — came up years ago with the idea of talking to Salvador residents about renting their apartments out for Carnival. These residents then got an all-expenses paid vacation somewhere far from the maddening crowd of the Biggest, Loudest Party on the Planet while my friends and I met and oriented visitors from all over the world. It was exhausting but exhilarating. My friends then moved on to year-round vacation apartment rentals via Bahia-Online (me), and then Airbnb turned up to pull the magic carpet out from under our very local endeavor.
Dan Blumenthal (he likes to be called "Daniel" online, but he's "Dan" to me, so here goes…) showed up here in Salvador around the time I did, in the early '90s. We scraped and lived with very little money but that period was something of a Golden Age in Salvador and it was an amazing existence. Dan was like the squirrel that planned ahead though and went back to the U.S. for a while to work, and when he returned (and the market was low) he bought two apartments in the Edifício Themis on Praça da Sé in Pelourinho, Salvador's Centro Histórico.
Themis is the Greek Titaness representative of divine order, this including established folkways, something so important in Bahia. One might wonder about the inspiration for adopting this particular name, for the building appears to have been built in the 1960s of aluminum and glass without a hint of anything divine. Maybe it actually was providence however, because the Themis' ground floor houses several shops devoted to candomblé, the African religious system transplanted to Brazil. At once bringing divinity and folkways into the picture.
Dan's apartments are located on the Themis' fifth floor, one having one bedroom and the other having two, both en suite (you know, each has its own attached bathroom), and both with amazing views out over the bay. He had these apartments completely rebuilt, the idea being to provide a very decent level of comfort to international travellers at entirely reasonable and affordable prices.
Both of these apartments can be rented through Airbnb should one wish, but they can also be rented directly from Dan at a somewhat lower cost. For this you send him an email, to firstname.lastname@example.com (bluemoon is a play on "Blumenthal"), or whatsapp him at +55 71 9974-9557.
Photos of the one bedroom are (will shortly be) here…
Photos of the two bedroom are (will shortly be) here…
Alain Zamrini is the other American, but that's more like American*. He's an American citizen but is also now a citizen of Brazil. Alain is as exotic as a Lawrence Durrell or V.S. Naipaul character, a Lebanese/Egyptian who spent years in the Caribbean. Could have stepped right out of Rick's Café in Casablanca. And like Dan he's as honest and organized as they come. His passion is photography.
Alain bought and tastefully did up a one-bedroom apartment in the Salvador neighborhood of Barra, directly across from the praia de (beach of) Barra, on the Atlantic Ocean, just up from the lighthouse. Like Dan's apartments, this place can be rented through Airbnb. But also in common with Dan's apartments it can also be rented for less by dealing directly with Alain. You can email him at email@example.com or send him a whatsapp message at +55 71 8894-9940. Alain's Instagram is alainzamrinifotografia.
More photos of this apartment are here…
For a long time hotels here in Salvador tended to be practical affairs. Big or small they were unimaginatively conceived and built, standard issue if that, even if they weren't particularly inexpensive places to stay. These days though Salvador has emerged from its provinciality in this respect and there are some very nice places around, both in terms of physical space and attentiveness to je nais se quois.
One hotel on the cusp of opening (scheduled to open in December, 2018) is the Hotel Fasano. The Fasano people (Vittório Fasano opened his first hotel in São Paulo in 1902) took over the old A Tarde building (A Tarde is Salvador's daily newspaper) overlooking the Baía de Todos os Santos and in addition to whatever interior work they've done they have really brought out the beauty in what is truly a handsome building! I'd walked past the place almost daily for years and never noticed. A lot of people are remarking on this. It's like taking a marooned sailor and giving him a bath and a haircut and a shave and finding Richard Burton underneath, not mumbling nonsense but reciting Dylan Thomas as he stares unblinkingly out to the Recôncavo across the bay.
Then the Fera Palace Hotel opened, what?, last year or something. The old Palace — which was inaugurated in 1934 — had lost its way and descended into tackiness. Years ago it housed a casino where Jorge Amado's fictional Vadinho, Dona Flor's first husband, the no-good she carnally pined for at night while married to her good and proper second husband, spent her money. Paul McCartney stayed there when he played Salvador.
As per the Fasano, the Palace's facelift/cleanup did wonders. It is also a beautiful building. The stretch along there from Praça Castro Alves (with the statue of poet Castro Alves standing with dramatically outstretched hand) to Praça da Sé — Rua Chile — was once Salvador's Bahnhofstrasse, its Fifth Avenue, its Champs Élysées. Apparently the Dude behind the Palace Hotel wants it to be so again. There's a long way to go but the work is being done. Right now the street is torn up so that the concatenation of overhead cables strung there can be buried underground.
Up the street is an interesting-looking building set to host a number of fancypants restaurants.The Dude has apparently bought a number of buildings along there. To me Salvador's (manmade) beauty has always been that of a splendid voice ringing out of an old and homely interpreter, with the exception of many of the majestic houses and buildings in what is now called Pelourinho. But if somebody wants to open shops and restaurants out of my price range around here…more power to 'em! They'll make somebody happy!
Then there are the two hotels on the Largo do Cruzeiro, the public square stretching between the Terreiro de Jesus and the amazingly gold-leafed beyond-rococo Igreja de São Francisco. To the left as one faces the church. They are the Hotel Villa Bahia, owned by Frenchman Bruno Guinard, and Pousada Solar dos Deuses.


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Christmas Count Results Are In!
Kaitlyn Parkins reports on New York City's 2013-2014 Christmas Bird Count:
The final tallies for the 114th Christmas Bird Count are being submitted from across the nation, including our very own New York City, which is covered by five different count circles. Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island each have their own count, while Manhattan is covered by the New Jersey Lower Hudson circle, and the Bronx is counted along with Westchester. More than 200 expert and novice birders took part in the five counts, resulting in hundreds of hours in the field. We've compiled the preliminary data form all five count circles (including only the New York City part of the New Jersey Lower Hudson and Bronx-Westchester circles) to take a look at what's going on across the five boroughs. All CBC numbers are yet to be reviewed by regional editors, so the numbers included here are subject to revision.
The Staten Island and Brooklyn CBCs took place on a cold, snowy Saturday December 15th, resulting in Brooklyn's lowest count since 1981. The weather cleared up for the Manhattan and Queens counts on the 16th, and the Bronx CBC didn't take place until the 22nd. Still, a total of 152,181 individual birds were counted from 148 different species. Here are a few highlights:
- Brooklyn had a cackling goose for the first time in the count as well as an all-time high count of 10 for the wood duck.
- Rare species for Brooklyn also included one each of Wilson's snipe and semipalmated plover.
- Canvasbacks had an all-time low count of two in Brooklyn and was only a "count-week bird" in the Bronx-Westchester; nine were seen is Queens, o
- ne in Manhattan, and 12 in Staten Island.
- The only bird to make a count-week-only showing across the board was the lesser yellowlegs in the Bronx.
- The Bronx was also the only borough that didn't miss red-breasted nuthatch, and it had five common ravens (one was also counted in Queens).
- Queens highlights included king eider, Nashville warbler (which also showed up in Brooklyn and Staten Island), and two glaucous gulls.
- Staten Island recorded a single harlequin duck, but it had an all-time low of only 12 American crows.
- The star of the Manhattan show was the varied thrush found by Louise Fraza and Pearl Broder in Stuyvesant Town, an adult male so famous in his appearance that our regional compiler didn't require us to submit photo proof—he had already seen pictures of the bird online!
- As expected given the phenomenal snowy owl irruption we're experiencing this winter, numbers for this visitor from the north were way up, with 22 counted between Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and a count-week showing in the Bronx, blowing previous CBC records out of the water.
Want to know more? You can download the results as they come in as well as get historical data all the way back to the first CBC here (http://web4.audubon.org/bird/cbc/hr/). You can also check out the reports for these circles on their webpages:
Queens: http://www.qcbirdclub.org/news/theqcbccbc2013
Brooklyn: http://bbcprevioustripreports.blogspot.com/


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When Panchakarma Gave Me the Answer
By Kalpana Sampath
I was an active person right from my school age. I had a healthy body, due credit goes to the dancing classes as I was very regular. But over a period of time with two children at the age of 36 my exercises and dancing had taken a back seat. I was doing everything except taking care of myself, which included my teaching and training job as well. Gradually, my menstrual cycle became irregular. Before and after every cycle, the water retention was high. Weight gain was a slow and gradual process. By the time I was 38, I had put over 12 kilos my normal weight and I looked bloated like a puffed up balloon.
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This took nearly two whole years and by then I had developed endometriosis. My bleeding began to increase and it would go on for nearly 14 to 18 days a month and within next 15 to 20 days again it would start. I was a working woman and a full house with children and elders. I would be exhausted. I felt like a superwoman managing everything; my home, children, elders and then my work. It was chaotic.
After suffering for almost two year, I decided to find the solution in homeopathy. That initially showed a bit of relief, but just after 6 months, things came back to the square one. I had to undergo the same scans and tests again. A DNC was done. I felt medically harassed as my problem was only increasing. I felt weak and exhausted. Gradually, the situation got worse. It had been nearly 60 days of spotting every now and then, and my friends took me to hospital and admitted me. The doctor after all tests confirmed serious endometriosis. They gave me advice on methods of treating it. Then, I was taken to a senior specialist known to my friend. She informed me about Mirena, which I thought might help because it helps in reducing menstrual bleeding. I came back hoping to get better.
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Ayurveda is a way of life. It does not offer a quick-fix solution to your problem, but offers you a complete solution, gradually with time. My uterus is healthy and shrinking gracefully. I ensure abhyangan three to seven times a month. I regularly get panchakarma done for 21 days every two to three years. My other parameters are largely maintained, though my sugar levels are a bit higher sometimes due to genetic tendency. But it is easily brought under control with minimum medication. I also travel, work for over 12 hours a day. Walk for nearly 8000 steps and do meditation and simple yoga for an hour in the mornings for five days a week. I largely follow vegetarian and satvik timely food habit.
Thanks to a healthy lifestyle and my Ayurveda physicians and therapists.
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What else would you expect out of a Deadpool movie update?
Ryan Reynolds, The star of the "upcoming" Deadpool movie and the antagonist in the horribly portrayed "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" (which henceforth shall not be named) Has tried to keep fans up to date with the Marvel stand-alone movie. But in his defense, i don't think there is much to be said.
The major hold up could revolve around the possible movie rating dispute. The writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (Zombieland) have been pushing for a Hard-R rating. Which is more fitting of the character and true to what fans are used to. (i.e. Comics/Game) While 20th Century Fox want's a PG-13 to attract a more broad audience (and more profit) as well as teenagers being the main focal point in Super Hero movie releases.
But with the recent surge in popularity for the Deadpool character. (Including the newly released video game) And many fans outcry to reclaim the characters rightful glory from it's butchered adaption in "The movie which shall not be named". You'd think it'd be a no brainer to kick this film into high gear. But apparently for fox studios, their common sense just isn't tingling.
despite all of that Totalfilm.com caught up with the Reynolds, and got a few minor updates from the merc with the mouth himself.
"That movie is alive and kicking, and then it's dead as a doornail. Then it's alive and kicking and then it's dead… it's like the worst relationship I've ever had!"
You sure about that Ryan? Because i remember your relationship with Green Lantern.
"The character knows he's a comic-book character, he knows he's in a film, he knows who the executives are at the studio making the movie. In the current iteration of the script, Deadpool is aware of the Wolverine movie. He doesn't say anything disparaging about it but he does at one point play with the Deadpool action figure with some curiosity. "[Deadpool] is risky for everybody involved… It's not as commercial as [Fox] would like it to be. It's a property that is excessively popular and successful, just as a comic property. So you certainly don't want to mess that up. And if you're a studio you certainly don't want to be put something out there that you can't get back."
It's ashame really because Ryan Reynolds (with the right script and direction) is a perfect cast for Deadpool (if he's ok with keeping his shirt on in a movie for once). And even glimmers of it showed in the early moments of "the movie which shall not be named"
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World is getting crazy, and human kind can be despicable, and here is an example.
I'm not talking about bombs, nor wars, forget about terrorism or criminality…it's much simpler than that. I'm talking about cheating.
Most of the relationships broken I've seen lately have failed for this reason. It's disgusting.
In theory everybody agrees couples must be based on honesty, loyalty and respect among other values. In real life this is frequently not carried on. Ok, I'm not focusing on that now, I rather not to, otherwise can get really angry and start vomiting crap, which is not my intention at all, and as Rambo would say: this is not my war. At least right now.
On Saturday, Agnès and I were having a walk and all of a sudden noticed one of this big advertising boards reading this
We couldn't believe it! A website just for cheating your partner!!! For a minute or two I really thought and hoped it was a joke, but this website exists, you can check it out here if you want.
Few days ago we had a discussion regarding these websites such as Meetic and all this crap for meeting people. At the end of the day, I don't think that works, or at least doesn't work for me. But it's ok, you're single, you're looking to get laid, and that's an option, fine.
But this is totally different, this website is encouraging or suggesting you gotta shag with someone else, as if what you've got is not good enough.
I don't pretend to moralize but this is complete bullshit. You're not happy with your relationship? Solution is definitely at your hands, it's your choice, but cut the crap and don't resort to placebos.
Making money providing such service is… (put the adjective you feel like, I'm too pissed off to be objective or polite). Using this service is nonsense.
What's Love nowadays? Some kind of utopia or what?


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