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Tata Steel in Europe was formerly known as Corus and rebranded as Tata Steel in 2010.
Tata Steel (in India) was established in 1907 and the first ingot of steel was made at Jamshedpur in India in 1912.
In 1999, Corus was formed through merger of British Steel and Koninklijke Hoogovens.
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The history of British Steel from 1967 when the British Steel Corporation was formed by bringing 90% of British Steelmaking into public ownership, through privatisation in 1987, until the formation of Corus in 1999.
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Astroman, Washington Column 5.11c
Yosemite Valley, California USA
Avg time to climb route: 10hours
Approach time: 40minutes
Descent time: 1.5 hours
Number of pitches: 11
Height of route: 1100'
OverviewAstroman is one of the best long free routes in the United States. When first established this climb was the domain of only the most honed climbers in the world. Today, still considered a Valley testpiece, Astroman has lost little of its stature or mystique. Climbers who have the skill and nerve to attempt Astroman will find tremendous exposure, flawless rock quality and mostly solid protection. The climbing involves every technique imaginable from balancy face moves and boulder problems to sustained hand jamming and a squeeze chimney.
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HistoryI was not too happy with the route name Astroman when I first heard it. Sure, the word itself had a fabulous ring to it, but the newly named route already had a name. This was what disturbed me. Never mind that the old name was pedestrian: the East Face of the Washington Column. This was back in 1975, and the arrogant notion of re-naming a route once it had been freed was fairly new. (Im still not thrilled by this dying trendand pleased that Lynn Hill didnt re-name The Nose!) And yet the climb christened Astroman, so radically different from the East Face route of 1959, perhaps demanded a new name.
When John Bachar, Ron Kauk, and John Long topped out on that afternoon a quarter-century ago, they knew they had done something remarkablethe most continuously difficult free climb in the world. Of the 12 pitches, two were easy, five were 5.10, and five were 5.11!
The original ascent, made by Warren Harding and Chuck Pratt, had been a fixed rope effort from bottom to topa year-long adventure. In addition, the trio had used aid on virtually every pitchprobably 225 aid placements altogether. The route overhung for much of its 1100-foot height and it leaned annoyingly to the right on many pitches, making even the aid strenuous. Pratt and I, along with Eric Beck, made the fifth ascent in 1967 and used about 150 aid placements. The idea that the route would ever go free was ludicrous. Even that great crack specialist Pratt never harbored such a thought, though he did some scary and innovative 5.10 climbing on this route.
Kauk and Bachar, both 18 years old, went up on the route early in 1975 to see if a long, steep corner low on the route could be freed. Incredibly continuous, the corner (soon named the Enduro corner) did indeed go free at 11c. Kauk later called this severe pitch the key to the door. The remainder of the route didnt look much worse, and when John Long heard this news he persuaded the pair to head back up with him.
Bachar led a short but fierce 11c boulder problem near the bottom for the first time. Kauk led both the Enduro corner and the 11a section just below the fabled Harding Slot in great style, but aid climbers above slowed the party by mid-afternoon. The trio descended to a bivy ledge, leaving a few ropes fixed. The next morning saw
Long tackling the horrendous difficulties above the Harding Slot, including a harrowing mantelshelf of 11a, and higher, a short section of 11b. A few hundred feet of moderate crack climbing followed, then Long led the summit pitch... [full history for SuperTopo members only!]
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EU/ME is changing its internal organization and adding a specific Variable Neighborhood Search section.
This section will be chaired by Nenad Mladenovic (Brunel University, UK) and Abraham Duarte (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain). Under the umbrella of EU/ME/VNS, a separate meeting will be organized specifically focusing on Variable Neighborhood Search.
The new composition of the board can be found on the EU/ME board page.


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At 2011 National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show, Microsoft announced the development of a partner ecosystem to lead media and entertainment (M&E) companies to the cloud. This strategic ecosystem enables partners to develop industry-specific solutions based on the Windows Azure platform to give M&E companies a simplified digital supply chain combined with the benefits of cloud computing. Bringing the solutions to life, several M&E partners will demonstrate Azure-based cloud solutions for content, processing, management and delivery at the Microsoft booth SL3812.
With the combined strength of the partner ecosystem and Azure platform, M&E customers benefit from industry-specific apps and scenarios, such as streaming online content, content security or transcoding, without having to deploy servers, build an infrastructure or plan for capacity of demand. This helps M&E companies do the following:
- Reduce capital expenditures for new IT infrastructure
- Allow innovation and shorten time to market for new digital media services, lowering risk and giving media companies the opportunity to test new services and business models
- Better provision resources to focus on their core strengths in media creation and delivery instead of IT
- Leverage economies of scale of Microsoft's datacenters and platform investments
- Develop and deliver new apps and services on a global scale
In addition, by adopting apps based on the Azure platform, customers are able to support IT environments where they're using a mixed IT environment of on-premise and other private or public cloud platforms.
There're many partners participating in the ecosystem and delivering Azure-based cloud solutions that span the entire M&E value chain, including digital content management, media business management, and digital marketing and experiences, allowing customers to pick and choose the partners that best meet their unique needs. They include the following:
- Cloud-based content processing (encoding and transcoding). Digital Rapids and Origin Digital
- Cloud-based content management. Arvato Digital Services, DAVID Systems GmbH, Harris Broadcast Communications, Polycom Video Content Management (formerly Accordent Technologies Inc.), Sitecore and TechPath
- Cloud-based content delivery. Aspera Inc., iStreamPlanet Co., MPS Broadband AB and Signiant Inc.
- Cloud-based content protection. BuyDRM and Cognizant
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six hundred,—they were exciting, innocent enough, and scrupulously devoted to the doctrines of poetic justice, but they lacked all distinction, and Frank Norris could justly grieve that the epic days of Western settlement found only such tawdry Homers. In the fourth quarter of the century the detective story rivalled the frontier tale; after 1900, both, though reduced to the price of five cents apiece, gave way before the still more exciting and easily comprehended moving picture.
One successor of Cooper, however, upheld for a time the dignity of old-fashioned romance. John Esten Cooke (1830–86), born in the Valley of Virginia and brought up in Richmond, cherished a passion as intense as Simms's for his native state and deliberately set out to celebrate its past and its beauty. Leather Stocking and Silk (1854) and The Last of the Foresters (1856), both narratives of life in the Valley, recall Cooper by more than their titles; but in The Youth of Jefferson (1854), still more in The Virginia Comedians (1854) and its sequel Henry St. John, Gentleman (1859), Cooke seems as completely Virginian as Beverley Tucker[1] before him, though less stately in his tread. All three of these novels have their scenes laid in Williamsburg, the old capital of the Dominion; they reproduce a society strangely made up of luxury, daintiness, elegance, penury, ugliness, brutality. At times the dialogue of Cooke's impetuous cavaliers and merry girls nearly catches the flavour of the Forest of Arden, but there is generally something stilted in their speech or behaviour that spoils the gay illusion. Nevertheless, The Virginia Comedians may justly be called the best Virginia novel of the old régime, unless possibly Swallow Barn[2] should be excepted, for reality as well as for colour and spirit. During the Civil War Cooke fought, as captain of cavalry, under Stuart, and had experiences which he afterwards turned to use in a series of Confederate romances, most notable of which is Surry of Eagle's Nest (1866). But in this and in the related tales Hilt to Hilt (1869) and Mohun (1869), as well as in numerous later novels, he continued to practice an old manner which grew steadily more archaic as the realists gained ground. Towards the end of his life he participated, without changing his habits, in the revival of the historical romance which began


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BBC Proms go to war at the Roundhouse
19 July, 2018 — By Sebastian Taylor
George Benjamin
The BBC Proms returns to the Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, on Saturday afternoon with a programme of 20th- and 21st-century works.
Composer-conductor George Benjamin is directing new music specialists London Sinfonietta in a concert marking the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. Singing is magnificent mezzo-soprano Susan Bickley.
World premieres are being given of war-themed pieces by Isabel Mundy, Hannah Kendall, George Frederich Haas and Luca Francesconi.
Other works include:
– Stravinsky's homage to Debussy, the elegant Symphonies of Wind Instruments.
– Charles Ives' The Unanswered Question with its haunting trumpet solo.
– Messiaen's monumental tribute to the dead of both world wars, Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum.
• Proms at the Roundhouse: Ives, Stravinsky & Messiaen played by London Sinfonietta, 3pm, from £6, www.bbc.co.uk/events/e68gfx


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Schizophrenia refers to a psychotic illness in which changes in behaviour or symptoms have been continuing for a period of at least six months. The symptoms and length of the illness vary from person to person. Contrary to previous beliefs, many people with schizophrenia lead happy and fulfilling lives, with many making a full recovery.
What are the symptoms and signs?
Schizophrenia can lead to changes in mood and thinking and to abnormal ideas, making it hard to understand how the schizophrenic person feels. Symptoms include:
Confused thinking - Everyday thoughts become confused or don't join up properly. Sentences are unclear or don't make sense. A person may have difficulty concentrating, following a conversation or remembering things. Thoughts seem to speed up or slow down.
False beliefs - It is common for a person experiencing a psychotic episode to hold false beliefs, known as delusions. The person is so convinced of their delusion that the most logical argument cannot make them change their mind. For example, someone may be convinced from the way cars are parked outside their house that they are being watched by the police.
Hallucinations - In psychosis, the person sees, hears, feels, smells or tastes something that is not actually there. For example, they may hear voices that no one else can hear, or see things that aren't there. Things may taste or smell as if they are bad or even poisoned.
Changed feelings - Feelings or mood may change for no apparent reason. They may feel strange and cut off from the world with everything moving in slow motion. Mood swings are common and they may feel unusually excited or depressed. People's emotionsseem dampened . . . they feel less than they used to, or show less emotion to those around them.
Changed behaviour - People with schozophrenia behave differently from the way they usually do. They may be extremely active or lethargic, sitting around all day. They may laugh inappropriately or become angry or upset without apparent cause.
What are the causes?
Developmental, environmental and familial factors play a role in the illness.
How is schizophrenia treated?
Medication can be used to control symptoms of schizophrenia. Compliance with medication is an issue for some people suffering from schizophrenia. Once they recover from the symptoms, they may not feel as if they still have an illness. Counselling from a trained clinician can help the person idenfity reality from disturbed thinking. Education about the signs and symptoms of the illness is extremely important. Also, being in a supportive environment dramatically assists in recovery from schizophrenia.
Sources of information: ORYGEN Youth Health
Schizophrenia fact sheet by SANE Australia
SANE conducts innovative programs and campaigns to improve the lives of people living with mental illness, their family and friends. SANE's fact sheet about schizophrenia includes information on symptoms, causes, prevalence rates, treatment and where to find out more information.
What is psychosis by Headspace
Headspace is a youth friendly, community based health service for young people aged 12 - 25 and their families. Their fact sheet regarding psychosis includes specific information about schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia fact sheet by Orygen Youth Health Clinical Program
Orygen Youth Health Clinical Program (OYHCP) is a world-leading youth mental health program based in Melbourne, Australia. OYHCP's fact sheet on psychosis includes information on schizophrenia and options for seeking help.
Schizophrenia fact sheet in various languages by Mental Health in Multicultural Australia
MHMA provides national leadership in mental health and suicide prevention for Australians from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. MHMA's fact sheet regarding schizophrenia has been translated into twenty-three different languages.
For people with a mental health problem, there may be periods of time when things are not manageable. Stress, traumatic events or changes in medication can trigger further symptoms of their illness.
If you are concerned that your friend is not behaving as they normally would, then it is important to encourage them to talk to someone they trust like their doctor, psychologist or psychiatrist. If you think that your friend is likely to hurt themselves or someone else get help immediately even if your friend doesn't want you to.
When someone becomes extremely unwell, it can be distressing and confusing for others, as well as the person concerned. Here are some tips that may help:
- Communicate clearly in an honest, understanding manner. Do not crowd, rush or unnecessarily touch the person.
- Provide a calm, safe environment. Move to quieter, more open surroundings. If necessary, remove items with which the person might use to harm themselves or others.
- Seek help from a doctor, Psychiatric Emergency Team or the police.
- Try to behave in a quietly confident manner. Be firm but friendly and unthreatening. Reassure that help is on its way.
Fact sheet about helping someone with a mental illness by SANE Australia
Reference: Reach Out! website
A community based service for people aged 12 - 25 and their families, Headspace provides help for issues including health, education, work, mental health and drug & alcohol use.
Mental Health in Multicultural Australia (MHMA)
MHMA provides national leadership in mental health and suicide prevention for Australians from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds.
Orygen Youth Health Clinical Program (OYHCP)
Orygen Youth Health Clinical Program (OYHCP) is a world-leading youth mental health program based in Melbourne, Australia. OYHCP sees young people aged 15 to 25, with a focus on early intervention and youth specific approaches.
SANE Australia
SANE conducts innovative programs and campaigns to improve the lives of people living with mental illness, their family and friends. It also operates a busy telephone helpline and website.
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000 Emergency Assistance
National emergency assistance number for ambulance, police and fire response.
Lifeline Australia
Lifeline provides 24-hour confidential telephone counselling to anyone within Australia.13 11 14
Suicide Helplines
Contacts for 24hr response services in each state for those feeling suicidal and for those supporting someone feeling suicidal.
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Kids Helpline
Kids Help Line is a free, confidential and anonymous, telephone and online counselling service specifically for young people aged between 5 and 25.1800 551 800
Lifeline Australia
Lifeline provides 24-hour confidential telephone counselling to anyone within Australia.13 11 14
SANE Helpline
SANE Australia provides a Helpline service Monday to Friday 9:00am-5:00pm EST providing information about symptoms, treatments, medications, where to go for support and help for carers.1800 18 SANE (7263)
Kids Helpline Website
Kids Help Line is a free, confidential and anonymous, 24-hour telephone and online counselling service specifically for young people aged between 5 and 25.
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Companies and organizations featured in the Ajo Logistics & Distribution section usually offer freight forwarding, reverse logistics and global logistics alongside the full suite of Logistics & Distribution to local and, in some cases, national clients.
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Five Menu
What makes Five Bistro so special is that we make a variety of food and each day the specials change. We are happy to change and adapt for any dietary requirements – so please do not hesitate to ask. We have a standard menu which can be seen here: Five Menu
Some of our customers' favourite dishes from our daily specials are listed below:
Delicious and nutritious spicy peri peri chicken salad.
Minced Lamb Tagine 6.50
Delicious Minced Lamb Tagine with fluffy cous cous. Bask in the exquisite taste of the middle east.
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Our top seller. Filled to the brim with spicy beef, rice, beans and cheese, garnished with crunchy salad and a zesty couscous, this burrito will leave you feeling truly satisfied.
Greek Salad Plate 4.95
Taste the Mediterranean with our greek salad plate – one of our best sellers over summer and through the winter months too!
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Our pot of nutritious home made granola breakfast cereal, with creamy yoghurt and fresh fruit (fruit seasonal May to September) is highly popular with our customers and ideal for people looking for a filling but nutritious breakfast to start off the day.


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Abandon football in Leitrim
Dear Madam,
I am a Leitrim man in exile here in Roscommon over a long number of years. I always dread when Leitrim are playing at any level. After every defeat I am a figure for fun when I go to my local. After the last hammering of both Minors and Seniors, I sure got more than enough ribbing.
As I get your Observer each week, might I ask you to publish this letter after the hammering and put this suggestion?
Would now not be the appropriate time for Leitrim to abandon any further activities in football and leave it to those counties that do the game proud.
I would like to see if there are many Leitrim people out there with similar thinking.
Yours etc,
Name and Address with Editor.


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I lost patience with teachers' unions when union officials in
Not to mention when union officials in
In many cities, teachers' unions ensured no one was removed for mere incompetence. If a teacher stole or abused a student, yes, but school boards didn't even try to remove teachers who couldn't teach.
"Before, you had to go smack the mayor in order to get fired," Reggie Mayo, the schools superintendent here in New Haven, told me.
That's what makes an experiment under way here so jaw-dropping. New Haven has arguably become ground zero for school reform in America because it is transforming the system with the full cooperation of the union.Continue reading the main story
One of America's greatest challenges in the coming years will be to turn around troubled schools, especially in inner cities. It's the civil rights issue of our age, and teachers' unions have mostly been an exasperating obstacle.
Yet reformers like myself face a conundrum. Teachers' unions are here to stay, and the only way to achieve systematic improvement is with their buy-in. Moreover, the
The breakthrough experiment in New Haven offers a glimpse of an education future that is less rancorous. It's a tribute to the savvy of
New Haven may be home to
A couple of years ago, the school district reached a revolutionary contract with teachers. Pay and benefits would rise, but teachers would embrace reform — including sacrificing job security. With a stronger evaluation system, tenure no longer mattered and weak teachers could be pushed out.
Roughly half of a teacher's evaluation would depend on the performance of his or her students — including on standardized tests and other measures of learning.
Teachers were protected by a transparent process, and by accountability for principals. But if outside evaluators agreed with administrators that a teacher was failing, the teacher would be out at the end of the school year.
Last year, the school district pushed out 34 teachers, about 2 percent of the total in the district. The union not only didn't object, but acknowledged that many of them didn't really belong in the classroom.
"We all use the same litmus test: Would we want our kid in that room?" says David Cicarella, president of the New Haven Federation of Teachers, the local union. "We all recognize that we need to do something. Tenured teachers who are ineffective — that is an issue. We want to do something about it. But it's not fair either to blame all teachers."
Cicarella says that teachers accept that the world has changed. Accountability and feedback are welcome if they are fair, he says, adding: "It's not O.K. any more to spray and pray."
So far this year, administrators have warned about 50 more teachers that their jobs are in jeopardy because of weak teaching. That's out of 1,800 teachers in the district.
It'll take years to verify that students themselves are benefiting, but it's striking that teachers and administrators alike seem happy with the new system. They even say nice things about each other. In many tough school districts, teachers are demoralized and wilted; that feels less true in New Haven.
The New Haven model still doesn't go as far as I would like, but it does represent enormous progress. And it's a glimpse of a world in which "school reform" is an agenda and not just a term that sets off a brawl.
If the American Federation of Teachers continues down this path, I'll revisit my criticisms of teachers' unions. Maybe even give them a hug for daring to become part of the solution.Continue reading the main story


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Often times in the rush of getting a marketing program out and the marketing pipeline filled, we get into a continuous execution cycle. We plan and launch, we plan the next one and launch the next one, most of the time relying on our gut instincts and anecdotal evidence to determine success of our campaigns and marketing efforts.
Stopping, pausing, or putting new plans on hold to assess our performance often times seems counter-intuitive to the speed at which we need to move today. After all, who has time to attend a meeting on what has already happened when the clock is ticking on this quarter's deals?
But the best marketers know that their effectiveness is exponentially impacted by their ability to assess not only the quantitative results of a marketing plan, but the qualitative results as well. What happened that was not expected? What competitive responses occurred that came as a surprise? What did you try
differently that worked this time around? What did your sales reps think of the ad that you ran
Asking these types of questions gives us marketers important data points that help us tweak and tailor future plans and strategies to be more effective and efficient, especially given the budget constraints that we all have today. Further, there's the ever-present office politics to take into account as well. Often times a high-profile marketing project will attract the attention not only of the field, but the executive team too. Ensuring that you've taken their feedback on what they liked, and what they thought worked and didn't work, is an important CYA step that may be just what you need to get the air cover you need to
continue to move forward with your plans.
Sometimes these are tough meetings to have—they involve sharp critique, assignment of responsibility, and admission of failure. But they will make you smarter for the next cycle, and savvy marketing leaders know that they're an integral component of your marketing strategy today.


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City ties 'family values' to 'homophobia'
Employee's flyer promoting Christian meeting deemed harassment
The city of Oakland barred two employees from advertising an informal group that respects "the natural family, marriage and family values," contending the bulletin-board flyer was "homophobic."
In a case that could set a precedent challenging anti-discrimination laws, Regina Rederford and Robin Christy filed suit yesterday in U.S. District Court in Oakland against two city supervisors who enforced a policy they insist is unconstitutional.
"It's ridiculous – the flyer doesn't mention homosexuality whatsoever," said Rederford's attorney, Scott Lively.
"It's a completely affirmative and positive statement about a Christian value system centered on the natural family," Lively told WorldNetDaily. "For the city of Oakland to have interpreted that to mean an attack on homosexuality was really taking liberties."
On an employee bulletin board where a variety of political and sexually oriented causes are promoted, Rederford posted a flyer Jan. 3 titled, "Preserve Our Workplace With Integrity." The entire text said:
Good News Employee Associations is a forum for people of Faith to express their views on the contemporary issues of the day. With respect for the Natural Family, Marriage and Family values.
If you would like to be a part of preserving integrity in the Workplace call Regina Rederford @xxx-xxxx or Robin Christy @xxx-xxxx
The flyer was removed the same day, however, by order of Joyce Hicks, Oakland's deputy director of the Community and Economic Development Agency, who is named in the lawsuit along with then-City Manager Robert Bobb.
In a Feb. 20 memo announcing a newly revised workplace anti-discrimination policy, Hicks noted recent incidents of employees "inappropriately posting materials" in violation of that policy.
"Specifically," she wrote according to a copy obtained by WND, "flyers were placed in public view which contained statements of a homophobic nature and were determined to promote sexual orientation-based harassment."
Lively said if the judge approaches this case as a contest between the First Amendment and the anti-discrimination policy, similar policies across the state could be overturned.
"This is one of the cleanest examples of blatant free-speech discrimination that I've ever seen – the fact that the city actually acknowledged that they were discriminating, based on content, in their own memo," Lively said.
The state of California and many local jurisdictions have added sexual orientation as a protected category in areas such as housing and employment laws and school policies.
"Citizens should retain the right to criticize alternative sexual lifestyles without fear of retaliation or retribution," Lively contends.
Rederford and Christy are defended by the United States Justice Foundation, the public interest group Lively, Ackerman and Cody, and the Pro-Family Law Center. They charge Hicks and Bobb violated their clients' constitutional right to "to pray, associate, communicate religious ideas, and worship" according to the U.S. Constitution and the laws and regulations of the city of Oakland.
WND contacted the Oakland city attorney's office for a response, but no one was available to comment.
Lively said the city, in its defense, could use one of two arguments. One is that the flyer is a violation of the city's anti-discrimination policy.
"That's a stretch," he said, because "even if that type of policy was able to trump the First Amendment, this particular flyer does not fall within that policy."
The other position is that they have a right to control the bulletin board.
"That's a weak argument," Lively asserted, "because once they've created a limited public forum by letting other employees post messages, they lose their right to censor what is on the bulletin board."
The civil rights complaint says Rederford and Christy were denied equal accommodation when they asked to be given the same opportunity as others to communicate with employees.
Defendants Hicks and Bobb acted, the suit contends, "because they do not approve of the Christian beliefs, practices, and activities of plaintiffs."
Without intervention, the complaint says, the defendants will "continue to engage in discriminatory behavior that persecutes, silences, and segregates Christian employees."


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Twenty years of web development. The year was 1996. The IE3 & Netscape Navigator battle had begun. Image maps, animated marquees & Shockwave animations were all the rage. Tiny videos via RealPlayer. MP3 files were best created via shell script. Frame sets were acceptable. Google didn't exist. How things have changed. My professional web development career began in 2002, after learning Perl & popular Adobe software. I was hooked. As time went on I discovered just how much more is possible via SOLID software design patterns & data-driven best practices. Software & UI/UX development share a common requirement: creativity. Each have technical aspects -- and often -- an inherent beauty. It is this synergy of the creative & technical that keeps me hooked.
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COCKTAIL COLLAB – A new dining offer at the Long Bar of Raffles Makati where guests and diners will be treated to bespoke cocktails prepared by their award winning bartenders. Basically you choose your flavour and liquor preference, the procedure / methods for the cocktail and you get to choose on what glass they'll serve it and finally the name of the cocktail, how cool is that?!
BACON! Yes a bacon cocktail! And it's actually really good – pieces of smoked bacon, black label, dissarono and green chartreuse. It had these nice smoky notes running in the background and then that amaretto flavour hits you along with the refreshing base to balance the nose and palate. GOOD! Continue reading #CocktailCollab at Long Bar of Raffles Makati


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I've been really enamoured by the look of ruffle cakes lately, like the ones seen on Martha Stewart, and Sweetapolita's so I thought I'd give it a shot:
It's a choc fudge cake covered in peanut butter ruffles for a friend's little get-together. Delish!
A week later was a client's order for a Farmyard cake. She and her husband were moving to the country, and wanted a cake for their "house-cooling" party before their big move. Just a small one for about 12 (this one I made would feed 20, and she later told me they only finished a quarter of it!), with a couple of farm animals on it. So I came up with this:
The cow and sheep were made courtesy of tutes I'd learnt from the very very talented Lorraine McKay from Extra Icing in the UK (who's coming to Melbourne to teach next year, yay!)
And I came up with the little ducky myself (altho' to be perfectly honest, it kinda looks like a yellow platypus! LOL!)
All the figurines were made entirely out of fondant, and the cake was a chocolate mud with dark chocolate ganache. Ooooooh.


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Although indications are quite opposite, British Prime Minister Cameron and Obama discussed in a long conversation what is to be done about the murder of over 1,400 civilians in Syria by poison gas last Wednesday, where they believe that its government is almost certainly responsible carrying out a war against its own people.
But this is at variance with the findings of Anthony Gucciardi in StoryLeak , who found in January 30 report by Yahoo News of India that the U.S had given the go-ahead to launch a poison gas attack upon that Syrian people and then blame the event on the president of Syria, Bashar al Assad.
This news report, showing the approval by Washington, contains an email exchange by senior members of the British-based contractor Britain Defence, according to Yahoo.
In the recent 40-minute exchange by Obama and Cameron, however, both said that they were gravely concerned by the attack that took place in Damascus on Wednesday.
Kurt Nimmo, Infowars.com, has the story.
Despite an obvious lack of evidence the Syrian government was responsible for a chemical attack outside of Damascus earlier this week, Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron have reached and understanding that a "serious response" aimed at the government of Bashar al-Assad and his military is in order.
As shown in this video, Barack Obama will be pressured to act on Syria.
Obama and Cameron spent 40 minutes on the telephone Saturday. According to reports, the pair decided the Syrian government is "almost certainly responsible for the assault that is believed to have killed as many as 1,400 people in Damascus in the middle of last week," the Guardian reported on Saturday.
"The prime minister and President Obama are both gravely concerned by the attack that took place in Damascus on Wednesday and the increasing signs that this was a significant chemical weapons attack carried out by the Syrian regime against its own people," a spokesman for No. 10 Downing Street told the newspaper. "The UN security council has called for immediate access for UN investigators on the ground in Damascus. The fact that President Assad has failed to co-operate with the UN suggests that the regime has something to hide."
"They reiterated that significant use of chemical weapons would merit a serious response from the international community and both have tasked officials to examine all the options. They agreed that it is vital that the world upholds the prohibition on the use of chemical weapons and deters further outrages. They agreed to keep in close contact on the issue."
British officials are attempting to head off any reasoned opposition to a military attack by floating a now common canard used to deflect criticism when the United States, Britain, France and other nations prepare to engage in state-sponsored terrorism.
"I know that some people in the world would like to say that this is some kind of conspiracy brought about by the opposition in Syria," said the Foreign Secretary, William Hague, on Thursday. "I think the chances of that are vanishingly small and so we do believe that this is a chemical attack by the Assad regime."
Probable action includes missile strikes and the establishment of a no-fly zone over Syria, according to The Mirror. The United States has stationed F-16 fighter jets and Patriot missiles in Jordan in preparation for inevitable attacks
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Category Archives: Family
Long Time No Blahg…
It's been a long time since I've written anything or 'blahged". I guess life caught up with me and I was stuck in the endless chain of work, sleep, pay bills, work , sleep, pay bills.
I still take photos every chance I get and recently got a great deal on a short flight on an old Ford Tri-Motor. It tours around giving people the experience of what aviation was like 'back in the day'. I took my grand children, Chase and Hunter, with me to get them off the computer and get some fresh air.
I found that they had a really great deal on rides and on a whim asked Chase and Hunter if they'd every been up in an airplane before. They had not. So I told them we're going on a little ride.
We sat down for the safety briefing where we learned that a Ford Tri-motor was the first plane that Neil Armstrong flew on when he was a boy. His father bought him a ride on one which got young Neil hooked on aviation. That one ride on a Ford Tri-Motor planted the seed that eventually landed Neil Armstrong on the moon. The kids were fascinated by that.
They were a little nervous but excited like you wouldn't believe. It felt good to give them their first ride on an airplane. Maybe now they could understand why I loved planes so much.
It was a good day and quite an experience for all of us. Here are a few more shots from our adventure.
It was a beautiful day to fly and watch the looks on their young faces while we flew around Georgetown. It made me feel good.
So if you ever get chance to see the Ford Tri-Motor while it tours around the country I highly recommend taking a flight. A lot of history and insight in to what it was like to fly back in the late 20's.
Peace, Love, and Aviation,
In Loving Memory…
I just wanted to remember my father, Robert L. Barrett, who passed away this last week. He was 87 and a hero.
He said he wasn't a hero – but he was indeed a hero both in World War II and becoming my Dad.
I won't bore you with all of the details but he adopted me – gave me his last name. Helped make me who I am today. He gave me more than anyone could really ask or hope for – and that was his love and respect and I have to tell you that is not an easy thing to do – to love someone as your son, even when you mess up.
There are some things that have been unsaid between us – but I think he knows. I loved him. I respect him. I only wish I had the opportunity to take his photograph in his uniform before his passing. I also wish I had had the opportunity to tell him how much he has meant to me. That even though I griped when he told me I had to stay home and help him fix the car I secretly didn't mind — He taught me how to work on cars and fix things. Which is why he wasn't terribly upset when I took my tape deck completely apart (though my mother was very angry) because he knew I probably could get it back together — which I did (for the most part).
He had contracted throat cancer from many years of smoking – he loved golf and football. He loved Judy Garland and Barbara Streisand. He loved us boys. We had a rough time, as some families do. I forgive him and hope he knows that. He had an awesome responsibility and there were times we didn't make it easy.
Above all things that make him great to me is he was Fair. He listened to me when others wouldn't. He taught me respect. He gave me the benefit of the doubt which caused some problems now and then but when he made a decision he stuck by it.
I just wanted to say I love you, Dad —
I pray that eternity will be good to you for all you've given me. I'll miss you. I love you. You belong to God, now.
With all my Love,
Your Son,
Colonel Robert Lee Barrett, USAF (Ret)
I just wanted to add a few more photographs to remember my dad by. His funeral was with full honors being wounded twice on D-Day and achieving so much in his military career.
He never shared his D-Day story until recently – I may add some of it here someday.
Dad, you have quite an extended family. We all love you and thank you for all you've done for us. Hope to see you in Heaven because we still owe each other a round of golf.
Peace, Love, and Blessings,
God Bless the people that serve our country. God Bless the fallen, and families of the fallen, at Fort Hood. God Bless the veterans who have seen and felt too much – and those that have bled and carry the scars of our country for the rest of their days for the sake of our freedom.
God bless the wives and children that wait for their husbands and fathers to come home for they also serve.
To all of the veterans that protect our freedom. Thank you and God Bless.
Peace, Love, and Honor a Vet,
Happy Veterans Day….
I just wanted to wish everyone a happy Veterans Day. Thank you to all who are serving around the world and who have served in the past.
I wanted to share my friends blog with you who is an excellent photographer and friend. Please visit the blog of Cricket Walker for some excellent photographs for veterans.
Peace, Love, and Happy Veterans Day,
Georgetown Market Days…
Georgetown Texas Market Days went very well today with booths consisting of clothing, artwork, leather goods, handicrafts and lots of wonderful things.
Cher's Creations from Round Rock features hand made custom wreaths and floral arrangements with no two being alike.
Silver Mallet Productions has hand tooled leather goods such as wallets, belts, and a whole score of other items.
Today's Market Days had the theme of "In the Pink" in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness. The next Market will be November 14th, "A Season of Giving".
This will be perfect for early holiday shopping with all sorts of wonderful gift ideas.
Market Days is located on the square in downtown Georgetown, Texas. Not only do they have wonderfully unique vendors set up around the square but the square in Georgetown has very unique shops for everyone to enjoy making for a very relaxing and fun shopping experience.
Representatives from community organizations such as the American Legion were also on hand. BJ MacMillan, Dick Miller, Jean and Bill Brownlow and Marion Pierson were on hand enjoying music from Randall. The American Legion was chartered in 1919 by Congress as a patriotic, war-time veterans organization and has since grown to be the nation's largest wartime organization founded on the values, contributions and sacrifices of those who answered the country's call to arms. A valuable asset to veterans and the Georgetown community.
The Georgetown Fire Department was on hand thrilling the kids with tours of a fire truck and the Georgetown Fire Department Pipes and Drums folks played some bag pipes and made some wonderful music.
It was a wonderful day browsing the vendors and the shops on the square. The kettle corn and Gyros Veggie wraps and the wonderful people that make this happen. Hope to see you all November 14th 9:00a.m. – 4:00 p.m. for the next market days!
Peace, Love and Christmas Come Early Shopping,
Photographs Copyright © 2009, Barrett Photo Art
Peer Pressure…
I remember when I was young and how sometimes my mouth would override my abilities. I was taken down memory lane here recently when I watched as my grandson told a lovely little girl how he could make it across the monkey bars.
He had not taken in to account his physical limitations as he had already traversed the bars several times before. But THIS time would be the one to impress the ladies. The trip that counted. The one that mattered as it would win hearts.
Image Copyright © 2009, Barrett Photo Art
I was there to photograph the event and I knew what he was feeling (by the look on his face) as his arms began to give out while his friend looked on.
He quietly asked for help getting down, however, he was not embarrassed at all. He simply explained that he had done it so many times that he was tired but would be back to show the little girl he could do it once the cramps left his arms.
When you're tired, keep going. If you fail, try again. But do it for yourself – she'll still like you weather you make it across the monkey bars or not.
Thanks for visiting.
Peace, Love, and I Can Do That,


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The Design of a Fast Neutron Radiography System for Non-Destructive Analysis of Thick, Dense Objects
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Doctor of Philosophy
Nuclear Engineering
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Jason Hayward
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Howard Hall, Mariya Zhuravleva, Lawrence Heilbronn
This dissertation describes the development of a novel time-of-flight (TOF) fast neutron radiography system, TiGReSSE ("Time Gating to Reject Scatter and Select Energy"), for non-destructive analysis of thick, dense objects, such as a spent nuclear fuel cask. Such objects create large scatter fields that mask interior flaws in an image, and are impenetrable with traditional x-ray or low-energy neutron radiography. By using a fast pulsed, high-energy monoenergetic neutron source with TiGReSSE, TOF methods may be employed to completely reject this problematic scatter. If using TOF methods with a fast pulsed, high-energy polyenergetic neutron source instead, partial scatter rejection is possible, as is the variation of image contrast by selecting the neutron interrogation energy(ies). To accomplish scatter rejection and energy selection, the system uses a fast plastic scintillator to convert neutrons to visible light, which then enter an intensified charge coupled device camera to form a radiograph. The camera shutter is opened and closed at specific times to apply TOF methods. Experiments were conducted using a deuterium-tritium generator, as well as with polyenergetic spallation neutrons in two Los Alamos Neutron Science Center accelerator flight paths. These experiments were carried out to improve system design and determine system characteristics, while demonstrating that TiGReSSE could partially reject scatter and select energy in novel neutron energy ranges up to 600 MeV (i.e., 80% of the speed of light). It was also shown that optimal neutron radiography energies vary between objects. Simulations were also conducted using Los Alamos National Laboratory's radiation transport code, MCNP6, to further support system design and characterization, modeling properties including detector efficiency, dose to radiography objects during imaging, and direct-to-scatter ratios. MCNP6 was also used to design an optimal shielding configuration for the camera. Based on all work conducted, it is recommended that a pulsed monoenergetic neutron source with energy from 10 to 14 MeV be used for scatter rejection, and that a spallation target be used to create a polyenergetic pulsed source to also enable energy selection, while being mindful that other objects may exist that require higher energy neutrons.
Recommended Citation
Swift, Alicia Lauren, "The Design of a Fast Neutron Radiography System for Non-Destructive Analysis of Thick, Dense Objects. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 2016.


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Bunso won the raffled grand prize (worth P33k for two nights Club Paradise-Palawan accommodation) during the PSE Bullrun event last January.
We don't find ourselves doing a Palawan vacation this year so we're looking to transfer this prize to someone else. We'll endorse this certificate to the highest bidder. Just PM. 🙂
If ever, bunso plans to add the proceeds to her stock market investments. Any takers?


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Hi ya'll! I think this shape and basic card design is just too cool and very versatile to! I saw it at http://www.papercraftsmag.com/. It measures 5 1/2" x 3 1/2". Just round the bottom corners, choose 2-3 colors of cardstock and 1 coordinating designer/patterned paper and a fun stamp set--that's it! You can make the middle strip straight, tear it, or use shaped scissors like I did here with the scallops. I used my Coluzzle circle template for the main image bg or any cutting system will work great.
I stamped the heart, wings and crown in whisper white CRAFT pigment ink from SU!, then embossed the wings and crown in gold and the heart in red using fine embossing powders from SU! and Denami Design. I popped all images up on 3-d pop dots. That pretty cherub dp is from Basic Grey's "2 Scoops" line. I inked all edges in chestnut roan fluid chalk ink by ColorBox.
I hope that you're inspired to try this neat shape and sketch on one of your upcoming works of art! ~Hugs~


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We are involved in research projects developing the various components of the GPII . We have a multidimensional approach and we work on R & D projects focused on technical development, end users, and creating an economically sustainable ecosystem so that everybody can access the Internet.
Automatic personalization of user's preferences stored in the cloud in any device and anytime.
Floe aims to provide the resources needed to enable inclusive access to personally relevant, engaging learning opportunities for the full diversity of learners and content producers.
Defining a cross-platform preference acquisition system to acquire a user's needs and preferences for accessing Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as part of a cloud-based Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure (GPII).
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UIL releases district realignments
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After patiently waiting since December, school districts learned their new districts when UIL announced district realignments Feb. 2 at 9 a.m.
Canyon High School was classified as a 4A school to begin the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 school year early last December. Because Canyon High will be a large 4A school, football will be division one out of two divisions with Hereford, Dumas, Pampa and Canyon. In all other UIL activities of District 3-4A, Levelland, Lubbock Estacado, Lamesa, Hereford and Canyon will compete against each other.
"Realignment is always an exciting time especially when you get put in a district with new teams to play and new places to travel," Principal Tim Gilliland said. "You get to know some different schools and how they do things."
Realignment is always an exciting time especially when you get put in a district with new teams to play"
— Tim Gilliland
Head girls basketball coach Joe Lombard said Canyon High's enrollment has spent a large amount of time on the boundary between classification realignment.
"We've been back and forth from 4A to 5A and 3A to 4A for the 33 years I've been here," Lombard said. "We've had equal amount of time in those two qualifications."
Gilliland said there is not a lot of change academically for the school except competing against smaller schools.
"We've been in this bigger district with Amarillo schools," Gilliland said. "It's going to be new, but there's a lot of things to be worked out so we can make this work for the next two years."
Lombard said moving south with our district will bring more travel to compete against new schools.
"It's really exciting to play some different schools and develop new rivalries," Lombard said. "It's going to be competitive. We're going to be playing schools we've never played before or we maybe haven't played in many years."
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Breakfast at 02:30 with a pre-dawn start for the long walk up Turkey's third highest mountain.
First light with Lake Van in the distance (1)
First light with Lake Van in the distance (2)
The group is now at its biggest as we have been joined by Wayne from Denver and Bob, who celebrated his 75th birthday earlier in the week and his 70th on Mount Ararat, is with us for the last time. As daylight creeps over the horizon it slowly reveals to the mountain and flocks of sheep and goats appear as if from nowhere.
Shepherd, or more correctly, the shepherd's lad
We didn't even rate as an inconvenience as the flock swept around us like an unstoppable tide and, I think for the first time, there were no dogs either leading or trailing the flock. Another flock followed another grassy shoulder up and around the lower reaches of Suphan Dagi as the early warm and very welcome sunlight washed over us.
Last wondering look down at us before going over the shoulder
Back down to the plain where we started
Back down to the plain where we started with Lake Van in the distance
First look at where the summits are – on the right
Just about to leave the last of the grass behind
Another breakfast required – it was a long day!
Looking back down as we start the final pull to the summits
Not altogether stable boulder field leading to the top
Over the first summit and going to the second, not quite the highest summit
There are four high points on the rocky plateau of which the lowest is the official summit (which we didn't visit), two others are listed on different websites as the highest (visited both, just to be sure) and the fourth which is clearly the highest (if you have a hand level – which, of course, we did). The fourth also has a summit register, unlike the official highest summit – I don't know either!
Leaving one of the "not the highest" summits
Approaching the highest summit with one of the false summits behind
Looking at the start of the final descent
Dried water course in late afternoon sun
Thistle with Hummingbird Hawk Moth
Last ridge with Lake Van in the distance
At last, the mini-bus, from the last ridge (tiny white square at the upper left)


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Have you seen these light tables posted around on some blogs? Well I am in looooooove with them. Adeline is very visually stimulated, she is always staring at the chandlers in our house, so when I saw these I knew that Adeline must have one.
Well, I could make one. I found some good ideas on line such as this on: http://www.teachpreschool.org/2011/06/diy-light-table-for-preschool/
I could buy one, but most of them are made for artists or photography and not sure how it would handle getting dropped to the floor. So I borrowed this one from a friend to see what Adeline thought of it before I put a lot of time and effort into it. Well, she looooooved it. It held her attention for such a long time. She sat and played with letters for much longer than she would of she just had the letters on a tray or the floor. I have seen some great ideas that other moms are doing I think I am convinced to try and make one.
Has any one made a light table and had good success? Please let me know.


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Santo Tomas de Castilla, Guatemala
Santo Tomás de Castilla, also known as Matías de Gálvez is a port city in the Izabal Department, Guatemala. It lies at Amatique Bay off the Gulf of Honduras and is administratively a part of Puerto Barrios.
Nearby attractions include Rio Dulce, Lake Izabal, the towns of Puerto Barrios, Livingston and San Felipe Castle, and the Mayan ruins of Quirigua.
Things to See and Do
* Mayan ruins at Tikal and Quiriguá
* San Felipe Spanish fortress
* Amitique Bay Resort
* Towns of Puerto Barrios and Livingston
* Omagua Banana Plantation
General information
Cruise Season – Jan - Dec
Currency - Quetzal (GTQ)
Language – Spanish, English
Electricity – 2 perpendicular flat pins USA style or with a round pin below
Time - GMT minus six hours
International Country Telephone Code – +502
Travel Links – Puerto Barrios Airport provides service to Santo Tomás de Castilla.


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My academic research covers a wide variety of subjects, all concerned in one way or another with the relationship between society and technology. The relationship between people and technological artefacts is explored through my writing on the design history of computers. The impact of the society-technology relationship on the design profession is explored through my writing on professional vs amateur design, including work on the history of DIY. The future impact of emerging technologies on the nature of design is explored through the practice-based research into Post Industrial Manufacturing. Descriptions of each of these areas are listed here, while details of the actual work produced, with access to articles, papers and exhibition details are available through the links to the relevant categories on the right.
The Design History of Computers
I have an ongoing interest in the design history of personal computing and our relationship with computing technology. I am not so concerned with the actual technology of computing, but more about the changing physical design of computers over time, and how this relates to the way we perceive and relate to computers as social and cultural artefacts.
The computer that most people relate to – the typical office computer or PC – is so pervasive in our everyday lives that we barely give it a second thought. Yet, as this artefact has changed from a room-sized behemoth to a desktop companion, it has been instrumental in changing the way we work and live our everyday lives.
As computers have now become commonplace in the home, and become more portable and even hand-sized, the relationship we have with computing technology continues to develop. My articles on the history of computing are an attempt to trace this relationship. You can read abstracts of the articles and find links to download them by clicking the 'Design History of Computers' category on the right.
Professional vs. Amateur Design
As a departure from the study of the history of computing, I am interested in the tensions between 'Design' as a profession – a specialised area of expert activity for industrial manufacture, and 'design' as carried out on a daily basis by a huge number of people across the world in designing and making things for themselves. Where exactly are the boundaries between the two, and what happens at those boundaries? In trying to frame these questions in order to explore them, I have edited various publications and written various conference papers, and curated public exhibitions, covering subjects from the history of the Do It Yourself movement, to the role of the professional designer. For details click on the 'Professional vs Amateur Design' category link on the right.
Post Industrial Manufacturing
Imagine a world where you can not only choose completely unique artefacts, but design the objects exactly as you want them to be before having them made specifically for you at the push of a button.
This is happening now. It is only a matter of time before this scenario is the normal state of affairs.
For a number of years now, I have been considering the impact of new and emerging technologies in computer aided design and direct digital manufacture, particularly generative software and various rapid prototyping technologies. The implications are incredible. Post Industrial Manufacturing techniques will change the very nature of design, and the relationship of consumers to design.
The pages in this section describe different research projects which have produced academic research papers and public exhibitions of radical design work. Click on 'Post Industrial Manufacturing' under 'Categories'.


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In 1921, a 350-acre cow pasture became the chosen site for what has been called the country's first municipal airport (ctairports.org)
The Flying Monkey Grill continues this legacy of modern innovation. The Menu combines traditional and creative styles of cooking through comprehension and exceptionality with attention to all details of operation.
Try the Monkey Sauce wings, or perhaps a center-cut New York Strip. With brunch on Saturdays and Sunday, frequent Jazz performances, our venue has something for everyone. Locally owned and operated, we are enthusiastic to personally provide quality food and accommodating service at this historic site


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There's no point dressing to impress if your face tells a different story. Good grooming is important.
If you're looking for grooming inspiration, look no further than the following collection of excellent blogs, which are jam-packed with advice and useful pointers.
The Art of Manliness – From going to the barber shop to how to go bald gracefully, The Art of Manliness caters for men who want to be the epitome of a suave gentleman. They also explains how to wear certain items of clothing so that you avoid embarrassment whilst out in public.
Fragrant Moments – This blog deals solely with analysing and discussing fragrances for men. Its aim is to help gentleman everywhere discover the finer points of colognes and scents. The blog also has interviews with those behind some of the fragrances featured.
Valet. – A healthy dose of how-tos and what to do when your skin or hair is working against you, this blog aims to help discerning gentlemen everywhere.
Perfect Shave Dispatch – Those looking for wet shave perfection would do well to pay attention to this blog. The author has taken it upon himself to show how shaving everyday can be a great opportunity to have some "me" time.
GlamMAN Grooming – Dolling out his own feelings on men's grooming products, the author of this blog also doles out a healthy dose of styling reality. Makes a point of trying out products himself.
The Grooming Guru – Down to Earth advice about grooming choices that matter such as whether or not to dye grey hair. Not afraid to advise on popular high street products.
MEN'S GROOMING ESSENTIALS – Slotted amongst trendy fashion advice, this blog deals in practical advice in everything grooming related. Up-to-date tips on current colognes, and advice on how to get the best wet shave.
Kempt – So long as you're not too distracted by the rest of the site's content, useful snippets on what to do with facial hair and bathrobes. The blog also dollops on sections of current fashion advice.
AskMen.com UK – As well as offering a great deal of news and advice on all matters a stylish gentleman needs to be aware of, AskMen also reviews a lot of products for men. Unsure what aftershave to buy, stop by here first.
Ape to Gentleman – Don't let the name deter you, as this is an extremely well-informed blog on the subjects of shaving, skincare and hair cuts. The blog also runs a dedicated grooming tips section for quick and easy referencing.
GQ.com – Regularly updating on what's new in the world of male grooming, GQ also has the advantage of offering in-depth analysis of everything a man needs ot know in order to stay fashionable.
Skin Care for Men – Ever wondered how to create your own skincare routine and what products to trust? This blog does its best to offer unbiased advice on how to look after that most important of people: you.
Bachelor 2 Groom – Everything a groom needs to consider for his big wedding day. Including how to be clean shaved and not give the woman of your dreams a facial hair rash.
Male Grooming Review – If you don't have any idea what to invest in to ensure that your looks remain at their top, give this review site a browse.
The Men's Grooming Blog – Handy discussions on aspects of male grooming, with answers to such tricky questions as to keep an unshaven look that isn't an unkempt beard.
We hope you've enjoyed browsing our list of the best male grooming blogs. If you know of any other blogs that should be added to our list, please do let us know sending us an email (samuelwindsorblog[@]gmail.com).


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Angus C Littlejohn Jr. – Prior to establishing Littlejohn Capital, Mr Littlejohn was the co-founder of Littlejohn & Co. LLC in 1996, a private equity firm focused on investing in middle market companies that are undergoing change in capital structure, strategy, operations or growth that can benefit from its operational and strategic approach, and today is Chairman of the Board. Since inception Littlejohn & Co has raised five funds totaling approximately $5.0 billion which have delivered industry leading returns. Prior to Littlejohn & Co, Mr. Littlejohn was a founding partner of Joseph, Littlejohn & Levy in New York, where he was the lead partner responsible for operations at its portfolio companies. Prior to founding JLL, Mr. Littlejohn was a managing director of Quadrex Securities in New York, where he specialized in leveraged buy-outs. Before that, he was a private entrepreneur in mining, aviation and equipment leasing. He began his career as an associate in corporate finance at S.G. Warburg & Co. in London, England after receiving his B.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1973.
Angus C Littlejohn III – Prior to joining Littlejohn Capital in 2013, Mr. Littlejohn was an associate at Wellspring Capital Management LLC, a middle market private equity firm, where he focused on investments across a variety of industries. Previously, Mr. Littlejohn served as an analyst at Harris Williams & Co., a middle market investment bank, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions and the aerospace, defense and government services sector. Mr. Littlejohn began his career as a consultant at FTI Consulting, a global consulting firm, where he specialized in corporate turnarounds and restructurings. Mr. Littlejohn graduated from Vanderbilt University in 2007, where he received a B.A., magna cum laude, in Economics, with additional concentrations in Corporate Strategy and Latin American Studies.
Carl R. Schlotman IV – Prior to joining Littlejohn Capital in 2018, Mr. Schlotman was an associate at Five Points Capital, a middle market private equity firm, where he focused on investments across a variety of industries. Previously, Mr. Schlotman worked in investment banking for Wells Fargo Securities, where he specialized in leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions and other debt financings. Mr. Schlotman graduated from Queens University, where he received a B.S., cum laude, in Business Administration with additional concentrations in Finance and Political Economy.


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Robot Food's latest film, Afterlame, made its World premiere on September 3rd hosted by Westbeach the shop and Bonfire in Vancouver, BC, Canada to a packed theatre of anxious snowboarders. The film was hand delivered out of the Robot Food editing room in Portland, OR that very same morning.
Amongst the audience members to view Afterlame for the first time was rider Chris Engelsman, one of the talented riders from the film.
You have a chance to catch the film before it goes on sale if you live near any of the locations on the Afterlame video tour.
For every ticket sold, $2 will be donated to Boarding for Breast Cancer, a non-profit; youth focused organization focusing on breast cancer awareness and education.
Check out the schedule below for dates, locations and after party information.
Afterlame Video Tour Schedule
September 17 – Salt Lake City, UT
Hosted by Milosport and Bonfire. Movie times: (2 showings) 5pm and 7pm @ Jordan Commons, Sandy. Ticket price $5 at the door. Appearances by Bobby Meeks, Chris Engelsman and Charlie Morace. Call Milo for details (801) 487.8600
September 18 – Portland, OR
Hosted by Exit Real World, Bonfire and Capita. Movie starts @ 8pm at the Hollywood Theater. Ticket price $5 at the door (cash only). Afterlame after party hosted by K2 Snowboarding @ Crystal Ballroom (5 bands for 5 bucks or ticket stub from Afterlame gets you in free). Featuring bands: Menomina, Crosstide, Libretto, Wet Confetti, and DJ Shines of Lifesavas. Appearances by riders Travis Parker, Josh Dirksen, Louie Fountain, Charlie Morace and Chris Engelsman. Call Exit Real World for more details (503) 226-3948
September 22 – Santa Monica, CA
Hosted by ZJ Boarding House and Bonfire. Movie starts @ 7:30 pm at Laemmle Theater (1332 2nd St) Ticket price $5 at the door. After party @ Rusty's Surf Ranch (Santa Monica pier) immediately following movie. Call ZJ Boarding House for more details: (310)392-5646. Appearances by rider Charlie Morace.
September 22 – Bellevue, WA
Hosted by Snowboard Connection Bonfire and Capita. Movie starts @ 7pm at the Meydenbauer Center (11100 NE 6th St.) Ticket price $6 at the door. Also featuring the film 'Mountain Fresh' a Frequency production. Call Snowboard Connection for more details (888) 465.7007
September 24 – Seattle, WA
Hosted by Capita and Bonfire. All ages show starts at 7pm, 21 + at 10pm @ Neumos Crystal Ball Reading Room (925 E Pike, Capitol Hill).Tickets are $10 including raffle ticket.
September 30 – NY, New York
Hosted by Mountain Creek and Bonfire. Movie starts @ 9pm at Spirit NYC (520 West 27th St.) Tickets $5 cash only at the door. Free raffle for Bonfire product and 6 season passes to Mountain Creek with movie ticket stub. After party featuring DJ Kid Capri at 10pm.
October 1 – Orem, UT
Hosted by Bonfire and Milosport. Movie starts @7:30 pm at the Utah Valley State College ballroom. Tickets $5 at the door. Call Milo for details (801) 426.4300


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Italian apparels and accessories brand Armani Exchange has marked its foray into the Indian market with its first store here.
The store opened in Select Citywalk, Saket with the latest Armani Exchange collection in stock on Tuesday.
The maiden store features a new concept, complementing the brand's new Fall-Winter 2016 apparel and accessories collections for men and women.
The mall has been an entry platform for many other iconic international brands like Massimo Dutti, Zara, H&M, Bobby Brown, Dior and Burger King to name just a few.
Just like other international brands, Kate Spade will also be entering India through Select Citywalk this winter season.
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Went for a ride today and started to ride Corby North. Bulldozed! Yes, we all knew it was coming, but most of us secretly hoped that they would only take a little chunk. Well, the north end is gone.
This trail is responsible for getting a lot of people hooked on riding off-road. It is the only real beginner trail we had. I don't think it will be much good when they are done. It looks like we may be able to salvage maybe half of it.
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Unfortunately they weren't great. They felt weak. Yes. Weak. They weren't the normal, healthy texture of cherries. They also weren't very flavorful. But not TOO big of a deal seeing they were about to get a bath in balsamic vinegar and sugar and then be placed in delicious brownies.
I shared these brownies with my wonderful friends who came to my opera performance followed by birthday drinks for moi. One friend asked in amusement, "YOU brought desserts? Aren't we supposed to bring you desserts?"
What can I say? I have lucky friends seeing that this recipe didn't disappoint. I suggest waiting until it's cherry season though so you can get more of a prevalent cherry flavor when baking these.
Balsamic Roasted Cherry Brownies (adapted from Glazed and Confused)
For Cherries:
1 cup cherries, pitted and halved
1 1/2 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
2 Tablespoons sugar
Preheat oven to 450 F. Place pitted cherries on a parchment-lined baking tray and sprinkle with sugar and balsamic vinegar. Roast for about 10 minutes until the cherries start releasing their juice. Remove from oven and let cool while making the brownie batter. Turn oven down to 350 F.
For Brownies:
1 stick (8 tablespoons) butter
4 ounces bittersweet chocolate
2 eggs
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup flour
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In top of a double boiler set over barely simmering water, melt butter and chocolate together. Cool slightly. In a large bowl or mixer, whisk eggs. Whisk in salt, sugars and vanilla. Whisk in chocolate mixture. Fold in flour just until combined. Stir in cherry mixture. Pour batter into an 8x8 pan.
Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until shiny and beginning to crack on top. Cool in pan on rack.
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Maybe someone will say that it is too glamorous, but you can take a look at this project from a different point of view. Tell me, mirror – a mirror, which is equipped with motion sensors and LEDs. Every time you go up to the mirror, the sensors are doing their job and the LEDs light up. This will not only provide additional illumination, but also the opportunity to feel like a movie star.
Elliptical mirror
The interface of the future
Computer + Mirror TV + Wi-Fi 4= kitchen future
Concept Smart toothbrush and mirror
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1. MAC Cosmetics Chromaline in "Landscape Green" w/ stila La Quill Precision Eyeliner Brush
2. Two Faced Sketched Marker Liquid Art Eyeliner in "Deep Lilac"
3. NARS Larger Than Life Long-Wear Eyeliner in "Barrow Street"
4. Tarte Clay Pot Waterproof Liner in "Hot Pink"
5. Urban Decay UD Jean-Michel Basquiat 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in "Vivid"
6. Make Up For Ever Aqua XL Eye Pencil Waterproof Eyeliner in "Matte Pastel Yellow"
Normally, I'm a neutral makeup gal. I tend to stay in brown and gold palettes when it comes to my eye makeup and really don't venture beyond that. In college I wore more color. Now I don't experiment as much. I guess you can blame Corporate America for that. Recently Hannah Bronfman, one of my favorite ladies to follow on instagram, posted this makeup look she wore to DJ at Coachella (how cool is she?) The look instantly caught my eye. I would've never considered wearing neon green eyeshadow but now I'm feeling a bit more adventurous. I'm thinking of purchasing a couple eyeliners in bright colors to thinly line my eyelids for a subtle pop of color. Apparently lower lid liner is currently trending. The bright liner will help me update my current everyday, neutral eye makeup!


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Tech startups are the biggest winners.
China is enlisting the help of "internet hospitals" to help ease soaring demand for healthcare, particularly in rural areas.
The country's State Council has given the greenlight to "internet hospitals" but stressed that safety is the bottom line, according to a report by Xinhua.
The National Health Commission noted that under the new guidelines, medical institutes can set up internet hospitals to offer approved services. Internet companies can also operate internet hospitals but have to anchor their services to brick-and-mortar hospitals.
There are also efforts to speed up the release of government guidelines on online medical services, drawing up requirements and procedures to apply for running internet hospitals.
Under the new regulations, patients suffering from certain chronic or common diseases can now use the internet to complete hospital return visits, which means following up treatment with the doctors they have seen in person.
This move is expected to drive the country's fast-developing internet medical care sector to new heights. Amongst the biggest winners in this field are online consulting sites set up by tech startups, such as haodf.com and chunyuyisheng.com.
Through websites or phone apps, people can choose the best doctors across the country to consult on their health concerns. Based on uploaded medical scans and descriptions, the doctors can give advice but they need to see the patients in person to authorize the diagnosis, prescribe drugs or order treatment.
Big hospitals are asked to provide online services for appointments, checking examination results and others. Online medicine should cover all medical unions and county-level hospitals to connect better medical resources in East China with the demands of central and western areas.
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Here are some links and resources that may be of interest and which we find to be inspirational and informative. Some may give you some 'food for thought' for your retreat, with health tips and ideas to give you a head start.
UK Raw Food Network This site has great tips for going raw, the health benefits, what foods to choose, recipes and more
Holistic shop:www.holisticshop.co.uk – for books on holistic topics, angels, crystals, spiritual development and more.
Breathing and the Buteyko Method: Great advice for anyone wanting to improve their breathing, especially those suffering from anxiety or asthma www.normalbreathing.com
The Complete Guide to the Alexander Technique resources and information on the Alexander Technique, back care, spine issues, posture – including books, news, publications, tips and teachers. www.alexandertechnique.com
Natural Hypnosis hypnotherapy resources and programs helping you with a wide range of issues – also CD's and MP3′s www.naturalhypnosis.com
Compassionate Communication – otherwise known as: 'Non Violent Communication' 'Non-Violent Communication, a language of Life' by Marshall B Rosenberg www.nonviolentcommunication.com
Spiritual Inspiration:'The Way of Mastery' – Inspirational teachings for Personal Transformation and Spiritual Growth, Including the 'Way of Mastery' books by Jayem www.wayofmastery.com


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Hydrangea paniculata 'Pink Diamond'
Height: 6-8′
Width: 8-10′
Shape: Rounded
Foliage: Green
Flower Color: Cream turning pink
Exposure: Full Sun to part shade
Zone: 4-8
'Pink Diamond' has incredibly large cream flowers that gradually turn to a rich shade of pink. Train on a standard, this tree-form hydrangea is a beautiful focal point in any border. Rarely to never fed on by Japanese beetles.
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Karin Elizabeth Dreijer Andersson was born on the 7th of April in 1975 in the Swedish town called Nacka. In 1999 she and her brother Olof Dreijer founded the duet "The Knife" performing the unusual mixture of experimental music with trip-hop, trance, ambient and sinthypop. After the latest release The Knife took a long time-out. The date of the next release is planned to meet the end of the year 2012. The studio album called "The Silent Shout" has gained the overwhelming popularity among the music fans of all ages.
Month: September 2012
Four Types of Reality Shows
The phrase "reality show" has enriched the word stock of the Earth population 16 September 1999. On that day one of the small Dutch TV channels launched the first reality show in the wold called "Big Brother". The name of this show speaks for itself.
There are four types of reality shows. It's an interesting coincidence that Jorje Luis Borjes found the same amount of plot models in the world literature.
Ghost Holidays
Human nature is incomprehensible. We close our eyes when there is some scary scene in the horror movie but watch horrors nevertheless. We can not sleep after hearing some nightmarish fairy-tails but still telling such stories to each other when the darkness falls is one of our favorite kinds of entertainment. May be we do it out of curiosity or it is a portion of adrenaline and nerves tickle we want to receive but the result is the same – frightening things are at the same time attractive. That's why spending a weekend in one of the most terrific castles in Europe will not seem to the most of us a crazy idea.
How to Become Happy Right Now
If you ask many people what is happiness you will get a lot of various answers. Every individual experiences the state of happiness in a unique way. The one thing that everyone would probably agree with is that happiness is a constantly elusive "substance". It is often compared to air. We notice that the air exists only when we lack it. It may seem difficult to feel happy at once. Since the earliest childhood we were taught not to repose on our laurels and try to achieve more and more.
Why Are People Afraid of Public Speech?
Everyone has probably faced the necessity to pronounce a speech in front of an audience. Everybody studied at school and presented numerous projects or perhaps sang in a college choir. Some people remain totally calm when they were to speak in public, but there are the ones who start feeling funny even the day before their speech or performance.
Public speeches are the necessary part of many professions, but may people still are afraid to speak in front of a group of other people. To help such individuals to cope with that problem it is sensible to find out where does it come from.
How Not to Be Mislead by How's
There appear more and more books in the bookshops the intriguing titles of which say "How to Become Successful", "How to Marry a Prince", "How to Acquire Tabs ABS" and other how's. It seems to be simple when you open the book and look through a couple of pages. But are there many enlightened who leave the book shop with full comprehension of the problem and have their lives changed to better at once.
Books to Wake Public Consciousness
Usually books are meant to entertain us and save from boredom of ordinary life. However, some writers use their literary talent to speak of the things which the government prefers to conceal from public view. For instance, I recommend you to read the following books to get an idea of what the life of African American servants in the America of 1950s was like.
"The Help", a novel written by Kathryn Stockett in 2009, provides an opportunity to learn more about the difficulties and injustice with which the life pf black people was filled. The main characters of the book are maids Aibileen and Minny whose life was bitter most of them time but who, nevertheless, preserved the kindness and the ability to love in their hearts. A young white woman, Skeeter, is concerned about the poor state of black people and writes a novel about the life of the help in Mississippi to draw the public attention to the problem. It is a very brave step as Skeeter's voice became the first to express dissatisfaction with present regime. The book is full of sad stories of the maids being devoted to the family but punished cruelly for their minor faults.


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I tried. I really tried. I tried to not disparage or make fun of stuff like this. Some of my past comments were a bit childish. I thought I was over it. And I was. But then this! Oh, the horror one can imagine when I gazed upon the photo of the bike with that, that, that ... CABLE ROUTING!
The bicycle, and by bicycle, I refer to the purest of bicycles, the racing bicycle, is an elegant machine. In its simplest form it is an incredibly efficient machine. Bicycles today are not elegant, nor are they simple. But, oh the bicycles before shifters were jammed into brake levers...now those were pure, simple machines. When cables flowed out of brake levers with just the right arc to the housings...huh? What's this? NOOOOOOO! Oh, you were so close and then you routed the cables in front of the handlebars!
Did you guys not read the excellent article by Dave Moulton? The fact that Dave's piece was in reference to Faliero Masi and brake cable routing makes the image of the bike above even more avoidable and unfortunate. It breaks my heart. The information is there. There are people you can ask about how to route non-aero brake cables. They are supposed to run over the bars, not under. You only get one chance to make a good first impression. It's a pretty good looking bike, but that cable routing - the first thing my eye was drawn to.
Maybe I'm just a freak and notice those tiny details. However, I think there needs to be more freaks who notice those small details.
The quote in Dave Moulton's blog post when someone told Faliero Masi "It is no big deal, and Americans don't care about such things," probably still rings true today, but not with this American. Get the details right.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Nationals third baseman Anthony Rendon said he'd never had a day like this one.
Not many players have.
Rendon had 10 RBIs, three home runs and six hits as Washington took advantage of Noah Syndergaard's injury and mauled the New York Mets 23-5 on Sunday to set a franchise scoring record.
Rendon went a career-best 6 for 6 and scored five times while breaking the club mark for RBIs. He became the 13th player in major league history to drive in 10 or more runs in a game — the first since Garret Anderson did it for the Angels in 2007.
"I may have had three home runs in high school," Rendon said, "but never like that with the...