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We're now into the second month of construction on FLeX House. And like every construction project, we've experienced a few hiccups–supplies arriving later than expected, parts not fitting quite as designed–but nothing serious. It's amazing to see how quickly the house is taking shape.
Summer is rainy season in Florida (referred to as Monsoon Season if you're a local) and it's not unusual for the construction crew to stop work, tarp the house and wait for the rain shower to pass.
Architecture students continue to work on various parts of the construction process. After sealing a seemingly endless supply of cypress deck boards, we've moved on to deck framing. We're also practicing the process of surveying and setting up temporary foundations. Since we only have about five days to reconstruct FLeX House once we arrive in D.C., a quick efficient foundation set up will be essential to keeping us on schedule.
While students and the Beck crew continue with construction, other members of the team have turned attention to preparations for our three weeks in D.C. In the last week of June, Robert Ries and Rodrigo Castro from the University of Florida were on site to discuss logistics. Finding a crane service to lift FLeX House on and off a flatbed truck has been high on our priority list of late.
The communications team has been busy pitching story ideas to our local media, as well as working with the USF documentary film crew. We've also been busy ordering team T-shirts, brochures to hand out during the competition and even FLeX House stickers for our hardhats.
Since our house will be open to the public during the competition, we're also organizing a training session for designated tour guides. The guides must be cross-trained in all disciplines (architecture, engineering, interiors, landscaping) and if our experience at other events is any indicator, guides must be prepared to answer everything from "what's your square footage" to "are solar panels recyclable."
Tour guide training day will culminate in a chance to practice giving tours of FLeX House. We're planning a Media/VIP Preview Party for mid August to generate even more public awareness, and to thank the generous donors who have made this project possible.
Next up: plumbing, interior finishing and the next round of Solar Decathlon document deliverables.
This little banner on the fence of our construction site identifies FLeX House and Solar Decathlon for all visitors to Beck construction. It's clearly visible from their second and third floor offices. Photo courtesy of Team Florida.
Team Florida architecture students are given an education on the safe use of the table saw by Beck's Peter Dayton. Photo courtesy of Team Florida.
FLeX House, July 7, 2011. Sliding glass doors are in place, and sliding modules for the front entry (shown here) and bedroom are framed up. Photo courtesy of Team Florida.
Stan Russell, USF College of Architecture and Community Design, instructs Team Florida members on preparing deck framing. Photo courtesy of Team Florida.

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North Bay, ON – September 9, 2016 – The City of North Bay will be conducting water main flushing in the McIntyre St. E., Oak St., Worthington St., Regina St., John St., First Ave. and Second Ave. areas from September 12 to 16.
Staff will be going block by block in the given areas and will inform Public Works Dispatch each day as to where they will be flushing and what areas will be affected.
Residents may experience low water pressure and/or cloudy water while the flushing is underway. Once the flushing stops water pressure will go back to normal and the cloudy water will dissipate.
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Folks, it becoming very hard for me to keep up with the many stories and angles to this new scandal with the PM's travel assistant, Vidwatie Newton. The trajectory goes:
- The Indian Government has paid for travel expenses to India
- I paid for my sister out of my own pocket.
- The treasury has been paying for all of Ms Newton's travel expenses
- Kamla speaks out to say this is allowed because it happened under previous Prime Ministers
- Kamla now insists that she tried to pay with a check but her $$$$ was refused.
I am convinced that by midday today we will hear another story. Because this govt is a fiction machine and churns them out faster than the Sweet Valley High series. The latest story claims the PM's money was refused. Or so I have been advised that the PM has been advised. And the Express' sources are an unnamed past public servant who constantly reminded us that it was "unprecedented" to have a female PM and an unnamed Minister who both claim the PM did nothing wrong. My questions would be, if past Prime Ministers had male protocol officers, why couldn't a female protocol officer be hired for the PM? Why give the nation so many different stories? Why lie and say you paid out of your pocket when you clearly never did? And still, what are these needs you have that are specific to a female? The story talks about clothes being ironed, and medication being taken....that's not gender specific. And why are we paying Ms Newton a per diem, and buying an "assistant" first class tickets? Is your travel assistant living at La Fantaisie Road while you live in Siparia? Is she also using the PM's official car, while you use the helicopter?
When questioned about the claims she made about President Robinson, the PM deflected and referred to an unnamed Public Servant as her source. In short some unidentified person in the government told the PM that other PMs have done this and it was on that basis that she did what she did.
The Prime Minister all but said eff you to the nation yesterday when pressed by reporters about her sister functioning as her travel assistant. I have nothing more to say. What else is there to say? People are always going to complain! We've just witnessed the PM use national funds, money from the treasury, indiscriminately and you are basically telling us Madam PM that you don't need to explain anything to the country, or do better. I guess we should put our fingers on our lips, right?
Following closely in the footsteps of her leader, Vernella Alleyne-Toppin yesterday refused to accept that she had done anything wrong. Instead, in a loud, strident voice she continues to claim that she did nothing wrong, is a person of intergrity, was unaware that she wasn't supposed to use the card in the way she did. I guess the louder she says she didn't do anything wrong, while there is a paper trail to show otherwise; and the louder she claims to be a woman of integrity, while there is a paper trail to show otherwise, we must believe her. It was left to the executive of Shoppin-Toppin's political party the TOP to upbraid her. But the TOP didn't hire and appoint Shoppin Toppin....it was the voters of Trinidad and Tobago and the PM....what's the PM's position on this? Is she going to tell us, "Move on."
This TOP in its categoric condemnation of Toppin's behaviour also blamed the Ministry of Finance for allowing the misuse of the credit card to continue...Dooks what you have to say boy? And I doubt very much that Shoppin Toppin is going to apologise.
SO, in short, we have 2 incidences of Wrong and Strong Female Leadership. Both the Prime Minister and a Government Minister have abused public funds and refuse to apologise....and in the PM's case I don't expect to see an end to the behaviour.
In more People's Panchayat news the PM has been advised that there is no ultimatum from the MSJ. I confused....the MSJ there are problems within the partnership, and they giving you 2 months to address it....oh, sorry, that's just a deadline. My bad.
The Hot Shot Top Cops can't be disciplined or fired....and the Police Service Welfare President is hopping mad and has called the Police service Commission a toothless bulldog! Let's face the truth Deosaran, Gibbs won't be fired. He's not a public servant, nor is Ewatski. They here to stay. No government gets rid of its Fall Guy if it can help it.
Little Jack Warner facing some FIFA hot water again as a German journalist and cameraman followed him around on site visits to protesting communities yesterday. Warner was yesterday drumming up support for his UNC internal elections bid for party chairman. He went on record to say sorry to protesting villagers for the poor road conditions. All part of his consistent campaign to get PURE put back into his hands. Why do we have a man embroiled in so much corruption in FIFA still functioning as a govt minister here?
Yesterday the Minister of Transport jumped into the fray in support of Maxi Drivers. And it almost come like a case of himself protesting against himself....so I wondering, Devant have a fleet of Maxi he want to change ownership on? He have a horse in this race????
And the latest at Asa Wright Nature Centre is that the mining has stopped....for how long...we don't know...but we keeping an eye...and no government minister has bothered to explain why this Govt is still in bed with Sunway Construction...a company they vilified during their election campaign of 2010.
De Vice Cyah Done!


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2019 NCTE Annual Convention
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Bloc Party – 'Mercury' (Wichita)
Fair play to Bloc Party for distancing themselves further from the sound that established their reputation on Silent Alarm (and that was subsequently copied by dozens of other acts) with a single that, much like preceding release 'Flux', does its very best to throw off the shackles of expectations amongst the purely indie-rock-minded community, the same individuals who yearn for a return to the likes of 'Helicopter'. The London foursome don't completely reach the heady heights of their own ambitions with the stutter-beat, horns-assisted and echo-drenched 'Mercury', but as a signal of intent for what's to come it is pretty appetite-whetting, and an indication that Bloc Party's Kid A could well emerge as album three. By keeping their fanbase playing a stylistic guessing game they may alienate their firmest followers of old, but there's a real, honest hunger within this band for progress. They're not there yet, at their desired goal, but 'Mercury' serves as proof that they're on the right path.
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Heatbreak – 'We're Back' (Lex)
Oddly engaging throwback electro with metal posturing (see the band live, seriously), Heartbreak's out-the-blocks album-preceding single 'We're Back' is a cranium-throbbing number that mixes LCD Soundsystem-style pulsations with Depeche Mode, circa Violator, overtones of gloomy goth-isms. We're not wholly sold yet on the duo's longevity, but right now this retro-tinged bouncer makes us think of marching Roman Centurions dressed up in Tron gear for some reason. So hot right… then?
The Music – 'Spike' (Polydor)
With Primal Scream back in recent weeks, too, does anyone need also-returning The Music? 'The Spike' finds the forgotten four-piece on dials-set-to-epic form, but ultimately screaming themselves hoarse to an audience of no one. It's fine, its structure sound and execution decent… it's completely forgettable, in other words. See ya, The Music. Your fifteen finished some years ago.
Broken Records – 'Slow Parade' (Fandango)
While Edinburgh-based collective Broken Records must be bored to tears of comparisons to Arcade Fire, there really is something about the heartstring-plucking splendour of tracks like this, their second single 'proper', that recalls the all-conquering Canadians. It's modest with its grace, restrained where it could soar skyward, and ultimately the better for its underplayed elegance. A stirring reminder why this band could yet be so, so special in the near future.
Video: Broken Records, 'Slow Parade' (live at Rockness 2008)
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Go Audio – 'She Left Me' (Epic)
Emo-lite diluted to the consistency of a really runny… and there's where we'll pop a full stop on that line of imagery. Just know this: bands like Go Audio are harmless pre-teen rock fodder that the kids that comprise their target market will grow out of soon enough. They make Fightstar sound like Meshuggah.
Red Light Company – 'Meccano' (Lavolta)
Standard-issue indie-rock apparently designed solely for Xfm daytime rotation, this single doesn't sell Red Light Company in a particularly positive fashion – if you've albums by Delays, Guillemots and Keane then you've all the music you need of this nature. Meccano may encourage creativity in the young, but this quintet clearly stuck to action toys as kids, playing out stories they saw on television in their bedrooms. There's nothing here that can't be summarised as 'so so'.
Esser – 'Headlock' (Transgressive)
Sassy, boisterous pop from former Ladyfuzz man Esser that isn't exactly the stuff that careers are founded upon, but nevertheless slithers and writhes playfully like some sort of solo venture based on the quasi-proggy tones of Late Of The Pier and the '80s magic of Mystery Jets. Club NME venues around the country are no doubt going crazy to this single right now; if not, then soon, as it seems tailored well to short-attention-span kids at the perceived cutting edge of indie cool.
Video: Esser, 'Headlock'
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Cats In Paris – 'Castle Walls' (Akoustik Anarkhy)
Peculiar and perky alt-pop from a peculiarly named band that, ultimately, leaves the listener feeling a little peculiar. Fans of Deerhoof and Munch Munch should check this lot out, if they've not already, as Cats In Paris' senses-dizzying assault is dripping in avant-garde tendencies sure to hook those demanding subversive sidesteps in their seven-inches with ease. Still packs a melodic punch, though, which promises much for their Courtcase 2000 long-player.
Haunts – 'Live Fast Die Young' (Black Records)
Londoners doing for !!!-lite indie-dance what Friendly Fires are doing for slightly more symphonic !!!-lite indie-dance, Haunts' 'Live Fast Die Young' no doubt sounds great sandwiched between something like CSS and the above-reviewed Esser on the land's indie-centric dancefloors, but without such context this feels completely flaccid, just another high-energy toe-tapper to forget seconds after it has ended. Oh, and how much cowbell is too much cowbell? This much.
Is it good? Is it awful? We still can't tell, and what is that noise in the background, yelping away while Ashcroft bangs on and on about what love is? A tightening of the stomach and drying of the throat in our experience, and neither sensation is felt during the duration of this comeback single. Album four, Forth, will give us a clearer picture of The Verve's place in 2008's marketplace; until then, the jury's out based on this little evidence. Seriously… is that a Fraggle?
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A 31-year-old man who police said tried to smuggle more than 50 pounds of marijuana in checked luggage pleaded not guilty to felony drug charges Friday.
Following his plea in Burbank Superior Court, Clarence Williams, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was taken to a Los Angeles County jail facility, where he is being held in lieu of $75,000 bail.
Officers arrested Williams at Bob Hope Airport on Wednesday night after one of his two suitcases triggered an alarm as it passed through screening devices, police said.
Transportation Security Administration agents checked the contents and discovered dozens of bags, each containing about one pound of a green, leafy substance that resembled marijuana, Burbank Police Sgt. Darin Ryburn said.
"Each bag was hermetically sealed so as to prevent the odor from escaping," he said.
Airport authorities checked airport logs and linked the suitcase to Williams, who was scheduled to depart for New York City. Airport police contacted Williams about 8 p.m., and he consented to a search of his carry-on bag.
During the search, JetBlue Airways clerks discovered that Williams had checked in two suitcases. Airport police located the second piece of luggage, which by that time had cleared security, and found several more hermetically sealed bags of marijuana, Ryburn said.
In all police seized 56 bags, each containing roughly one pound of marijuana, he said.
TSA officials said all belongings transported on aircraft are screened before takeoff. Agents flagged Williams' luggage for an undisclosed reason, but not because the suitcase might contain drugs, airport Police Chief Edward Skvarna said.
"Whatever it was that set the alarm off and required this bag to be pulled, it certainly wasn't marijuana," Skvarna said.
TSA agents and airport police routinely stop and arrest passengers trying to smuggle small amounts of drugs for personal use through security checkpoints, he said.
Cordozar Calvin "Snoop Dogg" Broadus was arrested three years ago at Bob Hope Airport on suspicion of transporting marijuana and a firearm.
He pleaded no contest in April 2007, and received a three-year suspended sentence and five years' probation.
He also had to preform 800 hours of community service.
Police last year arrested a 47-year-old woman who tried to transport more than 20 pounds of cocaine through a security checkpoint.
The luggage, including two shoulder bags, was flagged when agents grew suspicious that the bags might contain explosives, Skvarna said.
Officers regularly conduct operations with outside law enforcement agencies, he said, but smugglers and traffickers can be elusive.
"There are measures in effect to identify and detain suspected narcotic traffickers at the airport," he said.
"But I think that traffickers who use air transportation systems use a lot of airports, and they move around. They're pretty flexible, and Los Angeles has several airports to choose from."


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Too many young teen couples choose each other for all the wrong things, but Justin and Selena deserve each other for all the right reasons.
They may be young, she's 18 and he's only 17, but in this case, the success that Selena Gomez andJustin Bieber have both achieved allows them to have a healthy relationship!
Selena has starred in the hit Disney sitcom Wizards of Waverly Place for four years, recorded 3 hit albums, including the new top single, 'Who Says,' and toured extensively.
Justin is the #1 teen pop star in the world, has just completed a 13- month world tour, has sold 5.5 million albums, has the largest grossing concert movie in the U.S., Never Say Never, at $70 million ($98 million internationally) and has just signed on to star in a comedy with Ashton Kutcher called What Would Kenny Do? Together the two are The Biggest Teen Couple since Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake made sweet, romantic music together.
Now, after months of speculation and Selena refusing to confirm that Justin was her boyfriend, and of Justin describing her as "amazing" but nothing more, the pair used the Billboard Awards to come out as a couple, where unlike the Vanity Fair party, their love was on display for the world to see. When Bieber won Top New Artist, one of the six awards he landed that night, he stood up and kissed Selena on the lips in front of millions of viewers, That was it! They were fully public!
It was a moment that they had both probably thought about and discussed ad infinitum.
After all, with Justin's multi-millions of crazed fans, who each, hoping against hope, that they would be his future girlfriend, going public with their romance now, was a considered and deliberate decision.
It also was a decision, no doubt, that they couldn't run away from — they like each other so much, they didn't want to hide their feelings and relationship any longer.
In fact, just two evenings before, Justin called Selena "my beautiful girlfriend" when he dueted with singer-songwriter Ernie Halter in Costa Mesa, CA.
I applaud them for coming out, so they can — like normal teens — enjoy their relationship. And unlike many young couples, this pair has A LOT in common. Both were raised by single moms, who have been extremely involved in their careers, but protective.
Both are exceptionally talented. Neither is some manufactured Milli Vanilli-esque star. Both are beyond appreciative of their fans, and willing to submit to countless fan photos, hugs and meet and greets. They both have the maturity to understand that none of their success — no matter how much talent — would have happened without the unwavering support of fans. And to maintain those fans, you have to have a warm and giving relationship with them.
Selena recently told Teen Vogue: "My fans are amazing. They love me, they support me. And I do everything for them." She calls her youngest fans, her "littles," and says "I just wouldn't want to do anything that might make them uncomfortable." In other words, she's quite happy being a role model.
Perhaps, though, the most important thing they have in common is the deep understanding of what they are each going through. How many other teens are extremely hard-working, world renowned pop stars, with millions of fans, and enormous adult pressure?
NOT MANY! These two can relate. Says Selena, "He's been in my life for so long and it's just nice to have someone who understands what you're going through."
They can understand each other, and that is what probably is the biggest bond these two have. And you know what — they're lucky to have found each other.
I hope they have a fabulous time on their vacation in Hawaii. And I bet they actually are being chaperoned there. These two aren't, in certain ways, being allowed to grow up too fast. And that's another reason why they belong together!
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Rebecca Minkoff is the brand I feel connected to on a deep level, as if the brand itself is my sister who I've grown up with. We started PurseBlog around the same time Rebecca Minkoff got off the ground, and we've watched our friend turn her company from one that operated out of a small apartment to a massive world-wide corporation. The beloved term Minkette came from a PurseForum member and we (the PurseBlog and PurseForum community) have been part of the Rebecca Minkoff journey for quite a long time.
Each season I look forward to Rebecca's show to see the next steps from my fashion sister. This season I sat among some of the most well-known bloggers and directly behind the musical duo Tennis while DJ Casside performed on the other side of the runway. The lights came on and immediately I was taken away from hot and humid NYC and transported into a poolside vacation.
The Rebecca Minkoff girl is still the same girl, she is strong, fashionable and always ready for fun. But this collection was a bit more grown up than before, and it felt like Rebecca designed with us in mind.
Rebecca took inspiration from American photographer Slim Aarons, who is well known for his photos of socialites and celebrities lounging poolside during the 1960's and 1970's. This could easily be seen via bell bottom jeans and matching vests along with faded colors and a sprinkling of fringe. Most importantly, nearly every single look in this collection is wearable - which is as true to the Rebecca Minkoff girl as ever, she loves fashion and she wants to buy items she can wear on a day to day basis.
The bags took a turn and grew up a bit as well, with more refined simple designs yet still there were nods to everything the longtime Minkette has come to know and love. The most exciting bag was the PurseBlog + Rebecca Minkoff collaboration bag, but more to come on that design later.
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This instantly relieves pressure, enabling the blood circulation and lymph drainage to recover. The pressure on pain receptors decreases and the pain perceived decreases immediately. Various effects can be achieved by using different taping techniques. One of the significant effects of using CureTape is the stimulation of the self-healing capacity of the body.


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Oct. 3, 2006
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Senior Kevin Brulois was named NEWMAC Runner of the Week in men's cross country after securing his first collegiate victory at the Mount Holyoke Invitational.
Leading a convincing sweep in which the Engineers grabbed the first 10 places en route to the team title, Brulois broke the tape with a time of 26:43.


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Northeast berry growers are learning ways to combat an invasive fruit fly that wiped out 80 percent of some farms' late-season fruit two years ago, forcing some small growers out of business.
The tiny spotted wing drosophila (droh-SAHF'-uh-luh) arrived in the U.S. from Asia in 2008 and turned up in the Northeast two years later.
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The pest tends to make its way to New England in mid-August and lays its eggs in blueberries and raspberries. The population is expected to build until late September.
"We've seen noticeable impacts since 2012," said Adam Hausmann of Adam's Berry Farm in Charlotte. "It's definitely a game changer for late-season soft-bodied fruit."
Many farms are harvesting the berries as soon as they ripen or even before and refrigerating them to prevent damage. Other growers are spraying fruit with an organic or conventional insecticide. Some organic growers have switched from fall raspberries to spring raspberries and are placing nets over the plants.
Adam's Berry Farm has moved its fall raspberries into hoop houses covered with fine insect netting. It lost about 60 percent of its fall raspberries and late-season blueberries in 2012 and 2013.
Hausmann decided against using insecticide.
"For us as a farm, and managing the farm and the pest, we didn't feel comfortable with that, so we decided to go with covering them," Hausmann said. "This will be the first year that we've done it so I'm curious to see the impact."
The farm also planted more summer raspberries and sold a couple hundred mature late-season blueberry plants.
Two farms in eastern New York tried netting, insect trapping and weed mats as part of a research project. The project found success in netting smaller plants, especially for organic growers, said Laura McDermott, Cornell Cooperative Extension Fruit and Berry Specialist with the Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture Program.
Vern Grubinger, a vegetable and berry specialist for the University of Vermont Extension, said it's also crucial to pick the berries as soon as they're ripe and to refrigerate them to stop the decay.
"Those two things alone are really helpful, especially for small-scale producers," Grubinger said.
Still, growers like Walker Farm in Dummerston, Vermont, picked their ripe fruit and placed it into refrigeration and still lost about 10 to 20 percent of its berries last year.
Bigger growers, including those in Maine, the country's largest producer of wild blueberries, are spraying and harvesting sooner and planting earlier varieties.
"You take a loss, but the loss is on green berries rather than having to put more pesticides out there," said Jim Dill, pest management specialist at the University of Maine Extension.


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Excelling at visuals
I consider photography, film and design as tools to visualisation. A beautiful image, for instance, is not a goal in itself. What does it aim to achieve? Or communicate?
In the end, every image has to carry a message while being a work of art in its own right.
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#BrandOutLoud #photography #portrait #documentary #NGO #fashion #landscape #macro #nonprofit
Striving for purity and serenity
Photography is about making choices. It can be better to show nothing rather than dress up a subject into something it's not. This is important during and after shooting. Striving for perfection. Creating purity and serenity that are second to none.
I am at my best on location: Outside the studio. In my work I always involve the environment – working with what is there. Improvising.
The Cold Feet series was originally intended to be set in a green landscape. On arrival in the area, however, everything was covered in snow. We could barely drive the car there. In the end we deliberately incorporated the snow and the result was this series.
On location, you are not in control: You have to accept that. What you find is what you work with. This challenge is part of my drive.
Each frame as a perfect picture
If I had to describe my film projects in one word, it would be: Cinematography. I believe each frame should be a perfect picture, in terms of purity, sincerity and aesthetics. The frames together tell the story.
Combining visual elements as imagery, sound and graphics is my strength. With corporate promotional videos this should result in the ultimate brand experience. This means more than only a logo at the beginning or end.
One of my favourite examples is the video project with CDMD in Cambodia. Everyone matters The way this has been filmed bears a strong resemblance and connection with the imagery which I created earlier with the same client. This video is a brand experience – and breathes CDMD.
Balance is the key
Design is all about balance between imagery and graphics. This includes the use and distribution of empty spaces – mutual reinforcement of elements is the essence of great design. This balance needs to be sustained right down to the millimetre.
In my work as a conceptual designer, I translate stories and messages into visual concepts. Tell me your story and I translate and abstract. This results in a comprehensive visual experience – whether for websites, interactive design or 3D work.
In my work with Hivos for a grant proposal, (Minibuzz) I enlarged several visual elements. This was done specifically to enhance the feeling of communication, as the core concept was connecting and communicating.
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The lore behind this newlywed soup from the Dordogne region in Southern France varies depending on who tells it, but goes something like this….
After the wedding party and meal, the young couple would go to a nearby relative's house to sleep. Later that night, or early in the morning, as the case might be, those wedding guests in their late teens and twenties would search for the newlyweds and rouse them from their, er, slumber to serve them this rich soup in bed. Cooked especially for the couple, it's intended to help them recover from their wedding night.
I'm not certain if newlyweds are still hunted down on their wedding night, but the soup lives on. The Restaurant de l'Abbaye in Cadouin is well- known for their version, served from a large tureen tableside rather than bedside. No need to be a newlywed.
There are as many variations on the soup as stories behind it. This is mine.–Kimberley Lovato
LC Creamy Garlicky White Bean Soup For the Soul Note
Next time you're not quite feeling yourself, forget chicken soup and try this hearty restorative instead.
French Garlicky White Bean Soup
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- Serves 6
- 3 tablespoons goose fat (acceptable, if inauthentic, stand-ins include duck fat and olive oil)
- 2 large onions, chopped
- 8 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 8 cups homemade chicken stock or canned chicken broth
- 1/2 cup dried white beans, soaked overnight and drained
- 1 cup heavy cream or crème fraîche
- Coarse salt and white pepper
- Chopped fresh herbs, (such as parsley, chives, and/or thyme)
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- 1 day-old baguette, sliced 2 inches thick (optional)
- 1. In a stock pot over medium heat, melt the goose fat. Add the onions and garlic and cook until tender but not browned, about 10 minutes.
- 2. Stir in the flour until it forms a smooth paste. Still stirring constantly, slowly add half of the stock. Continue stirring until the mixture begins to thicken. Stir in the remaining stock and the beans. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for 45 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes.
- 3. Working in batches, pour the soup into a blender and process until smooth. Return the soup to the stock pot and place over medium-low heat. Add the cream and season with salt, white pepper, and the herbs. Adjust the heat until the soup is just simmering and then slowly stir in the vinegar. Ladle the soup into a tureen or bowls. Float large pieces of the bread on top, if using, and serve right away. And if you are bringing the soup to newlyweds, don't forget to knock!
If you make this recipe, snap a photo and hashtag it #LeitesCulinaria. We'd love to see your creations on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.


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Make the heads turn after you costume up in this impressive black and cream faux georgette designer gown. The lovely embroidered throughout the dress is awe inspiring.
Style: Designer Gown
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Apr 24,2009
Town hall will address questions about Oregon Medical Insurance Pool coverage
by Bend Weekly News Sources
BEND, Ore. — Oregonians who have been turned down for insurance because of medical conditions or who have lost their health care coverage due to a layoff can learn about their options at an upcoming town hall presentation. The Oregon Medical Insurance Pool (OMIP), the state's high-risk health insurance pool, is holding the meetings across the state to inform both its members and the general public about the pool and other health care coverage options that may be available.
The Bend, Oregon meeting is slated for May 27 at 6 p.m., at the AmeriTel Inn, 425 SW Bluff Dr.
"Many people who are turned down for insurance coverage because of medical conditions do not realize that OMIP is available," said Tom Jovick, program manager for OMIP. "The town hall meetings will give an overview of the pool as well as other options for the uninsured."
The Oregon Medical Insurance Pool – part of the Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) – provides coverage to Oregonians who have been turned down for individual health insurance because of health conditions as well as Oregonians who exhaust employer-provided COBRA benefits. There are no income limitations for Oregon residents to be eligible for OMIP. However, OMIP is not a free government entitlement program; enrollees must be able to pay the premiums.
The recently enacted American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) provides assistance for people who lose their jobs to continue group health insurance coverage under their state continuation law or the federal COBRA. These laws entitle former employees to stay on their employer's health plan, but normally they must pay the full cost of the insurance, which many cannot afford. The stimulus package will pay up to 65 percent of premiums for workers who choose to continue group coverage.
Staff members from the Office of Private Health Partnerships (OPHP) and OMIP will give presentations on these programs and be available to answer your questions. DCBS Insurance Division staff will also be on hand to answer questions.
The meetings start April 29 in Corvallis and end June 11 in Portland. Each town hall starts at 6:00 p.m. Go to www.oregon.gov/DCBS/OMIP to find a location near you. There is no cost to attend the public forum, and no registration is required. Come early for a good seat.
Anyone unable to attend may call OMIP for information at 1-800-542-3104 or go to www.oregon.gov/DCBS/OMIP.


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The Lancaster Bruins used a familiar formula to roll to a second straight 20-point win in the fourth annual Upward Classic at Dorman High School.
KERSHAW – Buford built the early lead and held on to earn a bid to the title game in the opening game of the Comporium Christmas Classic at Andrew Jackson High School on Tuesday afternoon.
The Lady Jackets took a 35-33 win over the Lady Rams to advance to the title game tonight at 6 in the AJ gym.
INDIAN LAND – Six standout Indian Land High School football players have been named to the 2011 Conference IV-AA all-region team.
Andrew Jackson High School teams will play for basketball titles in the annual Comporium Christmas Classic at AJ High on Wednesday night.
ROEBUCK – The Lancaster Bruins' return to Dorman High School was a triumphant one in the opening round of the Upward Classic at the DHS arena on Tuesday afternoon.
County high school basketball teams will be busy after the holiday break, hitting the hardwood in tournament play.
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The Lancaster News' all-county offense is paced by Lancaster Bruins' senior quarterback Shaq Williams, who headlines a host of big-play performers from across the county.
The Lancaster News' all-county defense is anchored by players who made big hits statewide and on the national level.
The story of the 2011 Lancaster County high school football season was about a star player shining brightest and a sage coach who showed he still can produce a winning hand.
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For 10 years running Oakley has hosted premieres for some of the biggest movies in snowboarding at its SoCal headquaters. It all started back in 2001 with the showing of Forum's True Life made by Mack Dawg. Since then much has changed. Tricks have evolved to a mind-blowing level. Mack Dawg has closed up shop and People, now six films deep, have stepped up to take its place. And the crowd of premiere goers has oddly diversified.
On Thursday September 15, Oakley's lobby-turned-bar was a mix of 500 industry heads, pro shreds (including, most noticeably, a wizard stick toting Austin Smith), children, babies, parents, and an Orange County classic, women clad in miniskirts, platform shoes, and Botox, all gathered to see People's newest project, Good Look.
Before the main event, the melting pot of people was treated to a showing of Rascals, a ten-minute flick from Bryan Fox and Scott E. Wittlake. The film, shot entirely at Mt. Baker, opens with a Super-8 start-of-day montage set to Waylon Jennings Come With Me. While the snowboard community usually looks on country music as favorably as stepping in a fresh pile of cow shit, the song undeniably works with the grainy film and misty Northwest vibe. But from there it jolts to Byran and Scott E. ripping hit runs and pow laps to NOFX's well-chosen Moron Brothers. And it continues to deliver fast paced riding that makes you want to shred from Curtis Ciszek, Jake Blauvelt, Shaun McKay, Austin Smith, Forrest Burki, John Laing, and Pat McCarthy. The feeling of sharing epic moments with friends, like the pow days Rascals captured, was infectious enough to spark a sing-along to a segment cut to Violent Femmes' American Music. This movie is pure good times. When it makes its online premiere right here on TWsnow.com, keep an eye out for one of the best clips, a "Freestyle moment brought to you by Jamie Lynn."
Good Look—this is what you get when you combine some of the best snowboarders in the world with some of the most proven snowboard filmmakers. The editing is tight and you best believe it has all the double corks and gap-over-fence/barrier/your-mom to-rail combos you could want. Some highlights: Joe Sexton is the proud new owner of nosepresses to backside 360 out; Lauri Heiskari delivers his own twist on a double cork; JP Walker has a switch backside three off the Whistler stepdown made famous by Lucas Huffman in Shakedown and a gap-hardway backside 270 and that are just ridiculous. At 35 years-old, JP shows that staying on top is less about age and more about delivering progressive riding. He's remained relevant by constantly pushing himself and this part is evidence of why sponsors still back him. (Several other riders fit this category too. See Seth Huot's mini part in the opening montage, plus Terje, Jeremy Jones, and Jussi Oksanen in Burton's Standing Sideways. And one has a feeling Big Mountain Jeremy still has plenty of years left.) Sometimes though, it just takes time to come into your own. Such is the case for Eric Jackson who, clad in a thick beard for the duration of his part, is a beast the world has only begun to see. E-Jack closes the movie with a one-and-half song seggy that will likely be a contender for this season's best.
Grab a copy of Good Look when it hits snowboard shops two weeks from now or download it on iTunes early October. Featuring: Eero Niemala, Eric Jackson, Lauri Heiskari, Shaun McKay, Simon Chamberlain, JP Walker, Joe Sexton, Aaron Biitner, and Heikki Sorsa.
And remember: This is just the start of People Week. Check back for behind-the-scenes videos from the Whistler backcountry with Eero, E-Jack, and McKay, plus a Helsinki rail mission with JP, Joe, Lauri, and Simon, and plenty more unseen footy.


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Jennifer Egan and Nathan Englander reading new work
Jennifer Egan (A Visit From the Goon Squad) returns with Manhattan Beach, a heroine-driven adventure story with the atmosphere of a noir thriller and a wealth of period detail about New York from the Great Depression through World War II. "She gives us a great, gasping, sighing, breathing whole," wrote Cathleen Schine. Nathan Englander's new novel, Dinner at the Center of the Earth, is a time-shifting political thriller about an American Jew turned Israeli spy turned traitor. "It's superb: a work of psychological precision and moral force with an immediacy that captures both timeless human truth as well as the perplexities of the present day," wrote Colson Whitehead.
Introductions by Alexandra Schwartz and Jordan Pavlin
Meet the Woman Behind the Men in Media List
Moira Donegan started the online spreadsheet of men in the media industry accused of sexual harassment. She spoke with The Times about why she created it and what her life has been like since.
John Banville and Claire Messud reading new work
In Mrs. Osmond, his vivid and poignant new novel about a wholly modern woman, John Banville imagines a sequel to Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady. "He is one of the great living masters of English-language prose," wrote the Los Angeles Times. Claire Messud's new novel, The Burning Girl, is a hypnotic coming-of-age story about the bond of best friends and a complex portrait of female adolescence. "She has the imagination, the craft and the understanding of human nature to write about anything she chooses," wrote the Chicago Tribune.
Introductions by Colum McCann and Liesl Schillinger
Recorded Thursday, November 16 at 92nd Street Y.
Meghan L. O'Sullivan, Windfall
Meghan L. O'Sullivan discusses her new book, 'Windfall: How the New Energy Abundance Upends Global Politics and Strengthens America's Power.'
Nathan Runkle: "Mercy for Animals" | Talks at Google
Nathan Runkle, author and founder of Mercy for Animals - Animal welfare and factory farming in United States.
Nathan Runkle is an American animal rights advocate. He is the founder and executive director of Mercy For Animals. Since founding Mercy For Animals over a decade ago, Runkle has overseen the organization's growth into a leading national force in the prevention of cruelty to farmed animals and promotion of compassionate food choices and policies.
He is a nationally recognized speaker on animal advocacy, factory farming, and veganism, Runkle has presented at colleges, conferences, and many other forums from coast to coast.
Runkle works closely with MFA's diverse group of members, supporters, and employees to oversee, develop, and fulfill objectives within the organization's four areas of focus: education, legal advocacy, corporate outreach, and undercover investigations.
He has worked alongside elected officials, corporate executives, heads of international organizations, professors, farmers, celebrities, and film producers to pass landmark farmed animal protection legislation, raise public awareness about vegetarianism, and implement animal welfare policy changes.
This new book looks at animal welfare and factory farming in the United States from the leading international force in preventing cruelty to farmed animals and promoting compassionate food choices and policies.
Together We Rise by The Women's March Organizers and Conde Nast
On January 21, 2017, the day after Donald J. Trump's inauguration, more than three million marchers of all ages and walks of life took to the streets as part of the largest protest in American history.
In celebration of the one-year anniversary of Women's March, this gorgeously designed full-color book offers an unprecedented, front-row seat, with exclusive interviews with Women's March organizers, never-before-seen photographs, and essays by feminist activists.
Jacqueline Woodson as the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature
The Library of Congress, in collaboration with the Children's Book Council (CBC) and Every Child a Reader, will inaugurate Jacqueline Woodson as the new National Ambassador for Young People's Literature on Tuesday, Jan. 9, at 10:30 a.m. The National Ambassador program was created in 2008 to raise national awareness of the importance of young people's literature as it relates to literacy, education and the betterment of the lives of young people.
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on "How We Get Free"
We speak with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor about the new collection of essays she edited that is titled "How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective." Taylor is an assistant professor of African American studies at Princeton University and the author of "From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation."
Denis Johnson Tribute: The Largesse of the Sea Maiden
Join us as Min Jin Lee, Alexander Chee, and Deborah Treisman gather to talk about and read from Denis Johnson final, posthumously published collection, The Largesse of the Sea Maiden, featuring some of "the best fiction published by any American writer during this short century".
The Largesse of the Sea Maiden enters a new frontier in his work, utilizing his luminous prose to contemplate the ghosts of time and the complex interactions amongst the mysteries of the universe.
Min Jin Lee's Pachinko (Feb 2017) was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction, a New York Times 10 Best Books of 2017, a USA Today Top 10 Books of 2017, and an American Booksellers Association's Indie Next Great Reads. Her debut novel, Free Food for Millionaires, was one of the "Top 10 Novels of the Year" for The Times (London), NPR's Fresh Air, and USA Today. Her short fiction has been featured on NPR's Selected Shorts. Her writings have appeared in Condé Nast Traveler, The Times (London), Vogue, Travel+Leisure, Wall Street Journal, New York Times Magazine, and Food & Wine. Her essays and literary criticism have been anthologized widely. She served as a columnist for the Chosun Ilbo, the leading paper of South Korea. She lives in New York with her family.
Alexander Chee is the author of the novels Edinburgh and The Queen of the Night, and the essay collection How To Write An Autobiographical Novel, forthcoming from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in April of 2018. He is a contributing editor at The New Republic, and an editor at large at VQR. His essays and stories have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, T Magazine, Tin House, Slate, Guernica, and Out, among others. He is winner of a 2003 Whiting Award, a 2004 NEA Fellowship in prose and a 2010 MCCA Fellowship, and residency fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, the VCCA, Civitella Ranieri and Amtrak. He is an associate professor of English and Creative Writing at Dartmouth College.
Deborah Treisman has been the fiction editor of the New Yorker since 2003, and was deputy fiction editor for six years before that. She hosts the award-winning New Yorker Fiction Podcast, and was the editor of the anthology 20 Under 40: Stories from The New Yorker.
Jason Reynolds reads from Long Way Down
Jason Reynolds reads from his YA verse novel, Long Way Down, beautifully illustrated by Chris Priestley.
Excerpted from the audiobook: Long Way Down.
Published by Faber & Faber, 2018
After Will's brother is shot in a gang crime, he knows the next steps. Don't cry. Don't snitch. Get revenge. So he gets in the lift with Shawn's gun, determined to follow The Rules. Only when the lift door opens, Buck walks in, Will's friend who died years ago. And Dani, who was shot years before that. As more people from his past arrive, Will has to ask himself if he really knows what he's doing.
Tony Kushner and Jeremy McCarter: Radical Stories
How has America been made and remade by men and women who dream of a better world? Why do we tell and retell their stories? Jeremy McCarter, author of Young Radicals: In the War for American Ideals and co-author with Lin-Manuel Miranda of Hamilton: The Revolution, comes to CHF for an urgently needed conversation about the challenge and the necessity of depicting American dreamers with Tony Kushner, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Angels in America, the Academy Award-nominated screenplay of Lincoln, and the forthcoming The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures. Join us for a timely discussion about American ideals and the people who fight for them.
"It's Even Worse Than You Think": David Cay Johnston on Trump's First Year
Uninformed. That was the word White House Chief of Staff John Kelly used to describe his boss, President Trump, on Thursday. According to The Washington Post, Kelly told members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus that some of Trump's hardline immigration policies—including his call to build a wall along the entire southern border— were "uninformed." Kelly said, "Certain things are said during the campaign that are uninformed." Well, today we spend the hour looking at Trump's first year in office with David Cay Johnston, a journalist who has been covering Donald Trump since 1988. He is out this week with a new book titled "It's Even Worse Than You Think: What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America."
Bleak Liberalism
Basic political beliefs guide our way of being in the world. For a long time, liberalism was one of the most powerful of these orienting ideas. But liberalism has been attacked from both the left and the right as inadequate to our time. In Bleak Liberalism, a deft blend of intellectual history and literary analysis, Brown University's Amanda Anderson ranges from Charles Dickens to Doris Lessing to take a new look at the robustness and subtlety of liberal thinking and the fate of those ideas in the past century.
Fiction lovers panel with Emily Ruskovich, Lisa Wingate, and Elizabeth Berg
Novelists Emily Ruskovich (IDAHO), Lisa Wingate (BEFORE WE WERE YOURS), and Elizabeth Berg (THE STORY OF ARTHUR TRULUV) discuss their latest books and literary lives. Moderated by Refinery29's Elizabeth Kiefer. Filmed at Random House Off the Page in New York City, 11/9/17.
Noam Cohen: "The Know-It-Alls"
Noam Cohen, a former New York Times tech columnist, discusses his book THE KNOW-IT-ALLS: The Rise of Silicon Valley as a Political Powerhouse and Social Wrecking Ball. It's a fascinating biographical history of Silicon Valley pioneers, and is sure to make for a robust debate on the wider effect of tech culture on politics and society.
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India Sends Mixed Signals on Radar
The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has turned radar coverage into a hot topic in Asia, and Indian officials have given mixed signals about their country's systems.
Militaries are notoriously cagey when it comes to discussing the range and effectiveness of radar – a critical tool in identifying air- and sea-borne security threats.
Indian officers in New Delhi have repeatedly said India's radar stations can see for hundreds of kilometers and would have caught a Boeing 777 if it had wandered into the country's airspace.
Still, two military officers who spoke to the Journal, said radar in the Andaman and Nicobar islands —the remote Indian territory at the front lines of the search— could have been switched off at times, theoretically allowing missing flight MH370 to have slipped past.
The two officials, who asked not to be named, said they did not know the exact times Indian radar systems were on and off but noted that it was standard procedure to give some radar a rest when there was no threat.
"No radar can be switched on 24 by 7," one of the officials said.
"It is possible that the (Malaysian) aircraft could have come into Indian territory when it was not switched on," said a second official.
Indian officials in New Delhi reiterated Tuesday that the country's extensive radar network--which scans the skies across the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea—caught no sign of the Malaysian aircraft, which disappeared on March 8.
One official noted that if one radar system is shut off for maintenance or another reason, the skies that it scans are always being scanned by other overlapping systems so there is never a gap in the radar coverage.
As Malaysia scrounges for more clues about what happened to MH370, it has said it will ask more countries about what showed up on their radar screens.
India said Tuesday that it had not yet received any order to recheck radar data.
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West Hartford, CT 06110 West Hartford, CT 06110
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The Board of Education Transportation office is the liaison between schools, parents and the bus company contracted to provide bus service for our children attending public, private and parochial schools within West Hartford. This office is responsible to oversee the transportation of over 6000 students on school buses, mini school buses, and school transportation vehicles within West Hartford and schools and facilities outside of West Hartford.
West Hartford Public Schools follows the guidelines of the Connecticut State Department of Education which requires transportation be provided to any school age resident attending a West Hartford public, private or parochial school who resides an unreasonable distance from school. Transportation is provided at the following levels -
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Bus Code of Conduct - Code of Conduct
Please read this important document with information regarding busing. The information should also be discussed with your child(ren).
Daycare Provider - 2018-2019 Daycare Form
This form is used to apply for bus transportation if a student will be going to a daycare provider within your school district and meets the eligibility requirements. The transportation is provided to school, from school or both ways. The students will be assigned to a regular bus stop going to the daycare provider's area. There is no door-to-door assignments.
Magnet families should contact this office 860-561-6647 for eligibility and Special Needs families should contact the Pupil Services department at 860-561-6601.
Dual Household Form - Dual Household Form
In cases of dual household both parents must have their address information verified through the Residency office 860-561-6620 before filling out this form. Transportation will be provided within your school district and set up at both locations at scheduled bus stops.
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This form must be provided to this office annually in order to receive transportation to private and parochial schools. Students must meet the eligibility requirements and residency must be verified for any family new to West Hartford or families that do not have a student in the public schools or have never used transportation at the private/parochial school in the past. If the student was in the public school system the previous year and there is no change of address residency verification is not necessary. These forms are time sensitive for routing on the first day of each school year. Please view the form for the date it is due in this office. We do accept requests year round for transportation.
Mrs. Damaris Torres (firstname.lastname@example.com)
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