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The Ripon Building is the seat of the Chennai Corporation (Madras Corporation) in Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu. It is a fine example of the Indo-Saracenic style of architecture, a combination of Gothic, Ionic and Corinthian. The Ripon Building is an all-white structure and is located near the Chennai Central railway station.
Commissioned in 1913, Ripon Building was built by Loganatha Mudaliar and took four years to build at a cost of 750,000, including a sum of 550,000 paid to Mudaliar. The Ripon building was named after Lord Ripon, Governor-General of British India and the Father of local self-government. Earl of Minto, the then Viceroy and Governor General of India laid the foundation on 12 December 1909. The Municipal Corporation of Madras, after functioning from several other places including Errabalu Chetty Street, settled at Ripon building in 1913, with P. L. Moore as the President of the Municipal Corporation at the time of the inauguration. The inaugural function was attended by over 3,000 of the city's elite.
Building details
The building is rectangular and is 85 metres (279 ft) long and 32 metres (105 ft) wide with a 43 metres (141 ft) central tower containing a clock 2.5 m (8.2 ft) in diameter. The first of its three floors has approximately 2,800 m2 (30,139 sq ft) of space. The walls were constructed with stock bricks, set and plastered with lime mortar and the roof is supported with teak wood joists. The original flooring of the ground floor was Cuddapah Slate that has been replaced with marble. One of the main attractions of the building is the Westminster Quarter chiming clock. This was installed by Oakes and Co. in 1913. The clock has a mechanical key system, which is wound every day. There are four bells, which were cast by Gillet and Johnston in 1913.
In 2012, a massive renovation was initiated at a cost of 77 million under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), to preserve the building's original grandeur. Under this, an annexe building measuring 12,540 sq m will be constructed alongside the main structure to house all the departments of the Corporation and all structures in the premises that do not blend in with the main structure aesthetically will be demolished in June 2013 when the annexe building is completed. The annexe building, with an auditorium to seat 500 persons, will be built in a contemporary and post-modern style, highlighting with elements of regional architecture, to blend with the Indo-Saracenic style of the main building. The main building is also being renovated under the process with the use of lime mortar for plastering. It is the first heritage building in the country to have received funds from JNNURM for renovation.


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Joe Mancuso will be offering a one-day workshop on November 17 from 9am - 4pm for $65. We're hoping to have it at the Cannery Row Studio in Redondo Beach or some other local venue. Contact Margaret if you'd like to reserve your spot, or sign up at the Nov 10 PSSC meeting.
One of the Pastel Society of Southern California's newer members, Rhonda Limbacher, sends the following message: I live all the way up in Hesperia, CA. So, I am hosting a PASTEL PAINT-IN on Thursday, January 24th from 10 AM to 2 PM at Artists of the High Desert: 16930 Main St Suite E, Hesperia, CA 92345. The cost is $8 for members, and $10 for non-members. Contact Rhonda for more information or to let her know you're coming! Anyone for a road trip?
The Pastel Society of the Gold Coast is having their exhibition at the Ojai Art Center Nov 3 - 23 and the reception is Nov 4. We share a couple of members and we would like to support them! See their website for details www.pastelsocietyofthegoldcoast.org
Our first out-of-state members, Roland and Hazen Folse send this message: " We jointly received a special Mayor's Award for the Arts on October 11 for our individual art and our contribution to supporting Art in the community. We received the award and shook hands with the Mayor of Springfield, Illinois." Congratulations to Hazen and Roland.

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In line with the aspirations and mandate of the Waikato Tainui's, 2050 strategic vision for this site, the proposed master plan and associated buildings seek to establish Hopuhopu (the site) as the administrative / commercial, social, recreational and tribal knowledge hub for Waikato Tainui (approx. 60,000 people).
This 137 hectare site is bound on the north and west by the Waikato River and is flanked by the Hakarimata Ranges to the west. To the north of the site lies Mt. Taupiri, a culturally significant mountain to the people of Tainui and is home to the tribe's sacred burial ground.
Proposed functions as part of the brief include: Tribal Parliament /Administration and Media Centre; Sports and Leisure Centre; River Centre and Gallery; Waka Marina complete with stage and River Terrace for events and river based festivals, as well as a Carving School / Workshop and Café.


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Gambelia Speciosa
Common Names: island bush snapdragon
syn. Galvezia Speciosa
Family: Plantaginaceae
Origin: California
Type: Evergreen shrub
Size: 4 ft. high, 5 ft. wide.
Flowers: Scarlet tubular flowers 1 in. long, spring, but intermittent throughout year; leaves about 1 in. long. Stems and leaves are bright green.
Uses: Screen, background, dry slopes for erosion control, on fences or trellises, near oak trees. Fire resistive.
Wildlife: Attracts hummingbirds.
Soil: Tolerates light or heavy soils if drainage good.
Water: None once established.
Sun: Full sun to some shade near coast, shade inland.
Pruning: Deadhead flower stalks for more flowers. Prune back severely in late winter to promote new growth. Cut out dead wood or rangy stems. Responds well to pruning.
Pests & Diseases: Resists pests and diseases.
Notes: Native to bluffs and rocky canyons of Santa Catalina, San Clemente, and Guadalupe islands. Hardy to 10° F.


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Neat TV stand for your kid's wall
I love TV but the cords connecting it drive me crazy. My son Frank's room is a tangled mess of cords right now, so I'm planning on building something like in this…02 February 2018
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An unscrupulous developer and his family threaten a middle-aged newlywed's connubial bliss.
Life seems to have come around for Ellie Quicke (Murder in the Park, 2008, etc.). After years of widowhood, she's married Thomas, her former pastor. Although she mourns her Aunt Drusilla's recent death, she's moved comfortably into Drusilla's big house and begun managing the charitable trust the rest of her inheritance has funded. When Thomas fills in for a friend at Sunday service, he discovers a young refugee in the church: Ursula Bolton, who won't leave until Ellie promises to look into the fate of her friends Lloyd, who fell from the top story of Prior's Place, a posh new development, and Mia, who disappeared soon after. Mia's family, the Priors who built Prior's Place, insist that she's a tramp who probably ran off with her latest crush. But Ursula maintains that Mia was a virgin who must have been kidnapped. As the recession takes its toll on the housing market, the Priors not only thwart Ellie's attempts to find Mia but try to bully Ellie's architect cousin Roy into investing their tottering empire. Threats eventually give way to violence. Ursula's mother is beaten; Ellie's realtor daughter Diana is punched out while showing a house; and next-door neighbor Armand gets a poke in the nose from a young Prior, who is thrashed in turn. Until Ellie can persuade a reluctant police force to act, everyone she loves is in danger.
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Trixie Films is proud to be a supporting organization of this great Paradigm Shift event:
On July 14, Paradigm Shift, New York City's Feminist Community, is hosting a lecture and discussion with Dr. Michael Kimmel, author of Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men. Kimmel literally wrote the encyclopedia on masculinity, so we trust that he'll have some interesting things to say about the young American male demographic that is "obsessed with never wanting to grow up" and "craves video games, sports, and depersonalized sexual relationships." To read a little more about what the Stony Brook professor stands for, read his interview with PBS.
The discussion will be moderated by one of our favorite feminist organizers/sex educators/ documentary subjects, Shelby Knox (she will also be featured in our upcoming film How to Lose Your Virginity).
For more details, check out the Paradigm Shift event page or the Facebook event page.
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WATCH: View the Official Trailer for the New Series 'Brown Girls'
Major key alert ladies! There's a new web series worth watching getting ready to be released this year. Brown Girls, a new series by Fatimah Asghar, follows two young twenty something women as they embark on the journey to find themselves.
Leila (pictured on the right) is a queer Asian-American writer who is finally taking steps towards owning her sexuality. Her Best friend Patricia is a sex positive, African American writer who is struggling with commitment issues. Apparently she can't commit to anything. That includes job's, decisions, careers and relationships. The beauty in this show is watching two brown women from completely different cultural backgrounds become one as friends.
Not only does the trailer for this series look amazing, but 95% of the cast and crew are ALL WOMEN. TFF MAG is definitely looking forward to checking out this series. View the trailer below and share with your friends!


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Blackberry still has a good growing potential as the volumes picked up this year and the price is stabilized above the 50 and 100 moving averages.
There was a H&S pattern that was formed in the July-October 2012 period which has been identified and posted on the blog on November 13th : http://markettechnicalview.blogspot.ro/2012/11/rim-blackberry-price-action-points-to.html .
In the same manner, there has been formed a larger H&S structure from December 2011 until now. The internals of price movement between $12.60 and $17.90 provides bullish signals. The first resistance is in the $17.90 area, while the main target on the mid-term is close to $25.


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The average worker spends 40+ hours a week in the office, so keeping the workplace environment clean, tidy, safe and hygienic should be of utmost importance to office managers.
Keeping your office clean and organised creates a positive, calm and clutter-free environment. It not only makes the office a better place to work, it will also save the business money, increase productivity, ensure less absenteeism, and show employees that yours is the kind of company which invests in its people.
Hiring an office cleaning company to keep your workspace clean and tidy demonstrates that you value your employees and are the kind of company that cares about the wellbeing of its staff.
If workers are forced to perform their roles in an unpleasant space, one that is cluttered, has unhygienic surfaces and facilities, dirty carpets and overflowing bins, they will naturally feel as though their environment has been disregarded – signalling to them that it's acceptable for them not to care either.
On the other hand, if an office is sparkling clean, fresh smelling, tidy and organised, employees will feel as though they are being better looked after and valued. This will improve employee attitudes towards their work, boost morale, and make them feel motivated and committed to their roles and the business as a whole.
Cluttered workspaces lead to distracted workers. If they can't find things they are looking for, or feel uncomfortable with the level of disorganisation and dirt, if they spend their time feeling frustrated with messy colleagues or sending out disgruntled emails, they are simply not being as productive as they could be.
As reported by Phil-reporter.com, 'Jeffery Campbell, PhD Chair of the facilities management program at Brigham Young University conducted a study on the relationship of cleanliness and learning in higher education. A total of 1,481 people were surveyed for the study. 88% of respondents reported that productivity, concentration, and learning is hampered in dingy places. Sensory distractions as clutter and foul smells affect focus in many ways.'
If an office is clean and tidy it is much easier to stay on top of it to keep it organised. Hiring a professional office cleaning service means that employees don't have to spend their own time cleaning.
Office workers know that their time is much better spent concentrating on their work-related projects and the tasks that challenge their skills and abilities rather than cleaning, and will feel more able to focus on what they were hired to do once this burden has been relieved from them.
No one wants to start their day surrounded by yesterday's rubbish, dusty equipment, foul odors and overflowing bins.
Walking into a clean, smart office every morning will put employees in the right frame of mind for the day ahead, and keep them motivated and focused throughout.
It is essential for office managers to promote good hygiene practices and cleanliness in the workplace. Phones, keyboards, office equipment and shared workspaces are all places where germs can easily cluster and spread. Reducing the spread of germs (and therefore disease) is essential and can save businesses a huge amount of time and money in the long run.
A cleaner office results in a healthier workforce. Employees who are fit and healthy won't call in sick, therefore reducing the annual sick leave, as well as the stress and strain on other employees who have to take on extra work while their colleagues recover. Sick days, as reported by HRM Magazine, 'costs UK businesses a staggering £28.8 billion every year.' It's certainly worth investing time and money preventing the spread of illness amongst employees by hiring a professional office cleaning company to ensure your workplace is cleaned to the highest standards.
First impressions mean a lot in business and if you are trying to impress potential clients or new employees, an office which is cluttered, dirty and messy is going to give off all the wrong signals. A messy office screams of inefficiency, disorganisation and unreliability, and it can be hard to shake that initial judgement.
Make sure you always present a fantastic first impression by welcoming visitors into an office environment to be proud of – one that shows you care about the business and that you and your team are organised professionals who can be relied upon to keep up the highest standards in business.
Paying attention to how clean your office is and investing resources into ensuring your businesses working environment is as healthy, hygienic, comfortable and ordered as possible can make such a huge difference to your employee wellbeing.
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Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life is a novel by George Eliot, . Her seventh novel, begun in 1869 and then put aside during the final illness of Thornton Lewes, the son of her companion George Henry Lewes. During the following year Eliot resumed work, fusing together several stories into a coherent whole, and during 1871-72 the novel appeared in serial form. The first one-volume edition was published in 1874, and attracted large sales. The novel is set in the fictitious Midlands town of Middlemarch during the period 1830-32. It has multiple plots with a large cast of characters, and in addition to its distinct though interlocking narratives it pursues a number of underlying themes, including the status of women, the nature of marriage, idealism and self-interest, religion and hypocrisy, political reform, and education. Mary Anne Evans (22 November 1819 - 22 December 1880), better known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, journalist and translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She is the author of seven novels, including Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), Middlemarch (1871-72), and Daniel Deronda (1876), most of them set in provincial England and known for their realism and psychological insight.


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Demi Lovato is Dating a Fellow Addict
As we reported earlier today, Demi Lovato is out of rehab, and she's not allowing her sobriety to interfere with her social life.
It looks as though Demi already has a new boyfriend, and while it's nice to see her smile after such a difficult year, there may be cause for concern.
Demi & Henry Levy
Typically, those who are new to recovery are discouraged from embarking on new romantic relationships.
But Demi's new companion reportedly checks two boxes, as he's both a source of emotional support and an expert on sobriety.
His name is Henry Levy, and he's a clothing designer who's been to rehab several times, having first sought treatment when he was 15 years old.
Now, that may sound like a recipe for disaster at first, as Demi's latest relapse is so recent that she probably shouldn't involve herself with another addict at the moment.
But those who know Henry best say he's been sober for over a year and may actually be a good influence on Demi
His latest stint in rehab–where he reportedly re-connected with Demi–was apparently just a tune-up.
Although it can't be that long since Levy's last relapse, as here he is pouring himself a glass of whiskey in 2016.
Sources close to the situation say Henry and Demi have been friends for years, but their romance is a recent development.
Though not exactly a household name, Levy is no slouch in the fashion world, and his clothing has been worn by Sophie Turner, Kanye West, Sophia Richie and, of course, Demi.
So Henry's successful in his own right … but that doesn't mean he's stable.
As head of Enfants Riches Deprimes (which translates to "rich depressed children") Henry has stirred up a good deal of controversy over the years.
"If I wasn't Jewish I would kill myself. Because I wouldn't be rich," Levy wrote on Facebook last year, much to the chagrin of customers and employees.
In the Complex magazine interview that accompanied the whiskey photo, Levy said that one of his primary artistic motivations is the rage he feels toward his parents for sending him to rehab.
Asked by the interviewer at that time if he was sober, Levy answered simply, "No."
Now, close friendships and romantic relationships are common among rehab patients, but experts generally caution against them for a number of reasons.
Every addict and every recovery is different, but fans are already troubled by the fact that Demi left rehab months ahead of schedule.
The fact that the new man in her life is relatively newly sober himself is likely to be greeted with even greater concern.
After all, the stakes couldn't be higher.
Demi's overdose in July nearly claimed her life.
With the help of family, friends, fans, and an army of specialists, Demi recently celebrated 90 days of sobriety.
But just like every other addict, she's always just one bad decision from throwing it all away.
Here's hoping Henry is equipped to help her remain on the right path.
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Plate Size: 4.5" x 6"
From 1970 to 1971 I created a series of drypoint etchings of street scenes in New Hope, PA, a charming town along the Delaware River. They are printed on Rives BFK with black ink and were never colored. The borders are small (ranging from .75 to 1.5" ) on all of the prints in this series. The entire edition was not completed and the four prints I have available are early numbers with rich blacks.
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One of the most touching projects I've done in the last 89 volunteer missions was the day I worked with LA Green Grounds. In April we planted a garden in the food dessert that is South Central Los Angeles. Angel Teger and her family allowed LAGG to plant the garden in her yard and the parkways (area in between the sidewalk and street) lining the property.
In late July the 8th District of LA slapped Teger with a notice to pull up the garden in parkways in 48 hours or else. I contacted Angel for her side of the story.
Tell me about the moment you got the notice from the city…
It was a very upsetting experience. It was Monday, July 22nd and my son and I had just gotten into my car to run some errands. I started my car and was about to pull out into the street when I heard excessive and aggressive honking right behind me. I looked out my driver's side window and there was a man standing there, with no badge or uniform to identify him as a city employee. He said "I need to talk to you about your garden."
I wasn't sure what was going on. He said that his supervisor had called him over the weekend, specifically about my garden. He even made a point of identifying other planting violations within eyesight of our corner, but said that it was our garden that was a problem. He told me I had 48 hours to pull everything out of the parkways. When I told him that was impossible – my husband works during the day and it's just me at home, there's no way I could do all of that in 48 hours, he said he didn't care who did it, that it had to be done, and if I didn't take care of it he would come back and take care of it himself.
What were you growing in this problematic garden?
We've harvested chard, kale, eggplant, yellow squash, zucchini, mustard greens, string beans, honeydew melon, chili pepper, banana pepper, bell pepper, cucumber, tomatoes, bok choy¸ nectarines and strawberries. The cantaloupe will be ready any day now.
So the city wanted you to pull up a food-producing garden. What was the condition of your yard before the LA Green Grounds event in April?
Our property sat vacant for over a year before we bought it. The land hadn't been cared for in so long, it was hard as rock and overgrown with weeds. People would leave their trash on the parkways – fast food containers, beer bottles, dog poop. It was awful.
What did your neighbors think of this rouge garden and city violation?
The response from the neighborhood has been overwhelmingly positive. It started on our dig-in day, with neighbors coming by to show their support – donating food to our volunteers, dropping off bottled water, and even grabbing shovels and digging in right there with us.
Since we planted it (almost four months ago), we've met so many of our neighbors. Some make a point of taking their daily walks past our house so they can see how things are growing. A lot of the neighborhood kids come by and pick strawberries or take zucchini, squash, cucumbers or tomatoes back home for their families.
Every day that we are out in the garden – without exception – someone stops to tell us how much they love the garden, or how they want to do the same. It's been a wonderful way to connect with people. After all, it's food we're growing out there – the most basic of human needs. It makes sense that an edible garden would bring us together and grow community.
A fast growing protest started on Facebook when Angel reported her community created garden was being threatened.
The LA City Council, without explanation, backed down from its demand that the garden be pulled up. Why do you think they really backed down from pulling up the parkway?
I'm not really sure. I don't know why they had such a problem with it to begin with and I don't know why they backed off. But, I think that support for parkway gardens like ours and the urban agriculture movement in general has grown tremendously. (A shout out here for Ron Finley and his TED talk which is what inspired me to get involved with LA Green Grounds and made this garden a reality.)
After we received the violation, Ron started a Facebook campaign urging supporters to contact Bernard Parks, the Councilman for my neighborhood, and ask him to save our garden. I know that made an impact because Councilman Parks' office immediately came out to my home and got involved. Then Steve Lopez's article came out in the LA Times, drawing attention to the fact that the Herb Wesson, City Council President, had vowed to change the laws to allow for parkway gardens TWO YEARS AGO and nothing had changed.
What can we do now to bring food justice to LA and the rest of the country?
A simple step is for the [Los Angeles] City Council to update the parkway planting guidelines to allow for fruits and vegetables. But, after two years, they've been unable to follow through.
The City of LA has a really wonderful opportunity here to promote better health and nutrition for its residents by allowing us to grow food and build community in areas that really don't have access to good food options. South LA doesn't have to be a food desert. We can change that.
Our little garden has come to symbolize a movement that the City of LA should embrace – growing your own food to take control of your diet and health; building strong communities in which neighbors look out for one another and share resources; reconnecting with nature and taking care of our own little piece of the planet while we're lucky enough to be on it. These are all good things that are worth fighting for, but we shouldn't need to fight.
What happened to Angel is not unusual.
But just like in Angel's case, city and governments can always be pushed by the people.
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Talk at The Sum, Creativity Conference by The Bold Italic. San Francisco, 2014
Black Box Comedy Festival, Atlanta Georgia
Post-performance at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 2014
The Naked Stage.
Daniel Caldwell Theater, Tamalpais High School.
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Using improvisation to teach design thinking with Lime Design
Würzburger Improtheaterfestival,
Würzburg, Germany. 2015
Guesting with Teater Ohne Probe
Berlin, Germany
November 2014 | photo by Bianca Sistermans
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Tim Orr, Lisa Rowland, Ben Johnson, Regina Saisi
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BATS Improv
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Rebecca Stockley, Kimberly MacLean, Laura Derry, Regina Saisi, Jenny Rosen
with Tim Orr, BATS Improv. 2012
Atlanta, GA
Tim Orr, John Remak and Dave Dennison.
Mere Point, Maine
Improv Playhouse of San Francisco at the Oklahoma Arts Institute at Quartz Mountain
Lisa Rowland, Tim Orr, Regina Saisi
Improv Playhouse of San Francisco at the Improvised Play Festival, Austin, TX.
Tim Orr, Regina Saisi, Lisa Rowland
Improv Playhouse of San Francisco at Tamalpais High School
December 2015.
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Already one in 10 registered voters in Northeast Ohio has cast a ballot for president, local candidates and tax issues on Nov. 4 ballots.
Numbers supplied by six counties show that 203,289 of their 1,956,232 registered voters have either mailed back completed absentee ballots or walked into board offices and voted in person.
By Friday, more than 20 percent of all registered voters in those counties had requested absentee ballots. In Cuyahoga County, 246,503 absentee ballots have been sent to voters who requested them. The county has a goal of 300,000 early voters.
Elections officials say early voting has caught hold because of the high interest in the presidential contest and encouragement from the Ohio secretary of state to avoid long lines on Election Day.
Summit County Deputy Elections Director Bryan Williams said more than 1,000 people a day have been walking into the county Job Center on East Tallmadge Avenue in Akron to vote early. He predicts the number will double next week.
Nearly 15 percent of Summit County's registered voters have already cast ballots -- the highest number in the six counties.
Williams attributed the high number to a change in Ohio law that allows voters to cast absentee ballots without giving a reason for doing so.
Susan Strasser, deputy director in Medina County, said her board had to open space in another part of its rented building to accommodate the 4,677 people who have voted in person so far.
Portage County Deputy Election Director Lois Enlow said the early turnout won't be heavy enough to dull an anticipated large turnout on Election Day. She said her employees still will work late into the night before the board can report its final unofficial totals.
Early vote numbers were unavailable from Lorain County.
Mailed early voting applications must reach boards by noon Saturday, Nov. 1. Returned, filled-out ballots must be postmarked by Monday, Nov. 3. Absentee ballots can be returned to boards in person by 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4.


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Kevin MacNeil
Kevin MacNeil is an award-winning writer from the Outer Hebrides now living in London. He is a novelist, poet, editor and screenwriter. The Brilliant & Forever is his third novel.
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Find out more about Kevin and his work at kevinmacneil.wordpress.com.
Getting to know Kevin MacNeil:
1. Do you have a favourite character in the book? I grew fond of all the main characters, but my favourite has to be Archie. Because he's an alpaca.
2. What was your inspiration to write this story? / Was there a particular moment of inspiration that pushed you to write this? Was there one specific moment? Hmm. I've wanted to write a novel about the X-factorisation of culture and about friendship (and ambition and competitiveness and envy) for some time. I wanted to create a novel that had a wide spectrum of voices so that I could give thought to what writing is and what it's for. But the triggering moment was probably when I met a talking alpaca.
3. What is your favourite scene or moment in the book? I especially like the final chapter – but no spoilers.
4. What inspired you to become a writer? I always thought it was because I wanted to create something that would last longer than I would. But I've increasingly come to realise it is also to honour those who existed before I did.
5. What keeps you motivated as a writer? Reading great books, observing lovely absurd little moments in life, travelling, meeting people, attending book festivals, watching films, being alive in and to the moment.
6. What's your favourite book, and why? Impossible! Too many to choose from. Way too many. Probably a Buddhist sutra, though – The Heart Sutra.
7. Do you have a routine when you're writing (i.e. silence, a particular genre of music, only working in the morning, only working in your underpants?) I usually work best in the quiet of morning. But I can also write in noisy cafes, and I'm glad of that as writers need flexibility, discipline and a deep understanding that things are how they are. Writers who can only work with a diamond-encrusted biro or while wearing a pair of Dan Brown's castoff Y-fronts are heading down the road of OCD.
8. What advice would you give to anyone who wants to be a writer? Being a writer is about communicating imaginatively. You communicate every day and you exercise your imagination every night, so inherently you have the potential. The practical skills are learnable. The thing no one can give you is perseverance.
9. How easy was it for you to find a publisher? It was relatively easy since I'd already published with Polygon. My first book was with Canongate – and they had approached me asking for a manuscript. So I'm not a good example! I just happened to be in the right place at the right time.
10. What's the best experience you've had while writing a book? Writing The Brilliant & Forever was overall the best experience I've had writing a book. It was actually fun to write. I enjoyed it in a way that felt fresh and new and energising and I think these qualities fed into the book.
11. Who are you generally writing for? I've never really known. Perhaps anyone with a lively mind and a sense of humour.
12. If you weren't a writer, what would you be? I once worked in a restaurant as a commis chef and indeed was asked to leave university and work as a chef full-time. Maybe I could have done that.
13. What one thing would improve your life? I don't think it's helpful to think about what's missing in life – better by far to be grateful for what we have.
14. Where would you like to be right now, anywhere in the world? Same answer as 13!
15. Are any or your characters based on yourself or people you know? *Consults lawyer* 'No comment.' *consults bank account* 'That's how much advice to "make no comment" costs?'
16. If you could swap lives with one of your characters, who would you choose and why? Hibiki in The Brilliant & Forever. He understands.
17. Have you ever regretted how you ended a story and wish you could change it? Yes. I once gave quite a dark book a depressing conclusion, thinking it was the only possible ending that novel could have. But the film version would have been different, and will be, if it's ever funded.
18. If you weren't a writer, what would your 'dream' occupation be? Professional cyclist.
19. If your book was a film, who would you cast for the lead character? Ryan Gosling? Though he seems to smoke too much in his movies. A young James Stewart, if such a thing were possible? I wonder if I'd play one of the characters myself - I played Sorley Maclean in a drama doc a few years ago.
20. Why are books important in your opinion? Wisdom, empathy, experiences we wouldn't otherwise have, enjoyment, emotional engagement, humour, awe.
21. What are you reading right now? West of Sunset by Stewart O'Nan, The Anthologist by Nicholson Baker, Time Present and Time Past by Deirdre Madden, The Travels of Sorrow by Dermot Healy, Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys by Michael Collins.
22. Which authors do you particularly admire? Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Anton Chekhov, Anne Michaels, Vasily Grossman, Lydia Davis, George Saunders, Denis Johnson, Dino Buzzati, Carson McCullers, Ron Rash, Mary Robison, Robert Louis Stevenson.
23. If you had a superpower what would it be? I'd like to be SortTheTrainsOutMan – my superpower would be the ability to sort the trains out in this country. Instead of being overcrowded, unreliable and overpriced, they'd be comfortable, affordable and a joy to travel on. I wouldn't have an attention-grabbing costume. I'd be dressed normally and go about my business anonymously. As people relaxed on their train journey, eating pastries while, say, Glenfinnan slid past, I'd feel happy because I'd Sorted The Trains Out. And yet I'd always have a tinge of regret I hadn't gone for Eradicating Poverty and whenever EradicatingPovertyMan went zooming past overhead I'd get a physical sensation of self-reprimand.
Related books
|The Brilliant & Forever
|The Brilliant & Forever – Signed Copies
|The Diary of Archie the Alpaca
|A Method Actor's Guide to Jekyll and Hyde
|Struileag: Shore to Shore
|These Islands, We Sing


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We had a thunderstorm and rain yesterday. I was not too worried about the noise of the thunder, but when it started to rain during my walk with Mummy I bolted into the bush and hid under the trees. I was scared and I was wet. Mummy had to come and get me and carry me back to the house. I know I am getting much to big and heavy for her to carry but I am glad she did. I spent the rest of the time on deck and under the chairs in the back yard. I don't like the rain.
I love coming inside at night and getting lots of special treats. Mummy thinks it will help me sleep longer. Last night I had spinach leaves and almonds. YUMMY!! I love my chin being scratched too.


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Hi everyone, Lisa here again. I would like to thank all who participated in the Twinspiration Giveaway Contest. The contest is now closed and we drew Jess Bright as the winner. Have a blessed day everyone and stay updated for the next contest! *** Hey all, it's Lisa here and …Read More »
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The final giveaway of the day is from I See Me! It's the I See Me! My Very Happy Birthday! book. There are books specifically made for boys and girls and retail for $24.95. I love I See Me! books and the My Very Happy Birthday! book is no exception. …Read More »
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We are an IAB Award-Winning College offering VERY prompt feedback on assignments, with telephone support from your personal tutor. Whether you are undertaking bookkeeping for beginners or one of our accredited IAB bookkeeping course, we will support you every step of the way to ensure you get as much out of your course as possible.
Woodgrove Tutorials are proud to have been awarded the IAB's special Award for Students Continued Outstanding Achievement in IAB exams. We have been an IAB Accredited Training Provider for over 12 years.
The International Association of Book-keepers (IAB) was founded in 1973 and until approximately ten years ago it focussed purely on being a professional and examining body for bookkeepers. Building on this, today the IAB is the leading UK and international professional body for those providing bookkeeping and related accounting services to small businesses. Through its broad range of Ofqual accredited qualifications and its CPD activities, the IAB aims to meet an extensive range of financial skills needs of people and to provide essential business skills for those starting or developing a small business.
With the IAB prestigious professional qualification you have the option of either setting up your own Bookkeeping Services Business or applying for a position in the finance Department of a Business.
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The Golden Corral is an American family style restaurant chain serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, and featuring a large all-you-can-eat buffet and grill offering numerous hot and cold dishes, a carving station and their Brass Bell Bakery. Tell the cashier that you are with the "Prime Timers Senior Group" to receive the $7.99 price. Price does not include gratuity so we will collect a dollar from everyone for the servers.
We'll share the latest PT newsletter and upcoming chapter activities. Just come and enjoy the food and conversation with your fellow Prime Timers.
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All participants must make themselves aware of the terms and conditions and accept the risks associated with the course activities. Each guest must be responsible for taking out the appropriate medical (specifically covering hospitalization costs overseas), personal accident, travel, holiday and cancellation insurance for the full duration of the retreat, this is a condition of participating in the retreat.
Henare and Kate OBrien Ltd known and referred to hereafter as HKOB Ltd accepts bookings subject to the following conditions as laid out below.
A contract for the services is made between HKOB Ltd and the participant on the issue of a written confirmation of booking by HKOB Ltd. The contract is subject to these booking conditions which the participant has been deemed to have read and fully understood. These booking conditions can only be varied by written agreement between HKOB Ltd and the participant.
The scholarship can ONLY be accepted in WHOLE and not in PART. The retreat and all the bonuses that come with it (e.g. discounts on accommodation, 2016 Summit Super Pack, coaching with Henare O'Brien, etc.) can only be claimed after payment of the balance not covered by the scholarship.
All 2016 GameChanger Scholarship offers will expire at 5 PM (GMT+8) 29th May 2016 unless claimed prior to this date/time.
To place a booking with HKOB Ltd, HKOB Ltd require a completed booking form. For second prize scholarship winners, one of the pay options offered must be selected and processed within the allocated Scholarship time period. All bookings are provisional and are only confirmed when the full payment or 1st payment (if no Pay Plan) has cleared HKOB Ltd's bank account. HKOB Ltd reserves the right to decline any booking at their discretion.
Upon the successful payment of the retreat fee by the participant a contract is formed for the agreed program to be delivered, If the participant wishes to alter any aspect of the program additional reasonable costs may be levied by HKOB Ltd at their discretion.
The full retreat fee is payable according to the payment option you have selected. If pay plan option is chosen, payments need to be made on a timely manner. If payments are more than 7 days overdue, $100 admin fee may be added as well as interest on overdue amounts. In the event that the balance is not paid within 6 weeks of course commencing (6 weeks prior to 24th October 2016), HKOB Ltd will have the discretion to treat the booking as cancelled by the participant and to re-sell the course place, the fee paid by the participant will be retained by HKOB Ltd.
All prices are quoted and processed in USD.
The participant is responsible to cover costs and make arrangements for the following:
Travel to and from the retreat venue (flight to Bali, transport around Bali)
Personal medical requirements, clothing and footwear for the duration of the retreat.
Breakfast and dinner meals
Accommodation costs
It is the participant's responsibility to inform HKOB Ltd in writing of any health issues that may make them unsuitable to participate in the retreat agreed. Failure to disclose any such information may result in HKOB Ltd terminating the contract and withdrawing the participant from the services without refund.
It is the sole responsibility of the participant to ensure that the balance for the cost of their retreat place is paid in full and on time as per the terms set out by HKOB Ltd.
All 2016 GameChanger Scholarship offers will expire at 5pm (GMT+8) 6th June 2016 unless claimed prior to this date/time
Flights and travel not included. You will need to make your own way to the venue.
Insurance not included - please make sure you arrange your own travel insurance
Included is a full day of pampering at a spa, you will need to be available before or after the Retreat for a full day to be able to have this arranged for yourself
Lunch meals during the 5 days are included. Breakfast and Dinner meals will need to be purchased at your own expense
The prize is transferable to an appointed attendee however are non-transferable to cash or towards any other program, product or service.
The cash bonuses for accommodation can only be used to be paid for accommodation at the GameChanger Live Bali event in October 2016 and will not be paid out in cash.
All 2016 GameChanger Scholarship offers will expire at 5pm (GMT+8) 29th May 2016 unless claimed prior to this date/time
Full Public Ticket Price is $4500 USD. The second prize scholarship provides $2000 USD towards the Full Public Ticket Price, leaving the remaining balance to be paid by participant of $2500 USD. The $2000 Scholarship is to be used to cover the ticket price only. It cannot be used for anything else, including flights or accommodation.
Flights and travel not included. You will need to make your own way to the venue.
Insurance not included - please make sure you arrange your own travel insurance
Lunch meals during the 5 days are included. Breakfast and Dinner meals will need to be purchased at your own expense
The 2nd Prize Scholarship is transferable to an appointed attendee however are non-transferable to cash or towards any other program, product or service.
The cash bonuses for accommodation can only be used to be paid for accommodation at the GameChanger Live Bali event in October 2016 and will not be paid out in cash.
Offer of 2nd Prize Scholarship is valid until
HKOB Ltd reserves the right to change any price or other particulars of the services before the contract becomes binding.
If there is a major change HKOB Ltd shall notify the participant forthwith, HKOB Ltd shall seek to offer the participant arrangements as close to the original as it is reasonably possible in the circumstances. If there is any other change other than a major change HKOB Ltd is not obliged to inform the participant in advance or obliged to pay any compensation.
If you wish to cancel your participation you must advise us in writing as soon as reasonably possible. Any cancellation of the contract will be subject to the following cancellation charges:
Date of Cancellation
Cancellation after booking
Cancellation after June 24th 2016
Cancellation Charge
50% of the fee
100% of the fee
The contract may be assigned by the participant to a third party subject at all times to conditions.
The participant is unable to assign or transfer the contract to a third party without the prior written consent of HKOB Ltd, if the participant wishes to assign their contract, he or she must give notice in writing providing the full name, address and contact details of the third party. HKOB Ltd shall then advise in writing as to if it consents to the assignment as soon as is reasonably possible. HKOB Ltd reserves the right to refuse an assignment to a third party at any time and without reason, If subsequently a participant has to cancel due to HKOB Ltd refusing the assignment to a third party then the cancellation charges under " cancellation by the participant " shall apply.
HKOB Ltd may assign or sub contract to any third party the performance of any of its obligations under the contract without consent of the participant.
HKOB Ltd reserves the right to alter the content of the services at any time without notice to the participant due to certain factors, including, but not limited to the weather, staff, and any physical fitness of the participants.
Any information on / about our services published by HKOB Ltd for its literature and web site is designed for illustrative purposes only.
If the participant elects not to participate in any of the services being provided, HKOB Ltd has no obligation to provide an alternative activity or service and the participant will not be entitled to a refund.
If HKOB Ltd believes that a participant's health and safety is at risk, or a participant has failed to disclose any relevant health information in accordance with our terms and conditions, HKOB Ltd may at its absolute discretion make decisions affecting the participants and where necessary may terminate the contract immediately.
The participant must refrain from any illegal act or any conduct which may give offense or cause danger or damage to any person or property. If HKOB Ltd or any of its staff, consultants or agents become aware of any such action then HKOB Ltd or any of its suppliers may at their absolute discretion have the participant immediately removed from any property or facility without refund. HKOB Ltd will have no liability to the participant under such circumstances.
If there is a problem during the services, the participant must report it in the first instance to the HKOB Ltd's team. In the unlikely event that the problem can not be resolved and the participant wishes to make a complaint then the participant must notify HKOB Ltd in writing within 30 days of the end of the services. Failure to provide notice of the complaint in accordance with the above will preclude the participant from being entitled to take any further action against HKOB Ltd.
HKOB Ltd will not offer accommodations for retreat durations . There will be no maid service offered.
None of the exclusions and limitations in these conditions are intended to limit any rights the participant may have under statute or common law which may not be excluded, nor in any way to exclude or limit liability to the participant for personal injury or death resulting from HKOB Ltd negligence or that of it's employees or agents, or for any liability incurred as a result of fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation by HKOB Ltd.
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Neither HKOB Ltd nor any of its Directors, employees or agents will be liable for any loss or damage to any personal property or vehicle belonging to the participant during the services.
***It is the sole responsibility of the participant to purchase full and adequate medical, personal injury, travel, and holiday insurance for the full duration of their stay with HKOB Ltd.
All guests must refrain from any illegal act or any conduct unbecoming a retreat guest, conduct or language which may give offense to a team member or guest or any act which may cause damage to property. If HKOB Ltd or any of its staff, consultants or agents become aware of any such act / conduct then HKOB Ltd & its agents may, at their absolute discretion, ask the participant to leave the premises, property or facility, this will be without refund to the guest, in these circumstances HKOB Ltd will have no further responsibility or liability to the guest.
HKOB Ltd reserve the right to take any recordings of the participant during the services, and the participant accepts that all rights whatsoever arising in the recordings shall be solely owned by HKOB Ltd.
The participant accepts and agrees that any recordings may be used by HKOB Ltd at its absolute discretion in any manner, including but not limited to its website, promotional material and advertisements.
HKOB Ltd is committed to producing a high quality event, including bringing original Material to Participants. HKOB Ltd does not give any assurances or guarantees to Participants for achieving any specific results in your life as a result of participating. Results include personal, career, spiritual, social, physical, emotional, mental, or lifestyle results, such as financial results. HKOB Ltd and our speakers, in sharing on or offstage and in video their words, knowledge, experiences and perspectives, are not coaching, promising or inducing you to any general or specific outcomes and are not liable for any way in which you may interpret or act upon the Material.
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Any personal data that you submit will be retained by HKOB Ltd for as long as you use the services and systems provided on the web site. Financial data you submit will not be stored or recorded.
Unless we are obliged or permitted by law to do so, and subject to clause " third party web sites and services " your data will not be disclosed to third parties.
Any or all of the above data may be required by us from time to time in order to provide you with the best possible service and experience whilst using our web site, specifically data may be used by us for the following;
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HKOB Ltd may, from time to time, employ the services of other parties for dealing with matters that may include, but are not limited to, payment handling, delivery of purchased items, search engine facilities, advertising and marketing. The providers of such services do have access to certain personal data provided by users of this web site.
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Several witnesses observed the Aventura II during engine start at the airport in Sebring, Florida, and reported that, when the engine started, it tipped forward onto its nose and then fell back and its tail struck the ground.
The pilot exited the airplane, walked to the back, returned to the cockpit, and then taxied out.
No witnesses reported seeing the pilot examine the underside of the tail or the elevators after the tail strike.
A video recording made by one of the witnesses after the tail strike showed that the airplane departed, climbed to about 300 feet above ground level (agl), made a 180° left turn, and performed a pass down the runway in the opposite direction of the takeoff.
A few seconds later, after executing another 180° turn, the plane performed another low pass down the runway, this time in the direction of the takeoff.
The plane then entered a left turn, the bank angle increased until the wings were almost perpendicular to the ground, the nose of the airplane dropped, and the airplane descended in a nose-down attitude to ground impact, killing both souls on board.
The airplane came to rest on its nose with the fuselage nearly perpendicular to the ground.
Post-accident examination revealed that the elevator trim cable was separated from the trim tab. Although it is possible the trim cable disconnected when the tail struck the ground during engine start (and would have been noticeable to the pilot if he had looked), the investigation could not conclusively determine when the trim cable separated or whether the separation contributed to the pilot's loss of airplane control.
It is likely that, during the low altitude flyby, the pilot inadvertently entered an aerodynamic stall while maneuvering and did not have sufficient altitude to recover.
The NTSB determined the probable cause the pilot's failure to maintain control while maneuvering at low altitude, which led to the airplane exceeding its critical angle-of-attack and experiencing an aerodynamic stall.
NTSB Identification: ERA15FA102
This January 2015 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others.


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Maximizing Golden Gate Transit: Headways Schmeadways/
I remember reading about a Fairfax woman that decided to go car-free in Marin. To do it, she sat down each night, mapped out her route and carefully wrote down the times, transfers, and locations for each of the buses. When she borrowed a friend's car because of a particularly hectic day, she felt "like a bird flying over her homeland" as she was finally free of the bus schedule. Call me naïve, but I think this means Golden Gate Transit has a problem.
Mapping Frequency
Buses lack the walk-up quality inherent in a car or subway system if headways are longer than about 15 minutes. Headways longer than that force passengers to memorize the schedule and adapt their lives to the bus, rendering the bus a significantly less attractive mode.
Not all bus corridors are like this, but you wouldn't know it by looking at a bus map. While a street map indicates the priority of its roadways through different line colors and weights – highways as thick and red, arterials as less thick and yellow, and local streets as thin and gray – bus maps typically show all lines and all corridors as equal. While there is a hierarchy in the bus system of which corridors are more or less important, that information is hidden from the rider. There is nothing to distinguish the tangle of lines from one another.
Human Transit has strongly advocated for frequency maps for larger cities, which highlight routes or corridors with headways that meet or exceed a certain threshold, typically 12 minutes. Examples are SF Cityscape's frequency map of San Francisco, Washington, DC's draft 15-minute bus map, and Los Angeles' published 15-minute bus map. GGT's bus lines rarely see consistent headways better than 30 minutes, but even showing which corridors combine for 30 minute intervals would be a fabulous improvement. Another possibility is to emulate Vancouver, which publishes a frequent bus map highlighting peak hour routes. This is where the bulk of GGT's transit ridership lies, and would be useful to capture more of that share.
Either map type would be an improvement over the current map, which shows transit operator. Riders don't need to know who operates the bus, only that it takes them where they need to go.
When's the NextBus?
Unlike other regional agencies, GGT doesn't share its real-time data with 511.org and doesn't use NextBus despite the fact that it uses GPS to track where its buses are. This is odd, to say the least, as opening up its location data and utilizing NextBus would be incredibly fruitful for the agency. Its buses have such long headways that missing the bus could mean an hour's delay. If the bus is a little early and the rider is a little late, it's a missed connection that could mean a blown appointment or a missed pickup at school.
Showing when the next bus will come and not just when it's scheduled to come frees the business man or the parent from that worry. Applications and devices utilizing similar data are common elsewhere. The typical use is directly feeding the data to the rider through websites, smartphone apps and a call-in service, and some systems use them at high-traffic transit centers. There are more innovative uses as well. In Chicago, the open data is used for displays in shops and cafes near bus stops, allowing riders to shop, relax or keep out of the rain while keeping an eye on the arrivals.
This last use would be especially helpful for the long headways. Little is more frustrating or annoying than feeling trapped at a bus stop waiting for your ride. Shop displays capture the rider for business and allow the rider to do more than just sit around and wait.
Publicizing the bus arrival times opens up the bus system to casual users. If I need to get to Fourth Street later that day and I see that a bus is going there in 7 minutes, I know I can hop a ride and be there without dealing with parking. It embeds the fact that buses are a viable transportation option into the collective mind and bypasses scheduling entirely.
Frequency maps accomplish the same thing in a system-wide way, giving riders an idea of the priority given to bus corridors and routes far from where they normally travel or currently are. It widens the mental map from two points (home bus stop to San Francisco bus stop) to the whole network, demystifying the system and rendering it useful for casual use.
Longer-term, shorter headways facilitated by and facilitating denser infill development around the various transit centers would provide a much more seamless experience with the bus. As it stands, headways of an hour makes GGT a system of last resort. There's only so much marketing can do to help counter the inherent structural flaws of the system, but maximizing what we have requires it. Lifting the black veil that covers GGT would be a boon to the system and, by extension, to Marin's sustainability and livability.


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Nvidia's new calendar of able gaming GPUs, the GeForce RTX 20-series, is now available. At their best (and best expensive), you'll be able to d in 4K aloft 60 frames per second, and for the amateur that abutment it, ray archetype allows for added astute lighting and reflections. You'll pay a lot for the latest tech, though: appraisement for Nvidia's Founders Editions advertence cards starts at $599 for the RTX 2070. The RTX 2080 is the aing footfall up and will amount $799. The new high-end card, the RTX 2080 Ti, sits at $1,199. Though, if you opt for a third-party card, you're acceptable to save some money no amount which agenda you choose.
For -to-be PC builders or those in charge of a cartoon agenda upgrade, the accommodation of what and back to buy is a bit tougher now than it usually is: should you pony up for the new cards, or will your needs be covered if you bound at the aing accord for the GTX 1080 Ti?
Even if you've been accomplishing a agglomeration of research, Nvidia's new cards acceptable threw a bend in your planning. If you appetite the best amount and achievement bottomward the road, we advance cat-and-mouse until you acquisition the appropriate accord on an RTX card. But if you're gluttonous accuracy on which GPU to aces appropriate now, because these factors will advice attenuated things down.
Graphics cards are usually the best big-ticket basic in a PC build. Thankfully, you don't charge to alter them frequently (or at atomic you shouldn't if you're arcade smart).
If you haven't bought a cartoon agenda yet, you're in a absolutely acceptable position to save some money or get a bigger value. Thanks to the addition of Nvidia's latest cartoon cards, prices for the GTX 10-series GPUs are alpha to collapse beyond the board. While ray archetype and fast 4K gaming in the approaching will be aloof for Nvidia's best, the last-gen calendar is still affluence able for best avant-garde AAA games.
Taking the time to save up for the cartoon agenda that you appetite is account it. It's article that I ambition I'd done a few years ago. I accept a GTX 970 in my PC, but that advancement came afterwards (regrettably) affairs the GTX 960 because of its cheaper price. The amount of both cartoon cards calm could accept gone against a higher-end agenda at the time, like the GTX 980 Ti or alike a GTX 1070, but I couldn't allow to advancement afresh with that abundant money bottomward the drain.
Few applications crave the ability that today's high-end cartoon cards can readily provide, so it may not be absolutely all-important for you to advance a lot into a new GPU. Popular amateur like League of Legends, Fortnite, Dota 2, Cuphead, and Overwatch can run (albeit with alloyed results) on abounding processors' chip cartoon alone, so alike affairs a low-end cartoon agenda will awfully advance the experience.
The Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 or AMD's Radeon RX 560 should be acceptable if you get into accidental gaming and don't appetite to absorb over $150 on a cartoon card. Keep in apperception that these acceptable won't be able to run ambitious amateur aloft low to average settings, or do so calmly at the accomplished resolutions.
The GTX 1060 and RX 580 are the aing footfall up, and both are able GPUs beneath $300 that can run best of today's amateur in average to aerial cartoon settings. If you're planning to absorb this much, you should accede extenuative a bit added for the sub-$400 GTX 1070 and GTX 1070 Ti, both of which are alpha their coast in amount afterward the barrage of the $599 RTX 2070. These accommodate ample leaps in achievement over the GTX 1060 and will book bigger in the approaching as new after-effects of graphically ambitious amateur are released.
If you are attractive for the complete best in detail and aerial anatomy rates, be able to pay for it. The $699 GTX 1080 Ti is still amid the best, admitting it's currently difficult to acclaim for enthusiasts back its amount overlaps with the ray tracing-enabled RTX 2070 and the added able RTX 2080. The RTX 2080 Ti is now the best able cartoon agenda offered by Nvidia, and it will amount you $1,199 for the Founders Edition.
Nvidia downplayed the achievement of the 10-series cards several times during the advertisement of the RTX 20-series cards. Seen above, the new GPUs outdistance them by every metric, admitting that doesn't beggarly that they are the best advantage for everyone. The GTX 1080 Ti and 1080 can't attempt back it comes to ray tracing, and as continued as you're not aiming to d in 4K with fast anatomy ante for years to come, these should fit the bill as prices are alpha to drop.
For those acquisitive to save a bit of money on an RTX 20-series card, manufacturers like Asus, EVGA, and Zotac accept appear their own corresponding versions of Nvidia's latest cards. Prices can dip as low as $100 cheaper than the advertence card, admitting some will amount a bit more, with assorted improvements fabricated to anniversary card's design, fan count, and alarm speed.
Both the allowances and limitations of enthusiast cartoon cards aren't as apparent on a 1080p adviser as they are on a 1440p or 4K monitor. My GTX 970 doesn't accept abundant of a botheration active the latest amateur on a 1080p 60Hz monitor, admitting a acquaintance with the aforementioned cartoon agenda bemoans its achievement with his two 1440p 144Hz monitors.
If you anticipate at any point during the lifespan of your GPU that you'll buy a high-spec adviser with aerial brace ante and G-Sync or FreeSync, that should drive the accommodation you accomplish for a GPU. The GTX 1070 is currently a appropriate fit for 1440p gaming at a almost bland anatomy rate, but activity aloft will crop bigger after-effects and a bigger value. The new RTX 20-series will be a far bigger fit if a 4K affectation with G Sync is in your future.
Updated on 11:24AM ET, October 17th: Nvidia's abounding calendar of RTX cards accept launched, and as a result, the GTX 10-series cards accept become anytime so hardly added affordable. We've adapted our acknowledgment of prices, admitting they will abide to fall.
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Are nonbelievers the last so called "minority" against which the majority still discriminates? If one wants to run for political office, one better not even hint that she or he is a nonbeliever. The larger and more federal the office, the smaller the chance that a professed nonbeliever can be successful in getting a nomination, let alone running as a corporate party's candidate.
One may as well not run for office if, when asked if one believes in a supreme being, one doesn't lie and say, "Yes." There are non-Christians who hold political office, but there aren't many, if any, professed nonbelievers. Not only do politicians have to lie if they are nonbelievers, but they better have occasional photos taken of them walking into and/or out of St. Mario's Church of the Sacred Money Basket.
Don't get me wrong. If Mitt Romney or John Kennedy pushed for policies because they were specifically what Mormons, in Romney's case, or Catholics, in Kennedy's case, believed, that would have been and would still be seen as inappropriate, probably by the majority of voters in The FUSA (The Formerly United States of America), believers and nonbelievers alike.
Back in Kennedy's day, we hardly heard any kind of reference to religion by main stream politicians. Of course, even though Romney didn't throw Mormonism in our faces, he couldn't say anything without ultimately referencing god. I never heard him reference Jesus or even Joseph Smith.
Our federal Constitution says that "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States". Nonetheless, there are seven state constitutions which actually require candidates to be believers.
admit that states that recently passed referenda which legalized marijuana
have, basically, done the same thing. They've
thumbed their noses at federal law and made laws which contradict federal laws.
There are significant differences,
1. Legalizing marijuana and deflating the whole "war on drugs" is a positive step -- it's progress and will, ultimately, save lives.
2. Legalizing marijuana is in keeping with what constitutions are supposed to do; protect the rights of people, not take them away.
3. Prohibition and most amendments or proposed amendments to the federal Constitution that actually took rights away or proposed taking rights away from people failed because of the nature of their proposals.
sure that there are atheists in Congress who profess to being Christians mainly
so that they can still participate in our political process at their level.
Ultimately, however, why should nonbelievers be treated any differently than believers in being able to participate in our political process at any level? Those who claim to be "strict constitutionalists" should not be satisfied to let the status quo, prejudice against nonbelievers, stand for one more minute, let alone one more day, week, month or year. Our Constitution makes it un-American and, ultimately, illegal to stop someone from running for office merely because that someone is a nonbeliever.
we remember, poll taxes and tests that had to be taken in order to vote in the
South enabled racists to claim to be non-racists while carrying out racist
procedures. The implicit religious test
that one has to pass in order to run for office isn't much different than a
poll tax or pre-voting test. The actual
tests that some state constitutions still want public servants to pass are
unduly prejudicial in a secular society and against the law of the land.
My wife and I have two TV series box sets. One is The Sopranos and the other is The West Wing.
Maybe we have The Sopranos because I'm of Sicilian descent and I can identify with the familial interactions in that show. I cannot identify with the crime, especially the violent crime.
We have The West Wing because it may be the most intellectual show ever aired by a major network. If you've ever watched The West Wing, you know that Martin Sheen played an American president named Jeb Bartlett. He was Catholic; that much became clear as time went on. However, he did not, I repeat, he did not end each and every one of his speeches with, "God bless all of you and god bless The United States of America."
series ended with a presidential campaign in which Jimmy Smitts played the
Democratic Party candidate and Alan Alda played the Republican Party candidate.
Smitts ended up winning and, although
the whole thing was obviously fictional, I can't help but think it reflected
real life. Alda played a US senator who
stopped going to church after his wife died. He had to say that he believed in god and his
wife was the person who pushed him to go to church. It was revealed, however, ever so cryptically,
that Alda's character actually did have doubts about the existence of a supreme
Alda's character lost the election and lost it for a number of reasons. One reason he lost was the fact that he didn't practice his religion and came as close as he did to admitting that he was a nonbeliever. It certainly was an issue in the campaign.
At present, this would happen to anyone who ran for president.
Obama can't be let off the hook in this regard.
Ending every single speech with "God bless all of you and god bless The United States of America" may have started with Clinton, who may have used it to make up for getting a BJ in the oval office or it may have started with W, who assures us that it was god who told him to kill over 100,000 Iraqis; I'm not sure. Nonetheless, it's fairly new. This is not to imply that previous presidents didn't use similar phrases on occasion, but Obama ends each and every one of his speeches that way, as did W. Ending every speech that way, as well as saying things like "and with god's grace", as Obama did in his victory speech, is inappropriate in The FUSA and mocks all of us nonbelievers.
We may or may not be the last minority against which Americans discriminate, but I think that, after Black people, Latino people, gay people and women, our place in line has finally hit the "first" stage. It's our turn to come out of the closet.
Being a nonbeliever doesn't just adversely affect those seeking political office.


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There are many different reasons why a landlord should not allow pets making it hard to imagine why someone would want to allow pets.
Potential for Damage
The most common reasons to avoid pets is the risk if damage to the home. Urine damage is very difficult to treat and its often found on baseboards, carpets, and drywall. Each of these surfaces absorb urine like a sponge. On top of it, dogs and cats will usually go to the same areas over and over again making the urine damage more intense. In addition, dogs and cats can increase the amount of wear on carpet and wood surfaces. Their claws can scratch wood finishes and shred through carpet.
Added Liability
Allowing pets into a home also increases potential liability. What if the dog were to bite or attack someone? There is also a chance that the tenant's cat can get into a fight with a neighbor's cat and seriously hurt or even kill the other cat. Pet behavior sometimes cannot be predicted even with proper training and the last thing a landlord wants is to be named in a lawsuit for something that they do not have control over.
Allergies and Odor
Lets face it, not all pets are created equal and some tend to smell more than others. While this can be controlled to a certain extent by the tenant, property owners never really know how well a tenant will take care of their pets until they have been living in the home for a while. If not properly cared for, homes can start to smell from prolonged exposures to pets. If you have a sensitivity to or are allergic to pets, this can also be a cause for concern, especially if you are planning to move-into the home later on.
Why to Consider Pets
Despite all the reasons not to accept pets into your home, landlords are better off stating that they are willing to consider pets. This isn't committing you yet, but it leaves the possibility open so that you do not limit the amount of people who could qualify to rent the property. The majority of tenants have pets and stating that pets are not allowed reduces the pool of possible applicants by at least 50%. This limitation often forces landlords to reduce their asking rent price in order to offset this requirement.
Something else to consider is as a landlord, what would you prefer, a couple with a dog or a family with three small kids. Pets and kids can be equally destructive to a home and each additional kid increases the potential risk. Personally, I would rather a well-trained pet over younger children in my rental property because the risk is lower and the accumulated wear is often less with a pet when compared to a child. In addition, liability can easily be avoided if the lease states that the tenant is required to obtain renters insurance with a specific clause for pets and that the tenant is responsible for their pets actions.
However, if you are firm in your position not to accept pets, you may need to reduce your asking rent rate to help lease out the home more quickly. Unfortunately, in these cases, a landlord cannot prevent a qualified person from moving into the home if they have a registered service animal. Doing this would be considered disability discrimination and you definitely do not want to find yourself caught in a discrimination lawsuit.
Military Personnel And Hawaii
Lets face it, the rental market in Honolulu and Oahu is heavily influenced by the military. In general, most tenants who are in the military generally turn out to be good tenants overall, many of which have pets. By restricting pets, landlords in Hawaii are limiting the amount of military personnel who would otherwise be interested in rent out their property. While the decision is up to you, Certified Property Solutions strongly encourages you to consider pets.
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When my friends come to me for advice and I give it to them, I often hear:
- Oh, that won't work because…
- I tried something like that once…
- or my personal favorite, I don't have enough time
(Really? Cause Facebook told me you were up til 1 playing Candy Crush, Seriously?!)
And despite my frustration, I am the first to admit that just like them, I can rationalize and find an excuse for anything I don't want to do. Like most people, I'm only ready to change when there's a good enough reason to do so. And it doesn't just have to be a rock-bottom. When I have a goal I'm super excited about, I'm willing to do what it takes. I'm willing to stop self-sabotaging, take a good look at myself, and clean house. Literally.
And that gets me to today's topic.
A lot of people write in and ask me about how I started Aligned Holistics. These readers fall into 2 camps:
- They want to know all the juicy details of how I healed my Depression, ADHD, etc.
- They want to pursue a goal (like a business), but can't seem to find the time to make it happen.
The truth is that to some degree, the two go hand-in-hand. See, a lot of creating a life I love (& getting off the meds!) was creating systems that supported that. Whether it be self-care, organization, or time management, I needed to create structure to get out of my own way and let the magic happen.
I could write an entire book on how to start a business doing what you love (note to self-do that!) But since blogs are about brevity, I want to share the top 3 tips that helped me to succeed.
3 Tips to Make It Happen:
1. Organize your space.
Back when my ADHD was running the show, I spent way too much time sorting through papers, looking for keys, and getting distracted by items strewn on my countertop. My disorganized space led to a pervasive low-level anxiety that made my home a stressful work environment. Not surprisingly, with all the reminders of things that needed to be put away (without a place to put them), I didn't get much done. So I met with an ADHD coach (yes, even coaches need coaches) and this was the first thing she told me.
Where to start: Create an exit station. Located near your door, this centralized location should house your keys, sunglasses, wallet, mail, gym pass, etc. It should be home to everything you'd grab on your way out the door. I also use it to post affirmations or intentions so I have a positive note to start my day.
2. Throw things out.
I'm sure you've heard this before, but it bears repeating until you get rid of that sweater you haven't worn in a year, the papers you could have scanned and trashed, and the broken belt that you swear you'll get fixed but haven't yet. If it's taking up space in your home, it's taking up space in your mind. For many years I held onto things for "sentimental value." And then I realized that the item is not the same as what it represents. For example, last week I got a thoughtful card from a friend. Today I threw it out. That It doesn't mean that I don't value the person who sent it to me, it just means that NYC real-estate is at a premium and so is my mental capacity. To make this easier (and eliminate any guilt you may feel), snap a picture with your phone first.
Where to start: If you haven't used it in the past year, throw it out.
3. Pick 3 wins.
If I could give any piece of advice to my fellow entrepreneurs, it would be this: Pick the 3 things you MUST accomplish for the day and prioritize them. When I work with my 1-on-1 clients, I'm often asked, "But how do I know which 3 to pick? Why only 3?" Since my clients and I set goals together, I respond by teaching them to filter their actions by looking at their to-do list and saying "Will this action get me closer to or further from my goal?" If it gets you to your goal, it makes the cut. I always say start with 3 small wins. Anything you do after that is extra credit.
Where to start: Each morning, complete the following sentence, "If I only get these 3 things done, I'll feel good about what I accomplished today." Then, do them!
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Business & Real Estate
Sacramento County credit unions rang up record totals in 2016
Sacramento County-based credit unions continued to see growth and set records in 2016, according to the Ontario-based California Credit Union League.
CCUL said 10 credit unions headquartered in Sacramento County had a record 1.26 million members at the close of 2016, up about 100,000, or 8.6 percent, from 2015.
County-based credit unions loaned a combined $11 billion last year, a record and a 25 percent year-over-year increase from $8.8 billion the prior year.
Deposits in 2016 hit an all-time high of $14.2 billion.
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In Strangers, a Blind Centenarian Finds a Literary Lifeline
... and it restores your faith in people just a little bit.
Great news! West Side Story, undoubtedly the greatest New York City musical of all time, will be returning to Broadway next year. Best of all, it'll be directed by Arthur Laurents, the original author of the musical and director of the successful revival of Gypsy currently on Broadway.
This new version will be bilingual and much grittier than than the movie. It sounds really exciting and I can't wait to see it.
Jets? Yes! Sharks? ¡Sí! in Bilingual 'West Side'
FYI - West Side Story takes place in the area of Manhattan that Lincoln Center and environs now occupies. The musical and movie were produced in the late 1950s/early 1960s and a few years later all those old tenements and working class housing was torn down. Now, of course, this area is very expensive and chic. But 50 years ago it was a different world. And who was responsible for this huge change to the West Side? You guessed it ... our pal Robert Moses.


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