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No experience in Yoga or Paddleboarding is Required. We HIGHLY recommend Wet Shoes as the entrance is rocky. Most students wear a bathing suit with shorts or capris and a tank over. Don't forget a towel for after... just in case! Please give your proper email address upon registration as in the event of inclement weather (Including high wind!) we will contact you via email. Pre-registration is required and we have limited rentals so be sure to register ahead of time. If you are bringing your own board, you will also need an anchor as well. Make sure your board has a proper surface and size for yoga!
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*We take out private groups as well. 5 Plus Students are at class rates. Call 631.228.4319 for pricing under 5 and to schedule.*
A beautiful meditative experience! Enjoy a paddle around the harbor with an opportunity to experience the sunset right on the water. New and experienced paddlers will enjoy. We may even stop for an optional yoga pose or two. There is plenty of time to stop and enjoy the harbor on your own little island, your Boga board! Perfect date night experience! {$38 includes rental}
Being outside on the water is an amazing environment for yoga. No yoga or paddle board experience is required, the teacher will help you find the proper level of your practice for you. For new students, SUP may be what helps foster a yoga practice. For more experienced practitioners, the board gives a new outlet for alignment and balance to give you a fun, new challenge. Just as we do in our studio classes, we will differentially instruct so you can do as much as you're comfortable with. {$42 Class & Board Rental l $28 Without Board Rental}


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Silicone Moulds are versatile and Food Grade. They are Non Stick & Durable. The Silicone Moulds are soft and flexible. Resistand to rips and tears
The silicone material can withstand relatively high temperature for short periods (upto 250′ C / 480'F)….from freezer to oven
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|"The Fake," an animated film by Yeon Sang-ho, portrays how the traditional boundaries between good and evil become blurrier in the complexities of modern life and society. / Korea Times
Yeon Sang-ho's new work, 'The Fake,' is dark, powerful social commentary for adults
|Yeon Sang-ho, director of "The Fake"
Korea cinema appears to be in the thick of its renaissance, but the rapid growth has done little for adult animation, a genre that remains stuck in the dark.
This is a country that continues to subscribe to the idea that animated films are predominantly for kids. Pororo, the goggle-wearing baby penguin and the country's most successful animation creation ever, probably represents the entirety of the industry's business model.
Still, there are a few filmmakers who continue to put aside cute and cuddly cartoons and attempt to establish a presence for grown-up animation. Yeon Sang-ho's new thriller, "The Fake," a dark and disturbing social commentary set in the Korean suburbs, is certainly a meaningful addition to these efforts.
Although Yeon has yet to be a box office darling, critics have identified him as one of the unique cinematic talents in Asia. His 2011 work, "The King of Pigs," a bleak tale of Korea's cutthroat school system and the culture of violence that took hold within it, won three different awards at that year's Busan International Film Festival and was also featured at Cannes.
With The Fake, Yeon extends his habit of discomforting the audience and enthralling the critics. The film has already won the best animated film honors at this year's SITGES International Film Festival in Spain.
While ticket sales haven't been terrible, they are clearly short of inspiring. Since opening last week, about 10,000 people have seen The Fake in Korean theaters.
In an interview with The Korea Times, Yeon expressed hope that there will be a larger batch of animated films hunting for an adult audience. He described his new film as a portrayal of how the traditional boundaries between good and evil become blurrier in the complexities of modern life and society.
Set in a fictional village in the central Chungcheong area, the plot is built around three main characters: a pastor (voiced by Oh Jeong-se), one of the church's elders (voiced by Kwon Hae-hyo), and Mincheol (voiced by Yang Ik-joon), the token neighborhood low-life.
The church leaders are portrayed as the oppressors of the community, exploiting their social status to intimidate residents and cheat them financially. Mincheol, the unwanted thug, somehow finds himself becoming the center of resistance against the institution. The conflict quickly gets out of hand.
Yeon, a Christian, says that the church serves an important function in the movie in maximizing the conflict and dramatizing the message he intended to convey through the characters.
"I wanted to talk about how the severity of an environment brings out the essence in people," Yeon said.
"Religion and the institution of the church were an important element in the movie. I wanted to portray that exact, intersecting point where the distinction between good and evil evaporates."
The Fake is a low-budget movie in today's standards, made with 380 million won (about $360,000). So while Yeon isn't too worried about the immediate pace in ticket sales, he does want his newest work to leave a striking impression. He is unapologetically ambitious as an artist and hopes that The Fake will eventually win him an Oscar.
"I worked with actors I personally believed in. Yang is a brilliant director (who debuted with 'Breathless') and he passionately provided the voice of Mincheol as an actor. He really was a man possessed with his role," Yeon said.
"The movie has already been submitted to be considered at next year's Academy Awards. Right now, it is competing with 18 other works to be nominated in the best animation category," he added. The competition is already fierce with Pixar's "Monsters University" and Hayao Miyazaki's "The Wind Rises."
"Traditionally, three or four American movies and a couple of works from Europe and Japan make the cut. I think my movie has about a 25 percent chance of making the cut. The best animated film award would be a long shot, but who knows," Yeon said.


text: ScottH 10 Report post Posted November 20, 2018 (edited) Nov 20 (Reuters) - Lowe's Cos Inc said on Tuesday it was looking to shed its retail operations in Mexico and certain non-core U.S. businesses as the country's second-biggest home improvement chain strives to compete with rivals including Home Depot. Shares of the Mooresville, North Carolina-based company fell 5.3 percent to $86.50 in premarket trading after Lowe's also reported a smaller-than-expected rise in same-store sales. Under Marvin Ellison, Lowe's newly-appointed chief executive officer, the company has been streamlining its business by shutting underperforming stores and cutting back on slow moving inventory. The company has perennially lagged Home Depot Inc in same-store sales, despite having roughly the same number of stores. Lowe's said it was looking at all options for its chain of 13 stores in Mexico and that it was "exiting" its U.S. contracting services business Alacrity Renovation Services and security and smart home app Iris Smart Home. Couldn't find any news about whether it would be sold off or just shut down. Wonder if this is the end of IRIS and more importantly if it is where is my refund??? EDIT: I do see where it says smart home app. I wonder if they mean just the app, which I don't think so, or the whole IRIS program. Edited November 20, 2018 by ScottH I do see where it says smart home app. I wonder if they mean just the app, which I don't think so, or the whole IRIS program. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Early in 2018, PlanGrid announced that they would be organizing their very first annual Construction Summit, which would unite PlanGrid users and stakeholders in the company's home city, San Francisco. At the Summit, which took place on June 10 and 11, 2018, PlanGrid CEO Tracy Young and CTO Ralph Gootee chose to announce several major product innovations and developments.
"Construction teams working on projects of any size — from a small school to a multi-billion dollar megaproject — need to make decisions faster and build with more confidence," said Tracy Young, CEO of PlanGrid, in a press release. "We're making a massive investment in new technologies that eliminate manual data entry and any inefficiencies that distract builders from doing actual work. Starting at the earliest project designs through turnover, our latest innovations will put the right information in the right hands, at every project phase."
There were 5 major product announcements made at the Summit, which included: BIM in the Field, Tasks, Change Management, Next Gen RFIs, and Insights.
1. BIM in the Field (Revit Integration)
Currently being tested in Beta, PlanGrid users will soon be able to sync sheets directly from Autodesk's Revit directly into PlanGrid, without needing to manually transfer PDFs. Revit data, such as sheet titles, sheet numbers, and room assignments will be auto-populated directly into the platform, as well. If you'd like to sign up to Beta test this new feature, PlanGrid is currently accepting applications.
2. Tasks
Currently, if you want to create a to-do list in PlanGrid, you have to use the "Issues" tab, which can immediately emit feelings of negativity for some workers and is also mainly designed for end of project punchlists. To help evolve the Issues tab, PlanGrid will be releasing a new "Tasks" section later this year.
Through Tasks, anybody is able to create tasks to be completed, assign who is responsible for individual tasks, and track the progress of each task. When workers are assigned a task, they will immediately have access to items that have been uploaded, like links to relevant drawings or installation guides. An end of day report will automatically be generated by PlanGrid, which will allow anyone to track progress of the assigned tasks.
3. Change Management
The creation and tracking of change orders can be an uncomfortable process for the contractor and owner, but it's essential for contractors to be upfront and clear when dealing with them. Although not quite to the Beta testing stage yet, PlanGrid will soon offer the ability to track and manage project changes within the platform.
Users will be able to create a change event directly from an RFI without needing to add manual data entry. Requests for Quotes (RFQs) will also be able to be managed within the platform and PlanGrid will generate a coversheet for the completed change proposal and create an automatic backup file. After the proposal is submitted, the Owner will be able to formally approve the change request within PlanGrid.
4. Next Gen RFIs
PlanGrid already allows for the creation and tracking of an RFI log, but it will be getting a redesign later this year, which the company hopes will help streamline the RFI process. Some of the updates to the tab include: making identifying and elevating unanswered RFIs easier, allowing architects and engineers to approve and respond to RFIs without logging into PlanGrid, and immediately alerting the field staff after RFIs have been answered.
5. Insights
Collecting data is an important battle on every construction project, but if you don't do anything with that data, it's all for not. PlanGrid's new Insights feature, which they are currently recruiting Beta testers for, will provide "predictive analytics" at the corporate and project levels, with the hope that it will improve profit margins and productivity. I'm very interested to see how this feature will be integrated into the platform when more details are released.


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Nha Dep Finds Home in Vietnam As Pioneer in Interior Decoration
F OR VIETNAM -- a country where houses with clean-swept bare concrete floors aren't uncommon -- a home-decorating magazine showing off luxurious residences seems a bit out of place.
But as in many Asian countries, the Vietnamese are becoming increasingly house-proud.
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Your Say: Should immunisation be mandatory?
The Andrews Labor Government is expanding and strengthening its 'No Jab No Play' commitment, to ensure more Victorian children are protected from serious and potentially life-threatening illnesses.
Legislation will be introduced into the Parliament this year, to require children to be to be fully vaccinated in order to attend childcare and kindergarten from 1 January 2016.
The Government's commitment has been expanded to include kindergartens, and to close the conscientious objector exemption.
The only exemption will be for children who have a documented medical reason that they cannot be fully immunised.
The removal of the exemption for conscientious objection recognises that vaccinations save lives, and is supported by extensive scientific evidence and expert medical advice.
Vaccinations provide young children with maximum protection against serious and potentially life-threatening illnesses, and help control and manage public health risks.
The removal of this exemption is in line with changes made by the Federal Government to eligibility for childcare benefit payments.
Many childcare centres are co-located with kindergartens, so to ensure the scheme is as effective as possible and includes as many children as possible, the Government has expanded the policy to include kindergartens. This is similar to how the policy is applied in New South Wales.
Nothing will change for parents of children who are fully immunised. Existing legislation already requires that immunisation status information is provided on enrolment in childcare.
The Government will ensure that early childhood services provide families with support and information to access catch-up vaccines if necessary and the required documents to show their child's immunisations are up-to-date.


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When thinking about fashionable costumes in 1970s films, there are always a few that come to mind. Jane Fonda as Bree Daniels, Faye Dunaway as Laura Mars, and Diane Keaton as Annie Hall all been mainstays for Halloween costumes, fashion lines, and even streetwear. However, someone is missing. There is little to no mention of people of color. Despite this, there are a plethora of films that have non-White characters that are incredibly fashionable. An American favorite is "Blacula" (1972), an early 1970s Blaxploitation film. One particularly stylish character in this iconic movie is Luva.
"Blacula" revamps the classic tale of Dracula with an African prince named Prince Mamuwalde, who in 1789 is turned into a vampire and is awaken in 1970s Los Angeles. Princess Luva (played by Vonetta McGee) is Prince Mamuwalde's wife. She ends up dying early in the film, but not before she debuts a fabulous royal costume.
The Look of Luva
There isn't much information on the thought or make on the costumes for this film, but the outfit's creators are Ermon Sessions and Sandra Stewart. Sessions has worked as a costume designer for films like "Scream Blacula Scream" (1973) and "The Learning Tree" (1969), while Stewart has worked on "Paper Moon" (1973) and "Coffy" (1973).
In the film, Luva is adorned in a visual melody of African-inspired clothing and jewelry. Her neck is covered in red and white necklaces, earrings, and bracelets that mimic the cultural costume of the Maasai. She is clothed in a long black dress that is lined in a combination of gold trim and strips of kente cloth and a thick braided belt that cinches the waist. Luva's look is topped off with a septum nose ring, Cleopatra-esque eyeliner, and an Afro, which was the hairstyle of the 1960s and 1970s Black Power Movement.
More Is Better Looking
As the fashion industry embraces diversity and different trains of thought, the concept of who and what is stylish via pop culture may expand. Although Diane Keaton as Annie Hall will always be iconic, there are other characters like Luva who can set some fabulous trends too.


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Episode 23 - Dave
If you ever thought being president of the most powerful country in the world was hard, that was probably because you hadn't seen what it was like when Kevin Kline took over the White House. Alex and Julio are back from their holiday vacation for part three of their political saga, this time tackling Ivan Reitman's horrifyingly simplistic attempt at putting "the common man" in charge of all our destinies. Like the bastard mirror-universe twin of a Frank Capra movie, DAVE mocks the president, the presidency and, worst of all, it disrespects Sigourney Weaver.
Oh, and it also features the worst kept secret-cameo ever.
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Sr. Carolyn Buhs describes her life and ministry with Solidarity for South Sudan where she has served since October 2011.
Greetings from this newest country which has just celebrated its Second Independence Day! The rains have now begun, the zinnias are blooming, and the butterflies and dragonflies are visiting. Such a transformation from the bare, earth-cracked fields of January!
Here in Solidarity Teacher Training College, Malakal, we're enjoying the change of schedule of a month of holiday. The end of June saw the close of our Second Teaching Practice and the end of the first semester. God bless all 18 of our students who have done their best! I had been apprehensive that the rains would make visiting Malakia Boys and Girls Primary Schools difficult, but God blessed us with only occasional rains and I never needed to use gumboots. The Third Teaching Practice will be in September or October.
The British Government has given a grant to provide primary school textbooks to all the children in South Sudan. Our students were able to use these textbooks for their lesson planning during their teaching practice. The books are in color and have more drills than the old textbooks. We hope by the Third Teaching Practice, all the children will have textbooks in their hands!!! Our college has also received a set of each grade level for the five subjects of Christian Religious Education, Science, Maths, English, and Social Studies. Sr. Claudette and Bro. Tom have been helping me stamp, number, record, and store these new books that will help us teach the students how to make schemes of work and lesson plans.
The fourth and last Social Studies textbook for our students has now been completely edited. Praise God!! We're not sure how the printing will be done for these college textbooks. Maybe we'll be doing our own printing.
President Salva Kiir established a National Reconciliation Committee composed of religious leaders to guide the country in the process of healing and reconciliation. The week before Independence Day, 9 July, was dedicated to prayer and fasting for peace and reconciliation. On the eve of Independence, here in Malakal, we gathered in the Presbyterian Church to pray for three hours with Christians of all denominations. A Muslim leader had been invited to join us but he did not appear. In fact, many people showed up at the Engineers' Square which had first been announced as the venue, but due to heavy rain and flooding, the venue was changed to the Church. Our prayer was much like a Pentecostal meeting….very joyous and lively!
Hilde Johnson, the U.N. Special Representative to Secretary General in South Sudan, announced in her Independence Day speech that a big contribution of the U.N. has been to help transform the police force from the soldiers they had been who were trained to kill, to a police force trained to help the civilians. So we continue to pray for peace and reconciliation.
Thank you for keeping us in your prayer and please continue to pray with us.


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Waking up today, I realized that I can finally say "this time next month Inky and I will be in Australia." God, it feels so good just to type that. We take off 28 days from today, and while we depart on May 11th, we land on May 13th. So any way you cut it, it's just a month away.
We did a lot of great stuff on our last trip down under, but we still have a ton of new things to try. We're going to get to see our first live Aussie Rules Match. We're going to have a meat pie. We're going to see Uluru, and we're going to go to Tasmania. While I am terribly excited about all the new things we are going to do, I am almost more excited by the things we're going to do again. I like the idea of starting a tradition or falling into a habit in a city that is 20 hours away by plane. My mom and dad traveled all over the world, but they went to Wales a number of times. It was their favorite place to go, and luckily for them it was a bit more accessible than Oz.
For Inky and I, we are looking forward to going back to Oz even more than we were the first time. I love the idea that we can go and grab a pizza and a few cans of Schweppes Lemonade from that little place on Union St and sit by the side of Darling Harbour while we eat. That will become a tradition every time we are in Sydney, which by my birthday will be three times.
We'll add this to the little traditions we have when we are in various towns. For example, when it Las Vegas, you can be sure Inky and I are going to have breakfast at Blueberry Hill at least once. Or, when in Eaglesmere PA, we will steer clear of Chef Toby once dinner is over and he gets to drinkin'. And, who knows what new traditions we will establish in Sydney, Katoomba, Launceston, Geelong, Torquay, Lavers Hill, Warrnambool or Yulara? I'll let you know in two months when we get back.


text: Submitted by Roberta B on Fri, 12/14/2018 - 9:29am Kids Activities: Sledding on Venice Sand Berms, Ice Skating, Trains, Movies, and More Family FunNot everyone spends Christmas Day opening presents and singing Christmas carols. If Christmas at your house feels much like any other day but without as much to do—or if your family are just really fast unwrappers—Mommy Poppins has you covered with everything from whales to festivals, and someplace to eat at the end of the day. Ready for 25 suggestions of things to do and places to go on Christmas Day that have (mostly) nothing to do with chestnuts or open fire? Take a spin on Inkie's Wave Jumper. Photo courtesy of Santa Monica Pier 1. Pacific Park Everyone knows that Disneyland is open and stuffed to the gills on Christmas Day, but don't the rollercoaster and bumper cars on Santa Monica Pier sound more appealing? 2. Ice skating One of the best opportunities for a good SoCal gloat is putting on T-shirts and taking family photos gliding across the ice at one of our many seasonal outdoor ice rinks—just to show your friends back East that we have winter, too. 3. Neighborhood light displays Whether or not you celebrate Christmas, taking a spin past some of the private light displays the holiday inspires makes for a great after-dark activity. Seen the ones in LA? Then check out the lights of Orange County. 4. Angels Flight It's on everyone's "to do" list, and it's scheduled to be open on Christmas Day! Why not take advantage of a day when it's easy to find parking downtown and ride the iconic funicular railcar? 5. Make a withdrawal at the Cupcake ATM Beverly Hills is a fine place to window shop on Christmas Day, with plenty of lights and eye candy; the highlight of the outing can be a stop for a sweet withdrawal at the Sprinkles Cupcake ATM. 6. Winter Fest at OC Fairgrounds The holiday season brings a white-out to Orange County; Costa Mesa's OC Fair and Event Center drops the mercury with ice tubing, ice skating, snowfall, reindeer encounters, and live entertainment daily throughout the holiday season, including Christmas Day. Tubing at Winter Fest! Photo courtesy of Winter Fest OC 7. Whale Watching Whale watching season officially begins in December, as the giant mammals start their long journey south in search of Mexican romance. Why not book a whale watching cruise and beat the (post) Christmas rush? 8. Take a Hike Stay close or take a drive - we're spoiled for choice when choosing hiking trails in SoCal. Even beautiful stroller-friendly hikes abound. 9. Ride a Bike Did someone get a new bike from Santa? There's no finer tradition than the Christmas day test drive! 10. Queen Mary Christmas The temperature in Long Beach always seems colder at this time of year, when the Queen Mary gets its winter clothes on. Christmas Day seems like the perfect day to enjoy the holiday decorations, ice skating, caroling, gingerbread housing, and boatloads of Christmas cheer. 11. Free public light displays in Grand Park or Dana Harbor Both DTLA and Orange County have impressive and free public light displays to brag about this year: Happy Harbor Days in Dana Point Harbor is a festive waterside walk that stays lit nightly through January 6, and Grand Park's three-block walk through Downtown lights up for the last time on Christmas night. 12. Sand sledding Rumor has it that in other places people get cold and wet sledding, but this is Southern California; we sled at the beach. The Venice Beach sand berms are up again for the season, and they're under attack by plastic saucers. For those not in the know, each year the city amasses giant hills of sand to protect the beach community from winter storms, and the beach community storms the hills. Related: Best Christmas Lights and Awesomely Decorated Homes around LA Photo via Bigstock 13. Snow Tubing & Sledding OK, when we're done gloating about the whole sand thing, we are prepared to admit that the snow version of sledding has its allure. And though driving out of the city to slide down a hill can involve a whole lot of hurry-up-and-wait on other days of winter break, Christmas Day is a pretty good day to hit the highways and the slopes. Most of the nearby tubing parks are open, as long as it doesn't rain. 14. Mary Poppins Returns El Capitan Your kid may or may not still believe in Santa, but we all believe in Mary. El Cap offers the much-anticipated movie, plus the usual cool stuff from the set and other treats unique to Disney's vintage movie house. And Christmas Day on Hollywood Blvd. is super sparkly. 15. San Diego Zoo Safari Park Just north of San Diego, and so that little bit closer to LA, the Safari Park is a different experience than the main zoo. Animals wander freely in a faux Africa, and guests can observe them on foot, from a train, in a safari truck, or even on a zipline. It's a bit of a drive, but on Christmas Day it'll go quickly. 16. Chinatown When's the last time you had a wander and a bite in Chinatown? Many of the shops and most of the restaurants in Chinatown are open on Christmas Day—in fact a Chinese meal is a holiday tradition for many families. 17. Universal or Disneyland Don't expect them to be empty or anything, but compared to the rest of winter break, Christmas is a pretty good day to hit one of the big parks. They're open, and they have special Christmas features: Grinchmas and the holiday lights over Hogwarts at Universal, and the Christmas parade, light show, and Small World revamp at Disneyland. 18. Santa Barbara Zoo The kid-pleasing little zoo to the north is open on the holiday, an annual tradition and a great family outing (until 3pm) on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. 19. Christmas Double Feature at the Beverly Cinema What a great day to introduce your kids to something good old-fashioned silly, like a double feature matching the Marx Brothers with Laurel & Hardy—at the newly reopened Beverly Cinema. Go skating in Pershing Square. Photo courtesy of Downtown on Ice 20. Hit the Beach It may be a little chilly this year, but toss on a sweater and enjoy getting a patch of primo sand all to yourself (or close to it). 21. Canter's Deli Many delis in LA will be open Christmas day, but why not take your family to the iconic Canter's? If you're a native, you may even have stories to tell your kids (censored, of course) of late nights spent in one of their booths eating sky-high pastrami sandwiches. 22. Sky Slide Go ahead — if you've survived all of the challenges of the holidays, celebrate by doing something truly scary -- sliding down a 45-foot, fully-enclosed glass slide on the exterior of the US Bank building downtown. You'll be nearly 1,000 feet above LA, but man, what a view! 23. Medieval Times You've fought off the bah humbugs of the season, battled Black Friday panic, and defeated your holiday card list. Go ahead and root for your knight in shining armor while you tear into a chunk of grilled chicken with your bare hands (vegetarian options are available, too). 24. Visit Movie Locations Be a tourist in your own town and take a drive to snap silly photos at one of these 10 iconic LA spots made famous by TV and movies (yes, the Brady House is on the list!). 25. Hit the Slopes! There are fewer people to bump into on the ski slopes at Mountain High, Mt. Baldy, and other nearby ski resorts on Christmas Day. You could even call this outing a Christmas present! Check out what else is going on this Christmas season in our holiday fun guide and on our Daily Events Calendar. 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As we prepare to shut down for the holiday we wish to pause for a moment to extend our sincere wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving. We have much to be thankful for and wish to say thank you for the support you have provided us this past year and over the last 6 winters as we work to promote skiing, snowboarding and playing on the mountains.
A special thanks goes out to our members, resort partners and the many merchants who have encouraged us and supported our effort here at the Mountain Sports Club. Then we must thank our families and loved ones for the support and love they always provide. May God bless each and everyone of you and your families this holiday. I do hope you get to share the mountains and some time outside as well celebrating life and all it has to offer.
Truly our small team at Mountain Sports Club


text: Contemporary art and more specifically installation art meant a shift from the traditions of western art. From Plato to the middle of the twentieth century, we learned that art was about mimesis, illusion and representation. Even abstract art was representational in a sense that it either derived from something natural or, if not, the image was still supposed to be read and understood as a whole. But the concept of art being framed as a window ended with installation art that is in fact environments and networks of elements of which the audience is one building block amongst many others, as a participant of the artwork. From minimalism onwards, art hasn't been something you look at, but something you complete and interact with. Digital technology, however, can turn art history around. Only a camera and a screen are needed to incorporate you into the world of an artwork. It may serve as a mirror, and the face that's looking back to you is the same face you use as your perfect social media alter ego. But… wait a minute. If contemporary art is not about illusion anymore, what do you do if you are the one who's become the illusion?


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Drugs or alcohol are believed to have been involved in Monday evening's two-vehicle wreck involving a big rig north of Ferndale that sent two people to the hospital, according to a release from the Washington State Patrol.
A silver 2005 Toyota Tacoma driven Eduardo Fernandez, 26, from Lynden, was traveling southbound on Enterprise Road about one mile north of Ferndale and failed to stop at a stop sign at Destiny Street, according to the release. The Tacoma entered into oncoming traffic and collided with a blue 2017 Kenworth construction big rig, which hit the Tacoma on the driver's side.
Fernandez and his passenger, 22-year-old Brady V. Maas of Everson, were taken to St. Joseph's Hospital with injuries, according to the release. The big rig driver, 52-year-old Mark A. Silves of Bellingham, was not injured, though his truck was towed from the scene. Fernandez and Maas were both in critical condition Tuesday, according to St. Joseph's director of communications Bev Mayhew.
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MEXICO CITY, April 30 (Reuters) - Mexico's economy contracted in the January-March period compared with the previous three-month period, preliminary data showed on Tuesday, dealing a setback to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's administration.
Economic activity shrank 0.2 percent in the first quarter compared with the October-December period, dragged down by a decline in output in the manufacturing and service sectors, figures from the national statistics agency showed.
The agency's preliminary growth estimates have tended to be subject to revisions. But the result was still a disappointment given that prior data from the agency had shown the economy growing during January and February, albeit moderately.
Gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 1.3 percent in the first quarter compared with the same period last year, according to unadjusted data from the agency known as INEGI.
Goldman Sachs economist Alberto Ramos said labor strikes and fuel shortages had undermined the performance of Latin America's second biggest economy during the first quarter and warned that the outlook was grim if activity did not pick up going forward.
"Were the economy to remain flat during (the remaining quarters of 2019) at the (first quarter) level, real GDP would only grow 0.2 percent in 2019," Ramos said in a research note.
Lopez Obrador took office in December pledging to ramp up lackluster economic growth and to improve job creation.
He is targeting average annual economic growth of 4 percent during his six-year term. Still, his economic decision-making has rattled investors, and private sector analysts have been cutting their Mexican growth forecasts for 2019.
His cancellation of a partly built $13 billion Mexico City airport in October, a few weeks before taking office, sparked billions of dollars of losses on Mexican financial markets.
The leftist veteran has also been a strong critic of an energy overhaul passed by his predecessor that many private sector economists regard as one of the best bets for Mexico to lift foreign investment and economic growth.
The president has justified his skepticism about the 2013-14 energy reform by arguing it has yet to result in significant investment or any substantial rise in oil production.
Lopez Obrador has said the economy could grow 2 percent this year, but his finance ministry is more cautious. At the start of this month, the ministry cut its 2019 Mexican growth forecast to between 1.1 percent and 2.1 percent. (Reporting by Sharay Angulo; Editing by Phil Berlowitz and Jonathan Oatis)


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As the western world changes, naturopathy becomes more recognized and accepted as an effective form of treatment for a variety of issues. Many individuals seek out the assistance of a naturopath in place of a variety of failed medical treatments or to work in conjunction with their current treatment. People are also becoming less attracted to medications with negative side effects or non-natural ingredients.
Naturopaths treat individuals as a whole including their body, mind, and spirit in their treatment plan.
Where does naturopathy come from?
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Focus on the prevention further disease instead of treating a disease after it appears
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Peak View – 5 October 2018
Peak School's latest newsletter is available to read now. Find out the latest news around the school and upcoming events.
Principal's Message
Key Dates
Golden Book
Calling All Instrumentalists Aged 7-11!
PYP News
Library News: Andy Griffith Visit, New Books and Volunteers
ESF Sports Autumn Camps
Social Emotional Welbeing Workshop
Principal's Message
Dear Parents/Caregivers
What a lovely time of year! Autumn has arrived and the humidity has finally departed. The children are enjoying their PE lessons and their breaks outside under the clear blue skies.
Before we break for the mid-term break at the end of next week, we will be doing a fire drill. The children know exactly what to do, should the fire alarm ring at Peak School. They know where to assembly and the correct path to get there. Does your child or children have the same level of knowledge when it comes to what happens at home should the fire alarm go off. A good reminder for everyone to ensure everyone in our family knows what to do in the event of a fire.
This week in my blog, which you can access by clicking HERE, you can learn about the following:
- Improving brain function – can you answer yes to all three questions about your child/ren?
- Math Rubrics – access the maths rubrics which we will be referring to at the math workshops next week.
- Policies and Procedures – an opportunity to read through the policies and procedures that have been recently approved by our School Council.
Thank you for your continued support.
Enjoy your weekend everyone.
Kind regards,
Bill Garnett
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Golden Book
Calling All Instrumentalists Aged 7-11!
We're well into the new school year and I am on a musical recruitment mission. Many of our talented musicians from last year have moved on to secondary school, which means there are lots of free spaces in our Peak School Orchestra which need to be filled. Orchestra is open to children who are in years 3, 4, 5 and 6 and play any of the following instruments at instrumental grade 1 or above: flute, recorder, guitar, violin, cello, clarinet, oboe or any brass instruments (piano players need to be instrumental grade 4 or above; they might also have to take turns on keyboard / piano and percussion instruments, depending on numbers).
Our orchestra usually performs during assemblies and school concerts in order to showcase what they have been practising. Previous year's highlights have included our performance at St. John's Cathedral just before Christmas, as well as performances at Chinese New Year and Peak School Has Talent. Children thoroughly enjoy taking part, as it is not only an opportunity for them to learn how to play their instrument in a group and to perform, but also to get to know and socialise with children outside their respective classes.
I will be running orchestra taster sessions on Friday lunchtime (12.45 – 13.20) on October 5th and October 12th in the Performing Arts room for any new and existing members of the orchestra. If your child plays any of the above-mentioned instruments, do encourage them to bring their instrument, come along on Friday and have a go. Regular rehearsals will then take place every Friday at lunchtime.
Best wishes,
Mr. Auld
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Green School Awards
Peak School received a Bronze Award at the 2018 Green School Awards, an event organised by the Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department and the Education Bureau. We were given the award for promoting environmental practices in the school, the curriculum, and throughout the community. Ms. Colet received the award on behalf of Peak School.
Trees are Our Heroes
We lost two of our oldest trees when typhoon Mangkhut hit HK the other week. Check out the photos and read more about it in the PS Wildlife Sanctuary Blog: Trees are Our Heroes!
Children Taking Action
PS Students take action in many different ways. Action is an integral part of our curriculum. Children are given the opportunity to reflect on their learning and to think of ways they can take action through their using their time, talent and treasure, through teaching, and by extending their learning.
Here are a few examples of how children have taken action in the past month:
Kotoko in Y1 shared a personal treasure. She picked up a stick from her weekend walk and donated it to our stick pile for Discovery Time.
All children have been asked to draw flags of countries they identify with. Joseph in Y2 decided to extend his learning by drawing flags of other countries. This has inspired other children in his class to do the same. Well done, Joseph!
Anthony in Y3 took time to plant an avocado seed and to nurture it. Once it had grown, he donated the seedling to the PS Wildlife Sanctuary.
Peak School Mission and Values
Thank you to the parents who joined our roundtable discussion on Friday, 28 September to review Peak School's mission and values. This year, we will be having the same discussion with our students, staff, and governing body to ensure that our guiding statements reflect who we are and what we value.
Library News: Andy Griffith Visit, New Books and Volunteers
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Dear Parents/Carers,
Quarry Bay School is pleased to announce that they will be hosting URSTRONG, an internationally recognized Social Emotional Wellbeing program, on Thursday 25th October.
The aim of URSTRONG is to empower children with the skills, language and self-confidence to be better friends and develop healthier relationships. To learn more about URSTRONG and their programmes please watch this short video which describes the impact of URSTRONG on children and parents around the globe.
URSTRONG will be holding two Language of Friendship workshops on Thursday, 25th October at Quarry Bay School. The workshops have been designed for parents/carers to attend with their children.
Parents can register via the attached electronic advertisement/poster:
- Language of Friendship Jr. (Years 1 and 2 plus parents) from 4.30pm to 6.00pm
- Language of Friendship (Years 3 to 6 plus parents) from 6.30pm to 8.00pm
If you have any questions or queries regarding this event then could you please contact URSTRONG directly using the following email address email@example.com
We look forward to welcoming you at one of the workshops.
Kind Regards,
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Monitoring Diabetes using One Touch Verio
My Early Diabetes
It's been many years now seeing my doctor for my regular checkups and the reason of monitoring my health.
Fluctuating...up and down with my weight, I went on that roller coaster ride that kept me going up and down with my weight and trying to keep my sugar levels in check.
To tell you the truth with me, it wasn't all that bad. I've been told I was borderline diabetic to.... now I have diabetes.... to I don't have it now.
But with my last diagnosis...
I'm back to having it and it all depends on how I manage it from now on.
While having diabetes, I have been told that I am on the better side of it and I have just begun taking Metformin to help me with this medical issue I have.
And as before, I have been told the usual things like watching my carbs and sugar intakes and to get some exercise now and then. But of course... I would get back basically to the same routine I had been doing in the past...but change it around a bit. Change is hard but to do a little bit at a time is nice.
Working at a place where we sell food makes break time quite difficult when contemplating on something to eat. Just to fill your stomach a little or to fill that void.
Can't work on an empty stomach right?
And after work I get hungry again and with so many eating places around....
And they all add up and tend to cost so more money.
I could easily spend ten to fifteen dollars for a day on meals and snack.
Times that by 5 days a week at work.
Help with my Diabetes Monitoring
About a week or so later, I begin seeing someone who can help me understand my diabetes and help me to make changes in my lifestyle. Her name is Viola.
Once we sat down, she began to ask me about my other health issues and what medications I am taking for them. Just the usual what any other doctors or nurse would do. She is wonderful though.
She then began showing me how to read labels on food boxes and packages. We would go through them until I understood how to count the carbs and servings on each different types of food boxes whether they were snacks, ramen, cereal, tortilla wraps, cookies, etc.
I would take notice on the carb amount and see how many servings in a box.
No more than 60 grams of carb per serving in a day (45-60) recommended.
Some times you can get a lot depends on which items you pick. Even the sugar free ice cream deserts can be surprisingly good to go !
One Touch Verio
After a couple of visits, she again ask me if I wanted to take my own reading using the One Touch Verio .
I really don't feel comfortable pricking my own finger but I can be ok with that. So I finally decided to being curious about my fluctuations on my sugar levels from time to time.
After all... it's free she said and she will give me one for myself. After making some calls regarding my health insurance, getting the disposable parts are 100 % covered !
So why not ?
Diabetes Poll
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I have been given papers and stuff where I can document my test results in keeping track with my sugar reading so as to know how I'm doing.
Not exactly something I look forward to poking myself. but it seems kind of fun to see what happens when I eat certain things or what happens when I do some walking or exercise and see what the outcome would be.
New Update :
As of now after taking some blood tests...my doctor have talked me into starting to take a new medication to help keep my sugar levels down. I am now taking Metformin. At first I felt scared but I am still in my early stages, not there yet where I would need to take insulin and give myself a shot... OUCH !
Some Positive Results
My latest reading over a 3 month period, I have found out that I am doing better. My reading is now 6.0. Dropped from ## previously.
I had lost some weight from 219 pounds and had dropped to 209. Just 10 pounds... but I can definitely feel a difference.The tingling poking sensation has pretty much gone away on the most part and my right foot feels better now.
Also the corn on my baby toe doesn't hurt any more and it seems like I have more space now and with wearing my new shoes, these definitely gives me a much more comfortable experience and I can enjoy walking again.
My feet are breathing again.
What Now ?
I have stopped seeing my health care provider now because she is moving to another area on the other side of the island of Oahu. I was told that someone would call me and to follow up.
But as for now... I still try to watch what I eat...at times.
I'll keep posting on this hubpage when I do further visits and monitoring of my health.
Hope this is a bit helpful at least with the videos included.
Take Care Everyone....


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This is the story of Kimya, a clever, pretty child given to mystical 'timeless moments', growing up in a tiny village in the mountains of what is now Turkey at a time when the traditional Christian families and the incoming Muslims are still living peacefully together in such remote parts. Her mother Evdokia is a Christian, her father Farokh one of the newcomers.
At the age of seven, when it becomes obvious to everyone that she is very different from the other village children, she is taken to the nearest city, Konya, to be educated by Orthodox nuns. However, the nuns are no longer there, and her father leaves her with Maulana (Jalaluddin Rumi) and his family when Kimya seems to recognise the philosopher and wish to stay with him.
All goes well until the arrival in the city of the whirling Dervish known as Shams, from Tabriz, whose influence on Maulana (and Kimya) is, according to most people, nothing short of malign, though they themselves (Maulana and Kimya) never cease to regard him as a saint.


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When you have installed a garage door and see it benefiting you, you typically have the tendency to ignore the need to analyze it every now and then.
Only when there is a severe problem when it comes to the safety concern or procedure, you start stressing over the solution. Currently, the factor is this. Garage doors are extremely technical components. They are hefty items that go up and also down several times in a day as well as are therefore prone to damage. Here are 5 sure indications that you need to call specialists to do a Garage Door Repair.
Not opening or shutting
We could say this is one of the most noticeable sign that you have to arrange for the assessment of your garage door by Rivers & Son Garage Door Repair specialists as promptly as possible. There could be many factors for this mistake consisting of malfunctioning circuitry, misaligned sensing units, and others. To begin with, before employing the professionals, literally inspect if there is something obstructing the method of the sensing units. If this is not the instance, then do not think twice to call an expert to check the root cause of the issue as well as the treatment it.
Late response
Observe just how much time the garage door requires to respond to your commands when you operate it with the remote. After pushing the opener you must expect the door to open or shut within a 2nd or two. If there is any kind of hold-up in the operation. It implies there is something incorrect with the door or opener and also you will certainly correct it.
Garage door makes a huge sound
A loud garage door indicates that there is something wrong with the hardware, rollers or the opener. To fix any type of such mistakes, only straightforward fixings and also replacements will be called for. Therefore it is constantly needed that you create the sensitivity to regard any kind of uncommon sound coming from your garage door.
Doors going off the track
If you discover the garage door has actually moved off the track, then it could result in the malfunctioning of the door or it might get stuck. Generally, this issue is reported with the doors that have benefited so long and also had endured plenty of damages over their lifetime. This scenario could not be assisted on your own, you have to call the professionals to see if you could remedy it by changing a few of the components or choose full garage door replacement altogether.
Areas of garage door drooping
Over a period of time, some sections of your garage door could sag if they are not kept effectively. If this takes place, you will locate some noticeable voids in between under completion of the door when the door is in the closed setting. Consequently, to prevent this it is essential to test the equilibrium of your garage a minimum of as soon as in a month. To do this, you need to disconnect the opener from the door as well as manually operate it. When the door is left midway, it must not maintain rising or falling. If this occurs you must know that something has gone wrong with the garage door springs or components of the door.


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PLAN FOR CLIMBING MT MCKINLEY from the western margin and between forty and fifty miles from the eastern margin of the mountains. It is evi dent, therefore, that an expedition to climb the mountain should approach it from the northwest. This is especially true as the gravel-floored plateau on the northwest side of the range is, for the most part, above timber and, as it affords good traveling, gives ready access to the base of the mountains, where good grass is plentiful. The mountain itself is dome-shaped and has two summits two miles apart, differing about i,ooo feet in altitude, the southernmost being the highest. Its northwestern slope is drained by a large glacier, which discharges into a river tributary to the Toklat. The most feasible route to the top of the mountain is probably across this glacier or by a ridge which separates it from a glacier flowing to the west and draining into the Tatlathna River. The topo graphic map now being prepared will aid the climbers, but some preliminary exploratory work to pick out the best route would have to be done. The ascent of the mountain itself would not seem to present serious difficulties to experienced mountain climbers. The fact that the snow line is about 7,000 feet, instead of being nearly at sea-level, as at St Elias, gives the Mt McKinley ascent a decided advantage. The upper limit of spruce timber is about 2,500 feet, but willow sufficient for fuel is found up to 4,000 feet. Pack-horses could find ample grass up to 3,500 feet, and by a careful choice of route could probably be taken up to snow line, on the slope of the mountain. While the writers must disclaim any personal knowledge of high mountain climbing, yet their study of the ques tion would lead them to believe that Mt McKinley could be ascended by making one camp at the base and three on the slopes. The base camp would be within the zone of grass and fuel, the next at snow line, and the other two at convenient points between the snow line and the summit. The actual ascent of the mountain will present the difficulties, toils, and dangers with which the experienced mountaineer is familiar and against which he will prepare himself as far as possible. A very serious difficulty for which the average mountaineer might be less prepared is the long and difficult journey to the base of the mountain. Though Mt McKinley in an air line is only about 150 miles distant from tide water, yet to reach its northwest base from Cook Inlet necessitates a journey of at least 400 miles. This distance was traversed by the writers in about two months, but the progress was less rapid than it would have been except ing for the necessity of carrying on sur veys and of exploring for a route. The party, consisting of seven men, made the journey on foot, while twenty pack horses, most of which were loaded with provisions, carried the outfit. The time required for the journey and the energy spent in overcoming obstacles, such as chopping trails, traversing swamps, and crossing rivers, makes the reaching of the base of Mt McKinley a serious un dertaking. Our experience and knowledge of the region would lead us to propose three general plans for reaching the northwest foot of the mountain from which, as had been shown, the ascent should best be made. The first two plans involve a summer journey only, while the third would take a year for its execution. An examination of the map (page 32) will show that Mt McKinley lies about half way between the navigable waters on Cook Inlet and the Yukon River, which is navi gated by river steamers. Either of these could be used as a point of de parture for the long inland journey. If the project to climb the mountain were to be accomplished in one season, 31
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It's a few hours before we eat a huge Thanksgiving dinner. On one side of me, my husband lays in his easy chair, snoring. On the other side, Jasmine lays on her doggie bed, snoring. What more could a person want?
It has been a little over four months since Jasmine graced our home. I think about the life she lived before being rescued and her life now, and it makes me happy to know that I was able to make her life so much better. Every soft pillow, every crunchy bone, every pet in my lap reinforces that she's here for good and an important member of our family.
Today is a day to give thanks for what we have, but isn't every day? While people say that Jasmine is a lucky dog, I think we're the lucky ones. And for that, Jasmine will have her first taste of fresh roasted turkey tonight. She deserves to celebrate too.


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Astrology: For Those Who Won't Admit They're Interested: A Spicy New Take On the Ancient Art of Stargazing
by Sudhir
"Astrology: For Those Who Won't Admit They're Interested" presents astrology in a fresh and unorthodox light. It is written with the intention of offering both sceptics and lovers of astrology a deeper appreciation of the stars.
This book is lavishly and humorously illustrated by the brilliantly wry Australian artist, Jinesh Wilmot. Upasana Papadopoulos is the editor. She also conducted the interview with Sudhir that is included.


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Cape Girardeau County Democrats
Chairperson, Jon Kessler
February 22, 2018
For Immediate Release
Cape Girardeau County Democrats to hold press conference Monday
The Cape Girardeau County Democrats will hold a press conference to discuss the organization's agenda and outline its plans for the remainder of 2018 at 9 a.m. Monday, Feb. 26, in the second-floor courtroom at the Old Federal Building, 339 Broadway in Cape Girardeau. All community members are welcome to attend.
In the past year, interest in the organization has grown considerably among community members and area voters, presumably due to the results of the 2016 presidential election. During this press conference, organization leaders plan to detail specifically how members will
work to make a difference and develop tangible results throughout the community and the region leading up to the midterm elections in November and beyond.
One goal in particular rises above the rest: Produce more votes from the region for Democrats at all levels during the midterm elections than has occurred in the last 20 years. All community members who wish to demonstrate unity and activism are invited to join the organization and support candidates who will work together to achieve common goals for all people and enact positive change for the area and the state.
For more information or comment, please contact Andy Leighton at (573) 275-1682.


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If you haven't listened to this week's episode, check it out here!
The Hand History
On "Live at the Bike" at the Bicycle Casino in CA
5-10 with Straddle to 20
Hero (covers) opens 66 in the HJ to 60, Villain (3500) raises to 210 OTB, Hero calls.
Flop (455)
Hero checks, Villain bets 210, Hero raises to 675, Villain calls.
Turn (1805)
Hero bets 800, Villain folds.
Dealing with Range Disparities
Much of this hand boils down to the fact that I have a big range advantage OTF. It's highly unlikely that villain will have full combinations of T9s, 88, or 77. For a proper range analysis, partial combos should be assigned to account for a mixed strategy or just an error in judgment by me. Still, I think there is almost no predictable world where villain has even a quarter of all possible non-JJ nutted hands.
On the other hand, I have close to 100% of the nutted hands on this board. With so many nutted hands, a fairly narrow range to begin with, and a lot of money left behind for a 3-bet pot (a straddle nevertheless), villain is in a tough spot. Outside of JJ and 78s, basically all of villain's range is at best a strong draw or a bluff-catcher. Really, this means I should have a flop donking range, but I had information from a friend watching the stream that Will had a tendency to default to betting too often. I had also noticed this, as Will never gave up on any line of betting when he was the aggressor from the prior street. Since I expected Will to c-bet often, I happily checked my whole range on a flop on which I had both an equity advantage and a nutted hand advantage.
Preflop Ranges
Ok, let's backtrack here a second. Before I get into claims that I had a significant equity advantage on the flop, let's take a look at some ranges.
First, here is a tightish 3-bet range for Will.
It's possible to create a range that interacts better with this board, but it's a lot easier to add a bunch of low equity hands for every high equity hand you add on this board.
Considering I made the call with 66 OOP with deeper stacks, I'm obviously not giving villain a ton of credit to take proper advantage of his position, case and point in this hand. My 3-bet calling range would look a lot like this against this button absent a physical read.
I'd probably 4-bet a few AQ combos as a bluff since this range is a little bit too AQ-heavy for my tastes. Otherwise, it is just about right.
Stuff About C-Betting
There are a few underlying factors, some of which must be true for c-betting at a high frequency to be the correct strategy. One, the preflop raiser could have an equity advantage. This will often be the case since many boards come A-high or K-high and the preflop raiser will have hands like AA, KK, and AK at a much higher frequency. On lower boards, The presence of those overpairs will also provide a significant equity edge, especially when the preflop raiser (or 3-bettor) has most of the sets. Two, the preflop caller will not raise the c-bet at a high frequency. This is a good assumption in most games. It is also facilitated by point one which is often true. Three, the preflop caller will overfold on some street, likely the flop or turn. This is very often true and is a great reason to C-bet at a high frequency. Implicit in that term, c-betting at a high frequency, is that the preflop raiser is overbluffing. It's almost impossible to bet 70+% of your hands OTF in a balanced way, especially since you will almost always be susceptible to check-raises.
In this hand, none of these assumptions were true for villain. Of course, he wouldn't necessarily know that I am over-defending by calling and check-raising, but he has seen me check-raise as a likely bluff earlier in the session. Also, we are playing 5-10-20 so it should be considered as a possibility. The bigger mistake here was not identifying the serious equity disadvantage. My range had almost 60% equity on this flop. For that reason alone, villain should consider checking back his whole range on this board. In theory, I should probably be leading a high percentage of my range since I don't want to give a free card. All of the factors that are often true for the preflop raiser apply to me on this board.
As Played
When you consider my equity advantage and villain's c-betting frequency, it would be almost criminal to fold any hand on this board. Of course, 66 has reasonable equity against a c-betting range and calling is not out of the question. However, if I check-raise and barrel off, I think I can get villain to fold any hand other 78 or JJ on a non-club runout. That's basically what I did, although I was lucky enough to pick up equity on the turn and not face any tough decisions like a K turn.
The most precarious part of this hand from my seat is whether or not to shove on a favorable river card. I think I probably should in case villain doesn't fold AA-QQ OTT, but if he does, than my river barrel is basically lighting $2000 on fire. Of course, getting villain to fold a bluff is better than check-folding to that same bluff. For that reason, I think the river barrel is the safest play since check-calling 66 on a 2 river is a little bit fancy for my tastes.
Main Takeaways
There are a few key concepts to take away from this hand. First, keep in mind that my strategy is highly exploitative even though it is based on sound theory. If my opponent and I both recognize we are starting with the assigned ranges on this flop, I would be leading the flop at a high frequency since villain would almost always check back.
While I should be leading here in theory, few opponets will. Therefore, from villains seat, the exploit is to check back at a high frequency, especially against a strong opponent but probably against almost any opponent. When your opponent has 60% equity after being at an equity disadvantage preflop, they probably won't be folding much to c-bets and will be check-raising for value at a high frequency. For pot control, check back some value. To save money, underbluff.
A final takeaway is a bit more advanced but is worth considering. Having bad board coverage can be a huge detriment. If villain 3-bets hands like 77, 88, and T9s at some frequency, even if its very low, it will improve the overall expectation of his range on a board like this significantly.
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Does Brooks Ayers Have Cancer? Lizzie Rovsek Breaks Down RHOC's Hot Topic
The #RHOC swimsuit designer weighs in on the claims made against Vicki Gunvalson's ex-boyfriend.
Brooks Ayers' cancer continues to be at the center of almost all major conflicts on Real Housewives of Orange County Season 10, with many women voicing their concerns about the validity of his diagnosis. Now RHOC pal Lizzie Rovsek is sharing her opinion of the ongoing surrounding Vicki Gunvalson's ex-boyfriend. "It's difficult for me, because Vicki is my friend (as are the other women on the show), and I have a hard time seeing them diving so deeply into Brooks' cancer," she told All About The Tea. "Brooks is not even a housewife. Trying so hard to condemn Vicki and Brooks for faking cancer has become the biggest theme of the entire season."
"I think some of the women have gone too far with it," she continued. "You can believe it or not. Ultimately, if they are faking cancer, that's something they'll have to deal with themselves — with God — that's the final judgement. It's gone way too far, and it's overstepping privacy boundaries."
Many of the ladies have been leery of Brooks' cancer diagnosis, but no one has been more adamant to find out the truth more than Meghan King Edmonds, and Lizzie isn't a fan of the actions shes taken to get to the bottom. "I like Meghan, but seeing her call all these doctors and call the ex-girlfriend — I just don't get it," she said. "I don't like that kind of stuff... She doesn't know Brooks, and she hardly knows Vicki. Vicki has been friends with Heather, Tamra, and Shannon for a long time, and they are not the ones taking these actions. They obviously have their opinions, but they are not going to these lengths."
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It is the beginning of a new year. At the beginning of each year, I spend time getting Lightroom ready for the new year's images. I categorize my images by the year, then within the year, by the subject. For the new year, I add a new folder for that year and update my copyright information to reflect the new year.
This year, I am also going through the Lightroom library and deleting images that are no longer needed and reorganizing my keywords. Sometimes, when I first download images, I just use a general set of keywords and they may not be specific to that image. As my library grows, so does the inability to find images if I don't categorize them correctly now.
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To Benjamin Franklin from Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, 23 January 1783
From Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart7
ALS: American Philosophical Society
paris le 23. janvi 1783
J'ai L'honneur d'Envoyer a Monsieur franclin deux Nouvelles Epreveuves de la medaille, en observant que La tete8 n'est pas encore au point de perfection ou elle doit etre, que Les Serpens que tient L'enfant Seront plus grands et plus Caracterisés; en outre Le graveur a mis intans, au lieu d'infans et qu'il Corrigera Ce deffaut d'Ortographe—9
J'ai L'honneur de Rapeller au Souvenir de Monsieur franclin qu'il m'avoit promis Ce qu'il doit faire Ecrire des deux Cotés en Bas de la Medaille et que Ce Seul objet en retient La perfection.1
J'ai Celui de L'assurer du tres humble Respect de Son tres devouè Serviteur
Endorsements: Jeudy en huit chez Mad D'uteto / Jan. 31. 832
Notation: Brognant, Paris 23 Janvr. 1783
7. The architect who had solicited sketches for the Libertas Americana medal and was now serving as an intermediary between BF and the engraver, Augustin Dupré; see XXXVIII, 128–9, 577–8. On April 23 Brongniart was paid 1,136 l.t. "in full on Account of the Medal": Account XXVII (XXXII, 4).
8. "Tête" has a double meaning in this case: its numismatic sense is "obverse," but Brongniart could also be referring to the head of Liberty, which would amount to the same thing.
9. The proof of the obverse has never been located. The unfinished reverse came to light in May, 2006, as part of the John J. Ford, Jr., Collection sold at Stack's. It is shown on the facing page, where the misspelling of "infans" is obvious, and the snakes are somewhat shorter than in the final version illustrated in the frontispiece. The snake in the infant's right hand was given a longer tail; the one in his left hand was given a longer tongue with an exaggerated tip.
The motto BF selected for the reverse was from Horace's Odes, book 3, ode 4, line 20: "Non sine diis animosus infans" (not without divine help is the infant courageous). For the obverse, he chose "Libertas Americana." They had been suggested by the classicist William Jones, whom BF thanked on March 17, below.
1. The blank sections at the base of each side were reserved for dates. For the reverse, there was a question of how best to fit the two dates of the surrenders of Burgoyne and Cornwallis in such a small, curved space. BF sketched a design on the verso of the present letter. Taking advantage of the fact that both battles occurred in October, he wrote "Oct." in the narrow space on the left (centered, top to bottom), drew a brace, and to the right of it wrote the day and year of each battle, one above the other. Either BF or Dupré later altered this design by moving "Oct." to the center; see the illustration of the finished medal.
2. This appears to have been jotted after the comtesse d'Houdetot issued an invitation for a musical performance on Thursday, Feb. 13; see her note to BF of Feb. 4.


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fashion + beauty + insider interviews + est 2006
Friday, November 09, 2007
los angeles -- okay. i get it. whitney houston is a recovering.....? but is that an excuse to look sloppy. methinks not! look at kate moss, naomi campbell and even nicole ritchie, all celebs who have at one time or another (allegedly) been addicted. no matter how bad the habit, they always managed to sleek and stylish. whitney could take a page out of their book by stepping her paparazzi photo game up. whenever she's at an award show she looks glam. but left on her own, she's consistently sloppy. i'm over it. now that she's looking half-way sober, i need her to start looking half way stylish - something that this tired looking ensemble is not. (never mind the little girl on the right, i have no idea who she is. and she gets a pass for that outfit as she looks under the age of 15.)
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House Becomes You is an important part of the continuing proposal for new forms of family, representation, queer desire, motherhood, and environment, through a re-working of image and how image encounters materials. In all our collaborations, we mine the experiences of the personal as potential to fracture and access the larger experience of visuality, body and inhabitation of space.
The materials have a range of hierarchies of provisionality. The idea of re-making and fabrication of a material and narrative are both important to how the finished work occupies and makes uneasy in the space. All of the images are sourced from videos that we have shot for Strangely Ordinary This Devotion or A Hand In Two Ways; Fisted. The felted video stills are a basis for a new contingency of material and image inhabitation.
"The stills act as a background for material constructions that range from handmade holders for plexiglass to the stitching of colored gels onto the felted image. The works are marked by their conflation of material and content— foam, felt, bags of water, steel and plexiglass, frame the vulnerable physical body that is presented as erotic, sutured, slack and banal. In bringing unlike things together, the exhibition joins the feral with the domestic in a radiant illumination of queer desire, motherhood, and human understanding." Erin Woodbrey Gaa gallery


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By Gilbert Sunghera, S.J.
The University of Detroit Mercy lies at the intersection of two great corridors, Livernois Avenue and 6- Mile Road, also known as McNichols Road in honor of the Jesuit university president who moved the main campus to this location. To the north, across McNichols Road, is one of Detroit's most stable neighborhoods, featuring well-built brick structures along streets with manicured lawns. It is a diverse middle to upper-middle class neighborhood with relatively low levels of unemployment.
To the west (across Livernois Ave.) is a very different set of neighborhoods. Livernois was the main conduit of destruction during the '67 riots, which left in their wake abandoned and burned storefronts and businesses. In the intervening 50 years, most of these businesses never returned, and like most of the city, the shells of burned-out establishments dot this once proud thoroughfare.
The Fitzgerald neighborhood, which lies behind the commercial activity of Livernois, has modest homes, many made of wood; and again, like most of Detroit, these homes did not fair well in the white flight that occurred in full speed after the riots/rebellion. Over 100 lots in the immediate neighborhood are either vacant or have burned shells of homes. The residential neighborhoods to the south and east of the campus are similar to this Fitzgerald neighborhood. As the student population dropped at the university, mirroring the city's population drop, the university slowly began to close off streets and eventually fenced itself off from surrounding danger.
The university has done more than its fair share of providing services to the city. It operates 21 academic-based clinics, serving over 30,000 people annually with free or reduced cost for medical, dental, law, and counseling services; it even has a nonprofit architectural firm. In addition, students provide direct service to those in need through a variety of service-learning courses, and many clubs and organizations provide direct service to the city in creative ways. However, many of those services leap-frogged the immediate neighborhood to reach more desperate parts of the city.
A notable exception is our Campus Kitchen program, which repackages food not used in our cafeteria for folks in our immediate neighborhood. This past year over 10,000 pounds of food was given to three community partners in the immediate neighborhood. Roughly 54 percent of the children in the surrounding neighborhood live below the poverty level, and 40 percent of the working age population is unemployed. The university attracts an underserved population of students in the region, and roughly one third of the students are first-generation immigrants
In the fall of 2015, the university and The Kresge Foundation established the Live6 Alliance (Livernois Avenue and 6Mile Road), as a non-profit economic development organization chaired by university president, Dr. Antoine Garibaldi. There had been earlier attempts at stabilizing the area; however, this current effort is proving to be the most interesting
Lauren Hood, the first interim director of Live6, is an alumna of a newly established Master of Community Development program, housed in the school of architecture. Unlike traditional planning programs, MCD roots community development in service, social justice, and sustainability. It is an interdisciplinary approach integrating human, organizational, physical, and economic aspects to guide residents in reimagining their neighborhood.
The Live6 revitalization efforts hosted listening sessions with community stakeholders. These sessions, labeled "speakeasy," have focused on everything from security, arts and culture, business, youth, and so forth. The lively discussions pit diverse constituents with different visions against each other to help find common cause.
A major sticking point has been the fence that surrounds the campus. The symbolic nature and burden of the fence remind neighbors how difficult it is to attract parents to a campus that is not quickly perceived as safe. In one discussion, I found myself burdened by defending the fence, especially now that I oversee an aging Jesuit community, and as I mentioned at one of these speakeasies, aging Jesuits don't move fast. Many of the local neighbors nodded their heads in agreement, citing similar concerns about their own aging parents.
At another speakeasy, a neighbor asked, "Why is the university even here? It doesn't make any business sense." I explained that as a Catholic institution, we are more than just about training future doctors, lawyers, The University of Detroit Mercy is deeply engaged with its neighbors. philosophers, poets; we are concerned with bringing about the Kingdom. That Kingdom has not yet arrived. I also mentioned that what we can do best for the neighborhood is to get suburban students into the city so they can learn from those who have survived, so they can learn to love the city.
These are difficult conversations, and solutions have yet to find solid footing, but small interventions are occurring. A farmers market featuring locally grown vegetables from a group of residents and the Detroit Public School children is providing fresh produce in this food desert. Light up Livernois, a program that started prior to Live6, is helping small businesses repopulate the Avenue of Fashion, a once thriving boutique shopping destination in the city.
The conversations also point out some of the struggles concerning what people want in their neighborhood. Those at the university and the upper middle class neighborhood to our north would love a resurgence of small businesses, while some of the other neighbors want an Applebee's restaurant to prove to the rest of the city that "we have made it." Expectations are difficult to manage in diverse neighborhoods, so this approach of neighborhood conversations is proving useful.
Detroit has made national news for its innovative rehabilitation programs, focused primarily in midtown and downtown neighborhoods. The city's planning department is currently employing other strategies to minimize the displacement of long-time residents and to amplify the charism of local communities that have survived. But it is highly unlikely that Detroit will ever repopulate its 1950 peak of 1.85 million residents.
One initiative that reflects this new thinking is being launched in the Fitzgerald neighborhood west of the campus, which has over 100 vacant lots. Productive landscape techniques are being employed (small truck farms, tree lots, wildflower fields) to knit the community together and to provide employment opportunities for the local residents. This program is one of five national demonstration projects funded by the Knight Foundation for innovative approaches in shrinking cities. Our students during their freshman orientation will spend half a day preparing the Fitzgerald neighborhood for the first phase of implementation of this aggressive scheme.
A university can be a catalyst for successful neighborhood stabilization and growth if it can empower the community to articulate goals and values and can align the university community's values (students, faculty, staff, alumni, and future parents) with those of the local community.
Gilbert Sunghera, S.J., is associate professor of architecture and rector of the Jesuit community at the University of Detroit Mercy