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Vintage Tastes, Modern Flavours: Palette Dining, Katoomba
Proving That Everything Old, Is New Again
By Kitty Von Tastique
It seems as though these days we are forever seeking the elusive 'next big thing' in food and somehow forgetting to reflect on the past in our dining.
I'm always relieved when I hear of someone who is willing to nod to this legacy. Someone who will embrace both the old and the new. Who will invent a new creation using the inspiration of what has gone before.
I was indeed blessed with this experience when I recently visited Palette Dining, a new restaurant helmed by owner and chef, Petrina Kerr and sommelier Matt Hardy.
For someone of Kerr's impeccable pedigree (she has catered at Buckingham Palace and for Elton John) you would expect a certain degree of distance to be maintained between herself and her clientele but in fact nothing could be further from the truth.
She is warm, open, and driven, with a passion to keep 'paying it forward'. After inheriting her grandmother's house and garden three years ago, Kerr decided to make the 'green-change' and move to the mountains. Kerr now uses her grandmother's legacy of love, to bring special flavours and seasonality to her dishes. On the night we dined this included borage flowers, kale leaves, herbs and rhubarb, which all came from the garden that her grandmother established so many years ago.
"I've never been a green thumb until now, but now I put something in the ground and I'm like 'Oh my gosh it grew!' It's all that care and attention that she put into the soil. She always had a market garden wherever she lived and she supported her seven kids" says Kerr.
Every mouthful feels familiar, yet fresh, Kerr drawing on 'old-fashioned' favourites like fennel and rhubarb to pay tribute to the past and then flipping them on their heads through playful preparation, presentation and well-balanced flavours.
She hopes to establish a rooftop garden and hive (we were lucky to take a peek at its beginnings), so her employees can appreciate the growing process, and she harvests many of her ingredients and accompanying wine list from the surrounding areas. She even recently took her staff on a local truffle expedition.. Her grand plan is to bring people to the area for a truly, regional 'foodie' experience.
The restaurant itself is steeped in history. Located in the iconic Niagara building in Katoomba, built in 1905, the building has been home to a drapery, ice-cream parlour and various eating establishments in its lifetime. The building itself is well known for its Art Deco style facade, installed in 1922, which is now a local landmark.
The inside however, has been renewed to include an upstairs gallery space to support local artists and has the perfect ambience for a cosy rendezvous by the giant windows overlooking the street below.
Downstairs the original shopfront windows remain and there are traces of the original stained glass windows, monogram 'N' for Niagara and outside that iconic neon 'Niagara' sign has been refreshed to glow-on for many years to come.
Our weekend foodie adventure in the Blue Mountains was the perfect example of an amazing restaurant paying tribute to the past by being excellent in the present. Embracing the legacy it has been graciously given and letting that shine, through its world-class offerings.
I would not be surprised to see the Blue Mountains soon become a solid foodie destination, and when that happens this fabulous restaurant should be given top place on the map!
Palette Dining are located at:
The Niagara Building
92 Bathurst Rd, Katoomba, NSW
Ph: 02 4782 9530
Artwork in Palette Dining from the 'Unpopular Penguins' exhibition by Ben Tankard
The writer dined as a guest at Palette Dining.


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Robert Half is working with a Financial Services business specialising in international foreign exchange based in Central London. Due to rapid growth our client is seeking a Recruitment and HR Coordinator to join the Human Resources team to take ownership of the recruitment and talent function. This exciting opportunity offers excellent scope for development through UK and International HR projects and a starting salary of up to £35,000.
Role - The successful Recruitment Coordinator will -
- Assist with planning for hiring needs across UK and Ireland
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Depending on experience this role is offering a base salary of up to £35,000 plus benefits
For further details about this exciting new Recruitment Coordinator position please call Victoria Flynn at Robert Half on 020 7389 6901.
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(Mia's current favourite greeting!)
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Joel Skingle Photography is just that – Joel Skingle… but with a secret back up team of his family, who keep him in cups of coffee, packed lunches, ironed chinos & cuddles the morning after a long day! Joel started his business 7 years ago, after studying & working successfully in Graphic Design for the likes of Dunlop, Wella & Hallmark cards. Photography was his most enjoyed part of his degree & this soon translated into the images he took at his first few weddings. 7 years on, his images continue to push boundaries further with every wedding. Joel's eye for the perfect shot has earned him awards from his clients & the industry, a profile in Unveiled magazine, as well as weddings featured in Belle Bridal, Yorkshire Weddings & Pro Photographer Magazine.
When he's not behind the camera, Joel loves nothing more than a walk along the River Swale with his Border Collie Ben, family time at home or packing up his Defender for a weekend of camping in the Dales!
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I've uploaded two new videos. One is a 53 second clip shot with an iPhone of some old plastic caught on top of a wall. I slowed the playback speed to about 30%, double-tracked the sound and added a bit of echo and reverb. The result is quite eerie.
The other is a much shorter iPhone clip of an outdoor ashtray smoking and looking like it's about to catch fire.
Both are filed in a playlist called Vignettes. These areshort video notes, mostly with a static camera and minimal or no editing - like a long photo.


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It is rather exciting to have the opportunity to try a new brand, although perhaps that is just the skincare junkie in me. Most people I know would look at me with a somewhat sceptical raised brow if I were to voice that out loud. However, we are all here because we have one thing in common, we all love beauty.
Tropic Skincare was first introduced to me a couple of months back, whereby in that time I have discovered that I actually had heard about this brand a long time ago and simply had not put two and two together. If you are from the UK and are a fan of the Apprentice, then you may remember Susan Ma. Back in 2011 she was on our screens of an evening, whereby her business to receive the investment from Lord Sugar was, you guessed it, Tropic Skincare.
Tropic Skincare is certified cruelty free, with all products free from mineral oil, parabens and SLS. There is a whole list on their website which goes into this in much more depth, however for review purposes you get the picture; it is quite a clean and ethical brand which is great news. Tropic offers a wide range of products from make up, facial skincare and body care so there should be something which should cater to all preferences. Having had the opportunity to try a few products from each category, I thought it would be nice to share with you my initial thoughts.
Super Greens Nutrient Boost Serum*
First and foremost, I adore the packaging of this serum. Anything made of glass instantly makes me feel like it is a much more luxurious product, it is perhaps a somewhat fickle outlook however I cannot help it. That being said, it is not the most travel friendly product ever to feature on my blog for that very reason. This is a light weight serum which is as green as it looks in the bottle when applied, however do not let this deter you as it soon enough fades away as this sinks into your skin. A little goes a long way I have found, therefore the 30ml should last you quite a long time.
Packed full of healthy greens to boost your skins hydration and natural defences, this is the ideal product to incorporate into your routine. My skin seems to really enjoy this so far, although I do intend on using it for a much longer period before I draw my final conclusions. So far it is a hit with me, but I will be back to provide a full update later in the year.
Body Love Firming Buttercream*
Generally speaking, I am not one to go for more expensive body creams, mainly because I am terrible at getting myself into a dedicated routine where I am using them on a regular basis. That being said, it is worth the extra effort involved when it comes down to the Body Love Firming Buttercream* as it is divine. Personally, I have never found any product which helps with the old bug bear that is cellulite, therefore I will not really address that because I often feel like it can be a marketing ploy to get women to buy the product; that applies to any brand in my experience.
That being said, as a body lotion I love this and would highly recommend it if you suffer from dry skin and you look towards a more ethically sourced brand as it does work beautifully. It has a nice light lemon scent which I personally like, however it can take a while to rub in so do bear that in mind. All in all, it is a great product which certainly gets the thumbs up from me.
Colour Click Lipstick*
There are currently seven shades within the lipstick range offered by Tropic, two of which I have featured today. In Bloom is the soft rose shade which would suit a wide variety of skin tones, this is my personal favourite out of the two as it is much more wearable. It has a sheer finish but still adds a really nice blush shade to the lips; it is a great option for everyday wear.
Poppy on the other hand is a true letterbox red which has a much stronger colour payoff than the previous shade mentioned. Shades like this are harder for me to wear because I simply find myself much more aware that I am wearing them, therefore I rarely opt for them these days. The finish for both shades is of a lustre type finish if you compare them to MAC, meaning that longevity isn't the strongest point, however this does make them easier to wear in my opinion and after all, it really is no bother to have to touch up every now and then.
Have you tried any products from Tropic?
*This post contains PR samples, for more please read my disclaimer.


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Ready, set,
Run for Pride!
Secure your place in this year's most colorful race party. Tickets out now
Secure your place in this year's most colorful race party. Tickets out now
On Tuesday, 28 July 2020 we will transform Stockholm's royal park into a colourful place for celebration, a fun-filled party and community spirit. That is when Run For Pride will once again be held on the island of Djurgården – and it will be even better than last year. The event area outside Sjöhistoriska opens at 16:00 /4 PM with entertainment and artist performance. The race starts at 18:00 /6 PM.
You can choose to run either a 5 km or a 10 km race, and just like last year our focus is on having fun rather than running our best. We hope to bring together 1,000 participants to run with us and enjoy entertainment from great acts on stage and many fun surprises along the way.
This year we will donate a full SEK 100 for every participant to Sweden's "Rainbow Fund" – a foundation that aims to create a world with the same fundamental human rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.
So come and join us, and help make history! The registration fee also includes a goodie bag and medal!
- Location, Royal Djurgården with start and finish line outside Sjööhistoriska Museet. The start takes place at 18.00.
- Professional timing in collaboration with Racetimer.
- Good for both body and soul. Test your limitations in the race while 100 SEK of the registration fee goes unnoticed to the Rainbow Fund.
Distance: 5 K
Price: 495 SEK
100 SEK goes to Regnbågsfonden
Run for Pride is hosted by Strong Media Group AB with support by runners club Stockholm Frontrunners
Event producer Supreme Events
Run for Pride Magazine is a magazine that goes out with our mediapartner Dagens Industri before the race
Here you can find exclusive interviews, and information about the race and the LGBT community in Sweden


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In Germany alone, the number of police-reported cybercrime incidents has almost doubled in between 2002 and 2018 – from a "mere" 57.488 to 108.510 incidents.
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Susan and Thomas H.
How would you rate your trip overall? Excellent
Comment: Everything was planned out perfectly.
What was the most important reason for choosing AFRICAN PORTFOLIO? Referral
How many safari companies did you consider before selecting AFRICAN PORTFOLIO?
One or Two
How would you rate AFRICAN PORTFOLIO'S representatives in Africa?
South Africa Excellent
Comment: Only had to contact them once about a suitcase that needed to be forwarded to the airport (not their fault) and they handled it immediately. Very impressive.
What additional information (if any) would you have liked to receive prior to your departure from home?
I think we got everything and more.
What additional information (if any) would you have liked to receive from our representatives in Africa while on safari?
How would you describe your accommodation, facilities and meals? Please provide the name of the hotel, lodge or camp you are describing.
Cape Grace – charming, wonderful staff, beautiful room, excellent breakfast, great location
Ngala – the best!! Loved our guide, Lee Anne, Richard our tracker, MK our butler and Dennis the manager. The drives were excellent and both LeeAnn and Richard made us feel at home. Great food.
Ivory Sands – beautiful room, good safaris, lots of booze
What and where was your favorite meal of the trip?
Dinner at Ngala with some new friends that we made.
How would you evaluate your safari guides and staff? Please provide the name of the person you are describing.
Lee Anne – Ngala guide – wonderful, knowledgeable, funny and passionate about her job
Richard – Ngala tracker – great! Knew exactly what he was doing, was full of information, worked well with Lee Anne and the rest of us
JP – Ivory Lodge guide – Nice, loved his job, we were spoiled by Lee Anne
Norman – Ivory Lodge tracker – really knew his stuff
Was there anything you would have like more of, less of, or done differently?
Maybe one less day at Ivory and one more day in civilization. Didn't have any time to shop.
What was your most memorable moment in Africa?
Getting stuck in the mud in Ngala and having Lee Anne and Richard save us – all the while knowing that there was a leopard out there. They were great.
If you could give future travelers one word of advice, what would it be?
Don't worry about safari clothes. Sketchers shoes, shorts, a safari-type shirt with long sleeves, baseball hat (can be purchased at the lodge)


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River 2 Reef Charity Ride
The Hail Creek Mine River 2 Reef Ride charity event is a mass participation ride, not a race, to raise funds for two local charities – RACQ CQ Rescue and Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association and to encourage more people to become active and involved in cycling.
There are FOUR ride distances to choose from: 35km, 60km, 90km or 135km. We'll finish at the Blue Water Quay where breakfast food stalls will be operating – perfect for your friends and family to greet you when you cross the line.
Join us for an exhilarating day enjoying the glorious scenery Mackay has to offer, all whilst raising funds for two local charities.


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Paul Beaurain from Top Technician and Top Garage 2018 sponsors Pro-Align look at the importance of following motor manufacturer guidelines
As a proud sponsor of this year's Top Technician and Top Garage competitions, Pro-Align believes that no matter what job you're doing on a car, it's important to do it properly, as the motor manufacturer intended. This is certainly the case when it comes to wheel alignment. Different cars do have different requirements so it's essential that you don't cut any corners and adhere to any special instructions or requirements as laid out by the OEM. After all, if you don't, not only could the quality of your work and ultimately your reputation be at risk, but also you may be failing to deliver the customer the proper service that they are paying for.
Performing an alignment
First and foremost, you should always perform the pre-alignment check. You need to check that all of the steering and suspension components are sound and not in need of further attention or replacement. You should also check that tyres are not badly worn and tyre pressures are correct for that vehicle, as all of these factors can affect the readings and therefore accuracy of the alignment measurement.
Once this is completed, it's then time to move onto conducting a full four wheel alignment. All cars have four wheels and modern vehicle handling relies on all four being measured and adjusted in relation to one another. Simply doing the front axle, a 'Toe and Go', is only half a job. The rears could still be out of alignment and because the thrust line is still out, the front tyres will continue to scrub and wear.
On most alignment checks, you'll need to ensure you use the proper tools for the job which includes items such as steering wheel clamps, brake depressors, free moving and well maintained turnplates and slip plates. Depending upon the make of vehicle being worked upon, you may need to use some additional accessories. For example, when performing an alignment checks on certain BMWs, Jaguars and Vauxhalls, they need to be properly weighted. The placement of weight within the vehicle represents it being loaded with passengers, luggage and fuel. Not doing this results in false readings and the car continuing to show signs of misalignment. Similarly, with other vehicle makes, you may be required to take a ride height reading. Again, this is important and shouldn't be ignored as it could lead to inaccuracies and potential comebacks.
Advanced tools
As cars become increasingly complex in their technologies, there are other advanced tools and operations that may be specified by the motor manufacturer. For example, how many workshop are currently offering a Safety System alignment? Safety System alignment addresses the relationship between the alignment and the Electronic Stability Control (ESC) and Electric Power Steering (EPS). These are common features on today's vehicles. The vital component to both of these systems is the Steering Angle Sensor (SAS), as it tells the vehicles computer which way the front wheels are steered. So after the alignment and adjustment the SAS can be reset using a scan tool procedure or Hunters CodeLink.
Using the main screen of Hunter alignment system to display instructions to technicians, CodeLink automatically identifies which vehicles require a safety system alignment reset and incorporates the relevant reset steps into the alignment procedure. Furthermore, the alignment results printout also show that CodeLink has been used to reset the SAS, giving further confidence to the customer.
The other, and currently most talked about is, ADAS sensor calibration. This may initially seem unrelated to wheel alignment, but it's important that these steps are included if needed. Many new ADAS rely on the vehicle being set to the 'straight ahead', hence the need for correct four wheel alignment with all of the system sensors correctly calibrated to this position. Any errors in the re-set process could result in these systems not working with a potential vehicle safety knock-on effect. It's important to recognise that there is no industry standard or common practice on the reset and calibration of ADAS so it's important to check and follow the instructions for each individual make and model you are working on.
With the vast number of possible vehicles you may be expected to align, it's obviously impossible to remember every step required for each car. Thankfully though, alignment systems from Hunter have been developed (in direct conjunction with most of the world's leading vehicle manufacturers), to provide step by step instructions, guiding you through the alignment process, in line with the motor manufacturers approved process.
By carefully following these processes, both you and your customers will benefit. Drivers will have the peace of mind that their car has been set up as the vehicle manufacturer intended it, returning it to how it felt when it left the factory with optimised levels of ride, handling and comfort. They'll also achieve maximum tyre life and reduced fuel consumption. For the workshop, there's the satisfaction of knowing that you've delivered the best possible job for your customer, enhancing your reputation and reducing any possible comebacks.
So, next time you or your colleagues perform a wheel alignment check, make sure you don't cut any corners and follow the advice from the motor manufacturer.


text: CAPITAL APPEAL – FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS Thirty-three years ago a group of people decided that the time was right to start a new congregation, and stepped forth in faith to make that happen. This past May 20th, at a meeting of the congregation, the people of St. Andrew's decided that it is time for us to step forward in faith and conduct a Capital Appeal. And why? – So that this congregation can continue to be a strong welcoming presence for all people, no matter where they are on their journey of life and faith. The theme is "For Such a Time As This", echoing the question from the book of Esther, For "who knows? – Perhaps you [are here] for such a time as this." Esther 4:14. You and I are here at this time in the history of St. Andrew's to make a difference. Our facility is our mission center and needs much needed maintenance in order to remain welcoming. Eliminating our debt will allow us to do that much more ministry. Be open to the Spirit moving in this place and in you, as we all are to give our best and to make a difference


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GUEST POST by Vékony Dorottya & Hernyák Kristof
Photos by: Vékony Dorottya & Hernyák Kristof
It all started in 2016 when we found a tourist magazine on a coffee table in our guesthouse during a hiking weekend in Hungary. We found a nice article about how Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan are planning to offer free travelling visa for EU citizens from January 1st, 2017. That immediately put the bug in our ears. Those were distant, little known countries for us, and we don't really hear news from around there, and no news is good news, right? As simple as it sounds, just like that, we decided to visit that part of the world. Why not, it will be great anyway we thought to ourselves.
Considering the vast size of the region, all the gear we wanted to bring, the freedom we wanted to have, with no need to address schedules, find bed and breakfast places for every night, the logical decision was to choose car as a mean of transportation.
After a lot of preparation, both in the head and in the backpacks, we took off on the 12th of September from Budapest, and we arrived back on the 25th of November to the same place after we had drove 20.000 kilometres.
While writing this, I'm still struggling with acclimatization back to normal everyday routine life. Being on the go with no deadlines, takes its toll when you get back. We were able to sleep comfortably in the car, so it was completely up to us where to stop and stay for the night, and enjoy dinners under the starry sky. We were even able to reach locations where only dirt tracks led.
Crossing Kazakhstan looked just like this, 3500 straight km from the border crossing in the Caspian region all the way to Almaty.
Steppe, steppe and even more steppe, that was the view along the way, but it was far more interesting than it might sound. Yes, it was huge and mostly flat, but never looked the same: it was constantly changing as we drove straight for hundreds of kilometres with the tempomat on. It was grassy, it was bushy, it was greener than 15 minutes ago, there were more bushes and they were more yellow then 20 minutes later. No trees though, not even a single one. If you looked over the horizon, it seemed lifeless, but it was far from it. Livestock was always in sight, groups of cows, sheep, horses or sometimes even camels were gazing in the far distant or just by the side of the road. An eagle circling high above our heads indicating that there was plenty of small furry creatures on the ground, and when the night fell, we could spot some foxes from time to time in the beam of light.
Crossing the steppe was an unforgettable, close to meditative experience, where we really felt what distance means, how vulnerable you can feel just because there is nothing around. You get that weird feeling because you don't see anything man made.
When we finally made it in to the former capital, Almaty, home to 2 million people, we felt happy for a while: this was something we knew, something familiar. But the feeling quickly faded away. I don't want to talk too much about cities but they are in one aspect all the same wherever you go, and in Kazakhstan (because there are fairly young cities, most of them were established in the late eighteen hundreds) there were no old towns, not much sense of history, just apartment buildings rising high, low profile housing, big streets packed with cars and everyone seemed to be late from somewhere, at least they drove like that. We really tried to find something appealing, tried to like the cities, we walked 6 hours a day discovering different districts, small streets, but by the end of each day the common feeling was not cheerful. I'm not much into big cities anyway.
On the other hand, visiting the mountains of Kyrgyzstan, or the national parks near Almaty was a real joy. Being there in the off-season let us enjoy the areas almost alone, which was a bonus in my opinion.
After all this staggering flatness, it was a sudden and a big change arriving to Kyrgyzstan. There was not much flat areas but mostly mountains everywhere and they were big ones. 4000 m peaks are just very normal there, and because of the country altitude, vegetation reaches pretty high on the mountain sides. I've seen the tallest pine trees ever there. Fresh, clean water streams run trough the valleys and it seems they never end.
Unlike this journal! I must put an end on it now, otherwise there is a chance it will become ten or twenty times longer as my memories are keep coming up.
But who knows, maybe there will be a part II., until then, that's all folks!
Dori & Kristof
See more at: @dusteybutokey
Vékony Dorottya - @dodi.vekony
Hernyák Kristóf - @hernyak


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This Thursday, July 30th we welcome back the team behind the scenes at the 97th Street Concessions, chefs Michael Perzy Powers, Michelle N. Warner & Jordan Wolff. Each with a unique culinary background, they'll be combining their prowesses in the kitchen for a night of Surf & Turf at the farm!
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Media stocks traded mainly higher Tuesday, after Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer agreed to be acquired by a Sony-led group in a deal valued at about $4.8 billion.
Shares of Sony SNE, +0.18% closed down 16 cents, or 0.5 percent, to $35.66, a day after the deal was reached, with MGM MGM, -0.34% rising 14 cents, or 1.2 percent, to $11.69.
MGM said it has agreed to be sold to a Sony-led consortium for $12 a share in cash, plus assumed debt. See full story.
Wall Street had been abuzz about the deal on Monday, as Sony had reportedly raised its bid for MGM over the weekend, in an effort to beat a competing offer from Time Warner TWX, +0.00%.
Time Warner pulled out of the bidding, and its stock ended the day up 35 cents at $16.80.
Elsewhere in the media sector, Belo Corp BLC, +0.00% fell after it was downgraded to "neutral" at Bank of America, which said the company's stock would be stuck in trading range with limited near- or long-term catalysts. Belo closed down 45 cents, or 2 percent, to $22.63.
Another big gainer in media was the News Corporation, which finished up $1.11, or 3.5 percent, at $32.45.
Other media stocks ended mixed, with Walt Disney Co. DIS, +0.38% down 7 cents at $23.25. Cablevision Systems CVC, +0.98% was up 7 cents at $19.81.
Among major newspaper publishers, Dow Jones & Co. DJ climbed 64 cents to $41.77, while Knight-Ridder KRI, -0.63% gained 27 cents to $64.88. Gannett GCI, +0.84% rose 46 cents to $86.78 and Washington Post Co. WPO was up $2 cents at $910.


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Holiday Season Creates High Demand for Sitters
Katy Texas News
Posted December 15, 2010
With the approaching holiday season, invitations to holiday parties and social gatherings are on the rise leaving parents without trusted childcare in search of a babysitter.
SeekingSitters is a full service, on-demand babysitting referral service that can alleviate the added holiday stress of finding a reliable babysitter. SeekingSitters thoroughly screens all sitters and schedules them for its member families – and oversees payment for families. The company has in-house licensed private investigators that handle all background investigations.
"At SeekingSitters our goal is to help families find safe, reliable babysitting solutions so parents can enjoy an evening out with peace of mind that their children are under the care of a true childcare professional,†says Adrienne Kallweit, founder of SeekingSitters and Licensed Private Investigator.
SeekingSitters is currently accepting and reviewing applications for professional sitters for its families. All sitters are at least 18 years old, certified in CPR and First Aid with experience in child care. Sitters can also set their own schedules.
"The holiday season is one of our busiest times, especially New Year's Eve, so its important that we begin reviewing and screening new sitters now so we never have to turn parents away,†says Kallweit.
For parents looking for a childcare professional, Kallweit offers the following tips:
Take the interview seriously: First step is to conduct an in-person interview with the candidates. Make sure to ask questions about their experience, their reasoning for wanting to be a sitter, and even ask them how they would handle different scenarios with your children. You will also want to verify they have CPR and first aid certification.
In-depth background screening: Find a reputable background screening company that screens each applicant's personal character history, address history, criminal and civil records.
Verify multiple references: Check at least three childcare related references to make sure the applicant has the experience level that is needed.
SeekingSitters services hundreds of cities in 22 states. Local couples/parents own each SeekingSitters franchise, which provides the same services of finding & screening sitters, scheduling all babysitting jobs, and overseeing payments between members and sitters.
For individuals interested in becoming a sitter with SeekingSitters, please visit www.seekingsitters.com. Please mention you found this on www.KatyMagazine.com.


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I am based in Hermanus, Overberg, Western Cape region. I am willing to travel local & international.
I specialize in creating memorable moments, filled with Love & light.
I am a appreciative of detail, laid back and in-the-moment. As a result of shooting in so many foreign climes, I am resourceful, adaptable & completely unflappable.
I resonate with the words of Paulo Coelho:
"Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience."


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Sunday 8/25
We met down at the building around 9AM to continue grinding the back exterior mortar and to take down and rebuild scaffolding. We ended up getting a lot done over the weekend and hope to have the back fully ground out by the upcoming weekend. Thanks to Jeremy Bell and Glenn Hogenmiller for their help over the weekend.
Saturday 8/24
We really did a substantial amount of exterior grinding, finishing about half of the building. We ended up meeting with the two guys that will be doing some upcoming video work, Train Mayer and Matt Basler. They will be creating a video for us that will be posted on the website and the main video for our crowd-funding campaign. They should be around filming some of the September 7th Brewfest, so be prepared to say great things if you're approached for your thoughts on the beer, the upcoming brewpub, etc.
After building work, we had to prepare and finalize some financing documents, making for a nice little Saturday evening.
Friday 8/23
After we both worked at our actual jobs, we spent late afternoon Friday building scaffolding in preparation for a long weekend of brick grinding. The build went well. We had no injuries. No injuries during the building or dismantling of scaffolding usually means we had a good day.


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One of Awesome' values is Apply Curiosity. Being curious is a powerful antidote to those times that you are frustrated or just don't feel like being an understanding, connected leader. Here's how to get into a curious mindset -- and it's easier than you might think.Read More


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For just about all of the last decade it has been consistently suggested that the fund of hedge funds sector was just about to consolidate.
Industry watchers suggested that the three different size categories had very different profiles – as potential acquirers and takeover targets. The medium-sized players were going to snap-up their smaller brethren. The larger players were going to add to their assets under management by picking up medium-sized funds, and small funds of funds looked out-moded and should merge or fade away, so it was said and written.
The rationale for consolidation had several arguments:-
1. The industry was mature, as shown by the declining average fees charged.
2. Assets under management in funds of hedge funds as a percentage of the whole hedge fund industry peaked as long ago as the middle of 2008.
Graphic 1. Global Fund of Funds Industry
Source:IFSL estimates
3. In 2009 the attrition rate amongst funds of funds was twice the rate of single manager funds at times.
4. The costs of being in the business were on the rise as staff remuneration and the costs of compliance were only going up.
5. Institutional investors were increasingly dominating flows into the industry, and only large scale fund of funds organisations looked of institutional quality.
6. Brand names and critical mass were important to institutional investors and furthermore this client base required high-end (and therefore expensive) risk management systems and risk management professionals.
7. Assets are still leaving funds of hedge funds – according to TrimTabs they lost $17.4 billion in the three months to February 2010.
Several hedge fund firms ran in-house funds of funds that they hoped to commercialise, following the template of Renaissance Technologies' Meritage Fund, the West Coast fund of funds that was founded to invest partners' capital in single manager hedge funds. But these "natural extensions" of the business can find it as hard as unconnected funds of funds to get traction. For example, London based money manager Millennium Global closed down its small fund of funds run by Hamlin Lovell in the middle of last year, and Brevan Howard had a good-hard-look at entering the fund of funds business before deciding against it in 2009.
Second, and maybe the larger surprise of the two deals announced for funds of funds last month, was the purchase of a 75.1% stake in Aida Capital by Standard Life Investments. Aida Capital is a London based, FSA registered, fund of hedge funds manager. Aida currently manages the Aida Open-Ended Fund, a Guernsey listed investment vehicle and the Aida Closed-Ended Fund, an investment fund listed on the London Stock Exchange. In total AUM at Aida are around $50m, whilst Standard Life manages around $207bn. A "modest upfront fee" will be paid for the stake. At that scale it is all upside for Standard Life – it will have access to a wider range of alternative investments than before, and new fund of hedge fund products will be created specifically for Standard Life, which may be distributed through recognised life company channels. It is also open for the life company assets to be invested in funds of hedge funds, particularly when the issues of legal structure are resolved in the UCITS III format.


text: Kevin Pearce | From the Obstacle Comes the Path by The Do Lectures published on 2016-02-28T16:46:47Z "If we can just slow down for 3 or 4 minutes a day and take a moment to focus on our breath, I feel like this world would change." — In one year, snowboarder Kevin Pearce went from standing atop podiums at the X Games to relearning how to brush his own teeth after a traumatic brain injury. Raised in Vermont, the youngest of four brothers, Pearce, a permanently upbeat but highly competitive figure, was well on his way to fulfilling his ambition to be, he says, "the greatest snowboarder in the world". The accident not only stripped him of his chance of Olympic glory, it nearly killed him. At 26 years old he's lived a life full of breakthroughs, astonishing recoveries and heartache. He remains upbeat and recently established LoveYourBrain, a social profit organization dedicated to providing support for the 1.7 million people in the U.S. who suffer traumatic brain injuries each year, as well as their families. LoveYourBrain is currently launching a national Yoga and Meditation Program, providing affordable, accessible yoga to brain injury survivors and their primary caretakers. Genre Podcast


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Warning: some damaged skin images included, please proceed with caution.
It's time.
I think I'm ready to share more details about the experience I've had since I embarked on healing my Dad's "psoriasis".
I've shared a few details on previous posts (becoming a caregiver, or importance of a healthy gut).
At this point I believe going into more detail may help you have faith, trust the process and know that love conquers it all.
Caregiving is not easy, but it can be a rewarding journey with the right mindset.
If you read my post on the "Importance of a healthy gut" then you know about my trip to Venezuela to get my Dad out of the country back in October 2017 and into the US for better healthcare.
What I didn't share then, and I'm ready to share now, is some of the more raw and personal details on what that journey looked like from the beginning.
My Dad and I have always had a very strong connection, there is an unspoken mutual love and he knows I'll do ANYTHING for him.
When I got to Venezuela and I saw him at the airport, looking frail, had lost at least 20 lbs I was holding back tears so bad.
I don't like crying in public areas, and absolutely don't like crying in front of my parents (apparently I shed enough tears growing up, or at least I say that to myself).
Somehow, I developed this self-image of being the strong one in the family.
I'm the one who drops everything and jumps on a plane to go to one of the most dangerous countries in the world right now for my Dad.
I will do this for any of my direct family members and loved ones.
My Dad wasn't thrilled when I told him I had gone there with a ticket for him to come back with me to the US.
My aunts and uncles, on the other hand, were so happy.
They had seen his rapid deterioration and knew it was the only way to save his life.
One thing my Dad knows and respects about me is my determination, he was getting on that plane NO MATTER WHAT! Or I wasn't leaving, which meant risking my job and my livelihood.
When I arrived in Venezuela, I was able to gauge his health state. Thankfully he was strong enough to withstand the trip to the US.
Then I started locating his medication in Miami.
His dermatologist in Venezuela had recommended he started taking Neotigazon, a medicine that he couldn't find in Venezuela or Colombia.
I called my brother and asked for his help.
He had lived in Miami a few years back and had mentioned there were some Cuban/Latin pharmacies where you could buy medicines with international prescriptions. He couldn't locate the medication.
At the same time I was calling my best friend from when I was growing up who also lives in Miami to see if she could help.
She explained that we needed to find the active ingredient of the medicine so we could know the brand name in the US.
Finally, after some digging around the internet and calling a few places she found the medicine, price tag $700.
I told her to please order it and I will be picking it up on Monday.
We were flying back Sunday afternoon. Saturday night my Dad started complaining about some skin sores.
Up to this point he had survived by taking steroids. He was taking 60 mg of prednisone.
I had no idea of the side effects and long-term damage steroids cause on the body (you can find out more details here).
My Dad had been taking rounds of steroids for almost a year by that point.
Every time the doctor tried lowering the dosage, he would get worse.
Finally, on Sunday we made it to the airport, our flight was delayed, but my Dad was holding up pretty good.
We arrived in Miami after 9pm, picked up the rental car, drove to the hotel, drop off our bags, then headed out to eat dinner.
I already knew about certain food allergies he had developed, we just didn't know all of them at that point.
We got back to the hotel and he stayed up watching the baseball world series, excited to see Altuve (Venezuelan baseball player) do an amazing job playing for the Houston Astros.
My best friend growing up was an angel sent from heaven, she made an appointment for my Dad to see a dermatologist who had cured her daughter's eczema.
She also gave me all the information I needed to get my Dad's prescription medicine.
By noon, I had the medicine, a few ointments for my Dad's skin and we were on our way to see the doctor my friend recommended.
Up to that point I was going on overdrive, adrenaline rushing through my body the whole time.
I tried to keep my basic needs met, had good food and try to get as much rest as possible.
When we walked into the doctor's office I felt my body starting to give in to the stress.
"Oh no, I have hold it together for just a few more hours" I kept telling myself.
The nurse walked in and instructed my Dad to remove most of his clothing.
She then started asking about any medication he was taking.
At that point the list was LONG. Blood pressure medication, steroids, drops for his eyes, drops for his ears, immunosuppressant medicines, plus the new psoriasis medicine he had started that same day.
The nurse got overwhelmed by the list and teary eyed, she saw my Dad's skin condition and how uncomfortable he looked.
I had to step outside, pretend to go to the bathroom and give myself a pep talk about staying strong.
"Mind over body, he is here, he is going to be OK, we got this!"
By the time the doctor walked in, her jaw immediately dropped.
She said: I can't really do anything, you need to be hospitalized right now.
My first thought was: Wait what? Hospitalized in Florida, hmmm, nope that's not going to work.
I said to her: I got to get back to NJ, I can't leave him here alone.
She called a fellow doctor and one of her teachers, asked if he could recommend a doctor to see my Dad immediately in NJ, we got Dr. Machler's name right there and then.
I'm shaking at this point, what if I'm making a mistake by forcing him to come with me, what if this is the wrong decision, but I went with my gut.
Stepped outside to call the doctor in NJ, I kept repeating in my head: "stay as calm as possible, you got this, stay strong."
I literally got on the phone 10 minutes before they closed the doctor's office in NJ.
The lady on the other side of the line said: we just had a cancellation for tomorrow, if he can be here by 10 am we will take him in, if not he may have to wait a few weeks.
Book it!
I walked back into the examination room, and the doctor tells me she agrees with the treatment my Dad had but needed to look at those sores on his skin, she wasn't sure exactly what they were, but definitely needed to take a biopsy as soon as the doctor in NJ saw him.
Ok, we continued our quest to get my Dad under the right medical supervision.
We flew back to NJ that night.
My Dad's energy was quickly dropping, these had been some very hectic days, especially with his condition.
He couldn't stand temperatures lower than 80-90 °F and even then, he was wearing long sleeves and layers of clothing.
So you can imagine how cold and uncomfortable he was inside the airplane.
It was as if he had loss the outermost layer of the skin (the epidermis), actually he probably did, because he had no body hair left.
We walked into Dr. Machler's office on Halloween Day.
From the beginning I knew my Dad was going to be under great care. (You can read more about why I thought this on my previous post love your doctor).
Turns out his skin sores were the result of a severe staph infection. The doctor asked to bring my Dad back in two weeks, got some blood work done, took samples of his sores, and started a plan to get him off the steroids.
By Wednesday night, my body was PISSED OFF!!!
I had put it through so much emotional stress that it didn't want to cooperate anymore.
Thankfully my brother was flying in on Friday to help me care for my Dad over the weekend.
I got so sick but I tried to pretend I was fine. Again, I'm the strong one, right? Ugh
I was hugging the toilet for one minute and the next I was all smiles, keeping my energy up, putting ointment all over my Dad's body. I wanted to keep him comfortable and avoid worrying him about me also getting sick while I was caring for him.
The trip was rough on my Dad too.
He spent the next 2 days "sleeping" all day or laying down all day I should say.
His skin sores hurt so bad he couldn't really find a comfortable position to be able to sleep well.
Good thing we had baseball and I'm so grateful for Altuve and the Houston Astros for keeping my Dad entertained during those first rough days.
The battle had just started, but I had to trust everything would work out as it should.
Silver lining during the first week of my Dad's healing:
- Friendships are amazing, even when you live thousands of miles away.
- Live without regrets – if I hadn't done everything I did when I did back in October, my Dad would be 6 ft under.
- Awareness and understanding of my body helped me identify the actions I need to take to help it recover quickly.
- It's OK to ask for help and not be superwoman! That week I hired a cleaning lady and was so grateful to not be an only child.
The journey continues…stay tuned
If you want to learn about the first 5 foods I switched on my Dad's diet to get him stable download the guide here.
With love,
Lennis 🙂


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We all know Will Ferrell is funny, but one of our other favorite things about him is that he gives back. His favorite charity, Cancer for College, is hosting "Approximately 90 Minutes with Will Ferrell and Some Other People" on September 19 in Seattle, with proceeds to benefit the charity's scholarship program, and we want to send you!
We will be giving away a weekend in Seattle (airfare and lodging included) for one winner and a friend to attend the September event, and to meet Will Ferrell in person!
Tell us your favorite thing about Will on our Facebook page for a chance to win two tickets and to meet him before the show.
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Almost exactly a year ago, I shared a post titled 18 Uncommon Statistics to Set Your 2018 Perspective. It's still eye-opening to revisit that post and remind myself of some of the stats (note: sources are included in the original post): … [Read more...]
11 Daily Life Quotes to Set Your Perspective Every Morning in 1 Minute
When the rose-colored glasses wear off on our New Year's resolutions, it will be back to the daily grind. As time goes on, sometimes it's easy to forget the awesomeness of life itself. One of my resolutions for 2019 is to set (or reset) … [Read more...]


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Next time your find yourself instinctively drawn to the refrigerator in the middle of the night for a wholly unhealthy midnight snack…well, let's just say you need not feel as guilty as might have prior. The reason being that a new study carried out be a bunch of boffins at Brigham Young University has brought to light evidence suggest that we…as in all of us…are to a certain extent pre-programmed to crave snacks and treats at the kinds if hours our trainers tell us to stay the hell away from anything edible.
In which case, this means you now point the finger at your own brain's biology next time you're caught gorging by your other half.
The research team was interested in the way in which the brain's responses to food differ from one time of day to the next. As it turned out, certain areas of the brain seemed to light up like the Fourth of July much more wildly when the subject ate food during the evening, as opposed to during the day. This therefore suggests that while it might be easy to say 'no' to that extra cupcake during the day, we somehow find ourselves becoming slaves to our cravings in the evenings.
"High-energy food stimuli tended to produce greater fMRI responses than low-energy food stimuli in specific areas of the brain, regardless of time of day," explained Travis Masterson, the study's lead author.
"However, evening scans showed a lower response to both low- and high-energy food pictures in some areas of the brain. Subjectively, participants reported no difference in hunger by time of day, but reported they could eat more and were more preoccupied with thoughts of food in the evening compared to the morning,"
If accurate, this would mean that along with pulling you toward unhealthy treats like moths to flames after the sun goes down, your brain also encourages you to pig out on larger portions you wouldn't normally wolf down.
"These data underscore the role that time of day may have on neural responses to food stimuli," the paper continued.
"You might over-consume at night because food is not as rewarding, at least visually at that time of day,"
"It may not be as satisfying to eat at night so you eat more to try to get satisfied."
And there you have it – all the reason in the world to never feel guilty again about that 2am bag of Cheetos you found yourself craving completely out of nowhere!


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Spiritual Activities
Elementary and Middle School
All Elementary & Middle School programs offer a spiritual component during each meeting. These may consist in a talk about a virtue, a doctrine class, working side by side with the leaders. All programs offer one-on-one mentoring to its participants.
High School
As with the middle school programs, all high school activities teach the girls how to integrate their faith into their daily life in a natural way.
To learn more about the specific spiritual programs follow the link below.
Women in College & Graduate School
College women encounter great challenges in living their faith on campus. Southgate Center, located near Rice University, offers a variety of programs and one-on-one mentoring to college women.
Married & Professional Women
Sheridan offers an array of programs aimed at helping women strengthen their spiritual life, in the midst of their profesional work and daily life. Follow the link below to learn about them.


text: Since our last sledding adventure, my middle one has been repeatedly asking me when we can go sledding again. About every hour on the hour to be precise. Persistence is one of his gifts for sure. Lucky for him, the weather was beautiful just a few days after our last voyage and the sunsets speak to me. So, we donned our snow pants, sledding gear and a few cameras to get some great action shots! I love how these beauties turned out. Check out this GoPro action! Love the screaming down the hill! :)


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My darling friend Erin is getting married in late November at a ski resort in Maryland. Her wedding colors started as green, black and white and then traded the green for the red in order to match her fiance's dress blues. (He's in the army). So now, she's sticking with winter whites, black damask patterns and hints of red. Personally I'm pushing for red shoes. If you can't wear them on your wedding day…
Besides… a little bit of surprise is good for the soul.
Here's the inspiration board I created on the SMP (Style Me Pretty) Style Circle for Erin's wintry wedding in Maryland. Click here to read more on my Style Circle blog about Erin's wedding here.


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King Of Avalon is the game which contains easy controls but a little hard gameplay. The users need to apply more new and advanced tips, tricks and strategies in order to play the game properly. It is necessary for the gamers to earn in-game currency in the game as to go far in it. The more they play the game daily, the more they get currency in the form of gold and many other useful things or weapons.
It is the most popular game these days with more than over 100 million downloads. It is played by almost 5 million players every day. It considers lots of new and amazing missions, objectives, challenges, and events to play the game without getting bored.
It refers to events which are present in the game. Every week there are some new and exciting tasks added to King Of Avalon. It is essential for the gamers to take participate and complete more numbers of these events in order to get a good amount of in-game currency. By accomplishing more and more tasks, the users also enhance their dragon's skills, powers, and abilities. It also helps them in increasing their XPs or in leveling up. And also by getting King Of Avalon Hack which can to get more currencies for free.
Upgrade your monsters
It means that the monster you choose to go far in the game must be upgraded to its maximum capacity. It helps the users to fight better in an ongoing match. The more you upgrade your dragon, the more it becomes easy for you to play the game accurately. The game totally depends on the dragons and users are free to select any type of dragon according to your choice.
Final verdict
King Of Avalon is the game which requires more tips and strategies to play. The game is the top-grossing game and provides its users with high quality and realistic graphics. It is essential for the gamers to learn and understand all the basic things about the game properly and accurately in order to play it decently. The game is produced by Diandian Interactive Holding, and its size is almost 65 MB.


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Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin approved $250 million in public financing for a new arena for the Milwaukee Bucks basketball team on Wednesday, a deal exposing him to charges of corporate welfare as he seeks the Republican nomination as a fiscal conservative.
Mr. Walker praised the deal, passed with bipartisan support in the Legislature, as a sound investment that will return $3 in state taxes for every $1 invested.
The owners of the National Basketball Association team, who include hedge fund managers in New York and a top fund-raiser for Mr. Walker's presidential campaign, had threatened to leave the state without public funding for a new stadium.
The issue scrambled the usual political alliances in Wisconsin. Milwaukee-area Democrats lined up with the Republican governor, while some conservatives who normally support Mr. Walker objected to what they called "crony capitalism" — taxpayer support of a sports team owned by billionaire financiers.
Who Is Running for President?
Donald J. Trump officially accepted the Republican party's nomination on July 22. Hillary Clinton was officially nominated on July 26 at the Democratic Convention.
"From the beginning we have questioned the role of the state, county and city in this plan," said Nick Novak, a spokesman for the MacIver Institute, a conservative research group in Wisconsin.
The Cato Institute, a libertarian group in Washington, has also denounced the public financing of the arena.
The Bucks owners said a new arena, needed to attract fans, would cost $500 million. Former Senator Herb Kohl of Wisconsin, a Democrat who was the team's previous owner, agreed to contribute $100 million. The new owners, led by Wesley Edens and Marc Lasry, who run hedge funds in New York, will pay $150 million. Taxpayers will kick in $250 million.
Some Republicans objected to Mr. Walker's embrace of a deal that would benefit Mr. Lasry, who is a major fund-raiser for Hillary Rodham Clinton, and who once employed Chelsea Clinton at his firm, Avenue Capital.
A minority owner of the team, Jon Hammes, is a longtime supporter of Mr. Walker's and now serves as a finance chairman for his presidential bid. A company registered to one of his family members donated $150,000 in May to a "super PAC" supporting Mr. Walker.
The governor argued that the public-private arena deal would prevent the loss of the $6.5 million in state taxes paid each year by Bucks players and personnel.
"We have protected our hard-working taxpayers against the major loss in tax revenue that was inevitable had we failed to reach an agreement," Mr. Walker said in a statement Wednesday.
The arena deal may follow Mr. Walker onto the campaign trail in early voting states, where he is running, in part, on his record of defeating public employee unions in a fight to balance the state budget in 2011.
This year, Mr. Walker also won a series of skirmishes with members of his own party in the Legislature as he cut $250 million from the University of Wisconsin and increased state debt to build roads and bridges rather than raise taxes.
Highlighting the political sensitivity of the issue, Republican leaders in the Legislature severed the arena deal from the state budget to attract Democratic support this summer.
"Only Republicans voting for the arena is not good for us, both politically and the optics," State Senator Scott L. Fitzgerald, the Republican majority leader, said in an interview in June.
Craig Robinson, editor in chief of The Iowa Republican, said the "issue that could be problematic for Walker is the overall amount of money the state of Wisconsin borrows for roads, bridges and now sporting arenas."


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More and more websites use gradients in one way or another. Some websites use them for navigation components, while others use them in elements like buttons, or with images to create some nice effects.
All browsers have had support for basic CSS linear and radial gradients for a long time now. The CSS Gradients: A Syntax Crash Course article on SitePoint gives you a quick summary of the syntax required to create linear and radial gradients, as well as how to use repeating gradients to create some basic patterns, which is great if you care about web performance and try to avoid using images whenever possible.
After linear and radial gradients, browsers are now slowly starting to support conic gradients, which were first championed by Lea Verou.
In this article, you will learn about the syntax, uses, and browser support for simple conic gradients and repeating conic gradients.
What are Conic Gradients?
Conic and radial gradients are similar in the sense that both of them start from a specified or default point as the center of the circle used to draw them. The difference between the two is that, in the case of radial gradients the color-stops are placed along the radial line, while in the case of conic gradients the color stops are placed along the circumference of the circle.
The position of color-stops for a conic gradient can be specified either in terms of percentage or in terms of degrees. A value of 0% or 0deg refers to the top of the conic gradient. The values keep increasing gradually as you move clockwise. A value of 360deg is equivalent to 0deg. Any color whose color-stop value is greater than 100% or 360deg won't be drawn on the conic gradient but it will still affect its color distribution.
The following image shows a conic gradient that starts with a yellow color and ends with orange.
It is hard not to notice the sharp transition that separates the orange at 360deg from the yellow at 0deg. Remember that conic gradients always produce this transition whenever the starting and ending colors of the conic gradient are very different. One way to avoid it is setting the starting and ending color to the same value.
Syntax for Conic Gradients
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Buzz begins for Lancelot's Hangover: The Quest for the Holy Booze
Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, and Zach Galifianakis are teetotalers compared to Sir Lancelot, and their hangovers have nothing on the morning after for the "sexiest Knight of the Round Table." Atoning for his massive screw-up during a wild bender the night before provides the completely absurd premise of the upcoming "silly medieval point and click adventure game", Lancelot's Hangover.
It took Lancelot and Gawain ten years to track down the coveted Holy Grail, but at last they succeeded! So what do they do with their cherished cup-like trophy? As any sports team will tell you, you fill it with booze and then drink out of it... and in Lancelot's case, you drink, and drink, and drink some more. What starts with "a few beers" leads to Lancelot waking up the next morning "in his underwear in a gay bar. The keeper tells him that he has lost the Holy Grail playing cards and Gawain has been kidnapped by environmental activists. If he does not want to be killed by Arthur, Lancelot has to get back the Grail and his companion in arms before the king of Britain discovers what happened."
Solely responsible for the game's design and production, indie Belgian developer declerfayt refers to Lancelot's Hangover as "Monkey Island meets Monty Python's Holy Grail", and the half-naked protagonist, crudely drawn 256-color graphics, and utterly irreverent humour certainly support that claim. If you're open to a healthy dose of political incorrectness, you can download the free beta prologue for PC now, which offers an early glimpse into the "humour, the dialogs, the main characters and the graphical style of the game." A later demo is planned to introduce the "funny puzzles and the point-and-click gameplay."
To learn more about Lancelot's Hangover, visit the official website. You can also vote for the game on Steam Greenlight while you wait for its release on PC and Mac sometime in 2015.
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Lost Alexandria/
Even though Alexandria has kept more of its historical sites than many other places in the country, "progress" has meant the demise of many locations. Urban renewal, residential development, fires, and other natural and human causes have changed the landscape. And it continues--Route 1 (currently, but soon not-to-be-called Jefferson Davis Highway) apartment buildings, West End, Eisenhower Avenue, and more.
Locating the Lost
Last week, at a lecture sponsored by the Alexandria Historical Society, Lance Mallamo, director of the Office of Historic Alexandria, shared 50 photos--culled from many dozens more--to illustrate some of these changes .
The few listed below do neither the images nor his talk justice. Besides being an entertaining speaker, Lance can really look at a photograph and discern features that are the same or missing, or can date an image based on the smallest detail. Every time I have heard him speak, he picks up on a whole lot in photographs that most of us, or at least I, miss.
Where to Find the Old
Many of the old photos are at the Library of Congress, of course. Others were collected by historian James Goode for his book Capital Losses. When Goode limited that wonderful book to Washington, he donated the Alexandria collection to Local History/Special Collections. Unfortunately, not digitized but I am looking forward to making a trip to see them.
Another interesting source that Lance used: HistoricAerials.com. In Alexandria's case, he said, aerial photographic images are available from 1949 onward. Access is free, if clunky; paid subscriptions offering more features. But you can definitely search on an address or geographic coordinate to see changes over the years.
A Few Examples of What's Lost
- Grosvenor House, 414 N. Washington Street, briefly a hospital during the Civil War--1950s, disassembled and auctioned off in pieces
- Bellevue, a horticulture masterpiece known to have the "finest strawberries in appearance and taste," which became the Marina Towers
- Lancastrian School, where African American children were taught in a model in which older students helped instruct younger--until Alexandria's retrocession back to Virginia prohibited black education
- Colross, built in 1789 on the 1100 block of Oronoco, later moved to the Princeton (NJ) Day School
Photos of King Street in the 1950s and 1960s showed an increasingly unattractive area around City Hall. No cute shops and restaurants--think greasy-spoon luncheonettes. Several pawn shops operated thanks to more stringent laws in D.C. People stopped seeing the historic buildings behind those signs, until finally they did and preservation stopped the removal. The city's preservation and archaeological regulations took hold. While not perfect by a long shot, what more might have been lost?
Thanks, Lance!
Lance is retiring as director of the Office of Historic Alexandria at the end of November 2017. Thanks to him for 10 years of sharing knowledge and love of local history here!


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Pizza Rolls
Dough recipe: 1 c. warm water 1 tsp. sugar 1 Tb. yeast 3 Tb. olive oil 2 1/2 c. flour 1 tsp. salt. Put warm water in bowl and stir in sugar and yeast. Let it proof for 10 minutes. Stir in the rest of ingredients and knead 10 minutes. ( We used our Bosche) Let rise until double.
Roll pizza dough out into a large rectangle. Using a pizza cutter, cut into 12 pieces.
Layer the following toppings in the center of each square of dough; about 2-3 Tb total of toppings on each.
Toppings: mozzarella cheese, shredded or cubed pepperoni, cut into fourths 1/2 green bell pepper, diced small 1/2 small onion, diced small 1/4 cup chopped olives
Or use your favorite toppings.
Now stretch and fold the dough around the toppings, pinching to seal edges. This is the tricky part – the more toppings you use, the harder it gets to tuck them all within the dough! (fyi: pepperoni and cheese or ham and pineapple are much easier, as you can imagine.) But remember a 13 year old had no problem. Now place seam side down in a lightly greased casserole dish or glass baking dish. Brush with olive oil and sprinkle generously with garlic salt and Italian seasoning. (oregano, basil and thyme, etc) Bake in a 400 degree oven for 25-30 minutes or until rolls are light brown. Serve with your favorite marinara sauce for dipping. Dig in and have fun!
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A pencil is simple. A pencil with an eraser is a Godsend sometimes. i wanted to be the guy who delivered a simple gift that had added function even if it is just a small gesture, useful items are sure to last longer, which helps make sure my business lasts longer
I'm sure this is just how pencils are, I found that when I use these the nib can't break. They look nice and work good.
To do a big promotional campaign right you need to be so careful on price. An extra ten pence on each item can inflate the cost of a large order by even thousands. We decided to order in bulk going with the lowest cost pencil provider for our large scale schools project. One of the first times in my long time in business not seeing cheap = bad. A very impressive overall experience, I might even buy this product again.
We have saying "put lead in your pencil." It means to get up and go and get things done. We used these pencils as a promotional tool because we thought it would be nice to give a thing practical to people, a thing they can create with as we are in advertising and are creative people too. Our logo came out nice, and it was especial nice to give a product that symbol what we do.
With uses such as writing and features like classic and sleek round pencil, reward students well done, perfect business promotions, top fits round eraser, the Personalized Round Pencils is a combat multiplier on the advertising battle field. It will add additional punch to your company's message by keeping it with the clients and prospects.


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Step 1. Visit Creativechain.org
Access from our website to the home page or downloads. From either of the two, look for the blue banner with the title Download Creativechain. In the title you can check the latest update of the platform.
Step 2. Requirements.
Click on the REQUIREMENTS button and read carefully the versions of the operating systems compatible with Creativechain.
Step 3. How to install.
If your computer is compatible, click on the INFO INSTALL button and read the steps to be taken into account. If something has not been clear later is explained again in this tutorial.
Step 4. Download the app.
If you have verified that your computer is compatible and you have read everything carefully, you can download the application. Choose your operating system and click on its representative icon. Immediately you will see that the latest version of Creativechain is downloaded and you can run it on your computer.
If you are a Windows user, a screen will appear where you will have to check the Public Network connection box so that the application can start correctly.
If you have ignored this indication, read the instructions below:
Activate the connection option to public networks in Windows.
1- Completely close the Creativechain application.
2- From the search engine of your Windows find the option "Allow a program through Windows Firewall"
3- In the list that appears, look for "creativechain.exe" "creativecoind-win64.exe" and activate the public network by checking the corresponding checkbox.
4- When you reopen the application, the synchronization process with the blockchain will start correctly.
Step 1. Welcome to Creativechain!
Read carefully the steps of the registration process and discover everything that the platform offers you.
If you are already a Creativechain user you can start using the app directly in this first step.
Enter your file.dat and keep going. The file.dat is the file that contains all your user and wallet data. That file that you saved in a safe place the first time you installed the application.
If you are a new user and you have not understood anything, do not worry. Click on the arrow and continue. Then you will understand.
Step 2. New Users
Enter a password to be able to log in and generate a new user. Creativechain is a decentralized system, nobody but you can manage the data related to your user and we will not be able to recover your password if you forget it.
Each user has a password to log in and also a wallet where the CREA are stored, the official cryptocurrency of Creativechain, with which you can register content, make sales, receive donations and / or distribute your projects. So, do not forget your password, and keep the file wallet.dat in a safe place! No one can help you recover this data if you lose it. Now you are your own bank.
* Inside the app you can change the password to re-download the wallet.dat file whenever necessary.
Step 3. Now you are your own bank.
In your user profile you will be able to manage your CREA in the wallet. With it you can receive money for your publications or make donations to projects that you like. This is why the wallet is linked to a unique address of letters and numbers, which usually begins with the letter C or F. As if it were the number of your bank account. With it, users can send you donations or you can receive them. The CREA will immediately go to your wallet.
Step 4. You are ready to join the Creativechain universe!
The synchronization of the network could take a few minutes. Be patient, you are becoming a node in the network.
Always remember that a decentralized network is maintained thanks to the collective work of thousands of users who participate in different tasks.
When the network has been synchronized completely you can click on the start button and discover the latest projects.
- Creativechain logo: it takes you back to the home page.
- Navigation arrows.
- Browser: by tags or usernames (@user).
- Publish a project.
- Notifications: it shows any interaction with your user.
- Profile name and picture.
- Wallet: it shows the money balance of your wallet.
- Settings.
- Navigation menu (it changes depending on the screen).
- Project cards: summary of the most relevant data.
- Followers.
Step 1. Search for projects of your interest
If you just installed the platform you can start looking for your preferences and customize your homepage. Find the projects that most inspire you and follow them. There are two ways to find projects.
1.1. You can search by tag in the browser placed in the top bar. Write any word, discipline or topic and you will see all the works linked to that concept.
1.2. You can click on Discover and view the latest publications uploaded to the platform.
1.3. You can find @users by adding the symbol "@" followed by a username.
Step 2. See who are you following.
In the right sidebar you can find all the users that you have started to follow. You can also find this list of followers in the section of your profile.
Step 3. Project cards.
This file is informative. It shows the most relevant data of the publication
- Featured picture
- Title
- Description
- Likes. Comments. Downloads. License of copyright.
- User profile picture. Username. Buzz.
- You can like the project from the icon of the heart.
- You can see more information about the author from his profile image.
- You can go directly to the publication and see more detailed information.
*. User profile
1. Featured picture
Upload or drag the image you want so that your project looks good in the homepage. The maximum weight of your image should be 1MB.
And remember that this image is accessible to all users. If you don't want it to be used by others, do not upload a quality image in this section or add your watermark.
2. Information
Write all the information about the project in this section . Enter a title, a description and the tags related to your publication. You can use up to five labels.
3. Download
Upload the content for download and add its price per download, if you consider it appropriate. The maximum size of this file is 200 MB.
4. License
Select the type of copyright license you want to give to your project. It can be totally free and shared with all users, with restricted commercial use, not allowing derivative works …
If you have doubts about author licenses you can consult each of them by clicking on the description.
- Featured picture.
- Profile picture, name and references of the author.
- Level and Buzz.
- Button to follow or stop following.
- Project information: title, description and date.
- Tags.
- Likes.
- Download and save button.
- Format, size and price for content download.
- Comments.
- Blockchain certificate.
- Block content.
3. Experience level: Buzz
The Buzz is the platform's own gamification system that is based on the evaluation of user experience. This shows numerically the repercussion or "Buzz" that the whole of the publications of a user has had in the community, taking into account the total computation of all the received interactions, either through the number of downloads, visualizations, likes, comments or new followers. .
This number is a recognition within the community. Greater Buzz means higher level of user experience and higher profile quality.
Levels: Novice (0 Buzz) > Trainee (144 Buzz)> Advanced (233 Buzz)> Expert (377 Buzz)> Influencer (610 Buzz) > Master (987 Buzz) > Guru (1597 Buzz) > Genius (2584 Buzz)
As different levels are reached, the platform automatically rewards users.
Novice (1 CREA) > Trainee (5 CREA)> Advanced (8 CREA)> Expert (13 CREA)> Influencer (21 CREA) > Master (34 CREA) > Guru (55 CREA) > Genius (89 CREA)
11. Blockchain certificate
It shows the information of the license registration of your project in the blockchain:
- TXID: It is the hash that identifies the transaction where all the metadata of the record of the work and the content were added. It is the time stamp that is stored forever within the blockchain.
- Type of license: shows how your project can be used. The icons show the license in a visual way.
- Time Stamp: shows the specific moment in which you have registered your content.
- Creativechain address: is the address linked to your project. Users will use this address so that you can receive CREA by donations and / or downloads or other interactions with the publication.
*You have a CREA address linked to your user (you can find it in your profile) and one for each publication you make.
(It is explained below in the wallet section)
You can get CREA in many different ways:
- Registration: Once you have registered in the application, you will immediately receive CREA to start interacting with other users.
- Likes: With each "Like" that users give to your publications, you receive CREA.
- Download: If your projects have cost per download, you earn CREA for every download.
- Buzz: If you interact in the application commenting, giving likes, uploading content … your Buzz will augment and your level of user experience will increase giving you more CREA.
- Rewards: Participating in the bounties of Creativechain: Weeklys, Gamma and other promotions.
- Mining: Collaborating with the network, using your CPU graphics card. How to mine CREA?
- Buy CREA: you can buy CREA on these cryptocurrency exchanges.
Access your wallet
- Click on your CREA in the upper right black bar and enter your wallet.
The Creativechain wallet stores your CREA, the currency of the Creativechain application. Through this wallet you can receive CREAs, store them and / or make payments from the platform. (The wallet manages only the CREA cryptocurrency).
During the registration, your new user has been created and linked to an address (as if it were your bank account). This address will be your identification on the platform. Your CREA address is displayed on the user profile page.
The platform generates an address for your user, but also for each of your publications, so that any donation or payment for downloading your projects goes to your only purse on the platform. This means that users can send you CREA to different addresses but it will always go unified to your wallet.
The price of CREA depends on the supply and demand that is generated in some exchanges where this cryptocurrency is traded. You can consult one of the main indexes of the sector to know its price in real time.
1. General view
- Menu bar: shows all the actions you can perform with your wallet. Send, receive, transaction history and contact list.
- Total balance: shows the total balance of CREA that you have in your wallet.
- Balance: shows the available balance and the pending balance.
- Recent transactions: shows the transactions that are made in your wallet.
2. Send CREA
You can send CREA very easily:
- Step 1. Enter the address where you will send CREA. If it is a user, you will find their address on their profile page. If it is a specific publication, you will find it in the license section of the publication. Remember that the addresses can be linked to a user or a project.
- Step 2. Write the tag or subject you want.
- Step 3. Enter the amount you want and click on the yellow button to send.
- Step 4. You can check your payment in General View or Transactions.
- * Remember that there is no going back, you manage your wallet. Now you are your own bank and there is no one other than you who knows your passwords.
3. Transactions
It shows the transactions that have been made in your wallet. The list is organized as follows:
- Status: shows if the transaction is pending or has been successful.
- Date: indicates the exact moment of the transaction.
- Type: shows if the transaction has been sending or receiving.
- Address: shows the CREA address.
- Amount: shows the amount of CREA received or sent in the wallet.


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Property ID : 4137k
Restored €1.200.000,00 - Historical Centre
Amazing property close to Spoleto, Antica Dimora delle Logge, is a unique harmonious complex of medieval buildings, interconnected with each other.
Antica Dimora delle Logge accounts for approximately 750 m² that include 8 bedrooms, 8 bathrooms and several living areas, about 4500 m² of fenced gardens, various terraces, a swimming pool (12m x6m), facing south-west with full day sun exposure, overlooking the Umbrian valley until Perugia, and enjoying marvellous sunsets.
The beautiful garden offers, other than the large swimming pool, mature oaks, elms and olive trees, and over 200 plants amongst which lavender, rosemary, thyme, myrtle, broom, pomegranate, and more than 50 different kinds of roses. The gardens are provided with an automated sprinkle system.
The fortified nucleus of the Villa guarded the two main roads that from roman times connected Rome to the west of Italy to the Adriatic coast via Umbria, the roman Flaminia Road and the pre-roman Piancianina Road. The property is located at a height of 600 m.
Each of the buildings was devoted to a specific purpose:- the part hosting the military garrison, the Captain and his family apartments, the horse stables, the house for the farmer family looking after the daily needs of people and animals (food, water, wood for fire, maintenance etc); and the oven for bread, that for pottery, a small olive oil and wheat mill.
The buildings have carefully been restored preserving their original character, over a period of more than 10 years, with the help of local experienced craftsmen, using original antique materials recovered in the territory, respecting the original aesthetic characteristics, but also applying all the modern technical solutions to ensure the best possible level of comfort.
All buildings are listed at the Italian Ministry of Beni Culturali, that gives the property a particular prestige and significant tax benefits also in case of rental, and the right of applying for State contributes for extraordinary maintenance works.
Today Antica Dimora delle Logge is split into various independent apartments: the main one being the private owners' home with a private courtyard of 65 m²), 3 other apartments and a dependence with private entrance.
Apartment 1– Casa Padronale
Built on two levels and a tower
Ground floor: large living room with stone arches and fireplace, kitchen, snug, guest bathroom, storage room and wine cellar. The living room and kitchen have access to an internal courtyard with garden.
First floor: two bedrooms (one of which with private terrace), large bathroom with bath tub.
Second floor of the tower: study, bathroom
Third floor of the tower: large bedroom with rose window
Apartment 2 – Le Volte
Situated on the ground floor with direct access from the garden: living/dining room, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom
Apartment 3 – La Loggia
Accessed from the impressive panoramic loggia, the apartment is situated on the first floor: lounge with 15th century working fireplace, kitchen, master bedroom with original fireplace, second bedroom on the mezzanine floor and bathroom. This apartment can also be privately accessed from the upper courtyard and from the hamlet.
Apartment 4 – Le Finestre
Situated on the first floor next to Apartment 3 – La Loggia:
kitchen, living room, bedroom and bathroom. Five 15th century windows offer lots of light and wonderful panoramic views.
On the ground floor there is an entrance hall, a large vaulted room (ca. 35 m²) and a bathroom. The could easily be connected with apartment 1 and 2
Situated on the first floor with private access: kitchen, living room, double bedroom, single bedroom and bathroom. It has a prived fenced courtyard, a storage room and laundry room.
Campello sul Clitunno (all amenities): 4 km
Spoleto (main train station): 12 km
Trevi: 13 km
Montefalco, Foligno, Bevagna: 20-30 km
Assisi, Todi: 40-45 km
Perugia: 60 km
Adriatic coast: 120 km
Rome: 140 km
Airports: Perugia 50 km, Ancona 135 km, Rome 172 km, Florence 230 km
Additional details
- Energy class: In progress
- Other features: Internet Wi-Fi - Satellite TV – Fireplaces - Terrace - Swimming Pool – Insect screens - Irrigation system – Mains water - Fenced
- Agency Commission: 3% + vat