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21st Annual Giving Hunger the Blues & Jazz on the Bay
Welcome to Giving Hunger The Blues, Sarasota's Preeminent Music Festival. Starting at 12:00 PM (with gates opening at 11:30 so you can grab your spot on the bay) and going through 9:30 PM, rain or shine. Giving Hunger the Blues is proud to present a full day of local, regional and national music on two stages and a selection of the area's most delicious restaurants and food vendors and retail businesses.
LIVE MUSIC is always the main attraction at Giving Hunger the Blues, which always brings phenomenal talent to please the always happy crowd. Previous artists over the years include names such as AC/DC's Brian Johnson, The Allman Brothers Band's Dan Toler, and Rick Derringer, just to name a few.
Our mission is to feed, protect and nurture the kids in our community by providing meals to families in need, especially during the holiday season. Established by the Generoso Foundation in 1996, Giving Hunger the Blues has generated more than $1.6 million with all proceeds of this providing meals for needy familes especially during the holiday season.
Giving Hunger the Boos will be on Friday, October 27th from 8:00pm - 12:00am.
Ticket Pricing:
General Admission: $20.00 (In Advance) $25.00 (At Gate)
VIP Tickets: $75.00 ($65 for Sarasota Jazz Club members)
General Admission Blues and Boos Two Day Package: $40.00 ($30.00 for Sarasota Jazz Club Members)
VIP Blues and Boos Two Day Package: $135.00 ($125.00 for Sarasota Jazz Club Members)
The VIP package includes exclusive VIP seating areas for both the Blues and Jazz stages including comfortable "chill lounge" seating. VIP's will also receive special wristbands for 3 VIP beverages (wine, beer and/or specialty GHTB cocktails from our VIP specialty cocktail menu) and a served dinner catered by renowned Mattison's catering.
Stay tuned for special Giving Hunger the Boos Halloween Party and GHTB general admission and VIP packages.
Come join us Rain or Shine for a full day of fantastic fun for a fantastic cause! To Find out more visit us at www.givinghungertheblues.org


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Amethyst Druzy with Quartz Necklace
Necklace featuring a one of a kind piece of natural amethyst druzy. This unique stone is formed when small amethyst crystals form on a piece of rock, similar to the crystals found on the inside of a geode. The piece of amethyst druzy is set in a hand crafted prong setting adorned with sparkling cubic zircon with an oval shaped, checkerboard cut, bezel set natural clear quartz accent suspended from a delicate chain with lobster claw closure.
Product materials
- 18kt yellow gold vermeil
- Natural amethyst druzy, natural clear quartz, and cubic zircon
Product measurements
- Length: 16" with 2" extension
- Pendant Approximate Size: 35.7mm x 45.4mm
Please note that each piece is unique and you will receive the exact necklace photographed

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Countable | UX Teardown + iOS Design
A version of this post can also be seen on Medium.
When's the last time you knew what your Representatives were up to?
For me, the answer is almost never. I am oversaturated with articles and opinions on social media, but rarely do I see a way to take action on the issues that matter to me. When a friend told me about the Countable app that lets you tell your Reps what you think about bills going through congress, I knew I had to check it out for myself.
I noticed there was a ton of great copy in the app, but the user experience in the app confused me. So, I did some guerrilla usability testing to see how I could improve the app.
The Challenge
The two biggest pain points for users were that there was no easy way to search for issues, and no clear way to contact your representative. Both pain points are core functions of Countable.
My Role: Product Designer
My process included guerrilla usability testing, ideation, hifi redesign, and validation testing. This is a personal project and I was not affiliated with Countable at the time of this project.
I redesigned Countable's search function, added a progress bar to bills moving through Congress, and created a notification flow for when users vote on the issues they care about in the app.
Design Process
Persona Creation
I created a provisional persona to help me think through Countable's current users' behaviors, needs, and motivations for using Countable. I make some quick assumptions as a starting point and set out to validate or invalidate them through usability testing.
Guerrilla Usability Testing
I conducted seven guerrilla usability tests on people who had never used Countable before. After asking some background questions on their interest levels in news and politics, I asked users to perform four tasks centered around finding political issues they cared about and contacting their representatives.
Synthesis & Analysis
To synthesize my findings, I reviewed each interview recording and wrote down pain points users experienced on post-it notes. I used a different color post-it for each user.
I grouped similar pain points together and labeled them. Common themes emerged around users trusting the app, seeing too much text, not being able to find issues or representatives, not being able to contact representatives, the headline format, a scrolling bug, and how to share issues users cared about.
Once I'd grouped the pain points, I plotted them on a 2 x 2 graph with business interests on the Y axis, and user needs on the X axis. Pain points placed on top of the Y axis are most important to Countable (business) and those place on the right of X axis are most important to users.
Calling Out My Assumptions
To plot the pain points, I had to first make some assumptions about what was important to Countable. My main assumptions were that:
Countable's Unique Value Proposition (UVP) is simplifying the congressional process to make it easier for people to take action on the issues they care about.
Anything that makes Countable's UVP difficult to understand is of high importance to fix.
If given a list of problems to fix, the one that is easiest to fix and yields the highest impact (around users understanding Countable's UVP) would be solved first.
The pain points in the top right quadrant (most important to Countable and its users) were:
Taking action within the app
Not being about to search for issues
The headline format
I decided to tackle the search function and the take action issues because they were most important to users and critical to Countable's success as an app.
Task Flows and UI Sketches
To understand the "take action" pain point, I wrote out a task flow to see how a user can currently contact their Representative about a specific issue in the app.
Note: In the current app, this is difficult. There is no notification after you vote or comment on an issue that your opinion is being sent to your Rep. I only realized my opinion had been sent to my Rep after receiving an email response from her about a week after I'd voted in the app.
I knew users needed to be notified of their action way before getting the email I'd received. After looking at the current task flow in the app when voting on a bill, I saw where the opportunity to notify users would fit best.
After adding to the current task flow, I sketched out what the new flow could look like.
Hi-Fi Mockups
From paper UI sketches, I moved into Sketch to create some hi-fi mockups of a redesign of the notification flow and search function.
Before & After
Hi-fi Validation
I tested my search solution on 7 iOS users, three of whom had seen the app before, but weren't super familiar with it.
When given the scenario, "Imagine you really care about animals and want to learn more about what's going on in congress that affects animals. How would you find that out?", 7/7 users successfully completed the task by clicking on the search icon and clicking on Animals.
Two users did, however, ask for a confirmation notification after they'd sent the email to their representatives, so I added that to the notification flow for version two below.
By creating a more prominent search function, a progress bar for each bill, and a clear notification flow once you've voted on a bill, this redesign helps users to understand Countable's Unique Value Proposition. This redesign is only one solution, and continued testing and iteration would be needed to verify its success.
From users' reactions to the app during testing, I see great potential for Countable to give its users agency over a confusing political system. Now there's no excuse not to take action on the issues that matter most to us. :)
Check out the clickable prototype below to see all the details, or read a version of this case study on Medium.


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Whether you've been together for a year, a decade or half a century, you and your sweetie should pick a good credit card offer to book your anniversary vacation. The Nerds scoured our database of more than 1,200 cards to find our top three picks. Here are the best credit card offers for an anniversary trip.
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The Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card has an annual fee of $95, but no foreign transaction fees. It also has an EMV chip, but it's not currently PIN enabled, so you may not be able to use it on certain purchases overseas — like kiosk transactions.
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The Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card from American Express has an annual fee of $0 for the first year, then $95.
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Not sure what happened there. my blog quit saving so I posted what I had. Sorry, here we go again, I hope.
And after that, they specified the prize:
'What should our prize be?' asked Xibalbans.
'It's yours for the asking,' was all the boys said.
'We'll just win four bowls of flowers', said the Xibalbans.
'Very well. What kinds of flowers?' the boys asked Xibalba.
'One bowl of red pedals, one bowl of white pedals, one bowl of yellow pedals and one bowl of whole pedals,' said the Xibalbans.'
'Very well,' said the boys, and then there ball was dropped in. The boys were there equals in strenght and made many plays, since they only had very good thoughts. (lesson to be leaned there) Then the boys gave themselves up in defeat:
'We've done well. We've beaten them on the first try,' said the Xibalbans. 'Where will you go for flowers?' they said in there hearts.
'Truly, before the night is over, you must hand over our flowers and our prizes,' the boys Hunahpu and Xbalanque were told by Xibalba.
'Very well. So we're also playing ball at night,' they said when they accepted there charge.
And after that, the boys next entered Razor House, the second test of Xibalba.
And this was when it was ordained that they cut clear through with knives.It was intended to be quick, intended that they should die, but they did not die. They spoke to the knives then, they instructed them:
'This is yours: the flesh of all the animals,' they told the knives, and they no longer moved, rather, each and every knife put down it's point.
And this is how they stayed over night, in Razor House. Now they summoned all the ants:
'Cutting ants, conquering ants, come now
all of you fetch all of them for us:
flowers in bloom, prizes for Lords.'
'Very well,' they replied. Then all the ants went to get the flowers, the planting of One and Seven Death, who had already given instructions to the guardians of the flowers of Xibalba:
'Would you please watch our flowers? Don't let them get stolen. We've defeated these boys, so won't they come looking for the prize they owe us? Don't sleep tonight.'
'Very well,' they replied, but the guardians of the plants never knew a thing. There only inclination was to stretch there mouths wide open, going from one perch to another in the trees and plants, repeating the same song.
'Whip-poor-will! Whip-poor-will!'
one of them says as he cries.
'Poor-willow! poor-willow!'
says the other as he cries, the one named poorwill.
The two of them are the guards of the garden, the garden of One and Seven Death, but they don't notice the ants stealing what's under there guard, swarming, carrying away loads of flowers, coming to cut down the flowers in the trees, gathering these together with the flowers beneath the trees, while the guards just stretch there mouths wide open, not noticing the nibbling at there own tails. (blotched) the nibbling at there own wings. The severed flowers rain down into the gathering and bunching here below, so that four bowls of flowers are easily filled, an acrobatic performance that last till dawn.
After that the messenger, the pages, arrive:
'They are to come,' say the lord:
'They must bring our prizes here right away,' the boys were told.
'Very well,' they said. Having loaded up the flowers, four bowls of them, they left and came before the Lords, who received the flowers with pained looks.
With this, the Xibalbans were defeated. The boys had sent mere ants; in just one night the ants had taken the flowers and put them in the bowls.
With this, all the Xibalbans looked sick (discolored in sickness), they paled at the sight of the flowers.
After that they summoned the flower guards:
'How did you allow our flowers to get stolen? These are our flowers! Here! Look!' the guards were told.
'We took no notice, your Lordship, though our tails are the worse for it,' they said.
And then there mouths were split wide, there payment for the theft of what was under there guard..
Such was the defeat of One and Seven Death by Hunahpu and Xbalanque, on account of which the whippoorwills got gaping mouths. There mouth gape to this day.
Now after that, when the ball was dropped in, they just played to a tie. When they finished the game the made an arrangement with each other:
'At dawn again,' said Xibalba.
'Very well,' said the boys, then they were finished.
The next test for the boys is Cold House, then Jaguar House, then Bat House.
"God" bless on this Sunday evening, may you have sweet dreams with soft landings. bye
Sunday, November 7, 2010
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I appliquéd I inch squares of marbled and matching fabrics to a backing fabric and machine quilted it. 32"W x 32"H
$900.00 plus shipping.
As a genetically predisposed to fabric and thread person, Ivy Jensen expanded the traits inherited to include surface design, marbling, machine quilting, creating art to wear and jewelry. She uses techniques and materials in new and different ways.


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Inclement Weather
Our facility operates in the rain, snow, sun, and fog. We only close at the discretion of management based on risk management policies. If management feels that the weather poses a safety risk, then we will close. Otherwise, we run all sessions as scheduled. We do not offer cancellations or refunds unless management closes the course. Don't worry about getting wet. You might find that you have more fun than you thought possible in the rain!


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Wolf Gold
The game is inspired by the Native American theme - a slot with 5 reels and 25 lines with letter symbols and animal symbols. Grand Canyon backdrop with reels overlaid with animal symbols. The best lands on this game are wolves, scatters and jackpots. The game is pretty unusual in terms of its features. For example when you get 3 scatter symbols you get 5 free spins and the jackpot round which can give you big winnings. The design is colourful and bright. It's a game worth trying and has a nice look and feel.
About the Developer
Pragmatic Play is one of the fastest growing mobile and desktop providers with over 80 slots in 78 countries and 23 languages. Pragmatic are good for their array of special features. Other games by Pragmatic Play include:
- Queen of Gold
- Panther Queen
- Gold Rush
About the Game
5 reels and 25 Paylines and a jackpot slot makes this a high volatility slot. The slot takes up to 10 coin values from 1-50 each per line. The buffalo is highest paid - awarding 20 times your bet for 5 in a row. Other lower values - the eagle, Puma, horse, Jack, Queen, King and Ace.
Features of Wolf Gold include:
- Scatter symbols (canyon rocks) this pays off an amount equal to your total bet and after that free spin begins
- Bonus symbols (online version full moon) this money symbol drops in stacks at reels. This is how bonus payouts and jackpots in money respins occur
- wild symbol (a wolf)
- free spins (3 matches equals 3 extra spins)
- Basic symbols include a great eagle, puma, horse and buffalo
- bonus games - free spins and money respin (mega jackpot is all 15 cells matching)
The money respin feature is great and is triggered if 6 or more full moon symbols turn up in any position on the reels – each symbol holds a value or the mini or major jackpots. The most fun bit is once the feature is started you get 3 respins that will be automatically renewed again and again with the appearance of new symbols of the moon – each one with more prizes that get added to the total. Mega jackpot happens when you get all 15 symbols filled with these symbols which is the biggy prize.
The Verdict
Graphics and design are fab with randomly appearing bonuses and unique features keeping your interest up. Apart from usual icons the play offers advanced functions, free spins, prize pay outs and special bonuses.
Novelty delights and intense on money making features - stacks of wilds, free spins, bonus rounds, prize pay outs, jackpots - make for highly entertaining gameplay. Nice design and usability plus low volatility. The stacked wild – a ferocious wolf howling under a full moon is pretty cool which can appear on any of the 5 reels and that's part of what makes it feel like a good game. Have a punt on Wolf Gold!


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I actually took this from the window of my car. I had stopped on the side of the road to eat a snow cone, and all of a sudden these big monkeys started jumping between two trees to cross the road, going right above my car. It was pretty cool, but I didn't want to stay too long, since I didn't have enough snow cone to share.
It's not very solid-looking, is it?
By the way, thanks for Paola and Juan for the oranges–they were tasty and made wonderful orange juice!
(Thanks for Marcia for being our hand model… one of the new "security" features in the new bills that the treasury is introducing is that if you fold them end to end, they'll make a flower).
I took this at a dinner for Lucy. Today was her last day at work, unfortunately (for us, at least!). She was a great mentor and we all learned a lot from her!
So, whew! That was a ton of pictures! Hopefully there was something in there that was interesting for you. Thanks for reading, and have a great day!
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Star Wars on Tap! featuring Charlie Cody
On this round of Star Wars on Tap, we sit down with licensed #LucasFilm and #Topps sketch artist, Charlie Cody. Be sure to visit him online at CharlieCodyArt.com for his Rogue One sketches, and follow him on Twitter @CharlieCodyArt. Star Wars on Tap is a perpetual series designed to put the spotlight on Star Wars fans and their unique experiences. You can find our archived stories here. To be featured on a future episode of Star Wars on Tap, DM on Twitter @StarWarsOnTap, or via e-mail at unmistakablystarwars@gmail[dot]com.
Unmistakably Star Wars is dedicated to promoting positivity in fandom even more than the Empire & First Order are dedicated to rebuilding excessively large super weapons.


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In observance of National Trails Day, customize your own hiking stick. We provide the sticks, you provide the creativity. Afterwards, you can try it out on a short ranger-led nature hike.
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Earlier Event: June 32017 Middlesboro Cornhole Tournament - Bell County
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Where is the love?
I think I am not going to meet any girl anytime soon in real life. It has been 3 years and I had not been attracting any local delicacy at all. Not a single one. I do agree I am not attractive and if I am to meet someone like myself, I will not be considered myself as any dating material.
So sad but true. Maybe I should get a online girlfriend. But you know what, I tried skout, badoo, beetalk, lacanto, how about we... But you know it is like throwing out resume for job interview. I will never get shortlisted. I couldn't even get a proper rational responds from our female counter parts.
Why is love not coming to me. I read somewhere saying that you can only attract love when you give love. I stopped loving long ago. I forgot how is it to actual love somebody. I couldn't love. I could have love.
Speaking for love. Now I had enlightened myself not so long ago. Love is actually different from what we thought love is. Love to me is you do not want to see the person but you will miss them when they didn't message you when they normally do. Love is giving everything you have to them not even seeking for any return of investment. Love is you can fart in their face. Who could I possibility do all this to? My mum. Hence I love my mum.
When you see a pretty girl whom swept you off ur feet. You want to see her everyday. Your heart race when you see her. You crave intimacy and you desire their every thing touch. You protest like they are your little toy and you do not want to share her with anyone, depriving her of freedom even with friends. This is no love. They are your desires. Your libidos.
Love is complicated. And I loss touch to love. Now I don't even know what I am caring about. It is a family, a girl? A hole and companion or what. I am so fucked. My ethic, beliefs and mentality is so messed up.
Scarlett Johansson, my dream girl. Just like Carl junior said "It is more than just a piece of meat"


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Fine Art Society Lecture
Grant Wood: From Farm Boy to American Icon
Grant Wood's life and art have been the subject of much speculation. This Fine Arts Society lecture will examine Grant Wood's life, his artwork, and how his reputation has evolved over the years. The presenter is Kate Kunau, Associate Curator at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, which has nearly 300 of Wood's artworks in its collection. Social time at 9:30 AM. Program begins at 10:00 AM. Peoria Riverfront Museum, lower-level auditorium. Admission is $12 for adults, $5 for students. For more information, visit www.FineArtsSociety.net. (Image: Grant Wood, Spring in the Country, 1941. Oil on Masonite, 24 x 22 1/8 in. Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Museum purchase. 93.12)
Location: Peoria River Front Association


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Now, for the first time, we are releasing a full-length album exclusively featuring emerging composers. More represents the best of Symphony Number One: three stimulating new works for chamber orchestra by a slate of three of the next generation's most promising voices, all lovingly prepared and performed in Baltimore.
A Letter From Karena
What I like the most about Symphony Number One is their dedication to bringing the works of emerging composers to life. Being involved with SNO means being a part of the creative process, allowing new music to reach out and positively influence the community
A Letter from Taylor
I couldn't be more excited to perform with some of my beloved SNO colleagues this Thursday at The Center Club! You'll hear a bit of Wanamaker, Ives, Gershwin, and a tease of Mahler's Song of the Earth from yours truly. Join us for a summer evening of hors d'oeuvres and musical flair at A Taste of Symphony Number One!
A Letter from Selena
A letter from Principal Horn and Director of Development, Selena Maytum. "
We have had a wonderful year of performing new music, gathering new audiences, and working with some amazing composers. One highlight for me was performing John Adams' Son of Chamber Symphony. That piece was one of the first "modern" compositions that I fell in love with as a horn player, and it was great to work with Jordan and the rest of our ensemble to bring it to life last May."
Open Letter
An open letter from our Music Director. Jordan Randall Smith | Founder & Music Director
Dear Friends and Family,
Thanks to all of you, Baltimore now has a new cultural organization, Symphony Number One, and the internet has a new place for exciting and meaningful music by emerging composers. You helped us build it, you helped fund it, and you should be proud of everything that's come out of it!


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Friday, Sept. 15
9 a.m.–3 p.m. Career Services Drop-in Resume Reviews – Murphy Center 374. Bring a digital or hard copy of your resume
1–3 p.m. "A Mother and Son's Story: A Talk About Suicide and Suicide Prevention" Presentation by Sam and Deb Mahr – Reinhart Board Room. Everyone welcome. Presented by counseling services.
1:30 p.m. Nursing Math Workshop – School of Nursing Building 196
9 p.m. VU After Dark Glow On The Green–Capture the Flag – Assisi Courtyard
Today is Food Pantry Employee Jeans Day.
Saturday, Sept. 16
1 p.m. Women's Soccer vs. Saint Ambrose University – Outdoor Athletics Complex
3 p.m. JV Women's Soccer vs. Silver Lake College – Outdoor Athletics Complex
7:30 p.m. Viterbo One-of-a-Kind Chamber Music Series Three for the Road – Fine Arts Center Nola Starling Recital Hall
Sunday, Sept. 17
11 a.m. Mass – San Damiano Chapel
6 p.m. Mass – San Damiano Chapel


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Open Call: Melissa Joy Manning Design Contest
New York-based jewelry label Melissa Joy Manning has announced an open call for their MJM design contest. The competition's theme is The Future of Jewelry and is inspired by pioneers and forward-thinkers. They want to discover designers who can look past current trends and can understand what future customers will want. Melissa, a CFDA member has a long-time commitment to fostering emerging designers and sustainability. She founded and co-chaired the CFDA Sustainability Committee, won the Lexus Eco Fashion Challenge and sits on the advisory board of CFDA + Lexus Fashion* Initiative and NEST.
She reveals:
"When I first started my business, the industry was very different e-commerce didn't even exist! Fast forward to today, trade shows have become super expensive and duplicative while social media is emerging as a disrupter in the industry. With all the algorithmic shakeups and 24 hour news cycle, social media can often ignore up-and-comers with a smaller, or not-yet-existing following. Our aim is to change that by selecting the most talented new designers and bringing them to market."
- Designers must be based in the United States
- Must be an emerging brand, with no online/e-commerce representation
- Must submit a piece of wearable jewelry for consideration
- The piece must be made by hand.
- They are are open to alternative materials, but please no animal parts from endangered species and no conflict stones
Submission Requirements
1. At least one high quality photo of the piece on a white background. This must be a finished piece and not a rendering. You may submit additional product or lifestyle images as well, but they are not required.
2. The suggested wholesale and retail price for the piece in US dollars.
3. Two paragraphs: first a bio/artist statement, and secondly about your process and materials - with specific description of the piece.
The Process & Prize
- Their team of judges will will announce three winners on Monday, August 20th.
- They will purchase the piece wholesale and sell it online and/or in our retail store.
- The artists will be added to their Sprig Collective of designers.
Learn more about the brand and apply at Melissa Joy Manning by August 15, 2018. Be sure to also follow them on Instagram.
Please note that we are not affiliated with this open call and cannot answer questions about it.
Emerging designer or resource to share? Please contact us at email@example.com. Also, be sure to sign up for our newsletter to learn about the latest news, open calls, events and opportunities! Need some guidance? Check out our consulting services.


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Tell the PUCO to stop utilities from raising fixed charges
Utilities are attempting to block the growth of rooftop solar in Ohio by increasing the portion of your bill that is fixed charges. Fixed charges appear independently from your electricity usage. You pay them no matter how much electricity you use from the utility, or how much electricity you can generate with solar. They undermine the value of going solar because they prevent you from lowering your bill your solar production. Ohio's utilities are asking the Public Service Commission of Ohio to protect their monopoly by discouraging solar. We need to stand up for our solar rights.


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Sounders Insider
Wambach brace, Solo shutout in USA win
Here's a report from U.S. Soccer:
The U.S. Women's National Team defeated the Republic of Ireland 3-0 on Mother's Day in the first of its three-game Send-off Series ahead of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Before a sellout crowd of 18,000 at Avaya Stadium that included almost all of the players' moms, the USA took the lead in the 42nd minute off a corner kick. Megan Rapinoe sent in the cross on the 10th of what would be 19 corner kicks and an Irish defender who was facing her goal tried to clear it away. The clearance smashed off the face of the far post defender and rolled back to Christen Press in the right side of the penalty box. Press settled and squared the ball to Abby Wambach, who swept the ball into the net for the game's first goal and her 179th score. Minutes later Wambach would notch her 180th, heading in a Carli Lloyd cross to put the U.S. up 2-0. Lloyd pulled off a nifty dribble to beat her defender before chipping a far post cross to Wambach for goal 180
In the second half, Julie Johnston scored the game's third goal, also of a corner kick as she athletically redirected the ball into the near post. It was her third goal of 2015 and she has now scored in three consecutive games.
In one week, the team will be back on the field at StubHub Center in Carson, California, for the second game of the Send-Off Series, against Mexico at 6 p.m. PT live on FOX Spots 1 and Univision Deportes.
Goal Scoring Rundown: USA- Abby Wambach (Christen Press), 42nd minute: Megan Rapinoe sent in U.S.'s tenth corner kick of the first half and an Irish defender tried to clear it over the bar. The clearance bounced off the face of the back post defender and rolled back to Press, who crossed it to Wambach to sweep into the goal. USA 1, IRL 0 ( SEE GOAL)
USA- Abby Wambach (Carli Lloyd), 45th minute: Minutes after the first goal, Carli Lloyd took the ball to the end line on the left side, cut back and sent a cross to Abby Wambach at the far post. Wambach leaped high to send her header into the lower right corner for her second goal of the game and her 180th in the U.S. uniform. USA 2, IRL 0 (SEE GOAL)
USA- Julie Johnston (Lauren Holiday), 54th minute: Lauren Holiday sent a corner kick in and Julie Johnston beat her defender to it at the near post, taking a slight to put it into the net for her third international goal. USA 3, IRL 0 FINAL ( SEE GOAL)
Key Saves and Defensive Stops:
IRL- Niamh Reid-Burke, 2nd minute (save): In the first offensive trip for the U.S., Amy Rodriguez brought the ball down centrally, and as the Irish defenders hustled back to get into position, was given room to rip a long distance shot from outside the box. Ireland goalkeeper Niamh Reid-Burke dove and just reached the ball, knocking it over the crossbar to set up a U.S. corner.
IRL- Niamh Reid-Burke, 27th minute (save): Amy Rodriguez delivered a great pass to Christen Press on the right side, who settled and cut in past an Irish defender. With room, Press fired on goal, but Reid-Burke dove and parried it wide.
IRL- Niamh Reid-Burke, 41st minute (save): Amy Rodriguez fired a shot that took a tricky deflection off of an Irish defender, but was grabbed and secured by Reid-Burke.
IRL- Niamh Reid-Burke, 42nd minute (save): Christen Press intercepted an Ireland clearance and sprinted with the ball down the right side. Press played a ball across the goal to Megan Rapinoe, who sent it on frame. Reid-Burke made a reaction kick save that knocked the ball out of play.
IRL- Niamh Reid-Burke, 52nd minute (save): Christen press quickly broke in along the left side, got past two defenders and took a shot from close range. Reid-Burke made another reaction save, diving and kicking the ball away.
IRL- Niamh Reid-Burke, 71st minute (save): A long U.S. free kick found Abby Wambach inside the six-yard box, but she slightly mishit the volley and Reid-Burke secured it to hold the score line at 3-0.
Milestone Watch: • Abby Wambach widened the gap as the world's all-time leading goal-scorer with her 179th and 180th international goals in the first half. • The U.S. is now 11-0-0 all-time against Ireland and has outscored the Irish 40-1 in those 11 games.•The win also preserved the USA's perfect record in Northern California. Though it was the U.S.'s first game in the newly opened Avaya Stadium, in six previous San Jose matches, the U.S. WNT was a perfect 6-0-0. The WNT has outscored opponents 31-1 in San Jose. The USA has also won its two other games in NorCal, the 2-0 victory against Brazil in the 1999 Women's World Cup semifinal in Palo Alto and a 4-1 win vs. New Zealand at Candlestick Park in 2013 in one of the last events at the famed stadium. • Lori Chalupny entered into the game in the second half and became the 32nd USWNT player to reach 100 caps.
Next on the Schedule: The U.S. WNT faces Mexico on May 17 at StubHub Center in Carson, California at 6 p.m. PT Broadcast information: FOX Sports 1, Univision Deportes Social: Twitter @ussoccer_wnt; Facebook; Instagram
Additional Notes: • The U.S. extended its current unbeaten streak in 2015 to six games, improving its overall record to 6-1-1. The lone loss came in the team's first game of the season to France, 2-0, in Lorient, France. • In a Mother's Day surprise, he mothers of the U.S. team were flown in on Saturday by FOX Sports and surprised their daughters at team dinner. The entire U.S. team, including U.S. head coach Jill Ellis, walked out on to the pitch hand-in-hand with their mothers for the pre-game playing of the National Anthem. • The game was a homecoming for Julie Johnston (Santa Clara University), Christen Press (Stanford) and Kelley O'Hara (Stanford) who returned to the city of San Jose in close proximity of the collegiate campuses where they studied and played soccer. • Johnston scored her third goal of 2015, the third of her career and the third in as many games. She scored her first goal at this year's Algarve Cup against France in the championship game and she scored her second against New Zealand on April 4. All three goals have come on set pieces. • In its last seven games, the U.S. has surrendered just one goal and has scored 15. • Lauren Holiday added another assist today and leads all U.S. players on the roster in assists with five in 2015. Holiday was the 2014 U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year. • Megan Rapinoe made the start as the team's captain. She was honored on the field before the game for her 100th cap, which she earned in the team's last game against New Zealand on April 4. • Hope Solo extended her U.S. record for shutouts to 83. • Midfielder Tobin Heath (hamstring) and forward Alex Morgan (bone bruise on her knee) sat out the match with minor injuries, but are expected to be fully fit for the Women's World Cup.


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|The Basics:
|Event Type:
|Urban Hike
|Event Location:
|Christie Subway Station
|Date(s) & Time:
|Fri, Nov 16 2018 7:30 PM
|Registration Cut Off:
|Thu, Nov 15 2018 11:55:00 PM
|Event Duration:
|Less than 1.5 hours for the hike and then however long you stay at the pub
|Difficulty Rating:
|D3: Moderate
|Event Coordinator(s):
You must be logged in to get the Event Coordinator contact information.
|Member Cost:
|Voluntary Donation Only (See Below)
|Participant Info:
|Who's Invited:
|Members Only, 18 And Older Only
|Maximum Group Size:
|Minimum Group Size:
|Number Registered So Far:
|11 (To see who's signed up, log in to the Member Area)
|Are Dogs Permitted:
It's Friday Night and there's nothing better in Toronto then to go for a hike.
You must be 19 or older to sign up for this hike.
The hike will travel from Christie Subway Station and will end at a pub in the entertainment district near University / King, close to St. Andrew Subway Station.
If you register for this event, I'm going to ask that you come to the pub because:
Hike distance will be approx. 7 km
|How to Get There:
|Event Directions:
Christie Subway Station is located on line 2 Bloor-Danoforth, 3 stations west of St. George & 4 stations east of Dundas West. Look for me at the entrance of the station.
Look for me in the BLUE Toronto Outdoor Club shirt,
Picture Of Meeting Location
This hike will go forth rain or shine
Please arrive on time, I will turn my cell phone off once we begin hiking.
|Voluntary Donation: ( What is this?)
Suggested donation amount for this event is: $2.00/Person.
Cancellation/Partial Attendance:
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ATLANTA, GA - SEPTEMBER 11: Jameis Winston #3 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers passes the ball over Dwight Freeney #93 of the Atlanta Falcons at Georgia Dome on September 11, 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
Dwight Freeney joined the Morning Show, Hugh asked Dwight how he felt in the first game "I felt pretty good, but it takes me a game or two to get in a rhythm but I felt good and looking forward to getting back out there.
When asked about the Raiders O-line being banged up, Dwight said "They do have their issues being banged up, but so do we, and our mentality has to be whoever is playing we have to get after the Quarterback."


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Pumple Drumkin - Pumpkin Ale - Cisco Brewers ( Nantucket ) - ABV 6%/
Pours a medium amber with very little head, Aroma is very faint a tiny bit of cinnamon and other fall spices but you have to work to smell them. This beer is more of a brown ale with a tiny bit of spice and less of a pumpkin ale, I don't really taste much pumpkin at all. This as a good brew for the non craft beer drinker to get there feet wet and join in the festivities. But that is an adorable little pumpkin.
Rating 7.0 out of 10.


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So, what's the deal?
My logs show this happening today, 9/24, and a bunch on 9/14.
We can retry the API calls, sure, but having our actual phone system "go down" around the same time kinda makes me think something is wrong with RC's backend too. Are the two related?


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|Herb at a scenic overlook in West Virginia.
Years ago I'd read that the Dolly Sods Wilderness Area, at elevations ranging from 2500-4000 feet, had most unusual vegetation, more like what one would expect to find in Canada than our latitudes, and I'd been wanting to see it. The late summer weather has been so splendid recently, Saturday seemed like the perfect time to drive out to West Virginia to explore Dolly Sods.
Absorbed with preparing a picnic to take along, we left the house a bit later than planned--it was past noon. Clouds were gathering overhead as we drove west, but the weather forecast had not mentioned rain, so we hoped for the best. The road became steeper as the car began to climb over the first ridge on the horizon.
After about 25 miles we crossed the state line into West Virginia, driving through the small town of Wardensville. After that Route 48 became a scenic divided highway, crossing the Lost River. We stopped at one overlook for panoramic photos. Some miles past the South Branch of the Potomac River we took the exit towards Seneca Rocks and found ourselves on a two-lane country road once more. We passed picturesque Cabins and the Smoke Hole Caverns Resort, reaching the turn-off at Jordan Run Road. The first section of the road had only one lane open, the other was under construction--probably the result of a recent wash-out.
The sign for Dolly Sods appeared after a hairpin turn, pointing towards the left. The paved road soon became gravel and began to climb up the shoulder of the mountain, steeper and steeper as it wound upwards. Fabulous views began to open up amid clearings in the forest. At the top of the mountain the trees thinned out and the gravel road split in two. Seeing a car ahead to our right, we decided to follow.
|The Wildlife Trail.
We stopped to look at a signboard with trail maps; part of the map was pockmarked with what appeared to be shot gun pellets, but it gave no indication of where in that immense wilderness we were. I'd brought along a print of a similar trail map with me. We continued north on the road until we came upon a wider area with a few parked cars--this must be a trailhead, but which one?
A few steps inside the forest there was a sign: "Wildlife Trail." I located it on my map a saw that it was 1.5 miles long. The Fisher Spring Run trail intersected it, which seemed to lead back towards the forest road-- that would make a nice loop hike. We got on our gear and began walking--it was about four o'clock by now.
|Bracket fungi and Chaga.
|Boneset (Eupatorium rugosum) growing profusely on the Wildlife Trail.
There were quite a lot of fungi on the ground too, and the many muddy footprints on parts of the trail made evident the summer's earlier rains. Fortunately, the past couple of weeks weeks have been very dry and the mud had for the most part hardened. I noticed several old beeches by the side of the trail and thought to look for one of those odd saprophytes associated with old beech trees: beechdrops (Epifagus virginiana) . Under these trees were some short brownish stems with small reddish-brown flowers. I'd never seen any plants like these before, these had to be beechdrops!
|Beechdrops (Epifagus virginiana)
|Beechdrops on forest floor.
What a lucky stroke! It was difficult to photograph them in the late afternoon light and most of my shots didn't turn out well. We continued our trek at a naturalist's pace, passing areas with undergrowth of clubmosses and spagnum moss.
|Ground cedar (Diphasiastrum digitatum)
|Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens) growing among spagnum and other mosses.
We traversed the first of the "sods"--a large open meadow where many Monarchs and other butterflies browsed on milkweed and goldenrod. We lingered to admire the butterflies and bees hovering at the edges of the sunlight.
|Crossing the sods.
|Monarch butterfly in the sods.
|Red Admiral butterflies.
Entering the forest again we were passed by a family with young children, the small boy very excited about seeing salamanders in a stream. We came to the stream and I turned over a few rocks to see if we could spot some salamanders but found none. We began to wonder about the other trail--hard to estimate without a pedometer, but it seemed we had walked at least a mile and a half by now and we should have come upon it.
|Firs on the Wildlife Trail
We pushed on, and eventually saw the other trail going off on the right. Steps going down hugged the side of the hill, but the bottom was invisible from here--we would likely have a steep climb back up to the other trailhead if we took this trail. With the afternoon waning it might be wiser to simply return on the same trail when we reached whatever point seemed prudent.
At the next turn we encountered three hikers on the way back, and asked them what the terrain ahead was like. They had started their hike from the southern end of Dolly Sods, on the Rohrbaugh Trail, and they mentioned that there was a lovely view down a canyon some ten minutes ahead. One elderly gentleman's accent and attire gave him away as foreign, probably a German tourist.
Herb was not too thrilled, but I insisted--having come this far, we should at least try to find the place. We crossed another large open meadow, the sun now lingering only at the eastern edge, and back into the woods. More club mosses of a different type on the ground, large Rhododendrons and we began to catch tantalizing glimpses of a view through the trees at the edge of a drop.
|Club mosses on the forest floor.
|Glade with mountain laurel and blueberries.
|Rhododendrons in the glade.
We entered an open glade with thick stands of mountain laurel and blueberry bushes where the view finally opened up. Standing at a rocky outcrop one could look down the "canyon"--a valley formed by the stream with several ranges of mountains disappearing in the distance--wow!
|The canyon.
With this as the highlight of our hike, despite my wish to linger, Herb set a forced-march pace for the return. I followed, gasping for breath, trying to keep up with his long stride. It had taken us two hours to get there, but at this pace we made it back to our car in about thirty-five to forty minutes. Of course, there was no time for any photos or even a glance at any plants. Herb was determined to get back down the mountain before it got dark.
|Seneca Rocks seen from Dolly Sods.
On the drive down Herb consented to one stop so I could take a few last shots of the mountains across the valley. We decided to have our picnic supper at dusk in a small park by the river that we'd seen on our way in near Cabins.
On the drive home a full moon was rising, peeking through clouds at first until it emerged to brightly light our way back (I found out later this was one of the "supermoons" of this fall, when the moon will be closest to the earth). The perfect end to a wonderful day!


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If you read Ralph Vartabedian's article on hiking in Armenia that ran in the Travel section in the fall and remains online, you may have wondered how you could get there more economically. Airfare at that time was more than $1,110. But now, Lot Polish Airlines has a deal.
Fare: From LAX, $560 round trip, including all taxes and fees, to Yerevan, Armenia, on Lot Polish Airlines.
Restrictions: Subject to availability. Fares are for travel Feb. 19-May 6. Tickets must be purchased by Jan. 20, and you must stay at least one Saturday night.
Info: Lot Polish Airlines, (212) 789-0970
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Possible Research Topics
New ways to pay for college — income sharing agreements
The Holocaust Survivor Who Deciphered Nazi Doublespeak
The personal papers of one of World War II's earliest historians reveal an obsession with how Nazis distorted the German language.
How Computational Slush Funds are affecting Brazilian elections:
To continuously reach millions of people systematically for years, as has been the case in Brazil, the inflammatory speech depends on automation. And automation costs a lot of money. There are millions of fake profiles and bots responding to the centralized commands of political marketeering groups. These bots replicate messages in overwhelming volume and speed.
This requires software, hardware, connectivity and people operating the entire apparatus. In other words, it requires money to have computational power. Who paid for all this massive computational propaganda? How does it appear in the campaign's books? If it was not paid directly by the campaign, then by whom? And if it was paid by someone, people or entities, shouldn't it be declared as political donations? This is sheer computational slush fund.
Amazon's Alexa Records and Forwards . . . .
Japan's Rent-a-Family Industry
People who are short on relatives can hire a husband, a mother, a grandson. The resulting relationships can be more real than you'd expect.
Meet the dominatrixes who control men where it really hurts: Their wallets
Mistress Harley, who markets herself online as "the tech domme," makes her living as a specialized kind of financial dominatrix. The niche profession has increasingly attracted smart, tech-savvy women looking to cash in on men's desires to be dominated — not physically, but where it really hurts: in their wallets.
The arrangements vary. Some financial dominatrixes develop payment plans where clients fork over an agreed-upon salary to them every month. Others have men buy them gifts and pay their bills. Some, like Mistress Harley, add extra elements: Clients often grant her access to emails or social media accounts to gain information she can use in her domination — or so she can threaten to use their accounts in embarrassing ways if they refuse to pay. And there's typically no physical contact at all.
Gifts have long been part of the dominatrix-client relationship, but the Internet has made financial domination more accessible.
The Libraries Bringing Small-Town News Back to Life
As local news outlets disappear in America, some libraries are gaining new relevance.
The quote that convinced me this might be an interesting research project:
"The biggest information gap is local, because it's not scalable,'' he says. "In the age of Google, the hardest information to find is local."
These are your white allies on Facebook: When you're exhausted from debating race with strangers, they step in
Add a Song, Make a Movie: Music Supervisors in Film Seek More Recognition
The best music supervisors are sought for their combination of tastemaker, curator, producer, stickler for accuracy and verisimilitude, and they filter out a filmmaker's worst tendencies. It's work that falls somewhere between artisan and technician, with the kind of talent-scouting ear associated with A&R executives at record labels. "A music supervisor is set designing the audio," said Robert Kraft, who was president of Fox Music for 18 years before forming Kraftbox Entertainment in 2012.
How to Treat a 'Money Disorder'
There is a budding field of financial therapy, where budget planning meets psychological counseling. You can even attend a kind of money rehab, where, in six days of group therapy people dig deep into the roots of what psychologists call "money disorders," the slew of unhealthy and self-destructive behaviors that are not as extreme as pathological gambling, kleptomania or compulsive shopping, but nevertheless afflict large numbers of people.
Zygootic Social Networking
If there's any truth to the Spanish proverb "an ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship," then consider the potential of genetic social networking. In October, two companies started social-networking Web sites based not on friendship, business connections or dating desires but on cheek-swab DNA tests. Participants fill out their genetic profile and link up with strangers who share DNA markers. Users can upload baby pictures and home videos, compare family trees and e-mail distant cousins to find out what life is like in the old country.
To Give Children an Edge, Au Pairs From China
The last two years have seen an astonishing increase in the number of American parents wishing to employ Mandarin-speaking nannies, difficult to find here and even harder to obtain from China. Their services are in great demand, in part because so many Americans have adopted baby girls from China. Driving the need more aggressively is the desire among ambitious parents to ensure their children's worldliness, as such parents assume that China's expanding influence will make Mandarin the sophisticates' language decades hence.
Good Jihad, Bad Jihad: Struggle for Arab Minds
The battle for Muslim hearts and minds is playing out on TV screens and computer monitors these days, with the alternately fasting and feasting Ramadan masses presenting a ready audience. At least two groundbreaking television series focus on the damage that extremism is wreaking on the Muslim world, while a media organization closely associated with Al Qaeda has begun a high-quality Internet news broadcast to counter what it calls "lies and propaganda" on even Arab satellite news channels like Al Jazeera, which has been accused of underreporting Al Qaeda activities.


text: Solstice Saturday Family Yoga/Art Workshop Saturday, June 23, 2018 10:00 AM 12:00 PM 10:00 12:00 bare knuckle arts 1949 Winnebago Street Madison, WI, 53704 United States (map) Google Calendar ICS Solstice Saturday Family Yoga/Art Workshop June 23rd 10am-12pmSolstice Saturday is a shared time for you and child to gather, celebrate, and honor the solstice with us. This workshop includes introductory yoga and mindful art practices and encourages adult/child interaction as you engage in activities together. The yoga portion will be led by Jessica Becker, CYT 200 and the art portion led by both Jessica Becker and Amy MietzelJoin us in celebrating Solstice as we shine more brightly in our awareness of the sun as it lingers the longest of any other day in our year. Recommended children age range is from 5-10 years $25 per family---No experience necessary, all materials provided but you might like to bring your own yoga mats.


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Artist's description:
Yanomami Indians of the Amazon Rainforest.
A hard life but authentic. Far away from everyone and everything, but in the heart of nature.
We are in the borderland between northern Brazil and southern Venezuela
I had the opportunity to spend among them a bit of time, to live a unique and unforgettable experience. I felt in paradise. Only here the time, the life and the nature are really in harmony.
The photograph depicts a Yanomami girl souped-up for a propitiatory dance and thanksgiving to the forest for all its fruits.
The photography is my positive way of writing about the amazing things in life.
His demeanor is a mixture of wonder and respect. He longs to nostalgically stop track of time in picture form. He longs to capture humanity and its awesome evanescence.
Through his immensurable trips to Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia, he has satisfied his curiosity of the diverse cultural values found in different continents.
Color (or Black & White photography) Giclée.
From a limited edition of 30
Printed on Epson Velvet Fine Art Professional Paper Ultra White 290 gr and mounted on dibond 3mm. This artwork is ready to hang
Numbered, signed on the back, with original certified.
Materials used:
Printed on Epson Velvet Fine Art Professional Paper Ultra White 290 gr and mounted on dibond 3mm. This artwork is ready to hang
Yanomami girl #1 - FINE ART PROFESSIONAL PAPER & DIBOND 3MM. READY TO HANG (2007)
Photograph by Erasto
- Photograph on Paper
- From a limited edition of 30
- Size: 39.37 x 27.56 in (unframed) / 23.61 x 16.67 in (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
- Signed and numbered certificate of authenticity
- Style: Photorealistic
- Subject: People and portraits
This artwork is sold by Erasto from Italy


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WGDR Promo for upcoming broadcast
WOW! Here is the first of two GREAT radio promos Tonio Epstein produced for us at WGDR at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont. (We added some photos.) The promos will be airing all week at 91.1 FM in anticipation of Write Mondays' podcast show this Saturday at 10 am. Thanks Tonio!


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Waynesboro Players is now seeking applicants for the
2019 Lillian Morse Scholarship:
Waynesboro Players' Lillian Morse Scholarship
In March 2002, Waynesboro Players established the Lillian Perkins Morse Scholarship to benefit students who will pursue an interest in the performing arts in higher education. Lillian was a champion of young people and the Players wish to carry on her legacy through this scholarship.
To be considered for this scholarship
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Wednesday, May 31st is National Senior Health & Fitness Day, and to celebrate, Pine Haven Christian Communities will be holding a Learning For Life Lecture on senior fitness.
Learning for Life seminars are FREE events featuring a different topic each month, held at our Haven Drive campus community center, at 220 Haven Drive in Sheboygan Falls.
At 2pm on May 31st, Pine Haven's Martina Wessels will lead a fitness event where attendees participate in brain fitness exercises, and receive physical fitness tips and demonstrations.


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Milky Way Astrophotography in Joshua Tree with Stan Moniz
August 31 @ 6:30 pm - September 1 @ 12:30 am
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Enjoy an evening under the stars with with professional adventure photographer and Sony ambassador Stan Moniz. This event will be held in Joshua Tree national park, home to some of the darkest skies in Southern California. Stan designed this workshop to be an enjoyable experience covering basic camera theory and details to capturing the beauty of the night sky. Key points include the 500 rule, how to capture sharp stars, light painting, composition, the use of filters to eliminate light pollution, capturing star trails in one single exposure and on-phone editing with the use of Adobe Lightroom mobile.
Things to bring and know
1. Wide angle lens ranging from 11 – 35mm This is dependent on whether your camera is a crop or full frame sensor.
2. A sturdy tripod.
3. Head lamp.
4. Sturdy shoes for mild hiking is recommenced.
5. The Hoya Intensifier filter (used to eliminate light pollution).
6. Download the Adobe Lightroom application on your phone for on sight editing.
7. SD to lighting cable for your phone to import raw image files to your phone.
8. Extra batteries / SD cards.
9. Warm clothing as the park can sometimes cool down at night.
10. Last but not least, an awesome attitude! Hope to see you all at Joshua Tree national park.
All cameras are welcome. *Please familiarize yourself with your camera body and lens first before workshop date. This will help greatly with a successful evening of photography out in the field.
If you decide to rent a camera body and/on lens, consider a Sony a7sII, Sony a7III or Sony a7rIII and a wide angle lens. This is Stan's tried and true setup for astrophotography and he highly recommends it for every student. Samy's Camera's rental departments offer Samy's Photo School's students a discount.
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27 May 2016This publication examines 70 PPP cases from 15 developing countries to better understand the approach various countries have used in developing PPPs for agri-food systems around the world. It includes a summary of the main lessons learned and recommendations on how to enable more effective partnerships with the private sector through improved public skills and more effective institutions.
08 Aug 2014This document aims to promote responsible investments in agriculture and food systems that contribute to food security and nutrition and support the progressive realisation of the right to adequate food.
29 Nov 2013This document complements the FAO guidelines for the Country Programming Framework (CPF). These guidelines illustrate how to engage the private sector in the CPF process
01 Nov 2013The strategy informs FAO's Member States, staff, and the private sector with FAO's strategic approach and framework for partnerships with the private sector.
22 Jun 2013This document presents FAO's Vision, Global Goals and Strategic Objectives.


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The Bank of England's £11.4bn warning
The Bank is worried. Here's the problem: we've been borrowing more than it thinks is healthy. And lenders have been lending more than it thinks is healthy too.
This is because the world of low interest rates, low unemployment and accelerating GDP growth cannot be assumed to persist.
Were circumstances to change - which of course may happen given rising inflation, Brexit risks and falling growth in GDP – lenders, who have assumed that things will just mosey along as has become usual, could be in trouble.
And not just lenders (and these are my words not the Bank's), consumers would be in trouble too.
For if times get tougher, borrowers could just walk away from their debts, leaving lenders with a gaping hole in their balance sheet.
So today it's putting the banks on notice, forcing them to build up their reserves.
Over the next 18 months banks will have to set aside an extra 1% against their loan books. That's approximately £11.4bn.
So what are they so worried about?
- Consumer credit
This been going up rapidly. It went up by 10.3% last year – this is, of course, over four times the rate that income has been increasing.
Credit card debt, personal loans and motor finance all grew rapidly.
Why this particularly matters is because we are 10 times more likely to walk away from such loans than mortgage debt!
- Mortgage lending
This has been increasing. Mortgage debt is now 101% of household income.
The Bank highlighted some borrowers have been obtaining mortgages many times their income.
Should interest rates go up this could prove very problematic.
- UK commercial property prices and global risks
These look unsustainable, with the Bank singling out London commercial property.
Add to this some global risks ahead – Brexit of course, China – where debt is now at an almost unprecedented high and it's clear why the Bank is worried.
For now it's lenders that the Bank is focusing its attention on.
And what about consumers?
Well so far the Bank seems to be saying we can just carry on as normal.
At least in the report it issued today, which is focused on lenders rather than borrowers.
But it's not hard to read between the lines.
The Bank's infographic is dotted with rain storms and umbrellas. It believes rainy days are ahead.


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oh november, you sure didn't usher yourself in softly. you brought with you the most beautiful of fall weather, a visit from one of the best people i know, and yet an injured, immobile husband, a child with a possible fracture, and a baby with croup. all things considered we managed to have a lovely weekend and were so happy to spend time with a dear friend.
happy monday! oh and hey november, could you let up a little bit?


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mHelpDesk joined HomeAdvisor in 2014 – offering organizational and management skills for small, contracting businesses. They offer calendar, payment, and team management services among other things. After partnering with HomeAdvisor- the team at mHelpDesk decided a rebrand was needed and they approached our design team for help.
This effort to recreate a new logo for mHelpDesk was a collaborative project amongst entire the design team. As a team we brainstormed and researched solid trends in logo and branding design- which then inspired each designer to develop a series of conceptual logos. I focused much of my efforts on refining and personalizing the logo type to create a unique and handcrafted quality. After presenting all of our work to the executive teams at both mHelpDesk and HomeAdvisor- a coworker's logo mark was selected and my logo type was selected to create the final finished logo.


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An odd Harlem sales item
I've never been able to understand one item I always see on sale in Harlem. Scented oils. There are probably five to ten street vendors on 125th Street that sell it. Not having much of a sense of smell, it's a moot point for me. The strange thing is that I don't really remember seeing it for sale anyplace else. Just Harlem.
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text: 2015 might end up being the year for comebacks. Sleater-Kinney already released a great record and now Belle and Sebastian, THE indie band, is back with some of their best music in ages. Now I have never been a huge fan. I listened to them on and off. At their best they sounded very sweet, and at their worst very twee. So twee. And yet after listening to Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance, I can't stop thinking I should have listened to these guys more. Much like their followers and eventual peers Stars, Broken Social Scene, The New Pornographer and so on, they have an uncanny ability to craft very good indie pop/rock. And while that often is good enough, here they broaden their sound. I wouldn't say it's experimental, more like dabbling. And the record is better for it, as it is surprisingly consistent, diverse and downright fantastic at times. It might not win waves of new fans, they are THE indie band, so popularity is not their destiny. But it will renew faith in the legion of the loyal and hopefully the wait will be shorter the next time around.


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It is hard to believe that we are approaching Promises for Purple's 6th Annual Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Walk. Claire Zampine Muollo was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2009. It seems like yesterday that our small committee of friends and family were sitting around Claire's kitchen table shortly after learning about her diagnosis and brainstorming ways to gather others affected by this horrible disease. The committee of ten, ranging from a special education teacher to a U.S Marine, had no true experience in the fundraising/event planning department. What did set our team apart, however, was the fact that we had one frustrated, yet determined cancer patient who was ready to go above and beyond in order to raise awareness and donations for the underfunded research.
With the endless guidance from Dana Farber Cancer Institute, PFP has organized five successful walks. The +300 annual walkers and generous sponsors form the Greater-Boston area have helped raise over $140,000 for DFCI's Dr. Brian Wolpin's pancreatic cancer research. Through the power of communal support, we have lit Boston purple, walked miles around Sunset Lake and kept the purple flowing in order to help us all remember, honor and support those affected by pancreatic cancer.
Unfortunately, Claire lost her battle in 2014. We remember Claire as a passionate, loving and charismatic woman. Her devotion to PFP inspires our crusade to continue to support her mission of this organization. We hope to see you on Sunday November 6 and we thank those of you who have been involved with and supported PFP throughout the years!
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"If you are not in the kitchen when the cake is being prepared, you should not complain about it when it is being served." That was the message from Deacon R. Barber inviting members of First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens to participate in its first meeting of the "Community Empowerment Ministry."
First Baptist Church Pastor, DeForest B. Soaries, and Church member Letitia Cox invited us in to discuss how church members could be a source of information and power for their fellow community members. From this meeting, the "Community Empowerment Ministry" was born to engage its members in their community's decision-making process. We can't wait to see what these citizen leaders do next!
Pictured Above: DeForest B. Soaries, Harry Pozycki, Letitia Cox, and C. Roy Epps
Hear what Letitia has to say about the experience:
Harry Pozycki and Dr. Roy Epps, leaders from The Citizens Campaign, were sensational at the first meeting for citizen empowerment at First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens. What I found most inspiring was to hear how Harry and Caroline Pozycki began this movement, by knocking on doors to let people know that ordinary citizens could influence changes in policies put in place to keep people silent. Further, Dr. Epps has been a community organizer for most of his life.
I am amazed by what The Citizens Campaign has accomplished and by the sincerity in commitment of the staff to train ordinary citizens in use of a no-blame approach for resolving community concerns.
I believe churches have a special responsibility to enable members to become more knowledgeable about ways to improve the lives of our neighbors through ensuring fairness in policies.
The Citizens Campaign is an awesome vehicle that can move ordinary citizens from complete lack of awareness that there is a process for becoming decision makers to acquisition of intricate skill in using that process for attainment of fair and equitable decisions.
Invite The Citizens Campaign into your church, school, community group, or business. You will be wonderfully amazed at how grateful "ordinary citizens" are to learn that they need not continue to "watch in wonderment" or "ignore in silence"!
Best Regards,
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The gift of today is a well-known character iBook Geronimo Stilton, with the title "A wonderful world for Oliver." This is a book of children's literature that children will undoubtedly enjoy.
Stilton, known for narrating the adventures of Oliver mouse, will explain comic adventures endless present in which new characters and will delve into a new world for Oliver, a world of fantasy and illusion that will capture the attention of children.
And although it is not a gift for adults or not entirely to our liking (which surely think more than one), the fact is that the little ones tend to like this oddball and entertained with her adventures. Moreover, as explained in the description:
A special book that celebrates physical disabilities values of solidarity, equality, trust and camaraderie between friends ...
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Goldman Sachs this week became the latest investment bank to prod its equity analysts off the fence by banning the stock recommendations "outperform" and "underperform" on the grounds that they are not very informative. It is now insisting on unambiguous "buy" and "sell" tips, for which its number-crunchers will be held accountable.
There are thousands of analysts whose job it is to issue reports and recommendations on specific stocks. They look at company fundamentals and then build financial models in order to project future trends. They then use these projections as a basis for issuing recommendations on whether or not they think the stock should be bought or sold.
What sort of tips do they provide?
Recommendations vary according the methods used by individual investment banks. But a "buy" or "sell" indicates that a share price is expected to move up or down more sharply than the rest of its sector. Other terms such as "outperform" or "underweight" refer to less sharp movements in a share price and would be used typically if a share was expected to rise or fall by less than 5 per cent compared with its sector. "Accumulate" and "reduce" suggest a more gentle movement in the share price is expected.
Can I rely on these tips?
Many investors take these recommendations seriously, and you'll notice that often when an analyst changes his or her outlook on a stock the price will rise or fall immediately. But investors should be wary of accepting any recommendation as gospel. Strict separation is enforced between the different departments in the banks. But the suspicion remains that some analysts suffer from a conflict of interest between the firm that employs them and the company which they track. An analyst will often have to issue reports on a company that is a current or potential client of their employer.
What about the recommendations themselves?
That's another area to be careful of. There are very few "sell" recommendations issued; "buy" and "strong buy" are much more common. Only one in 10 recommendations issued are "sells", according to a recent survey. Some investors interpret a "buy" as meaning a stock that is not good enough to be a "strong buy" so in reality not worth buying at all. Also, some investors are suspicious that analysts may put a positive spin on the gloomiest of stocks because they do not want to offend any company that could be a potential client for their bank.
What other recommendations are there?
In addition to issuing "buy", "hold", and "sell" recommendations, analysts also issue earnings estimates for companies. These estimates have become increasingly important as companies that "beat" the estimates typically see their stock prices rise while those that do not usually watch them fall.
Is there anything to be aware of here?
The analysts' earnings estimates depend on information provided by the companies that may be subject to manipulation. In an all-too-
common practice, companies will guide analysts towards earnings numbers that are lower than the company actually expects to report. As a result, companies will then exceed expectations, which unwary investors look at as a sign to buy.
How often do analysts get it right?
Tellingly, this sort of information is much easier to get hold of than research showing the number of times that analysts get it wrong. Starmine, the analysts' rating service, analyses data collected by Thomson Financial and tracks every "buy" and "sell" recommendation made by analysts as well as every change they make to company profit forecasts. It cites Merrill Lynch analysts as last year's best big company stockpickers, just beating their competitors Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.
What about analysts that get it wrong?
Starmine does not publish this data because it says it is not as useful for investors. But investor website Digital Look has surveyed the buy and sell recommendations of the City's leading equity analysts. Although it does not name and shame analysts, it did find that the advice is often a waste of money.
Can I do my own research?
Websites with information on shares include Motley Fool, ADVFN, TD Waterhouse, Starmine, Citywire, Hemscott, Comdirect and WhatInvestment. Many of these provide a round-up of share tips every day with whole sections devoted to those stocks that have had the biggest gains and falls in values as well as company news, sector reviews, recommendations, new issues and a round-up of press stories and economic news.
Motley Fool also has an active discussion board as investment ideas are shared. There is greater emphasis on analysis and opinions about shares on Motley Fool than on some of the other sites.
What about stockbrokers?
Hargreaves Lansdown offers free basic online courses for investors with subjects ranging from investing in smaller companies, when to sell, company reports and accounts and portfolio management.
Killik & Co also provides a lot of useful information on shares and will e-mail investors information on stocks that they are interested in.
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Being fairly new to the Blogging world, I don't actually have a space where I take all of my pictures from, work from, study from, sit at and contemplate my content etc. It feels a bit annoying when I have to use the coffee table downstairs, which requires moving everyone else's stuff off temporarily and shoving it back on after.
My Fiance and I bought a small white table for board games, so I've managed to convince him to let me push it up against our lilac wall and decorate that corner of our room for me to work from. As long as it can still be used for board games, I'm all set haha! I thought I'd share my wishlist for what I'm planning for my little corner!
Fairy lights!
I need them! I've seen so many photos where fairy lights are included and they look fabulous and adorable! They also give off such a nice little additional light. I found a lovely site lights4fun that have loads! I'll be ordering some on payday!
Backdrops and surfaces!
I've noticed a lot of blogs decorate their surroundings in photographs to make them much more professional, bright and colourful, so I want to get some backdrops using wallpaper samples probably from BandQ. I love that these can be used either for the wall or as a portable tabletop if attached to a square of wood or something. I'm going for whites, marble since that seems pretty popular these days and is very bold for photos, and some pinks etc for when I feel a bit snazzy!
I've always adored cute little pieces that make your desk reflect your character. I want to have a tree ornament that can hang my jewellery as well as a couple of candles and a plant (I love cacti). I'll probably just move my cacti to the desk instead of purchasing more, and candle wise I love Yankee candles!
Cute pens, pencils, notebooks, anything that suits my theme will go wonderfully on my workspace and if I use stationary that compliments it, then I'll also have more to play with when it comes to taking photographs. I'm thinking pastel coloured notebooks with bold words or sayings, maybe some doggy pens and brightly coloured paper to doodle on! Yeah!
Just a few ideas I know, but I have such a limited area for photographs and working on my blog, and I'm so sick and tired of just having plain white all the time!
What cute items do you have on your workspaces?


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Hang (Guà 掛) is the sixth of the 12 keywords of Mantis Boxing. The keyword formula houses the principles that define the art. They have been passed down from generation to generation for hundreds of years.
Hang (Guà 掛) wears down our opponent, and forces more pressure on them while stabilizing our own position. This saps their strength, and decreases their mobility.
If we use the Mantis Hook on the neck while in the Clinch (Lǒu 摟), but we leave the hook loose, or stand up straight, we have no control over our opponent. By dropping the pelvis (the largest bone in the human body), we use our lowered center of gravity to 'hang' on our opponents neck.
In addition to sapping our opponents strength, we are able to do this with using less strength of our own. Try standing straight up and hooking your partner's neck. In order to pull them downward, or restrict their movement, we would need to use an incredible amount of strength. Now try the same thing and drop your hips while hanging on your partner. Notice the difference in strength usage, and intensity. This makes it much harder for them to move, while using less strength ourselves.
Once we are hanging on our opponent, now we can use Sly (Diao 刁), Clinch (Lǒu 摟), and Pluck (Cǎi 採) to set up trips, takedowns, and/or strikes.
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Zak Vyner completes his loan to Plymouth Argyle
Plymouth Argyle have completed the loan signing of our client Zak Vyner from Bristol City until the end of the season, player they have tried to sign on a number of occasions.
Zak has made five appearances for the Robins this season including a Carabao Cup match against Argyle themselves in August. Zak had a previous loan spell with Accrington last year where he made 17 appearances and Adams was relieved he was able to get his man.
Argyle manager Derek Adams said: "It's a good move for us, he is a centre half that has a lot of promise, and he has done exceptionally well at Bristol City. He had to stay at Bristol City over the last two cup games, in the FA Cup and the (Carabao) cup game against Man City.
"Bristol City were waiting to get a player and they were able to do that. We have tried to sign him a few times and Bristol City have been able to keep him because they like him as a player. He's been able to come here to get some game-time.
"He is more of a centre back that plays right back at this moment in time. They have high hopes of him playing at centre back. We have watched him playing for Bristol City a number of times."
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A little background: Automata is Head Chef Clayton Wells' first solo restaurant, bringing a movable approach to a frequently changing five-course menu. Components stem from Clayton's varied background at some of Australia and Europe's dining institutions. Menus are formulated with freedom and energy that translates into the dining room, with beverages and pairings beyond wine. The warehouse style space along Kensington Street includes a mezzanine and communal tables.
My visit: Automata serves a five course set menu which changes regularly. The menu utilizes the best ingredients possible at that particular time with minimal fuss.
Our meal kicked off with additional small snacks. A succulent grilled wagyu beef tongue with brown rice miso and enoki mushrooms, served with serrano jamon wrapped around tamarillo, creme friache and touched up with a lightly citrussy yuzu/chilli ferment that enlivened the ham.
The bonito was beautifully torched and dressed in a lemony and slightly sweet vinaigrette which is a classic accompaniment to cut through the oiliness of fish .
The bug tail was cooked to perfection. It had a sweet delicate taste and a nice firm texture which counteracted beautifully with the silky eggplant. It was uniquely paired with a xo sauce which brought a delicious balance of sweet and salty, savory and spicy flavors to the dish.
In this rustic dish, Chef Clayton Wells used two types of mushrooms; fermented and raw, to intensify the earthy layers of celery root and onions. The buckwheat gave the dish an extra-crunchy texture. The taste was complex, sophisticated, addictive, and utterly delectable.
The pork belly was steeped in an intensely flavorful tamari sauce and the bitterness of the grilled greens helped temper the fatty meat.
The yogurt sorbet, jack fruit, meringue, chervil and sumac dessert was a killer end to a spectacular meal. The exotic flavors came alive when paired with the voluminous and satiny Italian meringue.
Verdict: Automata certainly met my expectations. They delivered consistently satisfying dishes. The food was sculptural and well crafted. I truly believe that Chef Clayton Wells successfully combined the fine dining style of food that he likes to cook with, with the casual restaurant feel that he enjoys eating in.
Happy eating 🙂
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