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Celebrating the Miraculous Time of Christmas
It's often said that Christmas is a "magical" time for children. But a more accurate description should be that Christmas is a "miraculous" time as we ponder the miracle of the incarnation. So as we think and plan toward how we will teach about and celebrate Christmas with the children in our home and church, let us consider the importance of the doctrine of the incarnation. Consider these words from Jared Wilson from his article "The Christmas Miracle of the Incarnation of the Omnipresent Word."
Every year at this time as we celebrate the birth of baby Jesus to the virgin Mary, I don't suppose it occurs to too many merrymakers that what they're really celebrating is the Incarnation. All of the other miracles are in service of that central miracle: God became man. And in becoming, through Spiritual conception, the man Jesus of Nazareth, the Word of God did not cease to be God. Baby Jesus, from the moment of conception to the straw habitation of the manger, was fully God and fully man. That's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown.


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Seppo Mäkinen, previously a ValiRx Non-Executive Director, has more than 30 years of senior advisory and executive experience in board level strategic leadership and venture capital management on life science. His career includes ten years as director in Life Sciences at Sitra (Finnish Government Fund), followed by 13 years as co-founder and Managing Partner in Bio Fund Management Oy. In 2010, Seppo founded Taikon Advisor Oy, a Finnish management consultancy firm focusing on advising and investing in life sciences ventures. He stepped down from the ValiRx Board in May 2017.
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He is an experienced entrepreneur in the biotech and pharma industry, who currently sits on the boards of companies in the UK, Europe and USA, assisting them in shaping their aims, values, and strategic goals. He also sits on the editorial board of six peer-reviewed international scientific journals from Bentham Press, California, USA, and he is the Managing Director Europe and Advisory Board Member of Ignite Capital Partners, USA and a trustee of the Ramphal Institute, London. Previously, Ajay was a founder of polyMASC Pharmaceuticals plc, London, the first UK biotech company from a university (Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, University of London) that was directly listed on the London Stock Exchange, raising approximately $40 million in 1995, before its subsequent merger with the NASDAQ-listed company, Valentis Inc in 1999. He was a Board Director and member of the remuneration & audit committees of Immupharma plc, the AIM-listed pharmaceutical development company for over eight years.
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Andrew King has almost twenty years' experience working in the biotech and life-science sectors. He served for nearly ten years as Finance Director of the extremely successful AIM listed biotech company, NeuTec Pharma Limited, leading the business through its IPO to its subsequent sale in 2006 to Novartis Pharma AG for £305 million. He has experience across a range of sectors and has served as Finance Director and company secretary to a number of organisations including Hutchison Whampoa (Europe) Limited, Utility Cable plc and Umbro.com Limited. Most recently he served for five years as CFO to Smart Matrix Limited, a start-up medtech business spun out of a medical research charity. Since 2016 he has acted as an Associate Partner with St. James's Place Wealth Management plc. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant (Price Waterhouse) and has a degree in law.

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As we enter the home stretch of the Parlour to Parlour journey, the artists preceding some of these final episodes became important to me not just for musical enjoyment, but also for their suggestions and recommendations, whether intended or not. In the case of the Cobra Lilies, it was Angela Correa who first planted the idea in my head (unintentionally) that they would be a sight to behold, burning an image in my mind of a saxophone-wielding Mary Chartkoff marching into a crowd in clogs.
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The Brother Kite's Parlour time is here!
For as long as I have known The Brother Kite, starting when my old friend Matt Rozzero became their drummer in 2004, I have been waiting impatiently for TBK to make a west coast appearance. After seeing them perform at a small club in 2006 in their hometown of Providence, Rhode Island, it became my favorite question to ask Matt. The excellent, shimmering Waiting for the Time to Be Right was about to be released, and with regard to their next album, I suppose they're still waiting. But they're getting closer…
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
At home with Bill Spooner, former Tube
In 1994, I picked up a double CD compilation called The Best Punk Album In The World… Ever! with some credit I had from a return at Circuit City. Sandwiched in between the Modern Lovers' "Roadrunner" and Richard Hell and the Voidoids' "Blank Generation" was the Tubes' "White Punks on Dope." This was my introduction to the Tubes, and it had me wondering what the compilers were thinking, as this song seemed to be lampooning the "punk" movement in much the same way that Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention's We're Only in It for the Money skewered hippies in the late '60s. Plus the Tubes were clearly better musicians than most punks. Imagine my delight when I learned that I had the opportunity to receive guitar lessons from the Tubes' own Bill Spooner when I moved to San Francisco…
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Getting to know the Dazzling Strangers
At my first Dazzling Strangers show at Kimo's in San Francisco last year, the Chris Streng-led band ripped through a roaring cover of the Electric Prunes' "I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night." I was with a group of friends that evening, and since none of them were familiar with the original classic 1960s psych rock single, they misheard it as "I Had Too Much to Drink Last Night," and one could hardly blame them. Chris did appear drunk, and a few days later, he confirmed it as fact through an email. This cat became more curious by the minute.
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All Goldring 2000 series cartridges feature Moving Iron technology. This lends them the high levels of detail associated with more expensive moving coil designs whilst retaining the convenience of a replaceable stylus and high output associated with moving magnet types. The cartridge employs a fixed samarium cobolt magnet and high output coil combination so that a very light iron/nickel cantilever end-piece can be used instead of the much heavier permanent magnet used in conventional designs. This reduces the moving mass of the cartridge allowing the stylus to trace the record groove more faithfully. Because of their high output, Goldring 2000 series cartridges should be used with the standard moving magnet phono input of an integrated amplifier.
The 2500 has a tapered cantilever with 2 SD diamond giving it a smooth but detailed sound, while the metal body delivers fine bass definition.
Frequency Response 20 Hz - 20kHz +/- 3 dB
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Sensitivity 6.5 mV ±1.5 dB, 1 kHz @ 5 cm/sec
Static Compliance 35 mm/N
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Expanding Nursing Science in Population and Global Health
Hosted by Emory University School of Nursing
The Southern Nursing Research Society (SNRS) invites you to join us March 21-24, 2018, at the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel in Atlanta, GA, as we celebrate our 32nd year of supporting and advancing quality nursing research at the 2018 Annual Conderence. The SNRS Program Committee has planned a full program with scholarly papers, symposia, poster discussion sessions, posters, general sessions, and networking sessions.
New This Year! Plan to join us starting Wednesday, March 21.
Tour of Center for Disease Control (CDC)
What would a visit to Atlanta be without a tour of the CDC? Come learn why the CDC is headquartered in Atlanta, what CDC measures in its tobacco laboratory, and how the CDC helped NASA during the Apollo 11 moon mission! As an additional option for attendees on Wednesday, March 21, SNRS will be offering two tours, 9 am and 10 am, to the CDC in Atlanta. The tours are two hours in length and space is limited to 30 on each tour. You must pre-register and pay to hold your spot. The cost for the tours are $20, and cut-off for tour registration is February 16, 2018. (The tours will leave the hotel at the times listed above for a 10 am and a 11 am tour of the CDC)
Top Student Poster Session
Due to its popularity and to allow more attendees to participate, the Top Student Poster Session will take place on Wednesday, March 21, from 4:00-5:30 pm as our opening plenary.
Special Session I collaboration with Robert Woods Johnson Foundation
A special session, in collaboration with the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation on the Future of Nursing and Nursing Science in Population Health, will be offered on Thursday morning, March 22 from 10:30-12 pm.
SNRS Dine Around
Plan to gather with friends at specially selected Atlanta restaurant for Friday evening's "Dine Around."
On Friday night, conference attendees will have the opportunity to dine out at a local restaurant with other attendees. Sign up for this event will take place on Wednesday and Thursday at the registration booth. Five restaurants have been chosen near the conference venue with 2 tables for 6 persons reserved at each restaurant. Attendees will be responsible for paying for their meal, any transportation costs to and from the restaurant, and gratuity.
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South City Kitchen serves Southern classics with a sophisticated spin. Since opening more than two decades ago and changing the landscape of Southern cuisine and the Atlanta restaurant scene, we've been serving signature dishes like fried chicken and shrimp & grits alongside innovative, inspired regional cuisine.
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EMILY RATAJKOWSKI STARS IN BAZAAR AUSTRALIA, TALKS FACING CRITICISMFashion Emily Ratajkowski on Harper's Bazaar Australia August 2017 Cover
Top model Emily Ratajkowski lands the August 2017 cover of Harper's Bazaar Australia. On the newsstand cover, the brunette beauty wears a Louis Vuitton dress. For the subscriber's image, Emily looks pretty in pink modeling a Prada dress. Photographer Pamela Hanson captures the American beauty for the accompanying fashion shoot. Stylist Naomi Smithselects dreamy dresses for Emily to wear in the sun-drenched shots.
COVER SHOOT: EMILY RATAJKOWSKI FOR HARPER'S BAZAAR AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2017Model Emily Ratajkowski covers up in fur stole and dress from Marc Jacobs
In her interview, Emily talks about the criticism she receives for being a feminist. "There's this thing that happens to me: 'Oh, she's too sexy'," she says. "It's like an anti-woman thing, that people don't want to work with me because my boobs are too big. What's wrong with boobs? They're a beautiful feminine thing that needs to be celebrated. Like, who cares? They are great big, they are great small. Why should that be an issue?"Getting her closeup, Emily Ratajkowski wears a Prada dressEmily Ratajkowski wears Prada on the August 2017 cover of Harper's Bazaar Australia
The 6 most expensive men's accessories of all timeOther Brands
The evolution of men's fashion is one ruled by history and tradition, from the Victorian gentleman of the early 1900s to the power dressing of the 1980s. Social, political and economic trends dictated what was acceptable or not – and this can still be seen in the current era of great individuality in fashion.
Accessories have always played a crucial role in fashion history – think of Victorian gentleman expressing their wealth through top hats, pocket watches and elaborate canes – but accessories can be tricky for a gentleman to master, with a wide array of options available at any given time.
But a sure way to stand out above the crowd is to spend big. Find out more with our guide to the most expensive men's accessories and who wore them:-
6. Carbon Fiber Wallet ($1400)
The only place to start is the location of your wealth: the wallet. Evolving from a simple piece of fabric to hold coins for the market to a beautifully handcrafted statement of wealth.
Traditionally the main material used has been leather with most skilled craftsmen hoping to use the softest or rarest leather available. However, the advancements of technology in both construction and payment has meant the introduction of new materials.
Lewis Hamilton uses the $1,400 Dunhill Carbon Fiber Biometric Wallet, which is made from carbon fibre with a leather interior. While light and durable with modern styling, it also packs secret features. Metal implants prevents any unauthorised card intrusions, while it also requires a fingerprint to open.
5. Umbrella ($50,000)
The umbrella is one of the few accessories that most men hope not to use. But if you are to get caught in a downpour in rainy season, then it is important to look dapper while dealing with mother nature.
The eye-catching umbrella designed and created by Italian Formula One mogul Flavio Briatore and designer Angelo Galasso is sure to tick this box. Bypassing the more frequently used polyester, this $50,000 masterpiece was constructed out of genuine crocodile skin that is naturally water resistant.
4. Shoes ($50,000)
Conventional wisdom would point to a fine pair of brogues or oxfords as the fashionable accessory but 'sneakers' have seen such a stark revival in fortune over the last few years that they are impossible to ignore.
The sneaker trend has managed to infiltrate itself into many social standings, so it is no surprise that brands such as Dolce & Gabbana and Gucci have entered the market with their own designs.
However, Nike still holds the title of the world's most expensive pair, with rapper Big Boi splashing out $50,000 for a pair of diamond encrusted Air Force 1's.
3. Sunglasses ($408,000)
The modern epitome of cool is also one of the very few accessories to have stemmed from a health perspective.
Sunglasses are one of the easiest accessories to get right, simply finding the right fit for your face shape will open the endless number of options available in market. Traditional styles like wayfarers and aviators never go out of fashion, while continuing to inspire modernised imitations
Like the De Rigo Vision pair by Chopard, an exclusive Swiss watch and jewellery maker. Selling for a cool $408k, these excusive sunglasses combine 60 grams of 19 carat gold for the temples, hinges and screws, coming luxury with durability, and 51 full-cut River diamonds set with a special technique so that the stones create a radiant carpet.
2. Watches ($ 28,00,000)
No element of men's style combines fashion and function like the wristwatch. Nor does any other male accessory inspire such devotion and interest.
These magnificent devices have grown from very practical beginnings to exquisite works of art. The real beauty in the wristwatch, is that there is a watch for every occasion, hence the desire of many to curate a small collection and the need to invest in watch winders so that all timepieces are perfectly maintained.
Though expensive watches are common for the connoisseur, with exquisite pieces from Blancpain or Patek Philippe regularly costing over $100,000, the Hublot Bing Bang Watch is still the one to beat in terms of price. Taking a team of seventeen people over fourteen months to create, the watch comes with 637 diamonds. The cost to Beyoncé as a gift to her husband Jay-Z? $2.8 million dollars.
1. Cufflinks ($42,00,000)
Style is in the details, no matter how small. That extra bit of care taken over your appearance, can make all the difference, that's why it is no great surprise that the most expensive item on the list, is also the smallest.
Cufflinks first appeared back in the 16th century but it was not until the 18th century that they were more commonly found. Traditionally they were one of the few pieces of jewellery that men would be allowed to wear, bringing about extensive design and interest in them.
This interest resulted in Jacob & Co creating a stunning $4.2 million pair of diamond cufflinks. The centrepiece on each cufflink features a 10.5 carat yellow diamond framed with an additional 5 carats of baguette cut diamonds. These stunning works of art are sure to adorn the wrists of many royals around the world.
PARIS JACKSON & MILLIE BOBBY BROWN WEAR CALVIN KLEIN IN THE XX'S NEW VIDEOFashion Paris Jackson wears Calvin Klein in The XX's I Dare You music video
Calvin Klein chief creative officer Raf Simons teamed up with indie band The XX on their latest music video called, 'I Dare You'. The six-minute long clip features actresses Paris Jackson and Millie Bobby Brown as well as model Lulu. The girls pose in casual looks from the American fashion brand including knit sweaters, sports bras and denim. Directed by Alasdair McLellan, the video was filmed in Los Angeles at Lloyd Wright's Sowden house and John Lautner's Rainbow House. Discover more stills from the video below!
CALVIN KLEIN THE XX 'I DARE YOU' MUSIC VIDEOMillie Bobby Brown wears Calvin Klein in The XX's I Dare You music videoModel Lulu poses in Calvin Klein for The XX's I Dare You music videoAn image from The XX's I Dare You music videoLulu wears Calvin Klein for The XX's I Dare You music videoAn image from The XX's I Dare You music videoLulu poses in Calvin Klein for The XX I Dare You music video
CHANEL PURE PATENT CLASSIC FLAP BAGOther Brands
Lately, smooth leather crafted handbags have been very popular like the Pure Classic Flap Bag. Another famous mix is smooth leather mix with diamond quilting where the flap is made quilted. One example is the Business Affinity Bag and the latest Pre-Fall Seasonal Flap Bag. So a handbag crafted with two different leathers could become the next trend in the fashion world. Now meet the Chanel Pure Patent Classic Bag.
Another popular mix is part leather and part quilting like the Business Affinity Bag.
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7 COOL SUMMER STYLES FROM REFORMATIONFashion Reformation Caressa Dress in Cherry
Get ready to enjoy summer with the launch of Reformation's new arrivals. The Los Angeles-based fashion brand spotlights form-fitting dresses, printed blouses and lightweight jumpsuits. In the fashion shoot, a model poses next to a classic Corvette in the glamorous looks. Choose from shades of cherry red, olive green or classic black. Paired with cut-off denim shorts and straw bags, warm weather season has never looked better.
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This leather horse from Hermes costs more than a Porsche 911Hermes
For the not-so-rich class, luxury often means absurdity. After all, who would want to want spend millions on a rock-like art piece or a hand bag that only manages to carry the very same essentials for you? However, if you are someone who strongly disagrees with the previous statement, you may find the sense that we are so desperately seeking out of the recent art collectible by Hermès that is waiting to get you bankrupt.
The luxury label's new art piece for you is a leather statue of a horse that measures 4.5 feet long and showcases very ordinary looking fringes off its head. Named, Marley – The Pony, the structure encompasses a luxe looking upholstered mini-statue that is nice enough for the eyes, but fails to solve any purpose beyond that. Even for the uber-rich who have plenty of money to burn, giving away a shattering $133,000 on a toy pony would be a hard deal for obvious reasons.
Questioning the worth of Hermès new collectible is thus obvious because a price tag like can buy you a couple of SUV's or even a decent enough home in few parts of the country as an alternative. Either ways, it would be quite un wise to spend a chuck that huge on a fringed leather toy. If nothing, buying a real horse (with a stable) for this sum makes more sense in the world!


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New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, and musician, A-plus, have been invited by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), to answer questions on some corruption claims they made against some government officials.
A-Plus had accused Akufo-Addo's two Deputy Chief of Staff, Francis Asenso-Boakye and Abu Jinapor of being corrupt.
In post on Facebook, A-Plus described the two as being "stupid" although he failed to explain their crime.
"…7 months of NPP government. So far so good except appointing some very corrupt official including the two very stupid deputy chief of staff. It's amazing how Nana was able to appoint two thieves whose level of stupidity is the same. Arrogant and corrupt fools. You think you'll be in power forever. Even John Mahama I was not afraid of him then you (sic)," A-Plus stated.
Kennedy Agyapong had also called for immediate investigation of A-Plus's claims, saying he had every reason to believe that other appointees of President Akufo-Addo were also corrupt.
"Abu Jinapor and Asenso-Boakye are not the only two alleged to be involved in corrupt activities at the presidency, there are many others as well. When I started complaining about the President being surrounded by sycophants and corrupt people, I had people calling me to stop making those allegations," he said.
Meanwhile, citifmonoline.com understands that A-Plus and Kennedy Agyapong are to appear before the CID to provide further information on their claims.
This claim comes on the back of a directive President Akufo-Addo gave to the security agencies to investigate corruption allegations made against any of his officials.
"Let me reassure you of one thing. Any allegation about corruption against any official member of my government will be investigated by the law enforcement agencies. And those who made that allegation better be prepared to support it when they are making these allegations of corruption because nobody is going to get away with it," the President said.
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BIOSHOCK – THE COLLECTION [Review]: A Classic, Remastered.
Would you kindly put down whatever you're doing and give this review a read? What can one say about BioShock that hasn't already been said countless times before? The original game, released way back in 2007, completely revolutionized what storytelling could accomplish in a video game, and its shocking revelation still has players reeling to this day.
Bioshock 2, developed by 2k Marin, instead of 2k Boston, was a solid sequel that built on its predecessor and improved the mechanics of the first game. And the vastly different, Bioshock Infinite, was a great game in its own right that brought the series full circle. So how does this "Remastered" Collection fare?
For the most part, pretty good. Bioshock 1 benefits the most from the remaster. The grim and dire dwellings of Rapture are given a brand new coat of paint, easily allowing it to compete with other current gen releases without one having to raise a brow and say "Jesus Christ, this looks old!" Included, is an all-new director's commentary scattered around rapture via film reels, called "Imagining Bioshock", that divulges tons of behind-the-scenes decisions that shaped the game. Altogether, the feature is roughly 2-hours of footage that any BioShock fan will love.
As far as the actual game is concerned — other than the new now/next/current-gen paint job, not much else has changed at all. It's still exactly the same game you fell in love with back in the day–good or bad. Bioshock 1's mechanics, by today's standards, can feel a bit archaic, and there are a few bugs that you might encounter, but none of this is enough to take you out of the experience of Rapture. This game alone is the reason to pick up The Collection.
BioShock 2 and Infinite both receive upgrades, but not as substantial as Part One. In BS2, the frame rate is increased and textures are improved; but, again, overall, it's the same game. (Yeah, reviewing remastered editions of previous games is real exciting — let me tell you…) I was disappointed to find that no commentary or extras were added, despite a game still good enough to hold up on its own. With Infinite, we've basically gotten the PC version that was released back in 2013. Yes, PC owners, we get it; consoles are soooo far behind. The game looks better than ever, on consoles, and runs smooth as shit. But like Bioshock 2, we aren't given any special supplemental features.
All 3 games are worth their salts, or Adam. Bioshock 1 benefits beautifully, while its sequels are great games that are must-plays for fans of the series– or just fans of great storytelling in video games. The Inclusion of all the DLC released for all 3 games is a value you shouldn't skip. Whether returning to the worlds of Rapture and Columbia, or visiting it for the first time, you'd be hard pressed to find a better gaming value for $60 than the BioShock: Remastered Collection.


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The decision to stage the inaugural Rip Curl Search WCT competition at Reunion Island's St Leu break is looking better by the day, as the US$270,000 Foster's World Tour event enjoyed a second consecutive day of great surf, with Round One and 10 heats of Round Two knockout heats completed today.
With excellent though at times inconsistent 1.5 to 2 metre (four to six foot) waves on offer, Hawaii's reigning three-time world champion and 2nd seed Andy Irons opened the day with a strong performance to overcome Australian 18th seed Richie Lovett and local wildcard David Grainville. Iron's posted a total heat score of 13.83 for his best two rides to Lovett's 12.33, with Grainville scoring just 7.7.
Irons was naturally happy after his win, saying: "Being on Reunion is awesome. It's probably the furthest place from my home, but once you get here it's amazing. The place is beautiful, it has great waves, great food and the people are really nice. I've surfed a few times here and had a great time, so I'm glad we're back here." This morning's other Round One heats saw five of the eight top 16 seeds who surfed relegated to knockout Round Two – 11th seeded Hawaiian Bruce Irons, and Australian quartet Joel Parkinson, Tom Whitaker, Phil MacDonald and Michael Lowe, the 3rd, 13th, 14th and 15th seeds respectively.
Bruce Irons and 27th seeded Australian Bede Durbridge were upstaged by Brazilian wildcard Jean da Silva, the only wildcard of 11 in the event to record a Round One victory. In one of the more inconsistent heats for waves today, da Silva made the most of his rides, scoring a total of 12.67, with Durbridge second on 9.9 points and Irons third on just 5.93 points.
Brazilian 30th seed Raoni Monteiro produced some of the brilliance that has earmarked him as one of South America's brightest talents in his Round One victory over MacDonald and Brazilian veteran Renan Rocha, the 35th seed. Monteiro's heat score was 15.50, MacDonald second on 14.83 and Rocha third with 11.5.
Monteiro said after his win: "This was my best heat of the year so far, I have been trying my best, but it's so hard because the rest of the surfers are so talented."
Lowe was narrowly beaten by Australian Foster's Men's World Tour rookie Kirk Flintoff, who posted the single best wave score of the event so far – a 9.6 (out of a possible 10 points) – for a spectacular series of manoeuvres that included two aerials. Flintoff's winning heat score was 16.27 (out of a possible 20) for his best two rides, with Lowe second on 15.6, and South African 31st seed Greg Emslie third on 9.54.
Whitaker finished third in his Round One clash, with fellow Australian Lee Winkler, the 29th seed, winning from Brazilian wildcard Bernardo Miranda.
Australian 12th seed Danny Wills was too good in Round One for Brazilian duo Victor Ribas (28th seed) and Bernardo Miranda (37th seed), posting a total heat score of 14.5 to advance to Round Three, with the South Americans relegated to Round Two after both failed to break double figures for their heat scores, Ribas scoring 8.{{{57}}} and Miranda 7.3.
Wills said: "I feel comfortable out here, it's quite an easy wave to read after Fiji and Tahiti. I think it'll be a really interesting contest."
16th seeded Australian great Mark Occhilupo, at 38 the oldest of the 2005 Foster's Top 45 surfers, produced some vintage form in the last Round One heat to push Sydney's Luke Stedman (32nd seed) and Californian WCT rookie Tim Reyes 33rd seed into Round Two. Now re-considering his decision earlier this year that 2005 would be his last on tour, Occhilupo said today: "I'm so stoked to be back here, if this is my last year on tour, I would have been sad not to come back here. Places like this really make me want to keep doing the tour." Parkinson made amends for his Round One loss when he eliminated 16-year-old Australian wildcard Matt Wilkinson in the opening heat of Round Two. The 2004 world title runner-up from Queensland's Gold Coast surfed impressively to post the third highest heat score of the event so far – 16.67 to end Wilkinson's first experience in a Foster's WCT event.
Parkinson said: "It's a lot easier to feel out the lineup in a heat rather than when it's crowded with free surfers. I learned a lot about the wave in my heats today and I just hope it helps me for the rest of the event."
Bruce Irons kept himself in the hunt for the US$30,000 first prize with a Round Two victory later in the day, proving too strong for 21-year-old Australian wildcard Travis Lynch. Irons scored a total of 12.9 for his best two rides against Lynch's 8.23. After his win, Bruce said: "I've only surfed out here about a dozen times and I still have a lot to learn. It's a tricky wave, it's always doing something different, but a couple more surfs I think I'll be ok."
Whitaker's Round Two effort matched Parkinson's heat score of 16.67 in eliminating another wildcard, Puerto Rican Brian Toth, a 20-year-old who scored 7.67 for his best two waves.
Like Parkinson, Bruce Irons and Whitaker, MacDonald came back from a Round One loss with a comfortable Round Two victory over yet another wildcard, 19-year-old Australian Ben Dunn, who struggled in the tricky conditions, scoring just 5.53 for his best two rides versus MacDonald's 11.23.
Late in the day, Brazilian wildcard Bruno Santos produced the first major upset of the event, eliminating Mick Lowe, to set up a Round Three clash with Kelly Slater.
Organisers are confident that the excellent surf conditions will continue tomorrow, with 6 heats of Round Two to be completed to decide the final 32 competitors.
(NB: No surfers are eliminated in Round One, with the winners advancing to Round Three and earning a day off. Round One second and third place placegetters advance to Round Two, where man-on-man knockout competition begins.)
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ROUND 1 RESULTS:Heat # 1
1 – Marcelo Nunes
2 – Frederic Robin
3 – Luke Egan
Heat # 2
1 – Fred Patacchia
2 – Kalani Robb
3 – Tom Curren
Heat # 3
1 – Mick Fanning
2 – Paulo Moura
3 – Pablo Gutierrez
Heat # 4
1 – Cory Lopez
2 – Travis Logie
3 – Bruno Santos
Heat # 5
1 – Nathan Hedge
2 – Taylor Knox
3 – Ben Dunn
Heat # 6
1 – Taj Burrow
2 – Jake Paterson
3 – Brian Toth
Heat # 7
1 – Troy Brooks
2 – Trent Munro
3 – Travis Lynch
Heat # 8
1 – Kelly Slater
2 – Darren O'Rafferty
3 – Matt Wilkinson
Heat # 9
1 – Andy Irons
2 – Richie Lovett
3 – David Grainville
Heat # 10
1 – Peterson Rosa
2 – Joel Parkinson
3 – Abdel El Harim
Heat #11
1 – Jean Da Silva
2 – Bede Durbridge
3 – Bruce Irons
Heat # 12
1 – Daniel Wills
2 – Victor Ribas
3 – Bernardo Pigmeu
Heat # 13
1 – Lee Winkler
2 – Guilherme Herdy
3 – Tom Whitaker
Heat # 14
1 – Raoni Monteiro
2 – Phillip MacDonald
3 – Renan Rocha
Heat # 15
1 – Kirk Flintoff
2 – Michael Lowe
3 – Greg Emslie
Heat # 16
1 – Mark Occhilupo
2 – Luke Stedman
3 – Tim Reyes
COMPLETED ROUND 2 HEATS:{{{H1}}}: Joel Parkinson def Matt Wilkinson
{{{H2}}}: Trent Munro def David Granville
{{{H3}}}: Luke Egan def Abdel El Harim
H4: Bruce Irons def Travis Lynch
H5: Tom Whitaker def Brian Toth
H6: Phillip MacDonald def Ben Dunn
H7: Bruno Santos def Michael Lowe
H8: Darren O'Rafferty def Pablo Gutierrez
H9: Richard Lovett def Tom Curren
H10: Jake Paterson def Federick Robin
REMAINING ROUND 2 HEATS:H11: Taylor Knox v. Bernardo Pigmeu
H11: Travis Logie v. Guilherme Herdy
H11: Paulo Moura v. Renan Rocha
H11: Kalani Robb v. Tim Reyes
H11: Bede Durbridge v. Luke Stedman
H11: Victor Ribas v. Greg Emslie


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It's also still on the USA Today bestseller list for the fourth consecutive week.
Once again I owe a huge thanks to everyone who has picked up copies of the books in the FADE series. The other day I went back and read some of the first emails I received from readers back in late July, just after the first in the series was published, asking when the second one would be out. I hadn't even finished writing it yet. How far it has come since that time...


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- 16 oz Enchilada Sauce (Cookie & Kate) (you can buy 2 cans from the store if you don't want to make it – but this was delicious!)
- Corn tortillas (12 if you're using the small ones, 5-6 if you're using the larger ones)
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1 small onion, thinly sliced
- 1/2 orange or yellow peppers, thinly sliced (for cost purposes, choose whichever pepper is cheapest)
- 1.5 cups corn (I used frozen, but you can use canned or fresh)
- 1 15 oz can of black beans, drained and rinsed
- 1.5 cups brown rice, cooked
- 1 plum tomato, diced
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 1 cup fresh spinach, chopped
- 1.5 cups shredded cheese (I used monetary jack), divided
- 1/2 cup cilantro, chopped
- 1 tsp lime juice
- salt and pepper to taste
- Make your enchilada sauce ahead of time and pour it into a jar or other container and set aside.
- If you don't have cooked rice already, go ahead and prepare that according to the package directions. I used Uncle Ben's which only took 20 minutes.
- Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees F. Spray a 9×13 inch dish with non-stick cooking spray.
- Heat oil in a large pan over medium heat. Add onion, peppers and a dash of salt. Cook until soft (about 7 – 9 minutes).
- Stir in corn, black beans, rice, tomato, cumin, and chili powder. Allow flavors to come together for a few minutes. Remove from heat and stir in 1/4 cup of the shredded cheese, spinach, cilantro, lime juice, and salt/pepper to taste.
- Begin layering in your 9×13″ dish: First, spread a thin layer of sauce on the bottom of the pan. Then add a layer of tortillas follow by 1/3 of the vegetable mixture and ~1/2 – 3/4 cup sauce. Continue layering tortillas, vegetables, & sauce until you are left with tortillas as the top layer. Sprinkle the top with the remaining 1 1/4 cups of cheese and bake for 20 minutes. Top with more chopped cilantro & serve!


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Editor's Note:
James Atlas is the author of Bellow: A Biography, Delmore Schwartz: The Life of an American Poet, the memoir My Life in the Middle Ages: A Survivor's Tale, and The Shadow in the Garden: A Biographer's Tale. Here, he shares what it was like to become a biographer, and what it takes to be one.
A crabby novelist who'd gotten a bad review once quipped, "Whoever grew up wanting to be a literary critic?" The same could be said, I suppose, of wanting to be a biographer. When you're fourteen, if you've thought about the future at all, the odds are more likely that you have your heart set on being a pole vaulter, a fireman, maybe these days an entrepreneur, even – should you be so unfortunate as to have literary inclinations – a poet. But how many adolescents even know what a biography is?
I certainly didn't, though I knew I wanted to be a writer, and – being a strange boy who read Partisan Review for fun – I was already considering literary critic as a possible vocation. It wasn't until I was in my early twenties and had the good fortune to study with Richard Ellmann, the great biographer of James Joyce, that it occurred to me that this might be the genre for me. His massive 700-page book had everything: a (nonfictional) protagonist, vivid ancillary characters, a moving story line, terrific writing, literary criticism, and more. It also had facts. I found this reassuring. I loved reading novels, but there was something disconcerting but them – they were made up. (Of course that was the whole point.) I couldn't trust them to deliver the goods on reality. "Why not say what really happened?" wrote Robert Lowell. Exactly.
I had been fascinated by the work – and by what I knew about the life – of the poet Delmore Schwartz ever since I was in high school. I'd read a few of his lyric poems in anthologies, and knew from a tribute in the New York Times Book Review that he had been considered the most promising poet of his generation, only to burn himself out with amphetamines and alcohol, dying of a heart attack in the corridor of a crummy midtown Manhattan hotel at the age of fifty-two. What a precautionary tale about the dangers of the creative life.
I persuaded the American Poetry Review to let me write an essay about Schwartz, and from that managed to get a contract from the publishing house Farrar, Straus, and Giroux (for three thousand dollars) to write his biography … whatever that was. I would have to read a few to find out. My apprenticeship was served under the strict, lovingly oppressive critic Dwight Macdonald, who was Delmore's literary editor and had taken an interest in my project; but I also read closely Leon Edel's five-volume biography of Henry James, George Painter's Proust, and Michael Holroyd's epic Lytton Strachey. They were very different books, inflected by their authors' distinctive voices, but they clearly revealed a mania for detail; they were drawn to the challenge of reproducing events and scenes, reconstructing historical and sociological background, animating character through the assemblage of facts – not just to accumulate them, but to make them work in concert, producing an illusion of reality (or was it reality itself?), a story that had the narrative sweep of fiction but was true.
Biographers, then, were obsessive researchers; they collected documents and letters, ransacked library archives, traveled the world interviewing people. They combed through old periodicals and newspapers. They were diggers. And they were avid about the past, hungry for knowledge about vanished worlds. And they had discipline, what the Germans call sitzfleisch – literally, sitting-down flesh, the capacity to sit at your desk for long hours over a period of years that could sometimes stretch beyond a decade. (My biography of Saul Bellow took eleven years, with interruptions of various kinds.) So you needed patience, too; you needed to take the long view, to postpone gratification – to see the writing of a biography as the project of a lifetime.
But spending so much time in the company of someone else requires the most important quality that a biographer must possess: empathy. You are going to spend more time in the company of this person, whether dead or alive, than with your children or your spouse: your subject will exasperate you, bore you, wear you out with unreasonable demands. Yet through all these trials, you must understand and forgive. What is harder in life than that? Ask a biographer. Nothing.
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Here is the Channel Mum video about random acts of Kindness:
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The film also makes you think: Why must we live a life that's practically similar to others? Can you live a world where you're required to be creative and innovative most of the time? Should we follow instructions, live your life by the book or be creative, imaginative, innovative, different than others? Why should we choose one? Why can't it be both? Is there a balance in between?
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A PROJECT to transform the garden of a Supported Living Project for single homeless people in Flintshire has won a national Sustainability Award.
Greenbank Villas, a Supported Living Scheme in Flint town centre, managed by Clwyd Alyn Housing Association, part of the Pennaf Housing Group has been awarded the Sustainability Award the annual Cymorth Cymru Promoting Independence Awards.
The award was made in recognition of the transformation of their garden, creating a space used by project members and the wider community for various events, as well as growing vegetables which have been shared in communal meals.
The original garden make-over not only involved the young people themselves but local businesses, young people from other Clwyd Alyn schemes and staff from throughout The Pennaf Group.
But clearing away rubble, building decking and patio areas and creating raised planting areas back in 2008 was only the beginning.
Since then the residents have continued to develop the outside space creatively to encourage independent living and to learn new skills such as yoga.
Kevin Hughes, director of care and support services for The Pennaf Group said: "The residents and staff at Greenbank Villas continue to show tremendous enthusiasm and creativity over the garden area.
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Random International's immersive installation Rain Room (2012) invites you to walk through a downpour of continuous rain without getting wet. Motion sensors detect the movements of the human body as visitors navigate through the darkened underground space, becoming performers in this intersection of art, technology and nature.
This site-specific sound and light installation uses 2,500 litres of self-cleaning recycled water, which is controlled through a computerised system of 3D tracking cameras placed at intervals around the ceiling. When sensors in the cameras detect a person's movement, they signal one of the many water nozzles in the ceiling, and the water stops in a roughly six-foot radius around the person.
Founded in 2005, Random International is a London-based collaborative studio for experimental and digital practice within contemporary art. Their work, which includes sculpture, performance and large-scale architectural installations, reflects the relationship between man and machine and centres on audience interaction.
Sharjah's Rain Room marks the Middle East premiere and the first permanent installation of this project by Random International. The work has previously been on view at the Barbican, London (2012); MoMA, New York (2013); Yuz Museum, Shanghai (2015) and LACMA, Los Angeles (2015–2017).
The Rain Room building in Sharjah has been designed by Sharjah Art Foundation and the UAE-based SpaceContinuum Design Studio in collaboration with Shape Architecture Practice + Research, Sharjah.
Opened in May 2018, Rain Room is part of the Sharjah Art Foundation Collection and the first of a series of artist-designed permanent spaces.
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Tickets are sold online and on site.
To purchase your tickets, please click here.
-Adult: 25 AED
-Student: 15 AED (up to 22 years-ID required)
-Teachers: 15 AED (ID required)
-Children: Free admission (up to 5 years)
-People with Disabilities and one companion: Free admission
Saturday – Thursday: 9:00 am to 9:00 pm
Friday: 4:00 pm to 11:00 pm
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-No food or beverage is allowed inside the installation.
-Children should be supervised at all times.
-The use of umbrellas or other rain gear is not permitted.
-For safety reasons, visitors are prohibited from wearing shoes with thin high heels.
-Dark, shiny, reflective or impermeable clothing may affect the functioning of the sensors.
-If visitors move impulsively within the installation, slight contact with water is possible.
-The installation requires regular maintenance and is subject to temporary closure during the day.
-Use of photographic equipment and mobile phones is entirely at the risk of the owner.
-No professional photography is allowed without explicit prior permission from Sharjah Art Foundation.
-Visitors are asked to abstain from taking photographs for any other purpose than documenting their visit to Rain Room. Performance and music videos, product photography or fashion shoots are not permitted.
-Visitors are encouraged to photograph and share on social media with the hashtag #RainRoomSharjah.
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Many men and teenagers these days know how it feels to actually have breasts and not necessarily because they want to. Male breast enlargement has two main causes:
- hormonal disorders
- fatty tissue accumulation in the area
Hormonal disorders usually appear at puberty or after the men turn 50. At puberty, the body of a young boy goes through all sorts of transformations and men boobs are possible to appear. If the cause is hormonal, then everything should come back to normal as soon as the hormone levels get regulated.
After a man turns 50 the testosterone level drops and level of fatty tissue raises which can lead to men boobs. This hormonal transformation doesn't go away unless it is treated with exercises and an appropriate diet.
Fatty tissue accumulations in the area are easy to treat with physical activities like upper body exercises and a diet that eliminates fats and raises the testosterone levels.
A man's diet should include foods that raise the testosterone level naturally like red meat, oysters, brown rice, cruciferous (broccoli, cabbage, and so on) and that bring a healthy portion of fibers in the system. Usually, you have to cut out of your diet from refined carbs because they cause insulin and sugar spikes which lead to more fatty tissue accumulating on your body.
Another way to reduce male breast enlargement is surgery. It is faster than diet and exercise, but it implies more risks especially when you are passed 50. That's why the natural way is always the most recommended one. The surgery is done by a plastic surgeon, and it can be of two types:
- liposuction, to remove the extra fatty tissue
- removing of glandular tissue
Before deciding which way you want to take in order to get rid of your men boobs you should talk to a physician to check if there isn't another cause for them. Usually, big men breasts can hide other affections like tumors or a dangerously low testosterone level which can mean cancer. Nothing it's more important than your health so go and have yourself checked out before going one way or the other.
Men boobs don't have to be a subject for embarrassment in society but a subject of worry for an individual's health. This unnatural accumulation of fatty tissue shows a bad diet and a life without exercise which is very dangerous for us, these days.


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Teacher is a Student of New Guinea
Public Citizen News
by Suzanne R. Whitmore
California Member Gives Tours of
Island Nation in the Summer
Greg Stathakis wears many hats. For most of the year, he is a devoted community activist, a dedicated teacher consumed with the daunting task of explaining the rudiments of the English language and the intricacies of world literature to adolescents at Santa Barbara High School in California.
But in the summer, he becomes a tour guide in Papua New Guinea. For more than 20 years, he has guided tourists through the rain forests and atop the mountains of the string of islands north of Australia, exposing travelers to an unfamiliar culture and country.
"I specialize in getting into the cultural mindset of the local people, who in some instances have gone from no wheel to airplane wheels in just one generation," he said. Stathakis also has been an ardent supporter of Public Citizen for more than two decades. Inspiring his students, as well as other young people, is one reason he contributes to the organization, he said.
"I hope that this generation will be able to take over the role model of advocate," he said. Stathakis hopes his philanthropy will spur young people to get involved in issues that affect society.
During his 30 years of teaching, he has observed three distinct changes in young people: students today do not enjoy reading as much as students before them, do not engage in enough critical thinking regarding mass culture, and feel a sense of hopelessness about injustices and apathy about changing them.
"I'd like to give to Public Citizen in the future, through my will, to help me feel more hopeful for the [next generation] of citizens," Stathakis said.
A worldwide traveler who has visited 70 countries, Stathakis was a "disappointed consumer" on his first trip to Papua New Guinea in 1978.
He talked to a rival tour company about how tours ought to be run and was hired to be the U.S. representative for Trans Niugini Tours.
Today, he escorts one group each August to the equatorial country, where the natives speak more than 700 indigenous languages. The Papua New Guinea people are among the most friendly and unspoiled people on earth, he said.
His interest in diverse people and places carries over to his interest in Public Citizen. He supports Public Citizen because of the vast array of issues the organization addresses.
These affect the "whole spectrum of ethnic backgrounds, ages, financial status, rural versus urban dwellers and various educational and social backgrounds," Stathakis said.
He admires Public Citizen because it is "appropriately aggressive without being strident," he said. In particular, Stathakis appreciates the continuity of Public Citizen's leadership.
"I have seen organizations in the throes of change with different directors and philosophies that result in a lack of continuity and focus," Stathakis said. "I feel better contributing to an organization with experienced leadership and a strong record of success, commitment and continuity."
Blackboard Jungle
Indiana Alumni
by Sally McKinney
Santa Barbara school teacher Greg Stathakis leads tours
into the wilds of Papua New Guinea.
In some ways, Greg Stathakis, BA'65, MAT'67, leads a double life. Students at Santa Barbara High School know him as Mr. Stathakis. Along with teaching full-time, he also serves as liaison/consultant for Trans Niugini tours. When school is out, he guides adventurous travelers across rivers, through the jungle, and into the villages of Papua New Guinea. To these hardy trekkers, he is New Guinea Greg.
On a sunny afternoon in May, the California school teacher has already put in seven hours when he leaves the classroom at 3 p.m. Most afternoons, Stathakis walks the mile or so to his hillside home, decorated with fabric wall hangings and artifacts acquired on various world travels. many of the objects-a yam mask, a pig's tail apron, an iridescent beetle headdress-were acquired on more than a dozen visits to Papua New Guinea (PNG).
At one time, Stathakis represented Trans Niugini Tours in the U.S. market. "it got to be more than I could handle," Stathakis admits, so he handed over the business to a long -time associate. He now limits his PNG travels to guiding one or two adventure trips a year.
Years of experience have made Stathakis quite knowledgeable about Papua New Guinea, a rugged tropical country north of Australia full of "incredible contrasts and juxtapositions." Although people on the coasts have had contact with missionaries and traders for more than a century, tribal members in some remote valleys did not see white men until the 1930s. In these regions, the elders still tell stories about hearing "all those bees," the hum of airplanes that heralded white men's arrival.
Many of the country's three million people have retained their tribal identities, languages, and customs. The economy centers around copper mining and agriculture, particularly coffee, cocoa, and coconut (copra).
Much of PNG is still "unspoiled," reports Stathakis, "as if the Creator had just finished making it." There are about 3,000 species of orchids, and a many species of birds (about 700)as in all of North America.
"People have one foot in the Stone Age, the other in the Computer Age," Stathakis says. During a visit to parliament, he once heard a discussion of multinational company contracts during the same session that members debated the licensing of witch doctors.
One of Those Teachers
Stathakis was not always so cosmopolitan. When he arrived in Bloomington to begin his college career, he discovered that his dorm held three times as many students as his entire high school, St. John's Military Academy in Delafield, Wisc.
"With so many possibilities in terms of clubs and organizations," he recalls, "I really flourished." Working on the Indiana Daily Student, Stathakis responded to an ad in the paper and got his first travel job-helping coordinate the IU School of Music's plans for a production of Turandot at the New York World's Fair.
In 1967, after completing an MAT in speech and theater, the Hoosier-born schoolteacher took a job in Santa Barbara. Now, when he relaxes on the deck of his California home, Stathakis enjoys reminiscing. Behind him is a backdrop of jungle-like trees, and Balinese prayer flags sway gently in the wind.
At age 23, he was just a few years older than the students. He remembers one student saying, "We know Mr. Stathakis isn't pulling weeds and grading papers on weekends. he's not one of those teachers." "Now, decades later, as I'm hunched over in my garden yanking weeds or grading papers on weekends, I think of that, and it doesn't matter. I'm really happy to be one of those teachers," Stathakis says.
During more than two decades at Santa Barbara High, he has expanded his horizons through travel. So far, he has visited more than 60 countries and all the continents except Antarctica. Southeast Asia and the South Pacific have become favorite regions. He spends more hours during a year traveling by airplane than by automobile.
As a teacher, he uses his travels to broaden students' perspectives. Each semester, for example, students in his world literature classes read at least one African novel. A non reading assignment involves experiencing a foreign culture in some way, perhaps preparing foreign food.
Tranquility and Adventure
Stathakis-who has received awards for teaching-says the "stability, tranquility, and quality" of the educational system are very different from work as a travel guide.
"In Papua New Guinea," he says, "you never know what's going to go wrong. So many things can happen."
One night, part of his group, searching for their hut in the rain, stumbled into a muddy ditch. Although the sodden trekkers scrambled out and eventually found their lodging, they learned later that the ditch was a war trench used by fierce Huli tribesman to protect their property.
Another time some of the group were stranded at dusk when the engine failed on their Karawari River boat. With the aid of friendly natives and a second launch, the stragglers eventually arrived at the lodge.
Part of the excitement of travel to such an exotic country is the feeling of being on a National Geographic expedition, Stathakis says. Because of the rugged terrain, Port Moresby, the capital, has no paved roads that link it with other major cities. Thus, much of the shipping and travel within the country is done by airplane. In some cities people watch TV beamed in by satellite, yet in remote valleys feuding tribesmen still fight with bows and arrows.
With so much adventure awaiting him, why does Stathakis return to the classroom each fall? "I could make as much money in travel as I do in teaching," he reports, "but I prefer teaching. I feel so much more in control."
So Mr. Stathakis will continue to guide Santa Barbara students through the intricacies of high school English, and once or twice a year New Guinea Greg will take travelers on tour. " I always envy people who are seeing the country for the first time," he says. " I love to see adults with that youthful expectation and curiosity-not complaining that the ice isn't cold enough-and fully taking in everything they see."


text: LAKELAND, Fla. -- It is more than a month until the regular season opens and the Detroit Tigers begin their bid for the postseason. But in baseball's other key standings -- the box-office standings -- the Tigers are off to a runaway start. Bob Raymond, the club's vice president of marketing and ticket sales, said Tuesday the club has cleared the 26,000 mark in season-ticket sales for this season. The total is a combination of full and partial season-ticket plans. A team's season-ticket total is the base of every night's crowd. Thus the Tigers are assured of a paid attendance of more than 26,000 for every home game. They are also assured, before putting individual-game tickets on sale this weekend, of a season attendance of 2.1 million. Only five times in their history have the Tigers drawn that many fans for a full season. The Tigers might be an even hotter ticket than last season, when they drew three million fans for the first time. Consider these facts Raymond delivered Tuesday: The club sold 9,300 full-season tickets last season. All but 5 percent of those were renewed for this season. And about 5,000 new season-ticket packages have been sold. So the Tigers have sold 13,854 full-season ticket packages. (Including the luxury suites, it's a little above 15,000.) On the day after Pudge Rodriguez signed in 2004, the Tigers sold $250,000 worth of season tickets. Raymond thought that was an unmatchable zenith. But on the day after last December's blockbuster trade with Florida for Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis, the Tigers sold $600,000 worth of season-ticket sales. The club plans to add 500 to 700 seats to Comerica Park. The seats will be on risers, in leftfield under the scoreboard and in rightfield on the Pepsi porch. The club hopes the new seats will be in place by Opening Day. The club set aside 300,000 tickets for group sales this season and put them on sale last week. All but 12,000 have been reserved. Raymond expects "heavy sales" when tickets for individual games (not including Opening Day) go on sale Saturday. These facts are especially breathtaking for Raymond because he was the club's ticket director in 2003, when the Tigers set an American League record with 119 losses. At the end of that season, the season-ticket base -- including partial season-ticket plans -- was 7,411. "That was the lowest total at Comerica Park," Raymond said. The season-ticket base has grown by almost four times since then. "We have a product our fans are really excited about," Raymond said. "It's amazing how much enthusiasm is out there. The fans want to see the team. They can't wait to see this starting lineup." Raymond was asked how many people work in the ticket department. "We have 19 people in ticket-sales operations," he said. "They are all very busy, and they've put in extra hours and done a great job."


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(APOPKA, FL) – Crews are scheduled the night of Monday, November 20, to close Ondich Road west of Plymouth Sorrento Road as part of building the Wekiva Parkway (State Road 429). The closure and detour will take place from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. Tuesday, November 21.
During the closure, traffic will be detoured via Effie Drive, Kelly Park Road and Plymouth Sorrento Road. Flaggers will direct traffic and electronic message boards are posted to alert drivers. Bad weather or other unforeseen circumstances could delay or prolong work. Motorists are urged to use caution in the construction area for their safety and that of the work crews.
The Central Florida Expressway Authority began construction January 4, 2016 on Wekiva Parkway Section 2B. This $79.6 million section will connect to Section 2A, located north of Haas Road between Plymouth Sorrento Road and County Road 435 (Mount Plymouth Road), and to Section 1B to the south. Work is scheduled to finish by spring of 2018.
This project is among five parkway sections being built by CFX, totaling 10 miles and more than $270 million in construction costs. Once completed, the 25-mile parkway will complete Central Florida's beltway, while helping to protect the natural resources surrounding the Wekiva River.


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A low-distortion 2-2-1 cascaded sigma-delta modulator for wide-band applications is presented. The topology includes three stages: the first and second stage is formed by second order low-distortion multi-bit architecture, while the following stage is realized by first order structure. This kind of architecture can greatly reduce the non-linear effects by using low-distortion architecture, and suppress the in-band noise, so it can reduce the over sampling ratio(OSR) effectively. The 2-2-1 cascaded sigma-delta modulator employing 4-b quantizers in very stage makes all quantization noise sources negligible at oversampling ratio(OSR) of 8. Behavioral simulation takes into account most of the non-idealities and experimental results show that for a 12.5 MHz signal bandwidth and 200MHz oversampling frequency, the modulator achieves a peak SNDR of 88.1 dB and an effective resolution of 14.34 bits with OSR of 8. The simulation also shows that it has well over loaded condition and power saving characters. This kind of topology reveals a good efficiency in the wide-band applications.
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Kristen Dwiggins knew that this might be the day as she practiced takeoffs and landings with her instructor at Sanford, North Carolina's Raleigh Executive Jetport on an October morning following a short flight from Raleigh-Durham International Airport.
Piloting a 125-horsepower, two-place Liberty XL2 trainer under her instructor's supervision, Dwiggins' landings were looking good, so she taxied to the apron, feeling "excited but nervous," to let her CFI, Stephanie Wrenn of FlightGest, deplane.
Takeoff felt a bit unusual with no other occupant aboard. But once airborne, the much-practiced sensations felt familiar. It was when turning from the base leg of the traffic pattern to final that it really sank in: She was flying the airplane alone, unaided.
The experience had a dreamlike quality that would be preserved for posterity by a video that came out a bit "fuzzy."
But it wasn't a dream, and afterward, in the manner of so many pilots, Dwiggins was ready with a real-world critique of her first solo landing, which she characterized as "safe," but perhaps not as smooth as a dream landing might have been.
That's something to focus on next time—which she said she expected to do after completing the transition from the Liberty, which is no longer available for her training, to the heavier, more powerful, four-place Piper Archer, a 180-hp member of the PA-28 line of single-engine airplanes.
Accounts of a new pilot's first solo are always uplifting. For AOPA, the first solo by Dwiggins, a 36-year-old airport project manager for the North Carolina Department of Transportation, marked one giant leap forward for a recipient of a 2016 Erral Lea Plymate Memorial Scholarship, one of several scholarships awarded by the AOPA Foundation in September through the AOPA Flight Training Scholarship program.
Dwiggins was already strongly bonded to aviation through family tradition and her own intense desire to fly. She hopes to pursue advanced pilot training some day, sees an active role for herself in the local aviation community, and hopes, by encouragement and example, to inspire other women to become pilots.
The scholarship award helped her launch her pursuit of the dream, just as the passion for aviation has shaped her professional life, drawing her from road, park, and sidewalk projects to assignments at airports, where she enjoys the company of like-minded individuals in an aviation environment.
"It's nice to be surrounded by people who love what you do as much as you do," she said, adding that many of her co-workers are cheering her on as she marks her pilot training milestones.


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First Prize Bourban is Prompt Choice in Treme Stakes
The gelding earns his first graded stakes win on Saturday.
August 19, 2017
Q-Racing Journal
Sent to post as the 13-10 favorite in a full field of 10 Louisiana-bred 3-year-olds, Charles J. Boudreaux Jr.'s First Prize Bourban sprinted to a half-length win in the $40,000 Treme Stakes (RG3) at Fair Grounds Racecourse on Saturday.
First Prize Bourban went 350 yards in :17.430 under jockey Donald Watson and earned the $24,000 winner's share of the purse. Kenneth Roberts Sr. saddled the brown son of Coronas Leaving You.
A $45,000 buy at the 2015 Louisiana QHBA Yearling Sale, First Prize Bourban was bred by Weetona Stanley of Madill, Oklahoma. The gelding was shortening in distance off of his second-place finish, a half of a length behind winner Jrs Coronas Shadow, in the 400-yard, $257,000 Delta Downs Derby (RG2) on July 8.
First Prize Bourban has won four of nine starts and has banked $153,156.
Bankin On Bux, a 13-1 longshot, finished second to complete a $44.40 ($2) exacta. Hez Kwik, Royal Quick Patriot, Zooboo, Swinginstar, Lil Bro Big Streak, One Hot Flame, San Lorenzo Corona, and Blue Eyed Cartel completed the order of finish.
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