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Welcome to Portoro
Portoro is the most vivid and worldly
tourist centre of Slovenian coast.
The town of Portoro has been known
as a health resort as early as the mid-13th century, when the Benedictine monks
from the Monastery of St. Lawrence (Samostan sv. Lovrenca) carried out preventive
therapies for various diseases by means of seawater, saline solutions, algae and
salt mud.
Development of Portoro as a turist destination started in 19th century when
wholesome of mud from the nearby saltpans was discovered.
Today, Portoro prides itself with elegant hotels, restaurants, thermal spas,
wellness programs, sports centers, nice shopping areas a marina, a casino, and a
lively cultural and entertainment agenda.
The Slovene Coast use to be known for its salt-pans.
The most important among them were the so-called Piran's salt-pans, of which
only the miniature pans of Strunjan and fairly large Secovlje pans have survived
up to the present day.
The first written records about the Piran salt-pans, date to the second half of the
13th century from the Piran statute.
The pans, which are composed of a number of diverse and more or less saline
biotopes forming a closed ecosystem, have become a rich treasury of the world of
plants and animals, the sort which cannot be found anywhere else in Slovenia.
In the area, known as Secovlje Salina Nature Park (photos on the left), the
symbiosis between man and nature is marked with centuries-old tradition of
salt-making; from the Middle Ages till today it has created a unique salina
In these northernmost Mediterranean salt-pans, salt is still produced traditionally,
with classical salt-pan methods and tools, which originate from the 13th century,
which is the reason why salt has retained its very special taste and exceptional
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- Salt flower
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pyramidal structure in the shape of a thin, fragile crust. It is slightly pink. With its taste
and fragrance, the salt flower complements the pleasure of good food.
Owing to its specific architectural and historical features as well as to the
exceptional diversity of plants and animals (more than 200 bird species occupy
the Secovlje salt-pans, and some 90 species breed there permanently), the 650ha
large area of salt-pans is protected as a cultural monument and nature park.


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Happy September everyone! Almost Halloween its super exciting.
I have a busy September ahead of me before I even start thinking about Halloween. This month is a special month because it is the month of my sisters hen night, its on the 30th September and we've hired a hall. The hen night is going to have a Hawaiian theme so I'll be making a lot of the decorations which means this month will be filled with Hen night Blogs!
The first of many is the Tiki mask, ive made six masks in total 2 of each mask. So ill be doing separate blogs for each of the masks.
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Dallas Cowboys punter Chis Jones has a sprained knee and it's not clear if he will play Monday night against the Bears. This week Dallas signed recently released punter Brian Moorman from the Bills which may indicate Jones is not playing. Moorman has had an outstanding career as a punter but he simply isn't what he use to be.
In three games with the Bills, Moorman has a higher per punt average 45.5 than Jones at 42.5 however stats indicate that Moorman has been kicking line drives this year.
No Hang Time:
His net average of 32.7 is one of the lowest in the NFL and a career low for him. Another indication that Moorman's hang time is suffering is that he has no fair catches this season. One of a few punters who can make that claim. In addition, the Bills have allowed more punt return yards this season (172 yards) than any team in the NFL. Those numbers will get a punter cut from a team.
Good news for Hester?
The Cowboys face one of the best punt returners in the game Monday night in Devon Hester of the Bears. He is the NFL all time TD leader in punt returns. If Moorman kicks line drives to Hester which are difficult to cover, it could allow Hester an opportunity to break open what is expected to be a close game.
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Weather: high of 68, wind 10+, overcast
Total flights: Today - 6; YTD - 16
Total motors: Today - 6; YTD - 17
Motors by class YTD: B-1; C-7; D-1; E-4; F-1; G-2; I-1
This was a nice day for flying although the wind direction could have been more favorable. A lot of rockets fell near my camp but my car, my dog, and myself all escaped unscathed. There were lots of flights including an 'L' and one of Tom Cohen's huge rockets.
I have to give an extra big shout-out to Tom. He handed me one of NewWay Rocket's downscale of his famous 'Higgs Farm' square rocket. Thanks a bunch! Hopefully, we can drag race them later in the year. I'll even drag race the full sized version :eek:
My Flights:
- Apollo Command/Service Module on a C11-3 - This was a finless RAIS-style experiment. It was underpowered and it was hard to determine if it had time to go unstable.
- Apollo Command/Service Module on a D12-5 - This was a much better flight. It had a wiggly, serpentine flight path but it did generally to in the upward direction. I've seen a similar wobble on saucer-style rockets although their's generally have a higher frequency.
- Mach Buster 2.0 on a C11-7 - This was a nice flight. It landed on the hard gravel parking lot and isn't too much the worse for wear. The cone looks just fine but is just a skosh less pointy.
- Rocketman Crusader on an I357M-10 - CR@300 - Nice boost, separation, RIP. The cone and payload section are reusable.
- 58mm JATO on a G74-6 - CR@300 - Nice flight, it appears the Chute Release survived the previous flight.
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On Sep 9, 2005, at 2:39 AM, David Jencks wrote: > I think we've made significant progress in the last week towards > being ready to make the branch for M5, but I think there may be > reasons to wait a couple more days. There are 2 features that > people want to get in (security improvements and DDL generation) > that I would like to see in M5, and more stabilization is needed in > any case before the release. I think that unless someone is > waiting to get a new feature in that shouldn't go in M5 we should > wait until monday and see where we are. > > If anyone is contemplating a commit that may destabilize our code > please speak up so we can branch beforehand. Along with your list in the initial thread, we need to deal with the BouncyCastle situation, since we need to stop shipping this jar. The status quo is unacceptable because of the patent encumbrance of IDEA and therefore the liability that could be accidentally triggered. Rick has done some great work on hunting this down. (http:// issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-880) I think the fix is easy on our side - we can just change the keystore portlet to detect BC and do something different if not there (like show a page telling user where to get it if they want it, etc...) but right now, we need OpenEJB to remove the dependency. For OpenEJB, I think there are two aspects - the inclusion of IDEA in the SSLCipherSuite list (modules/ core/src/java/org/openejb/corba/sunorb/SSLCipherSuiteDatabase.java) and it's usage of the ASN1 codec. I don't know what they (OpenEJB) want to do there - it's been suggested that the necessary code can be copied (it's under a modified X.Net-ish license) or Directory could be enhanced and used. It seems the former is simpler. Ideas? (No pun intended...) geir > > thanks > david jencks > > On Sep 6, 2005, at 9:33 PM, Jeff Genender wrote: > > >> Ok ...I am hijacking this thread... enough discussion...lets vote >> on it... >> >> [ ] Friday 9/9 is the QA Cut date >> [ ] I think it should be after Friday...and should be on ______ >> >> >> For me: >> [X] Friday 9/9 is the QA Cut date >> >> >> David Blevins wrote: >> >>> On Sep 6, 2005, at 6:50 PM, Jeff Genender wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Aaron Mulder wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> What is the point of the "frozen list"? At this point, it >>>>> doesn't appear to have stopped development of things that >>>>> aren't on the list. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> The list for what we are agreeing to go into M5. If something >>>> isn't on the list and its an added bonus, then fine. We need a >>>> closure date at this point. I think we have all agreed what is >>>> minimally in the cut. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Maybe we should make the branch like Friday, so any code >>>>> not on >>>>> the list has to go into HEAD, and just have a longer closing >>>>> period to >>>>> resolve the list items. There is a lot on the list, so that >>>>> would mean a >>>>> lot of merges to HEAD, but unless everyone is willing to hold >>>>> off on >>>>> non-list items, I'm not sure we're actually moving toward >>>>> greater stability in the mean time. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> Ok..shall we branch on Friday? Anhyone have any issues with >>>> this? I am game. >>>> >>>> >>> Friday is great. Aaron expressed the same concern I was >>> thinking about; getting further and further from stable the long >>> we wait to branch. Things always tend to creep in. >>> +1 >>> David >>> >> >> > > -- Geir Magnusson Jr +1-203-665-6437 firstname.lastname@example.com
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181. Susan Elizabeth (Eliza) DURHAM was born in Mar 1853 in Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina.55,60,61,62,86,129 She died before 1930 in Mercer County, VA/WV. In 1910, William Durham is living in the household of Elizabeth Durham married to Andrew Melvin, in the Beaver Pond District, Mercer Co., WV. William is listed as "brother-in-law" to Andrew Melvin. I am not sure who this William is. Could be Warren, but Warren is listed elsewhere in the census living with his daughter Minnie. This could be "Alexander Durham" born 1860, who appears in the 1920 census for Tazewell County, VA with a second wife "Lilly" who is one half his age, and have several "step-children" listed, except for the youngest "Gladys".
Susan Elizabeth (Eliza) DURHAM and Andrew
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The stock market cliff-hanger continues -- but Wednesday's dramatic triple-digit gain by the Dow Jones Industrial Average has emboldened the bulls, perhaps decisively.
I've been watching several of the veteran services closely at this juncture. (See my March 24 column). Don Hays of Hays Advisory, the respected superbullish institutional service, has finally quelled his recent short-term doubts.
On Wednesday morning -- nice timing! -- Hays put out a bulletin noting that he's been "replanting" the 10% cash reserve he built up over the last three months.
Hays still says he doesn't expect much from the market in 2005. But he adds: "This is a year to get ready of the BIG PARTY that will arrive either late this year or early next year."
Dow Theory Letters' Richard Russell -- quoted by fierce popular demand, after I mentioned that some Russellphobes object to my fascination with him -- is essentially Hays' polar opposite: a bear who has been having bullish doubts.
When the Dow DJIA, +0.45% reached 11,000 in early March, he almost seemed to concede a new bull market was in place. (See my March 10 column).
Last night, he was clearly impressed by the Dow's jump. It moved his proprietary Primary Trend Indicator, which had crept into a marginal sell signal, sharply back into positive territory.
Russell's conclusion: "I would guess that this rally should go further, maybe into Friday, but these oversold "pops" can be tricky... I also want to watch the highs and lows -- I'm particularly interested to see whether new highs increase."
I also like to check on Russell's old friend Harry Shultz -- their letters are pretty-well the longest-established, dating back four decades. (See my August 12 2004 column).
Unlike Russell, Schultz has adapted only grudgingly to the Internet -- indeed, the latest snail mail issue of his International Harry Schultz Letter, just in, contains an extremely grumpy call for the world to return to faxes.
Like Russell, Schultz's recommendations are often too vague for the Hulbert Financial Digest to track. But The HFD does report that the model portfolio Schultz currently provides has gained 5.7% annualized since later 2000, in contrast to a negative 1.6% annualized loss for the dividend reinvested Wilshire 5000 Index SVH, -9.09%
And also like Russell, Schultz has called some important junctures --sometimes against type, as when he abandoned gold and recommended bonds in the early 1980s, remarkably open-minded for an extremely hard hard-money service.
Overall, Schultz has emphatically returned to the hard-money analysis that made his name in the 1960s and 1970s.
He writes of "high-pitched inflation in 2005-6. Then, move into stagflation in perhaps 2006-7, then into recession -- perhaps in 2008-9. Precise dating isn't possible, but this is the Biggy Big Picture as I see it."
Shultz says "oil is in a steady uptrend and will be for years." He flatly assumes the gold market is manipulated -- temporarily: "Efforts by governments and Central Banks to restrain the gold price (as they did with the London Gold Pool in the 1970s -- which failed) have been unable to do more recently than slow the pace..."
But tactically, Schultz remains very jumpy -- and quite compatible with more stock market strength.
Gold, he says, is at "a critical short-term make/break point," and could trade as high as $462 or as low as $404. He warns of the danger of short-term dollar rallies.
And although Schultz argues inflation is ultimately bad for the stock market, right now he says "most stock and index charts aren't topping out. There is always a mixed picture, but I prefer to bet on charts, not fundamentals. The sentiment indicators... show a public switch to pessimism, a pretty safe sign the market is going up."
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"Ihausgemacht + Infiltrat"
Year: 2004
Country: Germany
City: Düsselford
Artist: Markus Röpert
Label: Le petite machiniste
Format: CD
Tracks: 13
Time: 49 min.
Genre: electronic
Style: Power Noise
Cool and strong rhythmic noise compositions from Germany by the veteran electronic musician Markus Röpert. This creative gentleman began making music in the late 1990s and has been pushing the boundaries of sound ever since. This is an intriguing album because it not only presents sound as music... but it also incorporates some very slight musical elements into the equation that give listeners the ability to follow some concrete strong rhythms while their minds are being expanded into the noisy atmosphere. The electronics on these 13 tracks combine distorted beats and loops reminiscent of early pioneers from the 1970s... while other sounds are most definitely twenty-first century in nature. There's a great deal to take in here in terms of sound and creativity. We can only recommend this to folks who are into far out pure powernoise stuff - this is probably a bit much for folks who simply want something catchy to dance to (heh heh heh...). Super smart and inventive music from another noise dimension... not harsh or opressive but optimistyc and danceable. TOP BEAT!
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the more things change the more they stay the same
Help me remember this evening, Internet. I went out of the house to a local SCA baronial meeting and .... had a genuinely good time for several hours in a row. I did it all with people in the flesh who I spoke to using my words instead of my keyboard. And no one goobed on me and no one was making chainmail keychains and no one kissed my hand (HATE the hand kissing!).
I know that a lot of my frustrations with the SCA are all about me and my choices for my free time and no one else's problem. So when I have a good time and at the end of the day think, "yeah, I would do this again if given the opportunity" I feel like I should pat myself on the back just a tiny bit.
I helped a lady make a hood pattern and I learned how to fingerweave (but still need to practice) and I chatted with friends and topped it all off with french toast for dinner! I call that a success!
We're going to University this weekend and I mailed off a pre-registration for a local event in November this afternoon. We're going to stay for feast, people! We never stay for feast! Someone feel my forehead, there might be something wrong with me! I can't stop using exclamation points!
So all this excess punctuation comes with a tickling feeling that I should be helping out more locally. I feel the pull to donate prizes for the upcoming event or help some folks make more outfits soon. I just need to rein that in a little bit for now. Because while I have a lot of enthusiasm right now I want to hold onto that feeling a bit longer and not replace it with angst and stress (which I'm really good at).
Forgive me if I keep my ideas on t-tunic designs to myself for a bit longer, but I'm cautiously optimistic. This may be the beginning of another try at medieval re-enactment and I want to take things slow. No hand-kissing until at least the third date.


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The Island's little iconic pink whale with a big following can now be found on Main Street, Vineyard Haven.
"We are thrilled to be opening a store in Vineyard Haven and are committed to maintaining its charm and history," Vineyard Vines CEO and co-founder Shep Murray said in an email to The Times. "Growing up on the Island, we spent a lot of time in Vineyard Haven and on Main Street visiting Bunch of Grapes bookstore, so it's always been a place that's very close to our hearts."
This is Vineyard Vines' third location on Martha's Vineyard. The other two are in Edgartown and Oak Bluffs.
The store is holding its opening day through 4 pm Friday. There was a ribbon cutting ceremony at 10 am and the day's events will include refreshments, live music, photos, a visit from the famous Vineyard Vines whale, and a free baseball cap with purchases over $150.


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Osheaga Music Recap
We were in music heaven at Osheaga Music & Arts Festival this past weekend. The beauty about this festival is they have something for everyone to leave happy. Here's who we think you should know:
Why we love them: Their 'street beat, psych pop' sound is exactly what we were looking for at Osheaga. This New York duo is about to blow up so get it on now. Random, they also collaborated with Outkast's Big Boy on a few of his solo tracks. (Who were also incredible at the festival.)
Song on repeat: Fall in Love
Why we love them: The adorable singer Lauren Mayberry will no doubt put you in a bubbly good mood. Her quirky comments between songs made us love this Scottish trio even more.
Song on repeat: The Mother We Share
Vance Joy
Why we love them: Singer James Keogh is folky but with a happier vibe than most singer-songwriters. You can't help but sing along to their songs. Oh and his cute Australian accent will make you melt.
Song on repeat: Riptide
We got to hang with one of our models, Brittany Luttrell at Osheaga and she gave us her top performances from the weekend. Check out Brittany's picks:
Volcano Choir : From the genius behind Bon Iver, this is his latest project. "They're great because you can tell they put so much love and emotion into every song"
Half Moon Run: "I absolutely love Half Moon Run! It's always great to see a Montreal band succeed."
Flume: "I listen to them a lot when I'm in need of motivation or inspiration. It's my feel good music."
If you haven't been living under a rock then you for sure already know these arts who all had amazing performances. We have to give props to: Lorde, Jack White, Haim, Outkast, Serena Ryder, Arctic Monkeys, J.Cole. They all killed it!
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- Lisha Mulqueeny (Deputy Chair)
- Tony Charters
- Michael Collins
- Andrew Daff
- Professor Ross Dowling
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- National Wildlife Corridors Advisory Group: Ecotourism Australia was proud to be invited to participate in the development of the National Wildlife Corridors Plan. This significant national policy initiative is essential in the important development of large scale, cross border landscape conservation connectivity planning to support biodiversity in the face of all manner of changes to ecosystems including climate change.
- ECO IV Upgrade: The importance of standing out in an increasingly crowded market has never been more evident. To ensure our accreditation system retains its status in the market, Ecotourism Australia has released the ECOIV upgrade and all ECO Certified operators are currently going through the upgrade process. While this requires some additional time upfront, it ensures that the ECO standard is at best practice and all operators carrying the symbol are operating at the highest standards possible.
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Drug that boosts confidence in your own actions may help OCD
LIFE is full of decisions, and it can be hard to know if you're making the right one. But a drug that blocks the rush of noradrenaline through your body could boost your confidence, and lead to new treatments for obsessive compulsive disorder.
How much we trust our decisions is governed by the process we use to assess our own behaviour, called metacognition. "We see many symptoms associated with poor metacognitive judgement in schizophrenia and OCD," says Tobias Hauser at University College London. "In OCD, for instance, people may constantly go and check whether they've closed a door. They are poor at judging whether they have done something correctly or not."
Little is known about the neural underpinnings of metacognition, but it is likely to involve brain areas modulated by the chemicals dopamine and noradrenaline. So Hauser's team asked 40 people to take a drug that blocks dopamine or noradrenaline either before or after a placebo. Another 20 people received two doses of the placebo.
Eighty minutes after receiving their second treatment, the volunteers performed a task in which they had to decide whether the overall motion of a burst of randomly moving dots was directed to the left or right. They also indicated how confident they were in each judgement.
Comparing self-assessed confidence against actual performance revealed that reducing noradrenaline boosts people's metacognitive insight. The drug that does this, called propranolol, made volunteers more likely to accurately say whether their answer had been correct or wrong, without affecting the accuracy of their decisions (eLife, doi.org/f955nn).
"This study is the first to show that metacognition can be selectively enhanced by drugs in the absence of differences in task performance," says Steve Fleming at University College London, who wasn't involved in the study.
Hauser says noradrenaline is released when we unexpectedly encounter uncertainty, such as when we make an incorrect decision. "We think this burst of noradrenaline when you make an error erases the information about a task that you recently stored in your memory."
This could mean that someone who has struggled to reach a decision may have their system reset, rendering them unable to draw on as much information to evaluate this decision. "You are no longer able to properly judge how well you did in the task because you're judging your decision using less evidence," says Hauser.
Blocking noradrenaline seems to reduce this. Propranolol is used to treat high blood pressure, but it may also prove useful for some of the symptoms of OCD and schizophrenia.
People without conditions like these may also benefit. "It is likely to have an effect in real-life decision-making. Whether you trust what you're writing, whether you're confident in what you're saying – all our actions involve metacognition," says Hauser.
This article appeared in print under the headline "Drug boosts self-confidence"


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Last night I came home from a trip to Minnesota. I went there with my boy, who has been home from his Minnesota mission for about nine months. This trip was a gift to him.
I loved seeing his joy on reuniting with the Hmong branch. Because it was a mission to the Hmong community within the United States, he spent most of his mission attending the same branch, much more time among the same people than other missionaries usually spend. So he became very close to the members there. He had been given a Hmong name and adopted into a Hmong clan. Visiting among the members there (so many of them busy raising children and managing work and hefty church callings, spread thin in ways that are probably common among non-Mormon-belt members) was a beautiful experience. I learned much about the Hmong culture. I know that it's probably wrong for me to assume I know anything about Hmong-American Mormon culture, and that to make any universal statements borders on stereotyping. But I'll report that I saw people who were very loving and very down-to-earth. Also, people who love to talk and especially to bear testimony on Fast Sunday.
While there, I bravely ate the food that was given to me, though I did pass on the super-hot peppers, which my hosts kindly kept separate. I ate pho (yes, I know that it's not originally Hmong, and that you can get it here, and that many Caucasians eat it and love it—I've just never tried it before) and a lot of rice and SQUIRREL! I survived the squirrel—it really wasn't bad, and the broth was very good. I heard interesting conversion stories. I smiled a lot as conversations went on around me. My boy translated MOST of what got said, which was kind of him. ("You should marry a Hmong wife!" "You've gotten taller!" "You need a haircut.")
One of my favorite moments was walking into the Hmong branch on Sunday and seeing the people's joy as they recognized my boy and hurried over to greet him. Another favorite memory will be the hour we spent at Hmong Village, a Hmong shopping mall. My son had so much joy in greeting each stall's proprietors in Hmong. I loved seeing their surprise and interest in his use of their language. I don't want to be so ethnocentric as to think that they were grateful a "Mika" (non-Hmong American) would take time to learn their language, but I think they were just friendly people, willing to spend some time in chatter when it was clear that he had so much enjoyment of speaking with them. I also loved seeing the huge variety of fruits, vegetables, meats and herbs at that market, many of which I hadn't seen before, ever.
Dear Hmong people of the Twin City branch, I can see that you loved my boy, and I am so grateful. I can see that you fed him and clothed him and made him feel useful. He came out young and a little awkward but full of a willingness to love you, and you let him. I know that he is just one of the hundreds of missionaries who have passed through there, but you are a big part of his world and his heart will be broken to be separated from you for years and years to come. Thanks for giving him an opportunity to try to show me what he loved about you. I can see that you deserve his praise and love.


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A friend of mine just gave me the largest bag of kale you have ever seen. It is probably the equivalent to 8 bunches of kale if I had bought them at the grocery store. Her husband is of the super gardening type and manages to keep fresh produce coming all through winter while most of us give up and let the weeds take over until spring. I took it on to try and use all of this splendid kale and not just in the normal, add it to a saute or soup kind of cooking. I decided some smoothies were in order.
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Skoda's improved third generation Octavia Estate now adds a bit of class to what was already quite a spacious proposition. Jonathan Crouch takes a look at what's on offer.
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The Skoda Octavia has got a lot bigger in its third generation guise and you net the biggest pay-off when choosing this revised Estate version. It's still great value for money, equipment levels are strong and it holds up to 610-litres without having to fold the back seats. That's more than a Ford Mondeo estate.
If you're looking for an estate car, then you probably want plenty of carriage space. Once upon a time, older station wagon versions of Skoda's Octavia couldn't fully meet this remit but since the launch of the current third generation model, luggage capacity has been pitched at a class-leading level. Even in this guise though, this model had something of a budget brand feel. It doesn't any more though. The Czech brand has treated its best seller to a smart facelift and the cabin's classier too. The main draw though, continues to be space: there's 1,740-litres of it if you fold the back seats.
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As with the Volkswagen Golf and the SEAT Leon, the German engineers who created this car took a pragmatic approach to driving dynamics, deciding that drivers opting for lower order engines wouldn't care too much about cutting edge handling response. So the sophisticated multilink rear suspension is reserved for the performance-oriented vRS models, the most powerful of which uses the 2.0-litre TSI petrol unit borrowed from the Golf GTI. Here though, we're focusing on the mainstream variants that most Octavia customers will be considering, all suspended with a much humbler torsion beam arrangement. A very large proportion of customers opt for entry-level petrol power, previously a 1.2-litre unit but now a more frugal and sophisticated 1.0-litre engine developing 115PS and 200NM of torque. It can be ordered with or without 7-speed DSG auto transmission and in manual form, makes 62mph in 9.6s. Otherwise, the engines on offer are much as before. Petrol people get a 1.5 TSI ACT 150PS unit or, in the top vRS performance models, 230PS or 245PS versions of the 2.0 TSI turbo unit borrowed from the Golf GTI. Those in search of a diesel get either a 115PS 1.6 or 150 or 184PS versions of the usual 2.0 TDI unit. Opt for an engine with 150PS or more and you get the option of DCC adaptive damping. 4WD is an option with the 2.0 TDI engine. And handling? Well as we suggested at the beginning, it isn't really geared towards the needs of the enthusiast driver, though to be fair, bodyroll is well controlled and the steering direct and precise. If you're after more than that, then you'll appreciate one of the sporty vRS models. Horses for courses you see. And if those courses are likely to be on the rough and muddy side, then you'll be interested in the four-wheel drive system also developed for this car, primarily for a Scout estate model with additional body cladding and a raised ride height.
Design and Build
Skoda people will probably quite like the fact that the look and feel of this car doesn't attract too much attention, even in this updated form where the lines have been streamlined, especially at the front. The two adjacent headlights form a dual face with a crystalline look and feature full-LED technology. The brand logo has gained more presence, with the front of the car featuring what the Czech maker hopes is a more powerful and wider appearance. Of course, it remains just as spacious as before and you get a feel for that when you lift the heavy tailgate. There can be no arguments about the 610-litres of space you get in the boot when all the seats are in place. By contrast, if you opted for a really big car like a Mondeo estate, you'd get a mere 537-litres and a car from the class the Octavia used to compete in, such as a Focus Estate yields a mere 476-litres. Now you get an idea of the sheer utility of this car. By folding the rear backrests down, the boot space increases to an impressive 1,740-litres. Skoda prides itself on its 'Simply Clever' philosophy and the Octavia estate lives up to the billing with a double-sided boot floor mat, a net restraint system, multiple bag hooks, a waste bin and numerous bottle holders, multimedia device holders, an ice scraper in the fuel tank opening and a warning-vest holder under the driver's seat. On top of that, there's a coat rack and a remote fold-down function for the rear-seat backrest. The folding passenger seat makes transporting long objects easy. There's even space for the retractable parcel shelf and roof bars under the adjustable variable boot floor.
Market and Model
If you're anything like most, you'll probably be shocked at the prices of new cars. This is a time when Honda can charge you over £27,000 for a diesel Civic and still keep a straight face and as such, the fact that you can buy a Skoda Octavia estate for less than £18,500 seems extremely reasonable. Positively generous in fact. Okay, so that'll mean the entry level engine and trim, but even that includes alloy wheels, an eight speaker stereo with a digital radio and Bluetooth compatibility, roof rails, leather trim for the reach and rake adjustable steering wheel, climate control, and a touchscreen infotainment controller. Safety gear includes stability control, hill hold, automatic post collision braking, front, side, knee and curtain airbags. Paying £4,000 more for that Mondeo estate that holds less, seems less well built inside and comes with nothing like as much gear suddenly doesn't seem the smartest choice. Ascend up the range and you can start fitting features like the DSG twin-clutch gearbox which adds about £1,250 to the asking price. There are also some worthwhile extras such as alcantara and leather trim, 'Amundsen' satellite navigation, cruise control, intelligent light assistant, bigger alloys and a remote rear seat fold down facility. An electric panoramic sliding/tilting sunroof is also available for the Octavia estate. Comprising two parts - the front part can be tilted and shifted electrically, while the rear section is fixed - the entire roof module is made of tinted, heat-insulated glass.
Cost of Ownership
The engines on offer are much more frugal than they used to be and a fuel-efficient 1.6 TDI version offers CO2 emissions of only 106g/km. Skoda's engineers have achieved significant improvements in the Octavia's consumption and emission figures thanks to advanced petrol and diesel engines, a low drag coefficient and reduced vehicle weight. This has been achieved thanks to resolute lightweight engineering, a progressive body design, utilisation of high and ultra-tensile steel and a careful selection of materials. The entry-level 1.0-litre petrol engine emits just 110g/km of carbon dioxide, which is amazing for a petrol estate of this size, but even the 2.0-litre diesel can return nearly 70mpg on the combined cycle. Residuals? It's hard to imagine there won't be a long queue of ready buyers who want a smart, cost-effective, reliable and practical car.
The Skoda Octavia Estate is efficient, well built and decently equipped which are all decisively good things. But the key to this car's big draw is simple. It offers a lot of space for not a lot of money. That's a combination that gives pricier rivals like Ford's Mondeo estate and Peugeot's 508 SW a real headache, especially since the announcement of this revised Octavia model with its smarter look and classier cabin.. The best value is to be had at the entry-level end of the Octavia estate range. At the top end of the line-up, it's easy to see many trading equipment for badge equity and defecting to Volkswagen or Audi products, but given that they're all built by the same group, that might not be such a bad thing. Not so much if the money was going to BMW or Mercedes though. As it stands, this is a solid eight out of ten car. If you're sensibly-orientated, you'll love it.
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On debut albums, it makes sense for young jazz musicians to introduce themselves by playing material penned by the masters. That way, listeners immediately have something to grasp and can also get the feel and tone of the artist. Leading his quartet, saxophonist Calvin Johnson wisely opens with Miles Davis' "So Near, So Far" setting the mellow mood of "Jewel's Lullaby." That's the case until Johnson fires the tune up with energy.
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Johnson's warm horn returns to a restful place on pianist Tad Dameron's beautiful "If You Could See Me Now." This musically empathetic ensemble of talented artists—Johnson, drummer Joe Dyson, pianist Courtney Bryan and bassist Nathan Lamberson—are notably all New Orleans natives and alumni of the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts (NOCCA). Not incidentally, Johnson is the grandson of reedman and Grunewald School of Music educator George "Son" Johnson Sr. and the nephew of saxophonist/clarinetist Ralph Johnson.
Bassist Lamberson is given the go on "Not Quite Enough," the first of two numbers penned by Johnson. It swings in an old school way that fits nicely in the program. More adventurous is the leader's title cut, "Jewel's Lullaby. Following the gentle, single notes from pianist Bryan and a dreamy statement of the melody, Johnson and Dyson take the tune to exciting heights. In other words, they don't just rock the cradle, they wake the baby with enthusiasm.
Johnson, who's been heard regularly in both modern and classic jazz settings, displays his traditional leanings on his own arrangement of "Amazing Grace." He takes this hymn on alone with his saxophone harmonizing with itself through the use of over-dubbing. It becomes the soft goodnight of "Jewel's Lullaby," an album that promises many good nights of jazz to come.


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P3 Leadership Team
Geoff Teed
sets the strategic direction of P3 and is responsible for business development and strategic partnerships. firstname.lastname@example.com
- Cross-continuum, cross-spectrum healthcare executive with expertise spanning public and private payment innovation and redesign; provider network contracting including packaged and delegated provider risk; and care delivery optimization; accountable and collaborative care realignment and standardization including technology platform and care delivery products and services vendors
- Expert in hospital turnarounds and overall clinical performance improvement
- Proven track record of guiding organizations in evaluating provider risk and implementing alternative payment models such as CMS' Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) and ACOs, and realigning provider delivery networks to achieve optimal health outcomes at lower costs through integrated and aligned team-based care delivery
- Member of the founding team of Remedy Partners. Helped launch Remedy's BPCI initiative from the ground up. Attracted over 1,200 provider organizations to Remedy's universe of 3,600 prospective BPCI provider organizations
- Held senior positions in provider consulting and payer organizations - Oxford Specialty Management, Optum
- Passionate about making positive contributions to improve US health care performance
Dr Tim Crowley
represents the interests of our physician and direct care delivery partners. Dr Crowley forms clinical services delivery networks to care for the population our all-payer ACOs are entrusted to care for. firstname.lastname@example.com
Dr. Crowley has over 30 years of experience developing and managing large integrated physician groups and networks for health plans, academic medical centers and community health systems. Now, with the proliferation advanced alternative payment mechanisms Dr Crowley is excited to help physicians unleash the full potential of clinical, operational and financial benefits which could be derived from transformation in care delivery and payment models. He feels the moment has arrived to disrupt the established order and reverse the decimation of the independent private practitioner. This will require disintermediating hospital-centric health care systems and the profit-driven health insurance industry by returning control of the direction and provision of population health and care to those who have devoted their lives to this vocation. Only then will the right amount and type of care be provided by the right people in the right setting across the entire continuum of care.
Prior to joining P3, Tim was Senior Vice President of Physician Network Development for Steward Health Care, which is the largest and fastest growing privately owned health care delivery system in the country. Dr Crowley led physician network development for Caritas Christie Healthcare (which became Steward Healthcare) during its initial formative years of 2008-2009. He returned to Steward in 2016 to help build the nationwide physician network after Steward grew from 10 to 40 hospitals in 2017. During that time over 800 physicians were integrated into the Steward Physician Network using a variety of creative physician contracting and alignment models in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania alone.
Dr Crowley was President and CEO, Pinnacle Health Medical Group where Dr. Crowley eliminated the need for any hospital subsidy for a Primary Care group of 100 employed physicians by increasing productivity, improving both quality and patient experience and by growing the number of covered lives to offset the drop in medical utilization required to successfully manage the group's pivot from the traditional fee for service reimbursement model to the new value-based healthcare payment system.
- As President of Caritas Physician Network: As the President of Caritas Physician Network Dr. Crowley managed 400 employed physicians in 114 practices across 80 separate locations with a budget of $120 million.
- Kyruus - Physician Network Development, Performance Optimization, Automated Referral Management System, Big Data and Analytics --reduced leakage, increased market share and improved margins for Healthcare Organizations in highly competitive markets.
- As President of Caritas Christi Network Services, the contracting arm of Caritas for 1250 physicians--in private practice and employed, with over 400 employed physicians in 114 practices across 80 separate locations and a budget of $120 million -- Dr Crowley negotiated new Physician Provider Agreements that made possible the conversion to fully capitated risk contracts, which resulted in significantly increased physician reimbursement and also staunched out-migration of Caritas physicians to other system hospitals.
- As Chief of Network Development Dr Crowley and Dr. Ralph De La Torre, Chair and CEO of Caritas, now, Steward Health Care, created the Cardiovascular Institute (CVI) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston; built a network of Cardiovascular specialists and primary care physicians to anchor the CVI at BIDMC.
- As Medical Director of Mount Auburn Healthcare Dr. Crowley developed the Primary Care Network for Mount Auburn Hospital in Eastern Mass, transforming an 18 person sleepy quasi-academic primary care group to a robust group of 38 PCP's averaging 3,500 encounters/physician/year by linking compensation to productivity. During that period, the hospital went from 70% occupancy and a $10 million operating deficit to 98% occupancy and a $22 million operating gain.
B.A., Yale University; M.D., Tufts University School of Medicine; Internal Medicine Residency, University of Pennsylvania
Kevin Henderson, M.D.
is responsible for clinical integrity, population health and clinical practice management, and health data infrastructure. email@example.com
- Founder and CEO, Cynapse Health - mining EHR data to develop guideline-based personalized diagnostic and treatment plans for patients with complex comorbid conditions using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Applies advanced clinical analytics to develop predictive and prescriptive models for patients and populations with complex medical conditions.
- Directed 20 person Hospitalist program achieving high performance on Medicare VBP metrics including reducing readmissions and HAI while decreasing the ALOS and cost per case
- Previously part of a team and Hospitalist Program that was instrumental in developing a clinical infrastructure that led to the sponsor hospital consistently ranking as a Truven Top 100 Facility
- Developed and executed clinical guideline-derived Acute Care, Post Acute Care, and Chronic Disease Management Programs
- Well versed in Clinical Documentation, Coding, and Billing, as well as all facets of AHRQ Quality Metrics, HEDIS, and Medicare VBP Metrics
- Well versed in HIE, HL7v2, XML, FHIR, EHR, Care Coordination and Collaboration, PCMH
- Initially trained as a pharmacist and very proficient at developing clinically and cost effective pharmacotherapy regimens that take into account disease course and disease complication cost as well as medication cost
- Expertise in Big Data and Clinical Analytics, Data Mining, NoSQL Databases, Machine Learning, and Apache Spark. Experienced using data informed practices, especially time series data to improve clinical, financial, and operational outcomes
B.S. Pharmacy, University of Colorado, Boulder; M.D. University of Illinois, College of Medicine; Internal Medicine Residency, University of Alabama, Birmingham (UAB); Board Certified
Josh Luke, FACHE
advises on strategy and alignment across the care continuum. firstname.lastname@example.com
- Executive with more than ten years in the acute hospital C-Suite as the Chief Executive Officer of multiple hospitals and as Vice President of Post Acute Services for a not-for-profit health system
- Healthcare futurist and senior public policy analyst, including developing post-acute curriculum for the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California
- Experienced Nursing home administrator and assisted living Administrator, having managed and consulted on several multi-level senior campuses as well
- Founder, National Readmission Prevention Collaborative & National Bundled Payment Collaborative
- Best-selling author, thought-leader, executive speaker
- Developed award winning integrated programs for acute providers and ACO's dating back to 2012, initially receiving the Excellence in Programming award from CAHF
Ph.D. from the University of Nevada
Scott Berry
manages daily operations of P3, and project management of application writing and our client partner engagements. email@example.com
- Executive, analyst, and consultant with deep strategic, financial, and project management experience
- Proven track record in managing businesses and growing profit. Has been CMO, COO, acting CFO, and well-regarded advisor to CEOs. Also an experienced Wall Street equity analyst
- Recently held executive positions with two healthcare IT companies, including COO of an EHR firm
- Has consulted with hospitals, creating financial statements and building models to help them better understand the financial implications of various strategic initiatives
- Contracted to write an industry report on EHR usage by physicians, for a well-known research firm
- Has led a large organization that completed a dozen multi-million dollar projects, all on or ahead of schedule, and at or below budget
MSEE from Stanford, ScB from Brown (Engineering and Economics), PMP and TQM Certifications
Tom Shreve
oversees population underwriting and pooled risk management services. email@example.com
- More than 25 years experience in actuarial consulting, software design, business analysis, IT implementation and integration for health insurers
- Expertise in health insurer operations, management and IT systems
- Expertise in data system design, implementation, SQL coding and Excel reporting
- Expertise in business analysis, requirements documentation, IT infrastructure implementation, and IT project management
- Led team behind Milliman's Xlogic health insurance rating and underwriting system, with more than ten billion dollars of policies quoted and sold
- More than 100 health plans visited
Masters in Economics from Northwestern University
Nir Pengas
creates the technical platform for clinical integration, care management and connectivity strategy. email@example.com
- Senior Technology Leader and Software Developer with over 12 years experience bringing quality products to market. Special focus in IT turnaround, building exceptional teams, strategic planning, iterative development, process optimization, and Healthcare IT
- 1st runner up: EHR Accessibility Challenge by the ONC. 1st place Mobile Clinician Voice Challenge by Nuance
- Member of the founding team of Remedy Partners. Conceptualized, designed, developed and deployed Remedy's Care Coordination Platform, Episode Connect. Responsible for leading all R&D activities, with 35+ direct and virtual reports building mission critical solutions for the CMS Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative
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February 25th – Getting a SENSE of Nature
Hi friends! Today we looked at nature differently by using our five senses – hear, touch, smell, taste and see! We learned about our five senses and then did some really neat paintings that helped us understand our senses better. We made magic puff paint (using 1 c. flour, 1c. salt and 1c. water) and then microwaved them to puff them up! We also used spices to paint! Our paintings smelled really good! We then went outside and used our senses on our hike!
Next week, we will be learning about fish! We will be going outside, so make sure you and your grown-up dresses appropriately!
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Mystic home for sale!
Pristine 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath home with hardwood floors, cathedral ceilings in great-room, breakfast nook, large kitchen with island, formal dining, formal living, totally finished walkout basement with office; master bedroom suite includes whirlpool tub with water heater; A terrific house with a playground right next door and convenient to downtown Mystic and major highways!
Address: 91 Ledegland Drive
City: Mystic
State: CT
Square Feet: 1968
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 2.5
Basement: Fully finished basement With Walk-Out
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Directions to 92 Ledgeland Drive Mystic – Exit 89 off I-95 (Allyn Street exit). North onto Cow Hill Road. Take first left at light onto Ledgeland Drive. House is on the left.
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Hard drives that are exposed to prolonged elevated temperatures will have much shorter lifespans than a drive that is properly cooled. This can result in unexpected loss of data, loss of performance, and costly repairs. If the unit gets too hot and ends up losing data it may result in the permanent loss of that data, no matter how powerful the recovery tool.
What should I do if my hard drive is overheating?
To prevent overheating of your hard drive (and other valuable components), you should always make sure it is properly cooled and ventilated. Desktop computers should not be located inside cabinets with little airflow. If possible, they should be in an open-air area where cool air can be circulated into the computer by the internal cooling fans. For laptop computers, often times their cooling fans are located on the bottom or sides of the unit. We recommend either elevating the laptop, or purchasing a laptop stand that includes cooling fans for the underside of the unit. These stands can be purchased at many local retailers and online.
Keeping your computer cool will significantly reduce the chance of accidental data loss, and in most cases improve the performance and longevity of your computer.


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The Advocates: The Real Election Headlines
One headline from this week's election is glaringly clear: it was tough to be an incumbent.
Voters were clearly in the mood for change.
Some observers have suggested that those voting for a change were motivated by anti-growth sentiment. That might be the case in the Mount Pleasant Mayoral race, which often felt like a referendum on growth, but the narrative doesn't hold up everywhere.
Consider that two newly elected members of Mount Pleasant Town Council earned endorsement from the Chamber's Political Action Committee largely because of their support for balanced economic growth.
In Charleston, two challengers for City Council, also endorsed by the Chamber's PAC for their pro-business and sustainable growth views, easily defeated incumbents. In the 3-way district 10 race, the Chamber PAC endorsed candidate Summer Massey is in a runoff against fellow challenger Harry Griffin, who also supports growth infrastructure priorities like Mark Clark completion and Glenn McConnell extension.
Two other outcomes from Tuesday that didn't dominate Facebook chatter, but deserve our attention:
- Voter turnout was, again, very poor. In Charleston County less than 29,000 people, or just over 15% of registered voters turned out on Tuesday, a 4% slide from the 2015 election. In the spirited Mount Pleasant Mayoral contest, only 16,872 people (a hair over 20% of the population) cast a ballot.
- City of Charleston voters overwhelmingly approved the workforce attainable housing bond. This measure, backed by Chamber Board, will create 800 new housing units affordable to workers earning less than the area median income. An impressive 70% of voters said yes to public-private partnerships creating opportunities for more nurses, teachers, police officers and young professionals to live near work. Read more about the bond in this Advocates article.
It's an important victory on its own. It will be even more powerful if we can turn this vote into the first big step in a movement for housing attainability.
Thank you to all the Advocates readers who exercised their civic duty, got informed on candidates and issues and made it to the polls this week.


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A Los Angeles company with a program to treat health plan members with anxiety, depression or substance use disorders that cause or exacerbate co-existing medical conditions has signed an agreement with Bloomfield health insurer Cigna Corp.
Catasys Inc. said Cigna is the sixth national health plan that has signed a contract to provide its OnTrak solution to its members.
Catasys, which offers its program in 19 states, including Connecticut, uses advanced data analytics and predictive modeling to identify behavioral health members with disorders that exacerbate co-existing medical conditions and engages them in supportive treatment. Its OnTrak program utilizes proprietary analytics and enrollment, engagement and behavioral modification capabilities to assist members by integrating evidence-based medical and psychosocial interventions along with care coaching in a 52-week outpatient treatment solution.
Catasys said OnTrak is improving member health and reducing inpatient and emergency room utilization, driving a more than 50 percent reduction in total health insurers' costs for enrolled members.
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