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Volvo has decided to give a tough fight to some of its rivals and has now decided to unveil the all new 2015 Volvo V60 Cross Country at the recently happening Los Angeles Auto Show. The all new 2015 Volvo V60 Cross Country wagon is certainly going to offer some competition and has been refined by Volvo to ensure that they are able to hold some space in the North American auto market.
Here we take a quick look at some of the features of the 2015 Volvo V60 Cross Country:
In terms of styling, Volvo has decided to make some changes to the exteriors to make it look good and functional. Hence, the ground clearance of the vehicle has been improved by increasing the height by 2.6 inches compared to the standard V60. It also gets extra body cladding that makes the car look appealing and somewhat rural to give it an off-road appeal. It gets an embossed Cross Country logo as well which adds to the looks along with twin oblong exhaust pipes.
The all new wagon will be powered by Volvo's 2.5 liter turbocharged five cylinder engine that will produce 250 horsepower and 266 lb feet of torque which is on par with other rival cars. The engine will be mated with automatic transmission. It is estimated that the wagon will offer better fuel economy of 23 mpg which is quite low, but the vehicle will include extra features like torque vectoring technology and corner traction control for better handling. It will also have Hill Descent Control that will offer better driving control to the drivers on off-road tracks. As per Volvo, the North American sale of the vehicle will begin during the first quarter of 2015 and the expected price of the wagon will be $37,715 for the base model.
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The potential benefits of new thermoelectric materials can be drastically reduced by a failure to optimally dope the material to its zT maximum point. When analyzing experimental data of an arbitrary material, the important question is: Can we determine the optimal doping concentration to reach the maximum zT in the given material? A procedure to do so under the assumption of parabolic energy bands has recently been reported [1]. In this paper, we use a technique that makes use of the full, complex band structure obtained by DFT simulation and apply it to experimental results for CuAlO2.
An integrated computational and experimental study using the 2H phase of CuAlO2 as a model material is presented. The 2H phase of CuAlO2 has gained interest as a promising metal oxide candidate for high temperature p-type thermoelectric applications [2-4]. Using a method similar to one that has recently been reported but without assuming parabolic energy bands, we will show how a complex TE material can be computationally assessed and how experimental data can be analyzed using first-principles informed calculations to answer the question posed above.
Experimentally, 2H phase CuAl1-xFexO2 (0≤x≤0.5) nanobulk [5] were synthesized using solid-state methods, and their thermoelectric properties will be measured using temperature dependent characterization tools. Specifically, electrical properties will be obtained by Van der Pauw method, thermal conductivity will be measured by Laser Flash Method using Netzsch LFA 567, an the Seebeck will be obtained by a home-built high temperature system. From there we can extract the Fermi level and subsequent theoretical doping concentration that maximizes zT for this material. Optimized doping concentrations will be achieved using Al and Fe as dopants through solid-state methods to achieve the optimized zT as predicated using our computational approach. The experimental data will be compared to the modeling work to refine our model for better experimental design guidance. Full band, first principles informed calculations will be compared to calculations that use parabolic energy bands [1], and the differences will be discussed.
[1] S. D. Kang and G.J. Snyder, arXiv:1710.06896v1, 2017.
[2] X. G. Zheng, K. Taniguchi, A. Takahashi, Y. Liu, C. N. Xu: Appl. Phys. Lett. Vol. 85 (2004),
[3] W. T. Liu, Y. Y. Luo, Z. T. Liu, Z. M. Wei, "Density Functional Theory Study of P-Type
Transparent Conducting 2H-CuAlO2 Oxide", Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vol. 252,
pp. 263-266, 2013
[4] Y. Feng, X. Jiang, E. Ghafari, B. Kucukgok, C. Zhang, I. Ferguson, and N. Lu, "Metal Ox- ides for Thermoelectric Power Generation and Beyond," Adv. Comp. Sci., 2017.
[5] Q. Hao, D. Xu, N. Lu, and H. Zhao, "High-throughput predictions of nanoporous bulk
materials as next-generation thermoelectric materials: A material genome approach,"
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When my sisters and I began planning my mother's funeral we knew there would be photographs and food and there would have to be music.
My youngest sister got up early the day after our mother died and began writing down some thoughts that she wanted to share at the funeral. My thoughts weren't so organized and having an uneasy stomach — the way my body seems to respond to stress — didn't help much.
We met with the funeral director and planned calling hours at the funeral home, a memorial service at the church, burial and a meal at the church. As it turned out, the burial would come before the service.
My youngest sister and I spent about a day-and-a-half sorting through albums and boxes of photos. My niece found a copy of the brief autobiography my mother had written for a fellowship group meeting back in the 1970s.
We discussed music with family members and eventually put together an order of worship for the funeral service and a list of hymns for the organist. Some of our great-nephews agreed to be pallbearers and my youngest sister purchased a tri-fold display board and began attaching photos.
Family members from New Jersey and Florida notified us they were coming. Cousins who were scheduled to be out of town the weekend of the funeral were able to change their plans.
My sisters and I all went back to work for part of the week leading up to the funeral. By Thursday, my brain was on overdrive. It was a relief to go home and focus on getting through the next couple of days. My youngest sister arrived that night and was pleased I had managed to find some of the photos we had talked about.
The next day we finished putting the display together. We took our display pieces, flowers and puss willows to the funeral home to set up and prepared to greet family and friends who came to call.
Afterward, my younger sisters and I and one of our cousins headed to my niece's house to eat and rehearse.
That night I tried to jot down a few thoughts to share, but I was tired, my stomach hurt and I slept poorly. The next morning, I was still adding a few notes between the burial and the service.
When it was nearly time for the service to begin, my niece's little girl came down the aisle to hand my next-younger sister a doll she had been playing with. There were some chuckles.
"A little comic relief won't hurt," said my sister.
The service began. The pastor read my mother's autobiography and shared some thoughts. My nephew sang. Then he and my younger sisters and I sang, first a slow medley and then a lively version of "I'll Fly Away" complete with piano, violins, and guitar and, I think, banjo and flute. I had to focus on singing.
After that my youngest sister and I shared what we had written. Some others spoke as well and my niece's husband led the closing hymn.
After they ate, some of the musicians gathered on one side of the dining room and played a variety of tunes. My niece's little girl was fascinated. She smiled as her mother bounced her around to "Pop Goes the Weasel."
Our guests began taking their leave and we loaded things into our cars and headed for home.
That night, my stomach didn't hurt and I slept.
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Sometime in 1993 Evan and Gwen Stanley, who owned the Toogoom Trading Post (now the Salty Squid in Moreton Street), decided to form the Toogoom Fishing Club Inc.so that others with a passion for fishing like they had would get to have great fishing with good friends.
Early members included Roy McGrath the local snake catcher, Ray and Carol Brown, Bill and Pam McCulloch, Bob and Kathy Lawson, Arnold and Marilyn Olzard, Steve Binney, Mal and Denise Mckinlay. Trevor and Deb ? and Ray and Pauline McIntyre. Mal McKinlay was president prior to Doug Cirson.
Weigh-ins were held on a rotating basis at members houses and meetings were at Goodys on a Thursday night. After a couple of years weigh-ins moved to the shelter shed opposite Goody's On the Beach Restaurant near the Toogoom Boat Ramp on Beelbi creek.
Species mostly targeted were bream, whiting and flathead. In the beginning members could weigh in a total five fish per species and it was one point for one fish with ten points awarded per kg. It stayed like in that format until about 2003 when the club decided to adopt the more sustainable method used by the neighbour Burrum Head's Fishing Clubs method of point scoring.
The Annual Toogoom Family Fishing Competition began in 2004, instigated mainly by the late Doug Cirson. Money raised from this event went to many deserving local non- profit groups along with the local Toogoom and Districts Community Association.
For the first Annual Toogoom Family Fishing Competition only three species were eligible. They were bream, whiting, and flathead. The live weigh station proved to be a boon for making catch and release possible. Club members, Bob Graco, Bob Cook and Bill McCulloch who built the live weigh station, will always be remembered as The Three Bs.
The annual Toogoom Family Fishing Comp grew until it became one of the major fishing events in the Fraser Coast region. At its peak it attracted 985 entrants with fantastic prizes awarded by the club's generous sponsors from the business community.
Money raised from the event was used to build the green shed, home of the Toogoom Fishing Club, known as the Doug Cirson Shed. Other useful additions were the mobile cold room and live weigh trailer plus the big blue caravan.
Members benefited with subsidized trips away and entry fees paid into other inter club competition. One of the outstanding memories of those heydays of the club was that the Toogoom Fishing Club won the Salt Water Inter Club for seven years in a row.
The social night theme parties will never be forgotten. Please view our Galleries for some of the photos of these nights, which will give you some idea of the fun and hilarity that ensued.
Unfortunately around 2013/14 the club was unable to gather a committee to continue hosting the Annual Toogoom Family Competition but they stayed determined and continued for a few years with numbers down but still with a love of fishing and the monthly get-togethers.
In 2017 with a new energetic Club President Andy Mizon at the helm, all agreed it was time after a three year break to get the club moving forward again. Building on earlier committee's foundations Andy's passion for fishing and energetic drive has the club emerging as a vibrant and active club once more. The club in it's entirety was wholly supportive along with most of the previous generous sponsors of the Toogoom Fishing Comp and the revived Toogoom Family Fishing Competition went ahead in 2017 with great results.
The Toogoom Fishing Comp will be held on the weekend of the 21st, 22nd and 23rd of September 2018 with final weigh-In and prizes awarded along with some fantastic events, food and entertainment on the Sunday.
We hold a monthly fish competition with an annual awards and presentation night held in July-August each year with trophies awarded for the biggest and best fish per category/species
Weigh-Ins are held on the Sunday of the first full weekend each month at our shed by our weigh master and assistant weighmasters
We hold regular camps and our club enters fishing events held all over Queensland
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- holding a surgery or 'Ask your MP' event for young constituents aged 16-25
- during the current Covid-19 crisis, it may not be possible to visit our services or hold surgery events in person, but we've put together a list of ways you can still support young constituents
Barnardo's has long been the home to many of our young people providing them with refuge, friendship and safety. Barnardo's maintains those qualities today and long may it continue to protect and support some of our vulnerable young people.
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Sophia Liggett, 99, of Wintersville, Ohio passed away Thursday, October 31, 2019 at Weirton Medical Center. She was born May 11, 1920 in Steubenville a daughter of the late Dmitar and Milica Livada Yaich. She was a member of Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Church and Sveta Petka Kolo. Sophia retired from Ohio Bell as a telephone operator. Preceding Sophia in death were her husband Dean L. Liggett; daughter Cathy Liggett; grandson Robbie Liggett; two sisters Martha "Tootsie" Busic & Ann Nodianis; and five brothers Eli "Q Ball", George "Fagan" and Jerry Yaich & two infants.
Sophia is survived by her sons Paul D. (Janet) Liggett, with whom she resided & Mark D. Liggett; two grandsons Bryan & Sean Liggett; and four great grandchildren Kamryn, Evan, Brenna & Avery.
Friends may call at Dunlope-Shorac Funeral Home, 215 Fernwood Road, Wintersville on Sunday 1 -4 p.m. On Monday, friends may call at Holy Resurrection Serbian Church, 530 N. Fourth Street, Steubenville from 10 a.m. until time of services at 11 a.m. with Rev. Stefan Doric & Very Rev. Rade Merick officiating.
Pomen service 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Burial at Serbian Cemetery, Steubenville, Ohio.
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There are so many advantages for homeowners who choose to use RTA or Ready-to-Assemble all wood construction cabinets for their kitchen remodel. However, it is important to note that not all RTA cabinets and cupboards are created equally. Cabinet Factory Outlet is a proud wholesale dealer for JSI Cabinetry, which is one of the leading manufacturers of quality cabinetry in North America.
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Android Platform Makes Unofficial Debut
While dedicated hardware has yet to appear, some enthusiasts are already unofficially creating the first mobile devices running the new Android platform, by loading the Google-backed operating system onto existing Linux-based devices.
The first of these, by a Hungarian team called "EU Edge," detailed the process of getting the platform running on a Sharp Zaurus C760 on their web site in December, but the event only began to receive widespread notice in the last several days.
The technique has also been adapted by other enthusiasts for several other Linux devices from Sharp's Zaurus line, including the C3000 and SL-6000 lines.
Not a Fully Functional Device
The usefulness of the hack is limited, however, as the current install process does not allow input from either the touchscreen or the keyboard, resulting in only the most basic functions being possible, using directional controls.
No Clear Indicator for Real Devices
It is unclear exactly when official Android-based devices will be available to the public, but major smartphone manufacturer HTC has committed to releasing multiple Android models this year, one of which is reputed to be already fully prototyped.
More About Android
Android is being put together by the Open Handset Alliance, a collection of 30+ companies, including Google, Intel, TI, Sprint, T-Mobile, HTC, Motorola, Samsung, and Wind River.
This group is putting the finishing touches on this platform, which will consist of a Linux-based operating system, middleware, and key mobile applications. Many of these are likely to tie into Google's services, like Gmail and Google Maps.
Because this platform will be open source, the Alliance hopes it will be quickly extended to incorporate new technologies as they emerge.
In addition, it will be open to third-parties to create applications using Java.
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Soooo, apparently Century Link is taking their sweet ass time getting our internet connected. Turns out we actually have to have a technician come and install the internet for us, since there's some difficulty with just flipping a switch somewhere and allowing us access. Booooo…. I know all about that technical bull crap, I work at Microsoft after all. I swear we are their guinea pigs for new tools, software's, and other desirable tech…. stuff. I have lost count of how many times Outlook Exchange has nearly brought me to tears and caused me to swear lightly under my breathe. I have no idea how many hours of my life I have wasted on the phone with 'Help Desk'. Not tryin' to bitch about it, definitely pays the bills and very BRIEFLY allows me to write a short blog post here or there.
I am the Senior member on the closing team so there's a LOT of responsibility, especially considering the next person below me has only been here for 3 months, so technically I'm training 3 new people. I'm glad our newest girl is catching on so quickly and understanding of my 'flair ups.' I definitely can be a hot head, emotional roller coaster, up and down at this job. She's catching on quick, I hardly ever have to worry about her, it's great.
*Le siiiiiiiigh* So today I had a short work out. I wanted to focus mainly on stretching and rolling out my IT bands. They are really tight from jump roping, I think I might have tendonitis in my foot (if that's possible). It's still very stiff and painful, which is KILLING me with this beautiful weather we're having! It's going to start raining soon, I'm terribly sad about it. The rain, dark, and cold is quite depressing. There's nothing quite like a nice brisk run or a quick work out outdoors.
Today I did the stationary bike for a half hour on cross train resistance 8-10. My goal was to take pressure off my foot, but still challenge my cardio and help build muscle in my legs, especially my hamstrings. I also did the following ab circuit:
-10/10 side plank dips
-15 swiss ball v ups
-15/15 swiss ball oblique raises
-40 bicycles x3
I repeated this round 3 times and STRETCHED! I really want to enjoy an hour long; possible 10 mile run this weekend with my hubby. Trying to treat my IT bands and foot nicely so I can! We definitely need a run together, he's been so stressed with school and I've been so stressed with work. Can't wait for a little bit of 'us time'.
Next week I'm going to start up my Zuzka videos again! I absolutely LOVE Zuzka! I think I may have mentioned her in an earlier blog, I'm not sure. If not, she is amazing and you should check out her website. She has so many great HIIT, quick body weight, cardio work outs that deliver results. Check out her ZGYM!
Welp, I better bounce outta here and pretend I'm working! Cross my fingers to get some internet this week though! Stay tuned! Next week I am going to be way more focused on actual meal prep for the week. This week I am just being more conscious of what I eat, not quit planning meals. There's more to look forward to.


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In celebration of
's 100th Birthday, the Clearwater Tribune would like to publish our readers' favorite memory of their time in this area. Here are the latest submissions. Clearwater County
Submitted by Rob Baird of
Chandler, Arizona
Memories of the period from 1950 – 1955
I lived in Orofino from 1946 through graduation from high school in June 1955. For the past 50+ years, my home has been
Southern California. However, two months ago, I relocated to . Chandler, Arizona
My memories center around Sewell's Barbershop on Johnson Avenue. Actually, in reality it was Red Jordan's Barbershop, as Mr. Sewell had retired and Red ran the shop.
Why do I have such vivid memories of this shop? Simply because as an eighth grader in 1950, I begged Red to give me the job of shoe-shine boy to replace Morrie Synder, who had been the shoe shine boy for a couple of years previously. Red looked at me and said, "You are kind of young for this job." As I said, I begged him and he relented.
This began an experience I will never forget. For the next five years, I worked six days a week shining shoes. In the winter, I worked inside the shop. In the summer I moved my stand out onto the street and worked in the fresh air, and sometimes hot weather.
It was a glorious time in Orofino. The town was bustling and I got into the center of the bustle, as all things seemed to center around the town barbershop. Haircuts were a buck, shaves $.75, and my shoe shines were $.30. If there was any gossip going on in town it all came out during a haircut, shave or shoeshine.
Just a few of the customers I remember as friends were, Chief Philpot, Mr. Sodeberg, Mr. McCarthy, all the lumberjacks in town for a good time weekend, (they were great tippers incidentally). Others were Mr. Snyder from next door, Mr. Tate from the shoe shop, Norm Erbst, Hans Wetter, and yes, even the Madam from the esteemed hotel at the end of Johnson Avenue. (She would drop off her shoes to be shined.)
I worked in this job until the night before I graduated from high school. There were many shiny shoes in
as a result of my humble work during those years. Clearwater County
During this time, I remember the sporting events, where, both Monk and Art kept we athletes in check. In many respects they became our surrogate fathers. You will never find two more dedicated men to the City of
's children. Orofino
Lastly, I recall fondly during the summer of 1954 the advent of cable T.V. coming to Orofino. Several of us watched the fantastic catch Willie Mays made in the World Series that year, as we watched the game in the front room of Butch Erbst's home. (I was later invited by Willie to go into the visiting Giants locker room at Dodger Stadium to introduce my young son to Willie).
These memories, along with the thrill of stopping traffic on the highway in the summer of 1954, while Bob Titus and I dived from the
into the rushing river below—that's when the old bridge was a lot higher—yes, these were the good days. Clearwater Bridge
I often wished my own children could have had a similar experience while growing up. There simply is no replacement for
. May it stand forever! Orofino, Idaho
Submitted by Kathy Strom Von Bargen, 1962 OHS graduate, living in Clarkston
This isn't a favorite memory but it is a profound one. In the late 40's and early 50's, my grandparents, Arthur and Myrtle Anderson, lived at the top of Canada Hill next door to my first grade teacher, Mrs. Bonner.
The sidewalk on the steepest part of Canada Hill was a raised wooden one which was scary enough for little kids but the real terror was imposed by the little village of hobos who lived in tarpaper shacks, or worse, tucked at the base of the hill and next to where the wooden sidewalk existed. The village was called
. Jingle Town
My mother and grandmother warned us to never, under any circumstances, speak to any resident of that area. If we thought one of men living there was even looking our way let alone walking toward us, we ran like the wind until we either passed the
on the way downtown or arrived at Grandma's house on the way home. There may have been a few instances where we called out to taunt them. Rex Rooms
We would see the men cooking over open fires and sometimes observe an altercation but in general they were a congenial lot.
At the time it seemed there were very many residents but probably they numbered only 12 to 15. Most likely these were older men who could no longer work and had no family or money. They may have had a small pension of some sort that allowed them to buy a little food and not much else. They never, ever bothered us but our fertile imaginations caused us to be ever on guard!
Having a nickel or dime to take downtown for an ice cream cone was always made more exciting when we passed by this village.
More memories welcome
If you'd like to share your favorite memory, we'd love to publish it. Please submit it in written form via e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com or mail it to us at: Clearwater Tribune, My Favorite Memory, P.O. Box 71,
Orofino, ID 83544.
In addition to as many details as you can recall, please include your name, where you live now, when you lived in the area (if you aren't currently a resident), the period of time when your memory takes place (such as the 1970's), and a phone number where you may be reached (in case we need clarification. Phone numbers will not be published).


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Vicky Stuart-Jones
Founder of Pilates Centre in 2000, Vicky is a registered physiotherapist, certified neurokinetic therapist, and Polestar Pilates certified instructor. She has been teaching Pilates since 1999 and has been continuing with ongoing education in Pilates, primal movement training, Oov , NKT (neurokinetic therapy advanced level), practical anatomy (immaculate dissection) , anatomy trains (myofascial) and physiotherapy courses and workshops. Vickys clients have included members of the All Blacks, Silver ferns, NZ rowing team, All Whites and Olympic equestrian team. Outside of Pilates Vicky enjoys dancing rowing and running.
Shaun Stuart-Jones
Co-owner of Pilates Centre, Shaun is a very experienced specialist musculoskeletal physiotherapist with advanced manual therapy qualifications, Polestar Pilates trained, certified in advanced neurokinetic therapy and is a certified weight training instructor. He has studied primal movement training, advanced Oov training, anatomy (immaculate dissection), anatomy trains (myofascial). He has been a physiotherapist for King Country rugby and Waikato rep teams and works with top athletes and members of the NZ rowing team as a specialist provider of Pilates.
Shaun is a competitive Masters rower in international and national competitions.
Belinda Freeman
Belinda is an advanced Pilates Instructor certified through Polestar Pilates and has been teaching Pilates for over 15 years, prior to this she has been a personal trainer, and group exercise/ aerobics instructor at local gyms. She continues to study movement, attending Pilates workshops and courses, Oov training, Pilates for pregnancy and has studied Pilates for the older adult and osteoporosis. Belinda teaches our Bone Builders classes and also our more advanced reformer repertoire.
Liz Halsey
Liz is a certified Polestar Pilates instructor and health educator. She has a PhD in Physiology and Diploma in Sport and Recreation. Active all her life, she has represented NZ as an age group athlete in triathlon, danced to advanced level ballet and competed in equestrian sports.Liz makes it a priority to stay up to date with Pilates teaching practises and movement education. She teaches all levels of classes, private sessions and small group work.


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As a Facebook fan, you are invited to MINI Canada's Facebook contest. Let's see how many friends you can fit into the all-new MINI Countryman with a chance to win one for a year when they arrive in Canada this January.
The contest runs until December 30th and the winner will be announced on January 12th.
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Privacy Notice for Students and other guests of AUBG residence halls
This privacy notice outlines how and why the Residence life and Housing office at the American University in Bulgaria (AUBG) collects, uses and stores your personal data, and your rights in relation to the personal data we hold. We may modify or amend this Privacy Notice.
What personal data do we collect?
The personal information we collect from you is the following:
- personal data including your name, date of birth and gender;
- data including your home address, citizenship, date of entering Bulgaria if you are not a Bulgarian citizen.
How do we collect your personal data?
We collect information about you when you:
- check in to stay on our campus which requires an address registration;
- request a housing certificate needed to obtain a visa or a Bulgarian ID documents;
- request other certificates or information regarding the period of time spent on campus.
Note: * When we obtain personal data from third party sources, we will look to ensure that the third party has lawful authority to provide us with your personal data.
The basis for processing your information and how we use it
Receiving and processing your personal data, as detailed above, for the application package / process is based on your consent and is exclusively used in the recruitment and application cycle.
We may further process your personal data because it is necessary for the performance of a contract with you or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract. In this respect, we use your personal data for the following:
- to provide our housing and residence life services to you, as outlined in AUBG Student Handbook;
- to provide IT and information services;
- to provide student support services (Disability and additional learning support, Careers and Advising Services, Student Medical Centre and psychologist services);
- to ensure students' safety and security;
- to deal with any concerns or feedback you may have;
- to process personal data for other purposes for which you provide it to us.
We may also process your personal data because it is necessary for the performance of our tasks carried out in the public interest, as set out in our mission statement and values, which can be found at www.aubg.edu/mission-values or because it is necessary for our legitimate interests. In this respect, we may use your personal data for the following:
- to provide you with educational services not listed in the AUBG Student Handbook but which are part of our academic and educational mission;
- to monitor and evaluate the performance and effectiveness of the university, including training and/or monitoring our staff performance;
- to maintain and improve the academic, corporate, financial, estate and human resource; management of the university;
- to promote equality and diversity throughout the university;
- to promote our services (e.g. provide information about summer schools, student exchange programs, or other events happening on and off campus);
- to seek advice on our rights and obligations;
- to recover money you may owe to AUBG;
- to support our fundraising efforts.
We may also process your personal data in relation to compliance with our legal obligations. In this respect, we may use your personal data for the following:
- financial audits;
- compliance with our regulatory and legal obligations;
- compliance with anti-money laundering laws and safeguarding requirements;
- prevention and detection of crime;
- criminal investigations - assist with investigations (including criminal investigations) carried out by the police and other competent authorities.
We may also process your personal data where:
- it is necessary for medical purposes (e.g. medical diagnosis, provision of health or social care or treatment, or a contract with a health professional);
- it is necessary to protect your or another person's vital interests; or
- we have your specific or, where necessary, explicit consent to do so.
Control and care over your data
We, as an institution with one of the highest rankings in Bulgaria, are striving to improve and upgrade our control systems – to include pseudonymisation of the collected and processed data, access controls, defined within the university, and most importantly – applied due care by our staff and faculty members. All measures are implemented against inadvertent or deliberate manipulation, loss, or destruction, and access by unauthorized persons
Who we share your data with
Your data may be shared with Visa and Bulgarian ID paper issuing authorities including: Ministry of Education, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Internal Affairs, National Security Agency, Bulgarian Embassies etc.
How long we keep it
Personal data collected through the visa application/ residence permit process is stored for a period of five years after you leave the university. Personal data will be retained according to the legal requirements of the local authorities for maintaining your academic record or social standing record (including archiving purposes).
Collection and use by third-party vendors
Third-party vendors, such as Google, may use cookies or other technologies to serve ads or deliver content on other websites based on your visits to our website and other sites on the Internet and to provide analytics services. These third parties may automatically collect information about your visits to this and other websites, your IP address, your ISP, the browser you use to visit our Site, pages viewed, time spent on pages, links clicked and conversion information. They do these using cookies, clear gifs or other technologies.
We do not sale data or data-bases to third parties for any reasons.
Cookies policy
The AUBG's website uses cookies in order to ensure best user experience. To review AUBG's website cookies policy, please check the following www.aubg.edu/aubg-cookies-policy.
You rights in relation to the personal data we hold:
- to request an access to your personal data we hold;
- to rectify or erasure your personal data;
- to restrict or object to processing concerning your data;
- to request data transfer to other parties;
- to withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before this withdrawal;
- to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority – Commission for Personal Data Protection, address - 2 Prof. Tsvetan Lazarov Blvd., Sofia 1592.
You may address your concerns or inquiries to our Data Protection Officer (DPO) – Margarita Petkova, e-mail: email@example.com; tel +359 73 888 337.
Please visit AUBG Internal Rules for Data Protection for more information.


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The draw has been released for the English Amateur Billiards Championships.
A total of 94 entries nationwide have been received, with 16 players from this area.
Group One includes the veteran player from Newcastle, Alf Nolan, who will take on Ross McDonald, Anthony O'Brien and Mark Graham.
Group Two includes former champion Tony James, from North Shields, John Hartley, Paul Snowden and Ryan Clark.
Group Three sees the current English Under-16 and Under-19 champions together, Darren Cook and Dominic Mulhall, alongside Craig Murphy and Steve Best.
The final group is the toughest, with Billy Bousfield, Tony MacKinder, Simon Snee and Chris Bell all drawn together.
Games are played at Hartlepool Snooker Centre on Sunday, November 26.
Nine players have qualified from this region to the last 16 of the English Under-19 championships.
Defending champion Dominic Mulhall (Coulby Newham) made breaks of 62, 48, 47, 41 and 72 unfinished to beat Ryan Jackson 506-97, while Under-16 dual champion Darren Cook was also in form, breaks of 56, 47, 40, 36, 35 and 31 to defeat Jonathan Snee 392-96.
Former Under-16 finalist Ross McDonald qualified, with breaks of 37 and 34 to beat 11-year-old Liam Clark 424-143, while Matty Wilkinson came from behind to beat Phil Brookbanks 222-208. Ormesby team-mates Michael Robinson and James Halpin clashed, with Robinson winning 201-183, whilst Redcar's Stuart Dexter was a 269-149 winner over Christopher Dyer.
The other three qualifiers were all from Hartlepool: Michael Cornelius beat Thomas Clark 257-151, Ryan Clark beat Thomas Harrison 297-119 and Johnathon Buglass beat Michael Williams 246-117.


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Guaranteed rail-side view with our Whale Watching Trips on the Sunshine Coast!
Pre-Book your spot now!
The Sunshine Coast is rapidly gaining a reputation as one of the best places to go for whale watching on the East Coast of Australia. And for good reason. A large, natural bay is formed by the coastline itself together with Morton Island and Fraser Island. It creates an ideal place for mother to care for and teach their calves in water that is generally much deeper that the shallower waters further North. Add in the fact that Mooloolaba has long been recognised as one of, if not the safest Bar crossings, and you have a perfect combination for awesome, fun and safe time out on the water watching the humpback whales play! And at just over an hour from Brisbane CBD, more and more people are considering Whale Watching from Mooloolaba! All these factors together with great tours on offer see the Sunshine Coast now offering some of the best Whale Watching opportunities in Australia! So perfect a setting and location is the Sunshine Coast for whale watching overall, Mooloolaba is now one of the few places in Australia, even the world, which offers swimming with the whales ( also referred to as snorkelling with the whales).
Of course traditionally Whale Watching, being a short season, has commonly been a busy time with packed vessels. It's not uncommon for whale watching boats to have well over 100 people aboard! This is great for some people, but, as with everything times are changing. More and more we find that people are wanting a more intimate, personalised, even private experience. Crowded boats, trying to see the whales over the top of other people, or if you are lucky enough to finally get to the rail, have the whales on the opposite side of the boat instead! (Murphy and his law in action!). Wouldn't it be great if you ALWAYS have a railside view, regardless of which side the whales are showing themselves on? How about some light refreshments included in the trip as well. And a crew that is both extremely knowledgeable about the whale and takes the time to talk to you on a personal level.
Well, if this sounds like you then you have found your ideal Whale Watching trip and operator!!!
Our Vessel:
- Crusader 1 is a very large, Super safe, ex-commercial vessel, completely refit for quality charter operations with passenger comfort foremost in mind.
- Whale watching is conducted with a maximum of 23 passengers to ensure everyone always gets the perfect unobstructed view!
- The vessel is completely setup up for whale watching operations with double the amount of seating needed for the passengers.
- Set up for whale watching means zero non whale watching obstructions to get in your way!
- Most of the seating is railside to get you close to the whales at every moment.
- The bow is accessible and available for those special moments when the whales (and dolphins) swim around the vessel.
- 2 toilets aboard means there is no waiting at all!
- A large 3m centre table with seating allows you to enjoy the included refreshments in comfort.
- And in 202 our new bar will allow you to buy drinks at very affordable prices.
- At 55 foot, every passenger can get a comfortable, uncrowded railside view, even along a single side! Never be blocked out again!
What to expect:
Sure, it's always amazing when you get to see the whales. But if you want to be assured of more than just catching a glimpse over the top of 2 or more people in front of you then we are your solution! It's often near impossible to get that rail-side position on many whale watching operations. And If you are on the wrong side of the boat when the whales show themselves you are often fighting over 100 other people to get to that side. If you can of course. It's fully understandable that most boats are so heavily loaded with people. Most of these businesses make their living from that short 4 month period of time.
Sunshine Coast Afloat operates a very wide range of activities thus allowing us to keep passenger numbers to the bare minimum! Our entire focus and goal is to give our guests a truly intimate encounter with these gentle giants of the ocean. You will always able to take pictures or video without the heads of other people in the way. Even follow the whales around the boat as they swim around under under us! If that sounds like the experience you are after then this is the Sunshine Coast whale watching tour you are looking for! The luxury of no crowds. The ability to see the whales properly the way you imagined it should be!
It's all about getting out on the water and seeing – It is called Whale Watching, not whale glimpsing! – regardless if the whales want to come really up close or decide to stay a bit further away, the astonishing marine wildlife that makes this planet truly wondrous! Some of our most amazing moments, when time seemed like it stood still, were when something amazing was happening a couple of hundred meters from the boat. A mother calling her calf with massive tail slaps on the water. The calf totally oblivious, playing and learning to breach ahead of our vessel in Mooloolaba Bay. Truly a moment that was so spectacular, so emotional or so unexpected, that everyone aboard felt extremely privileged to be in the area! Every year whale watching creates new magic moments. Moments we would love to share with you!
A little about the whales:
Humpback whales are not only beautiful but also playful and curious creatures. You will be in awe of the spectacular breaching, close encounters, magical songs and tail slapping. Seeing whales in the wild is always an amazing, awe-inspiring experience. We are all hoping for one of those "Super amazing" trips where the whales "Mug" the boat and often make it difficult for the boat to even leave the area. Our customers are, understandably, always waiting in anticipation for that something extra special. That moment or display that will instantly last in
their memories forever. You know, a so-called 'bucket-list' experience. And, more often than you would think, that's exactly what happens. But, those amazing moments are so special for a reason. They don't happen ALL the time. But whale watching is not just about the close-up special or magic moments.
Each year more and more whales take part in the annual Whale migration up the East Coast of Australia. (to be fair they do travel up the West Coast also!). The numbers are now reaching levels where amazing whale encounters are becoming far more common place when compared with only a few years ago. Local whale watching companies such a Whale One have long had this market almost exclusively to themselves, and have done an amazing job in promoting the Sunshine Coast, and Mooloolaba in particular as a whale watching destination hot spot.
With the growing number of visitors to the Sunshine Coast, the number of operators is now also beginning to increase. New vessels and offerings are becoming more prevalent, and this can be linked directly to the increased number of whales and whale encounters. Sunshine Coast Afloat has taken a more niche approach to this large and growing market, with very personal select tours that offer the perfect blend of privacy, safety and professional knowledge. In fact, until recently Sunshine Coast Afloat had the only "High Speed" or "Extreme" Whale watching tour on offer!
COVID Whale Watching – for detailed information on how we've adjusted our tour to be COVID Safe and for updated terms click here.
Please note- This tour operates from late June to Mid October only! This tour runs for 3 hours!
We include light refreshments and, if needed, use of binoculars as part of the tour.
Please note that no funds will be deducted until we have been able to also confirm the availability of the requested charter. This because other impacts such as phone and agent bookings, weather and other unforeseen things could impact on the availability at the same time as you are requesting the charter online. Our Terms and conditions are available on this webpage ( Click here to view them now ) and will also be emailed to you as part of the booking confirmation.
The "BRIDGE SEAFOOD " Pontoon (located at the rear of the restaurant),
209 Brisbane Road Mooloolaba Qld.
For a GPS use "Bridge Seafoods" or "209 Brisbane Road Mooloolaba Qld". In iPhone Maps "Bridge Seafoods" is far more accurate.
Please DO NOT park your car here on the service Road, but rather in the FREE public car-park next to the BP service station across the road.
The location is the corner of Incana Court and Brisbane Road. This parking is free and unlimited in time, and only a 2 minute stroll (100m) from the departure point.
Once parked please wait near the top of the ramp until instructed by the skipper that it is safe to come down the ramp and board the vessel.
The "Coast Guard & Boat Ramp" Pontoon (located between the 2 boat ramps),
51 Parkyn Parade Mooloolaba Qld.
(Click on the RED
icon on the above map for more information)
We depart from the "Coast Guard & Boat Ramp" Pontoon. (Pontoon is located between the 2 boat ramps).
For a GPS use 51 Parkyn Parade Mooloolaba Qld. These are the units across the road from the ramp.
Please DO NOT park your car in the Boat trailer areas here but rather find a park along Parkyn Parade where parking is free and unlimited in time. Cars parked incorrectly in the Boat ramp car park are likely to be towed.
Once parked please wait at the top of the ramp to the pontoon until instructed by the crew that it is safe to come down the ramp and board the vessel.
Please do not wait on the pontoon itself as the crew will be mooring the vessel on its arrival and we safety is paramount for all.


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StreetWise — Predicting the Future
From our friends at Eure Consulting:
No one can predict the future. But as the CEO of a growing company, it's your job to try.
A company that operates only on the day-to-day, reactive level will not make it in the long run. Not only is it hectic and draining, it is too chaotic to maintain over time. If all you're doing is jumping from one fire to the next, you will never be able to create consistent and sustainable growth. You might get lucky and last for a year or two, but those two years will be painful.
If you want your company to not just survive, but thrive, you need to take the time to be more intentional about your growth and to create plans for each of the major areas of your company.
Taking the time to plan out your growth for the next 12 months will not only give you better clarity about where your company is going, it will also help you to anticipate what bumps you might hit along the way.
Every company should have a budget, a sales plan, a marketing plan, and an operations plan. These plans become even more important the larger you get. You might be able to get away with just rolling with the punches as a small company, but as you move into the 50+ employee range, you have a duty to those employees to ensure that you know where your company is going.
You should also include your employees in this planning process. Ask them where they'd like to see the company end up. What do they think you are capable of? What issues do they see coming up over the next 12 months? Including their input will help provide more diverse perspectives, as well as make them even more committed to the plan. Make your company's path to growth easier by working to anticipate problems before they arise.


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Taiwanese-American violinist Richard Lin is the newly crowned Gold Medalist of the 10th Quadrennial International Violin Competition of Indianapolis which took place in September of 2018. In addition to the Gold Medal, Richard captured three Special Prizes for his performances of Milstein's Paganiniana in the Preliminaries, Kreisler's Tambourin chinois in the Classical Finals and Bruch's Scottish Fantasy in the Finals.
Highlights of Mr. Lin's 2018-2019 season include recitals in Chicago, La Jolla and throughout Indiana, including Indianapolis, New Harmony and Bloomington. He will make debut concerto appearances with the North Carolina and Muncie symphonies in the United States and will perform with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa and the Taiwan Philharmonic in multiple performances in Kaohsiung, Taipei, Tokyo and Osaka. He will also perform with the Taiwan Philharmonic Chinese Orchestra.
Richard has collaborated with numerous orchestras and performed at celebrated concert venues throughout the world including his debut with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra under conductor Norichika Iimori at Tokyo's Suntory Hall performing Bartók's Violin Concerto No. 2. Other orchestras with whom he has worked are the NDR Radio Philharmonie, Poznań Philharmonic, Łódź Philharmonic, Polish Baltic Philharmonic, Oldenburg State Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony, Singapore Symphony, Nagoya Philharmonic, Sendai Philharmonic, Kyushu Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonic, Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Taiwan Philharmonic, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Amadeus Polish Chamber Orchestra, Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia, Yokohama Sinfonietta, Macau String Association Orchestra, and Academy of Taiwan Strings. He has also concertized throughout the United States, Canada, Germany, Poland, Finland, Belgium, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Macau and Taiwan.
In 2013, Richard released his first album on the Fontec label. The album includes works for violin and orchestra by Beethoven, Bartók and Brahms performed with the Sendai Philharmonic and conductor Pascal Verrot. The following year, he released his second album consisting of the complete Brahms Sonatas for Piano and Violin with his brother, pianist Robert Lin, an accomplished musician and a student at Chung-Shan Medical University in Taiwan. The Lin brothers have been collaborating for more than a decade and have performed critically acclaimed recitals in major cities in Taiwan and Japan.
Richard has amassed a startling collection of top prizes at major international competitions, including 1st Prize and the Audience Prize at the 2013 Sendai International Violin Competition; 3rd Prize in the Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition in Hannover (2015); 2nd Prize, Audience Prize, and the Best Recital Prize in the Singapore International Violin Competition (2015); and 2nd Prize and the Best Commissioned Work Prize in the 2011 Michael Hill International Violin Competition. He is also a Laureate of the Wieniawski and Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin competitions.
Born in Phoenix, Arizona and raised in Taiwan, Richard began his violin studies at the age of four. He gave his public debut at age of eleven performing the Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto No. 3 with the Taipei Symphony Orchestra. At sixteen, he moved to the United States to follow his teacher Dr. Gregory Lee who was newly named to the violin faculty at the University of Oklahoma. In the same year, Richard was accepted to the Curtis Institute of Music and studied with respected pedagogue Aaron Rosand. He later received his master's degree at The Juilliard School under the tutelage of renowned professor Lewis Kaplan.
Mr. Baltacigil won the 2005 Young Concert Artists International Auditions. He was also awarded the Peter Jay Sharp Prize (which presented his New York recital debut in December 2005) and the Washington Performing Arts Society Prize (which presented his Washington, D.C., recital debut in April 2006). His other awards include first prize in concerto competitions in Istanbul and New York and the Allentown (Pennsylvania) Schadt String Competition
American violinist Adam Barnett-Hart has attracted worldwide attention for his sensitive musicianship and inspired artistic decisions. As the founding first violinist of the Escher String Quartet, he has performed in many of the most prestigious venues and festivals around the world including Alice Tully Hall and the 92nd Street Y in New York, the Kennedy Center, the Ravinia and Caramoor Festivals, the Wigmore Hall, the Louvre, and the Concertgebouw.
Award-winning violinist Aaron Boyd, a member of the acclaimed Escher String Quartet, enjoys a versatile career as soloist, chamber musician, orchestral leader, recording artist, lecturer, and teacher. Since making his New York recital debut in 1998, he has concertized throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Formerly a member of the Escher String Quartet, he was a recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant and the Martin E. Segal prize from Lincoln Center, and was also awarded a Proclamation by the City of Pittsburgh for his musical accomplishments.
Associate principal viola of the Dallas Symphony since 1999, Ann Marie Brink is adjunct associate professor of viola at Southern Methodist University, adjunct professor of instrumental studies at the University of North Texas, and teaches at Wintergreen Summer Music Academy, Nellysford, Va.
Hailed by The New Yorker as a "superb young soloist," Nicholas Canellakis has become one of the most sought-after and innovative cellists of his generation, captivating audiences throughout the United States and abroad. In The New York Times his playing was praised as "impassioned ... the audience seduced by Mr. Canellakis's rich, alluring tone."
Legend is an understatement. Sit with master-of-all-trades Mino Cinélu in any café and more likely than not, a record will come on that he's played on. Sting, Miles Davis, Weather Report, Herbie Hancock, Peter Gabriel, Stevie Wonder, Lou Reed, Marcus Miller, Bonnie Raitt, Elton John, Pat Metheny, Taylor Dane, Branford Marsalis, and Cassandra Wilson are just a tiny selection of the international pop and jazz stars that Mino has worked with since the 80's.
With reviews such as "breathtaking…" (The Clarinet), "virtuosic tone and technique" (Tampa Bay Times), "exceptionally sensitive and introspective rendition" (The Clarinet), and "a most skillful artist" (Fanfare Magazine), Kimberly Cole Luevano continually establishes herself as a formidable soloist and chamber musician. Luevano joined the University of North Texas faculty in 2011 and served as a member of the clarinet faculty at the Interlochen Arts Camp from 2003 to 2012.
Mr. Curtis has been performing worldwide with Eddie Palmieri, Brian Lynch, Ralph Peterson, Christian Scott, Sean Jones, Orrin Evans, Albert Rivera, and others. He is the recent recipient of the 2016 Down Beat Rising Star Bassist on the Critics Poll.
Zakarias Grafilo joined the Alexander String Quartet in July 2002. Just prior to joining the ASQ, he served as Principal Second Violinist of the Pacific Symphony, and Concertmaster of the Stockton Symphony.
Tong-Il Han has performed with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, London Philharmonic, Halle Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic, Scottish National Orchestra, BBC Scottish Orchestra, London Mozart Players, Amsterdam Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic, Monte Carlo Orchestra, Polish Radio National Orchestra, Budapest Radio Symphony Orchestra, and Russian National Symphony among others.
Nick Kendall's genre-bending trio, Time for Three, or TF3, creates new communities of audiences who otherwise might not participate in the performing arts. He has become a force for bringing people together through music, on stage and off. His work is based on the simple idea that the energy you exude greatly impacts the relationships that you build.
An early success lead Ms. Kiffer to solo and orchestra engagements throughout Europe, Canada, North and South America, the Middle East, and Asia playing in some of the world's most prestigious concert halls such as Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, Beethoven Hall in Bonn, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Hall, Opera House in Tel Aviv and Beijing National Center. In October 2015 Chloé made her debut at Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium with Tchaikovsky violin concerto. She has claimed top prizes at multiple national and international competitions.
Frederick Lifsitz studied violin in his native Boston with Marylou Churchill and at Indiana University with Paul Biss. As a member of the Alexander String Quartet he has performed throughout Europe and North America, appearing regularly at halls such as Amsterdam's Concertebouw and New York City's Lincoln Center.
Mr. Menard has performed around the globe with ensembles led by Jeremy Pelt, Ben Allison, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Aaron Parks, Alix Ambroise, Le Boeuf Brothers, and many more.
Cellist Taeguk Mun, a prize winner of 2019 Tchaikovsky Competition was born in 1994 in South Korea, started studying the cello at the age of four with Young Rim Yang. He has been the first prize winner of various competitions, such as the Third Andre Navarra International Cello Competition and the International Competition for Young People in Oldenburg, Germany. He also won prizes at the Irving M. Klein International String Competition.
A leading soloist and chamber musician, Mr. Mutuzkin has performed with major orchestras in Italy, Spain, Norway, and England as well as throughout his native Russia. In 2012, he made his debut appearance in the United States when he performed in NYC's Lincoln Center in a flute quartet with members of the Metropolitan Opera. Maintaining an active performing and teaching career, Ivan is also the author of a book entitled "Experimental Flute in Twentieth Century Music" (based on examples of compositions for solo flute by foreign composers).
Praised by Strad magazine as having "lyricism that stood out...a silky tone and beautiful, supple lines," violist Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt has established herself as one of the most sought-after violists of her generation. In addition to appearances as soloist with the Tokyo Philharmonic, the Jacksonville Symphony, and the Sphinx Chamber Orchestra, she has performed in recitals and chamber-music concerts throughout the United States, Latin America, and Europe, including an acclaimed 2011 debut recital at London's Wigmore Hall, which was described in Strad as being "fleet and energetic...powerful and focused".
James Ryon has appeared as recitalist and soloist in the United States, South & Central America and the Middle East. He currently is Professor of Oboe at the University of North Texas College of Music and he serves as the Principal Oboist of the Baton Rouge Symphony. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in music from the Juilliard School and has received performance fellowships at the Aspen, Berkshire, Blossom, Kneisel Hall and New College Music Festivals. His principal teachers are Robert Bloom and John Mack.
Cellist Sophie Shao, winner of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant and top prizes at the Rostropovich and Tchaikovsky competitions, is a versatile and passionate artist whose performances the New York Times has noted as "eloquent, powerful" and the Washington Post called "deeply satisfying."
One of his generation's extraordinary talents, Scott Tixier has made a name for himself as a violinist-composer of wide ranging ambition, individuality and drive — "the future of jazz violin" in the words of Downbeat Magazine and "A remarkable improviser and a cunning jazz composer" in those of NPR.
A native of Northumberland, England, Sandy Wilson completed his graduate studies at the Royal Danish Conservatory in Copenhagen as a recipient of two Danish Government Scholarships and the Sophus Berendsen Award.
Katie is currently Principal Horn of both The Dallas Opera and the Dallas Chamber Symphony, and she also frequently plays as a substitute or extra horn with the Dallas Symphony and Fort Worth Symphony. Prior to becoming Principal Horn for the opera, she was Third Horn from 2014-2017.
Few artists have done more to both honor and reinvent the 2000-year history of the pipa than renowned soloist, vocalist and composer Min Xiao-Fen. An in-demand interpreter of traditional music before relocating to the United States, Min has forged a new path for her instrument in modern jazz, free improvisation, and contemporary classical music. The Village Voice lauded her as an artist who "has taken her ancient Chinese string instrument into the future."
Paul Yarbrough, violist, is a native of Clearwater, Florida, and a founding member of the Alexander String Quartet. Mr. Yarbrough's teachers have included Elaine Lee Richey, Lillian Fuchs, Raymond Page, and Sally Peck.
Glenn Zaleski is one of the most in-demand pianists on the New York City jazz scene. Originally from Boylston, MA, he has made a name for himself playing with the likes of Ravi Coltrane, Lage Lund, and Ari Hoenig. Glenn Zaleski has quickly become one of the most important pianists of his generation.


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Want to take full advantage of your yard in the Niagara Region without sacrificing comfort? A packaged system from Service Experts Heating & Air Conditioning may be the right heating and cooling system for you.
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Many people are focused on trying to pay off debts quickly, save more money, and accomplish other financial goals. It can be challenging to meet all of your goals on your current salary, and because of this, side hustles are increasingly popular.
Some people even find that they can make more money on the side than they do at their primary, full-time job.
However, leaving behind your full-time job for a side hustle may seem risky, and it's not an easy decision. So, for some time – until you do make that decision or you make enough money to accomplish your goal – you must find a way to balance your life while working two jobs.
To be successful, you need to focus on not getting burnt out while still finding a healthy balance between your work life and your personal life.
1. Manage Your Time
When you have two jobs that both demand many long hours each week, managing time properly is crucial.
The best way to remain productive through these efforts is to create a schedule that prioritizes your responsibilities as well as your free time successfully. Each weekend, spend a few minutes reviewing your schedule.
While you need to make sure that you have time available to devote to both of your jobs, you also need to make time for family and friends, and your alone-time.
Remember that if you do not plan for downtime and enjoyable activities in your day, it may be nearly impossible to find time to do them. Inevitably, unexpected things that could throw you off-schedule will pop up. You should always leave some space on your calendar, so a surprise meeting (or even a dinner with friends) won't stress you out.
2. Don't Go Overboard
When you see the extra money rolling in from your side hustle, you might feel motivated to work even more hours. However, overworking yourself can lead to unhappiness, burn-out and exhaustion.
You need to ensure that you have ample time to get enough sleep each night. You also need to treat yourself to downtime and plan on getting some physical exercise regularly. This may be something as simple as playing in the backyard with your kids or taking your dog for a long walk each evening.
Exercise will ensure that you are in good shape to meet the demanding work schedule that you have established, and it can also help you relax and unwind.
Also, follow a healthy diet, and give yourself mental breaks regularly by entirely removing work from your mind while enjoying your time off work.
Some people also find it helpful to create to-do lists to better manage work and personal responsibilities. Also, crossing a task of the said list, in addition to being one of the best feelings in the world, serves as a motivator.
Another important thing is to set limits regarding the maximum number of hours that you are willing to work each week.
3. Take Care of Your Money
Some people are inclined to start spending more when they regularly earn a second income. As mentioned before, it is important to treat yourself to a few rewards for all of your hard work, but there are limits to this.
Your primary goal of spending so much time working hard each week is to meet specific financial goals, and you should regularly contribute funds to this goal.
Open a savings account and build it up with your extra income, but always have a certain amount that you can spend during each month – both for paying the bills and for little pleasures.
Remember that blowing a considerable amount of money without taking steps toward achieving your dream can result in you feeling overworked without any results to show for it. Needless to say, this can also add to your stress, which makes it more difficult to remain productive.
4. Claim Your Work Space
If one or both of your jobs allow you the opportunity to work from home, consider creating a dedicated workspace in your house. This may be an entire spare bedroom that is not currently being used regularly, or it may be a small corner of your bedroom.
Set up a home office with all of the equipment and supplies you need to be productive. Choose a room with a lot of natural light, invest in an ergonomic chair, add plants as decorations. Set rules for others to avoid disrupting you while you are working so that you can be as efficient as possible.
Remember that being concentrated and working while you are sitting at your desk is critical if you want to enjoy free time on your terms later.
5. Use Technology to Your Advantage
Technology has evolved considerably over the last few decades, and there are now more technological tools and innovations at your disposal than ever before.
You can easily use your smart devices, apps, and other features to help you manage your schedule and to be productive with emails, texts, and more when you are not sitting at your desk. You can also store documents in the cloud so that you can access them from any location.
On a personal level, you can use software or apps to manage your finances and even help you meditate, exercise, or sleep more peacefully each night. Just remember to turn off the work email while you're trying to relax.
A Balancing Act
Working on a full-time basis with one job requires you to carefully balance your work and home life, and adding a side hustle to the mix makes this even more challenging to do. A second job may help you meet your financial goals more easily, meet wonderful people, and move forward more quickly in your career.
However, it is necessary to strive for a happy, stress-free balance with your personal life and two jobs, and you can easily use these tips to help you to accomplish this goal.


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Silliman on Sports
By Stan Silliman
Texas A & M red-shirt freshman quarterback, Johnny Manziel, receives a snap in the red zone while the best defense in college football crashes in on him from both sides. What happens next? Manziel fumbles the ball in mid-air, grabs it back with his left hand, escapes from an on-rushing linebacker, shifts the ball to the right hand then flicks it 20 yards to a receiver standing alone in the end zone with no defender within ten feet.
Whoa? Did that just happen… against Alabama? Or did we just watch a video game? No, that DID just happen. But, if it were a video game, the game would be called "Johnny Football" – the nickname Texas Aggie fans gave Johnny Manziel. He didn't ask for it. It was ordained on him and his parents, with the help of the school, are trademarking the name.
Let's back up. Manziel or his parents are not permitted to make money on an athletic trademark while Johnny is in college. What they can do, however, is prevent others from profiting on the nickname Johnny didn't ask for. They can stop enterprisers from marketing drinking mugs with big ear shaped handles known as "Johnny Football Mugs." They can even stop silly song writers, like me, from trying to market songs with the title "Johnny Football" in it. I can't even sell something like the following:
"Johnny Football… is an Aggie
And he's special, you can see
Deserves a Heisman… in his baggie
For demolishing… the S.E.C."
Even if I wrote a song about Johnny, as a quarterback, running for more yards than all those highly touted S.E.C. running backs, they'd still stop me. It would be true but it would be trademark infringement if I used the words "Johnny Football." If I made another true statement about "Johnny Football" passing for more yards than any S.E.C. quarterback has ever done and I casually said "this is against the best defenses ever devised" I'd still be sued. Not matter how complimentary, I can't profit with a song about "Johnny Football." Even if I mentioned Manziel had a better season as a freshman with more yards and total TDs than either Newton or Tebow had during their Heisman years and my song helped him win a Heisman, I still couldn't sell it. Even if I sang:
"Johnny Football for the Heisman
All the Aggies, they are rootin'
Playing better than Joe Theismann,
Timmy Tebow or Cam Newton"
One more thing:
"So to all you enterprising job creators
Here's a note from the freedom haters
You might consider this rude and crude
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CO Replaces Sign Stoners Kept Stealing
Authorities in Colorado are having to get creative to solve street-sign thefts. The state's Department of Transportation noticed that mile marker number 420 was repeatedly stolen from Interstate 70, reports the Denver Post. So instead of posting cameras or nailing the signs harder into the ground, the agency went with an elegantly simple solution: changing the numbers.
A sign reading "419.99" appeared recently at the 420th mile of the Colorado's I-70. Although the photo of it circulating online may look like a hoax, the department confirmed that it is 100% real. It's just one of many changes to come recently to the state that may soon be a destination for marijuana tourism. "Obviously people steal these signs," spokeswoman Amy Ford said. "In the past, if a sign was stolen too much, we wouldn't replace it. This is sort of an innovative way for us to keep the sign there."
The origins of "420" as a slang term for weed are murky, but the association has been around long enough that the mile marker didn't stand a chance. The Department of Transportation did not clarify whether thefts of the sign had increased since the state legalized medical marijuana in 2009, or since Colorado became the first state to allow recreational weed this year. Two other highways in the state that run more than 420 miles simply avoid signs at that point entirely. And it's not just 420 that's in danger: the department has also replaced one mile marker number 69 with one reading "68.5."
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One way to find the imagery and dramatic moments you need for a narrative approach is to think visually: consider the images and illustrations you will need for the final story, even if layout and design are not your responsibility. Like developing a provisional headline (even where sub-editors write the 'real' headline), such activities help you to focus on your story theme and ensure your story adheres to it. If you plan for a chart of certain facts, it will allow you to leave the rather boring list of the same facts out of your story. However, thinking visually can also help your final story in other ways:
- > It helps with pitching your story because it gives advance warning of any maps, charts, graphs or images that might be needed
- > It assists teamwork by aiding layout people and those who place stories on pages
- > It especially helps your teamwork with photographic colleagues, laying the basis for conversations about what the best images for the piece would be and where you can draw on their expertise
- > It puts images in your head which you can then 'paint with words', such as for example, a scene-setter introduction
- > It helps you communicate better with readers, who often learn far more from a well-chosen image or a striking chart than from text alone. An image, says the proverb 'is worth a thousand words'.


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Hey there, we are off to another beautiful account coming in the Gossip Girl TV series. After the series resorted in vacating their timeslot for a break, they are coming back once more to stir the night. And of course, what is notable to think here is that, we will be seeing our lovely stars once again in this series. Better yet, mark the April 18, 2011 of your calendar for the date marks the airing of the Gossip Girl Season 4 Episode 18 – The Kids Stay in the Picture which will be the upcoming installment of the series.
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Hey there, in this upcoming episode, we will be seeing the pretty teens of the Manhattan shore and the preppy gents of the town. Blair as usual will be dazzling still in this upcoming episode and she will grace the series with her signature outfits and coveted angles on the screen. Likewise, the gentlemen will not make the night passed without them invading the screen also.
According to some spoilers, the upcoming episode has something to do with photography in which the episode is relating to. The whole story revolves around it as well as the escapade of the youths.
Don't miss to watch Gossip Girl Season 4 Episode 18 – The Kids Stay in the Picture and welcome once again the stars as they are back to their original schedule to be a part of your Thursday evening. Download and online streaming
The Gossip Girl – The Kids Stay in the Picture episode was directed by J. Miller Tobin and written by Jessica Queller. Guest stars on this episode are Billy Baldwin as William van der Woodsen, Caroline Lagerfelt as CeCe, Sheila Kelley as Carol, and Kaylee DeFer as Charlie.
Gossip Girl Season 4 Episode 18: The Kids Stay in the Picture Synopsis
As Lily awaits the consequences of her decision, William van der Woodsen, CeCe and Lily's sister, Carol, come into town to support her and be part of a Taschen photo shoot on "modern royalty" in which the Rhodes family is participating. Unbeknownst to Carol, who has always chosen to keep her daughter Charlie far away from the Upper East Side, Charlie has followed her to New York to meet Serena and the rest of the family. Blair has an epiphany about her future, and grapples with the knowledge of whom she's destined to be with.
Yes GGers, Gossip Girl Season 4 won't be coming back until April 18, and that's really sad I know. But on that Monday, we'll be returning to the Upper East Side with that fateful, time-stopping kiss: a kiss between Dan and Blair, between Nate, between Vanessa, between Chuck, between Serena – between Rufus – all of the characters have been kissed and the memory still lingers on their lips in this new episode entitled The Kids Stay in the Picture.
This episode, the first of Gossip Girl's end-of-season run, promises to be very DAIR-ing. Based on the preview, Vanessa finds out about Dan and Blair and tells Chuck, who then confronts Dan. Meanwhile, the Van der Woodsen clan endures a media maelstrom in the wake of Lily's decision to turn herself in.
Love burns like a fire and it is about to blow like a volcano. Chuck knows Dan has kissed Blair (or Blair kissed Dan) and he shows up at Dan's to confront him. Aw, Drama!
Here is the Gossip Girl The Kids Stay In The Picture synopsis:
Serena is faced with reporters after the scandal with her mother. A suspicious Chuck tries to find out who the mystery man Blair had kissed. Blair and Dan's relationship is thereatened after someone tries to reveal their kiss on Gossip Girl.
Romance? Check. Intrigue? Check. Haute fashion? Check. Scandal? Check. Scheming? Double-check. Gossip Girl The Kids Stay in the Picture just promises to have it all!
Blair: "I kissed someone, it was a truly life-changing experience. That one kiss changed me."
Chuck: "I found out who Blair kissed."


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Bug #13548
miniruby SEGV while building with non-default CFLAGS (caused by __builtin_setjmp)
Trying to build ruby-2.4.1 using gcc-5.4.0 I get the attached error. Just-released gcc-7.1.0 causes the similar error. Old gcc-4.8.4 builds successfully.
The build command is:
CFLAGS="-O1 -fweb -g" LDFLAGS=-g ./configure --enable-shared --enable-load-relative && make clean && MAKE="make V=1" make -j1 V=1
Digging into ruby sources leaded me to conclusion the issue is caused by (probably incorrect) using __builtin_setjmp() .
But the links below
get me to think you use setjmp in unportable way. Particularly, you assign the result of setjmp() call to a variable.
afaiu "library" versions of setjmp/longjmp don't require the code to be fully standard-compliant and might work even if the code is incorrect. But when using _builtin* versions the compiler hardly relies on standard compliance and treats ruby code as subjected to undefined behavior (gcc likes to behave like that last few years, even linux kernel used to have bugs appearing when building with newer gcc versions).
I would report the issue to gcc bugzilla too but they like "short piece of code to reproduce" that I failed to create. I don't know whether it's a bug in ruby or in gcc.
Please, try to fix the code if possible so it works with newer gcc version and _builtin-variants of setjmp/longjmp.
Right now adding --with-setjmp-type=setjmp to configure fixes the build.
P.S. From source code I understand it would require to rewrite huge parts of ruby to fix the issue, so I don't expect you fix that in the foreseeable future. Just decided to leave a note here.


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Posted: 1/9/2018
Vibrant, eye-catching, and bold, purple—and its variants—combines the cool calmness of blue with the fiery energy of red. It has been the color of choice for everything from rock music royalty to, well, actual royalty. So, maybe it comes as no surprise that PANTONE has named Ultra Violet 2018's Color of the Year. With its elevated status, chances are you'll be seeing a lot of this jewel tone in the year ahead and may even be inspired to work it into your own home.
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Posted: 1/8/2018
A 2017 Nielsen study found 87% of adults in the U.S. gave "getting healthier" top priority as they headed into the new year. While that no doubt included a change in eating habits, exercise was likely also part of the resolution.
Posted: 1/3/2018
Take a look at our 2018 Housing Forecast to see what conditions will be like for purchase and refinancing and what else is in store for this year.
Posted: 12/27/2017
The beginning of a new year comes with the opportunity for improvement and renewal. According to experts, making resolutions and sticking to them can lead to realistic lifestyle changes. Since most healthy habits begin at home, here are some of the most popular New Year's resolutions—and ways your home can help in keeping them.
Posted: 12/21/2017
Imagine you've been strolling outdoors after dinner, enjoying the starry sky and brisk air of a clear, chilly night. What could be cozier than coming home, pouring yourself a cup of hot tea, and settling into your favorite chair in front of the fire? For many, a fireplace is one of the essential features they look for in a new house. For others, it may be something worth considering when remodeling their home.
Posted: 12/19/2017
For many homeowners, thoughts of warmer weather and sunnier days grow stronger as their nests empty and retirement approaches. Even as they look at their options, many may still want to maintain roots in the community they've long been a part of and where their families and friends remain. As you work with these "snowbirds," here are a few things to keep in mind as you help them achieve their goal of belonging in two places.
Posted: 12/18/2017
Ryan Shuster has been part of the New American Funding family for the last 4 years, where he works in secondary marketing as a Pricing Analyst. Prior to coming onboard with our family, Ryan previously worked in the mortgage industry and was very eager to get involved in other aspects of the industry.
Posted: 12/15/2017
With the world coming together to cheer on some of its best Olympic athletes, winter sports will be top of mind. While a backyard bobsledding track may not be in the cards, an ice rink might be just the thing to feed your family's Olympic Fever.
Jason Obradovich is back with another Mortgage Rundown. The Federal Reserve raised rates this week for the third time this year. What does this and the 10yr Treasury tell us about the market's outlook on inflation? Watch the latest episode to find out!
Posted: 12/13/2017
New American Funding, a leader in the mortgage industry, has named Eric and Leslie Bergen as Area Production Manager and Area Sales Manager respectively. They will be key leaders responsible for expanding the company's footprint across Texas and New Mexico through increasing loan production, onboarding Loan Originators, and opening new branches.


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Visitors to the Place Vendome in Paris, France have witnessed the stunning art installation during the FIAC conference 2011. The installation of Ring Mirror Arnaud Lapierre, Sponsored by Audi, it is composed of a cylinder with reflective mirrors blocks stacked so
varied. Lapierre said: "The Ring takes into consideration the networking in an urban space: rhythm, flow, organization and spatial hierarchy. The visual effect connects all these interactions through optical effect made: the repetition of mirrored cubes breaks the perception of the square ". The view from afar is remarkable and it is unfortunate that the Lapierre work is only temporary. Although modern integrates well among classical buildings of Paris.
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After the Sonar show, Ed Banger is hosting an afterparty show of sorts, with a nice lineup of folks including: James Pants, Bullion, Breakbot, Outlines, DSL, and Busy P.
For those of you who don't know, Sónar is a three-day long, music festival held in Barcelona, Spain. This festival is mainly described as a festival of "Advanced Music and Multimedia Art", with music being the main centerpiece of the festival. Sonar lasts three days and nights, and typically starts on a Thursday, in the 3rd week of June. It usually brings in around 80, 000 visitors.
This year is the sixteenth edition of the Festival, and the dates with be the 18th, 19th, and 20th of June.