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Welcome to the online version of Dunkeld and Birnam's regular newsletter. You'll be able to enjoy all the regular features you would expect to find in our printed version, but there's a lot extra to discover as well!
Special editions of the Bridge have been published, featuring contact and support information. New - find out what services our essential local businesses are able to offer on our Online High Street
Saving Scotland's Red Squirrels is asking Perthshire residents in the Dunkeld, Aberfeldy and Pitlochry areas to help protect red squirrel... Read more
The similarities between our sister cities of Asheville and Dunkeld-Birnam go far beyond the geography, the common ancestry and the... Read more
We will be holding a shorter exhibition in the lower hall at the Duchess Anne, Dunkeld from 20th August -... Read more
While most of the community was asleep at home, various areas of Dunkeld and Birnam were vandalised late evening/early morning... Read more
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A9 Birnam to Ballinluig Community Group Update September 2020
We will be holding our next Community Group... Read more
So this is the final 'Bridge Special' produced to support our community through the Covid19 pandemic and thoughts are now... Read more
18-08-2020 Regular Columns
So, we reach the last edition of the coronavirus 'Bridge Specials'! My goodness what a time it has been. I... Read more
18-08-2020 Regular Columns
I think we all realise now that coming out of lockdown is proving a lot harder than going in! That... Read more
28-02-2020 Regular Columns
Well whoever's heard of smoking a haggis before? How interesting to read all about Asheville's Burns night celebrations with an... Read more
28-02-2020 Regular Columns
Is it February already? I must be getting really old as time seems to be going nowhere.
The Council... Read more
28-02-2020 Regular Columns
February is a funny month.
After the long, dark days of winter the increase in daylight is noticeable and you... Read more
31-01-2020 Regular Columns
Does any unmarried lady reader need a new pair of gloves? I've just found out that part of the tradition... Read more
31-01-2020 Regular Columns
During my life I have had the good fortune to be involved in a number of ministries from which hopefully... Read more
31-01-2020 Regular Columns
It seemed that 2018 was so very busy in the run up to Christmas but 2019 was unbelievably busy. There... Read more
26-11-2019 Regular Columns
Last year I was down in The Square the afternoon after Santa Day clearing the nativity scene that had been... Read more
26-11-2019 Regular Columns
Celebrities on reality television programmes often talk about the 'J' word as it has become known. They are referring of... Read more
26-11-2019 Regular Columns
Due to the calling of a General Election there will be no councillors column in this edition of The Bridge.
31-10-2019 Regular Columns
There is much being said and written about the death of the high street. However, our high street seems to... Read more
31-10-2019 Regular Columns
The Community Investment Fund applications for Strathtay Ward have been considered and the decisions on how this tranche of £25,000... Read more
25-09-2019 Regular Columns
Samhuinn. Is that a new word for other people as well as me? I am intrigued to read Loch of... Read more
25-09-2019 Regular Columns
When a new minister starts off and looking for a first parish you soon become wise at reading the information... Read more
Dear all
I write as Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant for Perth and Kinross and on behalf of the Queen to express my... Read more
What we've delivered and what happens next:
From the germ of an idea in the week before lockdown to a large mult... Read more
Loch of the Lowes visitor centre and wildlife reserve is open again!!
The wildlife has had a whale of a time whi... Read more
This page contains minutes and other items of interest from the Dunkeld & Birnam Community Council, from January ... Read more
In the last 3 months, the Community Council has been one of the few (only?) council in Perth & Kinross which has ... Read more
Dunkeld and Birnam has a wide variety of sport clubs and activity groups which welcome participants of all abilities... Read more
New pictures to bring spring into your home. With thanks to Erin, Christine, Jan and Moira.
For many... Read more
Working with local people to bring Taymount Wood and Five Mile Wood into Community Ownership. Click read more for lat... Read more
Ahead of the date Scheme Manager Briony McDonald (left) put out a message to the PH8 Community that she was after a m... Read more
Community Co-working Space at Lagmhor
All welcome at the Community Co-working Space.
Membership is free.
The Historical Society has its last meeting of our winter programme, which takes place at 7:30pm in Birnam Arts on Mo... Read more
2020 AGM and Open Meeting
John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Education & Skills, was at Dùn Coillich commun... Read more
The (BIG) bulb show to be held on Thursday 19th March at Birnam Arts alongside a talk by Andrew Thomson of Backhouse ... Read more
Niel Gow Memorial: A life-size clay sculpture by artist David Annand has now been cast in bronze (see photo) and will... Read more
The aims of the Dunkeld Deer Management Forum (DDMF) are:To collaborate as responsible professionals in meeti... Read more
Dunkeld and Birnam has been officially recognised as Scotland's first water efficient village after collectively savi... Read more
Working with local people to bring Taymount Wood and Five Mile Wood into Community Ownership. Click on the link to do... Read more
As we move into summer, it is important to be aware of the risk of ticks and transmission of Lyme Disease.
Anec... Read more
Since November a small miracle has been happening at Dunkeld Guide Hall, turning the building into a resource fit for... Read more
Friday 8th March 2019 at 7pm... Read more
Pupils from a Lancashire Secondary School rallied round to raise funds for the historic Birnam Oak. The tree is the l... Read more
On August 19th. a new carving in the Cathedral was unveiled and dedicated. It has been placed on the north wall under... Read more
Noo' Simmer Dim has slipped awa,
And Nicht's are drawing in;
Tis Nature's time tae draw a braith,
Afo... Read more
Dunkeld and Birnam Balsam Pullers
The Monday morning group have been pulling this non-native invasive pla... Read more
Get ready for Unplugged 2018, 2nd – 9th September 2018!
Click here to visit the Dunkeld & Birnam Unplugged w... Read more
Thank you, all of our members and friends, who have given generously to this cause. This year we have collected bags ... Read more
Thank you so much for all your donations for the Bible Society. I have recently been able to send £56 collected in St... Read more
Outcome of A9 Co-Creative Stage 5 vote
The results of the "Big Decide" voting (between 23rd June and 2nd July) ... Read more
Volunteers who have been "making it happen" in the Dunkeld area were celebrated at an volunteer appreciation evening ... Read more
Need help on how the new Data Protection Legislation applies to your organisation?
Thanks to Helen Taylor and A... Read more
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency's (SEPA's) national consultation on the designation of areas which are pot... Read more
Ann Rees, The Quilt, Janet Haigh
The 2018 Quilt has been won by Ann Rees and £1500 raised, which will be divided... Read more
The Parish Church Choir has stopped doing pieces in 4-part harmony every week and instead there is now a less formal ... Read more
On the 27th of June, the Royal School of Dunkeld held a Royal Garden Party to commemorate 450 years of the school.
A new mobile Post Office service for Dunkeld at the North End Car Park (Atholl Street) between 0930 and 1030... Read more
Find out about the activities of your local community council, including agendas and minutes, A9 dualling, community ... Read more
Here some safety points to keep all members of our communities safe.
• It is important to keep lit candles away ... Read more
Conversations is a series (6 two hour sessions, a fortnight apart) designed to give people an opportunity to explore ... Read more
The Upcycling group gets together every Monday evening from 7.30-9.30pm or 2-4pm on a Monday afternoon in Birnam Arts... Read more
Officer Commanding Korea Company; The Black Watch Battalion Army Cadet Force; The Royal Regiment of Scotland Major No... Read more
Project: Findings from the first season
"Hugely important" evidence of Pictish metal working found at King's Se... Read more
Did you like the report of the Guides' and Senior Section's trip to Switzerland? Would you be prepared to support the... Read more
For four years, the Christians Against Poverty Highland Perthshire Debt Centre has been supporting local people to ma... Read more
The Deaf, the Daft and the Ditsy, a four legged journey across the Hebrides.
If I was to sum up our adventure in... Read more
A memorial bench with a twist has been unveiled on the banks of the River Tay at Dunkeld to remember Sydney Draper, a... Read more
Do you have an hour or two to spare per week?
Are you friendly and enjoy socialising?
Tenants from Servite ... Read more
Free Digital Learning Skills are starting at Birnam library on Friday afternoons from 2-4.30pm.
Sheila, the new ... Read more
The Scottish Government have launched the beginning of the public consultation on a new Climate Change Bill.... Read more
Dunkeld and Birnam Beavers and Cubs have had a very exciting term.
The Beavers have been splashing about in burn... Read more
In August, Karen Inkster from Caputh is setting off with her dog and horse to ride/walk the length of the Outer Hebri... Read more
Message from Assistant Chief Constable Nelson Telfer
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Following 13 years working with a local garage in Birnam and 22 years experience in the motor trade covering all aspe... Read more
Murthly have formed a History Group and are hoping to produce an illustrated Village History in the near fut... Read more
Dun Coillich is your land managed by Highland Perthshire Communities Land Trust (HPCLT). The Trust was set up in 2002... Read more
The Film Society is starting 2020-21 programme on 20th September. There may be a few rules to follow but there... Read more
Visit The Birnam Reader in Station Road, Birnam to view/purchase copies of the books or request a special signing.
Opening... Read more
Now that the days are starting to draw out and there's a hint of springtime on the horizon, why not... Read more
Is there an unsettled spirit roaming your neighbourhood or perhaps a witch performed their dark arts nearby? Have you ever... Read more
We're appealing to all our local community for any memorabilia – stories, photographs, or anything you think might be relevant... Read more
Birnam Arts has an amazing ongoing programme of one off performances, exhibitions and workshops. Just use the scroll bars to... Read more
01-12-2017 Young Roving Reporter
On Tuesday two of our Citizenship Groups, The Eco Explorers and The Outsiders, went to find out about tree felling... Read more
23-02-2017 Young Roving Reporter
The dark February evenings have been brighter than usual for residents of Dunkeld and Birnam. Throughout the month, The Royal... Read more
23-09-2014 Young Roving Reporter
The classes are learning in different ways to promote tourism where we live. Nursery, P1, P1/2 and P2/3 are looking... Read more
01-11-2013 Young Roving Reporter
Congratulations to Aidan, this month's winner of a crisp £10 note.
On the road opposite... Read more
01-07-2013 Young Roving Reporter
Hi everyone, Rivendell Care Services, Birnam, where my mum works decided to have a prize raffle for Alzheimer Scotland, as its such a great... Read more
01-07-2013 Young Roving Reporter
Thanks to everyone who has been supporting the idea of having a skate and bike park in Dunkeld & Birnam... Read more
08-04-2013 Young Roving Reporter
At the Royal School of Dunkeld all the P6s got to go on a ski-ing trip to Glenshee for two... Read more
08-04-2013 Young Roving Reporter
Some of you will have read my article a while back talking about a possible skate park.
I mentioned about getting... Read more
25-06-2012 Young Roving Reporter
Dunkeld and Birnam Brownies went on a exciting trip to pgl in Dalguise and stayed for two... Read more
25-06-2012 Young Roving Reporter
It would be great if a skate park could be built in Dunkeld or Birnam – somewhere we could walk... Read more
18-08-2020 Sport & Active
Future Usage Masterplan
Phase 1: Refurbish tennis courts and add basketball hoop and netball court (complete)
Phase 2: Build... Read more
26-11-2019 Sport & Active
On 30th September the school held a special assembly at which Kate Stansfield, Robbie Melvin's mum, presented this year's cheque... Read more
29-08-2019 Sport & Active
From Friday 29th May 2020 Dunkeld and Birnam Tennis Club will be open for members to play in accordance with... Read more
29-01-2019 Sport & Active
On 13th January 2019 the members of the Dunkeld & Birnam Recreation Club voted by 36 votes to 6 to... Read more
29-01-2019 Sport & Active
Muckmedden, Perthshire's self-styled purveyors of 'muckin' good mountain bike events, have announced an exciting line-up for 2019 that includes the... Read more
25-08-2018 Sport & Active
Veteran rugby team, Dunkeld Ospreys, visited Blairgowrie for their biggest and most enjoyable fixture of the season. This oldies game... Read more
09-05-2018 Sport & Active
If you would like to try Nordic Walking and join our fun friendly Adventure Walks or Workout Walks please contact... Read more
09-05-2018 Sport & Active
The new basketball hoop at the Rec Club is getting plenty of use.
The Rec Club are delighted to announce... Read more
01-12-2017 Sport & Active
The school is pleased to announce a very exciting new development in the playground. We have just completed the construction... Read more
27-10-2017 Sport & Active
On Friday 29th September the Royal School of Dunkeld again remembered former pupil Robbie Melvin who died in a tragic... Read more
31-08-2017 Sport & Active
On 18 August, a hearty squad of Dunkeld & Birnam veteran (mostly) footballers headed the short distance for an 11-a-side... Read more
01-07-2017 Sport & Active
Highland Perthshire Ladies Football Club welcomes any new players in the area who would like to join us for training... Read more
26-05-2016 Sport & Active
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This brilliant invention comes from BioLite founders; Alec Drummond and Jonathan Cedar. They were working at a design firm in New York when the idea hit them to try out a combination of stove that relies on wood and a thermoelectric generator.
The gadget is known as the CampStove. Priced at $130, CampStove is able to boil a liter of water in less than 5 seconds, 4.5 seconds to be exact, and can charge your iphone while it does that.
All achievable by just burning a few twigs. The installation of internal fan has increased the efficiency of the reaction; the fire is hotter and quite close to being smokeless.
According to Alec Drummond; 'We started to do the CampStove because it was a really good exercise in understanding how the technology worked.' The company tried designing this as compactly as possible but this is not where they stop, they have bigger aims; HomeStove.
This larger stove is to be used in the developing world and the company has very intelligently made use of the revenue that they are earning from the sales of CampStove.
Jonathan Cedar, CEO, said; 'The company follows a model that we call 'parallel innovation,' where we have one technology that has near-term application in an accessible market recreation and emergency preparedness, and take the revenue to incubate longer-term markets in emerging companies.' According to a research done by BioLite, nearly 3 billion people cook food over open fires and that is the cause of creating about a billion metric tons of CO2 per annum which results in the death of 2 million persons per year.
HomeStove gives the people a chance to cook more cleanly and efficiently. Shockingly, the HomeStove uses half the fuel as compared to open fires and produces only 5 percent of the smoke. Out of the 3 billion people who cook in open fires, about 1.3 billion don't have access to electricity; something that HomeStove is aiming to fix.
By providing the electricity to these people, HomeStove lets them charge their cell phones, LED lights and have access to internet. The company is testing HomeStove in India and Ghana and is aiming for a price of $50. Cedar said; 'We like to see science and technology applied to real-world problems, and I think that's a lot of what makers are all about.' The initial idea for the stove came in 2006 and it has finally debuted into the market. The idea is definitely a unique one and profitable as well.
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Suz Connors, 48, North Coogee, WA tells her heartbreaking real life story:
My son, Lucas, grinned as he traipsed through the door and dumped his schoolbag in the hallway.
I immediately spotted his prefect badge shining on his blazer.
"I'm so proud of you," I said, beaming.
I wasn't surprised that Lucas, 17, had been voted a prefect.
He'd always been smart and sociable – ever the doting older brother to his sister, Alisha, 14.
He was determined to study chemical engineering at uni so he buckled down in his studies.
I was surprised when one afternoon he texted me during school.
My left knee is sore. Can you book a doctor's appointment?
I figured he'd gotten into a scuffle on the school oval but an x-ray revealed a sinister lump.
"It's either cancer or a bone infection," the doctor explained sympathetically.
"You'll need an MRI before we can know."
I put my arm around Lucas, but he was frozen in his seat.
I felt the same, but had to put on a brave face.
"We don't know anything for sure," I soothed. "You'll be fine."
I held Lucas as he stumbled back to the car in shock, tears pricking at his eyes.
That made me lose it, too.
My husband, Les, was away at work but when I called him he dropped everything to drive the few hours home.
Lucas went through PET scans, MRIs, biopsies and blood tests, still completely gobsmacked at what the doctor had said.
He'd always been perfectly healthy, so even when we were called in to see a specialist, I had faith he'd be okay.
But the surgeon looked grim.
"It's aggressive osteosarcoma," he confirmed.
He explained that Lucas needed chemo to shrink the tumour before they could operate but the words wouldn't sink in.
My fit, healthy boy had cancer. How could this be happening?
"You can breathe now," the surgeon reminded me.
I blinked. I hadn't even realised I'd been holding my breath.
"It'll be okay, Mum," Lucas choked bravely, putting his arms around me.
He was only 17 and yet he was comforting me.
It was so typical of him to care for others in the worst moment of his life.
At home, I tried to keep up our routine.
"Can you take out the bins?" I asked Lucas.
"I can't," he shrugged. "I've got cancer."
A cheeky grin spread across his face as he chuckled.
I giggled, too. Faced with our worst nightmare, laughing was all we could do.
One week later, Lucas started chemo.
Since his cancer was aggressive, the treatment was intense and my son was left bedridden in hospital for four days after each round.
Woozy and weak, he struggled to even get out of bed.
Still, he was determined to sit his final exams.
At home he sat in his room, furiously scribbling down notes.
The chemo made him so sick he had to keep a bucket beside him.
"You don't have to do this," I pleaded.
But he was determined.
Two months later I bit back tears as he was wheeled into surgery to remove what was left of the tumour.
"We got everything out," the surgeon told us afterwards.
A huge weight was lifted from my shoulders.
Lucas only needed another three months of chemo, to kill off anything left behind, before he was out of the woods.
When he started treatment again, he mustered the strength to sit one exam in hospital.
After that he was too sick to sit the others but, based on his previous marks, he was still accepted into his dream course at uni.
I'd always known my son was strong but even I was surprised.
And with his 18th birthday only two months away, we could finally see a light at the end of the tunnel.
But even though he was cancer free, chemo ravaged Lucas's body more than ever and he struggled to recover from each session.
After two months, his kidneys were struggling to flush out the chemo toxins and his organs suffered.
By the next round of chemo, he'd developed a heart problem and was suffering from chronic kidney failure. He needed daily dialysis.
"What the hell is going on?" I sobbed as Les held me.
We were heartbroken. It felt like after all this, we'd stumbled at the final hurdle.
Over the next few weeks, Lucas's body was so overwhelmed by the chemo toxins, he developed pneumonia and a lung infection.
His body was shutting down.
The one thing meant to save him was taking him from us faster than we could prepare for.
"Is he going to die?" I choked to the ICU nurse.
She held my hand.
"Not today," she said.
Sobs wracked my body as I realised my boy wasn't going to make it out alive.
I tried to put on a brave face.
Lucas saw straight through it.
"Tell me what's going on, Mum," he croaked.
The doctor waited until Les arrived to break the news.
"You only have a few weeks left," he admitted.
He just nodded, as though he'd been expecting it.
"You have to fight, harder than you've ever fought before," I begged.
His 18th birthday was days away.
He deserved the freedom of adulthood, the chance to make his own mark on the world.
What if he never got there?
I'd bought him a card so Les, Alisha and I could tell him how proud we were of him and that we loved him dearly, but I hadn't gathered the strength to write in it yet.
Instead, I spent every minute at his bedside, praying for a miracle.
When the clock struck 12am on his birthday, Alisha, who'd been sleeping in a spare room at the hospital, bounded in.
"Happy birthday, Lucas," she cheered. "You can go to nightclubs now!"
Behind his oxygen mask, he smiled.
How could I wish him a happy birthday, knowing he was about to die?
Within hours, Lucas was struggling to breathe.
He was hooked up to so many monitors we couldn't hug him properly.
Instead, we put our arms over his shoulders and held his hands.
"It's okay to let go. I love you," I whispered and just like that, he slipped away.
Losing him was instantly unbearable.
More than 600 people attended his funeral, proving how many lives he'd touched.
Months passed and I struggled to deal with my grief.
How could such a good person be taken away so young?
His 18th birthday card is still blank, sitting in my bedside table.
I can't bring myself to throw it out.
But I wanted him to be remembered.
To help process my feelings I wrote a biography, 18 Forever, about Lucas's life.
The day I had him was one of the happiest moments of my life so I never expected his birthday to fill me with such heartache.
My son will never grow older than 18, but I'll make sure he's remembered forever.


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College Road, College Road, Near Zaiba Fashion House College Road Madikeri, Karnataka 571201
Hotel Caveri, Coorg is a decent budget hotel that provides all of the deluxe and convenience to the guests. The commodious rooms associated with hotel are accompanied with tranquil atmosphere and majestic view of the Western Ghats. The warm hospitality links to the home away from home encounter when it comes to travellers.
Hotel Caveri is located near personal bus stand, school road, Madikeri. Omkareshwara temple Madikeri (Approx. 0.5km) and Abbi Falls (Approx. 6km) are among the areas close to the hotel. Omkareshwara temple is focused on Lord Shiva which was built by Linga Rajendra II in 1820. With dome that is central four turrets at the corners, this temple reflects the Muhammadan style of architecture. Somwarpet, Iruppu Falls and Bylakuppe are among the other areas that travellers can visit.
Distance from Mangalore Airport: Approx. 139kms
Distance from Mysore Junction Railway Station: Approx.117kms
The rooms at the hotel are comfortable and also have all the centers for a stay that is comfortable. Guests can choose super deluxe triple room, super deluxe double room, standard double room and accepted multiple room for accommodation. The facilities attached to the rooms consist of air conditioning, colour television and telephone.
The hotel offers great property and soothing atmosphere for a comfortable stay. Room service, 24-hour front desk, parking, travel desk, 24-hour security and doctor-on- call are the standard centers being supplied to your travellers through the hotel. The hotel also offers massage that is ayurvedic travel assistance, pick up & drop from madikeri bus facility and local sightseeing and tour amenities on demand. The in- house restaurant serves a broad selection of yummy Indian, Continental, Italian, Mexican and Chinese foods which are often indulged by the travellers during the vacation.
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This year, the design students at Istituto Marangoni were again asked to become reporters and take photos with their smartphones, both at the Fair and around the city. An Instagram hashtag was created and the students were invited to use it when posting their photos. 1500 photos were posted, and 80 of these were selected, based on the quality of the picture and the subject. A moodboard was then created from those images, grouping them together according to their trend. A section was then dedicated to the project at the Triennale, which, for its 21st edition, proposed an interesting series of international exhibits dedicated to design. A multi-faceted and eclectic panorama emerged, corresponding to the energy of this edition of the Salone del mobile which, with its 2200 exhibitors at the Fair and 1200 events in Milan, offered a rich portrait of contemporary creativity. The event hosted a large number and variety of events, therefore the students' reports, like any other point of view, could only partially convey the energy of this edition of Salone del mobile. However, they proved valuable in that they provided a panorama of the event from different perspectives, those of the students who selected and photographed their favourite aspects. Perspectives which came from all over the world, bringing unusual interpretations.
The selected trends are: Colours, Choreographies (exhibitions), Artistic Design, Handwriting, Reflections, Exhibitions for XXI Triennale.
From left to right, from the top downwards
- Science and technology Museum, Alcantara, Local Icons/East West @mahmutagac
- Pontaccio Space, Sideboard, design by Patricia Urquiola
- Moroso, "Spring to mind." Installation in honour of the 25 year collaboration with Ron Arad at spazio Moroso in Via Pontaccio
- Colors, Installation by Paola Navone for Barovier & Toso, Superstudio Più
- Gender armchair, Patricia Urquiola, Cassina
- Palazzo Litta, Aucap, Ziggy Collection, Leonardo di Caprio
- Minor Cloister in San Simpliciano, installation, 50 Manga chairs, design Nendo
- Ca' Granda's cloisters, Interni, Open Borders, installation's detail
Invisible Border, Ma Yasong – Mad Architetcts
- Ca' Granda's cloisters, Interni, Open Borders, Towers by Sergei Tchoban, Sergey Kuznetsov and Agniya Sterligova
- Rossana Orlandi Space, Installation by Moritz Valdemeyer for Panerai
- Palazzo Litta, Great staircase, installation by Matteo Ragni for Artigo
- Dilmos, Raw Nature, Nido by Andrea Salvetti, Concept: Taissa Buescu and Adriana Frattini, photography project "Coexistência" by Ilana Bessler
Artistic Design
- Dimorestudio Intermissions Installation
- Cloisters in San Simpliciano, Carpet by Sebastian Jansson, Nodus
- The gallerist Rossana Orlandi
- Fornasetti, Piatti dell'anno [Plates of the year]
- Via Senato, Fornasetti
- Ventura Lambrate, project by Pieke Bergmans
- Via Cerva 23, detail of installation by Istituro Marangoni Interior Design Students in the Ruckstul showroom
- Via Savona 54, Spazio Mooi detail of the floor lamp Raimond Tensegrity
- Spazio Postaccio, CC Tapis, Carpet Sideboard Collection by Patricia Urquiola
- Vescom, Wallcovering @What's the matter, design for a phygital world
- Pirelli Hangar Bicocca, Carsten Höller
- Superstudio Più, Installation Time is time by Tsuyoshi Tane, DGT with Citizen
- Salone Satellite 3d printed Vases by Shinia Yoshida Design
- Spazio Rossana Orlandi, Rabbit by Stefano Giovannoni for Ghidini 1961
- Accademia di Brera, Napoleonic Room, Baccarat Lumières installation, Out of the Box
- Kartell, Jelly Family by Patricia Urquiola
- Salone del mobile Imperfettolab, Nido chair
- Villa Necchi Campiglio, KA.MA Interior Design, 3D light by Karin Binder
- Alatha Space, Via Savona installation Unveil for Geolux, design Naoto Fukasawa
Exhibitions for XXI Triennale
- Triennale di Milano, Rooms, In perspective by Elisabetta Terragni
- Triennale di Milano, Rooms, My prisons by Alessandro Mendini
- Trienniale di Milano, TOYAMA JAPAN – Design of ripples and resonance a sound of landscape from Toyama.
- Triennale di Milano, B&B, installation 50 by Servetto+Migliore
- Triennale di Milano, "Fare è Pensare è Fare", Korean design, 2016 exhibition for the 21st edition
- Triennale di Milano, Alamak Design in Asia, Nebbia by Yeelon Lin


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We specialize in energetic therapies and techniques that assist in restoring the well being of people, animals and places.
To support all beings and the planet in this process we have co- created the Dragonlight Essences. They connect us to the earth and universal frequencies which best suit each one of us in our evolutionary process; helping us face our challenges and make any necessary changes in a positive and creative way.
Our aim is to help people to become self –aware, self-confident and self empowered.
During this process you learn to connect with your personal creative abilities and build a healthy, loving and harmonious lifestyle.
Antoinette O'Connell has been co-creating essences since 1997. Her research shows that essences have a more rounded approach and has a gentle and stabilizing effect in the body. In over 20 years of practice she has been treating people, animals and has specialized in horses.
Antoinette learned early on that each animal has a unique personality and like people they react differently to training and in the way they deal with illness and accidents. The essences help them become happier and more relaxed; therefore they present less injuries or illnesses. She has been using her essences to treat both the psychological and physical problems of the animals and their owners.
She trained and worked in Ireland, the UK, Canada and the USA. Antoinette worked in cooperation with veterinary clinics, looking after ill and injured animals. Her specialty is in their treatment, recovery and in training them back to fitness and health.
In her work she also dealt with difficult and problematic animals for the Irish Horse Welfare Trust, where she treated and helped the recovery process of horses that had been mistreated and abused in the hands of their previous owners. She has spent many years researching different ways to help them.
In 1986, after a series of good results using homeopathy with her own animals, Antoinette decided to go and study at the Devon School of Homeopathy, in England. After graduating she worked in Dublin and later became a director of The Irish School of Homeopathy where she taught for many years.
In 1990, Antoinette was a founder member of the Irish Society of Homeopaths. She also worked with the European Council of Homeopaths in writing the core curriculum which is now used as the standard for the teaching of homeopathy in Europe and the USA. In 1999 she then moved on into using her own essences (crystal, plants, trees and vibrational ones) in her practice.
In 2006 she met Ana Vidal and together they started the co-creation of the Dragonlight Essences and founded the Dragon Energy Center in 2007, in São Paulo.
Ana was born in Brazil and has lived in England since 1992. Her unique clearing and healing method combines the intuitive Brazilian style and techniques she learned both there and in the UK.
She works with hands on healing, a radionics board, pendulum, flower, crystal, and vibrational essences as well as visualization techniques and other combined shamanic and intuitive methods.
After a successful career in journalism in Brazil she moved to England to work at the BBC World Service. Deciding to change paths, her next step was to work with refugees in London.
In an effort to help those who had undergone a very acute state of suffering, Ana set up a project for survivors of torture within 'The Refugee Arrivals' Project'.
In London, England, Ana studied Healing in the College of Psychic Studies and learned how to work with flower essences and other energetic techniques such as crystals and radionics, thus creating a unique style.
Her work is the result of several years working with refugees and survivors of torture. She focuses her work on helping to relieve the emotional, mental and physical pain of people. She gives courses and has clients in several countries.
In 2006 whilst working in Ireland she met the homeopath and essence maker Antoinette O'Connell and together they started the Dragonlight Essences.


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I was born and raised in Stockton, a city of over 320,000 people with deep and rich history but which has suffered from generational disinvestment. Now, I have the great honor to serve on the Stockton Unified School District Board of Trustees (an elected position). By day, I work as the Executive Director of the Reinvent Stockton Foundation, a non-profit I co-founded with Mayor Michael Tubbs (who, by the way, is the youngest mayor in American history to represent a city with more than 100,000 people).
We work to build hope and expand opportunity by investing in our city's people and are constructing a cradle-to-career continuum of support to ensure that every child in Stockton receives the support needed to succeed.
On the school board, I work with six other colleagues and to ensure all students graduate college, career, and community ready. To do this, I fight for four main things:


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Just about all business credit cards allow instant approval, at least if you apply online. But even though an instant decision is likely, it's not guaranteed. The credit card company may take more time to decide whether an applicant meets their requirements. Or they may have trouble verifying the information on the application right away if there's something incorrect or outdated.
In order to get the best chances of instant approval for a business credit card, your personal credit score should exceed the minimum requirements of the card you apply for. The higher your income, the better your chances are, too. Secured business credit cards for bad credit will provide the highest odds of instant approval.
Here are the best instant approval business credit cards:
- Wells Fargo Business Secured Credit Card
- Capital One® Spark® Classic for Business
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- Ink Business Unlimited℠ Credit Card
Getting instant approval on business credit cards is not unusual if you apply online. But you shouldn't expect to receive it, as in some cases approval might take a few weeks. After approval, delivery of a card usually takes 7-10 business days, but many issuers allow you to expedite either for free or for a fee.
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The best instant approval business credit card is the Blue Business Plus card from American Express because it offers 2 points per $1 on the first $50,000 spent per year (1 point per $1 on all other purchases). It also has an introductory APR of 0% for 12 months on purchases. Not only is it possible to get an instant decision on a Blue Business Plus application when applying online, but Amex may also give out your card details instantly. That means you could use the account for online or phone purchases before the card arrives.
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Another good choice that's open to even business owners with limited credit is Capital One Spark Classic for Business. It offers 1% cash back on all purchases and has a $0 annual fee. If you already have an existing Capital One credit card account, you may be able to view your new account's info immediately through the Capital One app. That's not guaranteed, though.
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...and horribly judgemental of the conversations I hear.
Today, it was a woman berating the poor food runner at a vegan restaurant that not saying the "chikin" (yes, it's spelled that way on the menu for a reason, lady) isn't real is pretty deceptive and she (the food runner) should tell someone about it. As if the poor girl has any say in how corporate advertises its vegan fare. Did I mention it was a vegan restaurant? Ugh.
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Inarca designs and produces terminals, connectors, technologies and machine for electrical connections. Its exclusive specialization has allowed it to accumulate a large know-how and a wide knowledge of the subjects of the market to which it turns with more and more innovative and efficacious personalized solution.
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We are dealers of the most important manufacturers of electrical appliances , electrical motor, electrical drives and components for white automotive goods. Some of our references are: ROBERT BOSCH, BSH, DE LONGHI, ELECTROLUX, EGO GROUP, EMBRACO, GORENJE, GRUNDFOS GROUP, MASERATI, MIELE, NIDEC, PSA GROUP, SAN GIORGIO, SECOP, SMEG, VORWERK, VW GROUP, WAHL CLIPPER, WHIRLPOOL.


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A good e-commerce site search assists the customer in describing their search goal, defining their most important selection criteria, and, when necessary, propose alternatives.
The state of current e-commerce site search shows room for major improvements. According to a study from Baymard Institute, 70% of the tested e-commerce search engines were unable to return relevant results for product type synonyms, while 34% didn't return useful results when users searched for a model number or misspelled just a single character.
Why good search experience is important
Searchers are the most determined customers who know what they want. Of those who come to a site searching for a specific product, 43% go immediately to the search box, and searchers are 2-3 times more likely to convert. Furthermore, shoppers engaging with search yield 25% of revenue.
As a result of our collaboration with the Baymard Institute, we want to share some UX tips on how to optimise your site search to create a high-performing search experience.
Autocomplete turns website visitors into customers
Autocomplete, or search as-you-type, is an essential function of e-commerce site search. The autocomplete plays an important role in guiding your visitors into becoming customers.
Product suggestions in the autocomplete are often connected to the highest revenue per purchase. Being able to present many and suitable products when the customer only has typed a few characters is a really powerful tool for increasing the average order value and overall revenue of your site.
An advanced search autocomplete offers further suggestions on categories, products, content and more.
In online retail, product suggestions generally convert at 10% higher revenue than the search result page, meaning they represent an area of your site which can really make a difference. Furthermore, product suggestions lead to a consistent 5% to 10% of the site's revenue stream.
In this example, it's clearly stated that there are more products to find if you execute the full search on this phrase.
Believe it or not, research shows that without this small link 'View all products', test subjects will actually think these three products are the only ones the store has for this phrase.
Another quite important detail is that it highlights the difference of the suggested phrases, not the part that the user has already written. The reason for this is simple - they know what they have written, but not what differs from the rest of the phrases, making it easier to distinguish and choose.
Product photos should match the variation searched for
When product photos for an executed search don't match the specified search query, it's difficult for users to understand why certain products were returned. The logic behind the result displaying the best-selling variant of the product, with a variant in another colour, is a contradiction which may dissuade a user from purchase.
Searching for 'red top' returns the product variation that best matches the phrase.
The solution is to dynamically switch search result photos, so they match the product variation (e.g. colour) the user is searching for, like in the example above.
As you can see, some products have swatches telling the user that this product also exists in other colours, like blue for the first result. This applies to other attributes too, like shapes, patterns, materials etc.
Hovering over the blue swatch displays the product in blue but does not permanently select it.
Faceted search based on query relevance
It is crucial for a really great converting site to make it easy for visitors to drill down a search result to suit their intent. Unfortunately, this is an area where many online retailers fail their audience. One of the biggest issues is that in many cases there aren't even a lot of facets to choose from.
There are typically three common ways to present facets; alphabetically, in order based on number of matches, and a set logical sorting (as with sizes). All these three are good, depending on the facet itself.
However, there are some really important ones that shouldn't be forgotten - sorting based on relevance of the specific query, and personalised sorting.
In most cases, it is much better to use the query relevance to sort both facet groups and facet values. As an example, when one of our furniture retail customers changed to a better and optimised filtered navigation in search, their overall search conversion went up an astonishing 25%!
Facet groups. Look at the examples below. In both cases the facet groups Price and Colour are the most relevant. But note that in the first image where we search for 'sofa', the relevance of the phrase and products displayed show that the behaviour of this site's visitors indicates that Style and Number of seats are very relevant.
In the second image, where we search for 'stuhl' (chair), the facet Style is still relevant, but not as relevant as the facet Material. Number of seats is actually still available as a facet on the second one, but since it isn't relevant to a chair it is way down in the list of facets.
Facet values.To summarise facet groups and values; make sure you have support to sort them by relevance, or even better, relevance and/or personalised. Think carefully about which sort order you should apply for each facet and let your customers do some A/B-tests.
When you have facets like price, size or where otherwise a logical order is natural, that should be applied. But for many other facets a relevance sort order makes most sense. Especially when you have so many facets that you need to hide some of them in order not to have a too-long page.
Load more or infinite scroll for search results?
When it comes to navigating through a long list of search results on a page, there are three main ways to let your customers do this; pagination, 'Load more', and 'Infinite scroll'.
The most commonly used practice today is pagination. However, our experience is that even though it's easy for people to understand this model, it increases the risk of losing visitors at the end of the page since they need to click to the next page and hence reload it. Also, with pagination it's much harder to find your way back to a previous product that was of interest to you.
Infinite scroll gained popularity quickly a couple of years back as the way to navigate. No dead-ends and you will keep your visitors on your site for ever! In theory this is correct, but it also comes with downsides. For instance, it's nearly impossible for your visitors to find the footer of your page, which contains many important links your visitors may want to find.
After Infinite scroll came the idea of combining it with pagination into what's called the Load more approach. With Load more all displayed products are still on the same page, and it's very easy and convenient to just press that button. This approach has shown to be the best for conversions and making the search page good to navigate. To make navigation even easier you can still add a page delimiter saying Page 2, Page 3 etc.
However, there's a bonus approach that we would like to share, and that is to mix the Load more with Infinite scroll. This approach uses the Load more without visitors having to press the button every time.
Let's say you load 100 results. When the visitor reaches the end, the next 100 results load automatically without having to press the Load more button. Once they have reached the end of those results, they are in control of whether to view even more results by pressing the Load more button.
Let users fine-tune their search queries
This is a small but important tip - do not remove the entered search phrase from the search box once it's executed! In so many cases, the users would like to fine-tune their search by adding or removing a word or two. If they need to rewrite the whole phrase, the intended purchase might be at risk.
Changing the search phrase is more common than you might think. In order for this to be an easy and enjoyable experience, one should persist the user's phrase once executed.
Enrich your search capabilities and avoid no-hits
Do you display a No result page without taking the opportunity to give the customer any relevant recommendations? Many sites do, even though this is a discouraging experience to the user, which may drive them to leave the shop and try their luck elsewhere.
So, what's the remedy?
A simple misspelling can still lead to results if you use a Did you mean feature in your site search. When a product is not for sale (not carried by dealer or not in-stock), you can provide the customer with guidance and new recommendations.
Top searches can inspire the customer to explore popular search queries, and recommendations can expose relevant products. Recommendations can be based directly on the customer behaviour and come, among others, from the previously viewed, bought or cart-abandoned products.
If the customer is new and there is not enough behaviour data to present any results, the Top Sellers can work as a backfill to present popular products to the customer.
Whichever the case, a rich search capability can always deliver relevant recommendations, potentially turning no-hits into conversions.
Lift your search-hit ratio
The search function should be centred around each visitor's intent. If you keep an eye on customers' search phrases and keywords, you'll know what vocabulary to use since that's how they speak about your products.
Take a look at your search-hit ratio, it's a metric that heavily affects your search conversion but is often overlooked. This number tells you what proportion of search queries return content or products for your site visitors.
Keep your search-hit ratio as high as you can to make sure your visitors find what they're looking for. When they can find it – they can buy it!
To improve search-hit ratio, start with the No-Hits list. This is the list of the most usual search-phrases for your site that result in no products displayed. Work your way through this list, and for each phrase identify why the query does not produce results. For example:
Is the phrase a misspelling?
Then add the misspelled version as a synonym for the product. If many people have misspelled in the same way, it's worth doing something about it. Of course, a synonym here is not a synonym in the linguistic sense, but a work-around to fix the issue.
Is the search phrase a different name for a product?
If so, just add a synonym.
Is the search phrase something that is not searchable in the product list, but present in your data?
Then make those attributes searchable.
Are you missing searchable content/products?
Well, you'd better add relevant items.
Having done this, you should be able to significantly improve your search-hit ratio and ultimately, faster guide your visitors to what they're looking for.


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You've got decided it is time to develop your online business, and this may not be simply any enlargement, it's time to take it to the next level, it is time to go international. Extra corporations that engage in some form of worldwide enterprise are concerned in exporting and importing than in every other kind of enterprise transaction. Whereas there are a lot of examples of slightly gentle hearted translation issues there are serious dangers when taking a enterprise right into a foreign market.
Cross cultural solutions to worldwide business calls for are increasingly being considered as a sound and mandatory method in enhancing communication and interplay in and between firms, between firms and clients and between colleagues.
The permeability of the firm to the increasingly global enterprise environment has been demonstrated with examples, throughout this essay. An individual who wishes to professionally interact with international or foreign clients must face issues resembling cultural variations, climate modifications, language limitations, enterprise apply variations and different possible conflicts.
International trade tries to generate extra foreign exchange, which is at all times good for the economy. Worldwide business is commonly considerably influenced by the factors outdoors of enterprise, akin to social, political, cultural, international and legal environmental requirements of particular nations.
Each business has its personal nature of start up prices; it's clever to keep aside an additional expense account, for unforeseen expenditure especially in case of international business. This paper proposes that a company with international operations create career paths and succession planning for employees suited to worldwide work in the same manner they're developed for workers in different disciplines.


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With strengths in analysis, collaboration and acquisition, Kate has a track record of implementing improvements across systems and approaches. Her specialties include financial statement analysis, collections and credit management, general ledger, budget and forecasting, month-end close and reconciliations, and cross-functional management.
Kate graduated with honors from Miami University (Ohio), where she earned a BS in Accountancy, and from the University of Toledo, where she earned an MBA.


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Bike tour combined with hot springs
Possibly the most well known day trip in Moshi or Arusha, these natural hot springs provide you with an incredible day trip experience. You'll enjoy a medium-paced ride with your experienced guide as you reach the rural hot springs overseen by the Maasai community. With lunch and drinks included, you can stay as long as you want and come back to base when you're ready.
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At 0900hrs,.We will cycle through the village like a semi desert, admire impressive mountain views during this serene, full-day tour. On your bike, ride to the hot springs and take breaks to try seasonal local fruit
When you reach Rundugai Village , visit the Maasai market and getting the history of this tribe and have a look at fresh, local products produced by Maasai people.
Ride on quiet bumping roads to the Hot Springs while escorted by Car. Here, take a dip in the crystal water to refresh your body and then having a lunch at Hot spring restaurant.
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Bringing Together Run-time Workload and Data Protection to Seamlessly Establish Identity based, Zero-Trust Service-to-service Control Planes
Identifies workloads based on application code analysis, creating cryptographic signatures based on Code DNA to prevent unauthorized code from running in the environment to access and exfiltrate protected data. The patent-pending technology signs and validates workloads in runtime throughout the entire workload lifecycle.
Transparent data encryption – keyless encryption – robustly and uniformly encrypts and protects files, objects, and properties, requiring no application changes, service downtime, or impact on functionality. It eases the adoption of encryption by removing the complexity of key management and providing an out-of-the-box solution for key protection in use, key rotations, and disaster recover procedures.
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Buenos dias children! Welcome back to TAY Time Chat, your daily 5 o'clock(ish) News Round Up. Today I will talk about the benefits of going to Miami, like for example the sandwich above and that's about it... like for example today I ate a cuban sandwhich in exchange for two lanes closed in a three lane highway... my route changed from FFXIII to Lost Woods, bless the monkeys working in Miami roads and highways :3
News Round Up!
- Despair's mayor Mirage (AKA UI, Luke Triton) fails at controlling Pietro and his Clown lackeys...
- This Is Your Brain on Candy
- Meet The Guy Who Drove Across The U.S. In A Record 28 Hours 50 Minutes
Nach's song of the Day!
In the spirit of the season I present you Werewolf Bar Mitzvah
Werewolf Bar Mitzvah Spooky Scary,
Boys becoming Men, Men Becoming Wolves ♪
Well that's it from me... I have to eat something cause I ate that Cuban Sandwich 6 hours ago... But hey go check why Astro hates me so much in today's Open Forum, or go visit the fabulous Sylverfyst in TAY Classic's Off-TAYPic ^.^


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"Here are the three methods you can use to get your photos and videos out of the Photo Booth app on your Mac."
"AirDrop is a handy feature for quickly transferring data between iPhones, iPads, and Macs. Here's how to make proper use of it."
It's never a bad time to audit your app permissions. In fact, it's more important than ever.
The useful feature for reading articles later requires an extra step if you're offline.
In Safari 11 for macOS High Sierra and Sierra, you can easily disable autoplay video and surf the web in relative peace
I'll keep this simple. Your Current OS Recommendation Windows 8 Yes. You will get new features and bug fixes, and it's free.


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Orange City turning the corner following draw with Blowes Clothing Cup champs Orange Emus
Viv Paasi is channelling his inner Jon Snow.
Much like the warden of the north warned us all of winter's imminent arrival, the Orange City mentor is adamant victory is coming for his men following the Lions' 22-all draw with defending Blowes Clothing Cup premiers Orange Emus on Saturday.
"We've had to come a long way from last year to where we are now. I think the last time we played a derby it was 71-7," Paasi said, this year his first season coaching the Lions.
Orange City are sixth on the ladder with four losses and that derby draw from the opening five rounds of the 2019 season.
"I spoke to the guys and said it gives us a good understanding of what's needed week-in, week-out.
"This was probably the toughest contest we've had for a complete 80 minutes," he added.
"Hopefully on the back of this they can believe, in themselves and as a team. We've got to keep working away.
"We're building back to a strong place where the foundation is there and we can move forward. (Wins) will come."
The last win Orange City enjoyed was on April 21 last year, a 32-27 victory over Dubbo Roos in round three of the 2018 season.
On Saturday, Paasi's side led Emus 22-17 with five minutes remaining but the premiers hit back late with a Harry Cummins try to level the scores.
Both teams had kicks at goal to win it - Matt Findlay's conversion hit the upright while Keegan Harding's last-ditch penalty goal was miss-cued off the boot - but in the end the points were shared.
It's a result Paasi believes may serve as a springboard for the Orange clubs heading into the second round, with Emus battling without a win for the last three weeks now.
"It's probably what both sides needed to kick each other into gear," he said.
"Hopefully for both sides we can walk away and say 'that's what we needed to happen in order for us to kick into gear in the second round'."
He added the round five derby was the most consistent Orange City has been and if they can replicate that effort over the course of the second round, starting with a trip to Cowra, then the Lions will continue to meet the standards they set at the start of the year.
"It was the best we've played all year and hoping to build on the back of that," he said.
"The playing group set the standards at the start of the year and they're aligning to what they said they'd do.
"That's why the wins don't mean a lot at the moment. It's more about off-field stuff for us."


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"Africa has been totally misunderstood," said Doughba Caranda-Martin III, the owner of a tea shop in Harlem. "We have so many complex flavors and delicacies, and I want to investigate all of them."
The 2016 Fall Restaurant Preview
A look at the new restaurants, bars and markets opening in New York this season.
Yes, all of them. At Serengeti Kitchen, the restaurant he plans to open on 125th Street in early November, Mr. Caranda-Martin will use vanilla beans from Madagascar and shave fresh South African-grown black truffles when they are in season. He will experiment with traditional fermentation techniques and maybe even persuade New Yorkers to try snails that aren't gleaming with garlic butter.
Unlike New York's great Senegalese and Ethiopian restaurants, his restaurant promises a wide culinary scope: It will be African, celebrating a range of contemporary flavors and techniques. But because it would be impossible for a single menu to represent the food cultures of an entire continent, the menu will shift every two months to focus on a different region.
Coastal West Africa is up first, and Mr. Caranda-Martin is already tinkering with the opening menu of goat head stew, lamb shanks braised in palm nut sauce, and a mix of seafood — both fresh and fermented — poached in a bright, spicy broth tingling with West African chiles. He says he plans to serve cassava leaves, the greens of the starchy yuca plant, with tender, slow-cooked goat meat.
"I'm Liberian," said Mr. Caranda-Martin, 41, who immigrated to the United States in the early 1990s, during the First Liberian Civil War. "But I also have a very strong identity as an African, and that's why this restaurant is so important for me."
In the Grand Bassa and Lofa regions of Liberia, Mr. Caranda-Martin's grandparents operated farms growing coffee, tea and root vegetables, and as a boy he tagged along with them as they traveled from Kenya and Ethiopia to Morocco. He went on to careers as a botanical researcher and as an artist. Four and a half years ago, he opened his tea shop: Serengeti Teas and Spices is a narrow salon with the look of a modern apothecary, where customers can try hundreds of teas that Mr. Caranda-Martin has mostly bought himself at auction, some of them mixed at his production site in the Bronx.
Most of the ingredients Mr. Caranda-Martin will use to create the regional flavors at Serengeti Kitchen will come from the United States, but some must be imported. Kittaly, a bitter eggplant variety native to West Africa, has a particular taste that can't be replicated by anything else, he says. The same goes for the tangy, tropical fruit of the baobab tree. And alligator pepper, the dark, dried seed pods of a West African ginger plant, will be essential for layering heat.
"It's expensive and superspicy," Mr. Caranda-Martin said, "but it has so much perfume and character, and a certain taste of home."
Serengeti Kitchen 22 East 125th Street, November.


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I am currently working with ArcMap. I have a contour layer (polyline) and I'm trying to add building (polyline or polygon) and vegetation (polyline or polygon) heights to the elevations on the contour layer in order complete a viewshed analysis for a river corridor. I can't seem to figure out how to add these layers together to give me a more accurate landscape model. Everything I have read suggests that I need ArcScene or 3D Analyst. Is there any other way to do what I need to without forking over the thousands of dollars for either of these programs??Jay
You will need some software that will allow you to build a TIN. Contours are generated from the TIN. ArcGIS really does not do a good job working with break lines and points to create TIN(s), but at least allows one to add elevated data to an existing 3d dataset. I like to use Terramodel to create a TIN then export it to ArcGIS to create a 3D model. So the short answer is yes, you will need additional ESRI software.


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We're back again! In full swing for all CW superhero shows! But you don't want to hear my rubbish introductions! Let's make the Flash and……speed along? I'm sorry, it won't happen again!
Supergirl S2 Ep3 – 'Welcome to Earth'
Aliens, Aliens everywhere and not drop to drink….no wait, that's not how the saying goes! Anyway, this episode is all about aliens! And not just Kryptonians or Martians, although they are as always very important to the show! Before I bore you with more ramblings and other painful attempts at humour, let's jump right in!
The mystery pod guy escapes from the DEO almost straight away, so not a good start to the episode for the team. He even beats Kara up on his way out so appears to be a force to be reckoned with. It couldn't have come at a worse time for the DEO as the President of the United States of America is soon to be visiting as part of her Alien Amnesty Act tour!
Even though J'onn J'onnz disgarees with the Act, in that Humans and Aliens don't mix well, he accepts that it is a visit he must accomodate. The President arrives in National City, and is played by none other than Lynda Carter herself aka the original Wonder Woman!!! Awesome!!!!
The arrival is interrupted by some fire blast aimed at the President which Kara is able to deflect but the attacker escapes without a trace. It appears the mystery pod man was responsible so the DEO double their efforts to find him. Well mainly Alex does, and she has a new love interest…ahem…professional competitor in the form of Detective Maggie Sawyer, helping her see the human side to the aliens along the way.
So with new charcters all over the place, let's deal with the main theme of the episode, acceptance and tolerance. In her new reporter job, Kara is dressed down by her boss and sent to give Lena Luthor an interview about the Alien Amnesty Act.
Luthor's company is already capitalising on it and has developed an Alien detection device that they want in every public place. Kara is pissed at this and let's her feelings show in the article she gives to her boss. He dresses her down again telling her she can't show bias and tells her to write it again.
Winn traces the mystery pod man to an observatory, he was detected sending a message to the planet Daxam. After a brief fight, the man is taken back to the DEO where Kara again shows her bias, verablly abusing him purely for being a Daxamite, the enemies of her own planet Krypton!
With the Daxamite in custody everyone relaxes until the real alien attacker shows herself at another Presidential event. Supergirl fights her off but the alien kidnaps Detective Sawyer instead. When they track the alien down she reveals that she thinks the Amnesty Act is just a cover for Alien registraton. The subsequent fight doesn't last long and it is the Detective that lands the final blow!
It takes almost the entire episode for Kara to accept that her personal bias affects her judgement and to make amends she apologies to the Daxamite, or should I say Mon-El (comic fans rejoice!). Kara explains that his world is dead, just like hers so he too is a refugee on Earth.
Oh yeah, and Jimmy stakes his claim as the new Cat Co. CEO after Snapper undermines him infront of the troops! Go Jimmy! It's good to see he's not a wet blanket but those scenes were boring. Sorry Jimmy!
To finish off the episode is typical Supergirl 'Wha….?!' style, President Wonder Woman makes reference to her other jet (of course it's the Invisible Jet!) and we see that she herself isn't human!!
Seeking out comfort at the Alien Dive bar, J'onn enters for a drink in full Martian get up only to find that the barmaid is in fact a Martian herself, the last Daughter of Mars!! Or shall we call her Miss Martian?! Is the CW network trying to set up a live action Young Justice spin off show?! I hope so!!!
Supergirl has raced into the top spot of my favourite CW shows and looks to stay there, especially if it keeps introducing new characters like Detective Sawyer. Kara's himan life stuff is becoming tiresome and too reminiscient of Clark Kent. I hope in upcoming episodes we see more a focus on her super side. And how awesome was it seeing Lynda Carter?!?!
The Flash S3 Ep3 – 'Magenta'
I'm going to say right from the start that I didn't like this episode of The Flash. Even though there were some really good visuals and one particular plot point I have been waiting for, it felt too busy with not much focus on any one character. Also not a lot happens in the episode really, but before I tear it down completely, let's break it down.
The most interesting part of the episode is learning that Jesse Quick now has her speed! Earth-2 Harrison Wells and Jesse open a breach (somehow) and come back to Earth-1 so that the team can assess Jesse's abilities, or rather so Wells can get the team to convince Jesse not to use her speed.
Cue some speed tests and Wells trying his hardest to put her off being a hero, Jesse getting mad, other members of the team trying to talk to her and ultimately Wally being very Jealous! Even to the point of trying to jump start any dormant powers he may have by stepping out in front of a speeding car! Which of course doesn't work!
In the end when Barry needs help with this week's Meta, Wells relents and tells Jesse to go help him.
Calling herself Magenta, the new Meta has extremely strong Telekinesis, which she uses at first to try and kill her asshole foster father. Fighting with a split personality disorder, the 'Magenta' side is trying to take over completely. We learn that she is another person to have received their powers from Alchemy.
Wanting to finish off her foster father after the failed first attempt, Magenta tries to drop a Tanker ship on the hospital he is in. Barry races to the rescue and creates an wind funnel to hold the tanker up. Jesse takes over so he can talk Magenta down.
So Alchemy is calling people who had powers in the other time line and restoring their abilities somehow, and for what?
Whilst all this is going on we get a very boring few scenes of Barry and Iris trying to date. Their first date bombs and gets interrupted by the arrival of Wells and Jesse. Their second date goes much better when they accept to try it as the people they are, but Barry still has to race off! It's something we have seen in every Superhero show, being a hero gets in the way of love.
Some interesting things to note in the episode. Wells and Jesse have not been affected by Barry's time messing, this is quickly explained away by saying 'different Earth different timeline' (I'm not sure that's how it would really work but I'll let it go!).
In this new timeline, S.T.A.R. Labs has a Speed Lab, specifically designed to test speedsters which is pretty cool. All of Team Flash have panic alarms in their phones because they kept getting kidnapped, a useful change!
Julian Albert is starting to suspect something is off with Barry and the show is trying to make you think he has his own secrets. He behaves strangely at times, deliberately provoking Magenta into using her powers and asking Barry if he is scared of ghosts. What is he hiding?
At the end of the episode we see Wells finally accept that Jesse can help people and gives her a superhero suit! Finally we have a good speedster! Enough of these evil ones!!!
As a I said at the beginning I didn't like this episode. Three episodes in now and the show is struggling with consistency. I understand the desire to keep the audience guessing about the plot but we need to start getting some answers or at least tie up some of the messy arcs that are now in place. Magenta was a bit of a nothing bad guy and was taken down with talking. Maybe there just wasn't enough action in the episode for me!
Come on Flash, pick it up!
Arrow S5 Ep3 – 'A Matter of Trust'
I'm worried about Arrow. After Season 4 it dropped to the bottom of the CW show rankings in my opinion. The first couple of episodes of the new season showed promise but the latest installment might be a return to familiar but disappointing themes. I can see where they are going with some of the story arcs but I don't think the new cast is up to the job. Hopefully I'm wrong!
This episode is the new Recruits first day out on the streets as part of the new team. Oliver shows them one of his interrogation techniques by dropping a guy from the roof of a building after receiving the information he wanted! Oliver is getting darker each episode!
The lesson here was that information is key. Wild Dog is itiching to hit the streets to find out more about this Stardust drug and where it's coming from but Oliver doesn't think they are ready yet.
Of course, Wild Dog ignores Oliver's warnings and sniffs out a Stardust production factory, bringing Evelyn Sharp along for the ride. It inevitably goes wrong when Wild Dog goes in all guns blazing and ends up 'killing' the gang leader by dropping him into a vat of chemicals (Joker origin anyone?) Oh this guy is also played by Cody Rhodes aka the wrestler Stardust!
Oliver, is pissed, The new District Attorney is pissed as it screwed up a huge case against these gangs he had been working on. But don't worry, the guy isn't dead. He merely obtained super strength and can no longer feel pain!
Realising that this mess was partly his fault, Oliver puts his trust in his new team and lets them help him take down the new super drug boss and his guys. The new team actually work well together, although Curtis is still by far the weak link and needs to learn to fight. That aside, his Fair Play jacket and T-mask is almost a perfect copy of his comic counterpart.
The team succeed and Oliver recovers from another beating to cut all he tendons of the drug boss effectively paralising him. Oliver now trusts his team and to show this, he brings them into the Arrow Cave for the first time. They all look on in awe, even Curtis who has been there hundreds of times!
So what else was going on in the episode? Diggle is now locked up and awaiting trial. He tells Lyla everything about what happened with Andy and then meets his new cell mate…Floyd Lawton aka Deadshot…isn't he dead? Well, yes it appears so. Dig is struggling with some major baggage and Deadshot appears to be a hallucination! At least he got to pour some of his heart out to someone! Dig feels he needs to serve his sentence as penance.
Thea has messed up! She has a running battle with a news reporter who tears her, and Oliver's office apart over the appointment of Quentin Lance as Deputy Mayor. She tries to make things better but ends up making it worse and is only saved when Oliver publicly takes the fall for her. It's good to see Thea is still doing something but I 'm not interested in the political side of this show!
The flashbacks aren't worth going into in much details. In short Oliver is told that he needs to trust the Bratva and they need to trust him. Apparently this comes in the form of him letting them cut him repeatedly and trusting them not to kill him. Weird, yes but they are the Bratva!
Just when it looked like the new Team Arrow could work well, bloody Felicity comes along and ruins it all by telling Rory aka Ragman that she was responsible for the destruction of Havenrock, his hometown. Who cares that she was struggling with the guilt? She seemed fine until a survivor showed up! He seemed pretty upset as he left! But we can't dwell on it for long as Lyla arrives and tells Oliver that she wants him to break Dig out of prison!!!
And what's the deal with super-nice-convenient new boyfriend of Felicity Detective Billy Malone telling the Arrow that Prometheus is out to ge him? He has no motivation for this, or maybe the show is trying to make you think Malone could be Prometheus? My money is still on Tommy Merlyn!
The new team is okay I guess. When working properly together they can be great, Curtis needs to work on his combat skills but the others have it down! Especially Ragman who appears almost invincible! The Mayor Queen side of things isn't interesting and I'm convinced those scenes are there only to justify giving the new team more spotlight. Is the show working towards the Green Arrow retiring? I wouldn't rule it out if the show survives past this season. I need engagement and sadly Arrow is not achieving that yet!
Legends of Tomorrow S2 Ep2 – 'The Justice Society of America'
So this week we have a clash of superhero teams! The Legends are confronted by the Justice Society of America and of course a fight ensues almost immediately. The JSA members in action include Commander Steel (discount Captain America), Obsidian (or Mr Blackout as I call him), Vixen (a different one), Star Girl (discount female Capain America with a magic staff) and Dr Midnight (who apparently can see in the dark with special goggles! Seriously what is his power?)
The fight doesn't last long and the Legends are down. Taking them back to their Paris HQ Rex Tyler aka Hourman doesn't know them. The version they met in 2016 must have been from his future. Regardless, the JSA don't believe the Legends are from the future, even with Dr Heywood revealing that Commander Steel is his Grandfather, showing him his own dog tags!
The driving force behind this episode is the team reluctantly working together to try and capture a Nazi who has somehow gotten hold of some kind of amulet. Sent on their way by the JSA, the Legends realise that time has changed when Heywood's dogtags vanish! Gideon then informs them that the JSA are killed on their last mission!
The leadership of the Legends is important in this episode. Rex Tyler appears to be a typical 1942 sexist, assuming that Professor Stein in the leader of the team! Stein smugly assumes control of the team but things go badly on his first mission in charge. Infiltrating a Nazi saturated club as a singer, things are going well until Ray refuses to salute the Fuhrer and punches a Nazi instead. Cue obligatory bar fight!
The JSA save the day and reluctantly accept the Legends help to retrieve the amulet. We learn several things in the last act of the episode. We saw early on that the Reverse Flash is in town and gave a sample of a Super Soldier Serum to the Nazi in exchange for something? What is he up to?
Dr Haywood is a Hemophiliac, making it very risky for him to be in combat! Sara is the mother hen to the team and is looking out for everyone. Vixen and Ray start the typical 'hate you at first but grow to love you' relationship. Oh and the Legends CGI budget needs raising!
During an attack on a convoy transporting the amulet, the lead Nazi takes some of the serum enhancing him into a huge super strong monster which looks like it belongs on the set of Total Recall! Professor Stein can't handle the pressure of command, especially when he has to decide whether to cut and run from the attack, leaving Ray and Vixen to be captured.
The rescue mission goes as expected, Ray and Vixed work their eay out from the inside using their fists and some of Ray's cunning. While the Legends and JSA combine their government funded bombers and super powers to attack from the outside. Sara takes command of the team as Stein steps down and even the super Nazi gets taken out!
The mission isn't without its casualties. Commander Steel and Dr Haywood are struck point blank with a bomb and due to Heywood's condition they can't stop him from deteriorating. That is until Ray comes in with a sample of the serum stolen from the Nazis, which he has somehow had the time to amend the formula of. Administering the serum saves Heywood's life!
Rounding things off, Commander Steel and Dr Heywood finally bond over their shared genetics and heroics and I predict Heywood will soon be developing some super powers! Just in case you thought the episode ended with too much of a positive note, the Reverse Flash rears his time travelling head and kills Rex Tyler for screwing up his plans! Didn't see that coming!
I was right after the first episode, this show is so much fun and ridiculous all at the same time. It doesn't matter that the plot of each episode is very thin or that the effects at times are questionable, I was thoroughly entertained the entire time and can't wait for the next episode. Give me more super heroes and powers and more fights in strange situations and i'll be happy!
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Sony published a list of devices that will get an update to Android 5.1 Lollipop. Users of phones and tablets that got the official Android 5.0 already should not be worried as Lollipop will be bumped on those devices in July. The list contains no less than twenty devices that should get the OTA notification before August.
Here's a list of Devices:
- Xperia Z4 ,Xperia Z4 Tablet
- Xperia Z2, Xperia Z2 Tablet
- Xperia Z1, Xperia Z1 Compact
- Xperia Z Ultra, Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, Xperia ZR, Xperia Tablet Z
- Xperia T2 Ultra (T2 Ultra Dual)
- Xperia C3 (Xperia C3 Dual)
- Xperia M2, Xperia M2 Dual, Xperia M2 Aqua
When the update will be available?
Sony says that the time-frame for the Android 5.1 updates will vary from device to device and will be dependent on the market and carrier. Further details will be made available in the future and it's certainly good news to hear that Sony's update plans aren't stopping at Android 5.0.
Also Read - Android 5.0 update features of Sony Xperia line
Xperia M4 Aqua, Xperia E4 and Xperia C4 are believed to get the Android 5.1 Lollipop too, but this should take place in August. The bad news is that phones like Xperia T3 and Xperia E3 will likely remain at Android 4.4 KitKat. There is no confirmation about update availability either at the Sony Blog or official product pages.
Is your device waiting for the update? Let us know in the comment section below!.