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[UPDATED: July 20, 2018]
No one expects a lava bomb to come crashing down on them. But that's just what a group of tourists experienced earlier this week, when the lava rolling into the sea at the base of Mount Kilauea burst, blasting a hot rock "bomb" into the air and through the metal roof of their tour boat in what locals are calling a "freak" incident. Twenty-three passengers were reported injured — the latest example of the headlines out of Hawaii that are deterring tourists from spending their summer holiday on the Big Island.
On May 3, Kilauea began violently erupting on the island of Hawaii, also known as the Big Island. Ash plumes shot 30,000 feet into the air near the town of Hilo in eastern Kona. Overnight, Hawaii residents witnessed one of their state's top tourist attractions turn into a threat for the tourism industry.
The continuous eruption has sent lava across 12.5 square miles, destroying more than 700 homes and casting enough lava into the ocean to extend the island by 700 acres; 1,500 people have been evacuated since the eruption began. At the same time, the natural phenomenon also became a tourism spectacle, with lava ocean tours — like the unlucky one bombed by lava — setting out to watch the unusual phenomenon from the sea.
At one point in recent days, an "island" was formed by lava, off the coast of the eruption's site. But the lava is moving so aggressively that shortly after the island was formed, it was swallowed up again by the lava flow, reattaching the island to the mainland.
Two months ago, no one was able to predict how long Kilauea's eruptions would carry on. But as the weeks have crept by, those working in the travel and tourism industries have become increasingly concerned about the impact the eruptions could have on their bottom line. As news of the eruption flowed out around the world, so did local concerns of a secondary disaster: a tourism shutdown.
July means summer vacation time in Hawaii, and that means lodgings are normally booked out weeks, or even months in advance. But this year things are different. Although the Hawaii Tourism Authority will only issue their June hotel performance figures at the end of this month, those running hotels on the Big Island don't need to wait to see the data for proof of a tourism slowdown; their blank booking calendars are already proof enough.
In May, Maureen Goto, the owner of Maureen's Bed and Breakfast, a five-room guesthouse in Hilo, said she was still fully booked. "I'm standing outside right now and the sun is shining and the trade winds are blowing and the palms are swaying," she said, adding that although she had received some calls from concerned visitors, she was still fully booked for the coming weeks.
By last week, Ms. Goto's situation had changed. "I don't have anyone booked for next week, and this time in the summer I am normally fully booked," she said. "July and August are usually my best months."
Mr. Goto's business has been greatly impacted by the closure of parts of the national park nearest to her. The eruptions activated a "code red" warning from the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, and most of the Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park — the park that is home to Kilauea, and the state's biggest attraction — has been closed to visitors since May 11. "There's no way to tell how long the park will be closed," said Jessica Ferracane, a public affairs specialist for the park, "but we will remain closed until it's safe to reopen."
The shutdown of the park alone is likely to cost the local economy millions of dollars. The National Park Service reported that by driving visitor spending on hotels, restaurants, grocery stores and rental cars the Volcanoes park contributed $166 million to the local economy in 2017.
Lynne Koontz, an economist with the National Park System, believes that the most precise way to measure the impact that the park's closure will have on the local economy is by breaking down the annual figure into a daily average — $455,000 a day — and multiplying that by the number of days the park has been closed. The park has now been closed for 10 weeks, adding up to nearly $32 million.
Meanwhile, the eruptions have continued. Ms. Ferracane added by email that "every 24-36 hours there's a significant collapse at the summit" because of a lava lake draining away, and that the draining triggers "earthquakes in the magnitude 5 range and higher," which "continue to damage park infrastructure on a daily basis."
But to Hawaii residents, tourists' fears and their resulting booking cancellations are a source of deep frustration, owing to what they say is a fundamental misunderstanding of the geography of the state and overly alarmist reporting: The eruption is occurring in a rural, 10-square mile area in the southeastern corner of the most southeastern island of the state's eight main islands. Honolulu, for example, is more than 200 miles from the erupting volcano.
"I believe we will lose customers," said Joel Genavia, the assistant general manager of the Fishhopper restaurant in Kona, on the western side of the Big Island. The restaurant serves 500 to 800 people a day, 75 percent of whom are tourists, Mr. Genavia estimates. "I'm worried that this will mean that my workers, and other workers at tourism businesses around the island, are going to end up getting laid off," he said.
Tourism provides 30 percent of the private sector jobs on the Big Island, causing concern to grow over the potential of a long-term hit on the island's economy.
"People canceling trips to Honolulu — that's just because they don't understand the geography of our state," said Mr. Genavia in a voice quivering with anger. "That's just ridiculous to us." His restaurant is 100 miles from the eruption site, but he's still losing business.
The trepidation about traveling to Hawaii has been felt up and down the tourism chain on the Big Island. As the explosion began, at least three major cruise lines — Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Line and Princess Cruises — canceled a stop at the Big Island. George Szigeti, the president and chief executive of the Hawaii Tourism Authority, said that airlines also reported Hawaii-bound seat cancellations, especially on those flights that fly directly to the resort hub of Kona on the Big Island.
Both Japan Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines normally operate flights to Kona (from Tokyo and Los Angeles). Japan Airlines reported via email that their flights were operating normally with no cancellations. Hawaiian Airlines noted that it has experienced a "moderate drop in bookings for close-in travel to the island of Hawaii," the airline said in a statement in May. Since that time the airline has eliminated operation of two of their daily flights to the Big Island.
Further down the tourism chain, other cancellations have also been registered. Airbnb said that since the eruption began, 11 percent of the company's short-term vacation rentals on the island of Hawaii were canceled. The Hilo Seaside Hotel, a Hawaiian family-owned hotel just 30 miles northeast of Kilauea, reported cancellations as well.
Some sectors of the tourism industry, though, have been working to provide local solutions to the crisis. Airbnb asked short-term-rental hosts who are willing to provide free housing to relief workers and displaced residents in the lower Puna area to list their homes through a company website. Uber capped surge pricing on the island of Hawaii after the eruption, and offered free rides to residents trying to access shelters.
But Ms. Goto is mostly concerned about the impact events like the lava bomb could have on her August bookings. "I've been here 30 years and I've never seen lava explode like that," she said. "It's just a freaky phenomenon." It's not helping her optimism for the coming weeks. "August is not looking good."


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By Linda Koco
Contributing Editor, AnnuityNews
Most annuity agents don't talk about using annuities to help pre-retirees and retirees with funding their health care expenses in retirement, but that could change.
"Earmarking an annuity for health care is a great idea," says Brian Lipinski, director of fixed annuity marketing at Executive Brokerage Services, Inc., McKees Rocks, Pa.
In fact, he says, "it's a discussion that planners should be having with clients, because it focuses attention on the reality that is coming—that medical costs will continue to go up, and people need to plan for that."
Insured Retirement Institute vetted the annuity strategy in a report released this month. The report also details how escalating health care costs affect retirement savings and how those future costs can vary by gender, income bracket, pre-existing conditions, inflation and other factors.
How to use the annuities
Annuities can help consumers "cushion" retirement health care costs, the researchers say.
For instance, they write, at retirement, the consumer could use immediate annuities or deferred annuities with a guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit (GMWB). This would provide a base level of guaranteed lifetime income that further supplements Social Security income. "Even at today's low interest rates, a 65-year-old male can purchase an immediate annuity that will pay $1,000 per month for life with 10 years guaranteed for less than $175,000. A fixed term annuity for 10 years would require a deposit of $110,000, and an annuity for five years would be available for less than 60,000, per ImmediateAnnuities.com."
Another idea is to purchase an annuity with a GMWB several years before retirement, the IRI researchers say. In this case, the pre-retiree would invest the GMWB amount into a separate account starting at retirement.
That approach "will reduce the investment that a pre-retiree will need to make today to fund future health care expenses," the researchers say.
To illustrate, IRI cites data from HealthView Services, which studies retirement health-care expenses. Based on that data, IRI says a 55-year-old male earning $85,000 a year could reduce by more than 70 percent the total investment he needs to pre-fund his retirement health care if he sets up an annuity, IRI writes. This is assuming that the man retires at age 65 and that his total health care expenses for the remainder of his lifetime will be the $369,000 total estimated by HealthView. (Note: The HealthView projection reflects the consumer's health status and gender, and it includes the costs of Medicare-related premiums for parts A, B, D and Gap coverage).
If the man does not buy an annuity, HealthView estimates that the man would need to invest $180,525 to pre-fund his retirement health care. The account would need to be set up at age 55 and yield a 3 percent return. By comparison, the man could prefund this care by purchasing, at age 55, a variable annuity with a GMWB for only $60,000, according to the IRI report.
A handful of annuities include riders that expand the guaranteed withdrawal amount in event of long-term care. One industry source says these riders can double or even triple the payout amount.
The products offering these LTC riders include a few indexed annuities and a traditional fixed annuity. A few variable annuities have offered such features, at least in the past couple of years, other sources say.
If the consumer buys an annuity with an LTC rider, the amount needed to prefund care in retirement—at least, long-term care in retirement—could be even less than that projected above for the 55-year-old man. Put another way, that man could get even a larger payout from the annuity if he should experience a long-term care event than if he doesn't ever need long-term care.
Target market
Lipinski suggests that the strategy of setting aside annuities to pre-fund health care would probably work best for consumers with annual incomes of $85,000 or more. These are people who may have enough assets to make such funding financially feasible.
"This would not be a strategy for consumers whose household incomes average about $42,000 a year or less—because they don't have anything left (for annuity investing) after paying basic expenses," he explains.
This would also probably not be a top-tier strategy for consumers who have already have retiree health care funded through the retiree health care plans of their employers. (There are fewer and fewer of such plans available today, but big corporations, governmental bodies and some unions still offer them. Then again, many such plans have curtailed benefits or increased out-of-pocket costs, so individuals in this market may be receptive to annuity funding options too.)
Joe Olesky, a marketing rep at Executive Brokerage Services, points out that his firm is a broker in the traditional fixed annuity and fixed indexed annuity marketplace. Agents he works with "are offering guaranteed income riders with the annuities to enhance the income stream, not necessarily to fund health care expenses," he says.
In some cases, they use these annuities to set up a stream of payments to pay for a life insurance policy that's inside a trust, Olesky says. Other times, they use the products to cover basic expenses in retirement. But they could use the products for funding health care, he allows.
In most cases, the agents with whom Olesky works use an indexed annuity that includes a rider with a 6 percent to 8 percent rollup on the income benefit. "The longer a client delays taking the income benefit, the larger that benefit will be," he points out.
For example, he says, at age 65, a woman could take $14,000 in annual lifetime payouts if she had bought a $150,000 fixed indexed annuity at age 55. The annuity he mentions has a 10 percent premium bonus for seven years and a 6 percent rollup on the guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit. If the woman waits until age 70 to start withdrawals from that annuity, her annual lifetime payout would jump to nearly $21,000 a year, and if she waits until age 75, it would jump to over $30,000 a year. There is a cost for the rider benefit, Olesky points out.
Using annuities with income riders to pre-fund health care or any expense is for people who want an income stream, not cash surrender value, stresses Lapinski. "They are great for lifetime income, for any purpose."
Linda Koco, MBA, is a contributing editor to AnnuityNews, specializing in life insurance, annuities and income planning. Linda can be reached at [email protected].
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Sven H. Behrens and David G. Grier
Dept. of Physics, James Franck Institute, and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
Date: May 11, 2001
One of the most prominent open questions in colloid physics concerns the influence of spatial confinement on the interaction between charged colloidal particles. For an isolated pair of similar particles in an electrolyte solution, the classical Derjaguin-Landau-Verwey-Overbeek (DLVO) theory [1] predicts a short-ranged van der Waals interaction and an electrostatic repulsion, which, for well-separated spherical macroions, takes the familiar screened Coulomb form
Experimentally, the pair interaction energy can be assessed by analyzing the relaxation of two particles released from optical traps [3,4], or by interpreting the liquid structure of an equilibrated dispersion [5,6,7]. Both techniques consistently reveal that polystyrene spheres dispersed in deionized water and closely confined between parallel glass walls experience a long-range pair attraction [6,7,8,9] qualitatively inconsistent with DLVO predictions, and more generally with mean-field [10] or local density theories [11]. Unconfined particles, on the other hand, repel each other as expected [3,5,8],
This Letter reports measurements of colloidal pair interactions in equilibrium near a single wall. The only previous one-wall measurement used optical tweezers to position highly charged polystyrene spheres near a charged glass surface, and then released the spheres to measure their interactions [12]. Although this measurement revealed attractions consistent with those observed between two walls, Squires and Brenner [13] showed that they could have resulted from hydrodynamic flows excited by the spheres' retreat from the wall, a purely kinematic effect. The resulting hydrodynamic interaction would mask any other attraction in non-equilibrium measurements near a single wall. It cannot have influenced the equilibrium long-ranged attractions deduced from the structure of colloidal monolayers confined between two walls [6,7]. Nor does it account for the anomalous attractions measured with optical tweezers between two walls; reanalyzing the data from Ref. [8] reveals no sign of hydrodynamic memory. Moreover, indirect evidence based on the structure and dynamics of metastable crystals [12,14] suggests that a single wall can induce like-charge attractions in suspensions of sufficiently low ionic strength. Our measurements therefore focus on this regime.
Because of their high specific mass ( ), the particles sediment to the bottom wall in a matter of minutes, reaching an equilibrium height where the force due to gravity is balanced by the spheres' electrostatic interaction with the wall's surface charge. The spheres' unvarying appearance under the microscope confirms their out-of-plane excursions to be smaller than . Limited out-of-plane motion reduces the possibility of projection errors, which have been identified [15] as a concern in earlier studies.
The particles were observed with an inverted optical microscope (Olympus IMT-2), using a N.A. 1.4 oil immersion objective and a video eyepiece. These image an area in the pixel field of view of an attached charge-coupled device camera. The particles' motions were recorded at 30 frames per second before being digitized with a (MuTech MV-1350) frame grabber. Standard image analysis techniques [4] were used to locate the spheres to within 30 nm.
Following the principle adopted in earlier studies, we measure the spheres' pair potential by compiling histograms of equilibrium pair separations into the two-dimensional pair correlation function, . In the limit of infinite dilution, is related to the pair interaction energy through the Boltzmann distribution, , where is the areal density of spheres. For finite concentration, on the other hand, the radial distribution function also reflects neighboring particles' influence, and generally
Although straightforward in principle, imaging measurements of are subject to subtle sources of error which can introduce spurious features into . These errors arise principally from three sources: truncation by the limited field of view, statistical undersampling of suspensions' slow dynamics, and uncorrected many-body correlations. Previous studies addressed some, but not all, aspects of these errors [5,6,7]. Consistency among their results reinforces their qualitative conclusions, while leaving some doubt regarding their quantitative accuracy. For this reason, we outline our methods.
The pair correlation function measures the mean number of particles per unit area separated from any given sphere by displacement . This average is calculated in practice by counting the number of -pairs in a recorded image and normalizing by the number of particles actually tested for a partner at separation , i.e. by the number of particles in the ``overlap area'' , where is the set of points in the field of view and is the same set displaced by . Summing over angles yields and hence .
The field of view in Fig. 1 contains too few particles to sample accurately. Increasing the field of view to improve statistics would degrade particle tracking performance [4]. Consequently, results from independent images must be averaged to improve statistics. Unless the particles are given time to redistribute between snapshots, however, these additional images will not shed light on the suspension's equilibrium properties so much as improve the sampling of a particular transient distribution. The need for statistically independent samples implies that the period over which is averaged must be chosen with care.
If the monitored area were so large that edge effects could be neglected, then a histogram of the particle separations with bin width would give as the average number of particles separated by distance from any given particle, normalized by the corresponding value for an ideal system of noninteracting particles. Given pairs at separation in a snapshot,
Because the experimental duration increases so rapidly with dilution and because controlling concentration, temperature, and ionic strength over long periods can be difficult, statistical accuracy strongly favors larger particle concentrations. On the other hand, extracting the pair potential from measured correlations becomes increasingly difficult as increases. The areal densities between and 0.1 chosen for this study require no more than 30 minutes sampling and represent a compromise between statistical and interpretive accuracy.
Our experimental results for and at different concentrations are shown in Fig. 2. The curves indicate a repulsive core interaction causing particle depletion from a zone about wide. Beyond this is a preferred nearest-neighbor separation between and and the oscillatory correlations typical of a structured fluid. The depth of the minimum in clearly depends on and so reflects at least some many-body contributions.
To ensure that none of the observed correlations result from inhomogeneities in the glass surface's properties, we compared two-dimensional histograms of recorded particle positions with analogous histograms for uniformly distributed random data sets. Differences in these histograms' first two moments vanish with increasing delay time, confirming that each particle's position becomes uncorrelated over time as expected. Thus the substrate potential appears to be featureless on the length- and timescales of our experiment, to within our resolution.
Provided that is free from experimental artifacts, reliable approximations for can be obtained from using the Ornstein-Zernike integral equation with appropriate closure relations. Good results for ``soft'' potentials are typically achieved with the hypernetted chain (HNC) approximation, whereas the Percus-Yevick (PY) approximation is known to be a better choice for hard spheres. The pair interaction potential can be evaluated numerically in these approximations as
The absence of minima in the pair potential confirms that
crowding induces the observed oscillations in ,
while the underlying interaction is purely repulsive.
The solid curves in Fig. 3 are fits
to Eq. (1) for , , and
an arbitrary additive offset.
The fitting parameters
listed in Table 1
are consistent with surface charging due to silanol dissociation
at an ionic strength around
The DLVO theory's success at characterizing our data might seem surprising given the experimental geometry. However, the DLVO form has been shown to capture the leading-order behavior in the Poisson-Boltzmann approximation, with the bounding wall introducing only an additional dipole repulsion [19,20] to lowest order. However, the dipole correction is predicted [20] to be weaker than our experimental resolution over the experimentally accessible range of interparticle separations. However, long-range attractions of the previously reported strength [6,7,8,12] would have been resolved.
The decay of provides an estimate [16] of for the sample with . The measurement period therefore yields with a relative error given our binning resolution . The other samples yield comparably good results.
The absence of a measurable inter-particle attraction in this experiment should be interpreted with care. Our silica spheres carry lower charge densities than the polystyrene particles used in earlier studies, and the sphere-wall separation is considerably smaller. A wall-induced equilibrium attraction weaker than our experimental resolution would have to depend strongly on these parameters. The measured structure of our colloidal monolayers suggests instead that like-charged particles repel each other in pure water, even near a charged wall. Our observations support the electrohydrodynamic explanation [13] for the attraction measured with optical tweezers in Ref. [12], thus distinguishing that attraction from those seen in dispersions confined between two walls, and those implicated in observed anomalous phase behavior in bulk suspensions.
We are grateful to Todd Squires, Michael Brenner and Vladimir Lobaskin for enlightening conversations. This work was supported by the National Science Foundation through Grant Number DMR-9730189 and by the Swiss National Science Foundation.


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Last week I pumped out some good numbers in my top 10. Ablett 103 had 40% of the coaches semi happy but Montagna let down 15% of his followers for his 65. Chappy broke his perfect 100 record this year with a 99 of all scores. Baretl had 137, Goddard 120, Swan 150 and Pendlebury 136, were all amazing! Selwood 90, Stanton 73 and Thompson 27 (but injured) all we not that great – lets get int0 this Loop Hole thing!
What is The Loop Hole?
Well I'm glad you asked! With this week being a split round it means we have another partial lock out. This means that lock out will occur 'partially'. AFL Dream Team will be in lock out over the weekend, but open again for the following week, with all the players who have already played still locked in. You can not move, replace, trade or anything with these guys, BUT you can move, and trade and change the players who have not yet played from St Kilda, Geelong, Sydney, Collingwood, Adelaide and Melbourne. When I say 'change' I also mean… make captain!
How Can I Make This Work?
Step 1 – Read Calvin's Captains
Good. You're off to a good start. Make sure you read this carefully and understand this fully. Make sure you tune in the "Thursday Night Live" with DT TALK this week, as I'll answer all your questions for those who are a little dumb and don't get it.
Step 2 – Stab Away
Click a "VC" on the player you want this week to have a crack at a good score for you. It must be a player from the coming weekend games. Players from either Hawthorn, Essendon, Carlton, Fremantle, Brisbane, Richmond, Kangaroos, Port, West Coast or the Bulldogs.
Step 3 – My "C" Though?
Do not appoint anyone with the "C" if they are playing in those teams above (unless you want them)!! Place your "C" on a reliable back-up who will play next week…. just to be extra safe, and then for some reason if this doesn't work you'll be happy! Then wait and see what your VC gets!
Step 4 – Are You Greedy?
After the split round, re-assess if you are happy with the score that the VC person got you. If you are not, simply put "C" on the person who you would like to beat that score for the following weekend. By doing this the "C" over rides the "VC" and this will replace that person. If you are happy… then keep the "VC" score like I did with Carrazzo in round 1 and put the "C" on someone who is not playing on your bench (preferably someone injured so there are no nasty late inclusions). Therefore you will get the doughnut off your captain (bench dud) which will be replaced with the score you wanted, the "VC" one!
Step 5 – Enjoy the Ride!
Laugh and enjoy the fact that you made the right call, or kick your own arse for being too greedy!
Will It Work?
Yeah it will. It did when we had our last partial lock out and this is what I did. I locked in Carrazzo for round 1 with a "VC". He then smashed out a good 131. I was happy with this and therefore didn't need to use anyone else for my "C" and played the round without a "C" and therefore Carrazzo had 262. If I wanted to risk it … whoever I then gave the "C" too – just needed to score anything above 131. I made the right call. But where will you draw the line of greediness?
Here I'll cover the most likely picks you are tossing up over this week with the role of the VC. Sam Mitchell had 129 and 97 in the 2 games he played against the Bombers in 2009. He had a 59 in his last at the MCG though, but his history here looks great! Hodgey will be a huge option for many people this week with scores of 131 and 140 in his last 2 games this year. He hasn't cracked 100+ in his last 6 against the Bombers and had 84 in his last against them in Rd. 6 this year (lowest for 2010) He did have 131 in his last game at the MCG and will be a massively picked VC this week. The Bombers have given up the most 100+ scores in the last 2 weeks this year as well, topping the list with 11. Stanton had 30d (127pts) in his last game V the Hawks and got the pig tag last week. His last previous scores here are huge with 127, 139, 147, 123, 110, 105 coming in his last 6! He has played at the MCG 5 times this year for a low score of 92. If you are one of the 14,866 coaches who have him, give him the VC now! Jobe Watson avoided the pink pig last week and averages 95 in his last 3 against the Hawkers. He had 122 in his last against them, but that is his only 100+ score against them in his career of 8 games, but it was his highest score of 2010 despite a tag from Sewell. Bryce Gibbs plays Freo who are his favourite team of 2009 with 140 and 142 coming in those 2 games. Judd averaged 120 on them as well in 2009 too. Marc Murphy isn't as good as the other Blue boys, but he did have a 92 and 130 in his 2 games against them last year as well. Nothing to turn your back on though! Matthew Pavlich averages 104 in the last 3 against the Blues but does only average 85 in his efforts at Etihad this year and with the efforts of the Blue's backmen last week he might go ok. Ben Warren kicked 2g from his 17d, 8m and Lindsey Thomas had 7.5g (165pts)! Dean Cox had 119 in his last game against the Dawgs in 2009 and the Dawgs have given up 9×100+ scores in the last 2 weeks this year. Matthew Boyd averages 111 in his last 4 against the Eagles with 94 and 114 in his last 2 in 2009. He doesn't mind SUBI either with his last 2 scores being 102 and 114.
Next Week…
We have some big guns! Goddard, Hayes, Montagna, Bartel, Ablett, Chapman and Swan all play (which sucks, cause it would have been good to have a double crack with these lads). Stay tunned, as this time next week I will cover the rest of the games, helping you to decide whether to take the "VC" score from this week or take the gamble with a "C" on one of these guys!
Who deserves the Golden Stubby for Round 16
- Brandon Ellis (23%, 467 Votes)
- Lee Spurr (20%, 408 Votes)
- Andrew Carrazzo (23%, 476 Votes)
- Brett Deledio (22%, 457 Votes)
- Ryan O'Keefe (11%, 228 Votes)
Total Voters: 2,036
So what will you do? Hodgey or Sam for me at this stage, but it depends really who you have. Take the Loop Hole on! Have a crack, it worked before and will again, surely unless they have changed something… but they really can't. If they have changed anything, please note you are doing this at your own risk. But I will also say that all members of DT TALK are on the Loop Hole train!! Toot toot!
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Because of my continuous quest to stay healthy I have chosen to tackle the 60 day INSANITY challenge!!! I'm so excited to start this with some good friends of mine. We've done a couple of Insanity Workouts in the past and loved them. We've decided to take before and after pictures to show our results and possibly even along the way. Can't wait to get started tomorrow night!!! Seriously, I'm that excited…rediculous, I know! I hope you'll cheer me on along the way!
On a food note…I made my normal "Dinner Meal Plan" for the week and it isn't the healthiest so in an effort to combat the calorie intake I made some Very Yummy Veggie Patties to have for lunch!
3/4 Cup Cooked Brown Rice
1 Cup of Lentils, uncooked
3 Celery Stalks, chopped
2 Carrots, peeled and chopped
1 Large Onion, chopped
1 Tbsp Olive Oil
1.) Boil Lentils, Celery, Carrots, and Onion in a large pot with 5 cups of water. Covered for 45 minutes. Drain.
2.) Mix all ingredients (minus the Oil), season with Salt and Pepper.
3.) Shape into patties.
4.) Heat oil in a large pan. Cook patties until browned on each side.


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My daughter Jen and I have been talking about the question of baby preps. She has five children and has been involved in prepping for them. She has a few additional suggestions,
First she agrees with Practical Parsimony on not using baby powder because of the possible effects on their lungs. All five of her children grew up without any baby powder and she says that she never had any problem with diaper rashes.
Second, she always stocked several months of disposable diapers and baby wipers ahead so that if something occurred she did not have to immediately switch to cloth diapers. This will help make a transition easier.
Third, once she discovered the formula that seemed to agree with her child, she stocked four of five months of it. Once they started on baby food she made her own and would freeze it.
She would take her vegetables, steam them and then puree them. She would put them in ice cube trays, since this made a good serving size. You can also can the baby food. She did the same thing with fruits. She also feed the children rice cereal. She kept a good supply of this on hand.
Other items that she feels are important to stock up on are baby Tylenol, and ibuprofen, homeopathic teething tables, and any special medications your child needs.
Clothes are another whole issue, she stocked extra clothing in larger sizes and extra blankets because she lives in a cold area, where heat may be a problem. Things like snow boots are important.
While some people may disagree with her storing infant formula and disposable diapers, etc, she feels that there are several good reasons to do it. One you don't know what will happen after TEOTWAWKI, because of death or injury breast-feeding may no longer be an option. Water to wash the diapers could be in short supply, especially if you have to bug in because of a pandemic or fallout.
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Painted Wedding Cabinet in Red and Gold
Shanxi, circa 1850
This stunning cabinet is from Shanxi in central China, and is a good example of the beautiful painted cabinets that were produced there for many centuries, often presented as part of a wedding dowry along with silks and other fineries inside.It is in its original vivid red lacquer finish, the thick layers worn in parts to the show the dark wood below, and updated with a glossy clear varnish. The gold paintings on the doors show beautiful landscapes of trees and buildings, with floral motifs on the bottom fixed panel.
The gilt paintings (known as 'miao jin' in Chinese) have stood the test of time well, though have degraded in parts to show just the the dark base below. Two removable shelves have been added inside along with a removable board to access a hidden compartment behind the lower panel. The door hardware is also new. A gorgeous statement piece in any setting.
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Deborah Duskey, Director of Special Education
Phone: 708-748-0100 x4117
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Deborah Duskey has over 15 years as a special education administrator. She holds a master's degree in special education and master's degree in education administration. She had been a teacher and a teacher leader for 20 years prior to leaving the classroom to pursue a career in education administration. Ms. Duskey has been an elementary and high school principal in the Chicago Public School system; she was also the Chief Officer of Special Education at CPS prior to joining the Matteson 162 family. Her chief responsibilities as the Director of Special Education are overseeing all aspects of the district's special education services and pupil support. She also directs and oversees the clinical support of the nurses, psychologists, social workers and speech pathologists.
Rebecca Akridge-Dixon, Special Education Administrator
Phone: 708-748-0100 x4121
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Rebecca Akridge-Dixon has spent the last 18 years in Special Education as a teacher, School Psychologist, and Special Education Administrator. Ms. Akridge-Dixon has Masters' degrees in School Psychology and Educational Leadership and currently holds a Director of Special Education licensure. In conjunction with the Special Education Department, she is responsible for overseeing students in Out of District Programs and McKinney Vento, which provides assistance to families in temporary housing situations.
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Rachel Nuwer (Twitter, blog), from NYU's SHERP program, has been writing regularly on the New York Times Green blog. Check out some of her recent posts there:
A Photographic Call to Action:
When Clyde Butcher first began exploring the Everglades in 1984, "there was virtually nothing to photograph — it was one big ditch," he says. A century of destructive intrusions like artificial canals, levees, pumps and spillways had left the swamps in a fragile and broken state.
But Mr. Butcher, a conservation photographer who lives in Big Cypress National Preserve in South Florida, felt that all was not lost...
Policy makers and conservationists largely ignore the issue of protecting invertebrates, even though those species play roles vital to ecosystems' survival.
Climate Change Is Shrinking Species, Research Suggests:
Scientific data linking climate change to the diminution of animals' size raises the possibility that ecosystems could be thrown out of balance.
The Ecologists of Tomorrow Talk Shop:
Students in the field gather in New York to network, discuss research issues and call attention to their work on species conservation.
A Salmon Virus: Where Do We Go From Here?:
Scientists scramble to fill in the many unknowns surrounding the discovery of a lethal salmon virus in British Columbia.
Disposable Chopsticks Strip Asian Forests:
Each year, 3.8 million trees go into the manufacture of 57 billion disposable pairs of chopsticks in China. But awareness is growing, and some restaurants and consumers are switching to reusables.
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Varicose vein treatments are equivalent — or are they?:
Options for dealing with varicose veins — the worst of which can cause symptoms like pain, swelling, and blood clots — include surgery or laser therapy. New research suggests that both treatments are equally effective and safe, but a closer look at the context of the study may indicate that lasers are the way to go.


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LUK, Inc. Receives Community Awareness Project Funding for 2018 National Crime Victims' Rights Week
January 2018
FITCHBURG, MA –LUK, Inc. has received funding from the National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators (NAVAA) through a grant from the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), within the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, to promote community awareness of crime victims' rights and services during the 2018 National Crime Victims' Rights Week.
The awarded funding will be used to host an informational fair, a panel session, and a vigil honoring victims and survivors of crimes, as part of a Community Awareness Project in Fitchburg. The Project is part of National Crime Victims' Rights Week, an annual observance that takes place April 8-14, in 2018.
"The support from NAVAA and OVC for our 2018 National Crime Victims' Rights Week activities will help us help crime survivors," said Beth Barto, LUK CEO. "Members of our community are encouraged to promote justice through service to crime victims by joining our 2018 National Crime Victims' Rights Week activities and supporting victim assistance programs on a daily basis."
First designated by President Ronald Reagan in 1981, National Crime Victims' Rights Week increases general public awareness of, and knowledge about the wide range of rights and services available to people who have been victimized by crime. The theme for 2018 National Crime Victims' Rights Week is "Expand the Circle: Reach All Victims."
Since 2004, the NCVRW Community Awareness Project has provided financial and technical assistance to more than 1,000 community projects that promote victim and public awareness activities, and innovative approaches to victim outreach and public education about victims' rights and services during National Crime Victims' Rights Week. LUK was one of the 78 projects recommended by NAVAA and selected for funding by OVC for 2018 from the 185 applications that were submitted nationwide.
"Now more than ever, it is critical that communities come together to identify and meet the needs of victims and survivors of all types of crimes," OVC Director Darlene Hutchinson said. "That's why this year's theme underscores the need to expand the circle to reach all victims, including those who need help and may be unaware of the many victim assistance service providers and programs that are available to them and play such a critical role in the aftermath of a crime."
The National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators is a non-profit organization that represents the 56 state agencies that distributes money from the federal Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Crime Victims Fund to more than 4,000 direct victim assistance service providers. The money in the Crime Victims Fund comes from fines collected from offenders convicted of federal crimes and not from U.S. taxpayers.
LUK, Inc. is a nonprofit multiservice agency dedicated to improving the safety, health, and emotional well-being of youth, families and adults. As a community based organization, LUK offers an array of child and family services through five regional offices in Central Massachusetts: Fitchburg, Lowell, Webster, and Worcester. LUK's mission is to improve the lives of children, families, and adults so that they can fulfill their unique and productive potential.
For more information about LUK, Inc., please visit www.LUK.org, call (800) 579-0000, or follow LUK, Inc. on Facebook. Join us in building stronger communities, family by family!


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I love fresh tuna! Especially with this mustard and maple marinade. The recipe takes very little time to prepare, it is impossible to miss and will please the whole family. To add in your favorites!
Why not serve a good sparkling wine with these fresh tuna steaks? It will offer fine, light and persistent bubbles. Its dry and fruity side will perfectly accompany this luxury meal.
With sour notes of lemon, this tart wheat beer will bring a delicate freshness that will slice into the sweet and sour marinade of tuna. Its citric acidity will also complement the freshness of the marinade. At 3% alcohol, this duo offers you a nice meal almost healthy!
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The herpes simplex virus had been modified so it multiplies inside cancer cells but not healthy cells. It bursts and kills tumour cells and, by expressing a human protein, it also helps stimulate patients' immune systems.
Principal Investigator Dr Kevin Harrington, from The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) and The Royal Marsden Hospital in London, said: "Patients with head and neck cancer often present with disease that is too advanced for surgery. These patients are typically treated with radiation and chemotherapy, in some cases followed by surgery. Phase I/II data indicates OncoVEX has the potential to decrease the relapse rate in this group of patients and could be safely used in combination with other cancer treatments. We look forward to the results of this large-scale study."
The study will enrol 528 patients in the US and UK who have not received any previous treatments for their locally advanced disease.
All patients will be treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy, while the test group will also receive injections of OncoVEX directly into cancer-affected lymph nodes. The trial aims to determine whether the OncoVEX treatment group has a better chance of survival – including lower rates of relapse – after two years.
The ICR and The Royal Marsden led the small Phase I/II trial testing the safety of the drug in 17 head and neck cancer patients. Side-effects, which were published in July, were found to be generally mild to moderate, and most – except fever and fatigue – were thought to be due to the chemotherapy or radiotherapy. After an average follow-up time of 29 months, 82.4 per cent of patients had not succumbed to the disease; this compares to typical relapse rates of between 35 to 55 per cent for patients given standard chemoradiation.
Around 650,000 people are diagnosed with squamous cell cancer of the head and neck each year worldwide, and around 350,000 die from the disease annually.
BioVEX has also started a Phase III trial of OncoVEX in melanoma patients, which is approaching full accrual.
Dr Robert Coffin, Founder and Chief Technology Officer of BioVex Inc, said: "We believe that OncoVEX has the potential to provide a broadly active new treatment approach that will substantially improve patient outcomes in a variety of hard-to-treat tumour types as both a monotherapy and in combination with other therapies. The start of a second pivotal Phase III study is part of a broad planned development programme for OncoVEX beyond our lead indication of metastatic melanoma."
Media Contact: BioVex Inc President & CEO Philip Astley-Sparke on + 1 781 376 4913 or Shoreham Group LL Vice President Rebecca Skye Dietrich on + 1 857 241 0795
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Further details on this study can be found at www.clinicaltrials.gov
BioVex Inc
BioVex is a privately held biotechnology company based in Woburn, Massachusetts, US, where it also has an operational commercial scale manufacturing facility. The company is developing a new class of potent biologics for the treatment of cancer and prevention of infectious disease. In addition to OncoVEX, the company has a second development program, ImmunoVEX, a vaccine for genital herpes that provided complete protection in animal models of the disease. The vaccine is currently undergoing clinical testing in the United Kingdom. BioVex closed a $70m funding round late last year representing the second largest venture capital raise in the biotech sector in 2009.


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What Every American Should Know about U.S. Foreign Aid
By ripon_admin on September 17, 2019
by GEORGE INGRAM
At $39.2 billion for fiscal year 2019, foreign assistance is less than 1% of the federal budget.
Expeditionary Economics and Countering Violent Extremism
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by CARL J. SCHRAMM
Foreign assistance will not defeat terrorists. But it would be a terrible mistake to discount the vital role that economic growth must play in fostering global stability.


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This edition of NewsRoom_Digest features 7 resourceful links of the day and the politics pulse from Tuesday 27th October.
Top stories in the current news cycle include new figures showing the number of deportations of convicted criminals from New Zealand dropping in the last five years, Bowel cancer NZ is warning consumers not to cut meat completely out of their diet despite a World Health Organisation (WHO) report confirming that processed meats raise the risks of cancer and an Australian think-tank saying the NZ military is ill prepared to deal with cyber issues.
Note: As well as providing a precis of leading broadcast bulletins each day, our NewsRoom_Monitor service does a daily paper round with succinct 'news picks' from the main metropolitan papers emailed by 9am each morning. If you're interested in a free trial please email email@example.com
Media releases issued from Parliament by political parties today included:
Government: Options sought for end-of-life tyres; Minister for Land Information to visit Mexico; Bennett to speak at OECD meeting in Europe; Fund boosts sister school ties with China; Tokelau Language Week celebrated;Minister meets with education experts in UK; NZICC triggers $700m building project;Online services save hours of taxpayers' time
Greens: Greens call for audit, law change to protect labour hire workers; Government should harness some All Blacks pride for the environment; Price on carbon key to a sustainable future
Labour: Medical advice on obesity fails to tip scales; No hiding another tertiary provider going belly up; Baa-d behaviour or a bit of a dag?; Labour for hire not a recipe for exploitation; Patients get sicker on 'ghost' waiting lists; Detainees isolated and desperate
Links of the day have been a feature of NewsRoom_Digest since we first started production in August 2014 at newsroom-nz.tumblr.com.
We are currently building an archive of these at: http://newsroomplus.com/resources/resourceful-links/
CANCER MEATS: The World Health Organisation says processed meats such as bacon, sausages and ham and all red meats are probably carcinogenic but there is limited evidence. More information available at:http://www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/pr/2015/pdfs/pr240_E.pdf
CHINA IMPORTS REACH $10BN: Annual goods imports from China reached a new high of $10 billion, up $1.6 billion (19 percent), for the year ending September 2015, according to Statistics New Zealand. Read more:http://bit.ly/1GF0GTR
CYBER CRIMES: The report, 'Cyber maturity in the Asia-Pacific Region 2015', prepared by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, analyzes the cyber maturity of 20 countries within the Asia-Pacific region. NZ comes sixth in the list for preparedness. The report can be viewed at: https://www.aspi.org.au/publications/cyber-maturity-in-the-asia-pacific-region-2015
END-OF-LIFE TYRES: The Government is seeking innovative ideas on how New Zealand can better use the millions of end-of-life tyres through the Waste Minimisation Fund. Further information on the Waste Minimisation Fund, including on how to apply for the latest round is available from: http://www.mfe.govt.nz/issues/waste/waste-minimisation-fund/index.html
SISTER SCHOOLS WITH CHINA: 25 schools across New Zealand will each receive up to $2,500 to build sister school relationships with China. The list of recipients is available here: http://www.enz.govt.nz/our-services/business-development/tools-for-schools/new-zealand-china-sister-schools-fund
TOKELAU LANGUAGE WEEK: Plant a seed today, for the future generation. That is the theme for Tokelau Language Week which begins today. A list of events marking Tokelau Language Week can be found at: http://www.mpia.govt.nz
TOURISTS SPENDING: Spending by international tourists in New Zealand in the year ended March 2015 climbed to $11.8 billion – an increase of 17.1 percent – according to the Tourism Satellite Account: 2015 by Statistics New Zealand. Read more: http://bit.ly/1GEL9DG
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Autosmart Vehicle Maintenance Program
AutoSmart, since the beginning, has enjoyed rapid growth by maintaining exceptional customer service in the automotive industry. As an authorized new vehicle maintenance facility, we stay on top of technology. We at AutoSmart, have state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment for computer and electrical trouble shooting on most foreign and domestic vehicles. This allows us to diagnose and repair your vehicle on a timely basis, in turn, saving you our valued customer, significant dollars on a yearly basis.
Our Intention is to follow up on this process through consistent communication with you, our Client. Always keeping the needs of the your vehicle aligned, by using our trusted Maintenance One Program. Below is a list of our Value Added Services, as well as an outline of what..the Maintenance One Program is.
I. WE Schedule your next appointment (service) every time. At AutoSmart we keep an ongoing record of all vehicles maintenance, warranties and budget. Each Maintenance One comes with a 50 Point Inspection . Each Maintenance One receives the full oil change and proper oil that is specific to your vehicle. You will have a Work Order that reveals the outcome of your 50 Point Inspection. The inspection will be reviewed by the technician; he will then acknowledge if priority service is needed on the vehicle today. If it is a safety issue for continued driving, we address this right away.
Other issues that may have shown up in the inspection are discussed and decided upon priority, and the possibly of adding it to your vehicle file as a skipped job to be reexamined at your next Maintenance One, (approx. three months from now)
After your First Maintenance One visit, you will then be registered in our Maintenance One Program. We schedule your next appointment (service) every time. Three days before your anniversary of your next required Oil Change, you will receive a Courtesy Call from Our Service Writer, reminding you of your last mileage and the last date you received your Maintenance One. This gives our customer an opportunity to be reminded and to check their mileage and come in for their next booked appointment. Also, at the time of the call, Our Service Writer will remind you if there were any skipped jobs.
On your second visit, the skipped jobs (if there were any) are addressed at this time, and are communicated to you if the issues are needing to be resolved This is how the vehicle records are maintained at AutoSmart. We deliver accuracy for the budgeted needs of the vehicles, ensuring that all vehicle warranty intervals are met as well as all pertinent safety issues. We at AutoSmart believe that if our customer is aware 3 months in advance to consider the skipped jobs (budget) for the next Maintenance One, you can continue an economically and affordable maintained vehicle. Saving you our customer extra costs of emergency breakdowns and avoiding safety concerns with your vehicle.
2. When the second maintenance one arrives (5000 k's or within 3 months) and the second inspection takes place. If skipped jobs are needed, a second follow up call is made to our customer and we review, update and confirm that skipped jobs need to be perfonned . The quote is made and reviewed with the customer before any work is performed. Each of our
customers signs every work order with their pennission.
3. Our Techs perform inspections for safety & maintenance on every vehicle, every time.
4. We have Technicians at AutoSmart with diagnostic capabilities, with state-of-the-art equipment.
5. At AutoSmart we track and perform all regular scheduled maintenance required by your manufacturer to
6. We consult with our Customer on all identified needed repairs. This will ensure optimum communication for less costly breakdowns.
7. We Prioritize needed repairs in order of safety and importance.
9. We provide After hours drop off . A key drop hole is at the bottom right of our front green garage door at 5 Henrietta St. You can reach us at our Web Site, www.autosrnartniagar .ca, or call us at 905-684-6360. Our Hours are Monday thru Friday 9 til 5.
10. At AutoSmart we have a Competitive labor rate, balanced with the ability to afford the most qualified technicians in the industry.
11. We will source parts for the best possible price, considering cost, quality and availability.
12. We make all and any efforts to give our customer the best time management in helping you to receive your vehicle in a timely manner.


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Arta Watermelon Garden
- 1 oz (30 ml) Master of Mixes Watermelon Daiquiri/Margarita Mixer
- 2 oz (60 ml) Master of Mixes Mojito Mixer
- 1.5 oz (45 ml) blanco/silver tequila
- 10 pieces rosemary
- Soda water
- Drop rosemary leaves into the bottom of a mixing glass filled with ice.
- Add tequila, Master of Mixes Mojito Mix and Master of Mixes Watermelon Daiquiri/Margarita Mix.
- Shake and strain into glass filled with ice.
- Fill with soda water.
Suggested Glass:Tall/Collins Glass
Suggested Garnish:Watermelon Pieces, Stalk Of Rosemary
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A powerful tornado swept through the town of North haven (Connecticut, USA) due to severe thunderstorms that caused power outages across the state.
As the result of violence of elements was fallen trees and power lines and damaged several homes. After a lightning strike to the transformer without light there are at least 500 consumers. Fortunately, all has done without victims and victims.
According to locals, strong winds were observed a few minutes, however, the sound was like a "bomb blast".
Another tornado with a speed of 112 km/h swept through the city Mattituck of the state of new York, leaving behind fallen trees.


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Kandahar information director wounded in ambush
Kandahar information director wounded in ambush
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): The information and culture director of southern Kandahar province was wounded in an armed attack by unidentified gunmen Monday morning.
The governor's spokesman, Samim Khpalwak, told Pajhwok Afghan News Director Hazrat Wali Hotak was attacked by two armed motorcyclists in the 2nd police district at around 8am.
He said Hotak suffered bullet injuries and was evacuated to hospital. The attackers managed to escape, but a search has been mounted in the area.
A doctor at the Mirwais Civil Hospital in Kandahar City told Pajhwok the information director was under treatment for a shoulder injury. The official is said to be in stable condition.
Hazrat Wali Hotak, who previously served as a teacher at the Kandahar University, was recently appointed as information director. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.
Some years back, then information director Abdul Majeed Babe had been killed in a similar ambush by the Taliban insurgents.
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Explore the Canadian creative economy.
Discover the makers/companies behind Brand Canada.
I will say this about Frank Newfeld's memoir: it is gorgeous. The cover was designed by Newfeld himself in types he also designed, while Porcupine's Quill founder Tim Inkster takes credit for the interior. The paper quality is comfortable, the binding is solid and careful and even the endpapers are well-chosen. This was what originally drew me to the book: its look.
Frank Newfeld is an illustrator, book designer, art director and all-around expert in the look, design and feel of a book. He was art director and subsequently a vice-president at McLelland & Steward under Jack McLelland as well as a co-founder of the Society of Typographic Designers of Canada (now the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada). Me, I best knew him as the illustrator of Dennis Lee's Alligator Pie & Garbage Delight, as well as being the guy who judged The Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada.
Newfeld has a lot to offer the reader in wisdom, anecdote and experience. That it hasn't been rendered by a master storyteller doesn't detract a lot from those elements. His delivery is simple and doesn't pretend to be more of a stylist than he is, but nevertheless some parts of the book do suffer. The first half of the book is taken up with the first 25 years of his life, most of it spent in the military in Israel. It reads a bit like an acceptance speech, where the aim is to recognize and thank all the influences in a life without giving the rest of the audience any hint of who these people were.
Newfeld is, however, at his very best when he is describing a project or a process rather than a person or an event. This, I imagine, is the result of his being an excellent teacher who ultimately wound up as head of the illustration program at Sheridan College. The art of design, typography and illustration comes brilliantly to life under his instruction, and his commentary on each discipline is insightful, measured and utterly authoritative. I was especially impressed with his very rational assessment of the use of modern technology in the book trade. I thoroughly expected him to express a curmudgeonly, out-of-date dislike for emerging technologies and found him instead quite open to innovation and experimentation.
This is ultimately what makes the book worth reading – the expertise and care that shine through when he talks about book design and book illustration. He is a genuine connoisseur of material book culture. Even when you wonder if he's being fair to some of the people and attitudes that he criticizes, you see exactly why, formally, he fights these fights. The man understands books in their entirety and is absolutely right when he says publishers are becoming far too focused on the author (and on the design side, the dust-jacket) to the exclusion of the other elements and people involved. This is a debate we don't see enough of in book circles today. Newfeld is more than qualified to be the one to lead the charge. Drawing on Type is a valuable text – and looks absolutely wonderful on my bookshelf.


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Happy weekend everyone! After a busy week, I have been very much looking forward to a quiet Friday night in. And what way to make it better than to add a cocktail to my evening (or maybe two!)
I like to try different cocktails and experiment with different ingredients – I would love to have a little cocktail bar! I live in an area that has almost everything – but I think it's missing a good bar – a nice place to relax after a long day, with lots of cocktail offers (why limit happy to just an hour?!) and with a fabulous atmosphere that everyone talks about and loves to pop in! But my kitchen is the closest I think I will be getting to that, so for now my (non paying) customers are my friends.
I am never to sure about the sweet and sour mix in a drink – but I am quite a fan of this. Now, there are a few variations to making a Disaronno Sour, from my understanding the difference between what is counted as a good one and a bad one, is egg whites. If you are anything like me the thought of drinking egg whites makes you feel a bit ill…..but I will say to give it a try, as you might just change your mind (like I did).
Here is the recipe for how we like our Disaronno Sour (which is originally from the Disaronno website Click here to view)
- 50ml Disaronno
- 25ml lemon juice
- 5ml sugar syrup
- Egg white
Have a jar or a tumbler with ice at the ready. Simply add all the ingredients into a shaker, give it a good mix up…..pour over ice and TA-DA – one delicious Disaronno Sour.
Tip: separating your egg white – I've seen all these fancy ways and gadgets to remove the yolk from an egg, when a friend gave me a very simple solution – by using your hands. Of course wash your hands before (and after!). Crack the egg, have your hand slightly opened to allow the egg white to run through your fingers into a bowl/container beneath, and you will be left with the yolk in your hand – EASY PEASY. (The egg yolks can be kept to use for a carbonara, or even a hair mask apparently?! I've not tried the latter!)
(I will be back to update this photo at some point – it was not my best! I drank the other before I remembered to take a picture – oops!)
This classic cocktail is refreshing with a sweet taste and a sour twist. It can be done without egg whites, but I have to say it does not give it the same finish, and personally I do not think it tastes anywhere near as good. But give it a go and let me know what you think! Also if you have any cocktail suggestions, please share!
I'm off to shake up another cocktail! Enjoy your weekend guys!


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Nice venue but no accessible seating
On first contact and appearances, it seems to be an accessible venue, however in practice I found it wasn't the case. It was one of my worst experiences in recent years.
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People go gym for two reasons, one to beef up and second, to lose weight. But one thing you would notice is that the desired change in physique doesn't simply happen by lifting some weights or doing little cardio.
Supplementation is a crucial part of any workout plan, and when it comes to muscle building, you might have heard about whey proteins, mass gainers, BCAA, protein isolates, etc.
But what about weight loss? Are there any supplements that can help you lose weight?
Indeed yes, there are weight loss supplements that can metabolically help you shred some fat and trim down your figure.
It is mostly used by overweight people in weight loss routine or bodybuilders who use it before a championship to accelerate weight loss for lean muscle development.
This article introduces you to the best weight loss pills in the current internet market that will scrape off some unwanted mass from your body.
Without further ado, let us meet some of the best weight loss pills out there.
Best Supplements For Safe And Effective Weight Loss [NEW Edition 2020]
1. PhenQ
PhenQ is a novel and comprehensive weight loss supplement that packs the power of multiple shedding products into one.
The unique weight loss formulation of this supplement is what makes this product stand out in the crowd.
It contains α-LACYS RESET, which is a commercially available weight loss agent that can result in thermogenic fat shedding.
Other ingredients include Capsimax powder, caffeine, chromium picolinate, nopal, and l-carnitine, all of which helps in weight reduction.
Raising the body temperature to speed up the metabolism is how the stored fat is burned in this product.
Apart from that, the cell's ability to trade sugar for energy is boosted after taking PhenQ, and as a result, lesser carbs get stored.
The fluid retention on the tissues is a reason why you look bulky, even after the strenuous workout routine and weight loss diet, but PhenQ can take care of it as well.
What I like about this product?
- A unique formulation that combines the benefits of multiple weight loss supplements into a single capsule.
- Stored adipose fat is shredded using the thermogenics, and dietary fat is utilized instantly for energy, thus preventing fat storing.
- Metabolically bridles the appetite and reduces your affinity/craving for food, thereby decreasing calorie intake.
- Biosynthesis of fat is significantly reduced, and this results in lesser adipose dumping.
- The manufacturing and marketing are done in the US and UK, following strict international guidelines set by the FDA.
- 60 days money-back guarantee for unsatisfied customers.
What I don't like about this product?
- Price per bottle might be on the higher side, but when purchased in bulk, you are likely to get a better deal.
- Not available offline or in e-commerce websites; instead, only sold through the official website.
2. Fast Burn Extreme
As the name suggests, this is a fat burner but with a twist. Unlike synthetic weight loss products, this one is made from all-natural ingredients.
Ingredients like nettle extract, green tea, garcinia cambogia, caffeine, bitter orange, capsicum annum extract, chromium, and vitamin B6 constitutes the major components.
Due to the herbal nature of the ingredients, this product doesn't possess any side effects or adverse health impacts, even if used for an extended period.
Fast Burn Extreme can effectively reduce the stored adipose fat under the skin, which is used up by the muscle cells for building a lean figure.
The unique formulation is effective in inhibiting the biosynthesis of extra fat by the body, thus preventing fat dumping.
Both visceral and subcutaneous fat are also shredded with this product and channels the stored fat into energy.
What I like about this product?
- All in one fat burner for faster shredding and lean muscle formation without using any synthetic chemical agents.
- It contains no harmful substances and made from natural plant extracts, making it side effects free.
- This product would even pass the anti-doping tests because it doesn't contain any banned substances.
- Fast Burn Extreme converts stored fat into energy, thus increasing the endurance and stamina, which aids gym workouts.
- Adding this product along with a weight loss diet burned up to 900 calories per day for a test group in a clinical study by manufacturers.
- 90 days money-back guarantee for unsatisfied customers.
What I don't like about this product?
- The appetite curbing mechanism is weak for this burner but has an excellent fat-shredding capability.
- Not sold through mortar and brick stores.
3. Instant Knockout
This is a fat burner developed exclusively for MMA fighters and boxers, which means Instant Knockout has an aggressive fat trimming capability.
Unlike others on the list, this is a slightly modified version of a professional weight loss product, and as a result, you will get the superior performance out of it.
Thermogenic fat-shredding is the working mechanism here, but the pace at which this product works makes it a class winner.
The cofactors and nutrients included in this supplement will increase your internal metabolism, and as a result, the energy requirement is increased.
This extra energy is met by burning the stored fat, especially the adipose one and subcutaneous fat, which gives you a lean and trimmed figure.
Appetite curbing is another mechanism employed by this pill to reduce calorie intake.
Marketed and manufactured by the Roar Ambition based on England, this product has a guaranteed international standard in production and distribution.
What I like about this product?
- A unique & professional fat burner originally designed for MMA fighters and boxers.
- Extra fat stored in your body is easily converted into energy, meaning your stamina & strength are boosted due to faster energy supply.
- Instant Knockout is an excellent supplement for efficient fat shredding and lean mass development.
- Endorsed by famous MMA fighters like Diego Sanchez and Greg Jackson.
- Manufacturing is done in a cGMP lab and follows international guidelines set by agencies like FDA.
- 90 days money guarantee for unsatisfied users.
What I don't like about this product?
- Instant Knockout is sold only through their official website, and chances are that the one you purchase from other sources might be a knock-off.
- You need to take up to 4 capsules a day for the best result.
4. Burn Booster
It is an herbal supplement made from natural ingredients like barley grass, cayenne pepper, garcinia cambogia, and green coffee.
The organic nature of this product makes it a side effect free weight loss supplement that can be purchased without a prescription.
This product is verified and endorsed by popular dieticians like Patricia Smith.
It works by employing the usual thermogenic effect in which the metabolic rate of the body is increased, which raises body temperature and results in faster fat burning.
The barley grass in this product is an excellent appetite curbing agent which puts control to your craving for food and limits the total calorie intake.
The formulation helps you control the cholesterol levels and prevent the dumping of bad fat in your body.
What I like about this product?
- One of the best weight loss complexes that shred extra fat by boosting metabolism.
- Fat deposits are converted into instant for improved stamina and strength.
- All ingredients are herbal and scientifically studied so that there are no side effects for this fat burner.
- It helps to expose the underlying muscle structure, thus helps in the formation of lean mass.
- If used correctly as recommended by the manufacturer, you could even lose 17 lbs. in 30 days.
What I don't like about this product?
- No money-back-guarantee is offered on this product; however, there is 14 days return policy.
- Only sold through the official website store.
5. Piperinox
Piperinox is one of the well-designed weight loss supplements in the current market that combines the goodness of many fat burners.
It is manufactured and operated by Key Player Limited based on the US, and they follow strict international guidelines in their production.
Lipogenesis (production of new fat cells) is strategically prevented by improving the affinity of glucose by muscle cells in this product.
At the same time, these pills increase the metabolic rate, and the additional energy requirement is met by burning stored fat.
The hormonal regulation results in reduced appetite because of which you are likely to intake extra calories.
As a side perk, muscle regeneration is accelerated, which helps in faster muscle development.
This product contains the patented Bioperine for improved weight loss and nutrient absorption.
The best part is that this product is encapsulated in a DRcaps capsule shell, which helps in extended-release inside the intestine for proper absorption.
What I like about this product?
- Piperinox is a powerhouse of multiple weight loss agents, which makes this a state-of-the-art fat burner in the current supplement market.
- Each and every ingredient is herbal in nature and is chosen with fat loss in mind; therefore, you get 100% side-effects-free results.
- Encapsulation is done in trademarked DRcaps, which helps in extended-release of the contents in the intestine.
- It uses the thermogenic effect and a bunch of other mechanisms to aid the fat-burning process.
- It helps in the functioning of the liver and boosts the immune system.
What I don't like about this product?
- This is a first-generation product and might take a while to improve the formulation, but works fine as the manufacturer claims.
- The availability is limited to the official website.
FAQ [Frequently Asked Questions]
1. Do weight loss pills work?
Yes, weight loss pills are made by combining several herbal medicinal plants, which were traditionally used to treat obesity, cholesterol, hunger, etc.
In modern-day weight loss pills, scientific lab studies are being conducted in order to make a unique formulation that accommodates the properties of all its ingredients.
Mainly they work using a straightforward mechanism called thermogenics, which results in increased metabolism by slightly raising body temperature.
Apart from that, they curb the appetite to reduce calorie intake and boost the body's affinity towards fat for energy needs.
2. Are weight loss pills safe?
Yes, weight loss pills are 100% safe because of the choice of ingredients, formulation, and quality standards that manufacturers follow.
You get therapeutic grade performance from these weight loss pills because of the ingenious engineering behind each supplement.
Manufacturers use herbal ingredients like capsicum, chromium, nettle extracts, etc. to make the formulation free from side effects.
Also, ample research study is done before releasing these products into the market to make them side effects free.
Everything from raw material accumulation till marketing follows international standards set by agencies like FDA, EMA, etc.
3. Who should buy weight loss pills?
Anybody who needs a helping hand in weight loss can safely rely on fat burners mentioned on our list.
Since these products are classified under nutraceuticals or herbal supplements, they are safe and side effects free.
You don't need a prescription or doctor's consultation to procure and use these weight loss pills.
Also, some of the fat burners are of professional-grade and can be used by athletes and bodybuilders to trim excess fat before a championship.
4. What are the results that you can expect while using weight loss pills?
The onset of the result might arrive as early as within 1 week of use. You are likely to see boosted stamina as a result of fat to energy conversion.
Within 1 month of regular use, you will notice a drop in body weight by a few pounds, which can be clearly be seen on arms and legs.
Lean muscle expression can be seen within 2 ~ 3 months, and a significant drop in fat will occur in under 6 months.
Potbelly and love handles are likely to disappear in this time frame, which gets replaced by muscle shapes and cuttings.
You will notice a change in physique, increased stamina, healthy blood sugar levels, lowered cholesterol value, and improved mental health while using weight loss pills.
5. Are these results permanent?
The weight loss here occurs as a result of metabolic change in the amount of fat processed by the body.
Firstly, excess fat is not stored, and secondly, the already stored fats get burned as a result of thermogenics.
All this happens when you combine fat burners along with a controlled weight loss diet and a proper exercise routine.
If you abruptly stop all of this, you will gain weight. But if you manage to keep up with the routine, then the results stay permanent.
6. What are the ingredients that you should look for in weight loss pills?
Some of the ingredients are common for the majority of weight loss pills.
When you purchase a new product, try to expand your knowledge base by reading more about the ingredients in them because the fat loss agent might differ in different products.
For example, alpha-LACYS RESET is the active agent in PhenQ, while Bioperine plays a crucial role in Piperinox.
Nettle extract is an excellent thermogenic agent that is found in almost all weight loss pills.
Chromium, caffeine & vitamin B6 are other agents that help with the supplementation part.
Make sure that your product has a thermogenic agent, an appetite curbing agent, and a fat-loss initiator, all other effects are added perks!
7. Do weight loss pills cause any side effects?
No weight loss pills won't cause any side effects like therapeutic drugs because they mainly comprise of herbal extracts only.
For example, Adderall is a weight loss drug that contains the active agent Amphetamine, which has side effects like nervousness, narcolepsy, weakness, high blood pressure, impotence, lowered libido, and lot more.
Whereas natural weight loss pills are a combination of multiple natural products like garcinia cambogia, caffeine, nettle extract, etc. but have zero side effects.
8. What are the benefits of weight loss pills?
Weight loss pills can offer you a safe means to shred fat without any side effects or adverse health conditions.
They can reduce the fat dumping from a calorie-rich diet while converting already stored into energy.
Weight loss pills work even when you follow an exercise-less routine because the primary mode of working doesn't depend on physical exertion.
These pills can help you lose fat and build lean muscle without any difficulty while adding strength & stamina in the process.
The best part with weight pills on our list is that you will get a 60 ~ 90 days money-back guarantee if the pills don't work on you.
9. Do I need to exercise while taking weight loss pills?
That is subjective. Weight loss pills can work even if you don't work out.
But the complete or accelerated effect is achieved when you add a weight loss workout along with fat burners.
However, diet is an essential factor that needs to be maintained while using weight loss pills.
It is always advised to engage in some form of physical activity to improve the blood circulation throughout the body such that the effect of weight loss pills reaches everywhere.
10. Do I need to be on a diet while using weight loss pills?
Yes, a low-fat diet is very much recommended while using a weight loss pill.
The body has a certain capacity to handle fat, which is enhanced when the weight loss fits are taken.
But if the diet brings more fat than the cut-off value, then the effect of weight pills is compromised.
Therefore, stick to a suitable weight diet while using these pills.
11. What else I can do to lose weight?
Fat burning is relatively a difficult task than weight gaining. This is because most of us don't know how much calories we are adding to our system every day.
Finding a healthy lifestyle with dedicated workout time will help you eliminate the unwanted fat dumping.
Make sure that you stick to a meat-less diet and give more preference to veggies to accelerate weight loss.
If you are managing weight, then make sure that extra calories are not being added into your system.
In simple terms: weight loss pills +workout + healthy diet rich in fruits and veggies will give your desired result quickly.


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FRESHFARM Farmers Market
The Grounds
1102 South Eads St
Arlington, Virginia 22202
1102 South Eads St
Arlington, Virginia 22202
The National Landing BID is teaming up with nonprofit FRESHFARM to bring the farmers market back to Crystal City every Tuesday this summer. The market features fresh produce and products from farmers and producers located in DC, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Visitors can shop for conventional and certified organic fruits and vegetables, grass-fed meats and pastured poultry and eggs, sweet and savory baked goods, salsas and other delicious prepared foods. It's all the products you've come to love over the past decade at a new temporary location to accommodate for social distancing regulations.


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7-Eleven Adds Its First Cold Brew Coffee
IRVING, Texas — 7-Eleven Inc. is now offering its own version of cold brew coffee.
For a limited time, its proprietary Cold Brew Iced Coffee is available at 99 cents for a 16-ounce cup. The suggested retail price following the launch period will be $1.69 per cup.
Cold brew coffee is made using room temperature or cold water in a process that takes 12 to 24 hours to reach optimal brew strength. Due to being made without heat, cold brew coffee has a lower acidity level and a smoother, naturally sweet taste.
"Because of the long steeping process and different grind size of the coffee beans, cold brew almost has a craft appeal with a smoother, richer flavor," said Jacob Barnes, 7-Eleven senior category manager for cold beverages. "For millennials and Gen Z-ers, it's a modern day soda or milkshake."
7-Eleven customers can customize their Cold Brew Iced Coffee with their choice of creamers, sweeteners, toppings and syrups. The retailer expects the new brew to be particularly popular during the summer months, when hot coffee sales are typically slower.
"Hot coffee is primarily a morning, on-your-way-to-work drink," Barnes said. "Some people do choose cold over hot in the mornings, but many enjoy drinking iced coffee much more casually and leisurely than they do hot coffee — later in the day and on weekends. 7-Eleven stores are a beverage destination for millions, and we do that by watching trends and offering the drinks customers want, whenever they want."
The addition of cold brew is part of 7-Eleven's efforts to meet and exceed thirsty consumers' expectations by offering high quality beverages typically found in high-end supermarkets and specialty retailers, the company said.
"With health and wellness at the forefront of consumers' minds, customers looking for healthier choices have lots of options at 7-Eleven stores," Barnes noted.
Based in Irving, 7-Eleven operates, franchises and/or licenses more than 66,000 stores in 17 countries, including 11,600 in North America.


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21st century is known for business Globalization era. Everyone wants to capture large market share of world, this produces concept like competitive market and trade war. In this competitive world and Industry 4.0 era, if any manufacturing industry wants to sustain in the market, then it wants to achieve success on two important concepts, that are 1) Time to launch the product in the market and 2)Cost reduction in product. If we achieved both then we can capture a large market share and get the maximum benefit of it.
Article: Benefits of launching a product early in the market. (Time-To-Market)
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is the management science of product data from its concept or idea generation to the disposal of the product. It is a philosophy of data and works management. PLM is an evolution of Product Data Management (PDM). Earlier in PDM, we manage data related to production phase only. Now a day's PDM broaden its wings and it's become PLM which manage the whole lifecycle of the product. PLM includes management of design data, Quality management, process management, portfolio management, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and management of whole things which are related to the product.
Do you know how much parts (small parts also nuts and bolts) Boeing 777 aeroplane contains? simple way google it .
(click below link to see)
Total parts of Boeing 777 Aeroplane , almost 3 million parts.
PLM system helps them to manage these parts data in an efficient way. The base of any PLM system is on the basis of data management concepts. To manage this 3 million parts is a very cumbersome task. If we want to change one part's dimension and size then think about how much parts related to it may get affected. To manage this PLM philosophy plays a crucial role in it.
There are many definitions are on the internet but, I like one definition from CIMdata's research paper which covers all aspects of PLM is as follows
"A strategic business approach that applies a consistent set of business solutions in support of the collaborative creation, management, dissemination, and use of product definition information across the extended enterprise from concept to end of life—integrating people, processes, business systems, and information."
Reference from: CIMDATAwww.cimdata.com
There is also a misconception about PLM that 'PLM concept is related to software field' It is not a software, it is a philosophy on which many software are build like Aras, PTCWindchill, Enovia, Teamcenter, AgilePLM, SAPPLM etc.


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St Helen's Harvest Celebration
in General
We had a fantastic Harvest celebration in St Helen's church yesterday. Each of the classes shared with us about harvest and what it means to them and the children brought in a huge amount of produce which will be distributed to the homeless in Bristol. We were particularly fortunate to have a special guest, Patrick, […]


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The Learning Council Blog
Galician Folk Music
Arts for All sponsored a delightful Galician Folk Music concert at Paonia Elementary School on February 16 for 1-6th grade students as well as Paonia High School students who study Spanish and Music.
Walk With Me
The Learning Council hosted a Valentine gift offering to the community of a screening of the film Walk With Me. This film documented the life of Buddhist Monks and Nuns who live with Thich Nhat Hanh at Plum Village in France.
Livestock Infrastructure
Ben Gillespie, Emily Hartnett and Jake Gray discussed Livestock Infrastructure. The group visited the animals at The Living Farm in their homes and viewed practical and economical ways to care for and contain animals.
Silk Road
The Silk Road was performed at the Paonia Elementary School by Marcin Arendt on violin, Kimberly Patterson cello, Benjamin De Kock Double Bass and David Alderdice on Drums.
Harvest Moon Dinner
The Learning Council served over 100 people at Harvest Moon Dinner, a farm to table feast at Edesia Community Kitchen on October 4, 2017.
Celebration of National Public Lands Day
The Learning Council was glad to team up with the Paonia Ranger District, The Nature Connection, The Western Slope Conservation Center, Interpretive Association of Western Colorado, BLM, Conservation Legacy, Americorps and Recreational Resource Management to participate in the Celebration of National Public Lands Day at beautiful Lost Lake.
Festival of Courage
Peace and Plenty Farm hosted the Festival of Courage for North Fork School of Integrated Studies families and community members to celebrate this bountiful time of year, the power of the sun, and to gather strength to move forward to the dark time of year.
Cultivating Heirloom Grain
The Learning Council and VOGA teamed up to offer a class on cultivating heirloom grain, at Thistle Whistle Farm in Hotchkiss.


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Pianist Alicia de Larrocha, who played Grandos' music like nobody's business
Today's Composer Birthday double bill features Mauro Giuliani and Enrique Granados.
Historically speaking, I wish there were far more classical guitar composers as part of the standard repertoire (Issac Albeniz, Agustin Barrios, and Andres Sevogia come to mind) and I wish they were as famous as the composers of the usual instrumentalists (Beethoven, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, who composed for violin, cello, piano, etc.). There is SO much great guitar music out there, long before folk and rock made it a standard instrument of the modern times.
Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani (is that a colourful name, or what?) was an Italian leading guitar virtuoso during the early classical period, and took to the guitar after studies in the cello. In a sense, he was one of the first "rock stars" of the guitar, right down to his personal life (he married, had a son, then moved alone to Vienna, Austria, and took up with another woman and fathered four daughters with her) and hit the road, touring, achieving great success and acclaim for his virtuosity. He was a celebrity. Giuliani also created a new role for the guitar in the European tradition. He knew Rossini and Beethoven, and collaborated with the Viennese musical elite. This lead to important appearances, such as billing as the official concert artist for the celebrations of the Congress in Vienna. He also played the cello for the world premiere of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 (can you imagine?).
As a composer, Guiliani's success was not as great as his performing career. A turn in Rome did not achieve much; he then visited Naples to see his ailing father. There, where he remained, he found his audience, and published his works for guitar. He gained enough of a local reputation that when he died in Naples, it was major news.
Marcin Dylla performs the Sonata in C Major, Op. 15. Unlike most instruments, it doesn't require a piano accompaniment as is custom in the traditional classical sonata.
Mauro Giuliano was born July 26, 1781 in Bisceglie, Italy, and died May 8, 1828, in Naples.
Because I grew up hearing and practising a lot of the standard repertoire for classical piano, whenever I got the chance to play anything outside of the strict classical code, I jumped at it. Also, I've always been drawn to the Spanish culture; I studied flamenco dancing for a few years, and absolutely loved it, and travelled to Cadiz, Rota, and Madrid when I was a teenager. When I started the rep for RCM's grade 9, I was excited when my teacher suggested the Danza Espanola: Andaluza. This work transported me and my active imagination to a warm evening in Spain, at a tablao where dancers stomped and twirled, guitarists strummed, and the wine ever flowed.
Enrique Granados was a concert pianist and composer, and combined music from Spain along with traditional classical forms. He was on tour when his ship to England was torpedoed by the Germans during World War I. The ship broke apart into two pieces; one half sank, and the other was towed back to shore. If only Granados and his wife stayed on board, they would have survived the horrible ordeal. They left behind six children.
The most famous of all Spanish music interpreters would have to be pianist Alicia de Larrocha. She was absolutely tiny, and I have no idea with her small hands how she managed the second Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto, which I saw her perform with the Vancouver Symphony about 30 years ago. At any rate, she was a master of Granados, and I, also with small hands, was able to play this Andaluza and I performed it for my piano exam. I'm lucky I had this opportunity.
Enrique Granados was born July 27, 1867 in Lleida, Spain, and died March 24, 1916, in the English Channel.