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Better Security
Data corruption or loss can cripple your business and bring it temporarily to its knees, or worse still cause permanent damage. Hackers, viruses and malware are all out to sabotage your data which is why your anti-virus software needs to be ahead of the game. Using outdated equipment means you are more prone to system crashes potentially resulting in a loss of data. Updated security functions are constantly added to software, so to run old software means the safety of your data is at risk.With all these risks out there, keeping your equipment and software up to date seems a necessary investment in the security of your business.
Improved performance
Outdated technology impacts upon the performance of both your equipment and your staff. Frustrations caused by slow equipment, downtime, data loss and delays can affect staff morale, service provision and ultimately impact upon your productivity and the viability of your business.
In a rapidly changing technological world, lacking the technology to operate your business remotely and enabling a mobile workforce will see your competitors edge ahead. Keeping abreast of technological advancements means you can be quick to adopt new and better technology to keep your business at the forefront.
Increased productivity
In business, time is money. Can you afford to waste time waiting on slow technology, fixing problems, recovering lost data and finding work-arounds? While updating your equipment and software may be a costly component of your budget, it has to be weighed up against decreasing productivity and the impact on your bottom line. Creating a technologically advanced environment for your staff to work in can result in improved performance and productivity.
Protecting your image
Presenting a professional image is an important aspect of client relations. In today's digitally advanced world, it is expected that businesses will use up-to-date equipment and be switched on to all technological tools. Sending your staff out to deal with clients using the latest hardware operating the latest software will give you a professional edge.
Can you afford the latest technology?
When you consider the inherent risks and associated costs of running old software and outdated equipment, you have to ask yourself if you can afford not to upgrade? But new technology doesn't have to break the bank. At JB Hi-Fi you will find a vast range of all the major brands delivering the latest laptops, desktops, tablets, printers, scanners, photocopiers and software to keep your business functioning optimally. Our All-in-one and 2-in-1 laptops and desktops can be a cost-effective way to save on your new computer setup, while a selection of tablets such as Apple iPads, Microsoft Surface, Samsung Galaxy and Android tablets can keep your business operating in today's mobile business environment.
The importance of updated software
At JB Hi-Fi you can find all the latest operating systems, security and anti-virus software along with accounting software to ensure the optimal management and safety of your business. So stay in the loop, update with reasonable regularity, and consider it an investment in the ongoing viability of your business.


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Letters to the Editor
Religious freedom? Follow the money
I wish Indiana governor Mike Pence had called the bluff of Walmart and other retailers over taking their business elsewhere because of the recently enacted law regarding alleged religious "freedom."
It would have been interesting to see if big businesses would really forgo a sizable market over this issue (which would be the moral thing to do, but this is about big business — not something known to intersect with morality very often).
It would have been even more interesting to see them do it and put in peril the jobs of thousands. I wondered, when confronted with a massive negative economic impact, how long this "religious freedom" nonsense would last, given the back-peddling, not long.
My prediction on same-sex marriage: a Supreme Court decision will rule that marriage is a religious sacrament, not a legal contract and that civil unions are the legal standard.
People should be free to worship, believe, profess faith as they choose — none of it has any legal standing beyond the end of your nose. Religions are free to accept or decline homosexuals (or anyone — this is the practicality of it). But don't hide under Jesus' sandals claiming religious freedom when your goal is simply to discriminate.
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Croatia – Land of Beautiful Coasts and Charming Cities
Our little boat had set out from Dubrovnik for the Elafiti Islands. The sun was shining as we carved our way through the azure sea to our first island, Kolocep. It is the smallest of the three main islands and car free. This should be a bonus except that no cars here also meant no signposts. We had just one hour to explore. I walked for thirty minutes during which time I found a pretty stone church dedicated to Saint Nicholas. I followed a track that indicated it lead to another church. I could not find the church and turned back intending to re-trace my steps. I was sure I had followed a single track and was dismayed to find, after a short distance, a junction with four options. I thought I had chosen the path that went downhill but it actually took me up to the highest point of the island. The views were amazing and I just had to stop and take a photo. I could see my boat. A small dot on the wrong side of the harbour way below me. I had just ten minutes to get there. I dived down the first track I found. It took me through a small holding, across the patio of a house and into an olive grove. The path suddenly petered out and a solid fence barred my way. Some people were working there and I asked for directions. A smartly dressed lady understood that I needed to get to the port quickly. She slid a section of the fence to one side and motioned me to follow her. I stepped through. We crossed a path and she unlocked a gate and I followed her through that wondering where I was. I had gate-crashed the luxury hotel by the harbour! I raced between the sun beds strewn around the pool – probably spattering the occupants with the sweat that was now pouring off me – and galloped down a flight of steps to the harbour. I sprinted around it to our boat and arrived just four minutes late.
Even tour leaders can get lost but I was greeted by a frosty silence. But it soon thawed as we settled down to enjoy the beautiful coastline of Croatia. We had started our tour in Split. Whatever the origin of the name (a broom-like yellow shrub that grows in the area I believe) it is definitely a town of two halves. The amazing palace built by the Emperor Diocletian and Marjan Park that spreads across the hill that rises up behind the town. Diocletian's Palace has been absorbed into the old town of Split. The main buildings are empty but the peripheral buildings are still occupied and line the narrow cobbled streets. Emerging from the old town visitors can stroll along the wide Riva, past the Venetian style Prokurative or Republic Square and into the Marjan Park. From the top of Marjan Hill there are lovely views of the town below.
Trogir is a pretty island town that features a cathedral with a bell tower. I love climbing up to belfries but this was quite a challenge. Several sets of randomly placed stairs got narrower as I neared the top and finally I had to remove my rucksack and push it through the narrow hole before crawling through myself. A howling wind then pinned me to the wall – thank goodness for the fine mesh over the openings that prevented me from joining the pigeons perched outside. Below me I could see the main square, home to the Town Hall and Saint Sebastian's Church. Beyond the square I could see the old defences of the town.
From the coastal road that snakes above Dubrovnik the town looks like a fairy tale citadel sheltering behind its circle of walls. There is so much to do in this lovely city. Stroll through its narrow bustling streets browsing the shops and maybe visiting a museum such as the old pharmacy. Go up a level and walk around the walls. A cable car takes visitors to the escarpment above the town for great views of the city below. A three tier experience.
Croatia is definitely emerging as a popular tourist destination as it offers a good variety of sightseeing and adventure.
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A Quick Stop in Kuala Lumpur
After a full week in Thailand, I made a quick stop in Kuala Lumpur (KL) to meet with a reseller of our products, and one of our customers. It was basically a 36 hour stop, as I have to get home for my trip back to Toronto for my gallery opening.Read More
On my way to Bangkok
A short stopover in Seoul on my way to Bangkok.Read More
NW Road Trip Day 7
The last day of my roadtrip across a good piece of the Pacific Northwest lived up to expectations. It was a pretty amazing trip, and one I hope to do many times in the future.Read More
NW Road Trip Day 6
My second day at Mount Rainier delivered some amazing sights, and some of my best pictures from the whole trip.Read More
NW Road Trip Day 5
The weather interfered with my plans, driving me away from the coast and inland towards Mount Rainier National Park. It ended up being an excellent change of plans.Read More
NW Road Trip Day 4
Day 4 took me up the Oregon Coast.Read More
NW Road Trip Day 3
Day 3 took me from Oregon into California, with stops at a couple of national landmarks along the way.Read More
NW Road Trip Day 2
Day 2 of my epic road trip. Some great pics today.Read More
NW Road Trip Day 1
The first day of my road trip was uneventful. It took me through Olympia and into Oregon, before I stopped for the night.Read More
Northwest Road Trip
Overview of the trip I just made through Washington and Oregon.Read More
A Visit with Ethan
I spent a couple of days of my visit with Lisa, Jamie and Ethan.Read More
One of our favourite things to do in Maui is to snorkel. The fish life is amazing, and you always see turtles. This post collects some pics from two of the snorkeling trips we did.Read More
Our Wedding
The big day - our wedding in Maui!Read More
Whale Watching
The morning of our wedding, and we headed off ofr a whale watching adventure.Read More
Olympic National Park
With Justine travelling, I took a quick road trip out to the Olympic National Park in Washington State.Read More


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... these two Steiff "Jumbo" elephants are so special to her. Click here to go to the blog or you can find the text below.
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Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
Continuous casting of steel is currently a predominant production method of steel, which is used for more than 95% of the total world steel production. An effort of steelmakers is to cast high-quality steel with a desired structure and with a minimum number of defects, which reduce the productivity. The paper presents our developed GPU-based heat transfer and solidification model for continuous casting, which is coupled with a submodel used for the prediction of the steel micro-structure. The model is implemented in CUDA/C++, which allows for rapid computing on NVIDIA GPUs. The time-dependent temperature distribution calculated by the thermal model is iteratively passed to the submodel for the steel micro-structure prediction. The structural submodel determines the spatially-dependent rates of temperature change in the strand, for which the interdendritic solidification model IDS predicts the micro-structure of steel. The paper presents preliminary simulation results for the steel grade used for pressure vessel plates, which is sensitive to rapid cooling rates.
Country-Specific Mortality and Growth Failure in Infancy and Yound Children and
Association With Material Stature
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I've always wanted to try Blue Apron and other companies of the sort, but they just seem so expensive. Imagine my excitement when I came across a Groupon for Blue Apron which made the pricing about $6 a meal!
Incase you don't know, Blue Apron is a weekly meal delivery service. You subscribe to their service and they send you all of the ingredients for meals for 2 or 4 people and then you cook the meal yourself. The normal price is about $60 for 3 meals for 2 people ($10 per meal). Along with the box they send all of the ingredients, normally the exact amount you need, as well as recipes for each meal. Each week they come out with a new menu and you are able to pick which meals you like, although for some reason there are some combinations of meals you aren't able to get. We were able to get all the meals we wanted though so the combo thing didn't bother me.
So let's get to my experience.
I came home to a big exciting box full of ingredients. On top were the three recipe cards and inside were the ingredients for each of the recipes. Each little portioned bag had a sticker on it saying what it was, so it was easy to figure out which ingredients went with which recipe. Everything was still cold and there were 2 large ice packs in the box, so I'm sure the food would've been safe for a few more hours for those who don't get home until later in the evening. I didn't get home until about 7:30pm the night the box arrived, so I decided I wanted to make the easiest recipe, which I decided was the Spinach Pesto Gnocchi.
I gathered all of the ingredients, as well as the bag labeled "Gnocchi Knick Knacks". In that bag were smaller portioned ingredients like 2 Tbsp butter, some chopped almonds, capers, and parmesan cheese. I was really surprised at how simple the recipe was. The sauce just involved cooking some spinach and then chopping and mixing. The rest was just boiling the gnocchi and cooking the asparagus a little. It was so easy even my boyfriend could do it! (sorry Sam).
Overall I think the meal turned out really well. It wasn't the most flavorful pesto sauce, probably because it was made with spinach instead of basil, but I still really enjoyed it. The only thing I would say is that the portion size wasn't big enough for my boyfriend. We ended up making some mozzarella sticks with it and it was the perfect meal.
Next I made the Chicken Steam Buns. I was pretty excited for these because the picture looks so good. This was another super simple recipe. I just had to sautéed the ground chicken, marinade the veggies, and steam the buns. This was actually my first time ever steaming anything so that was exciting… not that that's something that's difficult. I did encounter a little problem with this recipe though… they sent me a bad cucumber!
We looked it up and it looks like the cucumber could have been over-chilled. So maybe it was up against the ice pack? I don't know, either way we had to go get another cucumber. But none the less the meal itself was delicious. My picture didn't come out nearly as pretty as recipe pictures, but it tasted better than it looked. And just like the first recipe, it was super easy!
The last meal was Beef Tartines, which are open faced beef sandwiches with a side of zucchini. I was looking forward to these least but actually ended up loving them. I also waited a few days to make this and all of the ingredients stayed nice and fresh. Like the other two recipes, this was very simple and didn't take me more than about 30 minutes.
So in conclusion:
Food tasted delicious
Good price (with Groupon)
Healthy (for the most part)
Pre-portioned ingredients make cooking much quicker and easier
New menus every week
All recipes were very easy and fairly quick
Some meals were not large enough portions for a guy or anyone who might eat more than the average adult
Bad cucumber
A little pricey (without the Groupon)
Limited nutrition (only provided rough calorie count)
Overall I had a great experience with Blue Apron. While I can't afford to get it every week, I would definitely suggest it for those who can, that want to make cooking a little easier. It's also a fun way to mix it up. I know I can get stuck in a rut making the same things every week.
Have you tried Blue Apron or any other meal delivery services? Which is your favorite? I've also ordered Plated and Hello Fresh, so look out for reviews on the blog soon!


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Swivel Desk Chair for Office
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Boise company can sue Idaho over tax incentives that aided its competitor
George Gersema talks tax breaks
The Idaho Supreme Court on Friday restored a lawsuit against the state of Idaho over a tax incentive program for new or expanding companies.
Employers Resource Management Co. of Boise sued in 2016 after officials gave a tax incentive to Paylocity, an Illinois company and competitor establishing a new office here.
The incentive came through the state's Tax Reimbursement Incentive Program, created by the Legislature in 2014. In this case, Idaho agreed to refund Paylocity $6.5 million in income, payroll and sales tax over 15 years.
George Gersema, founder and CEO of Employers Resource, thought it unfair that state officials gave such an advantage to a competitor.
"Not only does Paylocity get my tax dollars, now I have to compete with them for employees, since they do much of the same kind of work I do," he told the Statesman in January 2016. "Well, gee whiz, thank you, Legislature of the state of Idaho. Thank you very much."
Two months later, he sued Megan Ronk, director of the Idaho Department of Commerce. But Ada County 4th District Judge Samuel Hoagland dismissed the lawsuit, concluding Gersema's company didn't have standing to pursue it.
That's not the case, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled.
The justices did not remark on the merits of Gersema's suit, saying only that the case meets the court's requirements to proceed. The government's action on behalf of Paylocity gave Employers Resource some standing, the court's opinion states.
"In our view, increased competition — so long as it is on a level playing field — does not provide a basis for judicial intervention," the opinion states. "That is not the case, however, when there is governmental action that alters the competitive landscape by providing an advantage to an economic competitor."
The lawsuit now returns to district court.
Ruth Brown: 208-377-6207, @RuthBrownNews


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Here is a readers' theatre setting of Romans 13: 8-14, one of the suggested scripture texts for September 4, 2011 (the twelfth Sunday after Pentecost).
Readers' Theatre
(based on Romans 13: 8-14)
One: Brothers and sisters,
don't owe anyone anything—
with one exception: love.
Love is a debt which never ends,
because love fulfills all the requirements of God's law.
For the commands given in Scripture say:
Two: Do not commit adultery,
do not murder,
do not take what is not yours,
do not envy your neighbour.
One: These commands, and others like them,
can all be summed up in this one commandment:
Two: Love your neighbour as yourself.
One: Love does no wrong to others.
In fact, love achieves everything the law requires.
Two: This is all the more urgent,
because of the times we are living in.
It is time to wake up and see what is right before your eyes.
Salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.
One: The night is almost over,
and the day of salvation will soon be here.
Two: So remove the deeds of your old, dark life like dirty clothes,
and put on the shining armor of right living.
We belong to the day,
so we should live lives of decency and goodness for all to see.
One: Don't fall into patterns of dark living:
wild parties, drunkenness, sexual depravity,
immoral living, quarreling and jealousy.
Two: Instead, clothe yourselves with the presence
of the Lord Jesus Christ,
putting aside thoughts of how to indulge your sinful desires.
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Recently Vice met up with Mike Posner (rapper, producer, owner of a pretty decent beard) to talk about what it takes to make a classic. Working with huge artists such as Lil Wayne and some guy called Justin Bieber (anyone? No?) you would expect that money has a big part to play in the process, but it seems that passion and being creative are the key ingredients to his work. That and a healthy work ethic.
This drive and passion really struck a chord with Reebok, who subsequently got Posner involved with the launch of their latest product, the Reebok Classic RealFlex Racer, which is only available in Foot Locker (Europe) and based on Reebok's original sports technology - The RealFlex
Check out the video below to get an understanding of what we're talking about! Hopefully it will inspire you to create some music yourself, that or buy some new trainers!


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Over the last few months I have decided to participate in some breast cancer support group activities – something I haven't done since I was diagnosed over a year a go. In fact, it was on my one year cancerversary that I set off with my best friend to a yoga retreat specifically for young women with metastatic breast cancer.
I was scared shitless – I had yet to meet someone my age with breast cancer let alone metastatic. I didn't know how I would feel to be surrounded by others in a similar situation, but I thought it was time for me to try something like this out.
The weekend was titled Stretch Heal Grow and was started by this amazing woman who is living with stage 4 breast cancer. Rethink Breast Cancer put on the weekend. It took place at the Trillium Resort and Spa in Muskoka – the scenery was stunning and the accommodations were wonderful. The food was great and the yoga was so relaxing. The weekend was a perfect combination of planned yoga and circle time along with free time to enjoy the spa and the brisk outdoors – I really felt relaxed and rested.
However, it was hard to see these other young women living with this disease, along with their caregiver for the weekend, who too are dealing with cancer, only in a different way. I left there feeling relaxed but sad. Sad that there are too many of us in the same boat.
This yoga retreat was like the perfect pitch – I swung and made contact, but it went foul. I wanted to hit it out of the park, but the sadness I felt on the way home made the count 0 – 1. Strike 1!
The following weekend I attended the Young Survival Coalition in Houston. This is a US organization dedicated to young women living with breast cancer – no matter what stage. At registration you picked up a lanyard to represent your breast cancer story (newly diagnosed, 5 year survivor, 10 year survivor, metastatic, etc.). I picked up the maroon lanyard which represents metastatic and soon began seeing other young women with the same coloured lanyard.
As I was on my own, I joined a table at the opening session where two other women had a maroon lanyard. They were lovely and as we began chatting the conversation seemed to go how all conversations go when you meet someone else with metastatic breast cancer:
Is this a recurrence?
Where are your mets (meaning where has your cancer spread to)?
How long since you were diagnosed as stage 4?
The last question is the one that I always hang onto – I want to hear numbers like 5, 10, 15, 20, however I find 5 years is not uncommon, but 10 is shocking to hear. This is hard data to digest. I always think what age that would put me at, but what I find hardest is thinking how old Taylor would be – always leaving him way to young to lose his mommy.
I did however attend one session where the oncologist presenting said that women with metastatic breast cancer can live decades – it almost made the weekend worth it. However, sessions like 'Leaving a Legacy' do not give me the warm fuzzy feeling I'm looking for from a support group.
Strike 2!
This brings me to the Living Beyond Breast Cancer Metastatic Conference that took place this past weekend in Philadelphia. The two girls I met in Houston suggested I attend with them, so I did. I had a wonderful time with them, as they are positive, funny, and have the same beliefs as I do, however, the conference overall didn't leave me with a skip in my step.
In fact, on one of the days, some of the attendees organized a Die-In to represent the 108 women who die every day in the US from metastatic breast cancer. This is not something I could bring myself to participate in – I think the message they wanted to get across was powerful and important, but lying down and "dying" made things a little too real for me. I don't want to lie down and die and I know that is not how they intended it to be perceived, but as a young woman with this disease I want to stand up and represent the many other women who are still here.
Strike 3 – you're out!!!
This is not to say I don't want to get involved and engage in metastatic breast cancer activities – I just need to really assess which ones benefit me. I also don't want to sound like I'm poo-pooing on these organizations who are doing wonderful things in the world of breast cancer, I just don't think it is right for me. I gave it a go and through it I did learn a lot about treatments coming down the pipeline, managing stress and anxiety that comes with stage 4 breast cancer, and most importantly, met some AMAZING women, so I'm incredibly thankful for that. I hope to keep in touch with these women for a very long time, because that's how long I plan to be around!


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Pearlstone Center for Aeronautical Engineering Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Beer Sheva, Israel
A parametric study was conducted regarding the effects of the initial carbon concentration, the initial carbon particle diameter, the shock wave Mach number and the preshock suspension pressure on the suspension behavior in the relaxation zone. The suspension was composed of oxygen gas seeded with small carbon particles. It was found that changing either the initial carbon concentration or the shock wave Mach number has a marked effect on the suspension behavior in the relaxation zone and on the eventually reached postshock equilibrium state. Changes in the initial carbon particle diameter (at a constant shock wave Mach number and carbon concentration) has no effect on the postshock equilibrium state, but it does affect the way in which the suspension reaches this equilibrium state. Changes in the preshock suspension pressure has only minor effects on the suspension behavior in the relaxation zone.
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Carol Graham
"There is a huge amount of talent working across our industry and to be part of The Drum Marketing Awards is incredibly exciting. I'm looking for campaigns that not only impress with their creativity, but excite the audience and deliver real, tangible benefits to the business. Standing out for the right reasons whilst staying true to the brand is key."
Carol Graham is Marketing Director at Graham's The Family Dairy, Scotland's largest independent dairy business operating since 1939, and is the granddaughter of the company's founder.
She joined the family business in 1996 and became Marketing Director and a Company Board Director in 2006, overseeing a six-figure rebranding exercise which resulted in considerable commercial success. Graham's is now recognised as the number 1 Scottish dairy brand and Number 1 Scottish food brand.
Carol has been personally recognised throughout her career by industry leaders, and rewarded with accolades as a fitting tribute to her prowess. Most recently, Carol was awarded the highly coveted Marketing Star of the Year Award at the 2016 Marketing Society Star Awards.


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Hello! I guess I havent been here for a while. Truth be told, I have been swamped with activities for the past couple of weeks. Semester 2 started and there was UMAT looming upon me, after that passed, it was all the catching up that needed to be done, now it's the mid term tests that needed to be aced after that it would be the crazy catching up that needed to be done again. Seemed to me that these few months will be a stream of endless things that needed to be done.
At the same time, July/August are the months where OMSA activities are at its peak. In the past few weeks I performed for ICC cultural night (we came in 2nd woohoo!) where I did the make up for the whole team (with help from a couple of friends of course). It was the first time Ive ever done stage make up on myself and other people! My own makeup didn't look that great as I was rushing (it was going to be our turn to perform soon by then). I was proud that I managed to succeed, not bad for someone who only started with all these make up experimenting less than a year ago! A week after that I performed for Fiesta Malaysia where I danced the Melanau dance (all by myself!!) in the middle of Octagon. Needless to say, I was terrified because I was always used to people dancing with me for the Melanau dance (originally there were 4 girls, this Melanau dance is a part of the Opening dance for Malam Malaysia), I was afraid that I was to screw up and make a fool out of myself. Ive only started dancing last year and have never ever danced solo in front of a crowd before. Thankfully, I did well. I guess that's something I can check off my (non-existing) bucket list!
Im extremely thankful for all the wonderful things Ive achieved these 2 months, but in order to keep up with my studies Ive been having sleepless nights and spending days and nights in the library. I guess there's just this much your body can take before your immune system finally crash. It sucks that it crashed this week when I have 2 tests due. Praise the Lord that I managed to ace my Stats test yesterday but Hubs test will be tmrw and Im kinda really screwed for that. Now, Im just questioning myself on why am i blogging when I still have so much to do!
Procrastination at its best, I guess! Time to stuff more facts on the Cardiovascular & Respiratory System in my head now. Ta!


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|Upper Nicola Church near Merritt, BC
While on the quest for Vintage finds, there are always some photos that transpire. I love taking photos & always have. Its just a small little hobby that I like to do for myself, & also have been learning to edit these photos. I entered many of them into the Local Fall Fair for 2011 & did relatively well to Ribbon in all but 2 out of 14.
|Fort Langley, BC
|Claysmore, Alberta.
|St. Walburg, Sask.
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|Family Collection at home.
|Quilchena General Store, Near Merritt, BC
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I went to the opening of the Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival on Friday night and was very impressed. There were so many friendly people and Warrington Museum and Art Gallery is such a lovely venue. You have to walk through the museum to get to the gallery, and the museum is a real treasure trove. The Exhibition was over three venues, and my piece was in the main gallery, attached to the museum. If you read my earlier post about my disappointment over where the piece was displayed at the Chapel Gallery, then this was just the opposite. It was on a white wall, surrounded by space and lit by its own spotlight. It looked so beautiful, all the metallic threads sparkling and twinkling, just as I knew they would. Lots of people stood looking at it, so although I didn't win I was just so happy.
In previous posts I have mentioned that I use techniques taught to me on workshops with Dionne Swift, and on Friday night I mentioned her name so many times while explaining how I had made the quilt that I thought I would introduce her to you in this post and explain how meeting her and learning from her proved to be very fortuitous for me and the progression of my work.
Dionne is an artist who uses dyeing, printing and devoré to create her own subtle interpretation of the Yorkshire Moors and Valleys. Over the years she has studied and experimented with these techniques and made them her own. She uses them to create sensitive, nuanced and compelling contemporary textile art. I first met her in 2010 at a time when I was in the creative doldrums. My friend Claire spotted her workshops advertised in Huddersfield and suggested we use them as an opportunity to meet up. Dionne was running a monthly creative workshop at the time called "Workshop Wednesdays". These turned out to be the perfect remedy to my doldrums, consisting of a return to basic techniques for unlocking creativity, plus learning new fabric printing and dyeing techniques and an introduction to devoré. The devoré turned out to be the catalyst (or even catapult) my work needed to progress.
Going right back to my Embroidery City and Guilds in the late nineties, my work has included ripples and erosion, which I have tried to embed into my pieces using the destructive processes of ripping, burning, melting, cutting and any other way I could think of to create the effect of erosion. My Final Collection at Bradford College in 2009 "Cherished Lost, Broken and Found" was the start of my ongoing exploration into fragmenting memories. To me memory is not a constant; it flows and erodes through time, symbolised by my attempts to create the effect of ripples and erosion. My creative doldrums came about because I couldn't find a way to pull all this together creatively.
And that is when Dionne Swift's devoré techniques and workshops exploded my creative malaise and led me to experiment, applying techniques learnt in her workshops to my extensively worked and layered embroidery. The combining of devoré and thermofax printing has enabled me to continue to be destructive, but in a much more controlled and subtle way and most importantly has enabled me to create repeat patterns.
In addition to sharing her many years of learning with her students, Dionne also freely shares her knowledge of running a creative business, and as a relative newcomer, just listening to her experiences and talking to her has opened my eyes to the realities and possibilities that are open to me. The most important thing I have learned from her is that absolute hard work and persistence are as essential as self belief and talent!
All images of Dionne's work reproduced with her permission. Please respect her copyright. Thanks Dionne.


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Love and Fear seems to always be my only source of inspiration for anything and everything.
Not anger nor hate, or anything else I encounter in my life.
Love, because it is beautiful in every sense of that word. When true love is reveiled, it IS beauty, and nothing not even if things turn for the worst can ruin that moment because that moment is forever and will be forever etched into our hearts.
Fear, because I fear for love. I fear to lose love, and to not receive love in return. I fear for my loved ones and loved one. I fear that somehow, something will happen, something so devastation that I could never love again.
Which in itself means that beauty is lost.
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Readers of this website know that I'm a big fan of certified used cars. In fact, I loved selling CPOs when I was Internet Manger for a major car dealer because if there were problems with the vehicle after the purchase, my customers were protected. Now, when family or friends ask if they should buy a certified vehicle, I usually give an enthusiastic "yes." The only time I don't recommend certified vehicles is when someone's budget dictates an older, high mileage car. These usually don't qualify for certification.
Hidden Benefits
Certified pre-owned vehicles meet a higher standard to begin with. Then, they are rigorously inspected, deficiencies fixed, and they are given an extended warranty from the manufacturer, not the dealer. There can be other benefits depending on the manufacturer, such as 24/7 roadside assistance, a free vehicle history report, and so on.
However, a significant benefit that can save you a ton of money is incentive financing from the manufacturer. This is when the manufacturer offers a low APR for qualifying buyers of their certified used cars. Let's take two current examples. GM if offering 1.9 percent on loans on a wide range of GM certified used vehicles. Acura is offering 0.9 percent for a 24 month loan, and up to 2.9 percent for a 60 month loan on various Acura certified models.
Money Saved
"So what's a few points on a car loan," you ask? As it turns out, there can be real savings for the end consumer. Remember that used car buyers generally pay a higher interest rate on loans than new car buyers. Let's say you qualify for a regular used car loan at 6.99 percent. You're borrowing $15,000 over five years or 60 months. Your monthly payment is $297.
Then you find out the certified used car you want to purchase qualifies for a 1.9 percent loan through the manufacturer's lending arm. The same $15,000 loan over 60 months now cost $263 a month. That's a difference of $34 dollars. How much do you save over the term of the loan? $34 times 60 months comes out to $2040. What if you could have negotiated two thousand dollars off the selling price of the car to begin with? Doing so would have felt pretty good. Either way, the money is in your pocket and not the dealer's or the lender's bank account. Good job.
Where to LookCars.com offers a special web page that lists current incentives on certified used cars. Before buying a certified pre-owned vehicle, check their Incentives: Rebates & Financing Offers page for certified programs.


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OAKLAND — Well, that wasn"t quite what Jack Del Rio, Reggie McKenzie, Mark Davis or anybody associated with the Oakland Raiders was expecting Sunday.
Opposite of that. I mean, this was every single screaming definition of the exact totality of what the Raiders didn"t want or anticipate from Week 1, and maybe a big part of this season is broken already.
They thought they were getting ready for a focused start to the 2015 Raiders season, ready to see all the pieces clicking into place. …
Ready for some fun, really.
And what the Raiders actually delivered was a shock to the entire Silver & Black solar system, a 33-13 stinker loss to Cincinnati that had the O.co Coliseum fans booing by the second quarter.
What happened was possibly the most demoralizing Raiders loss — given the expectations for this season — in several years.
Oh, and also: Quarterback Derek Carr took a shot to his right hand, left the game wincing late in the first half and didn"t return to the game — or to the sideline or speak to reporters afterwards.
None of this looked like a minor situation, frankly; not Carr"s injury status or the Raiders" entire state of being after a summer of so much optimism.
"It"s always difficult to lose somebody and lose a game," receiver Michael Crabtree said succinctly.
One week in and already not very fun — and already so similar to the 12 problematic seasons that have come before this one.
Let"s put it this way: I"m quite sure Del Rio and his players didn"t expect to be pulling out their best philosophical explanations for a terrible, horrible loss so quickly into this season.
"We can"t truly beat ourselves up yet," veteran defensive lineman Justin Tuck said. "It"s one game, and it"s something we have to learn from.
"I"ve been in this league long enough to know you don"t reach your goals in the first week."
But losing like this also isn"t quite a sign that everything is all good, either.
The Raiders trailed 10-0 in a blink, then lost Carr, then trailed 24-0 at halftime, then it was all a blur.
The Raiders didn"t tackle well — the Bengals gained 396 total yards, almost all of it in the first three quarters.
The Raiders didn"t put pressure on Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton — no sacks and hardly any real pressure despite Aldon Smith"s arrival to team up with young star Khalil Mack.
The Raiders couldn"t run the ball — 63 yards on 16 carries, with a lot of early attempts going nowhere.
The Raiders couldn"t throw downfield — a paltry 4.1 yards per attempt for Carr and backup Matt McGloin, though Del Rio said the plan was to throw some deep balls.
The Raiders couldn"t do anything in a game they thought would show who they really are, and now they might not have their starting quarterback for a while.
This qualifies as an unmitigated debacle, though it"s one way to see if Del Rio is different than Dennis Allen and all the rest.
The Raiders have been shaken like this several times a year going back to 2003 and have almost never recovered from those shakes.
This is Shake No. 1 for Del Rio, right away. A big one.
"I"m just going to say I feel like today was a moment where a couple things went wrong, didn"t go well, and we had a little trouble finding ourselves," Del Rio said.
"I believe that we"ll settle down, understand the basic fundamentals that we"ve got to be able to execute to play good football. There are some basic things you"ve got to do.
"You have to leverage and tackle if you"re going to be any good on defense. It doesn"t matter what your scheme is, if you"re not leveraging and tackling, you"re going to have a hard time. I believe in that."
Del Rio has already had the big build-up, and now he already has experienced — and delivered — the massive letdown.
Now he already has his players offering up the big rationalizations.
"It"s the first game, you know? We can"t cry right now," Crabtree said. "We"ve got 15 other games. It"s the first game.
"We lost bad. We"re going to go back to the lab and do what we"ve got to do. … It ain"t the end of the world; it"s one game. Everybody"s sad, but it"s one game. We"re good."
Maybe the Raiders figure it all out in the coming days, play the game of their lives on Sunday against Baltimore and turn this around as they charge into the fall.
Maybe Carr is OK, maybe the other injured Raiders will be solid for the season, and maybe this crisis, too, will pass.
But it"s amazing that they"re already here, same as always, and that the Raiders" 2015 turnaround has to occur … one week into the 2015 season.
For more, see Tim Kawakami"s Talking Points at blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami. Contact him at email@example.com.
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L3APH is for students who would like to explore art ideas using digital photography as a medium. Students will develop skills in digital photography and computer manipulated images using professional photographic computer programs such as Photoshop. (Students can only take 2 of the 3 Visual Art Subjects at Level 3 - L3ART, L3ARD, L3APH)
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with Guest Artist Marjorie Kransberg-Talvi, violin; Mara Finkelstein, cello; Jane Harty, piano
Beethoven: 12 Variations for Cello and Piano on Mozart's "Magic Flute"
Handel-Halvorsen: Passacaglia for Violin and Cello, Op. 66
The passionate first Piano Trio from 'Brahms the Hedgehog' as he was called in the press, after his favorite watering hole.
March 24, 2019, Resonance at Soma, 3 pm


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Congratulations to Simon Bridges on becoming the new Leader of the National Party. In taking on the role, Bridges also becomes the first Māori to lead either major party in New Zealand, a significant milestone in New Zealand's history that's worth celebrating regardless of where your political loyalties lie.
Throughout the leadership campaign Bridges has talked about the need to review and renew National's approach going into the 2020 election, both from strategic and policy perspectives.
I've been vocal about the importance of the National Party doing this, as it can't be trying to re-litigate the 2017 election when 2020 rolls around. It needs to celebrate the wins from the Key/English era, but acknowledge the shortcomings and come up with a bold policy vision to address the issues that New Zealand faces. Bridges own approach seems to echo this, with him saying in his first press conference as leader that he'll look to build on the good economic policies of the past-National Government, but address shortcomings in other areas.
Since going into opposition Bridges has proven to be a thorn in the Government's side. Winning a battle of Select Committee places by catching the Government out over whether it had the numbers to elect Trevor Mallard Speaker, on the opening day of Parliament, is an example of this. Likewise, Bridges' background as a Crown prosecutor, and having sparred with both Winston Peters in Tauranga, and Jacinda Ardern on national television, means he has form going toe-to-toe with the two central figures of the new Government.
Of course being in Opposition is more than just winning Beltway battles. As Bridges himself has alluded to, National has to both hold the Government account, but also look and act like a Government-in-waiting itself. It's a hard balance to achieve, and much of what Bridges will do over the next week ahead of National's Shadow Cabinet reshuffle will be ensuring that he gets that balance right.
I look forward to seeing how Simon Bridges takes National forward over the coming weeks.


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Elizabeth Bernholz, the woman behind the enigmatic experimental electronic project Gazelle Twin, laughs out loud. "It's just me taking the piss basically," she says. "At the end of the day that's what I do with everything."
Elizabeth, chatting to us down the line from the isolated East Midlands farmhouse that is her current home, is talking about the track 'Better In My Day', one of the many idiosyncratic highlights of her imminent second album Pastoral. The track is a typically provocative affair which takes various well worn clichés and blinkered complaints from the older generation, stitching them into a sinister sounding, muttered mantra hammered home by a wall of thundering drums. Funny, certainly, but funny in a pretty terrifying kind of way.
A state of affairs which sums up quite a lot of Pastoral in fact. The theme which runs through it, in fact, is a desire to turn the idyllic 'chocolate box' image of the English countryside on its head and expose a bit of its darker side. The catalyst for the idea was Elizabeth's move from bustling Brighton to the remote farmhouse somewhere between Leicester and Grantham, Kent, that she'd lived in as a teenager. "I'd lived there for a year when I was 19 and it was really weird being back there again, because nothing there had changed at all.
"Going from living in Brighton to sitting in the same room and driving around these barren country roads and the eeriness of it all. I had to force myself to go out and take on another role, go to these mothers' groups. It was a very, very tense time, the referendum and Trump all colliding together. That is pure reality and I'm always drawn to that in whatever form. For me it cuts through the boredom, it's refreshing and odd and magical."
The sheer brutality of nature is never far away, of course, once you're embedded in the countryside, and being there with her newborn child made that all the more intense. "I've had to stop eating lamb," Elizabeth confesses. "There's a farm opposite us and the lamb's cries sound just like a baby's cries. Living quite close to farms, death is all around. You hear disturbing noises. You find severed animal limbs in your back yard."
But the vivid terror of nature is only one part of the not so quaint jigsaw that Elizabeth pieces together on Pastoral. There are the backward, warped perspectives of its inhabitants to consider, as evidenced on 'Better In My Day'. Then there's the often hidden poverty and isolation of living in rural Britain. "I don't know what I'm doing here," a desperate and bewildered vocal declares over a backdrop of idle chattering and clinking china on 'Tea Rooms', for instance.
Elizabeth chose to dispense with the traditional convention of simply expressing the album's lyrics through her own voice. Instead, using pitchshifting vocal effects and samples, she creates a whole host of female and male voices that bring the album's themes to life. "It's more like a cast really," she says, adding that the performance element of the album was never far from her mind while making it. The list of characters includes everyone from that wife beating villain of seaside children's shows Mr Punch and his infamous "that's the way to do it" catchphrase, to an ancient folk singer whose centuries old song closes the album on 'Over The Hills'. "Although he doesn't know he's on it," she laughs again.
It's as Punch, however, or an Adidas-clad, red terrorist balaclava-clad version of him that she'll be materialising as when she takes to the road to present Pastoral live. A sort of ancient jester character, she expands, present, in the Shakespearean sense of the word, prepared to point out our hypocrisies and delusions with a caustic wit.
The video to 'Hobby Horse', the first track to be released from the album, should give you an idea of what to expect.
As the track builds in momentum and its chorus – "Get on your hobby horse and get out of here" – takes hold, our heroine finds herself being urged to get out by a very angry and menacing looking member of the far right.
While she admits this is her own very particular window on the subject, "seen through the eyes of a painfully middle class white woman," the elephant in the room – or perhaps in the field might be more appropriate – is the vicious cultural divide England has been suffering since the EU referendum two years ago. It's definitely an unspoken backdrop to this re-examination of 'typical' Englishness.
"Growing up in England the countryside is seen as something very gentle and fruitful and beautiful. All that post-war stuff is wrapped up in the culture and the landscape and the idea that everything's fine. But there's a lot of grim stuff and there always has been, shades of that. It's not even real, it's a weird reproduction of Englishness that's all very surface. It seems too historical and too nice to consider actually being real."
Born in Kent but growing up in North Yorkshire before moving to Brighton then Leicestershire, Bernholz's marriage to her husband of Polish Jewish extraction led her to examine notions of the supposedly indigenous English people more closely.
"There are no English people," she declares, "we're a mongrel nation. It's so bizarre where that idea comes, the madness of it all/ I had my DNA tested and I was very, very happy when I discovered that I'm only about 1 percent English, my genetic makeup was very generic with genes from all over the place and lots of different places in central Europe."
Bernholz is the old family name of her husband Jez, an integral part of the Gazelle Twin live show as well as an artist in his own right. "He's from a Jewish family from Poland who had re-appropriated it a couple of generations back, so we took it back to make it seem less British."
Elizabeth is gearing up to take to take Gazelle Twin on the road again, something that remains close to her heart. Her move to her sister's house in Leicestershire four years ago happened because it gave her and husband Jez the financial freedom to take up tempting offers to play live that commitments in Brighton simply wouldn't allow.
"We had this opportunity to tour but we couldn't afford to do it if we'd stayed in Brighton," she says, "So we upped and left, packed in our day jobs. It was originally only supposed to be for six months but we ended up travelling all over the world because all the amazing opportunities were coming in."
After touring with Tricky in support of her debut album Unflesh, they then became part of an A/V show which brought dystopian science fiction writer JG Ballard's Kingdom Come novel to life. There are clear parallels between Kingdom Come and Pastoral, even though their frames of reference are a little different.
"He (Balllard) was fascinated with the idea of consumer culture mixed up with tribalism, all in this English suburban setting, very specific to North West London."
Undoubtedly the most high profile show of the run is an appearance at the Station Narva Festival in Narva, Estonia on the day after the album's release, September 22.
"We were interested in doing it because it seemed well suited to our general ethos being a wider arts festival. We've never been to Estonia before either so I'm looking forward to that."
Gazelle Twin shows in Poland and Romania with Tricky have been well received, and the chance to take her vision and present it in different cultures and contexts that really appeals to Elizabeth.
Thinking back to a show they played in Missouri, one of the deeply religious southern states of the US, she recalls meeting a promoter who told them he'd been disowned by his family because any attempts to veer from the path of evangelical Christianity are totally unacceptable. "It's those kind of places where we seem to have the biggest impact," she says, "places where people find it hard to access any kind of alternative voice."
Remembering that when the lights came up at the end of the show, there were people - "mainly men" - so moved by the experience they were openly weeping. Summing up, and evidently looking forward to presenting her view of the world to more culturally underserved corners of the globe soon, she says: "I think that what we were doing was a big relief for them."
'Pastoral' is released on Anti-Ghost Moon Ray on September 21. Check www.gazelletwin.com for a full list of UK and European live dates.


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Vastavam web: Union Minister Hansraj Ahir on Friday said Naxals do not believe in press or democracy and dubbed "urban Naxals" as "traitors" and "brainless". He was speaking about a statement purportedly issued earlier in the day by the proscribed CPI (Maoist) outfit, claiming responsibility for the October 30 attack in Chhattisgarh. Two police personnel and a Doordarshan cameraman were killed in the attack in the poll-bound state.
The statement claimed that it was "sad" that a Doordarshan team was caught in the ambush, resulting in the death of cameraman Achyutanand Sahu. "They might have issued the statement out of fear but it is a fact that these people (Naxals) do not believe in press and democracy. We believe that the Constitution is the holy book for us but these Maoists disrespect it," Ahir said. "Democracy is in our blood and if we want to safeguard it, we together have to put an end to Naxalism," the Union minister of state for Home Affairs added.
Ahir also criticised "urban Naxals" — a term coined for city-based sympathisers of underground Naxal outfits."There are some traitors who do not want democracy in the country. These people call themselves intellectuals, but for me, they are brainless," Ahir said.


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