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Large redware 18th century Philadelphia pipkin on legs, used for hearth cooking.
Glazed on interior and lid only, in a very dark brown glaze.
Capacity is 5 cups (1/4 quarts), 7 1/4" tall.
Pipkins should be used either near the fire or else with coals under them. They are not meant to be used over direct flame; any lick of flame may crack them.
Archaeological evidence suggests that many pipkins were sold both with and without lids -- lid being optional.
This is a new piece of pottery made in the old style, not an antique.

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[Cross-posted from the Google Enterprise Blog]
Google's multi-tenant infrastructure allows us to launch new features to our customers seamlessly, and with over 50 launches in first half of this year alone, the pace of innovation in Google Apps continues to accelerate.
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The Old George High Bickington Tel 01769 560513
A great local thatched pub with in a 15 minute walk of TTE. Perfect for a pie and pint! Relaxed pub meals in a friendly atmosphere.
The New Inn - Roborough Tel 01805 603247
Lovely pub offering posh nosh within a 7 minute drive from TTE. Offering food 7 nights a week - booking advisable.
The Rams Head - Dolton Tel 01805 804255
Fantastic food in a modern pub. Awarded a AA Rosette Award for culinary excellence 2015/2016. Only a 10 minute drive from
The Masons Arms, Knowstone Tel 01398 341231
A picturesque, thatched 13th Century Inn and Michelin Restaurant situated in the village of Knowstone. Booking essential (idea for on route to Millbrook) A 30 minute drive from Millbrook.
Fish and Chip Van Tuesdays from 4pm – 7pm on Wardens Close, High Bickington
High Bullen Hotel - Chittlehamholt Tel 01769 540561
A fine dining restaurant in our local hotel that offers stunning views across the rolling Devon hills to Exmoor. Also offering private dining for small groups. A 15 minute drive from TTE.
Weirmarsh Farm Restaurant - Umberleigh Tel 01769 560338
A dining experience - farm house dining at its best. It is only open on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings and you will be sent a menu to choose from before the evening. The meal costs under £30 for a 5 course and both wine and drinks are very reasonably priced. An 8 minute drive form TTE
Northcote Manor Hotel - Burrington Tel 01769 560501
A 10 minute drive from TTE. Offering Private Dining for up to 20 or a meal for 2 in their award winning 2 AA rosette restaurant.
Morans Thai Restaurant, Westward Ho! Tel 01237 472 070
A family run restaurant offering a delectable range of exclusive Thai cuisine. Perfect for a romantic evening meal. Just a few steps from the Westward Ho! beach. A 35 minute drive from TTE.
The Pierhouse, Westward Ho! Tel 01237 477777
Over looking the coast at Westward Ho! with fantastic views over to Lundy Island. Fantastic location for a day time meal or Sunday carvery. Booking essential. A 35 minute drive from TTE.
Tea by the Taw - Barnstaple Tel 01271 370032
A lovely lunch and Cream Tea stop on the outskirts of the town centre. Lovely cake selection and great lunches.
The Corn Dolly - South Molton Tel 01769 574249
Great for a full breakfast, lunch or just to sample their large selection of cakes!
The Tea on The Green - Westward Ho! Tel 01237 429406
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Background Members of the legume genus Lupinus exude phloem 'spontaneously' from incisions designed to the vasculature. (9%) redox legislation (8%) cell structural elements (6%) tension and defence response (6%) with fewer in various other groups. Even more prominent proteins had been cyclophilin ubiquitin a glycine-rich RNA-binding proteins several proteins that comprise a glutathione/ascorbate-based system to scavenge air radicals enzymes of glycolysis and various other fat burning capacity including methionine and ethylene synthesis. Potential A-867744 signalling macromolecules such as for example transcripts encoding protein mediating calcium level and the Flowering locus T (FT) protein were also identified. From around 330 A-867744 small RNA clones (18-25 nt) 12 were identified as probable miRNAs by homology with those from other species. miRNA composition of exudate varied with site of collection (e.g. upward versus downward translocation streams) and nutrition (e.g. phosphorus level). Conclusions This is the first inventory of macromolecule composition of phloem exudate from a species in the Fabaceae providing a basis to identify systemic signalling macromolecules with potential roles in regulating development growth and stress response of legumes. Background Vascular plants have a well developed translocation system that facilitates transport of nutrients and particularly photoassimilates between organs. This vascular system is made up of xylem and phloem conducting elements. The phloem vascular tissues in angiosperms is certainly made up of arrays of sieve component (SE)/partner cell (CC) complexes [1]. Throughout their differentiation the SE undergoes a selective autophagy which leads to break down of the nucleus and tonoplast along with lack of ribosomes Golgi and microtubules. Therefore mature SE display mostly a slim level of parietal cytoplasm with stacked endoplasmic reticulum some plastids and a small number of dilated mitochondria [2]. It is Ccr7 generally believed that this enucleate SE has lost the capacity for protein synthesis and has limited metabolic activity. CC must then participate in the maintenance and functioning of the enucleate SE [3]. Adjacent SE and CC are connected through branched plasmodesmata responsible for the exchange of small A-867744 solutes and macromolecules in the SE/CC complex [1]. Thus macromolecules identified in the mature SE are assumed to have been synthesized in and imported from an associated CC through plasmodesmatal connection [4]. Proteomic analyses of phloem exudates collected from incisions to the vasculature of a number of species that either 'bleed' spontaneously (e.g. A-867744 castor bean [5] cucurbits [6 7 and Brassica napus [8]) or in which exudation is usually aided by application of a chelator have shown a broad range of proteins a small number of which are common with those identified in phloem exudate collected by stylectomy [9]. While together these data indicate that this phloem stream contains many proteins it is not clear which of these are translocated and more importantly which have A-867744 a function dependent on their long distance transport. Numerous transcripts have been identified in phloem exudates collected not only from incisions to the A-867744 vasculature in Arabidopsis [10] melon [11] and castor bean [12] but also by stylectomy from rice [13] and barley [14 15 The presence of transcripts in phloem exudate suggests the concept of an RNA-based signalling network that functions in the control of herb development [16]. However there are few transcripts for which translocation has been demonstrated and the need for translocation established [17-20]. Functional analysis of proteins and transcripts identified in phloem exudates revealed a wide range of processes including metabolism responses to stress transport detoxification of reactive oxygen species (ROS) DNA/RNA binding signalling and protein turnover. Recent studies have also revealed the presence of small RNA molecules including microRNAs (miRNAs) in phloem exudates from cucurbits [21] Brassica napus [22] and Malus domestica (apple) [23]. There is a growing body of proof linking miRNAs to.
TRIM16 exhibits tumour suppressor features by getting together with cytoplasmic vimentin
TRIM16 exhibits tumour suppressor features by getting together with cytoplasmic vimentin and nuclear E2F1 proteins in neuroblastoma and squamous Rabbit Polyclonal to EMR3. cell carcinoma cells reducing cell migration and replication. Our data recommend a novel system by which Cut16 can promote apoptosis by straight modulating caspase-2 activity. and Cut32 Cut16 has been proven to suppress tumour development through regulatory pathways involved with development inhibition migration differentiation and apoptosis [12-14]. Cut16 was defined as an integral regulator of the retinoid anti-cancer signal in human neuroblastoma and breast cancer cell lines [12 14 TRIM16 enhanced and restored the growth inhibitory and anti-proliferative effects of retinoids through up-regulation of retinoid target genes RARβ and CYP26A1 [11 14 TRIM16 protein expression in primary tissues from human neuroblastoma and squamous cell carcinoma of skin is decreased in the more malignant phenotype [12 13 Decreased cellular proliferation and migration of neuroblastoma and squamous cell carcinoma cell lines by directly interacting with and reducing protein stability A-867744 of cytoplasmic Vimentin and nuclear E2F1 respectively [12 13 Most recently we have demonstrated that TRIM16 can heterodimerize with other TRIM proteins and has E3 ubiquitin ligase activity [16]. Enforced overexpression of TRIM16 induces apoptosis in MB-MDA-231 breast and SK-MES-1 lung cancer cells [14] however the exact mechanisms of TRIM16 involvement in the regulation of apoptosis remains unclear. In this study we show that overexpression of Cut16 induced apoptosis in malignant however not nonmalignant cells by binding to and activating caspase-2. Components and strategies Cell culture Become(2)-C cell range was gifted by Dr. J. Biedler (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Tumor Center NY). MCF7 as well as the human being embryonic kidney 293 cells (HEK 293) had been purchased through the American Type Tradition Collection. All cells had been cultured at 37?°C in 5?% CO2 as adherent monolayer in Dulbecco A-867744 customized Eagle moderate (Existence Systems) supplemented with l-glutamine and 10?% foetal leg serum. Transient transfection of plasmid DNA or siRNA Full-length human being Cut16 plasmid DNA as referred to previously [11] was useful for overexpression and transient transfections. siRNAs particular to Cut16 (Dharmacon) and caspase-2 (Dharmacon) had been useful for knock-down. A-867744 pcDNA3.1-Myc/His EV plasmid (Existence technologies) and On-Target In addition scramble RNA (Dharmacon) were used as transient transfection settings. Sequences for Cut16 siRNA had been ACCUGCAUGGUGAAUUACUUU and caspase-2 siRNA had been GCCUUGCACUCCUGAAUUU. Trypan blue exclusion cell viability assay Human being MCF7 breast cancers cells (1?×?106 cells/flask) were transfected with either Cut16-Myc/His or EV control and incubated for 24 and 48?h. At each best period stage the cells were harvested and blended with trypan blue. Viable cells had been counted on the haemocytometer. TUNEL apoptosis assay Cut16 overexpressing or EV transiently transfected (control) MCF7 Become(2)-C and HEK293 cells had been stained with TUNEL TMR dye using the In Situ Cell Loss of life Detection Package (Roche) based on the manufacturer's process. Samples had been analysed using IF microscopy having a Zeiss Axiovert 200?M fluorescent microscope coupled for an AxioCamMR3 camcorder and driven from the Axio eyesight software program. TUNEL positive cells had been counted in each test for quantification. Western immunoblot analysis and antibodies Whole cell lysates were obtained with NP-40 cell lysis buffer (50?mM Tris-HCl pH 8.0 150 NaCl 1 (v/v) IGEPAL). To isolate and separate cytosolic and mitochondrial proteins the mitochondrial isolation kit (Thermo Scientific) was used according to the manufacturer's protocol. Protein concentrations were measured with the BCA protein assay (Thermo Scientific). A final total of 20?μg whole cell protein extracts were loaded onto 4-20?% Criterion Tris-HCl gels (Bio-Rad) and then transferred onto nitrocellulose membranes for antibody detection. Antibodies used for Western immunoblots were mouse monoclonal antibodies for Myc-tag; A-867744 1:4 0 (Cell Signalling Technologies) and GAPDH; 1:10 0 (Abcam). Rabbit polyclonal antibodies were for caspase-2; 1:500 (Abcam) cytochrome values <0.05 were considered statistical significant. GraphPad Prism 5 (La Jolla CA) was used for statistical analysis. Results TRIM16 induces apoptosis in MCF7 breast cancer and.
Reason for review Human being brucellosis is a neglected underrecognized illness
Reason for review Human being brucellosis is a neglected underrecognized illness of widespread geographic distribution. and specific rapid diagnostic checks appropriate for resource-limited settings have been validated. Randomized controlled trials demonstrate that ideal treatment for human being brucellosis consists of doxycycline and an aminoglycoside. Reducing the burden of human being brucellosis requires control of animal brucellosis but evidence to inform the design of control programs in the developing world is needed. A-867744 Summary Brucellosis causes considerable morbidity in human Rabbit Polyclonal to SLC27A5. being and animal populations. While improvements in diagnostic options for resource-limited settings and stronger evidence for ideal therapy should enhance recognition and treatment of human being brucellosis prevention of human being disease through control in animals remains paramount. varieties which are small Gram-negative unencapsulated coccobacilli isolated by Bruce in 1887 [2] first. Four types and types are seldom fatal [4] but non-etheless can cause significant morbidity in human beings. Clinical display varies from an severe nonspecific febrile disease to chronic incapacitating forms whose features can include osteoarticular participation and neuropsychiatric abnormalities [4 5 Although health problems among coming back travelers and among deployed armed forces workers underscore the relevance of brucellosis to professionals in the created globe [6 7 the influences of brucellosis are incurred generally in the developing globe [8]. Fully recording these impacts nevertheless is normally constrained by underrecognition for health-care suppliers limited option of suitable lab diagnostics and health care searching for behaviors and gain access to among those most A-867744 in danger for brucellosis. Apart from infections obtained by laboratory workers [9?] as well as the potential usage of being a bioterrorism agent [10] individual infection is obtained through get in touch with ingestion or inhalation of microorganisms from infected pets principally cattle goats and sheep. Seroprevalence research conducted through the entire developing world show that whenever one looks an infection is frequently discovered among sampled livestock populations [11-15 16 Furthermore to transmitting chlamydia to humans pet brucellosis influences livestock productivity that may have got socioeconomic and indirect wellness effects on human beings especially susceptible livestock-keeping populations in resource-limited configurations that depend on livestock for meals protection and income [17 18 The influences of brucellosis A-867744 in livestock consist of abortion and loss of life aswell as decreased dairy production and decreased reproductive performance [13 19 Control of brucellosis is normally accordingly a focus on for economic advancement set forth with the WHO and advancement organizations [22]. This review targets the epidemiology of brucellosis in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Latest data in brucellosis in returning advances and travelers in diagnosis therapy and control may also be provided. For details over the immunology and pathogenesis of types an infection the audience is normally aimed to various other evaluations [23-25]. EPIDEMIOLOGY OF Human being BRUCELLOSIS Assessing the burden of disease due to human being brucellosis – incidence attributed disability and case fatality rates – is demanding. Although prospective population-based monitoring of brucellosis has been conducted in several countries [26-30] none of these studies utilized active disease monitoring to estimate incidence and none reported mortality. Estimations of disability and mortality will also be hindered from the proportion of cases showing with febrile illness in brucellosis endemic areas that may be misdiagnosed [27] and by a limited understanding of the proportion of infections that progress to chronic disease. The majority of human being brucellosis ailments in endemic areas are attributed to incidence of 19 instances per 100 000 person-years A-867744 attributed to the high prevalence of pig husbandry in these island ethnicities [31]. In the European Hemisphere brucellosis incidence in Mexico has been estimated at 25.7 cases per 100 000 person-years compared to 0.02 instances.
Coronary computed tomography angiography (cCTA) is definitely a popular imaging modality Coronary computed tomography angiography (cCTA) is definitely a popular imaging modality
Purpose This work intends to demonstrate a new method for quantifying concentration of sodium (23Na) of bi-exponential T2 relaxation in patients on MRI scanners at 3. between the short-T2 image intensity and concentration of bound sodium. A reduced total scan time of 22min was achieved under the SAR restriction for human studies in quantifying both total and bound sodium concentrations. Conclusion The proposed method is usually feasible for quantifying bound sodium concentration in routine clinical settings at 3.0 Tesla. and is volumetric portion (percentage) of a compartment and is sodium concentration. is usually intensity fraction of a T2 component A-867744 with + 1. = 1?exp(?in Eq. [2f] as accurate as you possibly can the residual quantities in Eqs. [2d] [2e] should be minimized by selecting an optimal TE2 while keeping TE1 as short as you possibly can. This prospects to to a range of T2b S and T2b L values of interest that is Δis usually gyromagnetic ratio in Hz/Tesla for sodium nuclei and = (is usually volume element surrounding the sampling point in the k-space. To accelerate the calculation in Eq. [5] via fast Fourier transformation (FFT) a time-segmentation algorithm is used. The k-space data at a constant time step is usually a unitless constant depending on relative scale of the macroscopic inhomogeneity of the B0 field compared to the voxel size and shape of spin density distribution within a voxel. When voxel size is usually small (e.g. 3.44 A-867744 mm in this study) a good first-order approximation to is 0.5 (30). With the estimated field map in Eq. [4] the TE2 image is usually then corrected by multiplying with a factor =is usually the known sodium concentration in a real free sodium compartment such as 145mM in A-867744 human cerebrospinal A-867744 fluid (35). around the TE1 image. is usually gain of the short-T2 imaging over a range of short T2 values of interest which will be determined later in the results section. The whole process for the short-T2 sodium imaging is usually summarized in Physique 1. Fig. 1 Flowchart for the short-T2 sodium imaging. SQ-acq: single-quantum data acquisition; op w/ MC: optional selection with motion correction; ORC: off-resonance correction; T2*C: T2* correction; IMATE1/TE2: image at TE1/TE2; TSC: total sodium concentration; … METHODS Pulse sequence The proposed short-T2 sodium imaging requires pulse sequences capable of generating Rabbit polyclonal to SelectinE. high SNR because random noise is usually increased by a factor of √2 after the subtraction. The twisted projection imaging (TPI) sequence is a good candidate for this purpose (38) which produces an isotropic 3D sodium image of the brain in a 10-min scan at 3 T and a high SNR of >40 in the CSF regions. This remarkable achievement in SNR is based on a long readout time of ~36ms which may raise concern on image blurring of the short-T2 component. This concern can be resolved by looking into the special design of TPI trajectory and its point spread function (PSF) as detailed below. Image blurring of the short-T2 component Image blurring was quantified for any short-T2 component a long-T2 component and a bi-component via the point spread function (PSF) of the TPI acquisition: is usually volumetric element surrounding a sampling point. The bi-component term will be replaced with mono-exponential term when the single-component is usually under investigation. Full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the PSF was used to quantify image blurring. A linear interpolation between pixels was used in the FWHM measurement. TE1 and TE2 are not included in Eq. [9] because they do not switch with readout time. They level magnitude but do not switch shape of the TPI's PSF. Phantoms To validate quantification of the bound sodium ten 50mL centrifuge tube phantoms (90mm length × 25mm diameter) were custom-built with distilled water 10 w/w agar powder and NaCl at 10 different concentrations in a range of 15-150mM. The 10% w/w agar provides sufficient binding sites for sodium ions at the high-end concentration (11 39 The range of 15-150mM simulates human brain tissues. To simulate free sodium in brain fluids an extra tube phantom was built at 150mM NaCl without agar. This saline water phantom also served as image quality control of the short-T2 and TQF imaging. To measure spatial resolution of the short-T2 imaging under the TPI acquisitions we used a larger cylindrical agarose phantom (120mm length ×140mm diameter) filled with 10% w/w agarose gel and 66.6mM saline water. Human subjects Seven patients with brain tumors of high grade gliomas including both anaplastic glioma (WHO III) and glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) (5 A-867744 pediatric patients of age 12-23 years and 2 adults of age 56-60 years) were investigated in this study which was approved by the IRB of the.


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Monday, August 30, 2010
It's Today!
This is the day the Lord has made...rejoice...enjoy this blessed day...make it everything that it can be...count your blessings...you have so much for which to be thankful...so much to look forward to...you are surrounded by miracles...God is doing more than you can ask or think right now...embrace the present...live in the moment...be happy and content right where you are...
Just posted this on Facebook: Worry = a waste of time...stop being so anxious about every little thing...some things just have 2 run their course & n the meantime u must believe that God's perfecting that which concerns u...in fact, He may b holding up the thing that u think needs 2 happen right this minute because He sees what u can't see...what u think is a delay may b Him sparing u a big heartache...relax...enter n2 His rest...easy does it...
I really like the picture at the top of the post...as I'm sure you know, the phrase 'Carpe Diem' is Latin for "seize the day"...it's a phrase I use a lot...it's actually a phrase from a Latin poem by Horace which is popularly translated as "seize the day"...Carpe means "pick, pluck, pluck off, gather", but Horace used the word to mean "enjoy, make use of"...
In Horace, the phrase is part of the longer "Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero" – ("Seize the day, trusting as little as possible in the future"), and the ode says that the future is unknowable, and that instead one should scale back one's hopes to a brief future, and drink one's wine...this phrase is usually understood against Horace's Epicurean background...
Of course, we believe in a definite future, but it's important to live your life as if there is only today...I like this particular pic because it uses the phrase with the image of God touching Adam from Michelangelo's masterpiece, "The Creation of Adam"...I like that...this is the day He has made AND it's the day you make...God and you together...synergy...agreement...make it awesome today...
5 comments:
Great word - great reminder - now carpe diem with those grandbabies! :-)
- August 30, 2010 at 10:58 AM
- Erik said...
Yesterday was fantastic.
Bishop, you and pastor D.E. are excellent on your own, and certainly raise the level in your own services continuously, especially now.
When you are both together, it is Bishop and Pastor D.E. squared squared. A double exponential, or exponential squared.
Thank you for the extended worship at the end of service.
'Seize the day, trusting as little in the future as possible' ... scale back ... and drink one's wine , Amen.
Today, just moments ago, as I was encouraging myself, with a little help from my friends, I received an excellent word from the TV show 'My Name is Earl' . As Earl walked out of prison, he wondered, "How did this happen ? Karma (God, The Universe) should have kicked my butt, instead, I am getting what I dreamed" -- For many reasons I laughed a wonderful laugh, and re-read your blog post, remembering Grace and Mercy follow us (me) always, as we receive or seize them now, today, again.
I sure hope they get paid overtime, double pay.
Thank you Bishop again for pouring yourself into CITN, very appreciated for us ALL.
- August 31, 2010 at 1:20 AM
- Avatar said...
Gather the day...I like the picture that brings to mind of holding the day in my arms...close...gathered...like an armfull of roses...thorns and all.
- August 31, 2010 at 7:23 PM
I have a clock on my desk that is engraved with "Seize The Day", What you do today is important because you are spending a day of your life for it... let it be something good.
- September 2, 2010 at 2:27 PM
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When it comes to residential design and construction most of our clients are families and have never worked with an architect or contractor before. In fact, for most families, their residential addition or new home will be the only time they will ever work with an architect or contractor.
Without previous knowledge of the process, many families looking to "build" will instinctively go straight to a "builder". Makes sense, right? Then, the contractor will look for an architect (or an unlicensed draftsman) to draw-up a plan to submit for permits.
In reality, the traditional design and build process is the complete opposite.
The process should be as follows:
- Reach out to one or more architects.
- Explain your project and receive proposals from architects.
- Hire one of the architects.
- The architect will collaboratively design your project working with you every step of the way. The architect will create a set of detailed construction documents for a contractor (not chosen yet) to build.
- The architect will be contractually obligated to meet your budget and will guide your design in a manner that balances your wants, needs, and budget.
- The architect assists you in bidding out your project to a few contractors in the area. By bidding your project to more than one contractor you are guaranteeing a competitive price and saving money.
- You, with the assistance of the architect, select one of the contractors.
- The contractor plans the construction logistics, schedules, and means and methods for building your project.
- The architect visits the project site on a weekly (minimum) basis making sure the contractor is building your project the way you and the architect have collaboratively designed it.
- The architect approves the quality of work and signs off for completion.
- You move into your new home, addition, or renovation.
So what does all of this mean to you?
Hiring an architect first will ensure the following:
- Your project will be thoughtfully designed and you will be a key figure in the process.
- You will be able to visualize (through renderings and presentations created by your architect) your project and assess design decisions early on and before they are constructed (expensive to change).
- You will be able to understand if your needs and wants list fits within your budget and adjust accordingly.
- You will be able to competitively bid your project to receive the best possible price.
- You will feel confident that the contractor is building what you want because your architect understands your goals, desires, and project through months of collaborative design with you and your family.
Now, I hope the basic lists above help you understand the importance of hiring an architect before a contractor on your next project. By doing so, you will make sure your money is spent on what is most important to you, get the best possible pricing, and ensure your project turns out exactly how you've dreamed it.
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funny : fomato cards
Fomato is a small card company based in Los Angeles and they have a hilarious collection of cards online. I couldn't get enough of this one. "I'm busy with this burrito."
Check out the full front and back of this card at fomato.com. They'll include a free card with every order.
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For our 35th anniversary we played the tourist and went to Tahoe. The first morning we got up before the sun so we could watch it rise over Emerald Bay.
That afternoon we hiked to Eagle Lake for a picnic.
The second day we took a cruise on board the Tahoe Queen paddle boat.
The last day we visited the Taylor Creek State park and walked the nature trail.
It was a great trip and wonderful to 'get out of Dodge'. But I also find it's nice to come home again too.


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Why moxie membership? Because you're not alone. Corporate executive women in Chicago, high school girls in Denver, or women/girls in El Salvador all feel alone in their indecision, self-doubt, and lack of confidence/self-assurance. Membership will allow you to understand you're not alone, to connect with AWEsome women of all ages and backgrounds around the world, and to own your power and confidence at work and at home. You will connect easily with the POWERful woman you met at a POWERshop (live or virtual) and continue the conversation. AND, you will get the inside scoop of "How does Kristi ______________?" Travel on $20 a day, connect with social entrepreneurs, moxie her life. Lastly, you will learn more about travel, social entrepreneurship, and owning your power.
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4. Member pricing on virtual classes/courses.
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FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – It was a crime that rocked the small Saginaw community last summer. A 6-year-old's body was found thrown away with the trash.
Now, 15 months after Alanna Gallagher's death, a Saginaw teenager has pleaded guilty to sexual assaulting and suffocating the young girl.
Tyler Holder, 18, has also entered a guilty plea for arson and attempted capital murder for shooting an Arlington police detective on the day of his arrest.
In exchange for the plea deal, Holder has been sentenced to life in prison plus 40 years. Holder must serve at least 50 years before he will be eligible to get out of prison, according to a statement released by the Tarrant County Prosecutor's Office.
It was on July 1, 2013, when neighborhood kids discovered Alanna's body wrapped in a tarp, her head covered with grocery bags and her wrists and ankles bound with duct tape.
Days passed with no arrests or suspects named by police. Then several weeks after Alanna's murder, her family's car and a part of their home were torched overnight.
A few days later, after DNA linked Holder to the murder, investigators went to arrest him and search his home, when he opened fire. Holder shot himself and Arlington police Detective Charles Lodatto. Lodatto has recovered and is back to work.
Prosecutors initially charged Holder with capital murder, but because he was 17 at the time he committed the crimes, prosecutors decided to pursue a murder charge instead.
According to Texas law, defendants who are convicted of capital murder are automatically sentenced to life in prison without a chance for parole. However, a 2012 United States Supreme Court ruling declared mandatory life sentences unconstitutional for defendants under age 18.
Deputy Chief District Attorney Bob Gill said in a statement that family of Alanna Gallagher and Officer Charles Lodatto are satisfied with the resolution of the case.
Alanna's mother wrote a victim impact statement that was read in court after Holder was sentenced. It reads in part, "We have all suffered tremendously without our little Sunshine. Never again will I open the door and walk into my home to hear her voice chiming out "MAMA!" as she runs towards me."
The statement continues, "Our house is emptier, and quieter and sadder. We carry around the heavy hard stone of pain where our hearts used to be. And it's your fault."
Mark G. Daniel and Tim Moore, defense attorneys for Holder, released a statement saying, "This case has been a tragedy for everyone involved. This resolution is in the best interest of all concerned."
People who live in the Saginaw neighborhood where the murder occurred say life has changed, and the streets are much quieter now.
"You don't see children out and playing or walking without a parent out here," said Deborah Diviney, whose granddaughters played with Alanna.
Purple ribbons, which was Alanna's favorite color, still hang in her memory from trees, mailboxes and fences in the neighborhood.
"It's been horrific. The girls still talk about her. They still look at the ribbons. They actually talk about her once or twice a week, saying that's their angel that protects them and how they still talk to their friend Alanna," said Diviney.
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The deadline for submissions for issue #2 of Two Fisted Librarians is DECEMBER 31ST! You've still got lots of time to write about a shark who is also a librarian, draw a picture of the library that time forgot, or create a cataloguing method that drives people mad!
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The Estate Lawyer Difference
If you have a net worth in the millions – don't worry. Not only do you have a comfortable lifestyle, but estate planning attorneys will line up around the block for your business. If you have a more modest lifestyle, however, it can be difficult to find a competent attorney to help you plan for your family's future.
Often, middle class clients who want to do the right thing and set up a plan that protects them and their family are left with the option of seeking a general practice attorney. Usually, estate planning is one of the many areas that lawyer practices. With criminal cases, litigation and real estate closings having hard deadlines, the client's estate plan winds up at the bottom of the pile; a chore when business is slow.
At Legacy Trusts & Wills we take a different approach. While certainly qualified to handle larger estates, we are committed to middle class families who think it's important to be prepared. We have dedicated attorneys and staff who do not get bogged down in other legal matters, but instead are focused on your estate plan and will be available when you call.
While your will is an integral part of your estate plan, modern estate planning utilizes a revocable trust as the central planning tool [link to video on trusts]. During your life, your trust is funded with all your property, accounts and other assets. Many estate planning attorneys are more than happy to draft your trust, but when it comes to funding that trust they simply give you a page of instructions. If you are not diligent in completing that funding process, your trust will not accomplish the goal you just paid for.
At Legacy Trust & Wills we don't leave things half done. We believe that funding the trust is not a simple matter and should not be left to the client to figure out. If you have made the good choice to plan for your family's future, we will make sure it is done right and complete when you're through.
Clients are concerned with just two things when they see a lawyer, the legal problem and the cost. Many law firms have not adapted to the modern payment model used by other businesses. At the local mattress store, for instance, you have a number of options, you may pay by cash, credit card, or payment plan. Most businesses selling products of even modest value offer some kind of payment plan. Most law firms on the other hand, require sizable retainers up front.
At Legacy Trust & Wills we want you to decide what payment method is best for your situation. We offer a variety of payment options including payments over time.


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As we announced yesterday, Sara Gruen's WATER FOR ELEPHANTS is one of World Book Night's 2015 titles.
And now we can finally reveal that Two Roads will be publishing her new novel, AT THE WATER'S EDGE, in June next year.
Here's the beautiful cover, and you can find out more here on our website.


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The SS Maggie was recently featured on the Travel Channel. View the video here:
She turns 125 years old this year. Sitting high on the docks, this newly remodelled, three story Steam Schooner has 360 views, including breath taking views of the San Francisco Bay. The three fireplaces creates a cozy atmosphere no matter what the weather outside. The Wheelhouse which is now the dining room, allows views of the San Francisco skyline as well as the lovely Mt Tamalpias.


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An open letter to my son, on who gets to be safe on our streets/
– Hey Isaac?
– Yeah?
– How did you feel about walking to B's house all by yourself yesterday?
– [Two thumbs up]
– Did you feel like you knew you were doing?
– Yes.
– Like you knew where you were going?
– Yes, but I had to stop and smell some of the roses along the way.
In my post this week on Today's Parent, an open letter to Isaac about just which of our sons get to be safe on our streets:
You probably could've taken this step—this series of steps—earlier. You're seven, starting second grade. But we've held off for several reasons, chief of which is fear. Not fear that you couldn't do it. Not fear that you might be abducted, hurt, or worse. We were scared of what people might think of us for letting you walk down (not to mention cross) neighbourhood streets alone at age five, six, seven. We were scared that we might get arrested, or cited by the Children's Aid Society.
Which is ridiculous on so many levels. Statistics Canada reports that Canada's crime rate is the lowest it's been since 1972, both in terms of absolute numbers and severity. Child abduction by strangers is astonishingly rare here, too—overwhelmingly, children who go missing are taken by family members and close "friends." In other words, our kids may be better off playing alone or with their peers in the park than under close supervision by people they know—although you wouldn't know that when police in the United States lock up parents of seven-year-olds and nine-year-olds for walking by themselves to or playing alone at the park (things I did freely at your age, by the way, Isaac).
I resent that fear. I resent its effects on your own freedom and independence, as well as on mine. I resent the warped view it gives us both of society and its relative safety. I resent the misplaced focus on this so-called well-being of our children, of the misguided reliance on police involvement to keep them safe—and I resent it these days especially in light of the police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and the police shootings of so many other young black men in the United States. Sure, lots of people are not safe on North American streets, Isaac, but (and this is entirely unfair) you're not one of them, at least not on our street. And I deeply resent, on behalf of society as a whole, the sharp racial and class divides that make going to the police unthinkable for some people and entirely too easy for others.
You can read the rest here. Have a peaceful weekend, everyone.


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Amarjit Kaur suffered 90 per cent burns and had been admitted at the CMC Hospital in Ludhiana. The couple has an 11-year-old son and seven-year-old daughter.
According to Amarjit, her husband wanted her to sign papers for divorce by suggesting that it would be just on paper to facilitate his emigration after a second marriage.
The SSP, Jagraon, Mr R.K. Jaiswal, said the incident took place late in the afternoon but it was only in the statement of the woman made before a judicial magistrate at the hospital in the evening that the shocking act came to light. He said the woman's statement could well be a dying declaration as her condition was very serious.
Meanwhile, the police has booked her husband Devinder Singh and parents-in-law under Section 307 of the IPC for attempting to murder the woman.


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Wedding Week // The Ceremony
It's Day 2 of wedding week, and today I am excited to share details from our wedding ceremony - my favorite part of the entire day. Before getting married, I was always rather surprised to hear brides say this (how could it be better than a reception with hip-hop jams and free-flowing bubbly?!). There are many reasons why the ceremony was so memorable for me, but the surprising detail is that we weren't actually married during it.
When David and I decided to relocate to Tokyo, we were about 9 months away from our October wedding. For the most part, everything had already been planned: we had a reception venue locked down, some vendors lined up and accommodations booked. We began the paperwork process for our Japanese Visas and quickly realized that our engaged status was a big, big problem. To make a very long story short, we ended up accelerating our wedding ceremony so that I could accompany David to Tokyo. We were legally married at the Marin County courthouse on a sunny Thursday morning in March, after which we headed straight to Napa to quietly celebrate our new title. We decided not to broadcast the news widely, as we both didn't want to take away from the importance of the celebration we had planned with our friends and family. I remember at one point during the debate over whether or not to have the courthouse ceremony, my mother-in-law asked us if we felt that it would detract from the October wedding - and I told her that I was concerned it would. Luckily, I was very, very wrong.
Big Sur is a special place for David and I. We discovered it together on a road trip from Los Angeles to San Francisco while moving my belongings to our first apartment. It's also where David eventually proposed to me. He had grand plans to pop the question at Pfeiffer Beach, a hidden stretch of Big Sur coastline enclosed by mountains and craggy, waterfront rock formations. But on that particular weekend a winter storm passed through and flooded the access road to the beach, leaving David to scramble for an alternative location (a hiking path at our hotel). Weather in Big Sur - and especially on Pfeiffer Beach - is wildly unpredictable. So when we decided to hold our ceremony there, you can only imagine my stress level. We planned for a very short, low-key ceremony and hoped for the best.
I'll never forget walking onto the beach on our "wedding" day. There was barely a breeze blowing, and the coastline was covered in an unbelievable ethereal light. It truly looked like something out of a dream. We hadn't rehearsed the ceremony at all. There was no flower girl, ring bearer, bridesmaids or groomsmen - David and I wanted our friends and family to be able to relax and enjoy the day. I walked out alone, to a solo guitarist strumming the Hawaiian wedding song. Our officiant, Lauren, was a Big Sur local who had also spent time living in my little hometown of Denton, Texas. She read from a script that David and I had written together, including a favorite passage on the meaning of love from Anne Morrow Lindbergh's Gift from the Sea. But it was during the readings that David and I had selected for each other that the magnitude of the day really hit me. I started to tear up as I read to David from Kiersten White's The Chaos of Stars, and at that moment I realized that it didn't matter that Lauren wasn't going to pronounce us "man and wife" at the end of it. It didn't matter that there wasn't going to be a piece of paper for us to sign. We had everyone that we loved standing before us, celebrating the relationship that we'd built together and the new family that had been born from it. I was overwhelmed to be surrounded by so much love and happiness.
David and I exchanged our own personal vows and gave each other rings as a symbol of our commitment. Lauren capped of the ceremony with a champagne toast (it's not a celebration without bubbly), and as our friends and families raised their glasses to us I felt more married than ever before.
Dress: A La Robe via LOHO Bride | Hair & Makeup: Kelly Jones | Jewelry: head piece by Gypsy Junkies; hand piece by Litter; squash blossom cuff by St. Eve Jewelry; groom's wedding band by Catbird; bride's wedding band by Jennie Kwon via No.3; bride's custom engagement ring by Shreve & Co. | Suit: custom by Pacific Fashions | Tie: Burberry | Groom's shoes: Oliver Sweeney via Nordstrom | Ceremony Location: Pfeiffer Beach in Big Sur, CA | Day-of Coordination/Design Assistance: Katie Rebecca Events | Flowers: Big Sur Flowers | Ceremony Musician: Richard DeVinck | Officiant: Lauren DaCruz | All photographs by Evynn LeValley
In case you missed it, here's Day 1 on my style details!
**Up next: The Reception**
P.S. While scouring the internet for ideas on how to structure our unofficial wedding ceremony, I found a lot of negative backlash regarding vow renewals or women who wanted to celebrate a past legal union with a big party (including some ridiculous commentary that these women should not wear white gowns). So, I loved finding these heartwarming stories about vow renewals taking off in Japan.


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Top photo: Sophak, my incredible teacher and guide. The photo below is the National Museum and the bottom photo is an elephant bush on the museum grounds.It was another day of learning and fun. After breakfast, Sophak went over the vocabulary and sentences in Khmer language, with me. Then the tuk tuk driver dropped us off at the National Museum, where I saw an extensive collection of sculptures and bronze artifacts, some going back to the 4th century. I'm always pleased to see a country display their culture and history. It's a true gift.
The grounds were beautiful with a few elephant bushes. The elephant was a big part of the Hindu religion, which was the practiced religion in Cambodia before Buddhism.
In Cambodian political news today, a violent protest took place yesterday in Freedom Park. Four protest leaders were arrested. Also the Embassy has warned travelers to watch belongings as there had been some recent robberies.
Today we also attended a lesson given by Friends International. Their work consists of giving traveler tips from the Child Safe Network. Little children with pitiful and sad faces approach to either sell something or beg. The advice is not to give to the children; but instead contact one of the official ChildSafe Network Sites, which can better serve the children and their families. There are nice gifts for sale that are made by the mothers of the children who found their way into the program.
The lesson on child safety was given in a room on top of a restaurant; the restaurant serves as a culinary school for teenaged children.
The last thing we did after lunch was to take the silk material I purchased at the market yesterday to a seamstress who will make a jacket for me, fully lined. It will cost $17, and will take only a few days. I was measured for a perfect fit.
We had lunch in another restaurant from the other days. We're trying out a different one every day. I had the most delicious dish of fish in coconut, mint, basil, pine nuts and red peppers. Yum. I'm really liking the iced coffee served in a glass with sweet milk.


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Join the broader community of Kauai professionals dealing with wildfire threats and impacts for a facilitated conversation about next step hazard reduction priorities and projects.
With every large fire, we lose more of our native forests and threaten the health of our nearshore areas. Nearshore water quality is greatly reduced due to pollution and runoff from post-fire erosion, impacting human health and smothering our precious coral reefs. Homes, businesses, livelihoods, and infrastructure are also threatened by wildfires.
It does not have to be this way. Wildfires are a people problem -- 99% of wildfires are started by people. It is also a vegetation problem. By preventing ignitions and reducing flammable vegetation across landscapes, we can dramatically lessen the spread of destructive wildfires and thus protect the people and places we care about most.
For the past several months, HWMO has met with dozens of agency and non-governmental landowners and land managers on Kauai and across the state to map activities that reduce or manage vegetative fuels, such as roadside mowing, fuelbreaks, strategic grazing, clearing around structures or power poles, brush abatement or thinning, tree trimming, reforestation, agricultural production, etc. The purpose of the project is: 1) to develop maps and information that will enable the broader community of residents and professionals living and working in fire-prone areas in Hawaii collectively prioritize next steps for vegetative fuels management, and 2) to enhance project coordination between organizations and make use of funding opportunities toward optimal wildfire protection.
Hawaii Wildfire Management Organization is a non-profit organization based in Waimea on Hawaii Island that serves as a hub for collaborative wildfire protection efforts statewide. With your participation at this FREE workshop on February 21, you will join a vibrant group of first responders, land managers, planners, community members, and more to prioritize future collaborative wildfire risk reduction projects on Kauai. All are invited to this workshop -- we all play an important role in protecting our communities, lands, and waters from the growing threat of wildfires. Thank you to all of the landowners and managers who have contributed to this project thus far!
Location: War Memorial Convention Hall, 4191 Hardy St., Lihue
Kauai Vegetative Fuels Management Action Planning Workshop Logistics:
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Education & Events
September 12-15, 2018
Trade Show
September 13-15, 2018 | Baltimore Convention Center
Baltimore, MD, USA
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New Hope Network is proud to continue our Sustainability Program at Natural Products Expo East 2018. We recognize our trade show has an impact on the environment. Through our Sustainability Program, we are striving to identify, understand, and address these impacts to achieve continual improvement year after year. Our areas of focus continue to be: waste management, energy and water conservation, sustainable procurement, and community engagement.
Find out how you can show your commitment to the environment at Expo East 2018! Click which category describes you best:
As we begin this journey, we invite you… our attendees, exhibitors, and suppliers, to partner with us along the way. We believe that working together; we can not only minimize our environmental impact, but also leave a positive legacy in our host city of Baltimore and be leaders in our industry.
The BCC offers a single stream recycling program which accepts the following: plastics 1-6, glass, aluminum, cardboard, and paper products.
Yes, the BCC collects compostable materials including: food waste (bones and protiens included), compostable serviceware, and paper towels.
There is a form in your ESK that goes over the guidelines and acceptable materials. You may also ask the GES Servicenter representative or your show floor manager.
Check out our Sustainable Exhibitor page for more details on what the program looks like and to fill out the survey to participate.
We are currently looking into options to offer compost and/or recycling service in booths. Check back or contact New Hope for more information.
Yes, there are many ways you can contribute to offset your impact. South Pole Group will have an app onsite to calculate your impact with the ability to offset!
Try out the Baltimore Bike Share, share a Lyft or Uber with fellow Expo goers, Catch Your Spark electric cars and hotel shuttles can provide group transportation or walk to and from your hotel!
An incentive program to encourage Qualified Retailers, Distributors (Brokers and Importers/Exporters) and Healthcare Practitioners to travel to the Expo via a more sustainable method than flying. Go to our Travel Green, Save Green section to learn more about the opportunity.
If you questions, comments or concerns about the New Hope Sustainability Program email us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Do you have thoughts, questions or suggestions about our sustainability program? If so, we'd love to hear!
Please reach out at email@example.com.
Click here to view the 2017 Expo East Sustainability Summary.
Click here to view the 2016 Expo East Sustainability Summary.
Please be vigilant if approached by any company or service other than onPeak, that implies or claims to be a housing provider for Natural Products Expo East 2018. onPeak is the only Official Hotel Provider for Natural Products Expo East. We are aware that other housing companies or travel agencies may contact you or your company to book your guest rooms through them. Neither onPeak, nor Natural Products Expo East have any affiliation with these organizations and cannot vouch for their services in any way. Entering into financial agreements with non-endorsed companies can potentially cost you thousands of dollars with no guarantee of an actual hotel reservation. Reservations through these agencies or companies are made at your own risk and responsibility.


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Mrs. Jennifer Durham
1st Grade Teacher
Welcome to Mrs. Durham's First Grade Class Webpage. This is my 10th year teaching at Camp Ground Elementary and I absolutely love teaching First Graders! I am so excited about having the opportunity to work with your child this year. Be sure to check this website often for important information about our class.


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Alot of people know how great Google Adwords Remarketing is but sometimes it can be difficult to get access to the site to paste the code in there. Especially working with clients as they may not know that there are two different kinds of codes, one for Adwords, one for Analytics (never mind conversion tracking).
Too Many Codes?
So, Google has tried to make things a little easier by allow you to adjust the Google Analytics (GA) code so that it can also be used as the Remarketing code. This way its just one piece of code, not two. Its pretty straightforward to do, just go to this link: Set up Remarketing Lists in GA
This post isn't about setting up that code, its about a new feature that allows you to do this fast. In the past, you had to chance one line of the code and that was it. Not hard to do, but it was a big pain to get this across to the client or webmaster who was going to do this.
New Options:
Now in GA, there's a number of options on the GA code that you can simply choose by clicking on the one you want:
Under Admin>Tracking Info there are now 4 options (See Picture): Some are very cool like being able to track subdomains. Just by clicking the button to "On" the code is updated and allows you to track across say for instance yourdomain.com & app.youdomain.com. Nice.
For Remarketing you'll notice that there's a box for Display Advertiser Support. If you're doing Remarketing you'll want to turn this on. When you do your code is automatically adjusted to be able to track not only visitors to your site but also start building Remarketing lists. Excellent! Then in Adwords you can import your Remarketing lists from GA and you're good to go.
What does this mean for you?
Instead of having to paste and keep track of two types of code, now its just one. Also, for those of us with clients, we only have to ask them to adjust one piece of code. If you're not using Google's Tag Manager, this is a nice alternative. Also, when you're setting up a new client, make sure to make this change right from the outset so you're getting your Remarketing lists built from day 1.


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"The most important thing in art is The Frame. For painting: literally; for other arts: figuratively—because, without this humble appliance, you can't know where The Art stops and The Real World begins. You have to put a 'box' around it because otherwise, what is that shit on the wall?"
– Frank Zappa
At this year's CinemaCon, projector maker Barco has revealed "Escape," a projection system that adds screens to the sides of an otherwise ordinary movie theater. Ted Schilowitz, formerly of Red Digital Cinema, demoed the system for me a few weeks ago. Here's what he told Variety:
"The goal is to provide a bigger, more intense, more encompassing canvas," Schilowitz says, "to extend the boundaries of cinema, to open the possibilities of what happens when you break out of the rectangle."
If you can't make it to CinemaCon, just check out the photo accompanying the Variety story. That's exactly what it looks like in person. The side screens stick flat to the walls, and can show whatever the filmmaker chooses, from naturalistic periphery to juxtaposed imagery.
Dome on the Range
Growing up in Minnesota, one of my favorite treats was a trip to the Science Museum of Minnesota, with its awesome dinosaur fossils, interactive exhibits, and, most memorably, a combination planetarium and Omnimax theater.
Omnimax is a special kind of IMAX that uses a domed screen. You shoot on the same 65mm, 15-perf cameras as IMAX, but with a special off-center fisheye lens. A similar fisheye lens on the projector throws the image onto the 180-degree domed screen. And it's a big dome—just walking into an Omnimax theater is an experience.
We'd gleefully soak up a rather dry documentary about the Grand Canyon, because each new scene would begin with a helicopter shot racing down the Colorado River. Below you, white water. To either side, craggy rock walls racing by. Above you, clear blue sky—and even a glimpse of the helicopter's whirling rotor.
It was like flying.
An Omnimax movie is much more of a ride than a film. In fact, one of the most popular Omnimax theaters isn't even billed as a theater—it's the "Soarin' Over California" ride at Disney's California Adventure park. Adding suspended seats and scented wind to an Omnimax film feels as natural as popcorn in a traditional movie theater.
At its best, the experience of Barco's Escape felt a little like Omnimax, but with some notable technical issues yet to be resolved. In an Omnimax theater, it takes you only a minute or two to get used to the distortion of the image if you're not siting in the "sweet spot" near the center of the theater. In the prototype Escape setup I experienced, I never quite got used to the way peripheral images played on the side screens. Horizons kinked at the large seams, and I was often more distracted than immersed, no matter where I sat. There was no "sweet spot."
Between Escape and all the excitement around the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, it seems clear that some in the cinema world feel the natural next step for movies is to break free from the confines of the rectangular screen. Maybe 3D flopped (for a third time) because objects leaping out of the frame wasn't "immersive" enough. Maybe the problem is the frame itself.
Sauce for a Steak
Making good movies is hard. But when it's done well, there's nothing like it. I cry at movies. I cry three times in Finding Nemo, like clockwork. I cry at I Love You Man.
When that happens, I am immersed. There's nothing better. The desire to create that experience for others is what drives everything I do professionally.
Filmmakers fail often in their attempts to immerse their audiences with character and drama, and those failures are expensive. So I understand the impulse to search for a more concrete, reliable way to captivate the audience. Technicians love movies too. It's only natural that they should try to use what they know to make the experience more immersive.
But the problem with these attempts is that they run contrary to the very fundament of filmmaking. They undermine precisely what is so effective about cinema.
Nothing about cinema is real. It's all gloriously, magically fake. Acting is fake. Lighting is fake. Sets, concepts, levels of attractiveness and charisma, ease of parking, thematic relevance of small details, amount of lipstick on the leading man's face after a kiss—all fake. Once one aspect of the experience breaks rank from that dream-like unreality—say, by going 3D, or increasing the frame rate, the experience becomes disjointed and uncomfortable. The edges of the frame are sometimes distracting in even a great 3D movie like Gravity. The high-frame-rate version of The Hobbit made daylight exteriors look tantalizingly real, but revealed lit interior sets for exactly what they were.
Go into a great steak restaurant and ask for steak sauce. See what kind of looks you get. Adding "reality" to cinema is like putting hot fudge on a steak. It's the wrong sauce for a dish that, when prepared well, needs no embellishments.
Framing is Authoring
An event happening in a room is reality. When you put a box around it, it becomes storytelling. The conceit of the frame is what makes cinema possible. Yes, it makes composition possible—a pleasing arrangement within the frame, but more importantly, it makes a cinematic voice possible. Removing the "limitation" of the frame is actually removing the storyteller's most important tool—the ability to show us exactly and only what matters. The ability to tell the story, rather than merely present it.
Movies Are Broken
I've said in the past that movies aren't broken, but that's not entirely true. Movies don't need any technical fixing, but they are a bit broken. Schilowitz may be right that "if cinema stands still, it will lose," but what cinema is losing to in my household is not roller-coaster experiences in a theater, it's TV. Specifically, premium cable and streaming TV series with complex, captivating characters, adult content and themes, and zero risk of not providing a good time. I've still yet to convince my wife to watch a few of last year's well-reviewed three-hour movies with me, but we'll happily plow through three episodes of House of Cards in a night.
We watch it on a big, rectangular screen. We're captivated by it. Immersed. And never once do we turn to each other and ask, "I wonder what's just outside the frame?"
If movies want to compete with TV, putting extra stuff on the edges of the screen isn't going to do it. They're going to have to put better stuff in the middle.
They're going to have to learn to make a steak as good as Game of Thrones, or True Detective.
A Place for More
So is Escape worthless? No, nor is Omnimax, or virtual reality, or any other "experience" that may borrow some tools of cinema to work its magic. I loved those Omnimax films as a kid, but they didn't make me love movies any less. They were something else entirely.
There is a place for these non-cinematic, kinetic experiences. I've seen some pretty cool stuff lately behind closed doors, and I'm excited about the experience—and even storytelling—possibilities of these new platforms. They're not movies, but they can be pretty cool.
See, I love ice cream. And I love it more with hot fudge on top. So keep doing what you do, saucemakers. But leave my steak alone—and leave us steakmakers to the worthy challenge of making a steak so good, you'd never dream of saucing it up.


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Bags and Purses
Purses, tote bags, gift bags, and shoulder bags -- we have all the free bag patterns you need to make an everyday tote or a stylish accessory! Sew cute purses for yourself and friends. Or stitch up messenger bags that are great for the farmer's market or running quick errands. Purses and handbags are perfect for dressing up an outfit, while a tote can store all your accessories safely in pockets and behind zippers.


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SALISBURY, Md. – The Salisbury University men's and women's cross country teams will travel to Center Valley, Pennsylvania on Saturday November 12 to compete in the 2016 NCAA Division III Mid-East Regional Championship hosted by DeSales University.
How we got here
The Sea Gulls competed in five separate meets during the 2016 regular season including two of their own. The men's team captured first on three different occasions including finishing first at both home meets, the Salisbury University Fall Classic and the 28th Annual Don Cathcart Invitational. The women placed in the top 10 in all five meets and finished as high as second twice this season.
Last time out
At the 2016 Capital Athletic Conference Championships Salisbury finished third in both the men's and women's races. Connor Hesselbirg was the top men's finisher for the Sea Gulls placing 11th overall and posting a time of 26:52.2. With his top 15 finish Hesselbirg earned his second straight All-CAC Second Team honor.
On the women's side Alison Schwartz was the highest Salisbury finisher placing fourth overall. Schwartz completed the 6k race in a time of 24:01.0, was the only Sea Gull runner to place in the top 10 between both programs, and earned her first All-CAC First Team accolade.
Salisbury at the NCAA Mid-East Regional Championships
Last season at the regional championships the Salisbury men's team placed 11th overall while the women finished 21st. On the women's side Jamie Farely led the Sea Gulls finishing 112th overall posting a time of 24:27.4. Jessica Lane finished just 11 seconds behind her teammate to place 119th overall finishing the race in a time of 24:38.3.
On the men's side Hesselbirg led Salisbury as the only runner both men and women to finish in the top 50. Hesselbirg posted a time of 26:24.7 finishing in 37th overall. Ben Meister and Malcolm Milton were the next closest runners to Hesselbirg finishing 66th and 71st overall posting times of 26:56.2 and 27:05.5 respectively.
Leading the pack
Schwartz and Hesselbirg have been leaders of both programs from the outset of this season but have certainly not been alone in their leadership roles. With a young crops of runners already beginning to leave their marks on the Salisbury Cross Country program. Underclassmen Fiona Halloran and Abby Potter have stepped up to help in the success of the Sea Gulls season thus far. Both runners placed in the top 20 at the CAC Championships with Potter placing 15th and Halloran finishing 20th overall.
While Hesselbirg is looked to as the leader of the men's program he has not been alone either. Former CAC Rookie of the Year Billy Kirk and freshman runner Branson Oduor have also been crucial to setting the tone for the men's team. Kirk finished 24th overall at the 2016 CAC Championships while Oduor placed 29th helping the Sea Gulls to a third place finish.
Up next
The top runners and teams from the Mid-East Regionals will get the opportunity to continue on and compete at the NCAA Division III National Championships in Louisville, Ky. on November 19.


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My favourite quote from 'What difference does it make?' is by Brian Eno:
Something happens when I'm working, which is that… for quite a long time I'm pushing the work. Pushing and pushing and pushing and trying to make it go somewhere. And then suddenly there's a change and the work is pushing me. That's the moment when I know something has happened, when I don't really have to make decisions anymore. It seems like I'm just being carried along.
This is exactly what I experience when I'm making music.


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Do-Not-Call List "Spring Cleaning": Annual Compliance Reminders/
Spring is not only the ideal time to organize your life, but it is also a good time to review your do-not-call list compliance procedures. It is particularly important this year as State Attorneys General are ramping up their efforts to enforce not only the federal do-not-call list, but their state specific do-not-call lists.
Several states, including Missouri, have been actively investigating companies that receive complaints from consumers, whether these complaints are justified or not. Because of this, companies must keep in mind the following:
· You are required to purchase and implement both the federal and applicable state specific do-not-call lists when making calls for the sale of goods or services.
· Calls made to solicit charitable contributions are exempt from the federal do-not-call list, but some states exempt these calls only if they meet specific criteria.
· You must maintain an internal do-not-call list for persons who have previously indicated they do not want to receive future calls. This applies to all calls, including calls made for charitable solicitations.
· The specific reason or severity of the tone of the do-not-call request is not important. All requests must be honored.
· If a person requests to stop receiving "any" or "all" calls, you should remove the person from all of your calling lists, not just the list for the specific company or charity you are calling on behalf of.
· Calls made to customers with an established business relationship ("EBR") are exempt from federal and state do-not-call lists; however, these calls must still be scrubbed against your internal do-not-call list.
Companies must be aware that while the length of an EBR is 18 months under federal law, many states have shorter periods, which you must follow. For example, Missouri only permits calls to persons on the do-not-call list if they have an EBR, which expires after six months.
As state laws vary depending on the type of calls being made, you should seek legal advice prior to all campaigns to prevent consumer complaints, which may ultimately lead to state action.
This article is not intended as a substitute for specific legal advice.


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World news story
UK invests into Namibian skills development with Chevening
UK in Namibia holds farewell event for Namibian Chevening and Petrofund scholars.
On Wednesday (17 August 2016) the British High Commission in Windhoek held it's Pre-Departure/Farewell event for nine Namibian scholars taking up their post graduate studies in the UK in the coming weeks.
All nine Namibians are going to the UK under the UK government funded Chevening scholarship programme. One scholar is jointly funded by Chevening and the Petroleum Training and Education Fund (Petrofund).
The nine Namibian beneficiaries are: Omagano Kankondi, Michelle Hijamutiti, Rosanne Kahuure, Lovisa Neshila, Natalia Halweendo, Shakwa Nyambe (joint Chevening-Petrofund scholar), Twamanguluka Nambili, Sevelus Nakashole, and Kemanya Amkongo.
On the occasion, Namibian Chevening Alumni representative, Chief Inspector Vicky Matjila, said:
"Chevening is a great opportunity for these bright and promising Namibians. I am very excited for them, as they are embarking on a journey of a lifetime which will be packed with discoveries, joy, excitement and challenges. Studying is the most extraordinary experience one can have, and I am sure these outstanding Namibian will embrace this opportunity and make the best of it for the Namibian-UK ties."
Chevening Scholarships are the UK government's global scholarship programme, funded by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) and partner organisations. The programme makes awards to outstanding scholars with leadership potential from around the world to study postgraduate courses at UK universities.
The next Chevening online application cycle for Namibia opened on 08 August 2016 and will close on 08 November 2016.
More about the Chevening Scholarship programme can be found here.


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Harrogate is wonderful at this time of year. Our best prices can be found in January and this month only we offer one night stays at the weekend. We are harnessing the power of Hygge with warming porridge and Full English Breakfasts, cosy rooms, log fires and candelit dinners.
Say Ya to the Hygge!


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We organize and groups of global leaders from differentindustries and backgrounds across three houses:
Silicon Guild
Over 50 best-selling business authors who write about the ideas shaping business and society and who have collectively sold over 10 million books. Silicon Guild also runs a small publishing imprint.
Silicon Guild is editing, publishing, and marketing former NetFlix Chief Talent Officer and co-author of the NetFlix Culture Deck Patty McCord's new book Powerful. When it comes to recruiting, motivating, and creating great teams, Patty McCord says most companies have it all wrong.
House of Commons
Carefully vetted Fortune 500 executives who embrace innovation and experimentation. Membership is highly selective with a strong focus on action,generosity, and collaboration.
Magnetic Talent Enterprise
Working with senior leaders at places like LinkedIn, GE, BlackRock, Genentech, OgilvyOne, and others, Parliament is testing how to use A and machine learning to remove bias from hiring processes and better retain top talent.
House of UnCommons
The creative misfits: a global group of 3,500+ BLK SHP (black sheep). Through a separate Foundation, BLK SHP builds ecosystems that unlock the voices of socially conscious innovators and initiatives.
BLK SHP Bus Tour
In October 2017, BLK SHP will embark on a bus tour across America to visit people who are reinventing themselves, their organizations, and their communities. The tour will connect large platforms like GE and Home Depot with local social innovators and entrepreneurs.


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Upper Finger Ring is such a necessity at this point, hard to even consider a girl stylish if she isn't wearing one. But summer is just starting, so it's not to late to jump onto this upper finger trend and pile them on.
P.S. Are you really telling He they couldn't find a better hand model than the top left??????
P.S. Not a sponsored post but it should have been.


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ELRIG is pleased to invite you to the inaugural Discovery Technologies Meeting, to be held at Alderley Park on 23rd May 2018. This exciting new ELRIG meeting will focus on the application of novel and emerging technologies that are reshaping the drug discovery paradigm.
For 2018, the conference will include two parallel sessions:
- Advances in Mass Spectrometry
- Advances in Organ-on-a-Chip Technologies
During this 1-day conference, researchers from top academic and industrial laboratories will discuss advances and case studies in these two rapid evolving research areas. In addition to the outstanding speaker program, you will have the opportunity to take part in vendor workshops, network at the exhibition and gain strategic insights into potential solutions for increasing the success of drug discovery and development in your organisation.
This is a must-attend event to learn about the latest trends and new state-of-the-art technologies for drug discovery!


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Researchers have isolated a new strain of herpesvirus from cells of Kaposi's sarcoma, the most common cancer in AIDS patients. The achievement, reported in tomorrow's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, may help researchers explore how the new virus is spread. Preliminary work with the virus already suggests it plays a role in the cancer's development.
Kaposi's lesions consist of spindle-shaped tumor cells in the lining of tiny blood vessels. A team led by virologist Gary Nabel of the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor and pathologist Brian Nickoloff of Loyola University Medical Center isolated the new virus from cells in skin lesions taken from five HIV-positive people. Other groups had isolated unique herpes DNA fragments from Kaposi's lesions, but this is the first study to grow live virus from tumor cells. When the group added the virus to embryonic kidney cells, the cells became infected with viral DNA for 20 cell generations.
The finding is an important step in understanding the transmission of Kaposi's sarcoma, says Parkash Gill, a professor of pathology and medicine who studies these tumors at the University of Southern California. It's still unclear whether the virus causes the lesions, says Nabel, but the replication of virus seems to implicate it in the origin of the tumors.
That kidney epithelial cells are infected, Nabel says, may also help explain why Kaposi's sarcoma is common among gay men with AIDS. That's because epithelial cells line the rectum--a port of entry for the virus during anal sex--and embryonic kidney cells are closely related to those of the urogenital tract and bladder, which along with genital secretions could harbor the virus, he says.
Getting the herpesvirus to replicate in the test tube is a big step toward developing animal models of the new virus and antiviral drugs. Says Nabel, "All of these now become possibilities."


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Exhibition: The River of Faces
Exhibition at GAGProjects (Adelaide) till 18 November 2018.
Click here for my essay and links to the exhibition page.
Exhibition at GAGProjects (Adelaide) till 18 November 2018.
Click here for my essay and links to the exhibition page.
I regularly upload to my Facebook site — click here
Wonderful day in the National Library of Australia. A chance to see some photographs by Charles Bayliss.
I have many people to thank for their support over a career that I continue to enjoy.
Bill Henson at the Tolarno Galleries 104 Exhibition Street Melbourne
till 2 June 2018.
Celebrating IWD — 8th March 2018
Adelie Hurley (1919–2010) - The first Australian female commercial photojournalist
I regularly upload to my Facebook site — click here
Thanks Marcus for encompassing both Bill's personal and professional roles; let's hope a proper history gets done.
Posted by The Art Museum on Monday, 30 October 2017
We have uploaded a new page on photo-web that provides a link to my essays on Max Dupain as well as links to other articles and resources. Click here.
The Unflinching Gaze: photo media & the male figureBathurst Regional Art Gallery, Open until 3 Dec 2017there's a link to the gallery at the bottom of the article..
Posted by Gael Newton on Friday, 20 October 2017
Sasha Grishin reviews National Library of Australia (Canberra) exhibition: Peter Dombrovskis — Journeys into the wild.Open till 30 January 2018
Posted by The Art Museum on Friday, 20 October 2017
Mirroring Life, a retrospective exhibition — photographer André Kertész (1894–1985)Foam Museum Amsterdam 15 Sept 2017 — 10 Jan 2018
Posted by The Art Museum on Saturday, 16 September 2017
Exhibition: Lee Fook CheeLee Fook Chee: Son of Singapore, Photographer of Hong KongThe Art House, Singapore, 3 Aug‑3 Sept 2017
Posted by The Art Museum on Thursday, 10 August 2017
There's more on my Facebook site — click here
An essay on this wonderful photograph — click here
from the listing:
Entries now invited
Continue reading William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize
Curtain Call at Stills Gallery Sydney
Here at photographs of the opening of the final Stills Gallery exhibition — Curtin Call
Searching for Frank Hurley along our northern beaches
Did you know that Frank Hurley was a very keen gardener and photographer of wild flowers?
Still have given notice of their final exhibition.
With Curtain Call, Stills Gallery is looking back over the history of the gallery and presents the mother of all salon hangs featuring over 70 artists from over the 26 years of exhibitions including:
Dörte Conroy — What Comes to Mind: Lorna Sim — Enigma:
Maurice Weidmann- Absence of Sunshine
Continue reading The Photography Room: May — June 2017
Click on the image above to see a new research paper by Belinda Hungerford that has been uploaded to photoweb.
Exhibition of Regis Lansac's photographs at Janet Clayton Gallery:
3–28 May 2017
Curated by Ashley Lumb and Laura McLean — click on image.
This is an exhibition at photoaccess (Canberra) curated by Ashley Lumb and Laura McLean.
Exhibition of 40 years of photographs by Wesley Stacey at the Monash Gallery of Art, 4th March — 28 April 2017 — click here for pictures of the opening and other comments.
At The Photography Room in Kingston (Canberra) is the exhibition by Sean Davey — Solomon Islands (2016).
Re-staging the first photographic exhibition..
Toby Meagher's Research Paper–June 2013. The paper was written for a Masters in Art Administration at COFA. Click here.
Exhibition of 40 years of photographs by Wesley Stacey at the Monash Gallery of Art, 4th March — 28 April 2017 — click here for details.
For more on Wesley — click here.
Click on the image for news on ArtDaily.
Click on the image for the story from ArtDaily
Click here for the article on artdaily.
Story from The Art Newspaper — click here.
from the museum site:
The theme of FotoFocus 2016 is "The Un-Document," and presents photography from over 100 international artists in 60 venues.
Hundreds of them.…… Here's the story online — click here.
From the gallery: This exhibition offered a glimpse of the lost architecture of preindustrial London, as captured in a series of carbon photoprints commissioned between 1875 and 1886 by the short-lived Society for Photographing the Relics of Old London.
The View from Here, brings together 70 key works that chart the history of landscape photography over the course of 175 years. click here for more.
Exhibition runs 29th October 2016 − 30th April 2017 — click here for the gallery site
An update on the move of the Royal Photography Society's collection to the V&A — and the V&A as a centre for photography. click here.
Click on the image for the review by Lenny Ann Low in the Fairfax news.
click on the image for the link to the exhibition and
Click on the image above for the link to Polixeni's web site and..
The Monash Gallery of Art has announced that Melbourne artist Valerie Sparks has won the 2016 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize with her work 'Prospero's Island – North East' featuring one of Australia's most iconic landscapes.
Click here for a link to the artist's website.
Click here for the link to Monash Gallery of Art
We recently heard of the death of a great Australian photographer. Click here to see an essay on John from 2004.


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The entire of Twitter has imploded after noticing that Apple has announced the dates for WWDC, this year June 7-11. That's too short notice for me to go, and having only recently started working again after a few months concentrating solely on Professional Cocoa Application Security, I can't scrape together the few thousand pounds needed to reserve flights, hotel and ticket at a month's notice.
I hope that those of you who are going have a great time. The conference looks decidedly thin on Mac content this year, and while I still class myself as more of a Mac developer than an iP* developer that shouldn't be too much of a problem. The main value in WWDC is in the social/networking side first, the labs second, and the lecture content third - so as long as you can find an engineer in the labs who remembers how a Mac works, you'll probably still have a great week and learn a lot.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
WWDC dates announced
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