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Whitman rejects the pull of it all. Jon Yau writes about Thomas Nozkowski and Thomas Merton speaks on the ordinariness of the spiritual path./
" Apart from the pulling and hauling stands what I am,
Stands amused, complacent, compassionating, idle, unitary,
Looks down, is erect, bends an arm on an impalpable certain
Looks with side curved head, curious what will come next,
Both in and out of the game, and watching and wondering at it." Walt Whitman
Thomas Merton, a Trappist Monk and spiritual master, reminds us that when we enter the monastery, we no longer have to get anywhere.
As I enjoy village life I am reminded of another Merton quote from Thoughts in Solitude
"If we want to be spiritual, first of all let us live our lives."
John Yau, an exceptional art thinker and writer penned an essay called The Secular Heretic. It talks about the artist Thomas Nozkowski and his commitment to rejecting the pull of it all. Nozkowski is an extraordinary abstract painter and Yau does a great job describing why.
He says that Nozkowski's paintings are so interesting because he broke three rules.
1. He moved away from big, grand, monumental, painting size.
2 He chose mundane, student grade-painting materials.
3. He is painting abstract works based on something he has experienced, something he saw, read, or heard.
These three rules give Nozkowski permission to be him-self, permission to paint the things of his life with attention and care. He paints everyday, starting and completing one small painting each day.
From Merton's perspective Nozkowski decided to first of all to live his life and then make paintings about that.
Nozkowski's yogic approach to making art reminds me to live and practice simply without the need for fancy poses, a fancy mat, or any conceptual ideas about the yoga that is outside my experience.
Thomas Merton, who was truly dedicated to a mundane path toward enlightenment, says,
"If God is everywhere then there is nowhere to go and nothing to do in order to love..."
Yau states "Nozkowskis decision to always make a specific experience the root of each painting suggests two things:
1. He wasn't tempted to connect his work to a grand system such as might be found in theories about opticality, the reification of paintings flatness, paintings death, the kabala, alchemy or any other totalizing scheme, arcane or otherwise.
2. He was secular artist concerned with the stuff of this world, seeking reassurance or comfort in a larger structure was never part of his project."
Merton continues,
"We are all gods Son, and we are already what we are seeking."
For me these words are a relief in a world of heightened anxiety and consumer platforms that are as grand as they can be. The influence of media in our culture can infuse us with panic, anxiety and an urgency that is not really there. It is imagined, inferred and implied but certainly not real.
Rejecting comfort in a larger structure does not mean that Noskowski, or any of us, are not worthy of an experience in a larger structure, whether that structure be the monastery, art itself or a specific yoga style.
But Yau reminds us that seeking a specific experience with prescribed materials for a predetermined outcome will fall short of Art or Yoga. It will fall short in the realm of satisfaction and joy.
According to Merton if man is really acting according to his or her nature he or she experiences the 4 passions in relation to your work. The 4 passions are love, fear, joy and sorrow.
On the enlightened path the work could be yoga, art, God or anything else that you love. The subject of the work can be as individual and varied as we are. The practice offers the opportunity to do work thoughtfully with a contentment that says doing the work is enough. We can contextualize our passions and through our own understanding of the work.
Love of the art (or yoga, God)
Fear of being separated from the art (or yoga, God)
Joy in being the art (or yoga, God)
Sorrow when we forget the art (or yoga, God) is everything.
Merton reminds me, if I come back to my direct experience, without any attachments I see there is an opportunity to love.
"For me, to be a saint means to be myself."
Yau concludes: "Beneath the intensely worked surfaces of his sophisticated visual hijinks and human comedy, I sense a large reservoir of despair, the recognition that true and deep communication might be entirely futile.
Despite mountains of evidence to the contrary, and the illusions of refuge and solace that society continuously offers us, we all harbor a deep- seated suspicion that we will never be able to explain our sincerest feelings to each other because we would never be able to agree on the definitions of words we use. There is no talking cure, but we better keep talking.
Without ever overstating the case, calling attention to himself, or making claims for his project (he was never that kind of artist) Noskowski, makes the comic and tragic inseparable but never the same. This is where his paintings gently bring me to- a place where the ordinary meets the magical, where we see ourselves looking so that we might look again and again."
Do your work and try making it as true and quiet as it can be. Let yourself be simple but honest. There is a full life that reveals herself when we let go of the notions of what it should be and that we should get somewhere with it.


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We have an old shoe last which we use to keep the door open and to stub our toes on and it probably came from a garage sale like most other objects in our house. My daughter will be nodding her head if she is reading this. You need to belt the spoon flat on a hard surface so I took the last outside and worked on the bricks and tried not to damage them like I did the other day.
Okay that is flat enough so now write the word you want to punch out on the spoon and then carefully put the punch tool over the letter and bang the hammer a few times trying not to let the spoon move which I obviously did with the 'D' so it looks a bit dodgy. You can just put dots where you want the letters and some people draw a line but do whatever works for you.


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When travelling out of town to have some fun and relaxation, be sure that your vacation really would not cause you troubles. Be smart in preparing for your vacation and you are sure to have the best time of your life. Happy trip!
Before jumping into your car or boarding the plane for a long-awaited journey, be sure that everything is already well-planned and taken care of. As you book your hotel and resort reservations, be sure to find a nearby gym of fitness center and check the Internet for restaurants that would offer the healthiestmeals at the best prices. Never care less about your health wherever you go. Plan it well. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
Also, keep your medications in proper bottles with their prescriptions to avoid unwanted stops by the security. Moreover, be safe from bringing home nasty bedbugs by using resealable plastic bags to store your clothes in and opt for hard-sided luggage.
It I also highly suggested that you bring with you a pack of nuts, string cheese, and fruit in your hand carry. You could easily make your instant oatmeal while on your flight as the flight attendant could provide you with your needed hot water. When you go for a bite at the airport, go for a healthy salad without the cheese and choose light dressing.
And during vacation, keep away from germs. Germs travel fast. Keep them away by always having your alcohol-based sanitizer with you at all times. Spray some on your hands before and after eating a meal. Spray some most especially after using the toilet. It is also suggested that you spray some on your tray and use newspaper as a placemat.
When you travel for long hours, see to it that you be able to move your legs. When on a plane, go for an aisle so that you could easily stand and walk around. If standing is not possible, move your knees up and down and move your feet in circles. Doing so helps prevent blood clots that could form in your legs due to long periods of sitting.
To prevent motion sickness, limit anything that stimulates the sense of sight. Put on something that could cover your eyes like sunglasses and lie down if possible. Also, this means no books or tablets. You may also swallow a stabilizer at least an hour before departure if you are prone to vomiting.
To avoid jet lag, drink water and skip the booze on your flight. Dehydration worsens the jet lag symptoms. Use your usual wake-up time, sleep habits, and home time zone. This would give you a guide when to savor all the sunlight and when to hit the hotel room to get some snooze.
Also, make it easy for you to rest. To sleep soundly in an unfamiliar place, ask for hotel rooms that do not face the busy streets and are far from elevators. When on a cruise, do not go for cabins below the pool deck. And if you do not surf the Internet or watch the TV as you lie in bed at home, then do not even when away from home.


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Posted on June 05, 2011
KiKi*c's GlamBags will soon be in the hands of Natalie Portman, Jennifer Aniston, Zac Efron and MTV's other 2011 Movie Award nominees. The luxe reusable travel and beauty bags were selected to be a part of the hip gift bags presented to award nominees. Tune into MTV tonight, June 5, at 9pm ET to see the show. Perhaps you will catch Ellen Page, Emma Watson or Justin Bieber in style with a GlamBag from KiKi*c.


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Most days, I'm ashamed to say, I have become that mom. The one I swore that I would never become – who shows up to school drop off and pickup in her workout clothes, and I confess, sometimes without having gotten in a workout that day. Often it means my hair is in a ponytail and I have no makeup on. But it's not because I don't want to. Y'all. I want to. It's just that I want to sleep even more. And the night before, when I could be prepping in order to make my mornings a bit easier so that maybe I have a chance of getting some makeup on in the morning and oh, I don't know, WEARING ACTUAL PANTS to school drop off all I can think about is that I have about 20 billion episodes of Scandal to catch up on. PRIORITIES.
All of this to say that I actually really enjoy buying and experimenting with makeup. It's a hobby of mine. And when I do wear makeup I often get asked by my friends how I do it. So when I saw this video by Lisa Eldridge, of whom I am a huge fan, I felt like she read my mind. Because this is my routine. My natural but glam, I tried but I didn't try too hard look. Watch this video. Master this look. It looks fabulous on anyone for any occasion.
I bet you'll become as hooked on Lisa's videos as I have!
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Thanks to everyone that came out to our fund raiser. It was a good time had by all and the turned out o not be too cold for us. Thanks for all of the support.
Challenger League fundraiser game for Saturday, February 4th at 6 pm at the CP baseball field. Everyone is really looking forward to another great night. Let's pray for great weather as well.
This is a great event and provides funds for Challenger League's 2017 uniforms. Please let family and friends know to join us!


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In the negative; Is no fun when he is in fact a Zero.
This is the thorn in most organisations side today. leadership flows from the top, mark my words, from the top. If there is a void, then it's because there no real leader. It's not the people, the strategy, the systems, or the resources, its just the absence of power. Then you get yet another reality, that of political appointments. Political appointments have the tendency to be just puppets, using their positions, the trend is that they only look out for themselves, their family and friends first, only in it for the money, and to further their own agendas, and political future, and then you have people getting appointed that have no business in these positions today as a matter of politics. Then the emphasis of what management implies and signifies shifts to a warped reality. It's like having a red Mini with a Ferrari badge on, it's just not the same thing. It's all window dressing. They tend to use power to prove that they are right and able no matter what the results of their actions, at any cost. On being right at any cost… it is nothing less than self-preservation, and comes at a high cost, you pay for it in efficiency, effectiveness, and consistency – all-round. In an ethical organisation, they give emphasis to being content; over being right all the time, getting along, sorting out differences and moving on becomes the norm – a team effort.
Ethical and un-prejudiced conduct, is the suit to wear today and no longer just playing in favour of mainstream party politics. Leaders have to make trade-offs between these two extremes. In order to become good leaders, we have to be able to point fingers at one another and rub shoulders with staff – and differ – from time to time. We have to take a firm stance at some point as well, otherwise everything just becomes ordinary chit-chat, and you cannot just let everything slide into chaos. Order requires two elements; discipline and mutual respect. Self discipline and mutual respect needs to prevail before structure will emerge to hold things in place, such as leadership – a natural order of things as they exist.
Ethics should become the leadership's edge – this won't happen in an environment where talk is cheap, from "command and control" practitioners – in disguise. Codes of good conduct are necessary, however not to the extent where it becomes a 50 page document; that spells out every single aspect of conduct, it needs to be to some extent, almost standard rules. In most cases, the "lack of discipline" is actually a "lack of inspiration" and management skills. People who cannot manage, and lead, rely on rules, policy and procedures. Blind conformity to rules, codes of ethics, and so forth and so on, creates stagnation, everyone is just too afraid to act. Then rules seem to be applied differently, as we deem fit. "Ethical people" – shout foul, at every opportunity, as a means to wedge themselves into control and distract attention away from their own wrongdoing. Ethical behaviour is not behaviour guided by rules, but by principles. Behaviour that only satisfies self-interest is unethical.
By only serving "number one" and his interests, by dancing to his tune all day and night – you inevitable steer away from a human attribute – that favours fairness. It creates an atmosphere where everyone wants their worth to be noticed and realised – you just cannot move forward, or ever have closure in a self-consuming environment. Then the plot is lost, and you no longer serve a leader, you serve an ideology, an organisation, an objective. Where leaders think they are gods, it creates a culture where someone always has to win and someone has to lose, thus no one really gets close to the cheese they just get to smell, and even see it. But taste it, never…
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Graphics Guides - DID YOU KNOW?
New Colors and Old Guides Mean You Could Be Missing Out!
Pantone Color Institute
19 July 2016
Since we launched the PANTONE PLUS SERIES back in 2010, there have been three color collection additions. Check out the chart below - you would be missing over 750 colors!
|New Color Launch Dates
|# of Colors Launched
|Total Colors
|Colors Missing From Your Last Guide Update
|If you haven't updated in the last 6+ years - you are missing 756 colors
|If you haven't updated in the last 5 years - you are missing 532 colors
|If you haven't updated in the last 3 years - you are missing 196 colors
|If you haven't updated in the last 2 years - you are missing 112 colors
If you haven't upgraded your Pantone Guides and books for several years, your colors are no longer meeting full market demand nor are they reliably accurate.
Here's why:
Pantone guides are arranged chromatically vs. numerically in order to inspire designers and make color ranges easy to locate.
Pantone guides and books are produced using the highest manufacturing standards. In each edition, we ensure:
- Highly-regulated ink formula consistency
- Printed on the most popular commercial-grade 148 gsm and 118 gsm text weight stocks
- Carefully monitored for imperfections during the production process
However, our guides will not last forever. Due to handling, fading and aging, your colors will appear inaccurate over time. That's why we recommend replacing your guides every 12-18 months, depending on your usage case and storage habits.
- Handling = Smearing and removing pigment from natural oils on fingertips
- Pages rubbing together = Scratching or removing pigment
- Light exposure = Fading
- Paper aging = Yellowing effects
- Ambient moisture = Accelerating paper aging
Pantone recommends replacing guides and books every 12-18 months, as normal usage and exposure will render your colors inaccurate.
One of the biggest design frustrations is the circle of rework that goes into getting the right color. We've all been there. Why is it so challenging? There are many reasons, but an easy one is that your production partners are using old guides.
If your guide is new but your printer's guide is even just a few years older, then your colors will no longer accurately match, which can cause:
- Miscommunication (eg: Why can't they match my color?)
- Frustration (eg: The Brand rejected the sample again.)
- Unnecessary reworks (eg: We can't accept this sample, please resend... again)
- Cost in shipping approval samples (eg: Please ship Priority Overnight, the final sample was due three weeks ago.)
- Loss of time (eg: We're going to miss the launch date if the sample can't be approved.)
- Dissatisfaction (eg: Ask the Brand if they can accept a Running Change.)
And ultimately, Reluctant Acceptance (eg: This is the best match possible)
So, if you use Pantone Products to specify or approve colors with your design or production partners, then you might want to encourage them to keep their guides up to date as well (e.g. buy them at the same time). Alternatively, our Solid Chips sets are designed to share colors, as they illustrate all 1,867 PMS spot colors in a perforated format that can be sent to vendors with design specifications.
If you're concerned your production partners' guides aren't current then Pantone recommends PANTONE Solid Chips always accompany artwork to ensure color accuracy.
Solid Chips are an excellent tool for color communication because:
- When attached to artwork files, they instantly depict specific color expectation and intent
- They are perfect for easily shipping and sharing
- They give your printer a physical representation of the color to strive for on press
- They are sold as multiple chips per color and are easy to replace
To ensure accuracy, Pantone also recommends chips from our PANTONE SOLID CHIPS Books should always accompany artwork as standards to strive for on press.
In 2010, Pantone launched the PANTONE PLUS Series publications - a more modern version of the PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM®. Since then, we have added new colors about every two years.
More colors are the single most noted request of Pantone from our design community. We've heard you, and why shouldn't designers want more?
More colors mean:
- More expression
- More choices
- More diversity
- More precise representation
- More unique palettes
- More joy!
Market driven, on-trend, sellable
Now with a total of 1,867 solid PANTONE Colors, imagine the creative and communication possibilities!
Illustrating the present and reading the future, Pantone proudly introduced another 112 new colors in March 2016 to give designers a greater range of expression and freedom. Having the right colors to choose from is essential when making design decisions.
- Color commands our attention.
- Color is the single most important design element in reflecting mood and style.
- In today's visual world, creating the right color palette is more crucial to success than ever before.
- Consumer reaction to color, especially in packaging and consumables, is based on proven psychology.
- Sending a strategic message with a precise color strategy is critical.
Here's what can be found inside our updated series of global color communication tools:
- A total of 1,867 Solid PANTONE Colors.
- Colors relevant and expected for contemporary packaging, created in collaboration with major brands.
- Emphasis on specific color ranges derived from market requests, our community has asked us for colors and we're responding to meet those popular requests.
- 112 new ways to be even more creative, inspired and expressive through color.
Remember: Color guides age, which means you aren't really seeing the color you're designing and referencing. Pantone recommends replacing your guide every 12-18 months.
Talk to your production partners: Even with updated guides on your end, who knows how long your production partners have been referencing the same guide. Ask your partners to replace their guides every year or send them the color with our solid chip book.
New colors, new possibilities! Pantone has launched 756 new, market-driven colors since 2010. Check them out!
Contact us on +44 (0)1233 225 450 with any questions.


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Flag referendum kicks off and by gum, what a to do. Present wisdom holds that voters can be shamed by their stupidity into voting for change (this doesn't work, btw). Let the pathologisation of your enemies commence.
Bill English is in a cat and mouse game with budgetary surplus, in which no stone is left unturned, no concept left unsullied.
And, ACT are the new Green party.


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Monday, March 24, 2014
copenhagen home
Simplicity at it's finest.
Saturday, March 22, 2014
toronto fashion week
:: March 18 | 9:00pm | David Dixon ::
Wedding season is coming up so it was exciting to see so many beautiful wedding gowns by David Dixon. It never crossed my mind to have a pale pink gown, but after seeing his collection, its a beautiful idea!
After the David Dixon fashion show, Susie and I got our nails done by Maybelline. I've never tried their nail polish before and I was pleasantly surprised. The colours were cute and most importantly, the manicure lasted. Susie got her make-up done too!
:: March 19 | 3:00pm | Christopher Bates ::
xo sara
Monday, March 17, 2014
the canadian screen awards
I was able to attend a fun filled week of events each night for the Canadian Screen Awards. There were 2 gala nights at the Sheridan Hotel in Toronto, party at The Hoxton and the finale which was Sunday night at the Sony Centre.
:: Gala Evening ::
I went into the hair and make-up lounge and saw Tracy Moore getting her make-up done!
:: The After Party at The Ritz Bar ::
:: Academy Social at The Hoxton ::
The gorgeous ladies of The Social hosted the Academy Social at The Hoxton which was lot's of fun! Steamwhistle sponsored the evening (free drinks!) which was super awesome and the place was filled with Toronto fashion bloggers, film people and media.
Always a pleasure seeing Spiro from It's All Style To Me!
Having some camera fun with Holly and Samantha
(#AcademySocial pictures taken by Arthur Mola)
:: Canadian Screen Awards at The Sony Centre ::
I spotted Cheryl Hickey and Roz Weston on the red carpet as well as George Stroumboulopoulos and Jay Baruchel! Side note - if I could be friends with a fictitious character, it would totally be Jay Baruchel's character in Knocked Up. Such a funny guy in that movie.
xo sara
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Saturday, March 1, 2014
geometric lighting love
Goodbye chandeliers dripping in crystals and hello beautiful geometric lighting! Over the past few years, lighting has gone in a completely different direction. When I look at geometric lighting, I think of what the artist was thinking when they created a piece of this unique style. Were they at a rave and had an amazing idea to recreate the evening into a pendent light? Possibly. Tempting to ask them. How do you feel about geometric lighting, super into them?
My . New . Obsession
xo sara
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Pond View Preserve
About Pond View (Paine O/S) Preserve
Pond View is part of the 128-acre Paine Open Space owned by the town of Easton. Paine Open Space has an extensive trail system that is excellent for year-round hiking and snowshoeing or cross country skiing in winter.
For a nice hike, follow the trails for a short walk around the pond and through a pine grove and open meadow.
Historic Hay Barn
A classic English Hay Barn on the Paine property was built in 1847. Today, only the stone foundation remains. Easton wanted to repair the barn and raised funds to do so but since the building inspector wouldnt let preservationists onto the roof for safety reasons, the restoration was never completed. The barn was offered to the public, and John Baldwin of Canterbury, Connecticut was awarded the barn by Eastons Board of Selectmen. Mr. Baldwin owns a home that was built in 1712 and he planned on rebuilding the Paine Barn on the site of an old barn foundation that is on his property.
Directions & Parking:
Follow Stepney Road/ Rt 59 to a left turn onto Judd Road; turn left. Turn left on Maple Road and proceed for one-half mile. Turn right into the main entrance at sign at roadside. Proceed to end of entrance road to trailhead.
Where is it
220 Maple Rd
Easton, CT 06612


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Bulgari restaurant offers fantastic selection of Bulgarian, Greek and Turkish specialties, including a superb Balkan BBQ.
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GENEVA - Switzerland's tax disputes with the United States and some European nations are "an economic war" putting 20,000 jobs at risk, the CEO of Swiss banking giant UBS AG has been quoted as saying.
Switzerland has recently tried to shed its image as a tax haven, signing deals with the United States, Germany and Britain to provide greater assistance to foreign tax authorities seeking information on their citizens' accounts in the Alpine nation.
But the tax agreements have drawn fire from Switzerland's nationalist People's Party, which won more than a quarter of the vote in last year's general election, with some lawmakers saying they will try to block the treaties through referendums.
Sergio Ermotti, who was appointed CEO of Switzerland's largest bank in November in the wake of a trading scandal, says Switzerland now is "stuck in the middle of economic warfare" and its opponents' goal is to weaken UBS and the next biggest bank, Credit Suisse, according to Zurich Sunday newspaper SonntagsZeitung.
U.S. authorities in particular have dealt Switzerland and its banks several serious blows over the past few years, resulting in several significant concessions to Swiss banking secrecy. Investigations against at least 11 banks, including Credit Suisse, are still pending, on suspicion they too helped Americans hide money abroad, following the successful case against UBS AG, which had to pay a $780 million fine and hand over 4,450 clients' files to Washington in 2010.
Since then, an amnesty program and the arrest of several Swiss bankers have given U.S. authorities ample ammunition to pursue some of the country's other banks.
But Switzerland has insisted throughout its negotiations with other governments that it won't accept any automatic transfer of information on foreign account holders — ensuring that a semblance of its banking secrecy remains in place.
"For us this is an economic war," Ermotti was quoted as saying. "Since 2008, Switzerland has been attacked."
The banks' rivals seek a share of their combined foreign assets of 2.2 trillion Swiss francs ($2.42 trillion), forcing UBS to cut costs and imperiling 20,000 jobs, Ermotti also was quoted in the Sunday paper as saying.
Last month, Switzerland's oldest bank, Wegelin & Co, announced it was selling most of its business after it was indicted in the U.S. for conspiring to help American clients hide more than $1.2 billion from the Internal Revenue Service.
Talks to resolve the long-running U.S.-Swiss tax spat over how to pursue suspected tax evaders recently suffered a blow when a Swiss court blocked the handover of one unnamed bank client's data to U.S. authorities.
The Federal Administrative Court ruled that a 1996 treaty between Switzerland and the United States doesn't allow the U.S. Internal Revenue Service to request the account details of potential tax cheats without clear evidence of fraudulent intent.
Germany has said its state coffers could increase by some €10 billion ($13 billion) next year after Switzerland agreed to a new tough bilateral tax evasion treaty. The agreement signed by officials from both countries in Switzerland earlier this month seeks to end a long-running dispute over German tax evaders who keep their money in Swiss bank accounts.
Switzerland also has agreed to increase the charge it levies on British taxpayers' Swiss bank accounts after London demanded the same treatment as Germany. Switzerland had offered Germany a higher rate in an attempt to win over the country's opposition Social Democrats.


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The Future of Windows: Microsoft's 'Midori'
Microsoft has a post-Windows operating system in the works, and it is code-named Midori, sources say. What's in it for developers?
David Worthington over at SD Times has gained access to the details of an integral post-Windows operating system the software giant has been working on.
The project is so important that Microsoft tapped Eric Rudder, former head of Microsoft's server and tools business and a key member of Chairman Bill Gates' faction of the company, to run it.
Several sources have continued to chip away at the Midori story, piecing together critical portions of the overall Midori strategy, here, but in one fell swoop, Worthington snatched the limelight by landing what we shall call "the goods," an internal document Microsoft has closely guarded.
According to Worthington, "Midori is an offshoot of Microsoft Research's Singularity operating system, the tools and libraries of which are completely managed code. Midori is designed to run directly on native hardware (x86, x64 and ARM), be hosted on the Windows Hyper-V hypervisor, or even be hosted by a Windows process."
Read the rest of this post at Developing Stories: "The Future of Windows: Microsoft's 'Midori'"


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I'm Keith DeGreen and this is your Investors Minute.
We've taken our clients to cash during the recent market volatility. You don't want to exit the market every time it hiccups. But if you're retired, be prepared to protect your portfolio – if not this time, then next – by at least monitoring two things:
- First, monitor the moving averages. Typically, hang in there if markets dip below their 50-day moving average price. But be on high alert if they dip below their 100-day average, and get out if they drop below their 200-day average.
- Second, watch the world economy and the dollar. A world economy that slows below expectations, and a rising dollar are both negative signals. We live in a global economy and a lack of demand elsewhere directly affects companies here. If the dollar rises, our exports also become more expensive.
The key is to be proactive without over-reacting!
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Forto Strong Coffee
Honey, we shrunk the coffee!
This project brought together two of Studio One Eleven's favorite things – coffee and cool packaging. Resembling a miniature coffee cup, this shot-glass-sized package was designed for a new energy drink that delivers two regular coffee cups' worth of caffeine in less than 2 oz of liquid. The package structure – complete with a coffee-cup-lid-style snap-on closure – instantly associates the product with coffee for easy differentiation from other energy shots. The coffee connection is reinforced with a brown closure, an embossed "FORTO Strong Coffee" logo on top of the cap, and a dominant brown color motif on the shrink sleeve. The design creates visual fun that catches the shopper's eye.
For this project, the Studio overcame a number of challenges with regard to filling and sealing the cup – and still produced a perfect miniature version of the coffee cups everyone loves. Creating a manufacturable package presented challenges ranging from the need to hot-fill the product without melting the resin to identifying a liner that would work with the snap-on closure. Solutions included a special polypropylene capable of withstanding 190º filling temperatures and a custom foil-based liner supplied in magazines and affixed before capping.
The finished package is spill-proof and small enough to toss in a pocket or purse – ready for either a sip or a shot whenever the consumer needs a quick energy boost.
The package won Silver recognition in the Best Use of Custom Packaging category at the 2016 NACD packaging awards.


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Politics & Government
After leak accusations, Clapper attempts to smooth things over with Trump
Intelligence officials confident Russians behind election attacks
James Clapper, the outgoing director of national intelligence, spoke with Donald Trump Wednesday night to express concern about published reports that Russia might possess damaging information on him and distance the intelligence community from those reports — just hours after Trump publicly compared the leaks to "Nazi Germany" and accused intelligence officials of taking "one last shot at me."
"I expressed my profound dismay at the leaks that have been appearing in the press, and we both agreed that they are extremely corrosive and damaging to our national security," Clapper wrote in a statement after his conversation with Trump. "I emphasized that this document is not a U.S. Intelligence Community product and that I do not believe the leaks came from within the IC."
Trump's relationship with the intelligence community was strained significantly after CNN reported Tuesday that intelligence officials had presented information to Trump that Russia might have gathered compromising personal and financial information on the president-elect, and BuzzFeed published a 35-page dossier of the unverified allegations in question online.
Trump's transition team had quickly denounced the report, with spokeswoman Kellyanne Conway saying that Trump was "not aware" of being briefed, and Trump himself tweeting Tuesday night that the reports were "fake news — a total political witch hunt." In condemning the reports, Trump also turned his fire on intelligence officials, who "should never have allowed this fake news to 'leak' into the public," he tweeted Wednesday. "One last shot at me. Are we living in Nazi Germany?"
In a press conference later Wednesday, Trump continued, saying "a thing like that should have never been written, it should never have been had, and it certainly should never have been released."
The comparison to "Nazi Germany" in particular appeared to stoke the ire of several former intelligence officials, according to the Daily Beast, some of whom suggested the comments set up unprecedented conflict between the incoming commander-in-chief and the nation's spies.
John Rizzo, the CIA's former top lawyer, told The Daily Beast that he "can't remember it ever being this bad," despite serving under seven presidents.
In his conversation with Trump, Clapper sought to distance the intelligence community from the published leaks, which he described as a "private security company document" that had not been evaluated by intelligence officials.
"Part of our obligation is to ensure that policymakers are provided with the fullest possible picture of any matters that might affect national security," he wrote.
Clapper also wrote that the president-elect "again affirmed his appreciation for all the men and women serving in the Intelligence Community, and I assured him that the IC stands ready to serve his administration and the American people."
Trump tweeted Thursday morning that Clapper had called to "denounce the false and fictitious report that was illegally circulated," though Clapper's statement specified that the intelligence community "has not made any judgement" on the veracity of the allegations.
James Clapper called me yesterday to denounce the false and fictitious report that was illegally circulated. Made up, phony facts.Too bad!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 12, 2017


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So I'm super excited to have Thieves oil in my collection now and decided to make this weekend's theme all about this amazing blend because there is just so much you can do with it!
You may be wondering why it is called Thieves oil and the story is actually quite interesting! The Legend of the 4 Thieves says that during the Bubonic Plague in the 15th century 4 thieves ran around Europe robbing plague victims of their valuables but somehow never contracted the virus. When finally caught the courts wanted to know how they never got sick and the thieves credited an herbal blend they had concocted as keeping them healthy. The legend has spread through word of mouth over the centuries and as a result there is some debate to what the actual ingredients were that the thieves used in their concoction – some sources credit the thieves to creating a vinegar with garlic and herbs, including rosemary, sage, rue, and camphor. A pioneering American herbalist, Dr. John Christopher created his own, garlic heavy, formula and brought the story and his recipe to the American public in 1977 raving about the antiviral properties of his formula. Later, a French aromatherapy doctor, Jean Valnet, inspired by the 4 Thieves Legend created an essential oil blend that he shared in his book The Practice of Aromatherapy in 1982. Gary Young, founder of Young Living studied under both Dr. Christopher and Dr. Valnet and created his own proprietary blend of clove, lemon, cinnamon bark, eucalyptus, and rosemary – all known for their immune enhancing properties – published in his book Aromatherapy: The Essential Beginning in 1996.
Learn more about the history of The 4 Thieves Legend here: http://www.secretofthieves.com/four-thieves-vinegar.cfm
Now as with any blend of essential oils, you could make your own. For me this wasn't a good option financially because I would spend way more purchasing the ingredients than I would just buying the actual oil. Not to mention there is a lot of trial and error when trying to emulate a proprietary blend. Why reinvent the wheel???
So, why am I so excited about Thieves oil? There are so many things you can do with it!!! Because of its ability to prohibit bacteria and fungal growth as well as its immune enhancing properties of Thieves oil it is well suited as an addition to household cleaners, soaps, hand sanitizers, toothpaste, mouthwash, lozenges, etc. Follow my blog this weekend and I will share some of my tried and true Thieves oil recipes with you! But first, lets talk a bit about Thieves Oil Safety.
Thieves Oil Safety
When learning about any new oil the first step is learning how to use the oil safely. Despite the variety of uses Thieves oil is good for, it is no exception. What you must first understand is what a "hot" oil is. Hot oils are oils that when applied directly to the skin can cause a warm or burning sensation. Examples of hot oils are cinnamon, clove, lemongrass, peppermint, oregano, thyme, Exodus II (YL blend), and Thieves. As with any new oil that you apply topically, you should always do a skin patch-test. A patch-test is usually done on the inside, upper portion of your arm. Begin by combining 1 drop of your essential oil with ½ tsp of a carrier oil of your choice, rub onto the skin and wait 1 hour. If no itching or redness occurs you are most likely not sensitive to that oil. Thieves oil should never be used undiluted on the skin.
In addition to being a skin irritant, Thieves oil contains cinnamon bark, clove, rosemary, and eucalyptus oil which can be a lung irritant for some people. Cinnamon bark and clove can both be upper respiratory mucous membrane irritants which can cause swelling or irritation in some people. In addition, rosemary and eucalyptus both contain 1,8-cineole which is a natural, organic compound found in many plant oils that stimulates cold-receptors in the lungs (like menthol) and can slow respiration in young children. Some herbalists and aromatherapists recommend avoiding using Thieves oil at all with children under 10 years old others say they use the oil safely with members of their family of all ages (I personally have used my cleaner with Thieves oil in it and have even diffused it around my 4 month old with no problems). Do your research to make an informed choice for your family and before using any essential oil with young children. At the very least, Thieves oil should be used with caution around children and only when over-diluted compared to adult dilution ratios.
When used safely, Thieves oil can be used as a disinfectant, to clean around the house, to purify the air, to help with coughs and cold symptoms, to alleviate minor aches and pains, even as an ingredient in DIY bug spray and to help prevent fleas on household pets!
Here is a link to age-appropriate Thieves oil alternatives for anti-germ and anti-congestion recipes from other bloggers: http://www.learningabouteos.com/index.php/2014/01/28/age-appropriate-anti-germ-and-anti-congestion-recipes-and-suggestions-for-babies-and-children/ and http://www.thehippyhomemaker.com/medicine-woman-jr/
Do you have a favorite use for Thieves oil? If so, share it in the comments below!
Want to give Thieves oil a try for yourself? Send me a message to ask how I can save you 24% of retail!!!
Before I joined Young Living as a wholesale member I scouted out the oils they offered and had a wish list of a few oils that I wanted to try. One that I had heard so much about was Thieves oil and naturally wanted to give it a try. My wish list grew and grew and eventually I realized that I might as well look at how the starter kit compared. I was excited to learn that Thieves oil was one of the essential oil blends that came with the Premium Starter Kit. If there are several oils you may be interested in, send me a message and we can discuss what the best financial option is for you.
Also check out the Thieves Premium Starter Kit and these other great Thieves inspired products:
Thieves Waterless Hand Purifier
Thieves AromaBright and Thieves Dentarome Ultra Toothpaste
Thieves Fresh Essence Plus Mouthwash
and last but not least Thieves mints!
*These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. Products and techniques mentioned here are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Information here is in no way intended to replace proper medical help. Consult with the health authorities of your choice for treatment.


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Real Estate season is upon us once again. LocalReal Estate Experts report that Hamilton- Wentworth continues to buck the national trend-Hamilton home prices continue to be on the rise. When selling your home it is very important that your home step forward on all levels. Professional Staging Services will transform your home into another family's dream. Staging is not about your family's home life, it is about creating an environment that others wish to live in. Staging is one of the core services offered by BRANCH Design Inc..
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3) Clean your house inside and out• A clean house communicates a home well cared for.
4) Repair/Refresh• Potential buyers can have difficulty seeing past peeling paint, cracked panes glass and/or damaged cabinetry. Make necessary repairs.
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As the demand for headhunters and recruitment consultants rises, progressively more individuals are initiating their career in the recruitment industry. For job-seekers out there, it has turned into a challenge to find the right recruiter, one that will comprehend the need and give the employment one wishes.
Periodically, your resume is tossed into the heaps of more resumes. You will be considered as one of them. However, that is not what you require. You require a recruitment consultant who will help you with your choices, give you a sound opinion and deal with your needs. You require consultants who will genuinely help you, not the one who just has the customers' best concern at heart.
7 Traits of Recruitment Consultants
To help find and choose the right consultant, we have listed 7 traits you ought to consider.
- Shows a genuine interest in you
- Knowledgeable about the market
- Understands the demands of the client
- Gives you sound advice
- Manage your hopes and ideals
- Open to your questions
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Peace in an Unlikely Place
Sometimes the Bible leaves out details. I'm not saying the Bible is incorrect or lacking by any means, but sometimes when I'm reading certain sections I wonder what happened between the lines of scripture.
Let's think about Luke 2 for example. Many of you likely recognize this as the story of the Birth of Christ. You probably even have the majority of it memorized from years of recitation in grade school.
Do you sometimes wonder?
Wonder what Mary was feeling? Wonder what Joseph was feeling? Wonder what it would be like to be there?
A familiar hymn comes to mind when reading Luke 2.
Silent night! Holy night! All is calm, all is bright. Round yon virgin mother and child. Holy infant so tender and mild, Sleep in heavenly peace, Sleep in heavenly peace.
This verse has always given me the classic picture of Mary and Joseph sitting near the manger with baby Jesus all swaddled up sleeping. Aww, so sweet!
But when I read between the lines of Luke 2, I think, WHAT CHAOS!
Because seriously!
Mary is traveling to Bethlehem on a donkey while pregnant. She's traveling with her husband who had just contemplated divorcing her. Oh, have I mentioned she's pregnant with the Son of God? Because that's a totally normal thing. So after this long donkey trip, they finally arrive in Bethlehem. Can you imagine how badly Mary just wanted to lie down. How badly she needed a bath. How badly her poor ankles and toes were swollen? Then imagine going from inn to inn, while being the size of a bus, and having to hear over and over again that "oh, no room here!" Do you think she wanted to be just a little emotional? (Pregnant women I know never have times of outrageous emotions....) So she's tired and dusty, and then what? Oh, her water breaks? Contractions start?Then they finally do find a place to stay.... annnnnd it's a stable. With animals. Do you know what animals and animal homes smell like? So Mary is having contractions for her first baby, which is terrifying, who just so happens to be God, which is totally crazy, in a stable where it smells like manure.
That is chaos. If I had been in Mary's shoes, I would have had a total breakdown! Her birth plan not only was not followed, it was burned and stomped on (except maybe the no drugs part).
But when Mary gave that final push and her precious, first born, beautiful baby boy was delivered, all was right again. When she held him for the first time and looked into his teeny little eyes and inspected his teeny little nose and his teeny little fingers, she felt joy. When she had this moment, this incredible first moment with the Savior of the entire world, she had complete peace.
So the night may not have been silent. There may have been a donkey trying to snack on Mary's bed. There may have been some high tensions as everything unfolded. But... I can feel what the song writer was writing about. I can feel that stillness even when chaos is all around. Radiant beams from thy holy face with the dawn of redeeming grace, Jesus Lord at thy birth.
Philippians 4:7, "And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."


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"Now you're just a stranger with all my secrets. You're now a stranger who I once believed will never be – who promised he will never be. You're now a stranger who said he was different but then turned out just to be like everyone else. "
This is me for the first time, giving myself what I deserve.


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Short Pour is a Breaking Brews feature that delivers craft beer news, information, and entertainment in 250 words or less. It's all the info you need and none of the filler you don't.
Pittsburgh Craft Beer Network Launches Facebook Group for Event Discussion
To further enhance libations event exposure throughout Pittsburgh, I have launched a Facebook Group designed to stimulate conversation about events and happenings before, after, even during events as they unfold. With so many destinations hosting unique events from rare beer tappings to flight nights to full-blown festivals and extravaganzas, our collective voice can provide tremendous assistance in the promotion, improvement, and in some cases, the overall execution of said events.
The page is called One More Round: PGH Libations Events Symposium and is designed to stimulate conversation around events in town. There are a couple Facebook groups dedicated to craft beer discussion and One More Round looks to exist in that same plane. However, the idea with this group is to focus on the activities our bars, restaurants, breweries, wineries, distilleries, meaderies, cider houses, and large festivals/tastings are hosting that pique our interest and bring us through their doors.
As I wrote in the overall description of this group: "Events are the heart of Pittsburgh's libations scene. We live in a hotbed of award-winning craft beer, whiskey, rum, cider, mead, and more. On a near-daily basis, craft beer destinations throughout the Pittsburgh region host events designed to showcase craft libations AND entertain enthusiasts at the same time. From a night of trivia to the largest of craft beer festivals and everything in between, bringing people together to collectively enjoy the adult beverages they love is what makes Pittsburgh's libations scene absolutely glorious."
"…One More Round is designed to open up the flood gates to discussion of your favorite adult beverage events throughout the Pittsburgh region and give you the ability to share, discuss, and celebrate these events via one unified Facebook community."
You can join the Facebook Group here and encourage friends, family, and co-workers who enjoy sharing and discussing events to join as well. The next few weeks will be be spent building the membership of this group, with event discussion getting kicked off, too.


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The children's book as an art form seriously doesn't get enough love. Those are the books that form the foundation of our literacy and early sense of empathy, and we carry their lessons for the rest of our lives. But it's not often that we treat the people behind them with the same reverence as, say, Pulitzer prize-winning writers, or our favorite YA authors.
One thing's for sure: it takes a special kind of mind, a special kind of person, to write books for kids. I recently spoke with two of these authors.
Mike Curato is known for his series of Little Elliot books, which he writes and draws. Isabel Roxas has made a name for herself as an illustrator both here and in New York, having gotten her start in the collective Ang Ilustrador ng Kabataan (INK). When I sit down to talk to them at the Writers Bar in Raffles, Makati, I couldn't help imagining them as pre-school teachers — the way they open themselves up, reflect on their work with joy, and complement each other's insights. They talk to Young STAR about the various things that make their line of work so fulfilling.


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Leopard Grouper - Mycteroperca rosacea
Finfish << Leopard Grouper
Baja California and the Sea of Cortez
Spring and Summer
Method of Capture:
Hook & Line
Sustainability Consideration:
Since groupers reproduce slowly, many are vulnerable to over-fishing. New restrictions are helping rebuild the stocks in the United States and Mexico.
Size Range:
5 to 15 pounds
Flavor and Texture:
Sweet and mildly rich with a toothsome, firm, dense moist texture.
Cooking Tips:
grill, sauté, bake


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Dave Stewart's Fishing Report
Written by Dave Stewart | Originally published 06/06/2013
Kentucky Lake: Water Level at Kentucky Dam - 360.10 Surface Temperature - 76 Lake Barkley: Water Level at Barkley Dam - 360.00 Surface Temperature - 76 Both lakes are one foot over summer pool and on a slow rise. Kentucky Dam was generating at an average rate of 35,000 cfs through out the day today. Barkley Dam was generating at an average rate of 16,500 cfs through out the day today. We had about 6 inches of rain fall in the lakes area last Saturday morning as well as up river from the lakes. This coupled with the fact that the TVA slowed down the discharge rate a couple of days ago because of the near record flooding on the Mississippi River has caused the lake levels to slowly rise over the past couple of days to present levels. The current forecast by the TVA shows the lakes will continue a slow rise over the next couple of days. We also had over an inch of rain early this morning in the lakes area as a cold front traversed the area. We are forecasted to have post frontal conditions through Saturday. The forecast for tomorrow is for a high of 78 and low of 62 with wind NNW at 10. Saturdays forecast is for a high of 81 and low of 62 with wind WNW at 5. Sunday's forecast is calling for a high of 84 and low of 67 with a 30% chance of isolated thunderstorms and wind SSW at 10. The extended forecast through midweek shows a return to the high 80's by Wednesday with south quadrant winds. Kentucky Lake is clear with some scattered debris floating from the rising waters. Lake Barkley has more floating debris with the water being heavily stained in the main river channel and some of the larger creeks and just stained in some of the creeks and bays. We spent this past week fishing the ledges on Kentucky Lake. We fished both main lake ledges and ledges around the mouths of the creeks and bays. The ledge bite was good this week with hungry post spawn bass feeding up on the shad schools that have moved out to deep water summer haunts. We caught fish on a variety of techniques and lures including deep diving crankbaits, swim baits, Texas rigged large worms, Carolina rigged creature baits and dragging football head jigs. Our best producing techniques this week were the slower techniques of dragging the jig, Carolina rigging and Texas rigging. Although I did receive some numbers of reports of folks catching bass back in the creeks and bays on secondary points and in the shallows on the flats, the ledge bite was too much fun to not take advantage of it. With the FLW Everstart tournament coming to town next week, I expect we will see some numbers of nice bags of fish weighed in if the ledge bite holds up like it was this week. Largemouth Bass: Largemouth are being taken on the old river and creek channel ledges on the main lakes and around the mouths of the creeks and bays. These fish are being taken on deep diving crankbaits, swim baits, Carolina rigged creature baits, Texas rigged large worms and football head jigs. Largemouth are also being taken on secondary creek channel points and banks in the creeks and bays. These are post spawn fish working their way out to deep water as the majority of the shad are now moving to deep water summer haunts. These fish are being taken on the same lures as the aforementioned ledge fish. Some Largemouth are also being taken in the backs of the creeks and bays, especially near vegetation. These fish are feeding on schools of fry. Topwater lures, spinnerbaits, square billed crankbaits, Texas rigged creature baits and senko type baits are taking these fish. Smallmouth Bass: Smallmouth are being taken on main lake points as well as on old creek and river channel ledges on the main lakes and around the mouths of the creeks and bays. The fish on the points are being taken on deep diving crankbaits, finesse jigs, tube jigs and Carolina rigged creature baits. The ledge fish are being taken on deep diving crankbaits, Carolina rigged creature baits, Texas rigged large worms and football head jigs. I had two reports this week (one unconfirmed and one confirmed) of some nice numbers of Smallmouth being taken at night on the east side of Kentucky Lake fishing rocky points and banks. These fish are being taken on large dark skirted spinnerbaits and tube jigs. Some productive lures reported this week are: Rebel Pop R in black/silver, Slong's spinnerbaits in blue glimmer and white/chartreuse, ABT suspending square bill crankbaits in sexy shad, Bag 5 square bill crankbaits in green gizzard shad, Strike King 5XD, 6XD and 10XD crankbaits in powder blue back with chartreuse side, chartreuse sexy shad and sexy shad, Rapala DT16 in parrot, Big Hammer swim baits in sexy smelt, Charmer timber pups in green pumpkin and plum on Carolina rigs, Charmer 10.5" ribbon tail worms in plum on Texas rigs, D&L football head jigs in Cumberland Craw, Perfect Craw and "oops" patterns, and Slong's football head jigs in Cumberland Craw (all with Venom green pumpkin trailers). White Bass: White bass are being taken along the old river channel ledges and sunken islands as well as on the humps and ledges around the mouths of the creeks and bays by vertically fishing with inline spinners and small spoons. Whites are also being taken by trolling inline spinners behind deep diving crankbaits in these areas. Bluegill/Red Ear: Some of these fish are still being taken in the spawning areas on the flats and on gravel bars in the backs of the creeks and bays but most reports indicate these areas are now producing the smaller females with an occasional large male. These fish are being taken on crickets under bobbers and on split shot rigs slow rolled on bottom baited with small creature jigs tipped with worms. Catfish: Channel Catfish are now being taken on the old creek channels in the back halves of the creeks and bays on bottom bouncing rigs baited with leeches and shrimp as well as on bottom rigs baited with night crawlers.
More Kentucky Lake Fishing Reports
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- Kentucky Lake Fishing Homepage
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Don't have a boat? No worries! Bank fishing is always an option for panfish. But if you're heart is set on largemouth or smallmouth, you can rent a fishing boat at many of our local resorts!
The perfect place to start looking for a place to stay at Kentucky or Barkley Lakes? Right here on our main lodging page.


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Numerous men and women go looking for the perfect system to drop the further pounds that they just can't seem to get loose. When intestinal tract illnesses come about gaining weight becomes noticeable or possibly an approaching healthcare problem is born liquid diets are ordinarily made use of to prepare your physique for wellness and treatment options. This signifies a single portion of your easy vegetable soup (you have cooked for two) provides you 7.five grams fat each and every. Vegetarians ordinarily consume much less fat and consume a lot much less calories producing losing weight much less complex.
If you just eat a healthy diet with no doing any physical exercise you will lose some weight, but not as substantially as most individuals would like, somewhere in the neighborhood of a couple pounds per week. Use your popular sense, there might be no fat nevertheless, most soft drinks include sugar, and sugar is going to be converted into fat in your physique. Ultimately, that individual would most likely attain a weight loss plateau, which is when the body has a hard time continuing to lose weight.
Dieting may possibly seem like a thing that you will not be able to succeed at. Despite that adverse attitude, you can succeed on a diet plan program and lose these added pounds you have constantly wanted to shed off oneself! I explain her, Just about every grocery solution we use, tells us in the Nutrition Facts" panel, how a lot of grams of fat 1 serving size consists of.
Junk meals consists of damaging fat contents and when you consume junk food by means of the day, the fat gets accumulated in your body and over a period your body becomes bulky, which in turn leads to many health complications. It was also found that a plant-primarily based diet regime is an helpful way girls drop weight, thus enhancing insulin sensitivity. Weight loss in now typical among these who want to be healthy and medically sound as well as those who will like to shed their excess weight. It can, simply because you eat what you like and want, you just count the amount of fat.
Carbohydrates can increase our weights so it is superior if you do not add it in to your diet. It is in general, 65 grams (two.30 ounces) for women and 80 grams (2.82 ounces) for men. Hoodia Gordonii has been proven to perform as a speedy weight loss diet plan supplement, and it does all of this with no side effects. I say weigh training for the reason that in order to shed your excess weight more rapidly you will will need to develop up muscle tissue.
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When people hear the L word, most often they associate it with an amorous setting, chocolate, and flowers, especially around Feb 14. But there're many different kinds of love. Love for your children and your parents. Love for your land. Love for poetry or music or any other artistic endeavor, your own or someone else's. Love for a pet. Love for a god.
Sometimes, those loves collide at cross-purposes, and you have to choose one at the cost of another. Those are the most stressful situations in real life and the most interesting in fiction.
My protagonist Eriale from my recent fantasy novel Almost Adept finds herself in such a situation. She meets a man – of course, she does, she is seventeen – and falls in love with him. He occupies her thoughts. She wants to give him anything, shield him from any danger, assist him in any endeavor. She wants to see him smile, hear his voice, share his days. Sadly, she can't spend the rest of her life with him, no matter how much she wants to, and she knows it.
Eriale is a princess of Varelia. Well, kind of. Her much older half-sister Tamara (they share a father) is Varelian queen by marriage. Like many siblings, the sisters don't often see eye to eye. Besides, Eriale is a magician, and like any magician, she is strong-willed and independent. She craves freedom to roam the world, to learn new magic, to encounter new mysteries. Rebelling against her sister's rigid rules, Eriale runs away from home, towards mayhem and adventure, but she could never totally forget her responsibilities. Even if she bickers with Tamara, her sister, she would never endanger Tamara, the queen.
When travels bring Eriale to Grumesh, she falls in love with Kealan, a local courier, but unfortunately, he is not a suitable partner for our wandering princess. Once, he might've been, for he was born a high-ranking nobleman. But ten years ago, an aggressive Empire invaded Grumesh, and all the country's native nobility were disbanded.
Now, Kealan is an outlaw, a leader of the resistance movement, with a price on his head. Even if he stopped fighting the occupants and became a law-abiding citizen, he would still represent a subdued nation. Any alliance between Kealan and the royal house of Varelia would be frowned upon by the Emperor and might cause a diplomatic incident or even armed hostilities between Varelia and the Empire. Eriale would never allow that to happen, would never jeopardize her country's security for her own pleasure.
Nor would she repudiate her land and family for Kealan's sake. But she couldn't deny her love for him either, not to appease the political whimsy of the Emperor. Instead, she chooses a compromise. She would spend as much time with her beloved as she could. She would hear him laugh, savor his touch, relish his kisses. She would bestow the protection of her magic on him, but when the time comes, she would leave him behind. And although she knows her joy is transitory, the knowledge doesn't diminish her happiness, maybe even makes it more acute.
In a similar situation, another girl might've followed a different set of priorities and opted to remain with her sweetheart, come what may. Neither love is right or wrong. Eriale's choice of patriotic love over romantic love is dictated by her personality, but also by the demands of the genre – a high fantasy quest. If my novel was a romance, Eriale's choice might have been different.


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Based in Los Angeles, Fifth Dimension is a yoga lifestyle clothing company committed to creating gorgeous (and comfortable!) clothing that is sustainable and organic. Working with local manufacturers allows Fifth Dimension to amplify their sustainability efforts by supporting the local economy and reducing their carbon footprint. Fifth Dimension is the creation of Carla Teran, entrepreneur, designer, and certified Kundalini yoga and Pilates instructor. Teran created Fifth Dimension to reflect the yogic principles of living healthfully and with unconditional love and compassion.
verynice was honored to create Fifth Dimension's website. We aimed to find a minimal and unique way to curate their product while maintaining the soft, feminine feel of the brand. A light, earthy color scheme with minimal UI design helped us achieve this. In place of a traditional grid, our design team created an innovative structure for Fifth Dimension's shop; it uses a mixed scale grid to feature products and maximize users' ability to sort through categories. This added a fresh and unconventional look to the page. verynice also provided site photography direction.
A world traveler, Teran has a stunning collection of unique pieces from her adventures. The site's Around the World section curates some of these amazing pieces and provides an interesting way to promote the brand's culture. It's one of the verynice team's favorite sections on the site!
verynice credits
Creative Direction: Bora Shin
Account Management: Cindy Hammond
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Addison-Wesley and Prentice Hall are sponsoring on a conference dedicated to GWT: Voices That Matter: Google Web Toolkit has major support from Google staffers (e.g. Bruce Johnson, Joel Webber, Josh Bloch) who are responsible for the GTW system for creating Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) efficiently.
What is most important about this conference is that it focuses a great deal of attention to the use of Java + GWT as a powerful and efficient way to enhance the client-side user experience. It's the productivity that you gain this way that's most significant!
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GWT Conference: 3-6 December, San Francisco
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Pats v NYJ Now On 92.9 The Ticket
As the New England Patriots injury reports and mysteries go, this week may take the cake. Will Tom Brady play vs the Jets? Will Gronk go?
According to ESPN insider Adam Schefter, the answer to both questions is - yes.
Brady has swelling and soreness in the knee but is expected to play. He did not practice Wednesday and Thursday. He was listed as questionable on the Friday injury report.
Gronk is battling a chest injury fromthe wicked hit he took in the Seattle game. Schefter's sources are saying he will play.
Two players who are out for today's game - CB Cyrus Jones with sickness and special teams captain Matthew Slater with a foot injury.
NOTE: Live coverage of the Patriots vs Jets begins at 1:30pm today on Sports Radio 92.9 The Ticket. Kickoff is 4:30pm.


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A good way to start being a better leader is to be more decisive. Since you are in charge, many decisions may be totally up to you. Listen to what different members of your team suggest when you encounter a problem and choose the solution that will benefit everyone.
Work on building trust with the people that work with you. People need to feel that they can trust their leader. This can motivate them to succeed and help build cooperation and understanding in the company. You should inspire others so that their trust in you can help tasks get completed properly.
If you are rolling out a new business process, train your employees effectively. That new business process might look all shiny on paper, but if your subordinates receive insufficient, or worse, no training, it will inevitably cost you money down the road. There are ways to make training relatively painless, so do your research.
Business is changing constantly so be open to new ideas. Even though something has always worked well in the past, that doesn't mean there isn't a better way to get the job done. Be open to innovative ideas. You can try new methods on a small scale before implementing them company wide.
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Own your mistakes. Even good leaders make errors. The great leaders are the ones who can own their mistakes and work to fix them. People will be more likely to trust you if they see that you are flawed and human. It is okay even for leaders, and it will gain respect and loyalty.
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Always know that you should have an open mind when it comes to being a leader and learning something new. Classes and workshops offer you a way to improve your skills and learn new ones. There are always new techniques to learn and skills to improve. Make sure that you are up on the latest trends.
You can use your leadership role in many positive ways. Try organizing a community outreach, and take your team to visit a homeless shelter, bringing food, or comfort items. Find a charity, and encourage your team to participate in some way. Your role as a leader does not have to be confined to a workplace. Your skills can be used to change lives.
You probably already know that most organizations have a mission, values, and goals, but what about leaders? As you work to develop your leadership abilities, it helps to define these qualities for yourself. What do hope to accomplish in your role? What personal qualities and values will you use to make important decisions regarding your goals? Bear these in mind as you map out your career plans.
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Being a leader can seem like an enviable role – all eyes are on you and you'll have a fair amount of power and prestige. But in the same vein, you'll have a tremendous amount of responsibility and will need to be accountable when things don't go well. Is this truly the role you want? The first step of being a leader is to think deeply about if this is the role you want to play.
Leaders can truly make or break a company. You have a lifelong responsibility to learn as much as possible about what it means to be a successful leader. Continue your education and do everything in your power to learn more about the nuts and bolts of effective and dynamic leadership.


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This data set is a collection of airborne, in-flight meteorological and in-cabin measurements, as well as thermal emission measurements of near-nadir surface skin temperature, collected by the National Suborbital Education and Research Center (NSERC). Instruments flown over Antarctica include a cabin pressure transducer, a 2-stage and a 3-stage hygrometer, a total air temperature sensor, and an infrared surface temperature pyrometer. The data files contain measurements for 36 meteorological, surface characteristic, and positional variables. The data were collected as part of Operation IceBridge funded campaigns.
IceBridge NSERC L1B Geolocated Meteorologic and Surface Temperature Data, Version 1
This is the most recent version of these data.
Initial release
STANDARD Level of Service
Data: Data integrity and usability verified
Documentation: Key metadata and user guide available
User Support: Assistance with data access and usage; guidance on use of data in tools
Geographic Coverage
- If you are not currently logged in to Earthdata, you will be prompted to do so.
- You may register for an Earthdata Login if you do not have an account.
Once you have logged in, you will be able to click and download files via a Web browser. There are also options for downloading via a command line or client. For more detailed instructions, please see Options Available for Bulk Downloading Data from HTTPS with Earthdata Login.
As a condition of using these data, you must cite the use of this data set using the following citation. For more information, see our Use and Copyright Web page.Shetter, R., E. Buzay, and D. Van Gilst. 2010, updated 2013. IceBridge NSERC L1B Geolocated Meteorologic and Surface Temperature Data, Version 1. [Indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. doi: https://doi.org/10.5067/Y6SQDAAAOEQU. [Date Accessed].
Detailed Data Description
The data files are ICARTT comma-delimited text files.
Data files are organized on the following HTTPS site:
The data files are named according to the following convention and as described in Table 2:
|Short name for IceBridge NSERC L1B Geolocated Meteorologic and Surface Temperature Data
|Navigation, aircraft, and facility instrumentation data
|NASA Dryden DC-8 airborne laboratory aircraft
|Four-digit year of data collection
|Two-digit month of data collection
|Two-digit day of data collection
|Data revision 1
|Indicates ICARRT data file
Data files range from approximately 1 MB to 12 MB.
Data volume for the full data set is approximately 883 MB.
Spatial coverage for this data set includes the Greenland and Antarctic areas. In effect, this represents the two coverages noted below.
Arctic / Greenland:
Southernmost Latitude: 60° N
Northernmost Latitude: 90° N
Westernmost Longitude: 180° W
Easternmost Longitude: 180° E
Southernmost Latitude: 90° S
Northernmost Latitude: 53° S
Westernmost Longitude: 180° W
Easternmost Longitude: 180° E
Spatial Resolution
Spatial resolution varies by instrument parameter and aircraft flight characteristics.
Projection and Grid Description
These data are provided in unprojected geographic coordinates using the WGS84 vertical datum.
12 October 2009 to 10 November 2012
Temporal Resolution
IceBridge campaigns are conducted on an annually repeating basis. Arctic and Greenland campaigns are conducted during March, April, and May; Antarctic campaigns are conducted during October and November.
NSERC L1B Geolocated Meteorologic and Surface Temperature data are captured once per second.
This data set contains meteorological and in-cabin measurements and thermal emission measurements.
Parameter Description
Data parameters vary between campaigns. Please see the following parameter descriptions for each campaign:
Software and Tools
NSIDC provides a MATLAB reader that reads NSERC L1B Geolocated Meteorologic and Surface Temperature Data files. The data files also may be opened by any ASCII text reader.
Data Acquisition and Processing
The DC-8 data set is collected from a number of sources. All of the navigation data comes from the Air Data Computer, Flight Management System, and GPS receivers. The parameters from the Air Data Computer and Flight Management System are recorded using dual NASDAT flight recorders via ARINC-429 data bus. The flight recorders are located in the housekeeping rack.
The flight recorders also record the analog voltage output data from the facility instruments located on board, including pressure transducer, hygrometers, and infrared pyrometer. All parameters are recorded at one hertz for the entire duration of the flight.
Data are taken at one hertz from aircraft instruments and facility instruments onboard. Data are recorded on two redundant NASA Airborne Science Data Acquisition and Transmission (NASDAT) flight recorders. No special techniques or algorithms are used in this data set.
Processing Steps
The following processing steps are performed by the data provider.
- Obtain flight specific files from flight recorder (NASDAT).
- Convert to ASCII ICARTT format.
- Perform quality control on the data set using graphs and curve fitting.
- Output final quality controlled ICARTT file.
Error Sources
Some data sets have missing data parameters due to either a fault in the system, or data is out of range for respective instruments. Missing parameters are marked with a -99999 label.
Instruments used for the collection of this data include the following:
MKS Baratron Type 220D Pressure Transducer (Cabin Pressure)
The MKS Baratron Pressure Transducer is used to measure the pressure within the cabin of the aircraft. Based on a reference pressure which remains constant within the instrument, the exterior pressure can then be measured. The pressure transducer has a resolution of 1 Torr and the accuracy is ± 0.15 percent of Reading ±temperature coefficient. The temperature coefficient is 0.02 percent of Reading / °C.
2-Stage Hygrometer Buck Research Instruments Model 1011B (Dew/Frost Point)
The Buck Research Hygrometer system is a chilled-mirror type hygrometer designed for airborne measurements of dew and frost point temperatures. It is capable of measuring dew/frost points between -75°C and +50°C, over a wide range of temperatures, pressures, and airspeeds. The accuracy of this system is ± 0.1°C.
3-Stage Hygrometer Model 137 Vigilant by Edgetech (Dew Point)
The Edgetech Model 137 Hygrometer is a rugged, shock mounted instrument used for dew point measurement. This model measures dew point only, including dew points measured below zero degrees Celsius. The dew point is measured using chill mirror technology assuring precision accuracy, repeatability and reliability. The Edgetech hygrometer is able to accurately detect the dew point within the range of -50°C to 90°C with an accuracy of ± 0.2°C and precision of 0.1°C. The sensor is capable of a 65°C depression from an ambient temperature of 25°C.
Total Air Temperature Goodrich (Rosemount) model 102
Total air temperature is measured by a Rosemount probe and Goodrich Sensor mounted on the surface of the aircraft. The total air temperature sensor can measure temperature between -70°C to +70°C with a speed of up to Mach 3 at altitudes between 0 to 100,000 feet. The accuracy of the total air temperature is ± 1.0466 degrees Celsius.
Heitronics Infrared Radiation Pyrometer KT-19.85II
The Heitronics Infrared Radiation Pyrometer is a remotely sensed measuring transducer that receives the infrared radiation emitted by the measuring object and transforms it into a standardized output signal. The pyrometer is located on the bottom of the aircraft to measure surface and cloud top temperatures. It has a spectral range of 9.6 to 11.5 μm, a response time of one second, and a temperature range of -100° to +200°C. The accuracy is ± 0.5 percent plus 0.7 percent of the difference between target temperature and housing temperature.
References and Related Publications
Contacts and Acknowledgments
Rick Shetter, Eric Buzay, and David Van Gilst
University of North Dakota
National Suborbital Education and Research Center
4149 University Avenue Stop 9011
Grand Forks, ND
NASA Airborne Science
NASA Langley Research Center - ICARTT File Format Scanning by Ali Aknan
Document Information
Document Creation Date
April 2011
Document Revision Date
February 2019


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The Barton 'Wincher'
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A specially designed rubber molding which fits over the top of standard winches, converting them to self-tailing.
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Flower Crowns and Cotton Candy Skies
There is something so magical about a sunset over the ocean, feeling that warm glow on your skin and watching the sky dance with cotton candy colours. On our third night of vacation, we all put on our evening best and headed to Compass Point, which claims to have one of the best sunset views on the island, and where the strawberry mojitos are available by the bucketful.
The tiny resort is inspired by Bahamian culture, with everything painted vibrant Junkanoo colours with nods to founder Chris Blackwell's music industry roots, and it has the feel of a destination that caters more to locals and those looking for an authentic island experience.
Two buckets of strawberry mojitos later (there were eight of us, so don't be too quick to judge!), we headed down to the pier to watch the sun set, and we were definitely not disappointed by the view. There's no denying it, this is my happy place.
Lady Hayes Flower Crown // American Apparel Top // Bicyclette Boutique Skirt
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