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Panasonic GH5
Panasonic has just announced the GH5 and it's here to shake things up!
The DMC-GH5 introduces a trio of world-firsts that make it an undisputed leader in its class. It is the first consumer digital camera to offer 4K 10-bit 4:2:2 25/30p video recording to SD Card, it has the distinction of offering 4K quality video at 50/60 frames per second (fps), and has evolved its original 4K Photo to the stunning 6K Photo.
20 Megapixel Sensor
The DMC-GH5's 20-megapixel sensor - with the Low Pass Filter removed and a new Venus Engine processor - provides new levels of detail, outstanding low-light performance and impressive dynamic range.
4K 10-bit 4:2:2 25/30p video recording to SD Card
The DMC-GH5's 10bit 4:2:2 video recording in 4K resolution captures over 1 billion colours - in comparison, other cameras in this class can only offer 16.7 million colours. The result is cinematic, subtle gradation and far more colour information. For the serious film maker, this provides significantly more editing flexibility in post-production. In the past, this level of quality could only be achieved with a broadcast camera, far larger and heavier and costing many times more than the DMC-GH5. To capture data, an external recorder would be needed, meaning additional cost.
The DMC-GH5's sleek, powerful body and direct SD Card recording is a highly mobile and lightweight solution with no compromise on quality - meeting the demands of a range of challenging professional shooting conditions, particularly when the user can't carry a lot of equipment.
4K 50p/60p video recording
The DMC-GH5 is the only camera in its class to offer amazing 4K quality at 50/60fps. This higher frame rate is perfect for capturing very natural motion for applications such as documentary film-making and news reporting. It's also ideal for creating gorgeous slow motion footage while maintaining the level of detail provided by 4K resolution. And for those who need even higher frame rates for cinematic slow motion, the DMC-GH5 is capable of recording at up to 180fps in full high definition.
Amazing 5-Axis Dual IS 2 Stabilisation
Panasonic's Dual IS 2 technology combines 5-axis internal stabilisation with the optical image stabilisation in selected lenses to provide up to 5 stops of image stabilisation, even at telephoto focal lengths. Dual IS enables photographers to use much slower shutter speeds and ISO values and still achieve pin sharp results. Videographers can get incredibly stable performance when shooting handheld, even in the highest quality video modes. This is a revolutionary improvement for professionals, and will in many situations eliminate the need to carry a tripod or Steadicam rig.
Industry-leading 6K Photo
Panasonic was the first to introduce 4K Photo, allowing users to select a high quality still photo from a precise moment of video footage. Now, with 6K Photo, the DMC-GH5 can record a burst of 18 megapixel still images continuously at 30fps with no buffer limit, so photographers never miss that decisive moment. The original 4K Photo now features twice the frame rate, capturing 60fps in 8- megapixel resolution. In 6K/4K PHOTO, three exclusive modes can be selected depending on the situation: 6K/4K Burst, 6K/4K Burst (Start/Stop) and 6K/4K Pre-burst.
A camera built for the exacting professional
The DMC-GH5 has a magnesium alloy weather sealed construction that is splash, dust and freeze-proof, for professionals who rely on their equipment to keep performing in any environment. Panasonic's heat dissipation technology prevents overheating and ensures the camera can record without time restrictions, even with stabilisation activated and using the highest quality 4K video modes.
The large capacity batteries enable hours of uninterrupted video shooting, and when paired with the optional battery grip the battery life is doubled. The Dual SD UHS-II Card slots – a first in a LUMIX camera - also provide the flexibility and protection of recording simultaneously to both cards or backing up data to the second SD Card slot. These features make the DMC-GH5 the best choice for
wedding and event videographers, documentary photographers and film-makers – and in any situation where a professional's reputation rests on their ability to capture a once in a lifetime moment.
For precise shooting, the camera is equipped with a best-in-class 3.6 million-dot OLED viewfinder that has an increased magnification of 0.76x. This very large, crystal clear and highly accurate viewfinder delivers perfect results in the brightest outdoor conditions, supported by a sizeable 3.2- inch articulated touch screen monitor, with a sharp 1.6 million-dot resolution. Other features the field user will appreciate are full-size HDMI output, removing the need for an adaptor and providing greater data protection. Bluetooth 4.2 Low Energy connection and secure 5GHz Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11ac) streamline field work with convenient remote control and sharing with other devices, and faster data transmission.
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ASH undertook the landscape and visual analysis and prepared the masterplan
In association with Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) and Steer Davies, ASH was instructed by SRG Estates Ltd (formerly Scottish Coal) to prepare a planning strategy and masterplan for the Damside site, located near Shotts in North Lanarkshire
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ASHs involvement included an analysis of the landscape and visual aspects of the site and its environs followed by the preparation of a masterplan informed by JLLs planning and market researches, followed by an indication of potential suitable after-uses and where these would be located on site.
The western area of the site had been restored to agricultural use, rough grassland and woodland and consisted of rolling landform which related to the valley landscape to the north west. Previous restoration of the central area was largely incomplete, resulting in a flatter ,barren landscape with a large void area, to the south and east of the site. The eastern most area of the site had been restored to a generally flat profile with rough grassland, relating to the surrounding plateau landscape.
In terms of landscape character and potential visual impact it was considered that the north west area of the site would be more suited to low density residential or business use which would better relate to the value and character of the adjacent farmed landscape. It would also take advantage of the slightly elevated views to the attractive landscape whilst being topographically screened from more industrial uses proposed to the east. Similarly, due to the existing site conditions and lower landscape value of the plateau moorland landscape it was felt that the central and eastern areas of the site would be more suited to larger scale, industrial type development.
A landscape structure, consisting of ribbons of mixed native woodland planting, was proposed across the site to allow and accommodate phasing or future expansion of some of the development areas. This woodland planting would help to integrate the development into the surrounding landscape and was designed to respond to the character and scale of the site and its environs. The planting also would relate to existing woodland and mature planting found on site therefore increasing wildlife habitat opportunities and enhancing biodiversity. The proposed woodland structure planting could also provide a significant recreational resource, supporting an extensive footpath network, linking in with existing resources such as the Hartfield Community Woodland to the west of the site. In addition to the basic planting structure landscape proposals would be tailored for each development area, relating to specific site conditions and type of development. Other proposals include burn corridor enhancement, with increased riparian planting and the creation of a series of lochans and wetland habitat areas.
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Horace B. Folsom of Mount Vernon, Georgia, editor and historian, made the main address during the annual meeting of the Midway Society in Midway Church in April 1939. One part of his speech had to do with moving Midway Church to allow a widening of U.S. Highway 17.
"This church," he said, "was a landmark before Portland cement was known in America. It must not be touched," he continued, "except as a last resort. Progress and utility are prosaic necessities, but Midway Church is divine in its grandeur and hallowed ground."
Folsom said that the problem could be solved by diverting U.S. Highway 17 around Midway Church and its cemetery, enlarging the corporate limits of the Town of Midway, and making the spot a national park.
"No spot in Georgia could be more easily and economically converted into a national park," he claimed, "one in keeping with the dignity of the nation." He said, "It is a veritable park as it is, but its sacred relics are constantly endangered by the rapid traffic demand of a fast age."
Folsom said that the original coastal highway "was born in 1803 when the same six counties now unified in the Coastal Highway District were united in a road-building project, which, of course, became a necessary and popular roadway during the ante-bellum period."
The Midway Church building was moved, U.S. Highway 17 was widened, and the spot never became a national park. It remained a historical landmark from the past.
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Homewood, Stephen (2001) Environmental law and commercial organisations. In: Law for business. Barrett, B., ed. Thompson Press, London. ISBN 0415073782
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We're still feeling the effects of the Superstar Shakeup. Does it make sense? Are Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins part of WWE's Phase 4?
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Markin' Out Episode #429
We're really glad that you're our friend and this is a friendship that'll never ever end.
Markin' Out Episode #428
The only Online Listening Experience in the world talks about the Viking Experience as well as the rest of the Superstar Shakeup & more!
Markin' Out Episode #427
All the festivities surrounding WrestleMania week in New York are over and everyone is exhausted, but it was all worth it!
Markin' Out Episode #426
WrestleMania is this Sunday, but before that we have NXT TakeOver: New York, ROH/NJPW's G1 Supercard, the WWE Hall of Fame and hopes & dreams!
Markin' Out Episode #425
We're less than 2 weeks from WWE WrestleMania and so many things keep changing.
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It's spring and we want WWE to give us what we want!!!
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Kofi has to climb a mountain + "Mr. 305" Pitbull wants a match against Triple H?
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Strap in for WWE Fastlane as things may get even more confusing on the road to WrestleMania now.
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Sidewalk Labs – the urban innovation unit of Google parent company Alphabet – may be close to a deal to build a high-tech neighborhood on Toronto's waterfront.
Called Quayside, the 12-acre project is expected to cost at least $1 billion and will prioritize smart city technologies, according to The Wall Street Journal. Approval from the city of Toronto could happen as early as this month.
If plans move forward, the neighborhood would serve as a huge testing ground for Sidewalk Labs' urban planning experiments ideas.
Though details of the plan are still unclear, Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan Doctoroff, a former New York City deputy mayor, has hinted at what the company would like to see in a city. He has often spoken about how self-driving cars, embedded sensors that track energy usage, machine learning, and high-speed internet could improve urban environments.
Sidewalk, founded in 2015 by Doctoroff and Alphabet CEO Larry Page, has been looking for over a year for a fitting place to build a large-scale district. One of its earliest and most visible smart-city efforts was replacing phone booths with public WiFi kiosks in Manhattan.
In October 2016, the company announced that it would partner with national advocacy group Transportation For America to help 16 cities, including Austin, Texas, Washington, DC, integrate technologies into their public spaces. Earlier that year, The Information reported Sidewalk Labs was moving ahead with "Project Sidewalk," a plan to create a district to trial its urban technologies – which now sounds a lot like the Toronto plan.
The deal would comes a little over a month after e-commerce giant Amazon said it will spend $5 billion to build a second headquarters in a North American city. Toronto is a contender, along with over 50 other cities. In September, Toronto Mayor John Tory said he plans to submit a bid to Amazon.
Doctoroff has said that he believes that technology can contribute to a better quality of life for residents, businesses, and governments. In a recent interview with CityLab, he said he believes technology could help cities ease zoning and building code rules through performance-based data – which could be used to create more opportunities for housing.
"Whereas today we might say you cannot have a music studio next to senior housing, someday we might be able to say that you can do whatever you want as long as noise never exceeds a certain level. But we will always have to come to these decisions in a democratic way," Doctoroff told CityLab.


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Panel Discusses the "Now What?" of Washington-Based Regional Reporting
May 15, 2009 | By Gil Klein
They called it "a journalism Dark Age" and a time when "the cop will be off the beat," but the Washington reporters speaking at a National Press Club forum Wednesday agreed that after a couple years of disintegration, Washington reporting will re-emerge in some still-undefined model.
"Regional reporting is not coming back," said Andy Alexander, who was chief of the Cox Newspapers bureau that folded last month. "What remains of that model is in danger. We have to dwell on the future."
Alexander, now the Washington Post's ombudsman, was speaking at a NPC forum on "The Disappearance of the Washington Bureau and What Comes Next."
Since before the Civil War, papers from outside of Washington sent correspondents here to report on their local congressional delegations and on how the federal government affects the lives of their readers.
But as newspapers combat technological and economic upheavals destroying their economic base, one of the first things to be cut is the Washington correspondent. A report released in February by the Project for Journalism Excellence found that since the 1980s, the number of newspapers accredited to cover Congress has fallen by two-thirds.
And that report came out before the Cox bureau, with its 17 newspapers, and the Media General News Service, which served 23 papers, shut their doors. Two of Cox's newspapers kept Washington No Media General paper now has one. correspondents.
What is lost, Alexander said, is the interchange between the newspaper and the Washington correspondent that ties the reporting to what is important in that particular community.
"Twenty-seven states have no Washington correspondents," said Clark Hoyt, who was the Knight-Ridder Washington editor before the company was sold to McClatchy. "That's a tremendous loss of opportunity for the general public to understand what their representatives are doing or the news media to perform their traditional watchdog role."
Hoyt, now the New York Times' public editor, said what will emerge will be some kind of journalism business model that is Web-based and not as dependent on advertising as today's newspapers.
McClatchy Bureau Chief John Walcott said it may be too soon to write the obituary for the Washington bureau because his reporters are still providing regional Washington news for the company's newspapers.
Although sometimes, Walcott said, he feels like he is in one of the last rounds of a "Survivor" show.
"I have not seen anywhere a substitute for the kind of traditional hard-nosed regional reporting that won Copley a Pulitzer Prize for exposing that their congressman was a crook," he said.
However, he conceded that it would be difficult now for any regional Washington bureau to devote the time and manpower to an investigation like the one Copley did. He said he was discouraged by the decline in Washington reporting just when it is needed most.
"We may be heading into an undefined journalism Dark Ages here," he said, because reporting on the complexities of the Obama Administration's economic recovery plans requires sophisticated reporting that is hard to do.
"That kind of reporting does not come easily," he said. "We may have to live without it for a while."
To survive, he said, the McClatchy bureau is creating alliances with the Christian Science Monitor to provide international news and with Kaiser Health News, a foundation-supported health information service.
Jim VandeHei, co-founder of Politico, had a pessimistic view of what is happening not only to Washington bureaus but to the papers that used to support them.
"I think virtually every newspaper with the exception of the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today and the Wall Street Journal is either not going to exist in 18 months or will exist as a shell of its former self," he said.
But he was equally confident that from these ashes will rise new forms of journalism that will replace these newspapers or augment the ones that survive.
Already, Politico has developed alliances with 65 newspapers to provide free content. In return, the newspapers provide Politico with some of their Web inventory. "This is an experiment, and I have no idea if it will work," VandeHei said.
In addition, he said, Politico is talking to several newspapers about the possibility that it would provide the kind of regional reporting that they used to get from their Washington bureaus. But this won't happen, he said, until the newspapers have some money to pay for it.
One of the new journalism innovations providing a resurgence in regional Washington reporting is the MinnPost, an independent on-line news service based in Minneapolis. The MinnPost is a non-profit company that generates revenue from foundation grants and membership donations as well as advertising. If the MinnPost wants to do a serious investigative story, it finds a foundation to underwrite the project.
MinnPost used a grant from the Knight Foundation to hire Cynthia Dizikes to be its Washington correspondent.
"When I came here, the sorry state of affairs for reporters who covered the Minnesota delegation was that I doubled the coverage," Dizikes said.
She said she does a lot of the work that regular WashingtonWashington correspondents do to cover the delegation while writing blog posts for the Web site. But with little time to do in-depth reporting, she said, a new correspondent has to be resourceful in finding ways of gathering information.
One way to mitigate the loss of Washington correspondents, Dizikes said, is to take advantage of the research done by non-profit watchdog organizations that are crunching numbers and offering them to reporters.
Washington does have a lot of journalistic skeptical eyes watching things, VandeHei said. They are just different than the usual ones. Internet journalism endeavors such as the Huffington Post and Talking Points Memo are doing serious reporting, and more will follow, he predicted.
"The problem is it's harder to figure out whose skeptical eye we can actually trust," he said. "But I do think there are a lot of eyes out there."


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Yup, needed a blind for our bathroom! The toilet is right beside the window and a glass wall is all that separates you when in the shower. The old, textured window is too much to bare. Our view into their bathroom and their view into ours is pretty crystal clear.
So I called up my friend Barbara over at Hodge:Podge to see if she would make me a bathroom blind. Most of you know her, she's the one that sews up a storm of pillows, creates a stunning gallery wall, paints side tables, re-upholsters chairs, hacks Ikea furniture ....... This lady is a seriously talented DIYer!!!!!
I chose to use white linen with mother of pearl buttons for my Martha Stewart inspired blind.
Upon pick up, one of the best things that came out of getting Barbara to do this project for me besides a pretty blind and privacy, was having a great visit over Sushi with a fabulous friend.
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LONG BEACH >> Cal State Long Beach's animation program is now regionally and nationally ranked.
The 2014 Animation School Rankings from Animation Career Review, which provides information on the industry for aspiring artists, has ranked CSULB as the No. 7 animation program on the West Coast and No. 22 nationally.
"We're all really excited about that," said professor Aubry Mintz. "We started the animation program about seven years ago, and it really just started out as one or two classes. The goal was to see if people were really interested in studying animation."
The rankings are part of a review of hundreds of schools in the U.S., with criteria including academic reputation, depth and breadth of the program and faculty, and cost. CSULB's program was recognized for its bachelor's of fine arts degree in art with an option in illustration-animation, which offers a variety of animation, design, illustration and drawing courses.
Students in the School of Art are required to take two years of foundational courses, and a new class, Art 287, Introduction to Animation, starts in the fall of 2014, campus officials said.
"We're getting students from everywhere, transferring in from other schools," said Mintz, who has worked on productions in the U.S., Canada and India. "It blew up pretty quickly. The original idea was, let's just see where it goes."
Mintz said a strength of the program is that professors allow students to find their creative voice, as several pathways are open to them, including character animation, design, visual development, background painting and filmmaking.
The program also features faculty who are working in the industry.
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Flea Allergy Dermatitis (FAD) is one of the most common forms of allergic dermatitis in dogs and cats. It is often the cause of the skin disease that people sometimes refer to (wrongly) as eczema or mange.
A normal dog (or cat) experiences only minor skin irritation in response to flea bites. Even in the presence of dozens of fleas, there will be very little itching. On the other hand, the flea allergic dog has a severe, itch-producing reaction to flea bites. This occurs because the dog develops an allergic response to the flea's saliva. When the dog is bitten, flea saliva is deposited in the skin. Just one bite causes intense itching. You might think your dog has no fleas, but just one bite every 2 weeks can lead to continuous itching.
The dog's response to the intense itching is to chew, lick, or scratch. This causes hair loss and can lead to open sores or scabs, allowing a secondary bacterial infection to begin. Over time, the skin can become black and very thickened. The areas most commonly involved are the tail-base, rump and the backs of the legs. Cats develop multiple small scabs, especially over the neck and back.
The most important treatment for flea allergy is to rid your pet of all fleas. This involves treating your pet directly, treating all in-contact animals and removing fleas from the environment. There are many products available for flea control, and in some cases, multiple products may be needed. For flea allergy we recommend Advantage, used initially every 2 weeks, then reducing to monthly once the problem is under control.
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Wednesday, Sept 23rd, 6PM
Come to the Brownell Library in Little Compton on Wednesday, September 23rd, at 6:00 pm to hear Edward Lodi talk about his latest book, Who When Where in King Philip's War. During his talk he will give a brief overview of the war, including its causes, its beginnings in Plymouth Colony, its rapid spread throughout New England, and its long-lasting effects on both the English and the Indians. He will focus on various individuals—men, women, and children, on both sides—who fought in the war, or were its victims, or who otherwise played significant or memorable roles.
Lodi, author or editor of more than a half dozen books pertaining to King Philip's War, spent years researching material for his book, which includes an alphabetical Who's Who of approximately 450 entries, with a brief biographical sketch for each; an almost day-by-day chronological listing that begins with events leading up to the war and continues until its tragic conclusion; and a listing of Indian Place Names. The book also features twenty-four illustrations.
He welcomes questions during and after his talk; a book signing follows.
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New Face: Georgia @ Ford
Where are you from and how did you start modeling?
I'm English but everyone thinks I'm Australian because I began modeling there.
What is your dream modeling job?
When I was little I used to always want to be one of the Gillette Venus girls with shiny legs but now I think it would probably be to work with Juergen Teller.
What has been your favorite modeling job so far?
Doing groceries at the Chanel supermarket. It wasn't cheap but dayum those checkout boys were chic. See ya, Whole Foods.
Any plans for the summer?
It's my birthday soon so I'm going to count how many Facebook wall posts I get and then either celebrate or commiserate with real friends and beer in the sun.
Describe your perfect summer day.
I don't know but it would be shot in soft focus and probably involve some slow mo beach running, clinking glasses, and a laughter montage.
What is your current favorite song?
Any summertime movies you could recommend?
No, go outside and frolic. (But also 10 Things I Hate About You)
Top 5 things you can't live without in the summertime.
3 friends, 1 cold beer, and the ocean.
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Sometimes you're home alone. Sometimes you just want something hot and easy to cook. Sometimes you just want something cheesy and greasy. Sometimes you don't, but when you do and want something nacho related while wandering around the frozen food section you may come across a consumable called "Nacho Bites". Sure, nachos themselves are bite sized, but if you want something in a bag rather than actually making nachos, which would take about the same amount of time to put together and cook ultimately, there are these bad boys.
Hey, you know what you call a cooked corn wrap filled with nacho cheese, chicken, and I guess some spices? I don't know, but you certainly don't call it nachos. Is it a quesadilla with a corn based wrapping? Meh, I don't know, but it's certainly closer to that than nachos. Is it a Hot Pocket made with a chip pocket? Now you're getting closer, but still, not nachos. Is it some kind of typical finger food that you wouldn't describe as good because it's tasty but you know so terrible for you? Yes, but under no circumstance is it nachos.
Ultimately these things aren't bad, if you're in the mood for something crunchy, cheesy, and greasy at some sort of party or get together, but I would hope if you're home alone you won't be so sad as to sit there in front of your oven and wait for these things to cook. I get it, you're lonely, you're hungry, but have some dignity, you're better than this. All that being said, these things aren't bad if your only qualifications are (1) crunchy, (2) cheesy, and (3) greasy, but they're not nachos by a long shot.


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Project: Make Felted Soap
'Felted soap is interesting and fun. We will felt wool around a bar of locally made, scented soap making a beautiful little wooly bar of soap. This is a messy, soapy project! We'll work outside.'
Skill Level: Anyone
Skills Required: None.
Materials: Felt Soap Kit -- available for purchase at Workshop.
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Amherst College Session 1: June 23-28
Amherst College Session 2: July 7-12
Bowdoin College Session 1: July 14-19
Over the course of one week, SING! Jr. students will attend a variety of classes that help young students explore their voices and build musicianship skills. Music classes—group technique, choral ensemble, musical theater, and collegiate-style a cappella—are interspersed with enrichment classes and recreational activities, providing vocal rest and social opportunities for students.
The SING! Jr. program is for students entering grades 2-6. As part of SING! Jr. students will experience not only a truly magical, musical week, but will also gain increased vocal confidence and musical skills, all while making a great group of new friends.
SING! Jr. is led by distinguished faculty members who work with young singers throughout the year. In addition, college-aged counselors provide supervision throughout the day (and in residential dorms). Learn more about our faculty and staff here.
For students entering grades 2-4, we recommend the day program, which is selected by most students of this age. Arrival for this program is at 8:45am and includes all musical classes and recreational activities. The day ends at 3:30pm (Jr. Package).
Students in grades 5 or 6 can also choose to select Package A, B, or C. For a slightly longer daytime program, ending at 5:45pm, select Package C. For a daytime and evening program, which includes dinner and evening activities with departure at 9:00pm, select Package B. Students who prefer to stay overnight in an on-campus dormitory can select the residential program (Package A). All students eat meals in the campus dining hall.
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Package A: Residential. Includes housing, all meals, and evening activities: $960 (Amherst), $935 (Bowdoin). Recommended for grades 7-12, open to grades 5-6.
Package B: Days & Evenings. Includes all meals and evening activities. Students choosing this option will depart at 9:00pm: $655 (Amherst), $620 (Bowdoin). Recommended for grades 7-12, open to grades 5-6.
Package C: Days only. Includes lunch. Students choosing this option will depart at 5:45pm, before dinner and evening activities: $515 (Amherst), $475 (Bowdoin). Recommended for grades 2-6, open to grades 7-12.
Jr. Package: Days only. Includes lunch. Students choosing this option will depart at 3:30pm: $435 (Amherst), $395 (Bowdoin). Recommended for grades 2-4, open to grades 5-6.
8:45 a.m. Arrive
9:00 a.m. Warm-up
9:15 a.m. Choir
10:00 a.m. A cappella
10:45 a.m. Snack
11:00 a.m. Movement
11:30 a.m. Musicianship
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Combined Musical Theater (with SING!)
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Master of Public Policy
The Master of Public Policy (MPP) provides students with opportunities to conduct research and contribute to the study of public policy and the application of policy expertise in the real world. Students graduating from this program possess the research skills necessary to play integral roles in the civil service, research organizations and industry associations. Top students from this program may go on to doctoral programs in public policy.
The program is designed so that students can finish in as little as 16-24 months of studying full time. Upon entry into the program, each student is assigned a research advisor and an advisory committee.
The MPP is a research-based degree that involves a combination of course work, research, and the writing of a thesis. Students are required to complete a minimum of 15 credit units of course work. Once an applicant has been admitted, the program of studies (i.e., selection of appropriate courses) will be determined.


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I'm sure Anna Hazare or his thousands of supporters across the country wouldn't give a damn about whether or not one man in some corner of the city supports their cause. But I am going to exercise my freedom of speech anyway.
I am not convinced. Fighting corruption? I am all for it, all of us are. But how? By bringing in yet another law?
One of my economics professors used to say no policy is a bad policy it's the implementation or those who implement it are bad.
I think the same argument applies to the laws. When the existing laws are not being implemented properly what's the point of bringing another one?
Take the case of the Right to Information Act. This law is meant to check corruption but I am not sure if it has had the desired effect. The common man still has to grovel at the feet of the faceless babus and clerks and wet his beak to get work done.
And ironically enough, there are cases where people have had to bribe even to exercise their right to information. Not to speak of a man who applied to the MCD for an information under the RTI Act and the answer he got was — Tu chutiya hai (it was even reported by the media) !
There goes the power of the anti-corruption tool which was hailed as the ultimate answer to graft when it was enacted.
So what does "Team Anna" plans to achieve with the Jan Lokpal Bill (as opposed to the Lokpal Bill drafted by the govt)?
Let's say Anna has his way. The witless, rudderless government gives in and agrees to his major demands of bringing the PM and the judiciary under the Lokpal ambit. What then?
Parliament will pass the Bill into a law that will create the post of a "super bureaucrat" with the designation Lokpal. Only it will not be an individual but a panel of members with its own bureaucratic setup.
According to a report, the Lokpal's office will need at least 15,000 investigators to begin with. I can't even begin to imagine the mammoth task this office has to undertake and the bureaucratic maze it will spawn considering we are a country of more than a billion people.
And the biggest question that has been haunting me for a while now is who will guarantee the honesty and integrity of the members of the Lokpal and these thousands who will be employed by this high office?
Granted that Anna's Bill envisages the sacking of any Lokpal member who is found to be corrupt. But who do you go to if your grievances against a Lokpal member or employee is not addressed?
After all even the courts are meant to give justice but does everyone get justice there? Or for that matter the RTI Act does it always help? So who do you go to if the Lokpal with its all encompassing powers of surveillance, investigation and prosecution fails to help you?
Frankly, I am reminded of a flop science fiction movie called Judge Dredd starring Sylvester Stalone. Judge Dredd had all the powers that Anna's Lokpal will have. But like I said it was a science fiction movie and a bad one at that!


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Mrs. Lane is a former military dependent and long time resident of Midwest City, having raised two children in the area with her husband.
She serves as senior paralegal for The Crosthwait Law Firm and brings more than three decades of experience assisting attorneys representing the firm's clients in all aspects.
She is a graduate of Rose State College in 1978, at the time when M. Joe Crosthwait, Jr., served as the first Director of the Legal Assistant Program, and has been employed with the firm since Mount St. Helen erupted on May 19, 1980. Her experience and skills range from probates, estate planning, guardianships, real estate, litigation, through all phases of family law, including paternity, divorces, and modifications. She excels in establishing a rapport with clients and maintaining long term professional relationships.


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Did someone say yoga on the roof? Today Astoria Park Alliance, in partnership with The Rock Health and Fitness Club and Yoga Room Studio bring us an hour of open level yoga on the roof of the Rock Club.
Come for the deep breathing and skyline views!
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The Astoria Park Alliance is an all volunteer group founded in 2007. Our mission is to beautify, enhance and encourage greater community involvement within Astoria Park.
Yogi Liz Ditterline has been teaching yoga at many venues including The Rock Health and Fitness, Lucille Roberts and at Immaculate Conception Church since 2007 focusing on vinyasa, Hatha and restorative yoga.
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|Wartburg's Aryn Jones knows how to attack the basket and attack the net, and is on her second team of the academic year to qualify for the NCAA Tournament.
Photos by Ryan Coleman, d3photography.com; Wartburg athletics
By Nathan Ford
Search for the accolades of a player in the Wartburg women's basketball team's formidable starting lineup and you might have to clarify the sport.
Three of the five are Iowa Conference players of the year.
The catch: Two earned that honor in fall sports.
Aryn Jones racked up 442 kills with a .354 attack percentage and was named IIAC volleyball MVP for the second straight year. Morgan Neuendorf scored 13 goals and added five assists on her way to IIAC women's soccer offensive player of the year honors.
Now they're preparing for their third straight women's basketball NCAA Tournament run – and their second NCAA Tournaments of the academic year – as No. 2 Wartburg (27-0) is set to host Webster (20-6) in Friday's first round at Levick Arena.
"I just think that shows what quality of an athlete we have in our program right now," Wartburg head coach Bob Amsberry said. "It's really unheard of."
It was August 2014 when Neuendorf took what she calls now "a leap of faith."
On a scholarship to play basketball at Division II Minnesota State-Mankato, Neuendorf found herself missing soccer. A few days before classes started, she decided to enroll at Wartburg, just down the street from Waverly-Shell Rock High School, where she graduated a few months earlier.
In her second collegiate game, Neuendorf scored two goals in a 4-1 win. The temporary plan was to stick with soccer. As she probably knew by then, plans change.
"The (basketball) coaches gave me some time at first," Neuendorf said. "I just remember, I think it was in (former assistant basketball coach Nate) Oakland's office and I was like, 'I've talked to (head soccer) Coach (Tiffany) Pins a lot,' and she was like, 'I think you can do it. I think it'd be really, really doable for you. We both would be really understanding of your schedule.' They talked me into it and I was sold. I'm glad they did."
Neuendorf scored 31 goals and 11 assists in her Wartburg soccer career and was a part of two NCAA Tournament teams, including the 2015 IIAC champions.
An athletic 5-9 wing, she's averaging 10.6 points, 5.4 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.8 steals this season.
"It just means a lot to know that that leap of faith I took right before I came back was worth it," Neuendorf said.
It was sometime in 2013 when Jones heard a rumor that two new girls were arriving at Linn-Mar High School in Marion, Iowa, for their senior years.
|Morgan Neuendorf is equally adept at handling the ball with her feet or hands.
Wartburg athletics photo (top); d3photography.com photo by Ryan Coleman
She was somewhat familiar with twin sisters Katie and Kristie Sommer of Dubuque Senior, another Mississippi Valley Conference school. She figured they'd be a big help to the Linn-Mar basketball team. Little did she know she'd have five years to play with them instead of only one.
"We were all looking at several other schools as well. Wartburg had the most to offer for what we each were looking for," Jones said. "Each year, our chemistry has grown. I feel like we flow really well."
Jones wasn't set on playing college sports at all before Wartburg volleyball reached out. After visiting a volleyball practice and basketball game, she realized she didn't want to give up either one.
She's played on three IIAC championship volleyball teams, starring for the last two. All three made the NCAA tournament. A 6-2 post, Jones is averaging 9.4 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.5 blocks this winter.
"To be able to play both volleyball and basketball at a place that not only said I could do it, but highly encouraged me to do it, was reassuring as I was deciding," Jones said.
Each October for the last four years, Amsberry has started Wartburg women's basketball practice without a full roster. The last three of those years, he's known his starting lineup will change by the time conference play begins.
He's more than OK with that. You can see why with the aforementioned statistics.
"Had it not been that they wanted to play more than one sport, I think those kids are probably higher level in one or the other, whichever one they would have chosen," Amsberry said. "They're just a different kind of athlete. I know we're really fortunate to have all of them."
Amsberry gave Jones and Neuendorf about a week off after each fall season before they jumped into basketball. For those two, it meant being behind on new drills and plays. Uniquely, they were able to go through that process together.
"I respect (the coaches) so much more as people after dealing with them with that situation," Neuendorf said. "The fact that they were able to so gracefully be on board and there was never any conflict throughout my four years is really, really amazing to me."
Perhaps most importantly, their other teammates embraced their different schedules.
"They understand that it's out of our control," Jones said. "We would love to (practice both sports) on day one. But that's just not really an option. They've been nothing but helpful with all of that. Each year the transition to basketball has gotten easier and easier. The biggest part of it has been able to have Morgan alongside me."
It doesn't hurt that two other starters are multi-sport athletes.
Kristie and Katie Sommer played softball their first three years. Katie was first-team all-conference in 2015 and Kristie was an honorable mention pick last season.
Katie is the third conference player of the year in this equation. She was named women's basketball MVP for the second consecutive year this week after averaging 15.6 points, 4.7 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 2.3 steals.
Another senior, Miranda Murphy (11.4 points per game), rounds out the starting five while two more, Megan Murphy (Miranda's twin sister) and Abbie Haupert come off the bench.
"We started with a large number and we're finishing with a large number after four years," Jones said. "I think that's something special."
It is a special class, one that made the Final Four as sophomores in 2015, won back-to-back Iowa Conference titles and now has completed Wartburg's first ever undefeated regular season with a chance for more.
"I don't think this group is going to – no matter what happens – look back with any regrets," Amsberry said. "They made a decision to change the culture here. They've done that successfully and they're really proud to have done that. They will leave a legacy here, regardless of what happens from here on out."
Next year the players that have watched this class excel like few others before it will step into the spotlight at Wartburg, hoping for similar results.
That goes for multiple sports.
"It's really exciting to me to know that both programs are that successful and in the right direction for future – hopefully – double-sport soccer-basketball athletes to experience the same thing that I have, because I wouldn't want to hold that back from anyone," Neuendorf said. "It's been awesome."


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[trip style = adventure]
In honour of Father's Day this Sunday, I'm dedicating this post to men. And since this is a travel blog, let's talk about mancations, one of the fastest-growing segments in the luxury travel market, according to the CNBC video referenced below. There's even a facebook group devoted to it. Sadly, only 12 people "like" this.
Definition Mancation: When 3+ guys who've know each other for years take a trip involving beer, steak dinners, hiking & biking, several rounds of golf and never reading a map or asking for directions [pulled together by a mish-mash of the cleanest mancation entries into the urban dictionary].
The Prep
- find a like-minded group of guys who understand the gentlemen of leisure [GOL] concept
- go for an activity that's drenched in masculinity like skiing/boarding, bbq'ing, golfing, surfing, kite-boarding or fishing
- take the mancation to the next level by
- indulging in beer, pretzels and lederhosen at Oktoberfest in Germany
- visiting the Ferrari factory and test driving Enzo's latest in Maranello, Italy
- taking in sporting events like UFC, World Cup, Stanley Cup, NBA playoffs or Superbowl
- traversing the serengeti in a Land Rover on safari in Africa
- dude ranch-ing [enough said]
- manning-up at a guy-centric spa like Scandinave (featuring a Scandinavian bathing ritual)
- choose a manly trip style that will foster "a bonding experience," which according to spike.com is "the nature of a mancation"
Mancation Resources
- yep, there's an entire site dedicated to man-tripping and there are even articles about man-friendly B+Bs
- get inspired by movies like: city slickers, sideways, a river runs through it and ironman 2 (your lady will love the river runs through it idea...)
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When I first met Devin Frazer, there was something about him that caught my attention. After following him for several months, I found that through his music and his life, he was never anything but himself.
He greeted me at the door, where I took my shoes off and placed them next to a pair of his beat-up Nikes. With my notebook and camera in hand, I took a seat on the couch across the room from his studio, which in reality was a closet equipped with a microphone and a stool. Posters of Frank Sinatra and Audrey Hepburn hung on the wall behind me.
We didn't talk much; he was immersed in his latest song, pacing around the room while reciting the lyrics that were opened on his phone. After a few run-throughs, he stepped into the studio, placed a pair of headphones over his ears, and laid down the track. Upon completion, he sat down at his computer outside of the studio and played it for me.
"This is where the perfectionist in me comes out," he said while shaking his head. "Let's do it again – it can be better."
A few more takes and the pieces were there, just needing to be put in order. While he tinkered with the sounds, changing things only the trained ear would notice, I thought to myself – who is this guy?
I was introduced to him as "IMME." I had followed him for several months, interviewing him a couple of times and attending a number of his shows, but I still didn't know for sure exactly who the real man was. Looking at his past and hearing the stories he told me about his life, I continually searched for the answer, trying to dissect the man in front of me to find out who was inside. Every time I pondered it, what came to mind was the answer he told me the first time I asked him, "Who are you?"
"I am Me."
Devin Frazer, a 24-year old musician who resides in Eugene, OR, although his roots lay deep in Bakersfield, CA – a place he likes to call "the armpit of California." A rocky upbringing resulted in a childhood full of long nights and troubling times. Frazer says it was common to find empty beer cans and mounds of cigarette ashes around the house in his early years.
One of four children, alongside an older sister, and two younger brothers – one adopted – Frazer told me that his less-than-picturesque childhood was not for his mother's lack of effort.
"My mom worked her ass off, man," said Frazer. "She was always doing what she could to put us in a better spot. She made sure that there was always food on the table – that we always had what we needed to get by."
While the tools to survive were there, what may have been missing from Frazer's early life was a sense of family. His parents' relationship wasn't always perfect, and they separated once Devin was out of the house. In his attempts to gain a foothold in life, the idea of AFNF was born.
"All Family, No Friends, man. Shit, that's the squad motto," said Frazer. "It's not something we just say, it's something we fucking created – something we live by. AFNF is everything, it ties into everything that the 96 stands for."
96, or 96 Mob as it was originally created, is what Frazer and his friends identified themselves as. Based off the Angel Number of 96, the group was drawn to the symbol because of its complex meaning. When side-by-side, the two numbers form an infinity sign, and the 9 is also said to always have the 6's back, and vice versa.
It was less of a gang affiliation, and more of what Frazer lacked growing up; a close-knit family. It was in this family that Frazer found his passion.
It was here where IMME was born.
After seeing his high school friend, "JD the Geek," get started in the rap-game, Frazer decided to give it a shot. He often spent afternoons at the skate park freestyling with his small circle of friends.
"I was terrible," said Frazer, reminiscing on his early days. "It's fucking disgusting how bad I was. Sometimes I'll stumble upon one of my earlier songs and I just have to laugh at how bad it was. It's hard to listen to."
As he gained experience, the need to brand himself as a musician became apparent. When he first began rapping, Frazer called himself "DF Villian." His friends, however, instinctively called him "96," which evolved into "Mr. 96." One day, out of nowhere, a new name came to light.
"I was just high as fuck, not even thinking of a new name, and it came to me. I was like, 'IMME, I am Me,' you know what I'm saying?" said Frazer.
When spelled out, I-M-M-E, it becomes "I am IMME," something that formed into an indestructible mindset for the young rapper – a mindset that would shape how he approaches his career.
"To me, it's developed into what I stand for, and the message that I try to present," said IMME. "Be you, because I am Me, and that means the world to me."
In a music industry that has slowly inched its way into the culture of consumerism and materialistic topics, IMME strayed from the mainstream narrative. In his songs, you can feel his soul. In his lyrics, you can see his vision.
When I first subscribed to his SoundCloud account, I knew there was something different about him. He raps with a diction and vocabulary that left me pausing the song to look up some of the words he spoke. His viewpoint on everyday life forced me to assess my own, and how my actions affected others. This line in the "Mahatma Ghandi Freestyle" to me, is IMME in a nutshell.
"What's the point of lying?
I'm here to get to the truth.
I walk a thin line that leads straight to the youth.
We ain't talkin' that cheap, we bring them the strength to recoup,
I spent 50 of 50 hard earned checks up on this booth."
"Ghandi" was just one of many songs that IMME released during the summer of 2016, part of an EP project he is currently working on. The productive season of work was kicked off with an up-beat track, "Summer is Mine," featuring another local artist Ben Giland, dubbed musically as Ben Mozes. The two collaborated on a number of songs together, and performed a handful of small shows throughout the summer, most notably at the Wandering Goat in West Eugene.
"From all the years that I've known Devin, I have never seen him as motivated as he is now," said Giland. "There have definitely been some downswings in production and motivation, but he has never faltered from the end goal. He has always been able to get back on track and do what he knows he can do."
For a "starving artist," as IMME would label himself, a consistent creative drive is not always easy to come by. He explained to me that there were a number of times where he just wasn't feeling "it" and wasn't sure of the vision. Not that he ever gave up on his dream, rather he knew when to let it breathe.
"When you're not on it, it's way too easy to convince yourself of all the reasons why it's not happening for you," said IMME. "I've been lucky to be able to pull out of that though. Like with "Summer is Mine," – ever since that came out I've had myself convinced that I'm going forward."
If forward is the path, then success is the destination. From what I can tell, the future for this young artist is bright. When I first heard his music, he had my curiosity. When I first watched him perform, he grabbed my attention. I gravitated towards the energy that his lyrics emitted, and knew that there was creative soul hiding beneath his worn-out Thrasher t-shirt.
He wasn't flashy. There was no jewelry to flaunt and no talk of expensive cars or stacks of money. There was an artist – no stage beneath him – standing with a microphone in his hand and a dream in his heart. He was never anything other than who he wanted to be, and every time you ask him, he'll tell you straight up:
"I am me."
"You can see the vision in my eyes, you can see it, I'm a King.
Mahatma Ghandi say the same thing.
When I touch ground, it came clean.
It be like, 'This n**ga the real thing,' what's up." – Mahatma Ghandi Freestyle
Follow IMME on SoundCloud at www.soundcloud.com/imme-9


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Some as well as family I began to the sad realization that you have not just changing appreciation for that Classics because there probably have to be. If you not know who Cary Grant, Doris Day, Humphrey Bogart and Bette Davis are and when you've never seen or even heard of the movie Laura or Rebecca, then.hmmm. Don't beat yourself up, just tune into TCM often or obtain a Netflix account and beginning to rent several of the greats. These legends have shaped American Cinema and also their movies also been adapted into countless remakes. It is a rare sight to see a movie acted (or written) as well as had been looking before 1959.
While many people associate Siberian Huskies with racing, varieties of dogs are represented. The dogs really are well-bred mutts of Alaskan Husky, Siberian Husky, coastal and racing breeds combine endurance, environmental tolerance, obedience, strength and speed.
In 2005 on last of July, Elton John was each morning town where independence was founded, facing Independence Hall to receive an award. For his use the Elton John AIDS Foundation, metropolis of Philadelphia presented Elton John with no City of Brotherly Love Dr Mohamed Attawia declared humanitarian.
Enter the Knightsbridge Int'l. Sir Edward Artis has brought experience your market military, 10 years in Vietnam and other theaters the airborne medic. Artis has been a mortgage loan banker that has worked in film formulating. His more than 35 years of humanitarian service have won him several cash incentives. This man doesn't appear to the involving guy who cares all about the awards, he cares for that people.
You can market your ideas and utilizing. You usually need an opponent to push you to do your work best. You tend to flourish in creative fields: writing, composition, or editing projects. You also do well in humanitarian areas such as education and social sites. You don't do well doing work in business or finance.
That's right, in the Android Market, Airport Mania 2: Wild Trips HD has a 5-star rating, but simply because there are basically 4-ratings. The non-HD version, for comparison, has a 4.5 rating in the Android Arena. There you have it, consistency in the ratings, this guide the Amazon Appstore, notorious for lower ratings, uses a 4.5 rating, means that needs to be "buy" this FAOTD, at the present.
The Saints are banking on sort of scoring machine to continue along with Brees through the air and McAllister, Deuce on the garden soil. They signed veteran kicker Olindo Mare, you who spent 10 seasons with the Miami Sharks. Mare is one for this most kickers in NFL history training. The Saints hope his 80.9% success rate with his big toe will be even better in the Superdome.


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Journal cover art that will brighten your dayPosted by Tom Branson on Thu 24 Jul 2014
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Guest post from Tom Branson
After browsing the recent chemical literature, I have finally found enlightenment. I have quite simply been left in a trance after witnessing a recent cover from Chemical Society Reviews.
A colour explosion
There's so much colour in this image I just don't know where to begin. So let's start by taking a look at that green globe. Surely a prophecy of a future world when green chemistry has finally paid off and this development also seems to have led to a plethora of plant life sprouting from the Earth. Holding that planet aloft are two pairs of caring hands. An adult gently holds a child's tiny hands and together they embrace this new future. Peace and love and chemistry, what more could you ask for?
And what about that background? Wow, they didn't hold back with the colour palette. With some journals still charging for colour figures I bet these guys always get their money's worth.
So there are adult hands, clasping a child's hands, supporting the world, sprouting a bouquet of flowers, in front of a mega-rainbow, oh it's almost enough to make me quit science and run off to join a cult.
Seriously though, the cover is a wonderful attempt to highlight sustainability and forward thinking, something that is sadly all too often lacking in modern society. The author of the paper, Jinlong Gong of Tianjin University, China, tells me of his hope that 'this cover can call up the attention of people to consider more about the future of our world'. Nicely said.
There are not really many clues in the image as to what the published science is about but the keen eyed among you may have spotted a few water droplets on the plant leaves. Was the printer simply too close to the water cooler at Chem. Soc. Rev. headquarters, or is this paper all about solar water splitting? Aha, the latter of course.
The cover art is for a review article about a really promising solution for solar energy; tantalum-based semiconductors. Visible light can be absorbed by these semiconductors and used in solar water splitting, converting solar energy into chemical energy. The team from China highlight that while this type of photocatalyst is still far away from use in practical applications, improvements in the efficiency and stability of these systems give hope to the tantalum-based community.
Those wanting to know more about this tantal(um)ising hope for the future can access the article over at Chem. Soc. Rev.


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Property ID : 4164
Restored €2.950.000,00 - Country Properties
Podere dei Danesi is a prestigious property composed of two large stone houses, 2 guest apartments and a panoramic pool with pool house, with the most amazing views of the Umbrian country side. Restored with great taste, using high quality materials maintaining the traditional style.
The two houses date back a couple of hundred years and were carefully renovated in 2001 preserving the original and authentic character of the property. Take the original and authentic brickwork and exposed beams, arches and floors of rough travertine and combine that with handmade furniture made by the local craftsmen. Then add inventive conveniences such as heated bathroom floors, Satellite TV, and Wireless Internet and on top of that double glazing throughout, with glass doors in all the rooms on the ground floor and big windows in all the rooms on the first floor, all overlooking the valley and the mountains – and the result makes Podere dei Danesi a very special and unique property.
Next to the two houses is a privately situated guest house which is divided into two independent apartments with terraces.
The pool and pool house are privately located on a slightly higher level, again with unspoiled views over surrounding countryside. The pool is 7 X 14 m surrounded by a sun terrace with ample space for chairs, tables and sun beds. There is an outdoor shower. The pool house has a bathroom, shower room, changing room, and a covered relaxing and BBQ area. Completing the property are some 2,3 ha of land with some 160 olive trees with excellent produce.
Umbria, with its olive groves and gently rolling, vine and sunflower-covered hills, is the green heart of Italy. Here, Italian tradition, art and history belong to everyday life. Cities such as Perugia, Assisi, Orvieto, Gubbio, Spello and Todi transfer the visitor back to the Renaissance or the middle Ages.
In the countryside one often unexpectedly stumbles across impressive Etruscan graves, Roman bridges or ancient ruins. The landscape is full of diversity, whether it's charming and cheerful, or rough and wild.
House One (approx. 500 m²):
Ground floor: Comfortable living room with fireplace, downstairs hall, bathroom with shower, laundry room, kitchen with all modern equipment, cosy library with fireplace, large dining room. In front of the house there is 300 m2 terrace in different levels with a 40 m2 covered dining and grill area in front of the kitchen.
First floor: 3 bedrooms and a master bedroom with fireplace, 2 double bathrooms, upstairs entrance hall with fireplace.
House Two (approx. 485 m²):
Ground floor: huge live-in kitchen with access to a covered terrace, adjacent laundry room, hallway with shower room and storage area, study with beautiful vaulted ceilings equipped for wine storage with access to the terrace
First floor: large living room with fireplace, bedroom with fireplace, bathroom, entrance lounge with fireplace
Second floor: master bedroom, bathroom, bedroom actually used as walk-in closet
Guest house (approx. 85 m²):
2 independent apartments each comprising a living room with kitchen corner, bedroom and bathroom and terraces
Magione, Castel Rigone, Passignano sul Trasimeno (all amenities): 5-10 km
Perugia, Castiglione del Lago, Cortona: 20 – 30 km
Assisi: 42 km
Bevagna, Todi, Montefalco, Gubbio: 60-70 km
Arezzo, Spoleto: 75-80 km
Siena: 88 km
Orvieto: 113 km
Florence: 140 km
Rome: 200 km
Airports: Perugia 35 km, Ancona 145 km, Florence 160 km, Rome 220 km
Additional details
- Energy class: in progress
- Other features: Internet Wi-Fi - Satellite TV – Alarm system - Travertine floors throughout - Fireplace - Terrace - Swimming Pool 7 x 14 m - Pool house with shower/toilet and covered terrace - Pizza oven/Barbeque - Irrigation system - Private well - Electric Gate – Fenced – Some 160 olive trees


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Goat's curd – which tastes like light, creamy, almost "unformed" goat's cheese – is quite hard to find but a cinch to make. This makes about 175g (6oz).
Serves four
For the goat's curd:
1 litre (1¾ pints) whole goat's milk (pasteurised is fine)
1 tbsp rennet
2 tbsp lemon juice
For the dressing:
1 tbsp raspberry vinegar (I use A l'Olivier framboise fruit vinegar, £5.99 for 200ml from Waitrose )
2 tbsp hazelnut oil
2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
½ tsp runny honey (optional)
For the salad:
100g (3½oz) watercress, coarse stalks removed
100g (3½oz) blueberries
20g (¾oz) pistachios, or toasted hazelnuts or almonds, coarsely chopped
15g (½oz) microleaves (red amaranth is especially lovely), if you can get them
To make the goat's curd, heat the milk to 25°C/77°F. Stir in the rennet and lemon juice, cover and leave for an hour. Line a colander with muslin and place it over a bowl. Strain the mixture through the muslin. Gather the corners to make a kind of bag and hang this to drip for a couple of hours (use the tap over the sink, or a door handle where it can drip into a bowl). It should be thick, but if you'd like it thicker just leave to drip for longer.Tip the curd out into a bowl. Season with salt and gently mix this in. Cover and keep in the fridge.
Whisk together all the dressing ingredients, adding salt and pepper to taste. Toss the watercress and berries with this and dot with the goat's curd (you might not need all of it). Sprinkle with the nuts and microleaves (if using), then serve.
"A Change of Appetite: Where Healthy Meets Delicious" (Mitchell Beazley, £25), by Diana Henry, is available from Telegraph Books (0844 871 1514; books.telegraph.co.uk) at £20 plus £1.35 p&p
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You are a sponge. And so am I. We drink in whatever we're surrounded by. And when we're squeezed too tightly, or over-saturated, we let it out again.
We go through phases of soaking and seeping. We take in encouragement, then offer it to friends in need. We take in unkind thoughts, then direct those unkind words toward loved ones. We take in {you-name-it} and share it with the world.
It doesn't happen like clockwork: one thing in, one thing out. It's more like overlapping waves of the sea: one-thing-after-another-after-another — getting and giving all muddled up at the same time.
Sometimes your sponge runs dry. And you go through weeks of taking in, wondering and awed by certain things, greedily drinking in encouragement until you can't believe you're still hungry for more. And yet you can't understand why it feels like you have nothing to pour out, nothing to offer others who thirst for that same encouragement.
So what do you do when that happens? How do fill yourself up, so you can start to give again? How do you fill yourself up, so you can feel satisfied once again?
When your sponge runs dry, you need to jump into the right tub of water! {<–tweet that}
You're going to soak in whatever you're surrounded by.
And if you're sitting in a tubful of frustration, complaining, backbiting, annoyance, and stress … that's what will soak into your soul. And you'll end up saturated with unkind thoughts and a complaining spirit, miserable within yourself and sharing misery with others.
But if you're sitting in a tub of truth, hope, grace, forgiveness–
that will saturate your soul, and seep out to others.
Even before your sponge runs dry, you need to be in that tub. Even before your resources are depleted, you need to be soaking in things that are true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, commendable, excellent, and praiseworthy.
Because then, whether you get over-saturated or over-squeezed… that's what you'll let out.
What are you soaking in right now? And what could you be soaking in? Here's a few suggestions…
- good Christian music
- fellowship with godly friends
- prayer meetings at church/small groups
- friends who will pray one-on-one with you
- solid Bible preaching
- books filled with sound doctrine
- comfort from the Psalms
- wisdom from Proverbs
- reminders of God's faithfulness from history
- edification in the Epistles
- hope from the Prophetic books
What else can you think of? Leave a comment!
Soak in God's Word this week! Read with me:
Tuesday: Judges 19-21, Proverbs 19:15-29
Wednesday: Romans 1-3, Proverbs 20:1-15
Thursday: Romans 4-5, Proverbs 20:16-30
Friday: Romans 6-8, Proverbs 21:1-16
Saturday: Romans 9-11, Proverbs 21:17-31
Sunday: Romans 12-13, Proverbs 22:1-16
Monday: reflection or catch-up day
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[…] But you can make sure that, even in the busyness, you keep your priorities straight. So maybe the laundry doesn't get folded today — because you choose to spend five extra minutes laughing with your son or daughter. So maybe dinner isn't as healthful or fancy as you prefer — because you choose to spend five minutes letting a friend cry on your shoulder. So maybe that blog post doesn't get written as soon as you want — because you choose to spend a little extra time soaking in God's Word. […]


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On Comparison and Competition — Do they make us better writers?/
I'm on a writers retreat, and one of the awesome women here is well-versed in non-fiction. Writing and marketing a non-fiction title is very different from the fiction process, so I've been very interested to hear the ways she and her team go about it.
After one of our break discussions, I was sitting around procrastinating — ahem, sometimes it's hard to drag yourself from fascinating convos back to the page, and it's better to do some work instead of staring out the window at the gorgeous scenery, so that's why I'm writing a blog — but I digress. I was really more thinking than procrastinating, and the most wonderful idea came to me.
What if I wrote non-fiction?
I scuttled the idea almost immediately. My friend is exceptionally intuitive and her non-fiction work is fascinating. But So. Much. Work. Blogging is about as far into non-fiction as I'm comfortable going. Many of the essays I write are just for fun, or my own edification or journaling, but some I think can actually help new writers on their journey, and so I may, one of these days, compile the ones I feel are worthy into a book. And yes, obv that would be non-fiction.
What cracked me up is the idea that fiction is easy and non-fiction is hard. I think we all have our own strengths and naturally gravitate toward them—some people are brilliant novelists but crappy screenwriters, some people can paint but can't carry a tune in a bucket. Some can do math, some can thread a needle in one go, some have dry wit and others generous hearts. Some of us are business-oriented and some of us have our heads in the clouds. I have yet to meet an artist who doesn't see another's strength without at least a momentary thought of — I wish I could do that.
I've thought it at least fifty times this weekend. I wish I could sing. I wish I could relax and go with the flow. I wish I would listen more and talk less. I wish I could write something so special and dear that people around the world fall in love with it. I wish I was a runner. I wish I had this glorious kitchen. I wish…. On, and on, and on.
"Comparison is the thief of joy," Roosevelt said.
Lao Tzu has another gem: "When you are content not to compare or compete, everyone will respect you."
But isn't it simply human nature to compare? And also to feel the urge to compete? It's why we interrupt when people speak, and why we try new things. Why we stop and have conversations with ourselves about things we'd like to do, places we'd like to be, behaviors we'd like to imitate. Isn't comparison different from competitiveness? How else will we grow and change if not to listen and compare when others speak about their experiences? To assimilate their words into our own frame of reference and come out the other side thinking––
I wish…
Because you know where I wish leads? To the finest spark known to creative kind….
What if…
Do you compare yourself to others? Does it drive you to greatness and to try new things? Or does it rob you of your joy and make you feel like you're doing everything wrong?


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