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I struggled a bit with structure here. Should I go best first or saved for last?! I didn't want people to fall asleep before the good part - but no one wants to end with a sputter either. Finally I decided the best way was to order the meals as they were eaten through a day - not necessarily by day mind you - but lunches (cause I had no fabulous breakfasts worth talking about), snacks, dinner, desserts. Let the highly professional (not) assessment of Cayo food offerings commence!
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The "Cayo Lime Pie" - to freaking die for. Possibly the best I've had. The food was good at SIRH...but these desserts were phenomenal. Much more tart than I'm used too, but very well balanced with the creamy sweetness of the custard. Presentation was flawless - appearing that the little bits on the meringue had been set individually (and maybe there are). A quick note - I had a cookie on two occasions. The first was as described as follows - the second was likely cooked in the same batch; however two days of fridge time in between left it limp and tasting like a fridge...if the cookies aren't fresh - skip them and go with the Cayo Lime Pie; however if the cookies are fresh, be prepared...you life...is about to change.
Perfect chocolate chip cookie. I thought it a thing of myth and legend. After SIRH I believe it possible...not yet achieved, but a possibility that is attainable in my lifetime. This cookie was firm and stood solid when held out, but gave way to a bite like soft warm butter with a firm outer shell. It was moist and giving, yet the sugar was so plentiful it had crusted on the outside like an armour (that is how the rest of the world spells "armor" for my American friends) of love crystals. Surely the rest of the people in the restaurant thought I was getting "extra special" under the table style attention as I involuntarily shifted and "oh'd" as I ate this bit of love crafted just for me. I assure you I wasn't getting any such attention. So why was the cookie not perfect? Simple...it wasn't as big as the table.


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At long last I've finished my painting of Woodpigeons. I can't believe I started it way back in May, but there have been so many other projects on the go I haven't had a chance to get on with it. So here are the last two pictures in my step-by-step series.
If you'd like to remind yourself of how it started the link below will take you to the first post. Then the right arrow below the header will move you on to the next two posts. See you back here in a minute. https://garnerwildlifeart.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/one-step-at-a-time/
Ok, so we're up to Step 4. By now I've changed the branches at the top and bottom left. The composition of the branches was the hardest part of the painting and I kept painting them in and then taking them out again.
To give myself a break from branches I worked on the birds – correcting the shapes and adding detail.
You'll also notice I changed the twig at the bottom right and reduced the number of twigs overall to simplify the composition.
Ultimately though, the top left was still bothering me. I felt that the composition was too symmetrical, with a branch at each corner. I painted over the top left branch, deciding that it could be replaced by a two smaller twigs. That didn't look strong enough to balance the darker branches so I added darker greens to the background, creating more weight in that corner.
The next stage was to add two further twigs at the bottom left, which broke up the strong left-right diagonals and created more movement. It also implied that there were more branches beyond the area defined by the picture edges.
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AYAZ AMIR Criticism is useless and it should be kept on hold. The dialogue process with the Taliban is firmly in the hands of fundos and open or covert sympathisers of the Taliban. To Rahimullah, our respected
colleague, this does not apply but the other three members nominated by the government Allama Irfan Siddiqui, Major Amir and Rustam Shah are all Taliban sympathisers. There is nothing wrong with this…this circumstance just has to be noted. About the team selected by the Taliban from Imran Khan downwards no apology or qualification is necessary. They are all dyed-in-the-wool religious rightists and Taliban sympathisers. Again this is just to note the fact and not to be critical of them. But for lifting the cloak from Imran Khan's back the Taliban deserve our thanks. There was no shroud of ambiguity regarding Imran's leanings but the fig-leaf that remained even that has been rent asunder. But, as I say, let criticism cease. The initiative is in their hands. Not just the ball but the entire cricket pitch is in their court. So let our carping or whining not matter. Let the fundos from both sides, birds of a feather, now deliver and if they do at least I who have no wish to be foolhardy when appeasement and kowtowing before the inevitable are the flavours of not just the season but the times will apply for membership in the holy ranks of the Taliban, in their media section if it comes to that. The first peace deal with Commander Nek Muhammad added to his legitimacy in tribal eyes and turned him into a powerful warlord. After his death (in a drone strike) the second peace deal with Baitullah Mehsud helped Baitullah to become the chief of the Pakistani Taliban. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was formally announced and Baitullah Mehsud proceeded to eliminate the entire old tribal leadership across the seven agencies of Fata. The way the talks offer now has been made to the Taliban makes them, in the public eye, equal interlocutors with the state of Pakistan, their standing immeasurably enhanced. At Tashkent and Shimla Pakistan negotiated with India. Somewhere around Peshawar Pakistan will now be negotiating with the Taliban. Again, nothing wrong with this…this is the new reality and we have brought it upon ourselves. We sowed the wind; it stands to reason that we should reap the whirlwind. As the Lord Buddha says, effects happen because of causes. The Taliban must be chuckling to themselves. But it's not all their doing. They haven't made monkeys of the state of Pakistan. Pakistan has done this to itself: through dithering, confusion and lack of spine. Circumstances also have something to do with this. After all, this is a government, a governing dispensation, not imposed from above but chosen by us, or chosen by Punjab for itself and the rest of Pakistan. Again, logical effects must flow from this cause. But as we await events, let us not be taken in by our own cleverness. If these moves come to nothing, if the Taliban remain intransigent, let no one think that the onus of failure will fall on the Taliban. With Taliban apologists and sympathisers packing the negotiating table, it is the government or the army which will be blamed. The Taliban will be painted as innocent shepherds from the desert. And army morale, already not very high, will plummet further. Any recourse to arms then far from being smooth will be tougher. And the Taliban apologists will keep drumming the theme that the government is to blame or that 'hidden hands' did not allow the talks to succeed.
But one excuse, to our chagrin, we will be without. The Americans, I can almost bet on this, are not going to oblige us by carrying out any drone attack during the duration of this drama. As we twist in the wind they will not come to our rescue by providing us and Chaudhry Nisar any excuse for the failure of the talks. Cruel fate: when we need a drone attack the most we won't get one. In any event, this much should be clear even to minds not of the clearest, that the Taliban are gunning for victory not surrender. They are not about to lay down their arms and beg forgiveness for their transgressions. What then are we ready to concede to them to bring them to the path of peace and coexistence? They won't be satisfied with homilies or appeals to patriotism and reason. Their understanding of patriotism is different from ours; their valuation of reason different. We are for letting things be as they are. They are for accepting peace on their terms. They talk about Shariah and Islam but these are vague terms, vague in the sense that anyone can put what meaning is desired on them. So these talks will come down to what the state of Pakistan is willing to concede. How much then are we willing to surrender? Or are these peace talks just a ploy to prepare for decisive military action? But can any of our geniuses tell us what we will gain by this subterfuge, if that is what it is? In what way will this prepare us better for war? Our bonzes and leading lights have sowed enough confusion and division and if they are hoping that from this will arise greater unity of purpose they are living in a world of their own. The Taliban apologists, the religious parties, muftis and divines, and their drumbeaters in the media, will keep saying that peace was not given a fair chance and denounce the government and the army. What will we have gained then by this roundabout route across the mountains?
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Below is a short video in front of my place while it was lightly snowing in Tucson, Arizona. Though the snow where I was light compared to other parts of Tucson, AZ.
Below is a short video in front of my place while it was lightly snowing in Tucson, Arizona. Though the snow where I was light compared to other parts of Tucson, AZ.
I have some sad news to share about my dog Lolo and that she passed away this last Wednesday due to complications of Valley Fever (Background Info at Wikipedia.org – opens in a new window). Below is a gallery of photographs that I took of Lolo that I took since 2013/2014. You can, also, find… Read More Another Update on my Dog
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Liverpool's Robertson insists he does not fear Man City
Liverpool defender Andrew Robertson says he does not fear Manchester City as the two clubs look set to race for the Premier League title this term.
City went top on goal difference after thrashing Chelsea 6-0 at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, although Liverpool have a game in hand.
Tottenham are also challengers and sit five points behind the champions.
But Robertson, who was rejected by Celtic as a youngster, says he is not worried about either of Liverpool's rivals.
Speaking to the Mirror, the left-back said: "My attitude when I go onto the pitch has always been fearless. I've never gone into a game fearing anything or anyone.
"My upbringing probably does have a bit to do with it. I try to enjoy every minute and give 100 per cent. I'm realistic – every game, not all of us can play to the highest of our ability. Mistakes happen in this game, it's how you deal with it.
"Some days not everything comes off, but if I've given everything, you'll criticise yourself in terms of performance, but you'll know you've made it hard for your opponent. That's the attitude I've always taken and will always continue to have."
Robertson broke through at Queens Park after he was let go by Celtic's academy as a teenager.
He then made a name for himself at Dundee United before moving south of the border to Hull City in 2014 and then clinching £8 million ($10m) transfer to Anfield three years later.
But when he was let go by the Hoops, Robertson revealed he said to his parents: "Give me a year. A lot of parents would have said no."
But the 24-year-old acknowledges playing at the top comes with its own pressures.
"I wouldn't say I've got nothing to lose because now the stakes are high," he added.
"Of course, if you drop below [your standards] you've got your position to lose. You can get criticised or... you can become a hero. It's all about dealing with that."
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In any resource based industry, it is a common practice to adjust existing asset portfolios by Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), either selling or buying individual assets, regional portfolios or indeed entire corporate entities. Final Investment Decisions (FID) are made for assets involving 15-35+ year investment cycles, based on incomplete understanding of the subsurface geology, project costs, oil and gas demand and prices, availability of finance and most importantly, production performance - and things then change. At a London SPE evening seminar earlier in 2017, GCA's Chris Rachwal proferred several justifications for acquiring upstream assets and triggered a lively debate. Here he expands on some of his key slides from that evening.
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As he opened the subject Chris addessed was what might be the justifications for acquiring upstream assets (Fig 1).
Fig 1: Reasons for undertaking upstream M&A
As with any industry sector, portfolio adjustments are logically made to combine the "best of both" in terms of skills, capabilities involving complex engineering, variations in cost of capital and corporate attitude to risk tolerance. Bringing efficient skills from one operating environment and applying them to a new market segment, e.g. low cost sub-sea tie-back developments, naturally adds value to a project and thus to vendor and buyer alike.
As assets mature into mid/late life, the original Operator's skills in designing and executing complex, new field developmenst are frequently less suited to managing late life, highly cost-sensitive operations. Mature, and typically shrinking, assets become non-core to many larger companies. Subject to managing the complex legal and tax issues regarding abandonment, they may be better suited to companies which specialize in optimizing mature field management of many small reservoirs while minimizing overheads. Reconditioning such mature assets may extend the field life by 10+ years and achieve more than a doubling of the Reserves evident at the time of the transaction. Defining how much upside there may be, and who gets what share of its economic rent, is all part of the delicate negotiation; often leading to late nights and weekend working.
Another major driver of asset divestments occurs post a major corporate merger, when the new entity may involve 60-80% more active operating countries, experience conflicting calls on capital, staff, and especially, executive management time. In the case of many North American independents, entire international portfolios have been sold off to help fund capital-intensive unconventional projects in the USA and Canada, providing high quality opportunities to those investors who prefer not to tangle with the intensely competitive marketplace in North American unconventionals.
In GCA's experience, those companies that rely on "other" justifications for asset acquisitions frequently struggle to screen which opportunities to go after or to be able to submit winning bids that also create long term value. As a rough guide, we estimate that only 1 in 20 possibly opportunities that cross a New Business Development (NBD) manager's desk should trigger a thorough due diligence process. Limited, but tightly disciplined, analysis of some/most of those on offer may help refine a company's strategic growth objectives and thus allow the NBD team to refocus their efforts and get home at a decent time each evening!
Best Practice
Having established the main sell-side or buy-side drivers for entering into a transaction process, successful execution of any deal is influenced by understanding best sell-side and buy-side practices and avoiding most of the many pitfalls that exist. In GCA's experience, these best practices apply equally to conventional oil companies and to transactions involving Government Licence Rounds as large as those we have been involved with in Iraq, Kuwait, Brazil, Venezuela and many more.
Good sell-side practice (Fig 2) often comes about from fully anticipating the prospective buyers' legitimate needs and timings, then providing a process, documentation and flexible deal-making that allows both parties to bring negotiation to a successful conclusion in a timely manner.
Fig 2: Good practice and potential pitfalls for the sell-side team
Efficient buy-side teams will have developed well-honed practices which concentrate on the key areas of value and skills/knowledge retention but also address vital risk components such as legal and environmental liabilities (Fig 3). The timescale for due diligence evaluation is often only a few weeks to a few months, hence emulating what one US Major did many years ago in assembling a 200+-strong evaluation team in 6 different locations, is not recommended. A member of that team informed us that after 3 weeks of preparation, numerous logistical and conflicts issues were encountered and none of them even made it to the data room before management cancelled the effort.
Fig 3: Good practice and potential pitfalls for the buy-side team
The fundamentals of creating lasting value in buying assets are not unique to the oil and gas industry. Whilst working alongside management consultants Boston Consulting Group (BCG), the following diagram (Fig 4) was presented to our mutual Asian NOC client. It left a lasting impression of being an accurate understanding of the key ingredients for success and 20+ years later, it still appears to be valid.
Fig 4. Key ingredients for buy-side success
Two "Jokers" that were not included in the original diagram, being specific to oil and gas transaction would be:
A) Giant new oil/gas find occurring mid-way through the transaction
B) Major commodity price swing in the same timeframe.
In late 2014, GCA was involved in a very well managed Norway offering with Buyers and Sellers working well in partnership towards a deal. The oil price collapsed from more than $100/Bbl at the initial offering stage to less than $50bbl prior to the final bid deadline. Most bids collapsed, one party did eventually go forward on the basis of contingent payments in the event of oil price recovery, but by end 2015, even that deal fell apart and the perfectly good assets were not sold.
Achievable Strategic Plan
It is self-evident that the world has lots of market segments, thus developing one's own understanding of these operating environments and their "fit" to one's strategic objectives is essential to achieving sustained success.
There is no unique definition that GCA is aware of for defining global E&P segments for M&A strategic planning, but just to provoke some debate, one highly stylized macro-view of possible investment regions is shown in Fig 5. It represents a current snap-shot which will change with time as exploration succeeds and other regions mature.
Fig 5. One suggestion of global E&P segments
Naturally, as one focusses in on any given niche, there will be more refined technical and commercial segmentation of the opportunities. Each current asset owner or potential buyer should be able to define where they have a competitive edge in dealing with economic and technical issues when presented by each basin or play type. Good due diligence should seek to identify marriages between the buyer's core competence and the critical needs of the opportunity in order to deliver real value. Fig 6 gives an example: a conceptual schematic of the current Egyptian market place.
Fig 6. Indicative stress analysis of opportunities within the Egyptian E&P segment
Execution Team, Capturing Value Post Transaction
Industry experience suggests that capturing value in any acquisition is often either achieved or lost in the first year or two post-deal closure. A key factor in capturing value is identifying key people in both the acquired and acquiring entities, plus empowering them with a clearly laid out value plan. This plan should include much more than chasing "synergy" by simply eliminating duplicate costs and functions and by closing a few facilities.
Jeffrey Krug (Feb 2003 issue of Harvard Business Review) quotes typically 40% executive losses within the acquired entity within the first two years post a merger, but also records significant and sustained turnover in staff transferred from the acquiring company . He goes on to explain the tough environment that change of ownership often creates and the potential value of retaining key incumbents.
Diversify or Look Overseas?
In the technically complex world of E&P, most companies seeking to grow their portfolios by acquisition/merger either take an established business model into new regions (including new countries) or diversify their business model within their established heartland. Attempting to both obtain new skills and also operate in a totally new business environment at the same time more than doubles the risk.
Apache Case History
A good example of an established mature field Operator taking its skill sets of low overheads and fast decision making into a new operating environment is that of Apache Corporation's entrance into the UK North Sea in 2003. Apache had long established core skills for managing large, mature offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. These included finding opportunities to sustain production with numerous incremental projects to de-bottleneck processing while adding infill wells and also bringing on behind-pipe resources. When BP reviewed the mature giant Forties field (on production since 1975) production had declined from a peak of 500,000 barrels of oil per day (BOPD) in 1979 down to ~40,000 BOPD and Apache was an obvious candidate to take on the challenge of turning around this significant asset.
Forties field contained between 4.2 and 5 billion barrels of oil originally in place in a complex series of turbidite channel and overbank sands. Water injection had helped recover a significant percentage of the in-place volumes by 2003. However, Apache was able to bring a fresh perspective to locating by-passed pay in existing wells, later augmented by new 3D and 4D seismic data sets to identify un-swept reservoir compartments.
Apache was fully aware of the challenge of absorbing a significant incumbent Forties team, however in a personal communication, one senior Apache executive has said they underestimated the challenge of converting incumbents to the Apache methods and procedures. More significant in terms of capturing value in the first year was the unexpected backlog of corrosion and maintenance work needed prior to starting up infill and work-over operations in order to reverse natural production decline. Converting this challenge into an opportunity, Apache instigated many platform upgrades, tied-in Bacchus and Tonto oil fields (providing valuable fuel gas as well as improving OPEX/Bbl) and added a modern new platform bridge linked to an existing 1970's platform. Apache now reports over 90% production uptime on Forties, one of the oldest operating oil fields in the North Sea whilst achieving 43,000 BOPD from Forties/Bacchus/Tonto (source Oil & Gas UK) in 2016.
In the absence of a clearly defined strategy aligned with a company's core competencies and an execution plan to capture value, there is a significant risk that a Business Development team tasked with achieving X barrels at Y price deck and Z discount rate will under estimate risks in order to achieve the goals set. There are numerous historic examples of achieving an acquisition which had little or no chance of creating value as there was an asymmetric risk/reward position, i.e. teams can close the deal but not be held accountable for delivering long term value.
The M&A market place normally reflects this asymmetry with large bonuses on offer for overachieving on the sell side, but very rarely is such largesse available to reward buy side teams.
Chris Rachwal has been involved with M&A at GCA for over 30 years. Contact him directly for further discussion.
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20: Haylie!!
21: Hoping your wishes come true year after year. | I don't know why we were playing with the baseball bat and helmet, but we sure got some great pictures from it!
23: THE DIRT TRACK CAKE: Peyton says it is the best tasting dirt in the whole wide world
24: Hope you have the greatest Birthday ever!
25: I think he wished for cars.
26: The Awards Ceremony
28: Presents...
29: ...because that is what a birthday party is for
31: Happy Birthday, Peyton!!.


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Another iResQ Innovation, and Every Customer Gets One!
You can send up to 2 items per box (think of it as a "Friends Fly Free" program!) There are over 190 different combinations of iPods, iPhones and accessories that you can place in the iBox, providing you the abilitiy to customize your very own iBox. Have a Generation 1 iPod and an iPod nano? What about a iPod Photo and the your new iPhone? How about your iPod Video and USB Cable?
We designed this box so that you, the customer, can feel free to send what you need to provide us with as much information as possible. Your items are held securely with strength-tested, shipper approved foam padding that will prevent any mechanical or cosmetic damage, and the box includes a strip of "peel and seal" 3M tape to ensure your item(s) stay safe on the trip to our lab. Once your repair is complete, you get to keep the iBox for future use.
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This post is from CNBC energy producer, Judy Gee.
Record crude oil prices and talks of $4 gasoline aside, there's a quieter, more subtle dilemma lurking in diesel.
Record pump values for diesel surfaced on February 21 and prices have hit daily records ever since. Gone are the days when diesel was cheaper than gasoline. Worried about $4 gasoline? We've already surpassed that mark for diesel. The national average is $4.025/gallon for regular unleaded diesel, which reflects a surge of nearly 60 cents since last month, and an increase of $1.28 above where prices were this time last year.
Today on CNBC's "Squawk Box", Shell Oil's John Hofmeister talked about the growing disconnect between gasoline and the middle of the barrel, where diesel is made. If we don't get more barrels of oil he said, then diesel "prices will stay much higher even though gasoline will come down."


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Braintree District Mencap Society is a registered charity and was set up in 1955. Whilst they are affiliated to Royal Mencap, they are totally self-financed and need to seek their own funding to secure the services that they offer.
Braintree District Mencap exists to provide support to those with any additional need. They have a wide range of people of all ages registered with them, including those with speech and language difficulties, autistic spectrum, epilepsy, Downs Syndrome and those with physical and learning disabilities, including life limiting conditions. These are children and adults who find it impossible to access mainstream social and leisure activities and rely on Mencap's support to do so. Braintree Mencap encourages and enables people of all ages and abilities to make independent choices about what they want to do and achieve in order for each and every one of them to fulfil their own individual potential.
This is lady 'M', a 14 year old young lady with developmental delay. Lady 'M' has been accessing Braintree District Mencap's Saturday Club for a number of years and she has been growing in confidence, self-esteem and ability through the support the organization has been able to give her, ensuring that she is part of her community and looking at Lady 'M' as a person first and foremost. Although Lady 'M' has a learning disability, Mencap's ethos is always to challenge their children to stretch their abilities and not to focus on their inability or disadvantage.
Bowling is an activity that brings the children together to experience social time spent with friends, it is competitive and everyone wants to score a strike! Lady 'M' found this activity quite difficult from a physical aspect, as well as the sensory experience with regards to the noise and lights. She would always choose to sit in her wheelchair and observe where she felt secure and comfortable. With the support given financially from the Foundation, Mencap was able to include this activity on a regular basis to support, encourage and change Lady 'M's' attitude to one of "I am able". She is now as competitive as the rest of her friends and really enjoys the social experience, leaving behind the security of her wheelchair. A real champion for "I am able", look at me not my disability.
In 2014, DM Thomas Foundation awarded Braintree District Mencap Society £4,900.


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Infections Rhythms from the Heart of the Midlands
September 15th, 2014 2:21 pm
East meets West in an utterly unique fusion of music, percussion and passion as infections rhythms from the Heart of the Midlands comes to The Drum on Sat 20 Sep as Birmingham born Tabla master, composer, and The Drum's Resident Artist Mendi Mohinder Singh brings us his ground-breaking new work in United Rhythms.
Classically trained at the feet of legendary percussion master Ajit Singh Mutlashi, Mendi has travelled the world enthralling audiences with his incredible compositions. His music is a true reflection of the cultural melting pot familiar to anyone who grows up in Birmingham, a beautiful blending of influences which produces music, and musicians, not found anywhere else in the world. Mendi has toured from Europe to South America delighting audience of thousands, playing with artists as diverse as sitar master Pandit Shalil Shankar and singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel. Throughout his travels he has added to his musical repertoire, incorporating styles and sounds from across the globe.
The Drum is proud to present the final result of Mendi's artistic vision, creating the world's first East-West percussion orchestra in United Rhythms, joined by Birmingham's esteemed Conservatoire Percussion Ensemble in three original compositions drawing on African, South American, American and Arabic styles composed within a Western classical context.
Joining him will be Handpan player Samantha Archer, and in an even greater blending of cultures, each composition is coordinated with a display of choreographed martial arts from Seventh Dan Samurai expert Fay Goodman.
United Rhythms is a truly unique creation, an entertaining and uplifting rhythmical spectacle infused with joy and spirituality, uniting people through a universal language. For any fans of World Music, Tabla, or sheer originality, this is not to be missed.
Click here to book your tickets!
Supported by Arts Council England, Birmingham City Council, Sampad, Birmingham City University and Professional Incredibles


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Live from Svalbard
April 13, 2018
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Live ON FACEBOOK from Longyearbyen Museum/Ny Alesund Arctic Station with Milan Museum and EEE project network
LIVE Q&A event (FB?) from the Airship Museum Svalbard with arctic explorer Stefano Poli, in live link (skype?) with Science Museum Milan (audience at the Museum asking questions to Svalbard) and Virtual visit of the Museum


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Samurai Sushi Introduction
Samurai Sushi is one of the quirkiest free online pokies you'll find as its theme is based on various pieces of Japanese sushi that have been turned into bizarre characters. For example, you'll find a pink octopus who's wearing a helmet and another character sat in a sushi bowl with green hair. However, the fun doesn't just stop with these weird and wonderful characters as you'll also get free spins, scatters and wild symbols added into the mix.
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Choosing your fishy selection
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She rewards up to 75x your wager amount for 5-of-a-kind. 50x your bet amount is available for the red sea creature with frog eyes and the green-haired white sushi when you land five of these on a winning payline. The lowest payouts are given for the sushi symbols in the form of cards. Queen, King and Ace pay out 30x your bet amount for 5-of-a-kind whilst the 10 and Jack pay 20x your wager for 5-of-a-kind.
Wild waters
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Free spins
To trigger the free spins round you'll need to find three or more of the red and blue scatter buildings on your reels. When this happens, you'll be rewarded with 15 free spins but you won't be able to retrigger the free spins during this round, so make sure you make the most of them! However, during this feature you do have the chance of triggering a further bonus feature if you land 3 bonus symbols on your reels.
In the bonus game, a fierce bunch of samurai warriors line up for you to choose. Your choice will then reveal a prize, which is a multiplier award. These values can be anything up to 50x your bet amount. All bets can be tailored in this game by using the arrows at the base of the game and the betting amounts are sure to suit everyone from low to high rollers.
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Free Renata Zelazna Letter Appeal
Renata is a Polish vegan anarchist some of us know from when she was living in Brighton. She had recently been studying in Holland and is now through an unfortunate chain of events in prison, where she is suffering from horrendous treatment and fearing for her future, and who needs our support.
A demolition site next door to her flat had been causing hassle for the occupants of her student accommodation, with asbestos contamination and cracks appearing in their walls. Renata complained about it but to no effect, and when they brought in a new very loud machine she went down to the site to complain. The argument became physical as the driver swung the machine around so that it almost hit her and another builder pushed her to the ground, and Renate threw some rubble at them. At this point they said they would call the police, to which she replied, "Good do that so I can complain about the nuisance".
When the police called on her a little while later they immediately announced that she was being arrested for destroying machinery. She couldn't believe they were actually serious, and tried to just continue making her dinner, but the male police officer stepped in trying to stop her, proclaiming "I will use violence". She began to panic because she had nowhere to escape. She grabbed the knife she had been using to prepare her dinner and pointed it at him, trying to make him step back. She did not try to stab him, she just wanted him to keep his hands off her, acting from a survival instinct. He grabbed it off her and then pepper sprayed her in the face, followed by dragging her out and the female police officer searched her flat without a warrant while she was held down. They picked her up by her arms and trousers and carried her down the stairs head first, and all throughout her arrest she was manhandled; they also pulled her trousers down in the car with nothing she could do about it.
When in the cell they took her trousers off completely and locked her up for two days. She had bruising just above her pubic bone and had marks and a cut from the cuffs. She was having her period, but there was no toilet in her cell and she was given no sanitary products, and she had to go to the toilet on her cell floor. She was hardly given any water, none at all on the second day, and when she asked for some they told her to "Fuck off". Although she told them she was vegan they kept throwing meat into her cell to torment her and beat her hands when she pushed it back out. She saw a female duty solicitor who was helpful and found her a support group for vegans in prison. After two days in custody a judge came and she had a hearing through the cell window, where she found she was being charged with attempted murder.
She was then moved to a prison and put in a cell, this time with a toilet. They took her top and bra off and gave her an awful dress, some water and Oxazepam (a benzodiazepine used for the treatment of anxiety and insomnia and in the control of symptoms of alcohol withdrawal). She was brought food the next day. She spent another 2 or 3 days in isolation on suspicion of having tuberculosis because she was Polish, which she has been inoculated against as most people in Poland are. She told them that X-rays cause cancer and that she was very unhappy to have it done to her but she was forced to have an X-ray of her chest to be allowed into the normal cells.
Now she is in the normal cells in pre-trial detention. She could get 6 years upwards for attempted murder. She has missed her exams and lost her job. She will now have to pay back her student grant and for the language course, both were free only if she kept attending. There are services to help people save their jobs and housing but since she is not Dutch she does not qualify, although she was paying taxes in that country.
She had a very short court hearing recently for 15 minutes where she was not told her sentence but told that she was a danger to the public and needed to be locked up, and that she caused a disturbance to public order.
Renata said in her letter, "He came into my home and threatened me with violence. I picked up the knife without thinking about what I was doing. Do I really deserve 6 years for trying to save my life? Is this justice? I received a beating, I was starved, refused water, tormented, ridiculed, kept in isolation, X-rayed and now locked up. When I am released I will have no education, no where to go, I will be in debt, mentally disturbed and physically destroyed. All because I wanted some peace and quiet in a flat I was paying a lot of rent for. I have lost all hope, I look in the mirror and see death in my eyes. I have lost weight. I'm just skin and bones. I don't know if I'm alive any more".
Please write letters of support to:
Renata Zelazna
Penitentiare Inrichting Ter Peel
T.A.V. Renata Zelazna 7138606 cel 1/10
Paterstraat 4
5977 NM Evertsoord
There's a "Free Renata Zelazna" page on Facebook now that people can join where updates about her will be added:
plus this website: www.free-renata-zelazna.webs.com
Please write to the Dutch Government to complain about what has happened to Renata and demand her release:
E.M.H. Hirsch Ballin, Minister of Justice
Postbus 20301
2500 EH Den Haag


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Betjeman & Barton, the French tea expert has finally landed in Malaysia as part of their expansion plan in South East Asia. Since 1919, this fine teahouse is bringing together best teas from the world's greatest tea gardens and plantations. The One Utama outlet is located closer to One World Hotel, just across Johnny's Steamboat.
With more than 50 tea varieties in store, one is easily spoilt with choices when it comes to choosing between the Classic Tea, Perfumed Tea and Herbal Tea derived from red, black, green and white tea.
Remember to ask their waitstaffs to walk you through their varieties of tea leafs, as we learnt so much about tea drinking culture through the process. My favourite has to be fruits infused tea, as B&B uses only premium natural dried fruits and the aroma is so inviting.
B&B's beautiful tea canisters packed with tea leafs make great gifts for friends and families too. I will be very happy to receive any one of these!
We were here for afternoon tea (RM 60 for 2 pax) and as part of the set, we got t0 choose from their signatures: Puchkine, Luzury, Comomllie, Malasherbes and Roorbush Jardin Rouge.
We opted for Rooibush Jardin Rouge which is red tea blended with rose, strawberry, vanilla and grapefruit. Each pot is sufficient for four cups.
The three layer afternoon tea came with mini croissants, chicken ham buns, chicken ham sandwiches, tiramisu, assorted danish, artisan chocolates and macarons.
I adore how delicate the chef made the pastries to be, just nice to pop into our mouth, one at a time. The mini croissants were really good, as B&B's pastry chefs uses premium French butter. The tiramisu was very creamy and delicious too, however the macarons were too sweet for my likings.
We also tried a few of B&B's tea infused cakes.
The Jardin Rouge Gateau is infused with Jardin Rouge tea with a mixture of rose, strawberry, vanilla and grapefruit. It was creamy and rich in chocolate taste, which overpower the Jargin Rouge tea as we were expecting some light hints of tea taste.
We have not done this (afternoon tea) for a very long time. Even KampungBoy told me that B&B is a very charming tea room for a romantic tête-à-tête.
Betjeman and Barton
Lot G220, Ground Floor 1 Utama (Old Wing)
1 Lebuh Bandar Utama
Bandar Utama City Centre
[email protected]
Disclaimer: This is an invited review. However, the opinions expressed here is entirely based on my personal tastebuds and may vary for others. We have not received any monetary compensation from this place for writing a review.


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More than 450 people gathered Aug. 6-8 at the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine for the 2009 Merck-Merial NIH National Veterinary Scholars Symposium.
Attendees included more than 335 U.S. and Canadian veterinary students participating in 27 summer research programs—with support from the Merck-Merial Veterinary Scholars Program or the National Institutes of Health National Center for Research Resources—and in eight DVM-PhD degree programs.
The theme of the symposium was "Translational Research: Putting Discoveries to Work in Practice." Nearly two dozen scientists presented research and networked with the students. Dr. Jack A. Reynolds, recently of Pfizer, delivered the keynote address, "Lost in Translation: Are Animal Models Predictive?" The "State of the Art" sessions covered the topics of obesity, regenerative medicine, clinical studies, gastroenterology, immune-mediated and infectious diseases, and dermatology.
Each student who participated in a summer research program presented a poster. The main audience was the other students and more than 90 faculty mentors. Directors of summer programs met during the symposium and provided information to attendees about clinical and research training opportunities.
The symposium again featured the Young Investigator Award Competition, sponsored by the AVMA and American Veterinary Medical Foundation. First place went to Dr. Jennifer Johnson from the University of Minnesota, second place to Dr. Kevin Woolard from North Carolina State University, and third place to Dr. Wendy Lorch from The Ohio State University.
New this year was the parallel course "Becoming Faculty: A Short Course on Launching a Scientific Career," for early-stage assistant professors and postdoctoral veterinarians finishing a research training program. The Burroughs Wellcome Fund sponsored and organized the course.
Sponsors of the symposium included Merck, Merial, NIH, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges, AVMA, AVMF, American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and ACVIM Foundation, North Carolina State University, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Information about the Merck-Merial Veterinary Scholars Program is at www.merckmerialscholars.com. Information about NIH training awards for veterinary students and postdoctoral veterinarians is at www.ncrr.nih.gov/comparative_medicine/resource_directory/training.asp.