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Colorado Mountain Top Restaurant Adventure
Sleigh Ride, Ski Lift (Gondola), Snowshoe, Ski and Hike to Dine to a Mountain Top Restaurant Adventure
You'll feel like you've earned your lunch or dinner as your mountain top restaurant adventure takes you on a trek through the crisp winter air. An evening dining adventure into a Colorado national forest or ski area is an experience like you've never had before. The night light and snow reflection enhances the environment as the moon and stars explode out of the sky. Many Colorado resorts offer memorable mountain top restaurant adventure via sleigh rides, gondola rides, lift rides, snowshoeing, skiing and hiking. Dine in magnificent mountain top lodges or inside a yurt found deep inside a forest. If you're dressed warm and do what the guide says, you'll create a Colorado mountain top restaurant adventure that you'll never forget. Here's a few top choices for a Colorado mountain top restaurant adventure. All these adventures require reservations, and many sell out so make a call before you go.
What to expect (check with your mountain dining provider first): Cross country skis, Snowshoe, Blankets, Headlamps, Fireplaces, Wood burning stoves, Warm spirits, Gourmet dining,Live music
What you'll need: Winter clothes, boots, gloves, hats, hand heaters, (snowshoe and cross-country excursions may need head lamps)
Your Mountain Top Restaurant Adventure starts right here
- Mountain Top Yurt Dinner, Ski Cooper, Leadville Get info
On selective Saturdays Ski Cooper will offer snowcat rides to the top of the mountain for a gourmet meal.
- Snowcat Dining Excursion, Purgatory, Durango Get info
On selective Saturdays Ski Cooper will offer snowcat rides to the top of the mountain for a gourmet meal.
- Beaver Creek Dinner Sleigh Ride Get info
The only way to get to Beano's Cabin for a five-course gourmet dinner is by sleigh ride.
- Pine Creek Cook House, Aspen Get Info
Cross-country ski or snowshoe to the base of the Elk Mountain Range for a gourmet lunch or dinner.
- Krabloonik: Twilight Dog Sled and Dinner, Snowmass Get info
At 4pm Krabloonik loads sleds that are pulled by 8-10 Alaskan Huskies for an hour long ride. Half way through, you get to take a break for an appetizer. Then it's off the Krabloonik for a wild game and fresh seafood dinner.
- Lynn Britt Cabin Snowcat Dinner Rides, Snowmass Get info
Take a snowcat ride up the mountain after the lifts close for a four course New American meal and music by local guitarist Rich Ganson.
- Tennessee Pass Cookhouse, Leadville Get info
Located at the base of Ski Cooper in Leadville, Tennessee Pass Cookhouse is the granddaddy of the Colorado dining adventure as they've been doing it for a long time. You start at the Tennessee Pass Nordic Center and hike, snowshoe or ski to the magic yurt about one mile away. Be prepared for extraordinary appetizers, salads, entrees and desert.
- Magic Meadows Yurt dining experience at Crested Butte Nordic Center Get info
The Magic Meadows Yurt Experience sets you up with everything you need: skis, headlamps, a guide and groomed trails. Once you get to the Magic Meadow yurt on Nordic skis, you're treated to a warm cozy yurt filled with live music, all you can drink wine and beer and gourmet dining. The Magic Meadows yurt experience is part of the CB Nordic Center, a non-profit operation that maintains ski and snowshoe trails
- Copper Mountain Moonlight Dine & Ski Get info
Copper Mountain offers four evenings during the ski season where you can either take the American Eagle chairlift up to Solitude Station or ride the snowcat up to enjoy a fine dining experience. After the meal, you can ski or snowboard down the mountain under the moonlight and gather for a celebratory cocktail in Center Village. You never felt so good.
- Steamboat Springs Haymaker Dinner Sleigh Rides Get info
This experience involves a little less effort than a hike or ski, but still offers an experience you won't soon forget. The sleigh is pulled by horses over a snow-covered road through Yampa Valley's Rolling hills.
- Steamboat Springs Ragnar Sleigh Ride Dinner Get info
After a ride up the Steamboat gondola, board a 25 minute snowcat driven sleigh ride to Ragnar's for a gourment meal.
- Steamboat Springs Four Points Snowcat Dinner Get info
Four Points is known as one of the best Italian restaurants in Steamboat. Board the Gondola for a ride to the top of the mountain, then take a 15 minute snowcat ride to Four Corners.
- Uley's Cabin Sleigh Ride Dinner in Crested Butte Get info
This sleigh ride starts at the base of Crested Butte and guests enjoy a scenic ride up the mountain to Uley's Cabin. Uley was a miner, moonshiners and mountain man who lived in a small cabin in on Forest Hill in Crested Butte. This adventure will give you an idea of what it took for him to live through a Crested Butte winter.
- A-Basin Moonlight Dinner Series Get info
Each full moon dining experience at Arapahoe Basin features a meal from somewhere in the world and is so popular, you may have to settle for a spot on the waiting list. Guests take the Black Mountain Express lift to the Black Mountain Lodge located at mid-mountain and are welcomed to a spacious dining room filled with live music and libations.
- 2 Below Zero Dinner Sleigh Rides in Frisco Get info
It's a special thing to take a sleigh ride in the snow to a yurt filled with warmth, libations, hearty food and live music. 2 Below Zero Dinner sleigh rides provides such an experience in Summit County.
Know of a mountain top restaurant adventure that would fit here? Send a note to email@example.com
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Maksat Ishenbaev, Chairman of the Bai-Tushum Bank Executive Committee, expressed gratitude to the USAID Agro-Horizon Project at the Trade and Investment Forum that took place on June 5-6 for the fruitful cooperation and contribution to the development of the economy of country regions. According to Maksat Ishenbaev, three innovations were introduced in the Bai-Tushum Bank as part of the USAID Agro Horizon Project.
"The first innovation is value added chain (VAC) financing, the second – the introduction of remote loan applications analysis through a tablet solution. Bank's officers got an opportunity to make a quick assessment at client's business location, which enabled our loan officers to get response on the possibility of lending within one hour. Thus, we save the time of both our clients and bank's employees. And the third innovation we have introduced is the agent network and remote banking service development. We strive to expand the use of remote service channels by our clients, as well as to increase the volumes of loan repayments through terminals. The clients do not need to visit the office, all they have to do is to find a payment terminal next to their business or residence. As part of remote service channels promotion, we are planning to expand the cash-in terminal network and introduce a cash out system. The clients in remote regions will find this service method very convenient, as there will be no need to spend time and money to travel to a Bank's office and borrow a loan", – said Maksat Ishenbaev.


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5 things I learned from my epic fail
I recently suffered a serious ankle sprain which has left me on the couch and yoga mat instead of on the pavement for almost two months. I somehow have made it through with my sanity relatively intact.
Here are some things I learned along the way:
- Listen to your doctors. I promised myself-- and my mother--that I would listen to the doctors and not push myself. You will be happy you listened to them. And your mother will be happy too.
- Explore other activities. I know this is going to sound very shocking, perhaps even unbelievable to some of my running friends but there is more to life than running. Maybe take up the cello. There is a whole world full of things to do that aren't running. It's radical, I know. You could start by checking out the local events calendar.
- Focus on your nutrition. For me, running is my primary weight management tool. Having that taken away really forced me to look at what I eat and make better food choices. South Lake Tahoe has tons of great places to eat and shop for food.
- Do some goal setting. What better time to reassess your goals—your realistic goals that is—than now when you aren't out training for something every day.
- Shop! When all else fails, shop! Clean out your old gear and make a list of what new gear you need. Donate your old shoes, and you will be thrilled at the assortment of cute injury prevention gear including pink ankle braces, cow print compression tape and ice bags covered in martini glasses!


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Paul Kitchen: Chair of Board
Paul Kitchen lives in Rothesay, NB, just outside of Saint John. He retired after 29 years as the Head of School of Rothesay Netherwood School, in 2016. Paul graduated from U of T and taught at Ridley College School and St. Andrew's College for six years before becoming the Head of RNS for 29 years. Paul continues his work with independent schools as an Onsite Coordinator during school accreditation visits. Paul's mother was diagnosed with WM in the late 1970's and passed away in 1983.
Paul was diagnosed with WM in 2014, was treated with Velcade, Dexamethasone and Rituximab for a four month regime and subsequently did two years maintenance treatment. Recently, he went back on "watch and wait" as his IGM has been increasing over the last 16 months. He joined the Board of WMFC in 2018, and was elected Chair in May of 2019.
Betty McPhee: Vice-chair
Betty is presently a high school teacher for the Toronto District School Board teaching deaf students in American Sign Language. Betty has also served as the Executive Director of Durham Deaf Services – a non-profit organization providing programs and services to support the Deaf community. In other positions she was involved in advocacy, community and organizational development, program development, strategic planning, communications, fundraising and curriculum materials development. Betty was diagnosed with WM 17 years ago in 2002.. Just a few months after her diagnosis, she found the Oakville Support Group – the only WM support group in Canada at the time. Shortly after, she joined the board as Vice President (now Vice Chair) and is now the Toronto Support Group Leader and WMFC Support Group Liaison.
David Johnston: Secretary
Dave lives in Toronto and has been retired since 2006 after working 52 years in the life insurance industry as an actuary, first with a life insurance company where he was chief actuary, and later at Assuris, which ensures the payment of guaranteed policy benefits of insolvent life insurance companies. Dave's diagnosis of WM followed a routine medical check-up in 1998, showing a low haemoglobin count, and two years of tests for other possible causes which were all negative. He has been a WMFC Board member since 2011 and Secretary of the Board since 2012, and served as Treasurer from 2013 to 2018.
J.A. Clancy: Treasurer
Clancy is a business development professional with extensive leadership experience in the IT & Telecommunications sector. He has worked for global multinationals such as AT&T and Cisco Systems, as well as assisted to launch new companies and services into the market. Most recently Clancy was Sr. Market Development Manager for Cisco, supporting TELUS on a newly launched Automated Mobility Management SaaS platform. Clancy is a creative and strategic business leader with a track record in team collaboration, building partnerships and driving results. Previously Clancy served as the Fundraising Director for Repletion Public School. In 2016 he began to serve as a Board Member in support of the WMFC and in 2019 accepted the role of Treasurer for the organization.
Raffaela Mercurio: Board Member
Raffaela Mercurio is a retired elementary school primary teacher with over 30 years of experience teaching with the Toronto District School Board. She is currently doing supply teaching and tutoring. She is also the co-author of a wordbook called Word Wiz that beginning writers can use as a tool to gain competence and independence in writing. When Raffaela was first diagnosed with WM in late 2011, she began regularly attending the Oakville support meetings. She found the meetings very helpful in her WM journey. She became a statutory member in 2014 and then became a member of the board in 2016. She helps organize support group meetings, educational forums and fundraisers. It is her way of giving back to WMFC for all the support given to her over the past years.
Cam Fraser: Board Member
After graduating from the University of Western Ontario with a degree in Business, Cam pursued a career in the retail world, following his love for the outdoors, with Eddie Bauer both in Toronto and Calgary. Life in Calgary dictated a change in careers. After initially starting up a Manufacturing and Wholesale Hot tub and Spa business, which he later sold, he transitioned into the Oil and Gas Business where he successfully spent 30 years, retiring in 2010. After initially working with Dome Petroleum, he joined a succession of junior oil and gas companies and start ups as Vice President of Business Development and concluded his career as an Oil and Gas Consultant.
Diagnosed with WM in 2003, was on Watch and Wait until 2013, when he was treated with combination of Bendamustine/Rituxin. January 2012, he established and still chairs the Calgary WM Support Group and assisted in organizing the Calgary 2015 Education Forum. In addition to WM, he volunteers in various conservation associations involved in wildlife management and habitat restoration.


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Inspection tips for buying a used Sprinter T1N
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Re: Inspection tips for buying a used Sprinter T1N
This is a thought that I have for newer model NCV3 (906) BluTec (DEF fluid) Sprinter pre-purchase inspections.
There have been enough threads to indicate that DEF Diesel Exhaust Fluid being mistakenly added to the coolant reservoir (radiator) is not uncommon. The DEF is very corrosive and can cause real engine issues if it is not flushed out in a reasonable time. ASAP is likely best.
My suggestion.
Do a sniff test of the coolant reservoir. If it has a smell of ammonia the chances are good that there is/was DEF in the coolant.
A pH test may still have some value for determining coolant condition.
Any pre-purchase inspection of a NCV3 (906) Sprinter using DEF should include a pH test of the coolant. What should the coolant pH be normally? Good question. I have no idea. Some owners with known uncontaminated DEF Sprinters may be able test their coolant pH. It may be as simple as using a swimming pool pH test strip. That may help to provide a baseline.
DEF may tend to drive the pH low. I thought that DEF (urea) will drive the pH low, but "dissolved in water, it is neither acidic nor alkaline". If it drove the coolant toward base I believe that it would attack aluminum in the cooling system. Pictures that I've seen to indicate that it causes damage to thermostat and other parts which are not aluminum.
Some general pH information is here.
What is coolant pH?
"Simply stated, pH is the measure of the degree of acidity or alkalinity in a coolant. The acidity decreases and the alkalinity increases as the pH goes from 0 to 14.
The recommended pH range for coolants is on the slight alkaline side, from 7.5 to 11. Anything at 11 and above would be considered too high. Tests that range from 6.0 up to 7.5 would be considered too low.
The pH of fresh coolant slowly decreases with time and use in a cooling system as acids are formed by the oxidation of ethylene or propylene glycol. At low pH ranges, certain metal surfaces are susceptible to acid corrosion, while at high alkaline pH, aluminum surfaces are susceptible to corrosion. Thus, it is important to check the coolant pH periodically to make sure that it is neither too acidic nor too alkaline."
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After being down and out [after a fall off a step ladder, badly bruised ribs, and a cold to cough,hack, and antagonize those painful muscles] got outside today and did a test.
Short Answer: Swimming pool PH test strips DO work for engine coolant with antifreeze.
My test: Checked my old Taurus coolant: acidic as I suspected,based on test strip color change; it's due for a changing as soon as I can lie dwn and get back up.
Control: Made a 50/50 mix of unused, new, coolant and water out of a new container: It shows
basic, rather than acidic, as it should, according to color change.
We will use this as a preliminary test on engines and gennys in a prospective purchase.
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Wednesday 29th April 2015
Local Dining Out Group Dinner - at The King's Head, Redlynch
As usual our trusty coach was very prompt at all our local pickup points and Tim was ready - not still in the bath!
The King's Head at Redlynch, although not a million miles from home, proved to be a superb destination.
A cosy atmosphere, wonderful, tasty, home-cooked food, very attentive staff and of course a jolly crowd of diners!
Profits from the raffle for March & April have been rounded up to £50.00 and sent to the Motor Neurone Disease Association charity. The next charity to be supported will be Diabetes UK.
Now all there is to say is a BIG THANKYOU to Sandy the owner of The King's Head at Redlynch who did us proud.
On Wednesday 20th May 2015 we will have our next Local Dining Out Dinner. Our coach will pick up through from Fordingbridge, Breamore, Woodgreen, Hale and Woodfalls. We will be going to the the Rockingham Arms at West Wellow. Everyone at the April Dinner received advance
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Laelia Dress, Long sleeves, Red Poppy
Laelia dress is made to give the confidence of expressing the individuality of any woman with a little pinch of Son de Flor magic. Lowered smock dress waist gives this dress a loose yet not oversized fit. Long relaxed fit sleeves are finished with a buttoned cuff. The flattering bodice adjoins a gently gathered skirt which sits just under the ankle. Enjoy the round neckline finished with a peter pan collar and a button opening at the upper back.
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Model's height is 176cm / Wearing a size S
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This garment is crafted from 100% linen. We love and recommend linen, a beautifully natural material so pleasant against the skin and easy to take care of. Breathable and long lasting, linen actually softens with use. Because of our timeless designs and the exceptional quality of the linen used, Son de Flor garments become a beautiful heirloom that can be passed down through generations.
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DB2 and CICS Are Moving On: Avoiding Potholes on the Yellow Brick Road to an LE Migration
The IBM migration guides can help you identify some of the desirable functions you might want to look for in LE migration tools, including the ability to:
- Handle application inventory verification and validation
- Identify LE run-time and compilation issues in machine-readable format
- Identify incompatibilities in language usage
- Convert the incompatibilities in COBOL syntax to valid 1985 standard COBOL syntax
- Convert old CICS command syntax to the syntax required for current COBOL compilers.
A compiler migration may or may not require language syntax changes. Your inventory and assessment of that inventory will point you in the correct direction for this process. Unfortunately, the second sub-step of compiler migration, exploiting new functions, is often ignored. There are several good reasons to move to the new compilers besides the ability to work with the new CICS and DB2. You should try to understand these new features to take advantage of them.
No two LE assessments or migrations are identical because each customer has a different inventory of compilers, applications, and attributes. Most attribute and compiler information is best obtained from the load modules of production applications. Unfortunately, in some cases, this is the only reliable source for this information. IBM provides several z/OS tools that can help identify some of this information. You may have to use multiple tools to evaluate a single module. But, if reading hex dumps isn't your cup of tea, you probably want to find other alternatives.
Ideally, to complete an assessment, you want a comprehensive set of flexible machine-readable records and straightforward exception and analysis reports that identify migration inhibitors in your production application inventory. These flexible machine-readable and report formats also should be able to be used as input to the tool you use to manage your source code changes and testing processes.
Mellon Financial, a global financial institution based in Pittsburgh, PA, migrated to LE using this process to minimize their resource requirements, reduce costs, and accelerate the completion of their LE migration project plan. It all began with a complete understanding of the inventory of languages, compilers, and attributes currently in use.
Shawn Klingensmith, a vice president in Mellon's Technology Delivery Department, indicates that, "By combining output from source inventory tools (such as Micro Focus Revolve) with load module inventory tools (such as Edge Portfolio Analyzer), we were able to create a repeatable monitoring process that identifies:
- Where elements are used or embedded in other elements such as programs, JCL, and online transactions
- The compiler versions and compiler options used to create elements
- Obsolete and duplicate elements, which significantly reduced the conversion scope and inventory.
Once your inventory is completely validated, you can move forward in a comprehensive manner to ensure the integrity of your systems. Because you have a clear picture of the issues, you also can understand where a change in one area might impact other applications or parts of the same application. In some cases, this global view may point you to a more efficient approach to the migration. The typical approaches concentrate on a bottom-up migration, while starting with those areas that have the highest probability of success.
So far, the effort we've described has emphasized planning. Success hinges on a clear understanding of the work to be done.
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Thread: Surprise or Not?
September 24th, 2019 05:35 PM #21
I know this is an old thread but now I can actually comment on what it was like for us with our decision. We were originally going to find out at the anatomy scan but plans changed. Between my medical history and complications going on with this pregnancy early on, we made the decision to go forward with genetic testing. We wanted to find out if baby was at risk for something or if I was a carrier. Finding out the sex would be a bonus and, not going to lie, I wanted to know too just in case we lost the baby...we'd know if we lost a son or a daughter.
We logged into our account and tried to make sense of the page that came up. My eyes went towards the "low risk" part and then I heard my husband gasp and say "OH! It's a BOY!!" He cried and we hugged. It was very emotional. Of course, I remembered @jens story and half worried the tests were wrong but we had our scan done recently and he is definitely a boy.
Finding out was definitely the best decision for us. It gave us a chance to bond with our little one and a name to call him, instead of It. It was also helpful for when we announced the pregnancy because we revealed both the pregnancy and the sex at once. Less fuss. Beyond that, it was just all in all an emotional relief. I'd get put off by older people saying things like "oh, your generation has no patience! Waiting is the way to go!" For them, maybe it is. I'm glad I didn't listen to them though.Alyssa
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September 24th, 2019 07:33 PM #22
I'm definitely finding out! I'm a crazy planner, though, so there's no way I would wait. Plus, I just don't see the point in waiting. I would've loved to find out as early as possible through blood testing, but I can't afford it right now. I have a *very* strong feeling I'm having a girl and will be shocked if I'm wrong, but a boy would be great too.
UPDATE: Found out last week that it is for sure a girl!
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September 25th, 2019 05:47 AM #23
I loved reading all these responses! And I see the benefits of both the secret and the finding out.
I was very gender neutral with clothes and the nursery... I think I'm probably just too impatient to wait to be honest haha, but didn't regret finding out my first baby's sex at 11 weeks at all. I feel like it allowed me to bond with her in utero. We also very, very openly discussed names with literally everyone, and I loved that part! We ended up choosing the last name added to our list because it just suited her when we saw her (both of us agreed immediately). So the name announcement still surprised everyone!
I'll be doing exactly the same with this bubba, which I am 98% sure is a girl. I'll find out next week. My head will probably explode if they tell me it's a boyTara Cecilia (2017)
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Let the naming games begin...
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I wanted to know as soon as possible. I think it helps with the preparation a lot to know the sex. It's still a surprise when you find out, whether it's during pregnancy or at delivery.
December 12th, 2019 11:41 AM #25
We had to get our kids' names preapproved by the government, so we had to know. I also just feel like it helps me bond.
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Lunch and Learn Podcast: Vaping
Leadership Medina County: Vaping Overview December 17, 2019 Learn about the health risks associated with vaping from Libby McGraw, BSPH, CHES, Medina County Health Department Health Educator. Click here for the recorded webinar. *Recorded webinar available only to active alumni.Read More
Lunch & Learn Podcast: Issue 12
Lunch and Learn: Medina County Human Services Issue 11
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Lunch and Learn: Elizabeth Eckford
Click here for the recorded webinar with Elizabeth Eckford recorded on September 23, 2019. *Recorded webinar available only to active alumni.Read More
Immigration in the United States Today: Facts and Myths
Click here for the recorded webinar presented by Mead Wilkins '97 is the Clinical Director for The Ohio Center for Survivors of Torture at Cleveland Catholic Charities. Previously, he was the Director of Medina County Job and Family Services for 20 years. *Recorded webinar available only to active alumni.Read More
Medina County Shares Information During Webinar
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Drakensberg Bed and Breakfast establishments are very different to the Bed and Breakfast establishments that you encounter in Europe. They are more like 'boutique hotels'. You can expect exceptional service and comfortable facilities.
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- Excellent eateries and pubs;
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- White river rafting;
- Horse riding;
- A chocolate factory;
- A wine estate;
- A home brewery;
- Farm stalls;
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- Battlefield sites of the like of Spionkop and Willow Grange;
- San Rock Art Sites open to the public. Firstly, Battle Cave at Injisuthi Camp and Main Cave at Giants Castle;
- The Drakesnberg Boys Choir Concerts; and
- Major events such as the 'Polar Bear Swim' and 'Music in the Mountains"
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April 25, 2018
Spring is in full swing at Bella Sareena Salon and BijouRocks! On Wednesday April 18th, we had a "Spring Fest" which featured a BijouRocks fashion show, a dance performance, tarot card readings and food & drink samples from local vendors.
The evening started with lite bites and wine. The Girlfriend Guidance, a duo of women Stacy & Emma, provided tarot card readings. Along with tarot card readings, we had two special vendors with their sweets. Lil'Biggs Bakery is a gluten free dairy free bakery that makes delicious cookies. Owner Kristen Biggs, gave samples of the Snickerdoodle & Oatmeal. Bronto Mead poured mead samples with yummy flavors of strawberry & blackberry mead.
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Featured collections included the Bees, Faces,Lariat and Sunstone collections paired with Italian Leather Totes and colorful cotton and silk scarves.
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Photos by Becka Craven.
Paloma rocking her inner mermaid with the new Lariat collection
Lisa presenting the "Queen B", part of the new Busy Bees collection
Tamara feeling the warmth of the sun by wearing the new Sunstone collection
Sarena sporting the "Double Bee", part of the Busy Bees collection


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Finalists nominated within the design categories of the prestigious kbbreview Awards 2014 have been awarded honorary membership to the Society of British and International Design (SBID).
The one year admission, worth more than £400, has been granted to all finalists in the design categories of the national kitchen and bathroom awards organised by kbbreview, the UK's leading business-to-business magazine for the industry.
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For more information visit the website www.kbbreview.com/awards
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There are various tools that help software teams build and execute automated tests. Many teams are actively using unit tests as part of their development efforts to verify critical parts of their projects such as libraries, models and methods. Historically, testing user interfaces of desktop-based applications via automated tests have been more challenging, and currently available tools for this are usually commercial and quite expensive.
The move to agile has led many teams to adopt a pyramid testing strategy. The test automation pyramid strategy calls for automating tests at three different levels. Unit testing represents the base and biggest percentage of this test automation pyramid. Next comes, service layer, or API testing. And finally, GUI tests sit at the top. The pyramid looks something like this:
This book describes how to build and implement an automated testing regime for software development. It presents a detailed account of the principles of automated testing, practical techniques for designing a good automated testing regime, and advice on choosing and applying off-the-shelf testing tools to specific needs. This sound and practical introduction to automated testing comes from two authors well known for their seminars, consultancy and training in the field.
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Quickbooks Online is an accounting solution specifically targeted at small businesses and freelancers as it simplifies the most complex accounting processes. It has become a popular tool among accountants, bookkeepers, small business owners and finance officers. For up to five users, all the app's features can be accessed. However, functionalities are limited for packages with unlimited number of users. To learn more about this software and see if it matches your needs, you can easily sign up for a QuickBooks Online free trial here.
To keep track of our ever-growing suite of tests, we also classify the automation status of our tests ("already automated," "blocked," "cannot be automated," "in progress," "to be automated") and define the scope of each test (API, integration, user interface, end-to-end, etc.) Note that we have recognized that not all tests should (or can) be automated.
Automation frameworks provide guidelines to achieve beneficial results from test automation tools and automated testing activity. They establish a universal standard for testers to achieve the specific goals of the automated tests. The framework should be easy to maintain and easy to change. Consider dedicating the role of framework design and development to a dedicated, qualified tester. A poorly designed — or hard to maintain — framework causes problems even if you are using the right automation software tools. Poor planning and the failure to create or select the appropriate framework to guide test automation activity limits the benefits of automating tests.
Paying bills isn't as much fun as sending out invoices, but it has to be done. You may already be managing this task through your bank's website, which may or may not excel at this service. There are few other options online for standalone bill-pay, and the ones that exist have restrictions. Bill.com rules when it comes to supporting both invoices and bills; you'll be charged $29 per user per month for payables automation only. If that's more than you want to pay, you could subscribe to Wave, which is free, and just use its bill-paying tools.
Jim Hazen is an Automation Consultant and "veteran of the software testing trenches" who helps companies with test automation and performance test implementations. He has presented at multiple professional conferences, including STARWest and STPCon, and published articles in ST&QA Magazine on test automation and communication techniques for testers. You can learn more about Jim on LinkedIn.
Xero is an accounting software that is largely known for having revolutionized accounting. Developed to provide the best user experience possible, the solution is easy to use, making tough accounting tasks like double bookkeeping simple even for first time users. For those who require a bookkeeper, the vendor offers certified advisors who are more than willing to assist them. The platform has gained traction in countries like the UK, US, Australia and Europe. It comes with integrations with known third-party applications and accounting tools and the software's Express Setup feature makes set up a breeze. You can maximize the product's potential with the assistance of its help center.
Instead of creating the "tests" at the end, I suggest starting with examples at the beginning that can be run by a human or a software system. Get the programmer, tester, and product owner in a room to talk about what they need to be successful, to create examples, to define what the automation strategy will be, and to create a shared understanding to reduce failure demand. My preference is to do this at the story level — what some might call a minimum marketable feature — which requires a half-day to a week of work. George Dinwiddie, an agile coach in Maryland, popularized the term "the three amigos" for this style of work, referring to the programmer, tester, and analyst in these roles. Another term for the concept is acceptance test-driven development.
What is more important is that testing is not only about finding bugs. As the Testing Manifesto from Growing Agile summarises very illustratively and to the point, testing is about getting to understand the product and the problem(s) it tries to solve and finding areas where the product or the underlying process can be improved. It is about preventing bugs, rather than finding bugs and building the best system by iteratively questioning each and every aspect and underlying assumption, rather than breaking the system. A good tester is a highly skilled professional, constantly communicating with customers, stakeholders and developers. So talking about automated testing is abstruse to the point of being comical.
ClearBooks is cloud-based accounting software with a full set of A/R and A/P features. It connects to your business bank accounts, and you can use it to send quotes and invoices, manage vendors, create purchase orders, pay bills, and run reports. It can be used by small businesses in any country, but U.S. users may find the unchangeable U.K. date format confusing. clearbooks.co.uk
Denali on-premises accounting software from Cougar Mountain Software can be used by businesses of various sizes, as it can support a business with as few as four employees up to a large business that employs 50 people in its accounting department alone. Three plans are available, plus one version design for nonprofits. Payroll processing is also available. The software is modular, allowing you to customize it with just the features you need. cougarmtn.com
In software testing, test automation is the use of special software (separate from the software being tested) to control the execution of tests and the comparison of actual outcomes with predicted outcomes.[1] Test automation can automate some repetitive but necessary tasks in a formalized testing process already in place, or perform additional testing that would be difficult to do manually. Test automation is critical for continuous delivery and continuous testing.
With Vyew, anyone can host an Internet session that lets scattered colleagues work together on a project in real time. This Web conferencing platform gives you a very simple whiteboard where you can upload documents for discussion, share your desktop, or create designs from scratch. You don't even have to register to use Vyew, but if you do, you get access to VoIP and other audio services. (free for up to 20 live participants; additional services extra)
Successive development cycles will require execution of same test suite repeatedly. Using a test automation tool, it's possible to record this test suite and re-play it as required.Once the test suite is automated, no human intervention is required.This improved ROI of Test Automation.The goal of Automation is to reduce the number of test cases to be run manually and not to eliminate Manual Testing altogether.
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This book describes how to build and implement an automated testing regime for software development. It presents a detailed account of the principles of automated testing, practical techniques for designing a good automated testing regime, and advice on choosing and applying off-the-shelf testing tools to specific needs. This sound and practical introduction to automated testing comes from two authors well known for their seminars, consultancy and training in the field.
The next phase in the evolution of business software is being led by the emergance of Robotic Process Automation (RPA), which involves identifying and automating highly repetitive tasks and processes, with an aim to drive operational efficiency, reduce costs and limit human error.[4] Industries that have been in the forefront of RPA adoption include the Insurance industry, Banking and Financial Services, the Legal industry and the Healthcare industry.
"If you need a framework to test web services, you may use a different set of tools within a framework," says Jones. "You should be able to combine tools within a framework in a way that allows you to test, so you are not limited to just UI, integration, or web-services testing. Build your framework in a way that supports a range of testing goals."
Selenium is possibly the most popular open-source test automation framework for Web applications. Being originated in the 2000s and evolved over a decade, Selenium has been an automation framework of choice for Web automation testers, especially for those who possess advanced programming and scripting skills. Selenium has become a core framework for other open-source test automation tools such as Katalon Studio, Watir, Protractor, and Robot Framework.


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But perhaps the greatest threat to our psychological well-being is reluctance on the part of many in the emergency services field to accept that these hazards exist and that their negative impact on our lives, our families, and our organizations are real. In many respects, to quote the adage, "We have met the enemy and it is us."Read More »
Author Archives: Robert Avsec, Executive Fire Officer
When Job Applications Leave You Speechless
As a PSAP [Public Safety Answering Point] manager one of the BIGGEST responsibilities is hiring and on-boarding new employees. Let's face it, this profession is one where the doors are constantly swinging open with turnover. It's easy to blame the management team, but the issues with retention in PSAPs are much more rooted than what's on the surface of workplace relationships.Read More »
Some Winter Weather Posts to Get You and Your Department Through to Spring!
Here are a few of my posts from the past on the topic of winter weather and fire department operations that have appeared on FireRescue1.com. I hope that you find the material useful during the next month of so. Because, after all we're only halfway through meteorological winter (January through March) here in North America!Read More »
It's Time to Limit Wearing of Firefighting Turnout Gear
Everybody is now starting to say, "Treat every structure fire like a hazmat incident" (Something I've been saying and writing about for about four or five years now). Well, do you ever see a hazmat team member wearing a Level A (fully encapsulated) protective suit unless they're working on an incident or training? No, you don't! And it's time every firefighter starts looking at their structural PPE the same way!Read More »
Musings about firefighter recruitment and retention
Firefighter recruitment. One of those topics that's like the weather: everyone is talking about it, but nobody is doing anything about it. What fire department out there--career, combination, all-volunteer--doesn't have a tough "row to how" when it comes to finding and retaining good people?Read More »
What are the rules of interior structural firefighting?
Look, I've made this connection between the HAZWOPER standard and interior structural firefighting with about an hour's worth of research. How long do you think it's going to take for an attorney—and their legal team—representing a firefighter who's developed cancer on the job to develop a solid case that their client's cancer was caused by the inappropriate PPE and unnecessary exposure to toxic chemicals, chemical compounds, and carcinogens?Read More »
A new structure fire response paradigm
We now know enough about the connection between firefighter exposures to the toxic chemicals, chemical compounds, and carcinogens present in today's smoke encountered during interior structural firefighting to know that it is not right to continue putting firefighters into that environment.Read More »
Why interior firefighting will be obsolete by 2030
We've only seen the beginning of the firefighters developing cancer from their occupational exposures. The numbers for those cases are going to skyrocket in the next 10 years; and along with the number of cases will be an even more daunting rise in health care premiums (That many localities still pay for their firefighters) and workers compensation claims being paid by local and state governments.Read More »
Overcoming the #1 Barrier to Cultural Change in the Fire Service
By: Robert Avsec, Executive Fire Officer Why does it take so long for new equipment or work practices to become the norm in the fire service? Case in point, the first commercial SCBA appeared in fire stations in 1920, though it wouldn't be until the late 1970s before SCBA use began to gain widespread acceptance in the fire service in ...Read More »
Pregnant women in public safety is not something new
Your efforts to recruit and retain women for your department are doomed to fail if you don't have those policies and procedures in place now. If every one of your male officers and firefighters aren't informed and educated about how a female colleague will be treated when she finds out she's pregnant, your efforts are doomed to fail.Read More »


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Here is a group of pictures of the more enjoyable aspects of cruising my new narrow boat down the River Great Ouse from Bedford's Priory Marina to Westview Marina at Earith where she was due to come out of the water for hull blacking. She has now been out of the water and had her hull blacked, had her water tank cleaned, fixed and painted, had a new engine and gearbox fitted and is currently back in the water at the far end of the marina amidst lots of surface weeds which make it look as if she is on the grass.
In these pictures you can see how a simple looking job gets a lot more complicated. I wanted to put in a new shower, basin and toilet that I had acquired. However, when I got to the shower I was horrified to find that the floor below was completely soaking and rotten, very bad smell, and someone had even put a chipboard floor under the toilet and washbasin. I could have just covered it up and pretended it was not there but I didn't want that stuff on my boat. I set about removing all the flooring and walls in the area and started back in from scratch. I cleared out all the ballast and the sludge, chipped of the rust from the inside of the hull and dried the areas. I bought new ply, acquired some free bricks for ballast [there were several missing and broken] and Janice washed all the old bricks. I began putting it all back together after some judicious bitumen application to the stern bulkhead.
Next time we went down I got on with refitting and putting in the new floor and shower suite. I used 3/4" waterproof marine ply for the flooring with some rather nice dark laminate flooring to give it a nice finish. The walls went back up and the plumbing for the shower and wash hand basin went back in. I put up a new mirrored cabinet over the toilet, tiled the shower walls and fitted new drain pipes for the shower and wash hand basin. Then it was just a case of reconnecting the shower drain pump and we had a fully working system again. Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of the tiling but I'll grab those next time when I put the finishing touches to it all. The new flooring looks really nice and the Thetford toilet with its electric flush is a welcome change from the Porta-Potti style thing we had before. It's also got a spare tank which makes the emptying requirements a bit less desperate - just out with the full one and pop in the empty one, then empty the full one the next day.
A Small Job Got Bigger
Here are a few videos of my time with the boat. The first one is about us doing some work and an examination of the hull and water tank. The second is of a seal we encountered on our pontoon one morning. Its parents were across on another pontoon and all of them stayed there so everyone could have a good look. The third is a family of swans who come to clear up the weeds in the marina. The fourth is a restaurant we tried out in St. Ives, with Bollywood music videos on the widescreen telly.


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The labor market shortage has hit Teton Science Schools.
Well, it's hit the company the school contracts with for bus service to its Jackson campus, limiting the number of buses for the rest of the semester and permanently suspending service come December. The Driver Provider, a company based in Phoenix that offers private transportation for weddings and other occasions as well as schools, told the school Sept. 20 that it would be canceling the service.
"Given our series of collaborative meetings with and assurance from Driver Provider this summer," Head of School Michelle Heaton wrote to parents in a letter, "this comes as a surprise."
Driver Provider co-owner Kendra Kaplan said the company will continue to run one bus to the school in the morning and back to town in the afternoon. She said the labor market in Jackson doesn't support offering service to Teton Science Schools.
The split nature of the shift, she said, forces drivers to work just a bit in the morning then again for a short time in the afternoon. The nature of running a private transportation business means drivers may work in the intervening hours, but the shifts are sporadic. For those with a commercial driver's license, working for an entity like START is often more appealing.
"It's tough to compete with START with the pay and benefits they offer," Kaplan said. "CDL drivers prefer a full shift from START."
Being unable to retain enough operators to drive the Teton Science Schools routes — of which there were two in the morning and three in the afternoon — was unexpected, Kaplan said. Without drivers, the company was forced to reduce its services.
Left in the lurch, Teton Science Schools is scrambling to find a solution. School officials worry that without as many buses, the intersection of Coyote Canyon Road and Highway 22, which is already buzzing with commuter traffic in the mornings, will be worse due to a bump in cars turning in to drop kids off then trying to turn left across traffic to come back into town.
Executive Director Chris Agnew has been lobbying elected officials on a couple of short-term solutions he thinks would alleviate the inevitable increase in pressure on the intersection. He went before the Teton County Board of County Commissioners at its voucher meeting Monday and regular meeting Tuesday to ask for immediate START service to its Jackson campus and temporary traffic relief, either a Teton County Sheriff's Office deputy to direct traffic at critical times or a temporary traffic light.
"There needs to be some immediate mitigation tool to ensure a bigger accident or incident doesn't happen," Agnew told the News&Guide.
Agnew said 70 students, about 40% of the campus' student body, use the Driver Provider service. In addition, the campus has roughly 100 employees and over 100 visitors staying on site at any given time. Without mass transit for them, they will drive to and from campus, which could be a big uptick in traffic in the mornings and afternoons.
There is a precedent for START offering services to the campus. From 2007 to 2014 a route ran to the campus, a service Teton Science Schools subsidized, Agnew said. But concerns over whether START buses could provide transportation to the school due to Federal Transit Administration regulations led to the service being canceled.
Agnew argued that "school tripper" policies would allow START to resume service, but no decisions were made at the commission meeting Tuesday. Commission Chairwoman Natalia Macker told Agnew that since START is a joint board mostly under the town of Jackson and the START board's purview he would need to go to them.
Agnew's other request, a temporary traffic light or help from sheriff's deputies, aroused interest but not much action during the commission's meeting. Commissioners said the Wyoming Department of Transportation would be the arbiter of whether a traffic light could be installed, and Public Works Director Heather Overholser said WYDOT had told her the intersection's traffic levels don't warrant a light.
Sheriff Matt Carr rejected the idea of having his deputies direct traffic at critical times. Such traffic work, he said, would be inefficient and his department isn't staffed for it. It's also dangerous.
"That creates great danger not only to law enforcement officers but to the motorized public," Carr told the commissioners.
Until a solution is found, dozens of families and students need to find new ways to reach the campus, a fact not lost on Kaplan, owner of Driver Provider, which will continue to provide "executive services" in Teton County.
"I want to say how sorry we are to see this service end," she said. "We exhausted all resources to continue and can't because of the labor market."