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Cooperative Equity
Cooperative Equity
Track Earnings, Distribute Equity and Provide Tax Information Effortlessly
DSI's Cooperative Equity module is fully integrated into DSI's Producer Payroll to automatically capture equity as payroll tickets are entered, avoiding double entry and end of year calculations. It provides the ability to manage, distribute and track the year's earnings. The program is designed to work with a variety of cooperative equity programs, including the most popular target equity and base capital plans. Cooperative Equity handles all of the reporting and tax form creation and can generate the checks directly from the system, or hand them off to your company's accounting system.
When paired with DSI's Producer Payroll, the equity system removes much of the hassle associated with administering the equity program, but still gives the board of directors enough discretion to make manual payments when needed. This includes situations of retirement, family splits, estate processing, early distributions, and countless other situations. With thousands of farms across the United States covered under this system, you'll know that you're working with the nation's premier provider of dairy equity management.
- Track retained earnings and distributions to equity holders
- Track equity holders with zero gross earnings for the year but have unpaid retained earnings
- Adjustments of percent of taxable and non-taxable current year's earnings after posting is done
- Enter manual payments and distributions if necessary
- Transfer distributions between accounts
- Print retained earnings and distribution checks
- Automatic direct deposit functionality if desired
- Automatically delete inactive equity holders who have no unpaid retained earnings
- Estate payment processing
- Early revolvement of equity payments for retirees
- Print 1099 forms and create files for IRS mailing label processing options
- Maintenance of political divisions, groups, districts, co-ops, district officers, and co-op officers, certificate data for all non-estate payments
- Robust reporting
- Fully integrated with Producer Payroll application
DSI's procurement suite modules are designed to increase accuracy by eliminating key strokes, making data more manageable and reliable the second liquids come into the plant. Using this system during intake will allow your staff to start traceability on all of your products, account for where they are being loaded to, and identify shrink factors. DSI's complete milk management system with producer payroll fully integrates with our lab collection module, users will have access to specific lab results, email and text capabilitities allowing for the right combination of materials to be brought into production to meet your customer's needs. It also incorporates our newest iOS app, DairyHauler, by providing "live" milk tickets with the start of the route and gives the plant an opportunity to change a route or end it depending on what is required. It integrates fully with DSI's Producer Payroll and Liquid Scheduling modules.
Producer Payroll
Industry Leading Producer Payroll Solution
DSI's Producer Payroll manages all of your producer milk payments, and holds a wide variety of producer information. This comprehensive system is flexible enough to address the varied producer payroll needs from small offices or corporate locations across states, and is trusted by our customers to pay over 35% of the producers in the United States. DSI's Producer Payroll encompasses multiple payment and pricing schemes, manages assignments and deductions, and a host of other producer related information.
Producer Web/Text Portal
On-Demand Information for your Milk Producers
The Producer Web/Text Portal allows individual milk producers to receive quality information as soon as it comes back from the lab. Access can be given to quality results, historical information, and optionally, their financial payment information. Quality information can be set up to text phone numbers assigned by the farm allowing their field rep or nutritionists to get information immediately. By allowing your producers to have instant access to their information you can decrease your workload and increase producer satisfaction. Milk Producers also have tools to export their information for their own records and to a variety of file formats for personal use or herd management systems.
Cooperative Equity
Integrated Equity Programs
Cooperative Equity is fully integrated into DSI's Producer Payroll providing the ability to manage, distribute and track the year's distribution of earnings. Increase your year-end efficiency by reducing the amount of time it takes to calculate your producer's equity. The application also tracks all prior years' retained earnings for cooperative member equity holders, and fits a variety of retained earning and target equity programs.
Liquid Procurement
Liquid Purchasing Traceability from Start to Final Product
Liquid Procurement has been designed to stand alone or work with DSI's other modules to handle all of your incoming dairy liquid purchases. The term 'dairy liquid' can encompass a wide range of user-defined items including: milk, cream, skim, condensed products, custom mixes, by-products, and a variety of other liquids. The purchase system provides tracking of bulk liquid purchases from vendors for both traceability and accounting purposes. Liquid Procurement is often integrated into scales and meters for more accurate shrink tracking and real time information.
Bulk Liquid Sales
Manage your Plant and Farm Billing
Liquid Sales provides control and sales of bulk dairy liquids. This system is designed with Dairy in mind to handle a variety of pricing options including contracts, spot loads, and other one-off situations. Charges can be set using markets, over orders, and other pricing mechanisms. The system will aid in settling with your customers and create invoicing, all while keeping your traceability in tact, and creating both invoicing and bill of lading paperwork, with no extra effort.
Dairy Lab Collection
Integrated Lab Solution for Procurement and Finished Goods
DSI's lab collection module provides functionality to both the procurement modules and to the ERP modules. Lab collection works for internal and external labs handling producer testing, inbound liquid testing, and component and microbiology testing. Lab samples can be tested for fat, protein, lactose, total solids non-fat and somatic cell, as well as a variety of other specifications. This module is often integrated into lab analyzers such as a Bently, Foss, Multi-Spec or Delta to avoid data entry and ensure accurate data.
Liquid Scheduling
Increase your Efficiency by Managing your Dairy Liquids with DSI's Liquid Scheduling
The Liquid Scheduling software module is designed for Cooperatives, Dairy Plants, and Haulers who want take more control over their incoming and outgoing milk supply. The module allows users to schedule all of their incoming and outgoing loads to both internal plants and external customers. Outside customers can place orders for dairy liquids through a portal, allowing the scheduler to see customer demand in a simple, condensed fashion. As orders are scheduled and routes selected, the customer gets access to that information, along with a confirmation and expected delivery times.
DairyHauler iOS App
The Future of the Manifest is Paperless!
Stop entering your tickets by hand! DSI's DairyHauler application can eliminate over 90% of data entry at the point of intake. This application eliminates data entry at the plant by allowing haulers to input data directly at the farm. Follow along as your haulers move milk through their routes, pick up producer milk, and deliver to their destination. An intuitive web portal allows your staff to see the location and status of your deliveries, helping to better coordinate movements and allow decisions to be made with real-time information.
Complete Milk Management
Complete Milk Management
Complete Milk Procurement and Manufacturing Software
DSI's Complete Milk Management Software provides tracking and traceability for incoming milk from both farms and cooperatives through the entire manufacturing process and delivery to your customer. Our customers have the ability to use our software to track, trace and cost every drop of milk from the farm all the way to delivery to a customer. Our procurement and ERP modules are built to work together to build a complete picture of your milk movements, but most are also able to be used in a stand alone fashion, or integrated to other systems.These systems can be plant floor related like scales or meters, or larger ERP systems that aren't able to handle milk components.
With over 35 years of dairy software experience, our software has continually evolved with the needs of the industry to provide dairy manufacturers the information they need to be successful. We pride ourselves on our dairy knowledge and will help your group achieve goals by combining our software with industry best practices picked up by working with over 180 dairy facilities nationwide. Don't waste your time explaining your business to your software vendor, work with someone who knows what you mean when you say "class utilization" or "market administrator."


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Rick Stanton
Cave Diver
Rick Stanton, MBE is a British cave diver who specializes in rescues through the Cave Rescue Organisation and the British Cave Rescue Council. He learnt to dive while at university in 1979 and has been at the forefront of British cave diving for the best part of three decades. He has been called "one of the world's most accomplished cave-divers", "the face of British cave diving," and "the best cave diver in Europe". Stanton is from Coventry and was formerly a firefighter with the West Midlands Fire Service for 25 years prior to his retirement. In 2018 he played a leading role in the Tham Luang Thailand cave rescue.
Stanton usually cave dives and conducts rescues with a partner, John Volanthen. In 2004 he was involved in the rescue of six British cavers who were trapped in a cave at the Alpazat caverns in Mexico for eight days.
He was also part of a team that attempted a cave rescue of Eric Establie, in the Dragonnière Gaud Cave near Labastide-de-Virac in the Ardèche region of France, in 2010 which was ultimately unsuccessful.
In 2011, Stanton assisted in the recovery of the body of Polish cave diver Artur Kozłowski from Pollonora cave at Kiltartan, Ireland.
Norwegian authorities asked him to assist to recover the bodies of two Finnish divers from Jordbrugrott in 2014, but after diving down to the site he and his colleagues deemed the operation too risky.
In 2018, he played a key role in locating and rescuing the youth soccer team in the Tham Luang Thailand cave rescue. After locating and participating in the rescue of the missing team and its coach, Stanton said that he and the other cave divers involved were not heroes, saying, "We're just using a very unique skill set, which we normally use for our own interest and sometimes we're able to use that to give something back to the community.
He evolved into technical cave exploration using rebreathers, (often two at a time) for extreme long penetration and depth and concentrated on the long deep siphons of Northern Europe.
In 2004 Stanton and Volanthen set a world record for greatest depth achieved in a British cave, cave diving 76 m (249 ft) at Wookey Hole in Somerset. In 2010 Stanton, Volanthen, Jason Mallinson, and René Houben set a world record for longest cave penetration dive, obtaining 8,800 m (28,900 ft) in the Pozo Azul cave system in the Rudrón Valley in Spain
He has explored caves mainly in the Lot region of SW France, but notably his early dives at the popular site of the Emergence de Ressel in southern France where he surpassed the legendary Swiss divers Olivier Islers previous records. This led to a three year project along with his partner Jason Mallinson involving dives totalling a distance of over 4000m in five separate sumps which involved spending two days bivouaked inside the cave.
He has explored the Pearse Resurgence cave system, in New Zealand during which he established a record-breaking dive to a depth of 177-metres . Later that same year he also undertook a long penetration at a depth of 180m in the St Sauveur in France on a dive of nearly 17 hours duration. That was later followed by a 220m deep dive in the Goule de Tannerie.
Rick is a regular Eurotek attendee who was awarded the 'diver of the conference' at very first EUROTEK back in 2008.


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Is disc-buckled scaffold the safest scaffold at present? The answer must be yes. The premise is that the quality must meet the national standards and requirements. Although disc-buckled scaffold has been known for its high safety, high bearing capacity, high efficiency and time-saving, with the increasing demand year by year, there are more and more different manufacturers, however, be with the mixed quality.
A Viaduct Project in Guiyang has encountered quality problems, and a collapse accident occurred during the use of the disc-fastened high formwork. There are three main reasons for the scaffolding accidents: product quality problems, construction technology problems and illegal operation. The disc-buckled scaffold is welded on the column with way of cast steel or stamped discs. The cross bar is connected with the wheel disc on the column through the head of the cross bar and fixed by the bolt. Compared with traditional brackets such as bowl buckles and steel pipe fasteners, the disc buckle scaffold has the characteristics of high erection efficiency, good stability and high bearing capacity. Therefore, the welding of disc, cross bar and cable-stayed rod head of disc-buckled scaffold is very critical. The welding quality of each joint directly affects the safety of construction. In addition, the quality of screw nut is also very important.
The survey found that there are the following problems in the scaffolding materials used in a viaduct project in Guiyang:
1. False welding and rosin joints.
There are serious welding defects in the quality of the bracket, inadequate penetration and unqualified welding quality. The pulling of the cross rod plug causes the whole shedding and the connecting casing shedding under load.
2. Casting defects of plugs
It was found that the casting technology of coated sand was adopted for the cross rod and inclined rod plug of disc-buckled scaffold. Because the casting parts were small and the casting defects were obvious. Compared with the wax die casting process, the casting quality of plug is poor, and a lot of shrinkage holes, blowhole and slag inclusion defects are found on the broken castings. The load-bearing capacity of disc-buckled scaffold bracket is seriously restricted.
3. Welding Quality Defects of Wheel Disc Material
The collapsed high formwork support rod disc is made of Q235 material. The quality of welding seam between wheel disc and vertical pole is not up to the standard, which greatly weakens the connection strength of the joint.


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Impact of Taking a Long Break While on H-1B
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First of all, a leave that long would not maintain your H-1 status. Maybe a few weeks is ok. You can over the six years file for another H-1 without any quota issue and come right back to the US on that H-1 after getting a visa stamp. So I don't see any problem getting back on to H-1. If you want to remain in the USA you have a problem. But if you want to go outside the USA no issue. Worse case scenario, they can revoke your H-1, you can just reapply. More...
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Sound Cookingon December 2nd, 2011
I think this every single time I make a food that sounds like brains squishing or a movie character where someone is digging around the innards of an animal or human being. Or of the Tauntaun Han Solo squishes Luke into in The Empire Strikes Back. If I were a sound designer I'd probably have the biggest library of squishy sound effects right now.


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Mets prospect Franklyn Kilome is recovering from Tommy John Surgery, but he could be a power arm for the Mets in 2020 ...
The Skinny
Height: 6-foot-6
Weight: 175 lbs
MLB Pipeline Prospect Ranking: 10
2019 Statistics: N/A
Franklyn Kilome was signed by the Philadelphia Phillies out of the Dominican Republic in January of 2013 at a slightly older than normal 18 years old, as he went under the radar and his stuff was not there at 16 to get enough attention from scouts. He did not make his professional debut until 2014 where the Phillies assigned him to their rookie level Gulf Coast League roster where he went 3-1 with a 3.12 ERA across 11 appearances (8 starts).
In 2015, he was assigned to Williamsport. The Phillies decided at this point to make him a full-time starting pitcher, and he posted a 3.28 ERA across 11 starts. He produced a pedestrian 6.6 strikeouts per 9 over 49.1 innings. At this point Kilome really was trying to grow the effectiveness of his offspeed pitches and just struggled to put away hitters.
In 2016, he put together a 3.85 ERA and drastically improved his strikeout rate to 10.2 per 9 innings, in parts due to an uptick in fastball velocity and really taking strides with his breaking ball. After the 2016 season, Baseball Prospectus ranked him as the number 74 prospect in all of baseball.
In 2017, Kilome split the season between High-A Clearwater and Double-A Reading and posted a 2.83 ERA across 24 starts and 127 innings pitched. Unfortunately, his strikeout rate dipped back down to 7.3 per 9 innings.
In 2018, after making 19 starts for Double-A Reading, Kilome was shipped to the Mets in the deal that brought Asdrubal Cabrera to Philadelphia.
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The Mets got rave reviews acquiring a pitcher of Kilome's caliber for a rental Asdrubal Cabrera, who the Phillies intended to utilize in a bit of a utility role. Kilome was ranked as a top 10 prospect in the Phillies system by MLB Pipeline and immediately was thrust in the top 5 on the Mets list for MLB Pipeline.
Kilome started seven games for Double-A Binghamton and posted a 4.03 ERA over 38 innings. He dropped his walk rate from 4.5 per 9 innings to 2.4. He also brought his strikeout rate back up to 9.9 per 9 innings and scouts were excited by how he looked after being acquired. The thought was the Mets might have really stole one here.
Unfortunately, as luck would have it, Kilome started to experience forearm tightness. It was determined that he had a torn ulnar collateral ligament and would require Tommy John surgery and be forced to miss the entirety of the 2019 season.
Prior to getting Tommy John surgery, Kilome possessed a plus fastball that sat in the 93-95 mph range was clocked as high as 97 mph. His curveball flashed plus with big downward tilt in the low 80s. His changeup is a distant third pitch that scouts think could potentially be a respectable third offering that Kilome will need if he wants to fulfill his upside as a starter.
I expect that Kilome will be ready for Spring Training 2020, and that if the Mets want to, they can potentially scrap plans of his development as a starter and turn him into a two-pitch power reliever. He has had issues with walks in the past, but made a mechanical adjustment with the Mets organization that helped his walk rate.
If he is healthy and his stuff comes back, he can potentially be fast-tracked as a power reliever. In short stints, maybe that fastball can be more consistently towards the upper 90s.
While he missed all of 2019, I think Mets fans should not forget about Franklyn Kilome. I am not sure if the surgery will push back his big league timeline to 2021, but I personally am excited to see him get back on a mound and see if he is able to regain the form he was building on before the surgery.


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Peter Humphrey: my time in a Chinese prison
The former fraud investigator tells the FT's Dan Garrahan about the 23 months he spent in captivity. Read his full first-person account on FT.com
Filmed by Liam McCarthy and Dan Garrahan, Edited by Oliver McGuirk, Produced by Dan Garrahan, Executive Producer Juliet Riddell
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From the very moment that you're dropped into a cell, you're there to be crushed. You're there to have your spirit broken. You're there to break down and confess to things that you may have not done.
I wasn't able to talk to my wife again for the next 700 days. I knew that I and my wife had never committed a crime. I knew why we were there. I knew it was wrong. I knew it was injustice. And injustice is something that I've spent my entire life fighting against. And so I was prepared to fight.
A day or two after I arrived in the detention centre, inside the interrogation cell there was a cage of steel bars. Inside the cage there was a metal seat with a locking bar. And so I would be pushed into this cage and made to sit in the seat, and then locked into the seat. And I'm in handcuffs as well at the same time.
The physical conditions that you're placed in during the interrogation are part of a deliberate system. 700 days that I spent in captivity, I never slept with the lights off. I sometimes think I never slept at all. The prisoners were woken up every morning at 6.30am by a very weird electronic bugle. After that, breakfast would be brought on a trolley. They would push the food through the gaps in the bars of the door in these metal doggy bowls.
You're with strangers in a crowded room. 12 or 13 people in some cases. That's duress. You're not allowed to write to your relatives. You're not allowed to have direct contact with lawyers. That's duress. You don't get sunshine. You hardly get any physical exercise outdoors. That's duress.
They broadcast on a TV set that's hanging from the ceiling and it's piped in from, what they call the propaganda department. They broadcast some physical jerks, sort of exercises, a PE teacher telling everyone to do this, do that.
Anyone in those conditions is going to be worn down very quickly by anxiety and panic attacks. So every prisoner in this situation, although he's with other prisoners, he's isolated effectively. And he's constantly turning over in his mind. That's the only place where people can find privacy, is inside their own mind.
During the 13 months that I spent in that detention centre, I was able to glimpse my wife a couple of times through a window of an interrogation cell when I was on my way to meet my lawyer. We were not able to talk. When I received the first letter from her in January 2014, it was like gold dust falling from heaven. And from that moment on this sort of strengthened my morale, my resolve, my fight. We wrote more love letters to each other during this period in captivity in the end than we'd never written to each other in our lifetime.
Shortly before our trial, we met briefly in the yard of the detention centre and in a prisoner van when we went to the courthouse for what they called a pretrial hearing. The day that we went to court was one of the most terrible days of my life. Because it wasn't so much the trial itself that made the day terrible. It was the fact that the police had played a trick on me before the trial, regarding the information about my brother in law's death.
My wife's brother had died in the United States a few weeks or a couple of months before the trial. The police told me that she knew about it now, that she had been told. And this was a lie. When I arrived in the court house, we crossed each other's paths inside the courthouse building. She was being escorted across the top of the staircase, and I was just about to be brought up that staircase.
And when I saw her she said, "Good morning, Peter." And I expressed my condolences to her, believing that she knew. And she didn't. They had lied to me. And Ying broke down. So this completely destabilised us at the beginning of the trial. Five minutes later, we were being led into the courtroom.
I knew how much my wife loves me. And I believe that the love between us is probably what helped us to survive this ordeal.


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As a specialist for lightweight metal components and subsystems, the Progress-Werk Oberkirch (PWO) operates as a global development and production partner in the automotive industry.
Effective communication is a key success factor for smooth error analysis in case of malfunctions. A particular challenge occurs when the advisory experts are physically separated from the workers at the site, for example when working abroad. Problems then are described via telephone and pictures of the problem are taken with a smartphone. These images are then forwarded to experts via mail to identify a solution for the matter.
PWO approached Ubimax in order to dismantle the communication barriers between workers and experts and to facilitate problem identification.
For errors to be directly rectified without expert intervention on site, more efficient communication between worker and expert must take place. Thus, the clear identification of problems and the passing on of targeted proposals for solutions are in the foreground. Also, time and cost factors that result from the experts' travels to the site are relevant.
In order to improve communication efficiency and reduce time efforts and costs, problem-solving expertise must be accessible regardless of the worker's and expert's location. In addition, the worker should have both hands free to carry out repairs at the same time as defining the problem.
With xAssist, Ubimax Frontline offers a software that provides an innovative solution for remote maintenance using smart glasses. Via video transmission, the remote expert sees exactly what the worker sees on site. This allows him to better understand the overall context and provide specific troubleshooting instructions. The live support through smart glasses enables the worker to start repairing simultaneously with guided assistance, thus minimizing further problems.
By using xAssist in combination with Vuzix M300 smart glasses, costly and time-consuming downtimes can be avoided at PWO. Having both hands free, workers can act in parallel to provided assistance by external experts. PWO now can identify and resolve problems more quickly.
Due to the connection to the server, PWO can document errors and consider them to be included in future maintenance plans. From the employees' point of view, the use of smart glasses simplifies problem-solving processes. In order to increase acceptance, appropriate training to become familiar with the new technology is recommended.
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Lakeside believes taking strides towards building trust, collaborating and supporting the Aboriginal community is both a privilege and a responsibility. While we are in the beginning stages of transforming our corporate responsibility strategy, we are committed to improving our performance in Aboriginal relations, and continuously directing our initiatives towards collaborating, and sharing knowledge and resources with Aboriginal communities and its people.
We are honoured to be designated at the Committed Level in the Progressive Aboriginal Relations (PAR) program. This is a significant milestone for Lakeside.
PAR is the only credible certification program in Canada with an exclusive focus on Aboriginal relations, and is endorsed by the Legislative Assembly of The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nation, and officially recognized by the Assembly of First Nations, Chiefs of Ontario and Métis Nation of Ontario. PAR Committed participation, indicates Lakeside's commitment to continual improvement in Aboriginal relations and our intention to undergo external verification of our performance in the future.
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To further strengthen our commitment as a PAR participant, Lakeside is in the process of developing an Aboriginal Policy Statement that will be both aligned and reflective of PAR values, shaping and enhancing our business strategy and corporate culture.
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Time to announce the winners of my super-amazing give-away!
I know, I know y'all can't wait. Try to reign in your excitement.
Winners were chosen using a random number generator, aka my hubby. But I am anal, so I did not just ask for three random numbers. Oh no. I asked for three random three-digit numbers. The first digit of the first won Kushiel, the second digit of the second won Black Jewels, and the third digit of the third won Sword of Truth! I know, you were dying for those details :-)
Without further ado, here's Toby with the results!
The winner of Kushiel's Dart is:
The winner of Daughter of the Blood is:
Rachel @ Diapers, Dogs, & Cooking in Heels!
And the winner of Wizard's First Rule is:
And there you have it! If you won, e-mail me (fyziksgirlatyahoodotcom) with your mailing address and I'll get your book in the mail! If not, well…they're all available at virtually any book store, and probably most libraries, so you can still check them out! They're good, even when not a prize :-)
Also, Toby is proud to have been a part of announcing the winners. Especially since he got his basketball thrown for each picture. He would like to add: "Woof! Congratulations! Woof!"


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But the story of the day is this crash for the Jumbo-Visma team, whose leaders Primoz Roglic and Steven Kruijswijk both went down to concede 40 seconds to today's winners.
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So, that's it, an opening day TTT victory for Astana. They win in a time of 14'51" with QuickStep second at two seconds and Sunweb third at five seconds.
Five Movistar riders - including Valverde and Quintana - come home 16 seconds down for seventh place.
Movistar were 13 seconds down at the split and so they shouldn't trouble Astana here... they're into the final kilometre now.
Heartbreak for Deceuninck-QuickStep who miss out by just two seconds! They probably would have won had they not been disrupted by that neutral car.
Chaos at the finish as Jakobsen overcooks a corner and goes into the barriers.
Near miss! QuickStep almost plough into the back of a neutral service car which had stupidly stopped beyond a blind corner to give one of the Jumbo riders a new bike.
Jumbo-Visma cross the line 40 seconds down so they limited their losses but are the big losers today.
We're hearing that UAE Team Emirates also crashed on that corner - although we haven't seen any images of that one.
Jumbo-Visma were seven seconds down at the first check just ahead of the crash. Martin, Bennett and Gesink were the only riders not to go down - with Roglic bashing his left hip quite badly.
There was a wet patch of road just before that crash which took out more than half the Jumbo-Visma team. They have regrouped but Roglic and Kruijswijk will lose a shed load of time today.
DISASTER FOR JUMBO-VISMA! Four or five of their riders go down on a tight corner - including Roglic and Kruijswijk!
Down the salt ramp goes Movistar, the final of the 22 teams. In the absence of last year's winner Simon Yates, it's the world champion Alejandro Valverde who wears the number one dossard - although today he's in his trade kit and not the rainbow stripes.
Bora have just shod two riders - Shane Archbold and Pawel Poljanski. The Pole manages to bridge back over, but Austraian Archbold, the track specialist, doesn't have the legs.
Deceuninck-QuickStep are the penultimate team to get going. They don't really have a GC man in their team and instead will be hunting stages through Philippe Gilbert and Zdenek Stybar, with Fabio Jakobsen for the sprints and young Briton James Knox a possible outsider for a top 20.
Lotto Soudal are 19 seconds down at the finish.
Favourites Jumbo-Visma get going. Their road captains are Tony Martin and Robert Gesink, with Primoz Roglic leader and the likes of George Bennett and Steven Kruijswijk in support. And it's a terrible start with Sep Kuss off the back from the outset - the American youngster must have a mechanical problem. Either that or he's suffering with some kind of illness...
Astana are approaching the finish now. Lopez is back in there as they ride to the line with six men. They were still up at the most recent live check, but it's a very technical approach. And it is Lopez who leads them home - five seconds clear of Sunweb! New leaders in the house.
UAE Team Emirates (who have Fabio Aru and Tadej Pogacar as leaders and Fernando Gaviria for the sprints) are on course, with Bora-Hansgrohe (with Davide Formolo and Rafal Majka leading, and Sam Bennett for sprints) starting soon after. Just three more now.
But Astana are pushing it so much they've dropped their leader, Lopez, and so the team needs to ease up as they approach the finish...
Astana mean business! The Kazakh outfit - who don't have any Kazakh riders in their team - zip into the lead at the split, six seconds clear of Groupama-FDJ.
Into the lead go Sunweb by just two seconds! EF Education First out of the hot seat.
Lotto-Soudal on course now. Only five more teams after the Belgians.
Bahrain Merida are 19 seconds down at the finish after some finish straight panic.
Sunweb are just one second down at the first check. This looks promising for the German outfit.
Astana are next to start. And they have a monster of a team in support of Miguel Angel Lopez, with Fuglsang, both Izagirres, Sanchez, Boaro, Cataldo and Fraile there and giving the team multiple options and the Colombian 'Superman' solid mountain support.
Mitchelton-Scott, who were seven seconds down at the intermediate check, come home 11 seconds down for fourth at the finish.
Trek Segafredo now down the ramp. Amazingly, no one has crashed on this ramp, so it can't be as slippery as it looks. Usually, this would be something Bouygues/Europcar/Direct Energie would do, but the French minnows aren't here.
In between, we had Bahrain Merida getting going. They have no Nibali or Dennis or Pozzovivo, so leadership duties go to Dylan Teuns and the young Mark Padun.
Team Sunweb are on course now. We're hearing that they are officially the tallest team on this Vuelta with an average height of 1.85m. Their tallest rider is Max Walscheid, who is one centimetre short of two metres high.
Ineos concede 18 seconds at the finish. It's only the fourth best time for now from the British team, which underlines their relative inexperience - much like their line up at the Giro. Ahead of them are EF Education First, CCC and Groupama.
Third best time at the split for Ineos - six seconds down on Groupama and two behind EF Education First. Meanwhile, Cofidis and Mitchelton-Scott are on course. Esteban Chaves leads for the Australian team in the absence of defending champion Simon Yates.
We're hearing that that crash for the Euskadi-Murias car was actually earlier this afternoon during the recon - and not during the actual TTT.
It was Tejay van Garderen who led EF home so the American is in the virtual red jersey - although we expect a lot more from the likes of Jumbo-Visma, QuickStep, Bora and Mitchelton-Scott. Early days and all that...
And EF Education First are still in the lead after Groupama - with only four riders - come home nine seconds down for provisional third place. CCC are second at eight seconds.
EF Education First go first with a time of 14'58". But here comes Groupama...
Caja Rural and Katusha-Alpecin have got their races under way. And next up is Team Ineos, who have three leaders in Wout Poels, Tao Geoghegan Hart and David de la Cruz.
But they will be challenged by EF Education First, who came through the first check three seconds quicker. Although, Groupama went one better than came through four seconds quicker than the American team, so it's all happening.
CCC have set the new target time of 15'07" at the finish - that's 19 seconds quicker than Dimension Data.
Oof! The Euskadi-Murias team car crashed a while ago - that looks nasty, and I'm surprised they haven't stopped the TT to clear the road.
Groupama-FDJ are on course now. They have a young team with two Grand Tour debutants but no bona fide leader.
EF Education First have started. They have a really exciting team that includes Colombians Uran, Higuita and Martinez, Briton's Hugh Carthy and the American Tejay Van Garderen. At least one or two of those should finish in the overall top 10 in Madrid.
CCC have blasted through the first intermediate check with a lead of four seconds over Ag2R-La Mondiale so they're looking good to set the benchmark at the finish.
Today is really about celebrating the salt and deciding who wears the first red jersey: the gaps won't be big. Things really get going tomorrow although the first GC showdown for the race favourites comes on Wednesday's stage 5 with the first of eight summit finishes. More on the key stages which will decide the destiny of the red jersey here...
Ag2R-La Mondiale come home three seconds down on Dimension Data! They were two seconds up at the intermediate check at 7.3km but faded as they shed numbers.
Meanwhile, Ag2R-La Mondiale have shed half their team - they're down to the bare minimum of four riders as they approach the centre of town to finish their effort.
We have our target time: Dimension Data have come home in 15'25".
Spanish minnows Burgos BH are about to start. Their leader is former Movistar rider Angel Madrazo, aka. the Spanish McLovin.
This is what I mean about the ramp... salty.
The teams are going in four-minute intervals and we now have Ag2R-La Mondiale, Euskadi-Murias and CCC Team on the course.
Team Dimension Data are the first team to get down the ramp in this opening collective. The ramp itself appears to be made from buffed and shined salt. It's also surrounded by piles of the stuff.
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the opening stage of the Vuelta a Espana - a 13.4km pan-flat but quite technical team time trial from the saltflats of Torrevieja to the centre of Torrevieja.


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The Victor was the second of the three "V Bombers", Valiant, Victor and Vulcan, flown by the RAF in the nuclear strike role. When Surface to Air Missiles came onto the scene, the Victor became a low-level penetration aircraft. With the advent of the Blue Steel stand off missile, the mission became more feasible, but still sporty. This is when the camouflage changed from white overall to grey/green upper surfaces.
The advent of ballistic missiles and cruise missiles made the Victor pretty much redundant, but with a camera suite which could cover huge areas of real estate, it became a reconnaissance platform. The Canberra PR.9 took over the visual recce role, and the Victors were re-equipped with a radar package. The gee-whiz statistic here is that with the radar, a Victor could do a radar survey of a 400,000 square mile area in 8 hours. In other words, the entire Mediterranean Sea could be checked by one airplane on one sortie. This was important because the Soviets were sending naval units into the Med more often, and it was crucial to keep track of them.
Of course technology again overtook the Victor's recon mission, but they now became airborne refuelers. When the single Vulcan flew from Ascension Island to the Falklands, it took almost the entire Victor fleet to support it.
All of this history comes from this book. And while the facts are presented, it's also noteworthy that it is a readable book, not just a reference presenting a series of factoids. Andrew Brookes has 3500+ hours in RAF bombers, including the Victor. He appears in one of the crew photos (page 70).
But wait, there's more. There are 10 pages of color profiles, 21 different aircraft, by Chris Davey, beginning with the white scheme, followed by the grey/green and finally the hemp finish used during Operation Granby, AKA the Gulf War.
Recommended. It's readable, it's got a lot of good stuff, and eventually I'll get around to building one of my Victors from the stash. As a modeler's reference, it's got good color info and many, many of those detail shots which answer those questions about what went where.
Thanks to Sara Batkie at Osprey Publishing and IPMS USA for the chance to review this book.


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Posted by Dusty - Jun 15, 2016, 3:19 PM
Get the lowdown on which harps we'll be bringing to the 2016 summer festivals! The American Harp Society conference is in Atlanta from June 30th - July 3rd, and the Somerset Folk Harp Conference is in Parsippany, NJ from July 21st - 24th. We hope to see you there!
Posted by Dusty - Jun 6, 2016, 4:00 PM
Stories from the Harp is an ongoing series illustrating the importance and power of therapeutic music. We share real-life stories from musicians, patients, hospital staff, and anyone for whom music has had a profound impact. This story comes from Angi Bemiss in Atlanta.
Posted by Dusty - May 27, 2016, 6:17 PM
This is the first in a series of stories about the gift of music and its ability to soothe and heal.
Posted by Dusty - May 5, 2016, 3:43 PM
Announcing our second new chromatic dulcimer model this year, the D570! If you were intrigued by the concept of the low bass notes being playable on both the right and the left, but if the D670 seemed a little big for you, the D570 could be just right...
Posted by Dusty - Apr 12, 2016, 12:55 PM
One of our favorite questions to ask new dulcimer players is what sort of music they plan to play. Many of the answers have been the same for 35 years ("hymns," "Celtic music," and "Stairway to Heaven," for example), but these days there is also a liberal sprinkling of "I'm a film composer." We've been hearing this more and more lately, and when a co-worker mentioned noticing hammered dulcimer in the Game of Thrones theme, I decided to compile some examples of the ways this fascinating instrument is used in movie and TV scores.
Posted by Dusty - Apr 5, 2016, 4:47 PM
Our 36-string harp cases are a very tight fit when they're new, and this video will give you some tips about getting your harp into the case without tearing your hair out.
Posted by Dusty - Mar 7, 2016, 12:57 PM
Join us October 7-9, 2016 for the 12th Harp Seattle festival! Workshops for all playing levels will be presented by internationally renowned harpists Park Stickney, Kim Robertson, Maeve Gilchrist and Nicholas Carter, with additional presentations by local Seattle harpists. And don't miss these fabulous performers in concert on October 7th and 8th at Dusty Strings!
Posted by Dusty - Feb 10, 2016, 1:09 PM
After more than two years of research and development (and many more years of begging and pleading by dulcimer players), we are pleased to announce the new D670 – our ultimate-chromatic-extended-range-super-bass-on-both-sides dulcimer!
Posted by Dusty - Jan 20, 2016, 1:26 PM
This virtual dulcimer for iPad uses sound samples recorded from an actual D550 and plays just like the real thing (except with your fingers instead of hammers). It can be a learning tool, an aid for traveling musicians, and a fun addition to any impromptu jam session.
Posted by Dusty - Nov 18, 2015, 6:57 PM
We are often asked how our abalone Celtic knot inlay is done, so here is Frank Posenke, 19-year veteran of our Finish Team and Celtic knot specialist (among his many other skills), to show you what the process is like.


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Learn how HHS OIG makes a decision on when to impose permissive exclusions for healthcare providers, managing employees, owners, vendors, and more.
Learn how HHS OIG makes a decision on when to impose permissive exclusions for healthcare providers, managing employees, owners, vendors, and more.
October HHS OIG Work Plan updates include supplier Medicare compliance, hospice cap calculations, Medicare Part B payment reviews, FDA medical device surveillance, and more.
We had a blast at ASHHRA 2019! Take a look at some of the latest HR insights we took away from this year's conference.
Learn how to screen DEA and FDA databases for sanctioned physicians and prescribers.
September HHS OIG Work Plan updates cover the ORR efforts to ensure health and safety of unaccompanied children, reviews of Medicaid specialty drugs, and an evaluation of new policies for Indian Health Services.
As CMS releases the final rule around Program Integrity Enhancements to the Provider Enrollment Process, prepare for new affiliations and disclosure requirements.
August updates to HHS OIG Work Plan include a review of the use of telehealth in Medicaid Managed Care, an investigation into Medicaid and Medicare Part D in overprescribing, nursing home oversight reporting, and more.
ProviderTrust named to this year's Inc. 5000 List as one of the fastest-growing companies in the United States for the fourth consecutive year!
Learn the best practices for an effective healthcare license monitoring program. Stay compliant with Joint Commission and accreditation standards, licensure board authorities, and OIG and CMS guidelines.
The July 2019 HHS OIG Work Plan update includes one new item - Quality of Maternal Healthcare in Indian Health Service Hospitals.
Learn about the Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid Strike Force (ARPO) and how federal and state agencies are working to curb the opioid epidemic.
Learn more about the Medicare Opt Out Affidavit list and how to automate provider verification for billing, claims processing, referral networks and more.
April updates to HHS OIG Work Plan include managed care organization denials, an audit of EHR interoperability, a review of Medicaid data quality, and more.


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From Pittsburgh-
Christmas bells hadn't begun ringing this fall when the Christmas culture wars came to visit us again. Fighting back against a perceived "war on Christmas," some Christians loudly insist that Christ be the center of Christmas as "the reason for the season."
Many devout Christians who built the foundations of the Pittsburgh region we know today would have found the identification of the holiday with their faith baffling, even annoying. Presbyterians in early Western Pennsylvania steadfastly ignored Christmas because, to them, Christ was most certainly not the reason for a season of sinful indulgence.
Numerous Presbyterians arrived in the region during the early days of settlement toward the end of the 18th century. They organized Bethel Presbyterian Church in 1778, giving us Bethel Park. Their church on a hill, organized in 1784, became Churchill. The links between their world and ours are many.
More here-
Sunday, December 6, 2015
Does Christ belong in Christmas?
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U.A. joined SP&G as a partner in October 2015 when he merged in his accounting and tax practice. U.A. has more than 30 years of public and corporate accounting experience. He has been a business owner, a CFO, and a partner in a CPA firm.
U.A. spent the first seven years of his professional career working for two large regional CPA firms, performing audits, reviews and compilations as well as tax return preparation. He then joined a former client, Printing Corporation of America, as their CFO and shareholder. After 600% growth over the next 10 years, he negotiated the sale to Consolidated Graphics (CGX), a publicly traded company out of Houston. U.A. joined CGX, and for the next 6 years served as the east coast director of financial operations, internal audit and business compliance, overseeing 17 printing companies on the east coast. Not wishing to relocate to Houston, he left CGX in 2006. At the request of a CPA friend, he served as the CFO for a large Contractor, assisting with a business turn-around.
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This One Bowl Carrot Cake Banana Bread is made without butter or oil, but so tender and flavourful that you'd never be able to tell it's healthy! Greek yogurt, bananas, and shredded carrots keep it moist, while a sweetened cream cheese frosting makes it feel extra decadent.
There was a time in my life where I wouldn't even entertain the possibility of putting vegetables in my desserts. Carrot cake was a definite no-go. Chocolate zucchini anything was fine as long as you left out the zucchini part. And something like sweet potato brownies would have had me crying blasphemy until I got a real dessert.
Granted, this was also the time in my life where the only vegetables I would actually eat were potatoes, corn, raw carrots, and sometimes peas if I was bribed with the promise of dessert. My foray into healthy eating didn't start until I was somewhere in my early 20's, and I'm at the point now where I'll happily chow down on veggie-ladden desserts and probably ask for seconds while I'm added. Especially when it comes to carrot cake…
Ok, ok. So this isn't 100% real carrot cake, but it's got carrots and cream cheese frosting, so it's basically the same thing.
What we're technically looking at here is carrot cake banana bread, which is like carrot cake and banana bread getting together and creating a perfect hybrid love child.
It's got the best qualities of both parents (subtle spice, banana flavour, a suuuuuuuuper tender crumb, cream cheese frosting… uhm… vitamin A?), and it's a nice little transition into spring baking.
Speaking of spring… anyone else not really the biggest fan? Because I don't know what spring looks like in your neck of the woods, but here it's wet and cold and DIRTY aaaaaand… I'm not going to complain because it's also warmer and sunnier and one step closer to summer and all the fresh fruit it brings.
But until then, we have carrot cake [banana bread]…
Like most of my other banana bread recipes, this one is based off my much-loved Greek yogurt banana bread. I mean… if it ain't broke, don't fix it, right? Only I have fixed it a few times since then. And again for this particular variation.
I was a little worried about the extra moisture the carrots would add, so I left out one of the eggs, cut back on the flour, and added some oats for heartiness and texture. The result is healthy quick bread made without any butter or oil that's still super soft, tender, and full of flavour. It's subtly spiced with just the right amount of banana-ness, and the whole thing is topped with a cream cheese frosting that takes it to a whole new level of deliciousness.
Happy eating!
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One Bowl Carrot Cake Banana Bread
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 40 mins
- Total Time: 50 mins
- Yield: 12 slices 1x
For the bread:
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup (115 g) plain 2% Greek yogurt
- 2 medium-size, ripe bananas, mashed (200 g or 1 cup)
- 6 tbsp (90 ml) maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup (60 g) quick oats
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 1/4 cup (150 g) whole wheat pastry flour*
- 1 cup (115 g) shredded carrots, about 2 large
For the frosting:
- 4 oz (112 g) low fat cream cheese
- 1/3 cup (40 g) powdered sugar*
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- Preheat your oven to 350ºF (176ºC), and lightly grease a 9 x 5 (23cm x 13cm) bread pan.
- In a large mixing bowl, lightly beat the egg just until the yolk breaks apart. Whisk in the yogurt, bananas, maple syrup, and vanilla, mixing until smooth. Stir in the oats, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.
- Spoon in the flour and gently fold it in until just combined. Gently stir in the shredded carrots, taking care not to overmix.
- Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan, spreading it out evenly. Bake for 40 – 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Remove the bread from the oven and let it cool in the pan for about 10 minutes before transferring it to a cooling rack to cool completely.
- Once the bread is cool, prepare the frosting by beating the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla in a small bowl. Spread it on top of the cooled cake prior to slicing. Store the bread in a covered container in the fridge for up to 7 days, or freeze it (unfrosted) for up to 3 months.
* You can also use all purpose flour or a mix of 3/4 cup (90 g) all purpose and 1/2 cup (60 g) of whole wheat flour.
Keywords: banana bread, carrot cake, healthy, recipe
Looking for more healthy banana bread recipes? Try one of these!
Greek Yogurt Banana Oat Bread
Healthy Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Flourless Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Flourless Chocolate Banana Bread
Double Chocolate Greek Yogurt Banana Bread
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An Irish-born artist, Joy Gerrard practice has expanded in the recent years from drawings to large paintings. Focused on depicting crowds from a view of a tall building or a helicopter, hundreds of brush strokes faithfully portray known images from the newspaper and internet.
Featured image: Joy Gerrard – Protest Crowd (detail), 2015. Photo credits joygerrard.com.
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Who is BlackHog?
Hello guys,
first of all, I would like to thank all of your collaboration and support. I have been congratulated a lot for the presentation of my project, and I also have received proposals and ideas that will help us to bring it to life.
I am BlackHog, a gamer with a regular job that is trying to launch a device that can contribute with a great immersion in the space/air simulation gaming area that most of us love so much. This is a personal project; I'm not a Saitek, Thrustmaster, Logitech, or any big company.
When I presented my project, I think I gave out a wrong image, because I have received some critics focused on this as if this was a big enterprise, but there is no enterprise, consortium, or big team behind this project, just me. All my collaborators are freelancers or small companies that I hire with the money I have left after paying my rent and basic needs. Currently I subsist as an employed person, and I invest everything I can in this idea.
Right now, the biggest challenge I need to face is the reduction of material costs, so I could launch a crowfunding campaign without having losses. I have received a lot of criticism about the starting price that I announced (359€), let me explain why this is:
– Made in Germany: One of my goals is to manufacture the device here, in Germany, my homeland. The intention is to collaborate as far as possible with the lack of employment we have in Europe nowadays. In the same time, minimize the environmental impact that this kind of production carries.
– High Quality: I think I can generalize saying that the majority of simulation lovers looks for good quality devices. That is why I'm trying to manufacture this device using only the best quality components, many of these manufactured in Japan and other countries in Europe.
– Financing: I do not have an important financing and I can't provide with a big series, costs increases considerably. Is not the same to manufacture some 250.000€ molds that will make that each box injection to cost approximately 2€, than to manufacture aluminum molds for 30.000 € to make each box to cost around 60€.
Currently, with the manufacturing costs that I have, it is impossible to me to launch a crowfunding campaign below this sale price without losing money.
I count on your help to find an intermediate point (features/sale price) that will allow all of us to enjoy our b-lethal soon.
I have add more images in the "Our project" section, so you can see with more details how the design has evolved since the first idea that I had. I hope you like it!
From now on I will keep you informed about every little progress that I make and take you a little bit closer to my everyday project. This way you won't need to think this is a black box that hides a lot of capital behind.
Don't be shy and send your suggestions, ideas, or just your opinion about b-lethal.
Best regards!
Project Update – September 2019
Hello guys, Time for a new update! Production Another batch packed, loaded and on it's way to their pilots. Every time I see a van filled with our devices (yours now!), feels really awesome. 🙂 We keep working every day at 200% to keep them coming!...
Project Update – August 2019
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Explore the amazing history of the Bucovina Region in Ukraine, Moldova and Romania. Stand in awe at its marvelous monasteries and frescoes, wander at ancient fortresses and delight on the wine culture of the cities and towns of this region.
Arrival in Odessa and transfer to the grand old Hotel Londonskaya near the top of the Potemkin Steps.
Odessa City Tour
We will then start our guided city tour. In the 19th century Odessa was the undisputed Queen of the Black Sea, presiding over a boom in trade that made the city prosperous and embellished it with many fine buildings. In the afternoon we go on a walking tour around the city, visiting the Archaeological Museum and other main sights as well as that most famous of all Odessa landmarks, the Potemkin Steps.
Overnight at the hotel.
Excursion to Belgorod-Dniestrovsky
After breakfast we will start our excursion around the Black Sea coast to the south-west to Belgorod-Dniestrovsky on the Dienstr River estuary.
It is dominated by the great Fortress of Ak-Kerman, an Ottoman stronghold dating from the XVth century. It overlooks the important archaeological site of Tiras, one of the most important ancient Greek settlements on the Black Sea.
Lunch will be at the nearby winery and cultural centre of Shabo. Return to Odessa.
Overnight at the hotel.
|Odessa → Belgorod Dniestrovsky
|80 km
|1h 30min
Moldovan Wineries and Monasteries Full Day Tour
After breakfast, return down the Black Sea coast and cross the border into Moldova. Visit Purcari Winery, founded in 1827, whose Negru de Purcari was awarded a gold medal at the Paris Exhibition of 1878.
Lunch will be at the nearby small family owned Et Cetera Winery. After lunch we will visit the small XIVth century church at Causeni, whose interior is completely covered in XVIIIth century frescoes, the only such church in Moldova (normally closed: opened to us by special permission).
Continue to Tiraspol, capital of Transnistria.
Overnight at the hotel.
|Odessa → Purcari Winery
|83 km
|1h 30min
|Purcari Winery → Et Cetera Winery
|16 km
|Et Cetera Winery → Causeni
|54 km
|Causeni → Tiraspol
|36 km
Transnistria Half Day Tour
After breakfast, we will travel to Bender. Transnistria is a mainly Russian-speaking enclave within Moldova that broke away after the collapse of the Soviet Union, when it fought a short war with Moldova and declared unilateral independence. Although not recognized internationally, it continues to look to Moscow and is the sole remaining Soviet Communist 'country' in Europe.
After lunch in the Kumanek Ukrainian restaurant we visit the great Fortress of Tighina in Bender, overlooking the right bank of the Dniestr River and associated with figures as diverse as Charles XII of Sweden, and Baron Munchausen.
Next we will continue to Chisinau.
Overnight at the hotel.
|Tiraspol → Bender
|12 km
|Bender → Chisinau
|63 km
|1h 10min
Cricova Underground Winery
After breakfast depart on foot to visit the Moldova History Museum next door to the hotel. Then continue by coach to the Cricova Winery just outside Chisinau for a winery tour and lunch.
The state owned Cricova Winery is the largest in the country –one of the largest in Europe- whose wine and champagne is stored in underground cellars extending for an astonishing 120 km.
After lunch
visit the XVIIIth century Monastery of
the Virgin Mary at Curchi and continue to the village of Butuceny.
Overnight at the hotel.
|Chisinau → Cricova Winery
|17 km
|Cricova Winery → Curchi
|45 km
|Curchi → Butuceny
|37 km
Orhei Open Air Museum
Breakfast at the hotel. The village of Butuceni is in the centre of the Orheiul Vechi open air museum complex. This is an area on a huge bend in the Raut River that is particularly rich in historic remains, ranging from the 4th millennium BC Cucuteni-Tripolye site and 2nd century BC Thraco-Dacian fortifications, to the remains of a XIVth century Tartar citadel and bath complex and a XVth century rock-cut monastery complex.
The village of Butuceni itself is a
conservation village, with exquisite examples of traditional Moldovan rural
architecture. The morning will be spent visiting the various historic remains
by coach. Lunch will be at another traditional pensione, the Casa di Lunca in
the nearby village of Trebujeni (still a part of the Orheiul Vechi complex).
Free afternoon free to relax or explore this delightful village.
Overnight at the hotel.
Moldova Monasteries Full Day Tour
After breakfast we will head for Saharna and Tipova monasteries on the Dniestr River. The Holy Trinity Monastery at Saharna dates from the XIIth-XVth century, tucked away in a small valley next to the Dniestr. The Dormition of the Theotokos Monastery is cut into the river cliff at Tipova, and is the oldest in Moldova.
Lunch will be of local specialties in the rural Hanul lui Hanganu guesthouse.
Overnight at the hotel.
|Butuceny → Saharna
|74 km
|1h 30min
|Saharna → Tipova
|32 km
|Tipova → Butuceny
|73 km
|1h 30min
Breakfast at the hotel. A long day by road as we cross the border into Romania and continue to Iasi, where we will stay for 2 nights in the magnificent old Grand Hotel Traian, designed by Gustav Eiffel.
Overnight at the hotel.
|Butuceny → Iasi
|173 km
Iasi City Tour
After breakfast, a full day sightseeing in Iasi. Capital of the Principality of Moldavia during the Ottoman period from the XVIth to XIXth centuries, then briefly capital of Romania from 1916 to 1918, and now capital of the Romanian Region of Moldavia and cultural capital of Romania as a whole.
As such it is endowed with some magnificent public buildings. Highlights will include the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University (the oldest university in Romania, founded in 1860), the Central Library, the XVIIth century fortified Golia Monastery, the Vasile Alecsandri Theatre, and the Metropolitan Cathedral and Roznovanu Palace.
Lunch will be in the Casa Bolta Rece Restaurant, and the visit will end with a visit to Cetatuia Monastery, located on a hill overlooking Iasi.
Overnight at the hotel.
Romanian Monasteries Tour
Breakfast at the hotel. Depart Iasi and drive north through the Southern Bukovina Region to visit some of the famed painted churches of Romania. On the way visit the spectacular great 14th century fortress of Neamt. Further north we visit probably the two most famous of the painted churches in the monasteries of Voronet and Sucevita, both early XVIIth century. Cross the border into Ukraine and continue to Chernivtsi.
Overnight at the hotel.
|Iasi → Neamt
|138 km
|2h 30min
|Neamt → Voronet
|129 km
|2h 30min
|Voronet → Sucevita
|54 km
|1h 10min
|Sucevita → Chernivtsi
|79 km
|1h 30min
Chernivtsi City Tour
Breakfast at the hotel. Ukrainian Chernivtsi, Romanian Cernauti, German Czernowitz: also once known as 'Little Vienna' and 'Little Jerusalem' because of its Jewish population, it is many cities in one. A delightful little Habsburg enclave within Ukraine, Czernowitz was the capital in the XIXth century of the Austro-Hungarian province of Bukovina and endowed with some lovely buildings.
The morning is spent sightseeing, including the magnificent XIXth century University buildings, formerly the Palace of the Metropolitan of Bukovina and a walking tour through the mainly pedestrianized centre to admire the baroque and art nouveau architecture.
Free afternoon to explore this delightful city independently.
Overnight at the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel. Drive in the morning to the XIVth century Fortress of Khotyn, spectacularly situated overlooking
the Dniestr River, one of a string of such fortresses defending the eastern
marches of Europe against the Tatars.
Kamanyets-Podolski City Tour
Continue to Kamyanets Podolski where we will have lunch. Formerly a part of the Kingdom of Galicia and for a while capital of the short lived Ottoman province of Podolia, Kamanyets-Podolski is one of the most spectacularly sited towns in eastern Europe, it is entirely surrounded by high river cliffs in a huge bend in the Smotrych River, effectively forming an island and overlooked by a massive castle.
In the afternoon we will have a walking tour of the old town, including the fortress, the Catholic Cathedral, and a still preserving minaret from the Ottoman period.
Overnight at the hotel.
|Chernivtsi → Khotyn
|58 km
|1h 10min
|Khotyn → Kamyanets
|26 km
After breakfast, an early morning departure crossing the border back into Moldova and continuing to Soroca where we will have lunch.
Soroca Fortress Tour
In Soroca we will visit the circular fortress on the banks of the Dniestr, one of the
chain of defences that we have been viewing from Belgorod to Kamyanets. Soroca
is also the gypsy capital of Moldova, marked by a whole quarter of incredibly
flamboyant mansions overlooking the town. Continue to Chisinau.
Overnight at the hotel.
|Kamyanets → Soroca
|200 km
|3h 20min
|Soroca → Chisinau
|157 km
|2h 30min
Breakfast at the hotel and morning at leisure in Chisinau.
After an early lunch transfer to the airport.
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|2 pax
Double Sharing
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Water is Life.
And it's a huge need for our street family. Without adequate, regular access to water, our street family deal with lack of proper hydration. Summer can be an especially dangerous time, with increase risks of heat stroke, heat exhaustion, and other dehydration related health problems.
Provide a "drop off" location or help with water pick ups
We are looking for drop off locations for the months of May 2019 – Sept 2019.
We will need Pick Up Volunteer drivers to pick up water donations if needed.
Help give out water
Our water outreaches are as often as the water comes in and could be random days of the week. We do focus on the hottest part of the day which is usually 1pm- 6 pm.
If you would like to do a water outreach with your friends or co workers please email us at email@example.com and we can make arraignments for a specific date.
Donate food
Project H20 is not just about water, it is also about cold healthy food. Cold sandwiches, cold drinks, salads, fruit, cooling towels, ice cream day, shorts, tanks, socks (feet sweat in shoes and never washed causing infection in feet), and sandals or tennis shoes. Anything that will keep them cool and hydrated during the hot summer months.
Donate towards water here (let us know the donation is for Project H2O):


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Potted Geranium
For elegant flowers that brighten up any space, our potted lily is the perfect choice for a ready to display plant. Shipped in metal pot featuring vibrant colors, each gallon lily provides beautiful structure to any garden or indoor shelf with long, spiraling flower tubes that grow amongst dark green foliage. They require little maintenance and favor full sun or partial shade for best results.


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Imperial Guard Soldier: Personal Project
An asset I have been working on during my spare time for The Lord Inquisitor project, an unofficial
Warhammer 40k animated short directed by Erasmus Brosdau. Concept support by Valentin Melik.
Polygon count is a bit higher then a regular game model but done in a similar way. For this asset I used Mari for texturing.
This is still a bit work in progress, and Im currently working on variations including an Imperial Guard officer. Rendered in Cryengine.
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We're dropping by again to chat with Cate McQuillen the creator of dirtgirlworld. It's a special time of year for her at the moment….
Hi there . It sure is! If you are reading this on June the 5th… Happy world environment day! If not , well not to worry…everyday is world environment day, so I hope you are having a happy one.
What are you up to for world environment day?
Well the aim is to spend us much time outside as I can. I'm planning some time chilling out on a nature walkabout and then some time in the garden getting as much dirt as I can under my fingernails. We are also sharing a video about carbon offsetting that we created with the gang from the Sydney Opera House earlier this year, when we produced the Get Grubby musical. The video has gone a bit viral with shares by the UN and the World Bank – that was a bit unexpected but awesome! If you want to get your head around offsetting and why we think entertainment shouldn't cost the earth …you can check out dirtgirl , scrapboy and Costa the garden gnome and a whole heap of black balloons herein the video below!
What's new in the world of dirt at dirtgirlworld?
It's very grubby in dirtgirlworld right now! We have just finished filming 10 new fabisodes about composting for our latest project Compost ROcks!
Hang on , what's a fabisode?
It's a new term that dirtgirl has made up because she reckons these new webisodes and fabulous. Fabulous webisodes is such a mouthful to say, so Fabisodes were born!
Oh…what's a webisode?
A webisode is an episode of a story or a doco or a film that is screend online..on the world wide web.
Great, I'm glad we cleared that up. Ummm, what's Compost ROcks?
We've teamed up with the EPA in NSW to let everyone know about Recycled Organics and before you ask about that, I'll let you know that it's about the stuff you put in your green bin outside your house ( your Organic waste) that is collected by the council and then processed into mighty good compost ( that's the Recycled bit)…turning our spoils into soils. It's something we can be very proud of…diverting from landfill our kitchen scraps and garden waste and keeping their goodies and nutrients in the soil and food cycle as compost rather than transforming them into the posionous methane and leachate that happens if we dump them in landfill. But don't just belive me …we have a website chock full of info , ideas and tips….head to www.compostrocks.com.au
Can you see the Fabisodes there?
Yes you can! And you can can sign up to Costa's Compost Academy and get updates and more fabisodes and enter cool competitions with cool prizes and enjoy all round community mayhem and hijinks all about compost.
Have you got some behind the scenes sneak peeks or never seen before photos just for us?
I certainly do! We had enormous fun creating these stories. plenty of filming here in dirtgirlworld on location in the paddock…we have added a new set …scrapboy's workshop! It's a boys and girl's own delight…lots of tin, wheels, sprockets, hammers and screwdrivers. there's a satellite dish and pedal powered scraperscope that connects home base with Costa the gnoming reporter! That scrapboy is a true eco innovator.
We also hit the road and filmed on location at the Clarence Valley landfill, where we got the lowdown on kerbisde collection and just how compost is made from the stuff in our green bins. Costa the garden gnome picked up a bit of work experience driving the rubbish truck and dirtgirl and scrapboy got a bit scientific and up close and personal with some heavy machinery.
To celebrate world environment day why not head outside with the kids and go on a rainbow scavenger hunt… or download and print our world environment day colour in page!


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Welcome to the home for Oh Elizabeth. I've been writing on this blog for years now, from what started with a project for my University course, leading me to find a love for writing and sharing it with the world. Since starting this blog, I've developed my content creation across both YouTube and Instagram and the brand that is Oh Elizabeth was born.
So a bit more about me… My name is Elizabeth and I'm currently 21 years old, born on Christmas Day (not as great as it sounds trust me!) I study Media Production student at De Montfort University. My interests include art, photography, films, and music. Music has always been a big part of my life. I also have a strong passion for travel, and will hopefully get to fulfil this dream after my degree. I have always been fascinated by photography and the idea of capturing something and being able to keep it. I like to focus on alternative fashion and personal style, as I enjoy being able to express my individuality and creativity in everything I do.
I'm so happy you're here and hope you enjoy reading the posts I have to share with you. Please don't make this a one time thing, I'd love to keep you as a reader, remember to subscribe so you don't miss a thing!
I first started blogging as part of my Social Media module at University. We had to create a blog and post regularly and mine was all based around music. I really enjoyed writing and people said my posts were really enjoying to read and were like I'd been writing for years. From here I continued the blog, even outside of my studies and started to expand, writing about more and more topics I loved and wanted to share. I want my brand to make people feel uplifted, welcomed and connected. Almost like you've made a new friend on your first visit, and also hopefully learn something new, all whilst having fun!
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There could be tactical reasons for the Indian silence on the Israeli media's claim that no less than Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had spoken of a revival of India's plans to procure Spike anti-tank guided missiles from his country, yet that could be the biggest "take away" from his trip to this country. For the recent decision to cancel the Rs 3,200-crore deal for some 1,600 units of the fourth-generation hand-held missile had threatened to sour the bilateral military relations.
Certainly it would bring considerable financial gain for its producer, Rafael Advanced Defence Systems Ltd. A top official from the firm had been part of the Netanyahu delegation, and he would be thrilled with what the Israeli media hailed as a "major strategic achievement". While details of the revised deal are yet to be finalised ~ numbers, prices, technology transfers etc. ~ the Indian army would welcome being equipped with one of the world's most reputed weapons system in its class.
Israel has grown to become one of the top suppliers of defence equipment to India, and success in resurrecting a purchase that appeared to have been shelved a couple of weeks ago could trigger greater cooperation: particularly welcome if it meant a transfer of technology and triggered the possibility of an Israeli firm being selected for a massive order to supply modern rifles/carbines ~ the purchase of which has just been cleared. There are few political strings attached to the acquisition of arms from Israel, except the likelihood of "Arab Street" viewing it as further evidence of a shift in Indian policy under the present government.
There would be negative interpretations of the Israeli reports for the domestic industry, particularly the research and development organisation. Until these reports appeared it seemed to have convinced the defence ministry of the quality and cost-effectiveness of an Indian anti-tank missile system. And to a large extent its efforts might have been "spiked". Sadly, for all the fanfare accorded to the Indigenous Missile Development Programme its "bread and butter" weaponry has not been able to withstand foreign "pressure" once the Missile Technology Control Regime ceased to be in force against India. Humble pie may now have to be eaten and a role sought in the domestic production of the Spike.
That role could increase given the present thrust on "make in India", in fact home-built weaponry in partnership with foreign firms might be the best way forward provided the indigenous component of the arrangement goes beyond mere licensed production. The Indian soldier deserves the best weaponry the nation's finances permit, his patriotism must not be seen to include weapons of less than top quality simply because they are Indian-made. That is an obsolete requirement, a hangover from the days of "socialism". Warfare equates with the survival of the fittest: that applies to the defence industry too, not just the soldier.


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