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Come to the Cayman Islands with New England Dive!
– Little Cayman Island's Best Dive Resort; Little Cayman Beach Resort.
Immerse yourself in the experience that is Little Cayman Beach Resort—designed by divers to provide guests with the ultimate enjoyment of world-class diving that's just minutes away. Bask in an intimate environment where the staff remembers your name and preferences to provide you with personalized services, above and below the water.
$1,895.00 Double Occupancy Pool View Diver.
+ $605.00 Single Occupancy Pool View Diver.
$2,158.00 Double Occupancy Ocean View Diver.
+ $867.00 Single Occupancy Ocean View Diver
8 Days/ 7 Nights double occupancy lodging.
6 Days of 2-Tank boat dives.
3 Meals a day.
$100 Resort Credit.
(LESS – $250 for Non-Diver)
**Airfare Not Included, estimated $600.00 Round Trip base on 2019 pricing**
Find your own zen on what feels almost like your own private island
Little Cayman is located only 80 miles northeast of Grand Cayman, yet it feels worlds away. Nowhere in the Cayman Islands can you find a better dive destination (that's can also be a romantic getaway).
The island's 150 residents (when everyone's home) happily welcome you to their serene and safe island. Little Cayman Beach Resort's Beach Nuts Bar is the island hot spot, especially on karaoke night. If you're more into peace and quiet, then your idea of island Zen might be enjoying a drink with someone special in a secluded niche on the property or lying in hammock on the beach to count stars in the clear night sky.
You can leave your hurry behind, because you'll be on Little Cayman Island time. In addition to world-class diving, you can rent a kayak and visit nearby Owen's Island for some snorkeling; tour the Central Caribbean Marine Institute and learn how they're studying and saving reefs; grab a bike and go exploring; or just read a book in the shade of the palm trees that surround our pool and beach.
The iconic Bloody Bay Wall Marine Park, year-round warm tropical waters, and lush coral reefs teeming with marine life make the Little Cayman Beach Resort experience a must for divers. The in house diver center, Reef Divers', personalized valet services take the work our of diving so guests can enjoy underwater experiences at their own pace.
The Best Diving In The World
With sheer underwater cliffs that plummet to unseen depths, generations of ocean divers have made Little Cayman Island Resort a leading Caribbean diving destination. From healthy reefs to the iconic Bloody Bay Wall, enjoy little to no current, unlimited visibility, jaw dropping swim throughs and plentiful marine life. Whether you go deep or stay shallow, diving Little Cayman Island is a bucket list experience.
Reef Divers: Personalized Valet Service Delivers the World-Class Experiences You Expect at a World's-Best Dive Destination
Little Cayman Beach Resorts own 'Reef Divers' provides the personalized valet dive services that many guests don't even know they want until they experience it.
Reef Divers takes the work out of your diving—handling the heavy lifting and care of your boat-dive gear, from your first dive with us through your last dive (unless you'd prefer to do it yourself). We rinse, dry, and store your BCD and regulator daily, so they're set up and ready for your next day's diving. The only finger you'll have to lift is the one to point out your gear as you relax in the boat, ready to go diving.
At the top of the dock, we have separate rinse tanks for photo equipment, wetsuits, and general dive gear, plus a drying room for wetsuits so you don't have to take them to your room.
Mostly Current-Free Diving Lets You Set Your Own Dive Pace
Cayman Islands diving is mostly current-free, which is optimal for new divers, divers who want to move at their own pace, and underwater photographers who may want to spend their entire dive at one location, waiting for the perfect shot.
All of the dive sites are moored, which marks the beginning and ending points of that dive. The dive masters will brief the location, establish dive limits, and draw a map of the tour they'll lead. As long as divers remain in buddy teams and stick with the predetermined limits, it's their option to follow the tour or go off on their own. For those who follow, the tour lasts 35 to 40 minutes. By the time they're back at the mooring, most divers feel comfortable enough with the site that they continue exploring on their own until their time is up or they run low on air.
No Tank Dancing on the Dive Boats
Reef Divers emphasizes safety first, followed by comfort. So, rather than you having to perform an unbalanced "tank dance" to get from your seat to the rear of the boat—with a 35-pound scuba tank on your back—we carry your gear for you and help you slip it on while you're seated. Then it's just one step into the Cayman Caribbean, where abundant marine life awaits your arrival.
Intimate, Waterfront Caribbean Resort
Little Cayman Beach Resort is situated on a white, sandy beach in Blossom Village, the first area of the island resettled in 1833 after Spanish privateers ran off the turtle fishermen who'd settled there.
The two-story resort has 40 air-conditioned guest rooms with:
- Ceiling fans
- Mini-refrigerators
- Private bathrooms with hair dryers, soap, shampoo, and hair conditioner
- Small drip coffeemakers
- Closets with hangers
- Desks
- Televisions (although availability and quality of channels is very limited)
- Irons and ironing boards are available upon request
Small Resort with Big Resort Guest Amenities
- Waterfront Reef Divers shop
- Pool and hot tub
- Beach with lounge chairs and hammocks
- Garden niches for intimate gatherings
- Dining room with screened patio
- Beach Nuts Bar (open for lunch, dinner, and evenings for beverages, sandwiches, appetizers, and small meals)
- Nature Spa
- Front desk offers bicycle rentals, island tours, assistance with car or scooter rentals, and assistance with calls or faxes (no phones in rooms)
- Conference room with AV equipment
With Come Travel with New England Dive!
If you haven't joined New England Dive for a group travel vacation adventure, then stop missing out on the fun and sign up now! Young, old, experienced, novice, buddy teams or single travelers, all are welcomed on New England Dive vacations. For questions, explanations, and sign ups please use the form below to contact our travel coordinator directly.


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It's time to invest in a comprehensive Child and Youth Mental Health Strategy
Mental illness is the most common illness experienced by children and teens in Canada.
Many patients with chronic health conditions also have mental health issues that go undiagnosed and untreated
Our health system often divides mental health from physical health into distinct silos of care and treatment, yet no such mind-body duality exists in actual patients.
How Canada fails people with mental illnesses
In any developed country, politicians and clinicians are struggling to improve quality of care while reducing costs of healthcare systems.
Why is it so hard to get help for mental illness in Canada
In Canada, only one in five people with depression gets appropriate treatment. And in Ontario, only one in three patients discharged from psychiatric hospitalization will get a follow-up within the month. Why is Canada doing so poorly in helping people with mental illness?

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Trump Administration Lifts E15 Gasoline Restraints
Trump Administration Lifts E15 Gasoline Restraints
Trump Administration Lifts E15 Gasoline Restraints
Last week, EPA released its final rule to allow gasoline blended with up to 15% ethanol (E15) to receive a year-round 1 psi Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) waiver during the summer months. Before this final rule, E15 was not allowed to be sold in some regions of the United States from June 1 to September 15.
In addition to the RVP waiver for E15, EPA also made several changes to the Renewable Identification Number (RIN) compliance system under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). EPA said the RIN compliance changes are designed to increase transparency and deter price manipulation. The final rule requires public disclosure when RIN holdings exceed specified thresholds and additional collection of data to improve market transparency and enhance EPA oversight.
The final rule goes into effect 30 days after publication in the Federal Register.
TFFA will soon prepare information on the labeling requirements for Texas retailers. Retailers will also need to assure their current Underground Storage Tank (UST) systems are compatible for storage and dispensing of higher blends of ethanol fuels. TFFA recommends retailers contact their UST tank and pump service vendor(s) to get a complete picture of potential compatibility issues.
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SO WHAT DO YOU NEED TO RUN A three.js APP ANYWAY?
Let's quickly go over what you need to run a three.js app. First of all, you need a computer or a smartphone, but I'm going to assume that since you are reading this ebook then you already have one of those. Aside from that, you will need…
A three.js Developer
Yes, that means you! You are now a three.js developer. Congratulations!
As a three.js developer, you will need to know some very basic HTML and CSS, and some slightly less basic JavaScript. If you are new to web development though, don't worry because we'll cover everything that you need to know in three short chapters at the end of this introductory section: 0.6, 0.7 and 0.8.
It will also help if you know your way around the developer console of your favorite browser. Press
CTRL + SHIFT + I on Windows or Linux, or
CMD + SHIFT + I on Mac, to open it now.
A Modern Web Browser
Any modern browser can run three.js, where 'modern' means anything released in the last 5 years or so. You can even, technically, get a three.js app to run in Internet Explorer 9, released way back in 2011. Are you going to have a good time doing so? Probably not, but fortunately nowadays the amount of people using IE9 is somewhere below 0.1% of internet users.
You can also get three.js apps to run in all kinds of exotic environments like Node.js, Electron.js, or React Native. These are beyond the scope of this book though. Here we'll be focussing exclusively on running your app in a web browser such as Firefox, Chrome, Edge or Safari.
WebGL is an API for connecting your browser up to your graphics card, providing you with a lot more graphical processing power than is traditionally available on a website. You can use this power in any way that you like, but as the name suggests, three.js generally uses it for displaying 3D graphics. However, it is equally good at 2D graphics, and can even be used for GPGPU (General Purpose GPU) computing, as you can see in the flocking behavior and protoplanet examples.
Of course, to use WebGL we need a device and browser that supports it. Not so long ago, this was something that we had to worry about, but these days you can largely take it for granted that all users will have WebGL and that every modern smartphone, tablet, PC or laptop has a graphics card capable of running at least a basic scene.
Here are two places that keep track of current WebGL support:
- caniuse.com, which reports a global rate of 93% WebGL enabled devices
- webglstats.com which reports a slightly higher 98%
Before you decide that you need to target that missing ~5%, take into consideration that they probably represent people using old computers, possibly on old corporate networks, who would not be able to run your fancy new fangled graphics anyway. Or who knows, these days perhaps they are internet connected fridges, toilets, wine bottles, or shoes.
They are not likely to be your target for a fancy WebGL app in the first place. Your audience on the internet is huge, so focus on the people that you can reach and don't worry about the couple of percent that you can't.


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Silipos Carpal Gel Sleeve
Falls happen.. Protect your palm and wrist right under your gloves.
Anatomically designed gel pad molded to elastic sleeve contours to the shape of the palm. Helps prevent and reduce shock, impact and vibration caused by falls. Reduces discomfort, can be worn under gloves. Latex free and hypo-allergenic.


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My @Quora answer to How can I help Bernie Sanders win primaries? http://qr.ae/719Bin
Some great suggestions here..
I'd add that We all need to remember that there are some 45% of Citizens who don't vote. It's also worth noting that this 45% alone, is far more than either "major " party can claim.
Educate yourself so that you can speak clearly, concisely, and factually, to folks about the differences between Bernie and Hillary, and then transfer your knowelege and enthusiasm to them.
If we can rouse these members of the rabble to register and vote… even if they have to write Bernie Sanders in (which I fully expect I'll have to do) that number of folks is nearly unstoppable. If they do rouse themselves and vote and someone else is selected (as Bus Jr. Was) it will show our preselected "election" system up to the world as the grand Orwellian fraud that it is.
FOR Those Who've Given up…
Rousing the rabble this way could be a nearly unique opportunity to show up our election system for the bad joke that it is… to the entire Nation, and the World.
There's nothing to lose here.
Rouse the rabble! Release the hounds!! Sic 'em folks!!!


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Author Jonathan Franzen's glasses held to ransom
A man was arrested after stealing author Jonathan Franzen's glasses from the writer and demanding a ransom of £100,000 ($158,808) at a book launch.
Police said a helicopter was called to chase the culprit, who jumped into the Serpentine lake in London.
The 27-year-old has since been released with no further action being taken and the glasses have been recovered.
Last week, thousands of copies of Franzen's latest novel, Freedom, were recalled because of a printing error.
Publishers HarperCollins said "minor corrections" failed to make it into the text of the UK edition.
Readers can now exchange misprinted copies for a final version.
Graeme Neill, news editor of trade magazine The Bookseller, was at the book launch when the glasses were snatched.
"It was frankly quite bizarre," he said. "Considering the seriousness of Franzen's work, this is the last thing anyone expected at his book launch."
Mr Neill said Franzen seemed "shocked" afterwards because it was "such an unexpected thing to happen".
He added: "It has been an increasingly bizarre week for him, what with last week and the printing errors, he's probably wondering 'what next?'"
Mr Neill said he thought two men had approached Franzen, pretending they worked for another publishing house.
He said one of them handed Franzen a ransom note and the other ran off and was apparently later found hiding beside a bush.
A police spokesperson said: "During this incident the suspect entered a body of water in Hyde Park.
"As a matter of course, and in order to safeguard the wellbeing of the man, a helicopter was used to locate him."


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Introduction: Floss Pick Ninja Star
One of the most under appreciated items that hide in my bathroom closet are floss picks. Finding a bag with a few unused picks (they only looked unused, but I was not sure...) I played around with them and created a star out of them. I only had six of them, but a bigger star can easily be made. This can be made as a nice decoration, a potential weapon, or used to create a minty air while you work. It's simple to make in a few minutes, so plenty can be made to bring new purpose to floss picks!
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this Is one of the best ones that I have made
Why can't I do it?
loved this instructable thanks for sharing
they do look really cool, what happens when you throw them ? maybe a dab of epoxy at each intersection would make it stronger.
should make a bigger one with wood and rope and then paint it or something. almost like a ninja coat of arms eh?
Ha! It reminds me of the Glaive from "Krull".
omg me too!!
I just looked at the pictures. Nice!
You should totally rename this for random-horrible-film-knowledge posterity!
I like how everyone likes this so far, so please vote for me in the Bathroom Challenge!
can you try to 'sharpen' the blade cuz everytime i try, the floss picks break :/
There are many types of floss picks, so your star could be made differently. I suggest try using more picks in your star if you can't get a good fit all the way. Sharpening the pick end could help to bend them more easily, so try experimenting.
Hope this helps!
Loving that! I have a couple of those picks around in my bathroom. because I never use them I have to try this. I would spray it with black or argentine color. Would look like a really ninja star.
Have fun then! The amount of picks you have to use can vary depending on what kind of shape they're in. Thanks for you comment!
This is the epitome of the boredness-resulting-in-productivity that I enjoy. I love it!!! Keep it up, man!
Thanks for your comments. Don't forget to rate and subscribe!
Pretty cool. It reminds of the paper ninja stars that my friend used to make.
Oh my gosh this is really neat! It really transforms the look of the floss picks! Very very cool!


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Looking forward to seeing you on Thursday. There's been a "cold wave" in these parts with fog each morning and moisture on the vines. The afternoons have been warming up over 70 degrees, and the mildew index is at 100. It's been two weeks since the last spraying, and we've been busy removing excess laterals from the fruiting area. The vines will be ready for another spraying on Thursday.
Based on our experience last time, here's what I suggest:
Start at the "back gate" (off of Merlot Mike's road) at the top of the hill (by the shed). I'll leave the back gate open and put some 2 X 4's up there to make it easy to unload the sprayer from your truck. There's a hose by the shed you can use for water.
The whole vineyard uses just shy of a full tank of your 32 gallon sprayer. We have 1,150 vines spread out over 2 acres. I suggest "dosage" as if you're dosing 1.5 acres.
Let's use Rubigan. (We sprayed 2 weeks ago using Rally.)
FYI, we are battling a mildew infestation on the Aglianico vines – this is the block at the top of the hill around the shed area (flat area at top). I sprayed JMS Organic Stylet oil one week ago. Things seem to be under control. But if you see they are out of control, let me know.
Using your power hose, not sure if it's possible to control the stream so you get broader leaf coverage, but if so, the foliage is thick, and I hope you can cover it all.
I gave in and watered 3 rows of Tempranillo vines (at the top in a rough area) on Sunday that were beginning to show signs of stress, but other than that, have not watered vines (except for Admire treatment). Let me know what your impression is about signs of stress vines are showing (or not showing) and if there's a need to water soon. (All that vigorous growth you're seeing is the work of nature and the 15" of rain we had over the winter.)
Please bring invoice for the Admire treatment and Thursday's spraying. I'll leave a check with the Queen. Would like you to leave with a check -- it's good for cash flow.
Please pencil us in for July 8th (Thursday) or the 9th. Based on my experience last year (and talking with other vineyard owners), the Aglianico vines will very likely need another spraying.
Call me with any issues or concerns. Thanks for your help, and if it's possible to enjoy the work (or at least the views), then enjoy. (Be sure and grab a tangelo; they're delicious!) And watch out for that snake out there among the rocks.
Bluey & Craig
(P.S. Picture is of mildew free Petit Sirah / Durif cluster at foggy dawn. This area was ground zero for the mildew explosion that almost wiped us the Durrif harvest last year. )
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"Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint; but blessed is the one who needs wisdom's instruction" Proverbs 29:18
Much of my life has been revelation after revelation. Sometimes a pleasant thing, other times a blaring slap in the face…. Yet always it brings about change in me or my course and results in blessing.
I've met many wise people along my journey. From those that have lived long and from the mouths of babes.
The most beneficial and life changing wisdom comes from the TRUTH of God's Word.
Revelations that reinforce or bring beauty like the nature hike that reminds me of a positive childhood memory and draws me to childlike awe and wonder at God's artistry in creation…. Bringing greater enjoyment and appreciation of the moment and deeper understanding. Such times are positive reinforcement of my faith.
Revelations that hit me square in the face because they challenge my agenda, highlight sin in my life or rock my views/thoughts can be painful and rivoting! Yet, they too bring blessing because they cause me to examine and change my thoughts/ways to be in line with God's Word. Greater obedience to Him always brings greater freedom.
I am so grateful for God's gracious revelations, He uses them to grow me closer to Him. His grace in timing is amazing, for if He revealed everything at once, I might break under the pressure of it all… Instead HE slowly reveals over time, walking me into wisdom, as I am able to grasp it.
Abundant Blessings,
Heidi Wilt
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Last year was a heavy business travel year for me and it could have easily wrecked my fitness goals and workout routines if I didn't have a plan to succeed.
You may be surprised to hear me say that traveling for business (or pleasure) can be a great weight loss opportunity. Keep reading and I'll tell you how.
In order to stay on track, you will have to put a little effort into your food planning on the front end. Luckily everything you need to know to devise a food plan can be learned from your phone.
There are 3 searches that you want to complete:
- Restaurants in your departure airport (i.e. "restaurants in LAX")
- Grocery stores near your hotel
- Restaurants in your arrival airport
By finding your go-to food stops and selecting your meals ahead of time, you will not be tempted to eat whatever you feel like in the moment. Some of my favorite airport food stops are Chick-fil-a, Vino Volo, Modmarket, Starbucks, and Chipotle.
Go online and check their menus ahead of time so that you know exactly what you are going to order.
Once you arrive at your hotel, you will want to find a grocery store to get your fresh snacks, water, and any dinners that will not be provided by your company. Some of my favorite grocery stores are Trader Joe's and Target.
Super Helpful Resource
This website makes it super easy to find out what dining options are available (and where they are located in the airport) and it is constantly updated. https://www.eater.com/airport-dining-guides
- Fresh fruit like strawberries, clementines, or grapes
- Carrots and individually packaged hummus, avocado dip, or peanut butter
- Almond or Coconut milk – ½ gallon
- Evol Egg White Breakfast Sandwiches (I usually find these at Target)
- Alkaline water
- Perrier flavored carbonated mineral water
- Prepackaged salads for any nights you are not going out for dinner
- Emerald Cocoa Roasted Almonds – 100 calorie packs
Now you are ready to get back to your room and food prep!
Make sure you pack a small lunch bag, some sandwich sized Ziploc bags and a small ice pack, you will use them in this step…(no worries, ice packs are TSA approved items for travel as long as they are frozen) Here is one of my favorite insulated lunch bags, but there are many to choose from!
Divide up your fruit evenly into the number of days you will be in your conference or meeting. Then place them into your Ziploc bags and store them in your refrigerator.
Do the same with your carrots, or alternative vegetables. If you have pre-packaged single serving size nuts that's great, but if not, divide those out into your bags as well.
Travel Tip #1
If your room doesn't have a refrigerator or freezer, you can take your lunch bag, ice pack, and frozen breakfast sandwiches to the front desk and they will store it in their freezer for you. I learned this trick as a nursing mother on business travel when I had to bring home my breastmilk for the week without a room refrigerator!
Travel Tip #2
If you have forgotten your ice pack, no worries, in the morning, you can just add ice from the machine to some Ziploc bags and that should keep your food cold for the day.
My "6 meals eating plan" to losing weight during travel
You can certainly swap out foods and everyone has different caloric needs so this is just a guide to give you a sense of how I stay on track and continue to lose weight.
A typical eating plan day for me while on business is as follows:
- Breakfast ~ Evol Breakfast Sandwich (Chicken Apple Sausage Egg White with Cheddar is my personal favorite)
- Morning Snack ~ Carrots and Hummus
- Lunch ~ 300 calories of the provided lunch (load up on veggies to fill your stomach)
- Afternoon Snack ~ Strawberries and Cocoa Roasted Almonds
- Dinner ~ 300 calorie Salad previously purchased – or 300 calories max if dining out
- Late Snack ~ Shakeology mixed with your almond or coconut milk
My favorite tech gear is my Polar A370 fitness tracker and the app My Fitness Pal. The Polar A370 lets you know how many calories you burn each day. I find that when I'm traveling I tend to burn fewer calories than a typical workday. (probably because I'm sitting in a conference or long meetings) I use this information from the Polar to provide extra motivation to ensure I maintain a caloric deficit each day.
My other technology essential is the My Fitness Pal app. I like to log my food to ensure I stay at around 1500 calories intake per day.
Remember, what gets measured, gets managed!
This app makes it super easy to manage your food intake. There are so many restaurants and brands already loaded into the app that I never struggle to calculate my calories.
Most every hotel has a gym so don't miss out on using it. Just 30 minutes on the elliptical is all you need to keep your metabolism up for the day. This is your time without family obligations, so use it wisely and hit the gym!
Travel Tip #3
If you forget your sports bra, don't let that be an excuse, head to the nearest department store and purchase one. If you are on a tight budget, the pain you will feel from having to buy one will make you never forget again!
Travel Tip #4
If you forget your sneakers, no problem! I have made this mistake too, so I have curated a 22 min workout of common exercises that you can do in your room, without shoes. All you need now is your phone and the timer app so you can ensure you are working through the exercises for the full time allotted.
Do you always set a goal to workout in the mornings, but always fail to follow thru? Check out my Secrets to Early Morning Workouts article for some ideas to help you out.
- Warmup ~ 2 mins of jumping jacks and stretches
- 1 min of planking followed by 30 seconds of rest
- 1 min of burpees followed by 30 seconds of rest
- 1 min of running in place with high knees followed by 30 seconds of rest
- Repeat three more times for a total of 4 reps
- Cooldown ~ 2 mins of stretching
And there you have it! My tricks and tips for making no excuses and continuing to be successful in your weight loss journey while traveling for work.
I find that I actually lose more weight when I am traveling since I don't have to cook for my family and I have more time for me.
When I don't have to see the food that they are eating, I am not tempted to eat it. When my day is over in the office, I am free to hit the gym so I never miss that opportunity.


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Hey all you locals....
We are hosting another art show benefiting Brady Heights Neighborhood Association's Art Parkway Project. It is a great way to make a difference in your city and put a little cash in your pocket too. We are giving the artists 40% of their sales. So here's the plan.... I have the tin pieces at my house. They are ceiling tins that are squares inside of squares. Use your imagination and create something wonderful for this year's silent auction. The artists set the minimum bid and we have found that lower is better if you expect to sell and of course, quality work sells better than something just thrown together. You can paint on these, do mosaics, create a 3 D piece etc. Allow me to brag just a little.... The one I did for the last show sold for $500 so I will definately be at it again this year. Write me for a copy of the entry form and details... The event will be in November at Living Arts so write soon.
Welcome to my art blog where I post recent photos of my work and journal about my life as an artist. Although I spent my early childhood in the Catskill Mountains or New York, I now live and work in Tulsa Oklahoma. It is from my early life in the mountains that I developed a love of the natural world which now includes vast prairies and endless skies. My goal is to see and respond to the beauty that I find around me with a paint brush, paint and canvas.
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Tin Roof Art Show
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In our first blog post about Armenia we wrote about our experience in Armenia's capital, Yerevan and the surroundings (you can read it here). This time we will go through some sights we have chosen to visit in the rest of the country (route marked with yellow line over the blue one).
Kobayr Monastery Complex
While entering Armenia via Sadakhlo it felt like we travelled several years back in time. Due to the massive population migration and poor economy situation, some areas look like ghost towns, some main roads like after bombing. One example is the valley of the Debed river, where the Kobayr monastery complex was built. As a tourist you would expect at least a whatsoever sign telling you that you've arrived or that the complex is in "that direction", but the place is wild and not prepared to welcome tourists. You are on your own with your offline map and GPS signal.
This wilderness brings to the place a magical feeling: somehow I would compare it with finding some Mayan ruins in the jungle. Built in 1171, the monastery is heavily damaged, some parts of the wall and roof are scattered around the building.
The valley of Debed river from the monastery complex.
Right next to the main monastery there is an amazing place where water is dripping down from these basalt columns.
Sevan lake
Sevan is an alpine lake at 1900m altitude, the biggest in the whole Caucasus region. The lake was massively drained in the Soviet era for irrigation purposes, nowadays having its water level decreased by 20m and volume by 40%. As Armenia doesn't have any ocean or sea opening, Sevan became their sea (also known as Sea of Gegham) with several beaches and points of interest.
The road to Sevan peninsula in the left:
Sevan Writers House was an unplanned, but special accommodation for us with lake panorama. The hostel was built in 1969 right above the water level (at that time) and belongs to the "Soviet Modernism" architecture style. Now is way above the water level and neglected in some ways but still offers an experience we didn't have at any other place.
At a nice restaurant right next to the lake. You can find it here.
The waves of Sevan:
Noratus cemetery
Noratus is a medieval cemetery near Sevan lake, well known for its largest amount of well preserved khachkars. The khachkars are carved Armenian cross-stones with dozens of traditional motifs, listed in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.
On the left: the tombstone of a baby.
The central motif of the khachkar is the cross, surrounded by rosettes and other botanical motifs.
Mount Aragats
Since Ararat (5137m), the Armenians' sacred mountain, isn't located in present Armenia anymore, the country's highest peak became another volcano: Mount Aragats (4090m) – very similar name for us, foreigners 🙂
Base point for hiking Mount Aragats is the Aragats Cosmic Ray Research Station, at 3200m altitude, which can be reached by car on a pretty curvy single-lane road.
Here you have camping possibilities, nice views from the upper part of K'ari lake and also a restaurant with, unfortunately, grumpy waiters.
In the back: on the left the restaurant, on the right the Aragats Cosmic Ray Research Station.
Ararat from Aragats in the morning:
Climbing the peak (in dry season) doesn't involve any technical abilities, but it does require a sustained and long, all-day effort. We started the hike somewhere around 4AM on a barely visible trek, especially during night-time, so the use of an offline map with GPS is highly recommended.
Aragats is a four-peaked volcano massif with a visible crater, the north peak being the tallest and the farthest one. The trek passes between the West and South peak, descents in the crater and then up again on the North peak.
The North peak from the pass:
On the offline maps we used (maps.me) there are two different treks crossing the crater; we recommend the one which goes down completely, as the one on the level curve looks like this:
The crater viewed from the top.
Greetings from 4090m!
In the back you can see the South and the West peaks.
We are in the South of the country now, where the roadside is dominated by grape yards and locals selling all kind of fruits.
The archaeologists announced in 2007 the discovery of the earliest known winery in the world: Areni-1, part of Areni-1 cave complex. Its 6100 year old and it consists of fermentation vats, a wine press, storage jars and pottery sherds.
Another great discovery in the Areni-1 cave was the Areni-1 shoe which is a 5,500-year-old leather shoe that was found in 2008 in excellent condition. When found, the shoe was filled with grass – this is the reason why archaeologists believe its shape and the shoelaces were preserved .
Now you can see the shoe at the History Museum of Armenia, Yerevan.
Now, after thousand of years, the culture of wine making is still the main attraction of the village.
Besides the grape wine, Armenia, and more specific Areni is well known for the fruit wine varieties. In the wineries and by the roadside you can find plenty of wine variant like pomegranate, blackberry, strawberry, raspberry, peach and so on. If you are not sure which one to buy, of course, taste them all; our favourite one was the dry pomegranate 🙂
While we were searching for accommodation on internet for the following day, in a small village, far from the cities, we wouldn't expect to find a tree house. I think it was the fastest reserving tap on our phone. Additionally, we didn't expect to overcome our still low expectations. Besides the awesome sleeping experience, we had authentic breakfast and dinner with a lot of home-made products.
The weather was just perfect for sleeping up there, but I imagine they don't list it when the minimum goes below 15 Celsius at night.
For breakfast: fried eggplant with fresh parsley 🙂
Noravank Monastery
Just a few km away from Areni, the Noravank 13th-century monastery is worth visiting if you are already in the region, but otherwise it would be just another nice monastery in Armenia.
Orbelian Caravanserai
I don't even remember how we found this place on our way back to Georgia. I think we stopped just because we saw a few tourist buses on the roadside, but the place and the valleys around worth the break 🙂
The caravanserai, the best preserved in the country, was built in 1332 to offer accommodation for the travellers and their animals.
It is divided in three rooms, two narrow ones (not visible in the picture) for the animals and a bigger one, for the travellers.
We hope you liked it,
Iulia and Bancsi
Of course, with a backpack.
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Cheat Mode for Private Keys
By A.Bouchez on 2016, Tuesday October 18, 13:21 - mORMot Framework - Permalink
In order to follow best practice, our
.private key files are
always protected by a password. A random value with enough length and
entropy is always proposed by the
ECC tool when a key pair is
generated, and could be used directly.
It is always preferred to trust a computer to create true randomness (and
SynCrypto.pas's secure
TAESPRNG was designed to be
the best possible seed, using hardware entropy if available), than using our
human brain, which could be defeated by dictionary-based password
Brute force cracking would be almost impossible, since
PBKDF2_HMAC_SHA256 Password-Based Key Derivation Function with
60,000 rounds is used, so rainbow tables (i.e. pre-computed passwords list)
will be inoperative, and each password trial would take more time than with a
regular Key Derivation Function.
The issue with strong passwords is that they are difficult to remember. If
you use not pure random passwords, but some easier to remember values with good
entropy, you may try some tools like https://xkpasswd.net/s which returns values like
But even then, you will be able to remember only a dozen of such passwords. In a typical public key infrastructure, you may create hundredths of keys, so remembering all passwords is no option for an average human being as (you and) me.
At the end, you end up with using a tool to store all your passwords (last
trend is to use an online service with browser integration), or - admit it -
store them in an
Excel document protected by a password. Most IT
people - and even security specialists - end with using such a mean of storage,
just because they need it.
The weaknesses of such solutions can be listed:
- How could we trust closed source software and third-party online services?
- Even open source like http://keepass.info/help/base/security.html may appear weak (no PBKDF, no AFSplit, managed C#, SHA as PRNG);
- The storage is as safe as the "master password" is safe;
- If the "master password" is compromised, all your passwords are published;
- You need to know the master password to add a new item to the store.
ECC tool is able to work in "cheat mode", storing all
.private key files generated passwords in an associated
.cheat local file, encrypted using a
As a result:
- Each key pair will have its own associated
.cheatfile, so you only unleash one key at a time;
- The
.cheatfile content is meaningless without the
cheat.privatekey and its master password, so you can manage and store them together with your
- Only the
cheat.publickey is needed when creating a key pair, so you won't leak your master password, and even could generate keys in an automated way, on a distant server;
- The
cheat.privatekey will be safely stored in a separated place, only needed when you need to recover a password;
- It uses strong File Encryption, with proven PBKDF, AFSplit, AES-PRNG, and ECDH/ECIES algorithms.
By default, no
.cheat files are created. You need to explicitly
initialize the "cheat mode", by creating master
cheat.public and
cheat.private key files:
>ecc cheatinit Enter Issuer identifier text of the master cheat keys. Will be truncated to 15-20 ascii-7 chars. Issuer [arbou] :
Enter a private PassPhrase for the master cheat.private key (at least 8 chars). Save this in a safe place: if you forget it, the key will be useless! NewPass [uQHH*am39LLj] : verysafelongpassword
Enter iteration rounds for the mastercheat.private key (at least 100000). NewRounds [100000] :
cheat.public/.private file created.
As you can see, the default number of PBKDF rounds is high (100000), and local files have been created:
>dir cheat.*
18/10/2016 11:12 4 368 cheat.private 18/10/2016 11:12 568 cheat.public
Now we will create a new key pair (in a single command line, with no console interaction):
>ecc new -newpass NewKeyP@ssw0rd -noprompt
Corresponding TSynPersistentWithPassword.ComputePassword: encryption HeOyjDUAsOhvLZkMA0Y= authMutual lO0mv+8VpoFrrFfbBFilNppn1WumaIL+AN3JXEUUpCY= authServer lO0nv+8VpoFrrFfbBFilNppn1WumaIL+AN3JXEUUpCY= authClient lO0kv+8VpoFrrFfbBFilNppn1WumaIL+AN3JXEUUpCY=
D1045FCBAA1382EE44ED2C212596E9E1.public/.private file created.
An associated
.cheat file has been created:
>dir D10*
18/10/2016 11:15 1 668 D1045FCBAA1382EE44ED2C212596E9E1.cheat 18/10/2016 11:15 2 320 D1045FCBAA1382EE44ED2C212596E9E1.private 18/10/2016 11:15 588 D1045FCBAA1382EE44ED2C212596E9E1.public
Imagine you forgot about the
NewKeyPssw0rd value. You could use
the following command to retrieve it:
>ecc cheat
Enter the first chars of the .private certificate file name. Auth: D10
Will use: D1045FCBAA1382EE44ED2C212596E9E1.private
Enter the PassPhrase of the master cheat.private file. AuthPass: verysafelongpassword
Enter the PassPhrase iteration rounds of the cheat.private file. AuthRounds [100000] :
{ "pass": "NewKeyP@ssw0rd", "rounds": 60000 } Corresponding TSynPersistentWithPassword.ComputePassword: encryption HeOyjDUAsOhvLZkMA0Y= authMutual lO0mv+8VpoFrrFfbBFilNppn1WumaIL+AN3JXEUUpCY= authServer lO0nv+8VpoFrrFfbBFilNppn1WumaIL+AN3JXEUUpCY= authClient lO0kv+8VpoFrrFfbBFilNppn1WumaIL+AN3JXEUUpCY=
If your
.private key does not have its associated
.cheat file, you won't be able to recover your password:
>ecc cheat
Enter the first chars of the .private certificate file name. Auth: 8BC9
Will use: 8BC90201EF55EE34F62DBA8FE8CF14DC.private
Enter the PassPhrase of the master cheat.private file. AuthPass: verysafelongpassword
Enter the PassPhrase iteration rounds of the cheat.private file. AuthRounds [100000] :
Fatal exception EECCException raised with message: Unknown file 8BC90201EF55EE34F62DBA8FE8CF14DC.cheat
In practice, this "cheat mode" will help you implement a safe public key
infrastructure of any size. It will be as secure as the main
cheat.private key file and its associated password remain hidden
and only wisely spread, of course. Don't forget to use the
rekey command on a regular basis, so that you change the master password
cheat.private. The main benefit of this implementation is that
for all key generation process, only the
cheat.public key file is
The updated documentation is the place to find latest information about this feature.


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Although Lottusse originally only produced men's shoes, today the brand produces a full collection for both men and women each season, alongside handbags and accessories. For spring/summer 2019, women's highlights include Spanish woven leather shoes and elegant slingbacks in black and white.
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Does Kratom - By Itself - Cause Seizures?Written by Paul Kemp
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Published: 12 December 2017
Many of Kratom's medicinal consumers use the botanical for pain caused by one or more conditions, but some of these same people also are afflicted with epilepsy and seizures from brain injuries, such as chiari malformation. In chatting online with a group of these folks, their opinion is that Kratom does not make their condition worse and some say they have had no more seizures since they began taking Kratom.
Many Mainstream Medical Professionals Say Kratom Is Associated with or "Causes" Seizures -- So, What are We to Believe?
I will be the first to admit that the positive testimonials I have heard are the unverified personal experiences of Kratom consumers. This data was gathered from a small group of folks who have had seizures. I make no claim that this is proof of Kratom's safety and it is certainly not advice for anyone to base a decision whether they or a family member should take Kratom, especially if they have had seizures in the past.
Having said all this, I did look at several of the published, peer-reviewed studies, based on which the FDA, DEA, and others claim that Kratom causes seizures -- and I found several of these studies to be very sloppy science.


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Friday 3 November 2017, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., London Science Museum
Video proceedings from the workshop are now available.
Programme | Venue | Speakers | Historic artifact display | Organisation | Register
Sound Talking is a one-day event at the London Science Museum that seeks to explore the complex relationships between language and sound, both historically and in the present day. It aims to identify the perspectives and methodologies of current research in the ever-widening field of sound studies, and to locate productive interactions between disciplines.
Bringing together audio engineers, psychiatrists, linguists, musicologists, and historians of literature and medicine, we will be asking questions about sound as a point of linguistic engagement. We will consider the terminology used to discuss sound, the invention of words that capture sonic experience, and the use and manipulation of sound to emulate linguistic descriptions. Talks will address singing voice research, the history of onomatopoeias, new music production tools, auditory neuroscience, sounds in literature, and the sounds of the insane asylum.
|9.00 – 9.20
|9.20 – 9.30
|9.30 – 10.15
|Maria Chait, UCL Ear Institute
|The auditory system as the brain's early warning system (video)
|10.15 – 11.00
|Jonathan Andrews, Newcastle University
|Bedlam as soundscape: Noise at early modern Bethlem (video)
|11.00 – 11.30
|11.30 – 12.15
|Melissa Dickson, University of Oxford
|Sounding out the body: The nineteenth-century stethoscope and the language of the heart (video)
|12.15 – 1.00
|Mariana Lopez, University of York
|The language of sound: Creating accessible film experiences for visually impaired audiences (video)
|1.00 – 1.45
|1.45 – 2.15
|Aleks Kolkowski, Recording Angels
|Historic artifact display (video)
|2.15 – 3.00
|David M. Howard, Royal Holloway University of London
|The sound of voice and voice of sound (video)
|3.00 – 3.45
|Brecht De Man, Queen Mary University of London
|"A bit more ooomph": The language of music production (video)
|3.45 – 4.00
|4.00 – 4.45
|Mandy Parnell, Black Saloon Studios
|Artistic direction: The various languages
|4.45 – 5.30
|Trevor Cox, Salford University
|Categories for quotidian sounds (video)
Dana Research Centre, London Science Museum, 165 Queen's Gate, Kensington, London SW7 5HD
The Dana Library and Research Centre is part of the Science Museum. Entrance to the centre is on at 165 Queen's Gate, South Kensington, London SW7 5HD.
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A small number of disabled parking spaces are available outside the Museum on Exhibition Road.
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Maria Chait
The auditory system as the brain's early warning system
In my laboratory we use behavioural, brain imaging and eye tracking methods to understand auditory perception and how the brain analyses and represents the dynamics of our surrounding acoustic environment. My presentation will focus on our efforts to uncover the auditory system's role as the brain's 'early warning system'. Hearing is sensitive to a wider space than the other senses (above, below, behind, in the dark…) and is therefore often hypothesized to serve as a monitor – continuously scanning the unfolding acoustic scene for behaviourally-relevant events even when attention is focused elsewhere. Beyond basic science, understanding this capacity of the auditory system is central for designing human-computer interfaces and is crucial for evaluating and quantifying the perceptual consequences of aging and hearing impairment.
Maria Chait is a Professor of auditory cognitive neuroscience at the Ear Institute, UCL. She moved to UCL in 2007 as a Marie Curie research fellow, following a short post-doc at École Normale Supérieure, Paris. Her PhD research (2006) was conducted at the Neuroscience and Cognitive Science program, University of Maryland College Park, USA under the supervision of Jonathan Simon and David Poeppel. She has an undergraduate background in Computer Science, Economics, and East Asian Studies.
Professor Chait is co-director of the Sensory Systems, Technologies and Therapies (SenSyT) PhD program and the Dual Masters in Brain and Mind Sciences, and a member of the UCL Neuroscience domain steering group.
Jonathan Andrews
Bedlam as soundscape: Noise at early modern Bethlem
This paper considers auditory factors relevant to comprehending the historical representation and experience of 'Bedlam', or of Bethle[he]m Hospital for Lunatics in the early modern era, concentrating primarily on the period from ca. 1676-1815. Taking inspiration from recent historical, sociological, musicological and ethnographic work on institutional soundscapes, this paper considers what Bethlem's environment sounded like, and what wider medical, social and cultural meanings were chiefly associated with that sound. As the English nation's first and for centuries only specialist hospital housing the insane, but moreover one which was rather spectacularly exposed to a heterogeneous mass of tourists and visitors, Bethlem evidently had a significant influence not only on now the general public saw the insane and thought about madness, but on what they heard, expected to hear or imagined they heard of madness, and how more precisely they heard it. I examine the semantic formats used to depict Bedlam noise, exploring its fundamental phenomenological character, representational meaning and impact, not just from the perspective of the spectating and wider public but also from that of patients themselves. In addressing the preoccupation of a range of seventeenth and eighteenth-century texts with the allegedly discordant din and cacophony of Bedlam and of the insane it housed, this paper elucidates the origins of the etymological, metaphorical and cultural association of Bedlam with chaos, uproar and noise. It seeks to shed light on and grant audibility to elements of phenomenological reality and also of hyperbole and cultural construction in this enduring and powerful association over centuries of the hospital's history.
Jonathan Andrews is a Reader in the History of Psychiatry, in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, at Newcastle University. His research interests reside primarily in the history of mental illness, learning disabilities and the history of psychiatry, in Britain, from roughly 1600-1914. He has published 3 monographs in the field, most recently (with Andy Scull) Customers and Patrons of the Mad Trade (2003), and Undertaker of the Mind (2001), and previous to this (with Roy Porter et al.) The History of Bethlem (1997). He has published numerous edited collections and articles, including most recently two special issues of History of Psychiatry entitled "Lunacy's Last Rites" (2012) and "Histories of Asylums, Insanity and Psychiatry in Scotland" (with Chris Philo, 2017). Since 2012 he has been focusing on a Leverhulme funded research project on "Fashionable Diseases: Medicine, Literature and Culture, ca. 1660-1832".
Melissa Dickson
Sounding out the body: The nineteenth-century stethoscope and the language of the heart
René Laennec's invention of the stethoscope in 1816 heralded a new era in modern clinical diagnosis. Through this simple wooden tube, physicians might know, understand, and diagnose the body through the medium of sound. However, the relationship between abstract bodily sounds and diseases of the human body were by no means self-evident. Laennec sought to illuminate these relationships in a long and painstaking process of describing and matching the sounds he detected during his assessment of patients with the physical changes in diseased organs that could be observed during autopsy. Through prolonged trials, he gradually developed a new vocabulary in order to systematise and describe as precisely as possible each of the hisses, buzzes, and pulses emanating from his patients' bodies, and assign to each a specific pathology. This metalanguage, although intended to provide an independently verifiable framework for acoustic signals representing pathological phenomena, nonetheless drew upon subjective, even rather idiosyncratic, metaphors, musical references, and the broader cultural imaginary. Art and science, or music and medicine, were thus, from the outset, intimately intertwined in the development of the stethoscope.
Melissa Dickson completed a PhD in English at King's College London in 2013. She is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher on 'Diseases of Modern Life', an ERC funded project based at St Anne's College, Oxford, which investigates nineteenth-century cultural, literary, and medical understandings of stress, overwork, and other disorders associated in the period with the problems of modernity. Her major contribution to this project is a monograph on explorations of the body's physiological and psychological responses to sound and music in the nineteenth century. She has recently published articles on the interconnections between Victorian literature, science, and material culture, and is currently co-editing a volume on the relationship between medicine and modernity in the nineteenth century, which is forthcoming with Manchester University Press. In January 2018, Melissa will take up a new role at Lecturer in Victorian Literature at the University of Birmingham.
Mariana Lopez
The language of sound: Creating accessible film experiences for visually impaired audiences
The Enhancing Audio Description project (AHRC) seeks to provide accessible audio-visual experiences to visually impaired audiences by using sound design strategies.
Film grammars we are familiar with have been developed throughout film history, but such languages have matured with sighted audiences in mind and assuming that seeing is more important than hearing. This talk will challenge such assumptions by demonstrating how the use of sound effects, first person narration as well as breaking the rules of sound mixing, can allow us to create accessible versions of films that are true to the filmmaker's conception.
Mariana has a background in music, sound design and acoustics. Her MA dissertation (University of York) focused on exploring the creation of a new format of sonic art entitled 'audio film' that may be considered as an alternative to Audio Description for visually impaired audiences. In 2013 she completed her PhD at the University of York on the importance of virtual acoustics to further our understanding of medieval drama.
In 2014 she joined the Cultures of the Digital Economy Research Institute (CoDE, Anglia Ruskin University) as a Senior Research Fellow. In 2016 she moved to York to start a position as Lecturer in Sound Production and Post Production at the Department of Theatre, Film and Television. She is also active in the field of sound design, having worked on a number of short films, theatre productions and installations. She is currently the Vice-chair of the Audio Engineering Society British section.
David M. Howard
The sound of voice and voice of sound
The human voice has evolved (in conjunction with our hearing system) to enable us to communicate complex ideas even in the presence of competing acoustic noise via speech and singing. Whilst speech and singing are in so many diverse ways vital and special to our life experience, they are basically a series of acoustic variations that are perceived as voice. This lecture will look at the sound of voice, some of the descriptors we use for it, the special place of voice in our world and the voice of sound itself. To understand the voice of the lecture, just bring a pair of ears.
Professor David Howard, Founding Head of the Department of Electronic Engineering at Royal Holloway University of London, is starting the department from scratch (first intake was last month in September 2017) with the strap line "Creativity first, science second" for the creation of excellent engineering solutions. His research focuses on the analysis and synthesis of singing, speech and music. Specific areas of interest include digital speech and singing synthesis based on replicating virtual vocal tracts acquired from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), voice pitch analyses for singing development, detection of babbling in infants to encourage speech learning, the Vocal Tract Organ (a keyboard or human gesture controlled instrument that uses 3D printed vocal tracts on loudspeakers to recreate human vowel sounds), the theoretical and practical analysis of tuning and pitch drift in a cappella (unaccompanied) choral singing, and understanding better the scientific 13th century writings of Robert Grosseteste.
David was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) in 2016, and he is a Chartered Engineer (Ceng), Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET), and Fellow of the Institute of Acoustics (FIOA).
Brecht De Man
"A bit more ooomph": The language of music production
Music production software has come a long way since it first entered the recording studio, offering ever increasing computing power and higher numbers of simultaneously playing sources. Yet, manufacturers overwhelmingly cater to those who desire an emulation of a 1980s recording studio, requiring expert knowledge from the operator. Cautious attempts at more intuitive interfaces – including less esoteric knob labels – have emerged in recent years, though a more radical rethinking of the sound engineer's workflow has yet to occur.
The main challenge in providing more accessible control over the recording's sonic signature is the lack of understanding of the complex process of multi-source post-production. The talk will provide an overview of recent work where differently processed versions of the same source material were compared both analytically and subjectively, connecting digital signals to perceptual constructs. Supported by audio examples and associated descriptions, it demonstrates several approaches to defining sonic terms from 'air' to 'zing'.
Brecht De Man is a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Digital Music at Queen Mary University of London. He completed a PhD at the same institution, during which he published and presented research on the perception of recording and mixing engineering, the development of intelligent audio effects, and the analysis of music production practices. He received an MSc in Electronic Engineering from the University of Ghent, Belgium, in 2012. Since 2014, Brecht has been working closely with Yamaha Corporation on the topic of Semantic Mixing.
Brecht is the organiser of many events and serves on several committees, including those of the Workshop on Intelligent Music Production, and a number of technical committees of the Audio Engineering Society. More info about past and current projects can be found on www.brechtdeman.com.
Mandy Parnell
Artistic Direction: The Various Languages
When working a project, it is important for the engineer to listen to everyone's opinions, regardless of their technical ability. This can require the engineer to speak on many different levels, as they find different ways of communicating that allow them to realise the vision of the producer or artist. Mandy brings to you in this talk her 30+ years of experience of working with artists that include the likes of Björk, Feist, Tom Jones, Aphex Twin and Brian Eno, each with unique approaches to creative input, whether that be through technical conversation or by more abstract means.
Mandy Parnell became interested in recorded music at the age of 5, listening to records on a portable Dansette player – the iPod of the time. She studied music and music technology through her school & college years, trained and worked in recording studios until landing an internship, which led to her becoming a world renowned mastering engineer. Mandy then decided to launch her own facility – Black Saloon Studios.
Mandy Parnell's 33 years of experience have allowed her to discover and develop her philosophies in analogue and digital audio, while working with an amazing array of artists including Bjork, Feist, The XX, Herbert, Frightened Rabbit, Sigur Ros and Brian Eno. Mandy's unique style as a mastering engineer has afforded her respect from all areas of the industry. She has mastered countless records that have achieved silver, gold, platinum and Grammy status around the world, as well as winning for the third time this year the prestigious MPG Mastering Engineer of the Year award.
More recently, Mandy has been working with Annie Lennox, mastered Aphex Twin's first release in 13 years 'Syro', Jungle, Philip Selway, Glass Animals, Ghostpoet and Björk's critically acclaimed Vulnicura, which has since been touring the globe as an interactive virtual reality exhibition. Further, Mandy has been featured on the BBC, Resolution magazine, Sound On Sound, Prosound news, NME and Audio Musica & Technologia.
As a firm believer in educating the next generation of producers and engineers, Mandy frequently lectures on mastering and the music industry at universities, colleges and organizations.
Trevor Cox
Categories for quotidian sounds
What words do people use to describe everyday sounds, and what does that tell us about how people perceive sound? Specialist vocabularies are often used by expert groups such as experimental psychologists, musicologists and sound designers, but what about the general public? Categorization is a core cognitive process that helps us make sense of the world and react appropriately. Classification is also central to much science: chemistry has the periodic table and biology has numerous taxonomies. How do people categorise everyday sounds, what words do they use to label the groups and what does this tell us about listening? This has been examined using a series of online sorting and category-labelling experiments that elicits rather than prescribes descriptive words. When asked to sort sounds within soundscapes, 81% of participants labelled groups according to the identified sound source, 15% described the acoustic features of the signals, and 4% described affect-judgements. Two further sorting tasks, one based on manmade sounds and the other on nature sounds, found a similar domination of labelling driven by source identification. Mammalian hearing first evolved to identify threats, prey and for simple conspecific signalling, which would appear to explain the dominance of source identification. However, other sorting tasks produced different categorisation strategies. For dog vocalisations affect-judgements was most commonly used, suggesting possible anthropomorphization or appropriation of categorisation strategies from human vocalisations. For engine sounds it was acoustic features that underpinned the most popular approach. A final sorting task with onomatopoeia, found a mixture of source and signal features being used by participants. The results show there are distinct and different strategies for categorizing and labelling quotidian sounds.
Trevor Cox is a Professor of Acoustic Engineering at the University of Salford, where he carries out research, teaching and commercial activities in acoustic engineering, focusing on room acoustics, signal processing and perception. Professor Cox was an EPSRC Senior Media Fellow, has presented on BBC radio and wrote Sonic Wonderland (Bodley Head). He is a former President of the Institute of Acoustics (IOA), and was awarded the prestigious Tyndall Award by the IOA as well as their award for Promoting Acoustics to the Public.
Historic artifact display (Aleks Kolkowski)
Participants will be invited to make acoustic recordings on wax cylinders, hear them played back through horns and listening tubes; strike tuning forks and listen to beat frequencies; bow a monochord and other scientific instruments used for the study of acoustics.
Aleksander Kolkowski is a composer, violinist and researcher who uses historical sound recording and reproduction apparatus and obsolete media to make contemporary mechanical-acoustic music. His numerous international projects in this field have combined wax cylinder phonographs, gramophones and vintage disc recording machines together with live musicians. His performances and installations often emphasise archaic techniques of sound amplification and modes of listening. After completing a PhD at Brunel University in 2012, he was appointed as the first sound artist-in-residence at the Science Museum, London, and has since held research associateships at the Royal College of Music and the Science Museum. In 2016, he was a composer-in-residence at the British Library Sound Archive and his latest installation work Boy Wireless, is featured as part of the Library's current Listen: 140 Years of Recorded Sound exhibition.
Sound Talking is a workshop organised by Dr Melissa Dickson, a postdoctoral researcher on the Diseases of Modern Life project based at St Anne's College, Oxford, and Dr Brecht De Man, a postdoctoral researcher at Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London.


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It is the latest in what is expected to become a series of investments in tech start-ups by the Dentons subsidiary, having last year backed ROSS Intelligence, a legal adviser app powered by IBM Watson.
Apperio produces a smart-analytics dashboard that gives law firms and clients real-time data on legal fees and enables clients to monitor their legal spend at an overall or matter level. NextLaw Labs and Apperio will work together to streamline matter management, track legal spend in real time and standardise the legal tender process.
Seventeen of the UK's top 100 firms, including Taylor Wessing, Olswang and CMS Cameron McKenna use Apperio's platform, while its clients include Simply Business, Brandwatch and Octopus Investments.
NextLaw Labs is a business accelerator focused on investing in, developing and deploying new technologies to transform the practice of law. It is an autonomous, wholly owned subsidiary of global law firm Dentons.


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Hello and a very warm welcome.
The Brocade Sutra has been created as a space for fashion musings for a global audience.
Ever since I was five, I refused to wear the clothes my mother bought me. Not as a form of rebellion but because I felt they didn't accurately capture my sensibilities. Needless to say, style has been inherently important to me. The problem only gets exasperated as I do this for a living (buyer for a luxury retailer).
The modern Indian woman of today wants her beautiful brocade lehenga but wears it with sky high Louboutins. She wants her style to be curated and the best of both worlds. Having grown up in small town India and now living in New York City, my affair with style has also become an amalgamation of two very different worlds.
This space will introduce you to a new way of viewing fashion from the Indian subcontinent and beyond. I will talk about my personal style, feature designers and products, inspirational people in the fashion business and report back on fun happenings in New York City.
I would love to hear any feedback that you may have, be your style therapist or collaborate on anything fashion.
I hope it will pique your interest and become the sutra that binds us. It is a love affair with fashion, from me to you!
xo, Avantika
What is The Brocade Sutra?
The Brocade Sutra is the thread that ties us together through the medium of global fashion.
Brocade– Dating back to the middle ages, it is a fabric that has been used the world over – from basic tapestry to ornate wedding wear.
सूत्र (Sutra) – Thread.
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The sales are in full swing and, like most girls, I have been window (or screen?) shopping for some bargains I'd really love to take advantage of!
I'm already thinking about Autumn and what I'll be wearing, so I've kept this season and the season transition in mind whilst browsing the online stores and I've seen some perfect things - look out for my accessories edit and my coats & jackets edit coming next week.
I always turn to boots in the A/W so I think its smart to buy a few good quality pairs now whilst they are on the cheap. I am especially in love with the white pair, I think they are so different and will look great with black jeans.
I have to admit I have already purchased the reptile skin effect boots as they are so cool and I couldn't risk waiting in case my size went out of stock. I'm going to have to pick up a pair of the cute lace trim ankle socks, too as they look so cute with ankle boots and give them such a girly touch - especially when worn over plain back tights.
I think the tassel block heels and the white cork wedges are great transition pieces as they can be worn with dresses in the warmer months but also with jeans as the weather starts to cool down.
As for the bags, I think the paneled structured tote is great as the different tones give it dimension and means it will be suitable with a range of outfits and accessories. The Tan and Black totes aren't technically in the sale but I think that at such a bargain price they are definitely worth a mention.And, this white mini box bag is so cute - it would look great with those white ankle boots, don't you think?!
Have you picked up any sales bargains yet? Let me know as I am looking for things to take away on my honeymoon with me in October. We.We are thinking Paris, so I am going to need to stock up on warm staples!


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Rachel Pedder-Smith Designs
Our company is run and owned by Rachel, the illustrator and Emma, the organiser.
Rachel and Emma both grew up in rural Suffolk attending the same school albeit not at the same time. They met for the first time, long after they had both left school, due to their sons attending the same nursery and became firm friends when Emma moved house to the village where Rachel was already living.
Rachel is a well-established and internationally renowned natural history illustrator who has had a longstanding relationship with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew where she spent many years illustrating pressed and dried specimens from within the Herbarium collection. She also moderates the Botanical Illustration Diploma at Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
Emma has a background in global shipping and logistics. She also has her own separate business specialising in toy manufacturing and imports. She owns a small farm and her passions include animal welfare, animal behaviour and preservation of our countryside.
Rachel paints in watercolour and aims to depict natural history subjects in minute detail within interesting, dynamic and contemporary compositions. Rachel's paintings have been adapted by Liberty London for fabric designs and one of these, named 'Floral Eve', was used by Vivien Westwood for a dress in her Summer 2013 collection.
Rachel gained both an MA and PhD at the Royal College of Art. Her paintings have been awarded four gold medals by the Royal Horticultural Society and she has had three solo shows in London galleries as well as having been part of numerous group exhibitions worldwide. In 2011 Rachel's painting 'Bean Painting: Specimens from the Leguminosae family', which is held in the Library & Archives collection at Kew, was selected to represent contemporary natural history painting in the 'Watercolour' exhibition at the Tate Britain. Rachel's paintings are held in many notable collections worldwide. More information on Rachel's art and her career as an illustrator can be found on her website at www.rachelpeddersmith.com


text: Saint Petersburg is the second-largest city in Russia, located on the Neva River, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. It was named Petrograd during the Russian Revolution, before it was renamed Leningrad in 1924, until 1991, when its old name was restored. It was founded by Tsar Peter the Great in 1703 and was the capital of Russia during long periods after the reign of Peter the Great. It is often considered the cultural capital of Russia, and homes many museums, consulates and businesses. It was the epicenter of the Russian Revolution, since the Tsar and his family were arrested there.


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Led Zeppelin UK Tour 1969
High quality reprinted concert poster for the Led Zeppelin UK Tour in 1969. 11 x 21.5 inches on card stock. Art by Bob Masse.
Designer: Bob Masse
Dimensions: 11 x 21.5 inches
Edition: REPRINT
Condition: NM
Date: 1969
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GTI Cover Selected for Food Processing Plant's Anaerobic Digester
Geomembrane Technologies Inc. (GTI) has been awarded an exciting cover project with a U.S.-based food processor.
The well-established food processor's plant, which specializes in deli salads and cake icing, is located in Indiana, USA. Food processing wastewater will be treated on-site in a new anaerobic reactor, followed by aerobic treatment in a sequencing batch reactor. The wastewater treatment process will generate high-quality effluent and biogas suitable for in-plant use.
GTI will design, fabricate, and install a gas collection cover for the reactor. The cover will reliably capture biogas produced by anaerobic digestion. This biogas will be scrubbed to remove hydrogen sulfide, and then utilized in a genset equipped with dynamic natural gas blending. Power generated from the genset will be sent to the plant's electrical grid, and heat will be supplied to the recycle line of the anaerobic reactor and/or the boiler room.


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Mausoleum Records
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Added: 11.11.2015
So why did I even bother to download this Graveshadow electronic press kit? But I'm getting ahead of myself. Graveshadow arrives from Sacramento, California, and signed to Belgian-based heavy metal label, Mausoleum Records for their first album, Nocturnal Resurrection. The band features to female players: Heather Michele on vocals and Valerie Hudak on keyboards. Graveshadow plays hybrid metal including melodic, gothic, power and, thanks to the growls, death metal. Additionally, they have a guest appearance by Primal Fear's Ralf Scheppers on Blink.
Now back to my original question: why did I even bother? Perhaps the blame falls upon me for not reading the one-sheet carefully enough and not noticing the words, "powerful operatic vocals shift into unearthly growls." Maybe I was merely naive to trust the Mausoleum brand.
Ugh. This is album is horrible. Right from the start, in Namesake, you get the ugly death/dirty growling vocals, and they don't stop. They're in every song. I spent my entire time hitting the skip button. Even Ralf Scheppers' presence in Blink can't save or salvage this album. Otherwise, Graveshadow creates generally strong and convincing melodic power metal. The simple problem is that I couldn't enjoy the heavy metal with all those death vocals growling about. However, if you like that nonsense, you'll want to check this out.
Ugh. This is album is horrible. Death vocals everywhere in this melodic power metal. I simply found no listening pleasure in Graveshadow's Nocturnal Resurrection.
Returning from the "where have they been" cave is UK metallers, Intense. Founded by vocalist Sean Hetherington and guitarist Nick Palmer in 1991, the last we heard from the band was 2011's The Shape Of Rage ... [ Read More ]
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(CNN) -- Mark Cavendish regained the green jersey with another blistering sprint finish to win the 11th stage of the Tour de France in Saint Fargeau on Wednesday.
Cavendish celebrates his fourth stage win with Hushovd left trailing.
It was the fourth stage victory of this year's race for the Team Columbia High Road star, matching his achievement on last year's Tour.
It also draws his level with Barry Hoban for the all-time record of eight wins by a British cyclist.
Cavendish is proving virtually unbeatable in the bunch sprints and the 35 points he gained for crossing the line first put him back in green as Thor Hushovd, who held the jersey overnight, faded to fifth in an uphill finish.
There was no change in the overall leading positions with Italian Rinaldo Nocentini keeping the yellow jersey as he stays six seconds ahead of 2007 Tour champion Alberto Contador with seven-time winner Lance Armstrong a further two seconds back.
Wednesday's 192km leg from Vatan followed a similar pattern to the 10th stage, with a two-man breakaway reeled in towards the finish.
Cavendish's teammates again dominated the front positions in the closing kilometers and he was able to easily hold off the challenge of Hushovd and then second-placed Tyler Farrar in the race for the line.
"It was great, it was hard finish uphill, but we knew what we had to do," the British star told Eurosport.
Cavendish is expected to get further chances for victories before Sunday's stage to Verbier in the Alps where the battle for the yellow jersey is expected to restart in earnest.
He told CNN before Wednesday's stage that he is concentrating on reaching Paris to win on the Champs Elysees, but he admitted that wearing the green jersey was an honor.
"Its an emotional thing to wear it," he said in an exclusive interview.
"It's one of the biggest things a sprinter can do an I don't take anything away from the pride I had in wearing it."
With the jersey now back in his possession, Cavendish will look to extend his lead over Hushovd on Thursday's stage 12 over 211.5 kilometers from Tonnere to Vittel.
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