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When selecting artwork it is important to consider the mood that you want to create in a space. Artwork has the ability and power to transform a space, so take a chance and design with color on the mind.
Color can completely alter the atmosphere of your space—from vibrant, impassioned reds to calm, soothing blues. Take a look at how this space—washed with natural light and layered with neutral tones, is transformed with color. Behold the power of art.
Charles Dwyer's "Blue Muse II" gives a point of contemplation and magic to this open, airy living room. The deep, layered shades of blues, cerulean, and turquoise infuse this gathering space with a bold energy, while the paler, softer blues exude a sense of calm. The mystical muse fills the room with a whimsical and emotive presence; Turned mysteriously to her side, she seems to invite you into the portal to another world.
Marshall Noice's brilliant painting renders the tamed interior into a lively, rejuvenating reservoir. Shades of crimson and persimmon raise the atmosphere's energy level, inviting conversation and creating excitement. The yellow hues channel joy and happiness, welcoming friends and family into this space. Invite a positive, optimistic perspective with this vivacious piece that contrasts the otherwise neutral palette of the room.
With an earthy palette and whimsical composition, this pair from Anke's Grid Series creates a sense of natural comfort in this living space. The coffee and cream color palette adds to the layering of neutral hues and whites throughout the room, while the dogs' harmonious symmetry adds a pleasing sense of repetition. The overall effect is open and airy with a nod to nature and ease.
Choose artwork that will affect your state of mind and establish a sense of the mood you seek—find inspiration in the power of color. Your home is your personal palette.
To experience works to set the tone in your space, visit one of our galleries and spend some time with one of our experienced art consultants. Let us be your guide on this journey.


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If you're looking for a fun way to bump up your five a day intake, may we suggest a trip to the Dominique Ansel Bakery this weekend? For three days only they're holding a Summer Marché.
The idea is to celebrate the best seasonal fruits from around the world. So they're filling their pastry section with 10 rather lovely sounding fruit tarts. They're using blueberries from Hertfordshire, British Jubilee Strawberries grown exclusively at only
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We've done the legwork for you with everything you need for a great summer from the new alfresco spots for eating and drinking, great takeaway picnics and ice-cream specials to look out for on sweltering days.
As London girds its loins and prepares to do battle with temperatures predicted to hit 37 degrees tomorrow, there are a number of ways you can cool down that are a lot more fun that standing in front of your open fridge.
On Thursday, folk using the Central Line will be met by Deliveroo riders handing out free Judes and Oppo Ice Creams. You can find them at 12pm at Bank, Tottenham Court Road and Bond Street stations.
If you're further east, then maybe
Summertime is here and with it, London's rooftop spaces begin opening for the season. Here we've rounded up some of the best seasonal spaces to enjoy a cracking view of the city. Oh and the chance of a breeze on a sultry summer's day or night too.
Stuck in London while everyone else is off on their hols? At least if you head to Somerset House over the coming months you can at least pretend you're in Spain.
They've just launched a terrace in partnership with San Miguel. Yes, you're looking over the Thames rather then the Med, but with a chilled beer in your hand and a range of Spanish snacks to choose from, things could be a whole lot worse.
Open daily from lunchtime the bar will serve up a
If you're heading for an alfresco feast in London's parks, on the canal or, basically, anywhere the sun hits, forget lugging around a basket of warm sandwiches from home. Here are the best London picnics for you to pick up and enjoy at your leisure.
The late May bank holiday is our last one for a while, so you need to make the most of your extended weekend. Luckily we've rounded up the best food and drinks things going on in London for the Whitsun weekend so you can do just that.
Updated 4/6/19 with full list of restaurants and dishes
If your idea of heaven is spending hours roaming Taste of London with a free pass to eat all the food in sight, then we have good news for you. For this year's festival, they're offering one lucky London foodie the chance to do just that, becoming one of the Best in Taste Awards tasters.
The winner of the competition will get a chance to
Despite the recent chill, London's summer plans are well underway and the latest spot to reveal their colours for the season are John Lewis. They're bringing in My Million Pound Menu winners BBQ Dreamz for their rooftop space this summer. The newly titled Filipino concept, Bong Bong's Manila Kanteen will serve up all manner of treats. Here's the menu:
Over in West London, The Prince is gearing up for its summer season and they're going BIG. Not content with managing to install a retractable electric roof over London's biggest pub garden making it - at a click of a button - British weatherproof, they're also the first to showcase an entirely new concept from the folks at Patty & Bun.
The summer season kicks off on 25 April and,
There's no surer sign that summer's on its way than when terraces, all across town, begin to be unveiled in their new plumage.
Top of your to-try list has to be the new Perrier-Jouet terrace at Harrods which launched to a celeb crowd last week. The fourth floor terrace (we honestly didn't even know it was there) is apparently a sunny spot facing due south west - perfect to sit and sip Champagne in. And when the weather properly bucks up there's an
Now that we're slowly settling into this proper summer weather lark, it's time to start eating like our continental friends. We pick out some of the best sunshine food we've spotted London restaurants sharing on our Insta feed recently.
We've rounded up the key restaurants you need to have on your restaurant radar this summer - all of which will make staying in town over the summer a total delight.
Crayfish and aquavit go on the menu in Mayfair for a spot of Nordic late summer fun
Summer has arrived and while we're cautiously optimistic that it's here to stay, London's restaurants and bars are shaping up to launch a series of summer bars
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Frank Kane's working lunch: Badr Jafar of Crescent Group channelling talk into much-needed action
Maybe it was the rarefied Alpine air, maybe it was all that intellectual stimulation you get at the World Economic Forum (Wef) annual meeting in Davos, but within minutes of sitting down to a late lunch with Badr Jafar it was apparent he wanted to talk big – big themes, big thoughts, big ideas.
A discussion of the minutiae of Crescent Group, the Sharjah-based conglomerate of which he is managing director, was not on the cards. He wanted to address the issues of the next generation, and where better to do that than at the Wef's annual think-fest?
But despite its reputation as the ultimate trough for the global elite, it's surprisingly difficult to get lunch in Davos during the Wef.
This is not because of a shortage of eateries in the Swiss town, which ships in thousands of catering staff for the five-day extravaganza each January, bolstering its already formidable facilities as an Alpine resort.
Nor is it the fault of the organisers themselves, who provide a constant steam of treats in the main Congress Hall – sandwiches, cakes, little potted jars of rice and chicken that must be some kind of Swiss delicacy. But those are snacks, rather than lunch.
The main reason is that the working day at the Wef is so intense that it's hard to fit in a simple one-to-one lunch meeting. The agenda makes no allowance for midday food requirements, and all the participant organisations organise their own working lunches.
If you "do" Davos properly, it's possible to fill every waking hour from 7am to midnight with some kind of formal activity. At 5,000 feet, in minus 18 degrees (as it was this year), this is exhausting – although I doubt I'll get much sympathy.
So when Mr Jafar agreed to a lunch interview with The National, the main problem lay in finding a slot. We struggled to coordinate diaries and cancelled a couple of dates at the last minute, before finally settling for a sandwich in his hotel room. So much for the planned power lunch with the Davos "masters of the universe".
The Crescent Group, made up of the enterprises and petroleum divisions, is a rare thing in the Gulf: a family-run oil and gas-based conglomerate. This is thanks to his father, Hamid, who saw an opportunity at the birth of the UAE to build an independent energy business in the emirate of Sharjah.
The Jafar family, of Iraqi origin, has expanded beyond energy since then, notably via the ports business Gulftainer and a number of other business ventures. It remains a family affair, under the joint management of Badr and his elder brother Majid.
The Hilton Garden Inn Davos seems a long way from Sharjah. It is within the security cordon the Wef throws around the Congress buildings, so it's easier to get to than many of the other locations. Nonetheless, it's a slippery slither of a walk in the late afternoon by the time I arrive there, and find Mr Jafar ready to talk.
"I guess China has been the highlight of Davos," he says, reflecting on the big global event of Wef 2017 – the speech by president Xi Jinping that amounted to a not-so-veiled attack on the protectionist policies of the new American administration.
But just as I'm expecting a broad overview of the geopolitical situation, Mr Jafar seems to backtrack, as though something more important is on his mind.
"The Wef hasn't really managed to woo the leaders of the technology community. They [tech leaders] see Wef as old economy that doesn't really cater to its needs. There's only so long you can talk about the future of the world," he says emphatically.
I am surprised. Mr Jafar is classic Wef material, and has been attending Davos for the past seven years, first as a Young Global Leader and now as a corporate partner. While it is far from a scathing attack, it does seem rather unexpected for a man of Mr Jafar's impeccably global credentials.
Educated at Eton and Cambridge University, he has become a leading light on the business power circuit. He addresses the United Nations, he tops the bill at forums on corporate governance, he is friends with Hollywood movie stars and musicians. But he seems disgruntled with the current state of the Wef.
"It's good to talk, of course, and to exchange ideas, but maybe in this day and age you need a more action-oriented approach. I know it's a common criticism and some of it is unfair.
"Not all ideas lead to sustainable implementation. But I have to get things done and achieve results. The question is to find a balance between healthy discussion and much-needed action," he says.
We break off conversation to order from the Hilton room service menu. Standard stuff really, maybe a bit more Swiss "fleisch" (meat) than you'd get elsewhere in the world, but a club sandwich is fairly universal. We settle for two of those, which arrive with Swiss punctuality after precisely five minutes.
They certainly are substantial, layers of "fleisch" topped off by fried eggs. I suppose you need the calories in the Alpine chill.
But we face a problem. The ground rules for Working Lunch stipulate that The National has to foot the bill, but Mr Jafar signs it off on room service. We agree I will make it up to him back in the UAE.
Apart from China, he was impressed by the Wef's sessions on medical technology, biotechnology and pharmacological advances, and I think he's just about to launch into a review of these important areas. (Crescent has a growing healthcare division.)
But again he checks himself back. "For the Middle East, I get the sense that crisis fatigue has set in at Davos. For the last five years, there have been the same challenges, the same structural reforms needed. But the net result is…" – he chooses his words carefully – "stagnation at best, and in other areas, like security, humanitarian and geopolitical, a deterioration. After five years of complacence and numbness, it's like Groundhog Day."
Some of his disillusionment stems from early 2016, when a planned regional meeting of the Wef in Sharm El Sheikh was called off on security grounds, and only replaced by a much lower-key affair in Geneva in the summer.
"I didn't go," he says.
Still, he continues, "There are some positive aspects. I think there has been an increasing recognition by the business community that it's in our own self-interest to take part in positive change in the Middle East. But again, how much positive action has there been?
"For example, on youth unemployment, there has been lots of talk, but look at the actual results – lots of layoffs in the workforce as soon as the oil price started to decline. It's the elephant in the room, and we're not really seeing the private sector doing much about it," he says.
It boils down, he says, to the skills gap and to education in the region. "Not the quantity of education, but the quality of it. There is something structurally wrong," he adds, citing regional graduate unemployment as an example of how the system is failing the young generation in the Arab world.
Crescent has a programme that is like a 21st-century equivalent of an apprenticeship, where young people can be trained on the job in the skills of robotics, artificial intelligence and cyber-science. "Now it's the responsibility of business to continue the education process," he says.
I realise that what is on his mind now is not the challenges of running a multinational conglomerate, nor geopolitics, but the challenges facing young people of the next generation and the role of education in helping them to overcome them.
I decide to sit back, finish my club, and just listen. "What the UAE Government has done is good, and it's shone a strong light on where we should be going. But public policy is not enough. There has to be more innovation. How can you explain things like, for example, the low level of patent applications in the Arab world?" he asks, warming up to this theme.
"There are various reasons. A sense of complacency that natural resources would carry us through for many generations, perhaps. And the lack of an enabling environment. Silicon Valley did not pop up overnight with a couple of smart kids in a garage, despite the stories. There was an elaborate policy by the US government to enable companies like Apple by granting them government contracts."
But there are limits to how far governments should intrude on the private sector. "There is a lot of unhealthy competition from governments in the Middle East. Governments control lots of companies that actually should be in the private sector. Governments should be in the business of regulating business. Business should be in the business of business," he says.
He admits there are exceptions, in sectors such as defence and telecommunications. "But governments owning coffee shops, taxi companies and real estate projects? I don't think so," he says emphatically.
Thereafter, the conversation ranges across generations and continents. He invokes the Islamic "golden age" of the eighth and ninth centuries, which "embraced diversity, creating a melting pot of cultures, Arab, Persian, Indian and Chinese, with different skill sets and languages. It led to an incredible boom in innovation then."
He cites Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin, in the same breath as Harun Al Rashid, the caliph of Baghdad who established the Bayt Al Hikma, House of Knowledge, in the Islamic capital.
"All these people were polymaths. Now our education systems are too specialised. We've become obsessed with specialisms. Are there any musicians, artists, poets at the table, or just a set of PhDs? That's another reason for the lack of innovation: there are not enough artists in business. Steve Jobs used to insist there was a poet in the room," he says, apparently clinching his own argument.
The sun has sunk below the skyline of the Alps, and it's time to go. He has evening meetings, so have I.
But while pulling on the overcoat, gloves and scarf obligatory in Davos, he shows me a picture on his phone. "My first child, born a couple of weeks ago," he says, obviously proud of the delightfully cute infant, a daughter.
Mr Jafar now has a very personal stake in the next generation.
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Gazprom indefinitely suspends the development of the Shtokman deposit
On 29 August, Gazprom announced the indefinite suspension of its plan to develop the Shtokman deposit, which is located on the Russian continental shelf in the Barents Sea. A representative of the company stated that the main reason for this decision was the project's excessively high costs. However, he said that no further decisions on this issue, including any possible decision on investments, should be expected before 2014.Representatives of the French company Total denied that the decision was the result of any deal with its Russian partner, and confirmed their interest in continuing cooperation.
Earlier another foreign partner in the project, Norway's Statoil-Hydro, withdrew, giving Gazprom a 24% stake in Shtokman Development AG. Statoil-Hydro's decision was taken after the expiry on 30 June of the framework agreement on the Shtokman project, which the partners had signed in February 2008.
Gazprom's decision resulted from a number of economic factors; one of the most important is the current downturn in the world gas markets, especially in Europe. Also, a technological breakthrough in the US, enabling the extraction of gas from shale, has lowered prices. Another important reason is the higher than originally estimated cost of the project (initially US$12-14 billion, but now around US$30 billion according to current estimates), as well as priority being given to investment in developing the gas deposits on the Yamal (the work is more advanced, the costs are lower, and Gazprom can finance the project itself). Statoil-Hydro's decision to withdraw from the joint venture also had a significant impact on Gazprom, because this costly investment project would not be possible without financial and technological support from foreign partners. In addition Gazprom's project, despite the political support of Vladimir Putin, has not received the concrete assistance from the government which would have aided the investment (such as tax breaks or grants).
Gazprom's behaviour indicates that although the company does not intend to officially give up on one of its strategic projects, in practice it is likely to be limited in the coming years to diversionary activities (it has announced a new expert estimation of the project's costs, as well as talks with current and potential partners on the project's technical details). It is possible that work on the project will resume within 10 to 15 years. Mining the Shtokman deposits (3.9 billion m³ of gas and 53.3 million tons of gas condensate) could prove profitable if the long-term forecasts prove accurate (the IEA estimate that demand for gas will rise by over 50% to 2035).
The suspension of Gazprom's strategic project and Statoil's withdrawal from the Hydro Shtokman Development AG company may also indicate the gas monopoly's declining position in relation to other actors in the Russian energy sector. This is confirmed by the projects with foreign partners being undertaken by Rosneft (which has signed agreements with ENI, Statoil-Hydro and ExxonMobil) and Novatek (with Total).
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About the show
Join host Bob Willbanks, founder of Ambassadors for Business, as he shares lessons from his faith journey, life experiences, and career. Gain insight into connecting your faith values and the work you do each week as Bob interviews guests that model the Christian Worldview. Connecting Faith and Work is a resource of Ambassadors for Business.
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Episodes and Blog Entries
67: Business for Transformation, Part Two, with guest Devin Dickel
Episode | March 2nd, 2020 | 24 mins 20 secs
Devin Dickel from Open USA joins host Bob Willbanks to discuss using business to transform the world for Christ, and how the Christians can look beyond the sacred/secular divide to be witnesses for Christ in the work they do each week.
66: Legacy and Estate Planning with guest Chris Fleck
Episode | February 27th, 2020 | 15 mins 2 secs
Host Bob Willbanks interviews Chris Fleck, an Ambassadors for Business board member and legacy planning expert, on the topic of estate planning and being good stewards of the resources God has given us.
Business for Transformation, Part One, with guest Devin Dickel
Episode | January 22nd, 2020 | 26 mins 23 secs
Devin Dickel from Open USA joins host Bob Willbanks to discuss using business to transform the world for Christ, and how the Christians can look beyond the sacred/secular divide to be witnesses for Christ in the work they do each week.
Align Your Leadership for 2020 with guest Dr. Stephen Crawford
Episode | November 18th, 2019 | 13 mins 46 secs
Dr. Stephen Crawford is a certified coach through the John Maxwell company. Hear how he found his way into coaching, and get a preview of the speakers you can hear at the re-broadcast of the Live2Lead summit hosted by Ambassadors for Business and Experience Leadership Coaching and Consulting on December 10th, 2019.
63: Trusting God as A Christian Business Owner with guest Peter Demos
Episode | October 24th, 2019 | 29 mins 22 secs
Peter Demos is a 4th generation restaurant operator who is committed to honoring God with his business. When he gave his life to Christ, he started exploring what it meant to give every part of his life and business over to God as a ministry and a mission field. Hear him share his story with host Bob Willbanks on this episode of the Connecting Faith and Work podcast.
62: Awakening the Royal Warrior Within with guest Kristina Bonfe
Episode | October 17th, 2019 | 25 mins 17 secs
Kristina Bonfe has an inspirational message of resilience and awakening the the royal warrior within you. Listen to her conversation with host Bob Willbanks on this episode of the Connecting Faith and Work episode!
61: Allowing God to Lead with guest Dr. Ron Hanson
Episode | October 3rd, 2019 | 24 mins 47 secs
Dr. Ronald Hanson shares his perspective on allowing God to lead us in all we do in our faith and work. Listen in as he converses with host Bob Willbanks and continues the conversation about striving to abide in Christ.
60: Resolving the Tension of Striving and Abiding with guest Stephen Crawford
Episode | September 26th, 2019 | 31 mins 4 secs
Stephen Crawford of Experience Leadership joins host Bob Willbanks to share his perspective on resolving the tension between striving and abiding.
Are You Striving To Abide In Christ? with host Bob Willbanks
Episode | September 19th, 2019 | 21 mins 39 secs
Are you striving to be successful in life while disregarding Christ? Or do you think abiding in Christ means you can slack off on your commitments and responsibilities? Join Connecting Faith and Work host Bob Willbanks and producer Larry Kutzler as they discuss these concepts and how we can strive towards abiding in Christ in our day to day lives.
58: Practical Ways to Integrate Your Faith and Work with guests Jim and Martha Brangenberg
Episode | August 29th, 2019 | 23 mins 47 secs
Jim and Martha Brangenberg co-host a radio show about marketplace ministry and bridging the gap between Sunday and the 9-5 work week. In this episode of Connecting Faith and Work they share practical ways to integrate your faith and work.
57: The Gospel at Work with guest Cody James
Episode | August 1st, 2019 | 23 mins 26 secs
cody james, cody james ministries, jail ministry, ministry, music
God is working through Cody James to bring the Gospel to hundreds of jail inmates in the midwest. In this episode of Connecting Faith and Work, Bob Willbanks interviews Cody about his story and you'll get to hear his song "Right Here Waiting."
56: Helping Businesses Connect Faith and Work with guest Richard Coffey
Episode | July 26th, 2019 | 24 mins
RightNow Media @ Work provides Christian business leaders with an online library of videos to provide to employees. Bob Willbanks interviews Richard Coffey from RightNow Media @ Work in this episode of Connecting Faith and Work.
55: God's Ekklesia with guest Jeff Hagen
Episode | July 18th, 2019 | 16 mins 16 secs
Host Bob Willbanks interviews Jeff Hagen about his ministry Hill Cities and the work of Transform our World.
54: Using Your Passion with guests Reen and Linda Waterman
Episode | July 3rd, 2019 | 24 mins 53 secs
Reen and Linda Waterman, founders of Your Refreshed Life, help people renew, reignite, and re-energize so they can take whatever transition point they are at in life and bring their faith into that new season of life.
53: How to Find Rest and Renewal with guests Reen and Linda Waterman
Episode | June 27th, 2019 | 23 mins 35 secs
Reen and Linda Waterman, founders of Your Refreshed Life, help people renew, reignite, and re-energize so they can take whatever transition point they are at in life and bring their faith into that new season of life.
52: Living a God-Centered Life, Part 2, with guest Steve Swain
Episode | June 20th, 2019 | 25 mins 45 secs
Steve Swain, president of CNM Machine, unpacks practical things he does to build a God-centered life at work and at home.


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With the reveal of the new Porsche Panamera edging ever closer, here's everything we know about the updated four-door porker so far.
The car will be unveiled as a static display in Berlin via a live-stream on June 28, but Stuttgart has released a steady stream of teasers aimed at keeping industry and consumer interest high. These teasers and have allowed us to nut out some of the details of the upcoming car.
One thing we know for certain –thanks to Porsche – is the Panamera will have redesigned rear tail lights. With styling cues from the Porsche 911, the redesigned rear lights have been absent from test mules, which have been running with stickers over where the lights should be. However, both the released official photo, and design sketch, hint at a Boxster-inspired style.
Inside the cabin, rumours claim the centre console could be inspired by Porsche's 918 hyper-car. Wheels is told this isn't entirely true, with the Panamera having a clean-sheet design for the interior. Hopefully the sheet isn't entirely blank.
The original Panamera didn't exactly have a positive reputation for its styling. However, spy pics hint at the new four-door having a fresh look, with longer bonnet, and swooping roofline apparent on minimally disguised mules.
The Panamera will also receive a redesigned twin-turbo V8 engine, which is related to Audi's 3.0-litre V6. Power is expected to be around 547-horsepower – with room for more in performance models. It has confirmed to Wheels that two models will be available to Australian customers upon its launch – at least one of which will be a 4S packing a turbo engine.
The VW Group's MSB platform will form the base of the Panamera, using aluminium extensively to drop the weight.
Thirty-four Panamera's have rolled off showroom floors so far this year, up nearly 26-percent on the same point last year.
Porsche Australia was unsure on a specific arrival date for the Panamera as it awaits a final production schedule, but customers will be able to swap their hard-earned for the new model in the first quarter of 2017.
With discussions on specs Australian customers will receive continuing, pricing for the latest incarnation of Panamera is yet to be confirmed.


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The Joseph Calleja annual concert took place at the Floriana Granaries last Sunday.
Apart from the Maltese tenor, the guests included Italian famos star Claudio Baglioni, British singer Leona Lewis and Welsh tenor Bryn Terfel.
Watch highlights of the concert in the footage above, provided by the organisers.
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It's tax time and scammers are out to gain access to your money during this busy time. Media stories highlight how the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is chasing down individual, corporate and business tax evaders and their methods for evading tax – "scamming the system". The ATO has had success in bringing evaders to heel.
However, tax time is a time to be on the lookout for scammers targeting you - the tax payer.
According to the 2018 ACCC's targeting scams report there was 114,000 reports of ATO impersonation scams with $2.8 million in losses from Australians.
These numbers demonstrate that phishing scams are very prevalent and have evolved to become more and more sophisticated. But many common scams are still occurring – including threatening or demanding emails, SMS or phone calls wanting personal details and/or for you to pay "fines", "monies owed" to avoid prosecution.
The best advice is to take a deep breath and consider: Would a government department really contact me like this? If an urgent payment is required, why have I not been engaged previously or received official documents in the mail? Would a business behave in such an unprofessional manner?
Scam emails or SMS can look professional - with logos, etc. – and phone calls can also feel realistic. The best action is call the ATO, or whatever company has sent the communication, to check if the communication is authentic.
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The day was gloomy,
My heart, distraught;
It seems that's the norm,
like it, or not.
Every smile is a frown,
No matter how pleasant;
The world's upside-down,
An unpleasant fragrance.
I step outside to walk around,
From one place to another;
The sun hits me, hot and round;
I look up in awestruck wonder.
A sky of ocean blue,
The paths of snowy white;
My thoughts have been subdued,
And doom doth run in fright.
Though my heart is hurting,
My thoughts, all a mess;
God is faithful, never-changing,
Every day He does bless.
Look up when your heart is down,
Find the path of light;
Jesus Christ will, low, bend down,
Take your hand, and lead you right.
Our failures will always disappoint,
Every blunder, goof-up, and mistake;
We make them often, fall down hard,
That's when, Christ's hand, we take.
As I look at the clouds in the air,
The beautiful, brilliant sunshine;
I realize God made a path for me there,
To wander in the sky.


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At the time of this Adventure 2012 post, I mentioned that it had been 557 days since I enjoyed Tim Hortons, and wondered when the next time would be. Last week, we finally got a chance to return to Canada, and after nearly 4 years (1,444 days), I enjoyed an Iced Capp once again.
Like Adventure 2012, we decided to do a road trip and drive up to Canada. Unlike Adventure 2012, it didn't seem as enjoyable. Maybe it was something we've already done, so the novelty is gone. Maybe we've changed these past 4 years. It could also be that we got sick a day into the trip (and are still recovering as of this moment). Or maybe Adventure 2012 really was the adventure of a lifetime, and nothing will ever come close to it again.
Now that we're on the West Coast, a trip to Tim Hortons is only a short flight away. Until next time, here are some souvenirs I brought back with me.


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Champions Online and launching the game's conversion into a free-to-play model, Shannon "Poz" Posniewski is waving goodbye to Cryptic Studios, at least for now. In a recent news post, it was announced that Posniewski was heading off to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, and in his own words, possibly face death by exposure. Rob Overmeyer has been announced as the man to fill Posniewski's shoes and continue to lead the game into the future.
Although the absence is termed as a vacation (which certainly implies that it's a temporary affair), all signs point to Posniewski's departure being a permanent one. The rather tongue-in-cheek style of the announcement certainly doesn't help matters. While some fans are clamoring for a clarification, it appears the man behind the past year of development is departing the project, which makes it a sad day for Champions Online players pleased with Posniewski's leadership. We wish Poz the best of luck in his future endeavors.


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Top #5: Highly Unsuitable & Embarrassing Crushes
Y'know, the one you have on Enda Kenny or Leo Varadkar. That sort of highly unsuitable and embarrasing crush
Top #5: Things We Are Just So Completely Over
We kant kope with being called hun, having food served on a slate by a hipster with a moustache. All this and more is on our (s)hit list
Top #5: Fashion Expressions That Set Our Teeth On Edge
Would you ever get away out of that with your notions about wearing "a trouser"? And there's plenty more where that came from …
Stay Golden, Ponyboy: The Awesomeness of The Outsiders (And Rumblefish)
I had a serious S.E. Hinton fixation as a kid, reading all her books and making sure to watch The Outsiders at least once a week
We Need to Talk About: The Bullshit of Perfectionism
We all know someone who claims to be a perfectionist, but just what's so great about it anyway?
5 Hot Furniture Designers… and Their Stylin' Designs
Phew! Is it warm in here or is it just the lovely rug that handsome fellow created?
Rosemary Rates: Good Looking Sex Toys
No Rampant Rabbits here or things with realistic veiny bits in lurid pink. These're sex toys you can have out on display
"I Brought You Some Muck And Rocks For Your Breakfast," And Other Things You Will Hear if You Try Paleo
Food restrictions, living like a cavewoman and enduring endless slagging. Here are the trials of a #paleolife
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So if Smile is a Great Accessory, Clearly a Smize is Better: Tyra's Bests
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BAPE Teams up With Japanese Ninja Hattori-Kun on an Anime-Packed Capsule
Appearing alongside Baby Milo.
For its latest collaboration, Japanese streetwear magnate BAPE is honoring Fujiko Fujio's ninja-themed comic Ninja Hattori-Kun. The quintessentially Japanese anime is seen emblazoned upon pullover hoodies and T-shirts, highlighting such characters as Hattori-Kun and Shishimaru, the ninja dog; BAPE's sidekick Baby Milo also appears alongside the gang. The collection will also incorporate Japanese karakusa patterns and BAPE's signature ABC CAMO.
The Hattori-Kun x BAPE capsule collection will be available at BAPE retailers and online this Saturday, January 13. In the meantime, check out this week's hottest product drops.


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ROFL. This is not only hysterical but also incredibly insightful.
tl/dr: Some people who have language disorders are unable to understand the meaning of words. Instead, they rely on facial expression and tone. In other words, they compensate their linguistic incompetency with an infallible precision and sensitivity to "tone" and feeling. People who have a particular language disorder called aphasia can't be lied to because they can't grasp the words being used to deceive. A psychologist describes the patients in an psych ward listing to Ronald Reagan's presidential speech and laughing hysterically. Why? Because, even though most in the ward couldn't understand the words, they could tell by their other perceptions that he was lying. A patient who had tonal agnosia (a former English teacher) said of the president's speech: "He is not cogent. He does not speak good prose. His word-use is improper. Either he is brain-damaged, or he has something to conceal."
Here then was the paradox of the President's speech. We normals - aided, doubtless, by our wish to be fooled, were indeed well and truly fooled. ('Populus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur'). And so cunningly was deceptive word-use combined with deceptive tone, that only the brain-damaged remained intact, undeceived.


text: August 11, 2018 Donnelly, H Grattan Tagged: Author (1850-1931) Irish-born playwright and author, in US from early manhood; he wrote three sf novels: The Coming Crown (1880 chap), a Satire on tendencies he detected for the American presidency to become a form of monarchy in the Near Future; '84, a Political Revelation (1883 chap), which predicts further postbellum turmoils; and The Stricken Nation (1890 chap), depicting a Future War in which an unprepared America is devastated by a ruthless Great Britain (see Invasion). The cover illustration for this tale includes an early depiction of the Statue of Liberty under threat (see Ruins and Futurity). Darkest Russia (1896) is a melodrama featuring nihilists in Russia; its fantastic content, if any, has not been determined. [JC]Henry Grattan Donnelly (first name has also been given as Hugh)born Ireland: 1850died New York: July 1931works The Coming Crown (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Ferguson Brothers and Co, 1880) [chap: pb/] '84, a Political Revelation (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Donnelly and Co, 1883) [chap: pb/] The Stricken Nation (New York: C T Baker, 1890) [chap: pb/] Darkest Russia (New York: Street and Smith, 1896) [novelizing his 1894 play: filmed in 1917: hb/]links Internet Speculative Fiction Database Previous versions of this entry 07/08/2007 20/12/2011 20/08/2012 09/08/2013 25/10/2014 02/04/2015 25/08/2015 26/09/2015 14/01/2017 25/05/2017


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text: In our last blog, we talked about the key categories of Belgian beer. After exploring these categories and finding a few favourites, you're going to want to start storing them at home to enjoy at your leisure. These top tips will ensure that you get the most out of your home cellar system, so read on to find out more. Position Beer should always be stored upright. This makes the yeast sink to the bottom and ensures that there are no yeast rings or watermarks on the side of the bottle. It also helps to prevent oxidation, allowing your beer to last longer. Light Exposure to light can completely ruin the taste of your beer, so ensure that it's stored in a dim or dark location for the best possible results. Temperature Temperature is another important factor when storing beer. Too hot and it will spoil; too cold and it will become dull and cloudy. The ideal temperature for most beers is somewhere between 8˚C and 12˚C. Keep records Most people gradually build-up their cellar over time, so it's important to label your bottles and keep track of how old everything is. As well as ensuring that nothing goes off, this allows you to age your beer and experiment with the taste at different maturities. We would love to see your home cellar set-up. Share your cellar with us on Facebook and Twitter for the chance to win the Cellar of the Week award.


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Safety Critical User Interface Development
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The user interface is undoubtedly one of the most important parts of any system to get right. The ability of end users to operate systems safely and make correct decisions depends on how well information is presented to them and how well the user interface integrates with the system software behind.
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This morning–my third day as a Summer Fellow at Actors' Theatre of Columbus–I woke up at 6am, went to the gym, came home and got ready, and drove over to ATC's offices in Schiller Park in German Village to begin my work day. Nothing about my morning routine is all that exciting, but I'm–at the moment–quite thrilled by its novelty. I've never worked what I call a "job job." Prior to coming to graduate school at The Ohio State University, where I am pursuing my MFA in the Department of Dance, I danced professionally with an intergenerational, contemporary dance company where I was fortunate enough to be hired full time as a dancer, choreographer, and teacher. The bulk of my days were spent in the studio in rehearsal, or out on the road performing and teaching, supplemented by time in our offices doing administrative work to assist our staff. Prior to that, I was a freelance dancer and choreographer and did arts administration work for a company with which I also danced.
My arts administration work, primarily in communications, marketing, and grant writing, has always been directly connected to my artistic work as a dancer, which instilled in me an understanding of the connection between the artistry that goes into the very visible work of dance performance, and the often unseen administrative work (an art of its own) that makes it possible.
In my job at ATC this summer, I get to be firmly on the administrative side of things, and I have to say: I love it. I come in each day and sit at my desk among costumes and props, and I get to focus on a specific set of tasks that will support the artists of ATC who create free, live, outdoor theatre for Columbus audiences. It's certainly not a typical 9-5 job (no arts job is), but I'm enjoying the schedule and pace of each day as I dig deeply into my work.
This week I'm developing audience surveys to be administered at ATC's performances in Schiller Park, as well as longer surveys that selected audience members will take online at home. Survey design is not in my background, so much of my work early in the week was researching best practices for creating and administering surveys, as well as having conversations with Managing Director Adam Simon, Interim Artistic Director Philip J. Hickman, and Office Manager Melody Reed. I interviewed them about their survey goals, past surveys they've conducted, and what information they wanted to gather. I was really interested to note truly how valuable a survey can be to an arts organization in terms of their grant reporting, their marketing strategies, and their educational programming. The successful implementation of these surveys over the course of the summer is going to generate information that truly allows ATC to know their audiences well so they can better serve the Columbus community.
Tomorrow night, I'll be out in the Park for the first time talking to audience members and administering surveys. Come on out to see the show, Captain Blood, and stop by and say hi!


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by Bevan
(Warkworth, New Zealand)
Help please!
Our 10 week old white bunny doe has a diet of grass and pellets, the odd carrot etc and normally perfectly happy.
We recently sold her brother, she has since lost all her bounce, thought it was just moping and waited for the goldfish-bowl memory to lapse.
Bunny is still active, but lethargic, has a green stain in the fur each side under her chin /jaws.
We originally thought it was just grass stain, but has not had it before and it's not going away. Appears to have lost condition, rather worried it is dying on us :(
Any Suggestions please?
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Most meals today are eaten on the go. Meals are eaten in cars, while doing other tasks (aka working at your desk while chowing down your lunch), grabbing dinner on the way to kids practice or evening meetings, any of this sound familiar? Not only does this eliminate all the other aspects we where intended to get from eating (emotional and physiological connection and satisfaction) but it is in fact making us fat! Everything in our health and well being works together as a synergistic whole. We where meant to take time to nourish ourselves at meals not only to satisfy us on all levels, but also because our digestion is a process that takes time and works best under relaxing conditions and because it reduces stress hormones in the body that lead to weight gain. When we bypass the natural ways of the body, we end up with unwanted consequences, in this case, unwanted pounds.
Here are 3 ways Eating on the Go is Making You Fat...
1. Increased Stress Hormones = Increased Fat
When we eat in rushed and hurried ways we put our body in a state of stress. Being in a state of stress increases the body's hormone Cortisol. Cortisol has been termed the "stress hormone" because excess cortisol is secreted during times of physical or psychological stress, which disrupts the normal pattern of cortisol in the body. This disruption of cortisol not only promotes weight gain, but it can also affect where you put on the weight. Some studies have shown that stress and elevated cortisol tend to cause fat deposition in the abdominal area rather than in the hips. This fat deposition has been referred to as "toxic fat" since abdominal fat deposition is strongly correlated with the development of cardiovascular disease including heart attacks and stroke.
2. Decreased Digestion = Increased Fat
Digestion is one of the most important processes in the body, consuming 80% of all available energy. It is also the strongest link to healthy metabolism and a naturally balanced weight. Eating in a state of stress, aka rushing around to your next activity, activates the "flight or fight" response in your central nervous system, causing digestion to shut down because your central nervous system shuts down blood flow, affects the contractions of your digestive muscles, and decreases secretions needed for digestion. This means your mean is not digested well, meaning more of it gets stored as fat instead of effectively processed. Eating in a state of stress can also cause inflammation of the gastrointestinal system, and make you more susceptible to infection.
3. Increased Emotional Eating = Increased Fat
Eating is meant to be a time we nourish ourselves physically as well as emotionally. When we don't take the time to make a meal, sit down and enjoy it with the people we love or even just ourselves, we do not get the emotional nourishment we are intended to get from our meals. This leaves us emotionally deficient, and anytime we are deficient in anything we seek it elsewhere. This is one of the areas that contributes to the cycle of emotional eating. Emotional eating quickly increases weight because it is not food we need, but excess and excess is always stored as fat.
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Category Archives: SharePoint 2013
Office 365 and Azure Logic Apps Connector Requests
After my first encounter with the Azure Logic Apps, I also saw room for more. Here are my favorite Connector requests on UserVoice to make more interesting Recipes: Office 365 Related: Delve Board, trigger on a New Article for a Board Office365 Group Provisioning Tasks, Project Server, Planner based Triggers and Actions Updates/Additions for the SharePoint… Read More »
Tasks – Where Exchange and SharePoint used to meet
Today I received a note from Office 365 stating that the Tasks Page is going to be removed. "We will be deprecating the My Tasks page in SharePoint Online over the coming weeks. This page was available on a user's personal site (About Me > Tasks). If you would like to continue using the My… Read More »
Updated guidance on HA, DA, SP2013 and SQL
Microsoft has updated the guidance on high availability and disaster recovery options that are supported with SharePoint 2013 and SQL Server. The article now includes information on which SharePoint database can be used with ASYNC in a SQL 2012 Availability Group. Spencer Harbar made a nice overview of what is supported based on the new… Read More »
The end of InfoPath
At the end of last month, the Office team announced the end of the Desktop Client/Application InfoPath: "We're retiring InfoPath and investing in new forms technology across SharePoint, Access, and Word. This means that InfoPath 2013 is the last release of the desktop client, and InfoPath Forms Services in SharePoint Server 2013 is the last… Read More »
SharePoint 2013 – SP1 available
So not long after the announcement and just in time for the SPC14 Microsoft had released Service Pack 1 for SharePoint 2013 (and other parts of Office). You can read more on the release here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/office_sustained_engineering/archive/2014/02/25/announcing-the-release-of-service-pack-1-for-office-2013-and-sharepoint-2013.aspx KB Article links: SharePoint Server 2013 SP1 2817429 Download Project Server 2013 SP1 2817434 Office Web Apps Server 2013 SP1… Read More »
Meet the SharePoint FormDigest
Even as we move "forward" as SharePoint Community with SharePoint Apps, there is also still great value in Farm Solutions and the development we can do there. One of the scenario's we all implement is probably something like this: Client application (browser) -> POST JSON data -> Custom WCF REST Service located in /_layouts/ ->… Read More »
New TechNet Article; Troubleshooting Hybrid Office 365 and SharePoint 2013
Microsoft just published a new article for anyone working on hybrid cloud: Office 365 and SharePoint 2013. Learn about common testing practices, and how to troubleshoot common hybrid scenarios in SharePoint 2013: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn518363.aspx There are some useful tools, and web resources to use.
Best practices: crawling in SharePoint Server 2013 (UPDATED)
I saw this posted on facebook by Spencer, a new article on best practices for setting up and configuring crawling in SharePoint Server 2013. Here is one that haunted the project I was a part of some time ago (-: "Crawl the default zone of SharePoint web applications" "When you crawl the default zone of… Read More »
New TechNet Site: Governance in SharePoint 2013
Microsoft has recently, 18th of November of 2013, launched a new section over at TechNet titled "Governance planning in SharePoint 2013." And it is great to see that Microsoft is releasing this type of content for all of us to use. "Governance is the set of policies, roles, responsibilities, and processes that control how an… Read More »
UPDATED: Service Pack 1 for SharePoint 2013 announced
Right on schedule, well almost, Service Pack 1 is announced for Office, Exchange and SharePoint 2013, and should arrive in the beginning of 2014. Just before the SharePoint Conference in March in Las Vegas So the somewhat weird part of the post is this: "As we look forward we'll continue to deliver rapid innovation through our… Read More »
FTC to CAM: Content Types, Site Columns and declaritive XML
So, remember a while back, when SP2013 was first released and there was this TechNet Article stating something on Sandboxed Solutions being deprecated? Well that was changed soon after off course. But still Vesa "vesku" Juvonen has been posting some great articles on moving from FTC (Full Trust Code Solutions) to the new CAM (Cloud App… Read More »
SharePoint 2013 October 2013 CU (update)
There are new Cumulative Updates available for SharePoint Foundation 2013, SharePoint Server 2013 and Project Server 2013. The KB articles for this October CU are at the following locations: KB 2825674 – SharePoint Foundation 2013 October 2013 CU KB 2825647 – SharePoint Server 2013 October 2013 CU KB 2825650 – SharePoint Server 2013 with Project Server October 2013 CU KB 2825686 – Office… Read More »
Yammer, SharePoint 2013 and Office 365
Just noticed two great sources of information for Yammer and SharePoint 2013 On Prem and Yammer and Office 365. A whitepaper is available: Learn how to replace the social features in SharePoint Server 2013 with equivalent Yammer features in a SharePoint Server 2013 on-premises deployment. Integrate Yammer with on-premises SharePoint 2013 environments (white paper) (direct… Read More »
SharePoint Conference 2014 Registration
So the SharePoint Conference 2014 is in a couple of months. It starts on March 3rd 2014, and ends on March 6th. And it will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada. See all the available info at: http://www.sharepointconference.com/ There is even a pre and post conference day. Topics include Yammer, Hybrid with SP Online, Migrate to the new App… Read More »
MVC, SharePoint Apps and SharePointContextFilter
Visual Studio 2013, in RC now, comes with MVC App Templates for SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint Online. The MVC template gives you several different layouts. Empty all the way to some pre-configured application. The best part, with this new MVC Template comes a pair of helper classes: [SharePointContextFilterAttribute] and [SharePointContext]. "These APIs wrap a series of steps… Read More »
Workflow Manager for SharePoint 2013
Spencer Harbar has written a nice and complete series of articles on the new Workflow Manager Farms for SharePoint 2013. Part 1: Core Concepts and Critical Considerations Part 2: Workflow Manager Farm using Auto Generated Certificates Part 3: Workflow Manager Farm using Domain CA issued certificates Part 4: End to End Configuration using Domain CA issued… Read More »
Configuring SharePoint 2013 Search REST API for anonymous users (AUTOMATED)
Waldek has posted on this topic already, and has an extensive post available. This post only contains a simple automated solution. The issue/goal here is: "One of the great capabilities of SharePoint 2013 is the Search REST API. Unfortunately it's disabled for anonymous users by default. Find out how to enable SharePoint 2013 Search REST… Read More »
Shredded Storage and the Evolution of SharePoint's Storage Architecture
Bill Baer posted a great post on "Overview of Shredded Storage in SharePoint 2013". "SharePoint Server 2013 provides an improved level of IO and storage efficiency through a new storage capability known as Shredded Storage. Shredded storage is a new data platform improvement in SharePoint 2013 related to the management of large binary objects (I.e.… Read More »
Having a Watchdog enabled Load Balancer work with SharePoint
For a project of mine, I wanted to have the Load Balancer check if SharePoint was still working as part of the Load Balance configuration. This is done with a WatchDog on the Load Balancer side. This WatchDog performs a HTTP Request [HEAD] on a URL to check if the HTTP STATUS CODE is [200]… Read More »


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Mystery Foto #46 Solved:A View of the Motor Parkway looking West from the Officials' Stand/Press Box
Did you identify another section of the Motor Parkway that was used for the Vanderbilt Cup Races?
Answers to the Mystery Foto questions:
- Where is the location of the Mystery Foto and orientation of the photographer?
Looking west from a top of Officials'Stand/Press Box in the Hempstead Plains (now Levittown).
- Which Vanderbilt Cup Races were run in this section?
1908, 1909 and 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races, the 1908 Motor Parkway Sweepstakes, and the associated 1909 and 1910 sweepstakes races.
- Identify the significant buildings and Motor Parkway structures
Newbridge Road Motor Parkway Bridge, the Newbridge Hotel and the Ladenburg Windmill. Construction of the grandstand pits and the barbed wire fence around the Officials' Stand Press Box can also be seen.
- What was the appropriate month and date of the Mystery Foto? Provide a rationale.
My best guess is September to early October 1908 prior to the Motor Parkway Sweepstakes held on October 10, 1908. Rationale: Posts have been installed and construction shed still in place.
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Congrats to Greg O., Michael LaBarbera, Tim Ivers, Brian McCarthy, Steve Lucas, Frank Mendyk and Frank Femenias for identifying the correct Hempstead Plains location.
Kudos to Greg O., Michael LaBarbera, Tim Ivers, Brian McCarthy and Frank Mendyk for identifying the Newbridge Road Motor Parkway Bridge and the Newbridge Hotel.
Howard Kroplick
The Mystery Foto was taken from atop the Officials Stand/Press Box seen here.
The Newbridge Road Motor Parkway Bridge and the Newbridge Hotel
Look carefully and you can seen the Ladenburg windmill in East Meadow
-Where is the location of the Mystery Foto and orientation of the photographer?
This photo was taken looking West from the Press Box/Officials Stand in the Hempstead Plains (now Levittown.)
-Which Vanderbilt Cup Races were run in this section?
1908, '09, '10
-Identify the significant buildings and Motor Parkway structures
Newbridge Rd bridge,The New Bridge Hotel on Newbridge Road
-What was the appropriate month and date of the Mystery Foto? Provide a rationale.
October 1908 LIMP completed, but race not run yet.
Great picture looking west at the grandstand area and the pits before they were built. Sometime around early 1908. You can see the layout for the pressbox on the other side. Looking into the distance is the Newbridge road bridge and the Newbridge Hotel. Also in the distance is the Westbury Road Bridge and the Ladenburg Farm windmill in the background.
Looking west from Levittown grandstand area.
Turning left (south) in area now known as Orchid Road then right at Newbridge Road
with Newbridge Hotel visible.
1908-1910 races on this stretch.
Hmm. That open patch seems too small for the grandstand and no sign of the press box. Pits? Other clues? Can't make out details but that big porch rules out Garden City with the Clinton bridge beyond. Early construction - see the water pipe at right. I have to assume that's the omni-present Ladenburgh windmiill on the horizon. Pass. Sam, III
*Location & direction of Foto: A broadly west view in Hempstead Plains/Levittown NY.
*Races held here: 1908, 1909 & 1910 Vanderbilt Cup.
*Buildings & Structures: Noted on the map attached.
*Date of Foto: My thoughts - Think this photo was taken from the Press Box. Both the Grandstand & Officials Stand/Press Box were built by Sept 1908 ( the attached image ). The attached image shows no guard railing. But railing must have been erected by Oct 10 ( sweepstakes images show railing ). The sheds I see were likely for the road crews, maybe outhouses? Have to go to the bathroom somewhere. My answer is early October 1908.
We're looking west in the Hempstead Plains (now Levittown) with the Newbridge Road LIMP bridge in the distance along with the Newbridge Hotel. This section was used for the 1908, 1909, and 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races. In addition to the bridge, we're also looking at the remains of the grandstand, pits, and parking area. I think the photo was taken from the Press Box / Officials Stand. Since the grandstand is down and the press box was still up, the date is probably around November / December, 1910.
LIMP - Hempstead Plains now Levittown looking west towards Newbridge Rd.
1908 -1910 Vanderbilt Cup races where held at the location
Grandstands and pit areas for the 1908 cup race now Orchid and Crocus Lane Levittown
The parkway looks new and most likely just completed in either September or October 1908. Photo was taken from the original building/grandstand at the location
The LIMP Newbridge Rd bridge and the New Bridge Hotel can be seen in the distance
Whoa! Almost missed this. Island Trees/Levittown, site of Grandstand/Press stand looking west. Newbridge bridge and hotel in the distance. 1908-10 VCR. Soon before 1908 race. Grandstand construction pic? Never seen this one before, awesome views!!! Where is everybody?
Great shot of the curve. Don Reilly riding his childhood bike on "Old Motor" was inquiring 3 weeks ago what it may have looked like in its glory. Great photo Howard.
Some say the photo is during the 1908 race construction, others say it's after the 1910 race demolition. I believe it's earlier. Which is it?
Hi Frank. If an image of the area can be found where the shed is ( south & west ) removed during the races, then we would know for sure that the Foto is 1908 thru 1910. If an image shows the shed existing, there couldn't be a way to know if this Foto was earlier or later. As I zoomed in, the boundary fence is diverted ( entire shed is within the ROW ). That rectangular bare area on the same side 'appears significant', but I know the grandstand was just east of where the guardrail ends. Were those really rest areas that I pointed out?
Brian - What sold me that photo was taken before the 1908 race is how the grass on the south side by the boundary fence is still untouched. If I remember correctly Al Velocci once said the property south of the RoW was leased for the placement of the grandstand. If this photo was taken after 1910, that section of grass would show dirt after demolition. Based on photos, I know the Official's Stand was built roughly centered to the larger Grandstand, and also centered to the mechanic's pits. That cleared-out dirt section on the south side could be initial construction for the west pits, and the Grandstand would eventually extend 50ft south beyond the LIMP boundary fence that is still in place. Besides all this the parkway looks new, no tire marks.


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Westborough – Helena K. Engberg, 94, passed away peacefully Monday, Oct. 2, 2017 at Whitney Place in Westborough.
Helena was born Oct. 21, 1922 in Somerville. She was the oldest of three children born to the late Erford and Wyona Kemp.
Helena leaves her son, Eric and his wife Nancy of Westborough; her four grandchildren, Kristina Petrazzuoli and her husband Dr. Marco Petrazzuoli of Orange, Conn., Nika Engberg and her husband Nick Brown of Natick, Dr. Zebediah Engberg of Mt. Pleasant, Utah, and Sage Engberg of Mt Pleasant, Utah; and her three great-grandsons, Mario and Max Petrazzuoli and Zane Engberg. Her loving husband of 65 years, Harold Engberg, predeceased her in 2011.
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Theo Parrish releases a compilation of Chicago House producer Leron Carson's work from back in the day - touched up by Omar S.
After the previous post...about the Roland TB303...I've been listening to many of my oldschool 12"s and albums from back in the day. So I was pleasantly supprised when I came accross this release on one of my favourite contemporary labels - Theo Parrish's 'Sound Signature Label'.
Fact Magazine states "This week sees the release of Red Lightbulb Theory '87-'88, a compilation of tracks he recorded when Carson was in his mid-teens. Over twenty years after these tunes were cut to tape, Parrish is releasing them on 2x12" via his Sound Signature label, with some re-engineering from AOS aka Detroit's man-of-the-year Omar-S. What's great about tracks is how raw and unfussy they are: proper Chicago box jams, recorded without sequencing and relying on cassette tape overdubs for layering".
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FC Platinum play for pride
FC Platinum will this afternoon seek a perfect end to an otherwise poor Confederation of African Football (Caf) Champions League campaign when they host the royalty of the competition, Esperance Tunis, at the City of Kings' Barbourfields Stadium.
Their quest for delayed perfection, however, suffered a big blow with the inury of Perfect Chikwende, who was the driving force behind their impressive 2-all draw against Orlando Pirates last week.
Despite that and the loss of other players through suspensions, coach Norman Mapeza remains optimistic of a positive result.
This match will be a dead rubber in its true sense because it will not alter anything, with the holders of the trophy having already qualified while FC Platinum are already eliminated.
But despite that, the match will not be without life as FC Platinum will be looking to use this match to restore a bit of pride, considering they will soon be back representing Zimbabwe in the premier club competition on the continent.
Defenders Gift Bello, Kevin Moyo and midfielder Kelvin Madzongwe are suspended, while striker Lameck Nhamo is sidelined through injury.
Mapeza still wants to see the side that runs out today playing their hearts out for pride.
"We just have to finish our games on a good note and we continue where we left against Orlando Pirates. Everything is fine, except those guys who are suspended and definitely Perfect (Chikwende) is not going to be involved tomorrow. He got a groin problem in Johannesburg and definitely tomorrow he will be out," Mapeza said.
The FC Platinum coach said they go into the game with the same approach they had when they ventured into the tournament.
"The attitude is the same. I will never change anything in football, whether it is a friendly or whatever it is. We play our games to win. There is no time to say we are out; not with me. It's the mentality, the same attitude, same approach and the same desire we had when we started this Caf Champions League. We will push to win the game," Mapeza added.
FC Platinum started the campaign with a goalless draw at home against Pirates at Barbourfields Stadium on January 12, followed by a 2-0 defeat to Esperance in Tunis six days later.
They returned home and lost 1-0 to Horoya at Barbourfields. The Guineans then completed a double over the Zvishavane-based side with a 2-0 win in Conakry on February 12, sealing FC Platinum's fate.
They have only managed a paltry two points from two draws in five games.
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