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The ActiLingua Academy which specialises in teaching German in Vienna has a special offer for agents.
First Impressions from the ActiLingua Summer Programmes
On the 2nd of July, the first students of our Summer School 12-17 and our Holiday Course 16-19 started their German course and they have already experienced a lot.
In the morning, German classes take place in international study groups, the course content tailored to these age groups. In the afternoons or evenings, the students can get to know Vienna and enjoy the summer with their peers.
Under the hashtag #myALmoment, ActiLingua's students post their most beautiful experiences and have the chance to win a weekly prize.
For the Summer School there are still a few places left from July 30th to August 5th, 2017. Contact AtiLingua for more information about our last minute offer.
Vienna Highlight: Open-air Cinemas
Mild summer evenings and open-air cinema - in Vienna one can enjoy this perfect combination.
In July and August, classic tones sound over the Town Hall Square, as the summer cinema shows, among other things, operas, operettas and ballet.
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Food Photographers in Namibia
Here are the listings of Food Photographers for Food photography work in Namibia. Each photographer has its profile with portfolio of photography work, specialities and other details. You can use the filter facility on the left to exactly find an appropriate photographer in your area.
Free listings 2 Food Photographers in Namibia get listed here →
Christian Stiebahlno portfolio
Namibia, Swakopmund
Chicky-Boo Photographyno portfolio
Swakopmund, Namibia based photographer.
Why you should choose a photographer serving Namibia?
There are many reasons why someone would hire a professional Namibia Food photographer ... Some Food photographers offer video shooting as well. Hiring a Namibia Food photographer is an important decision that requires researching local photographers, learning a bit about photo equipment and style and finding the right personality. Be aware that some of the better Food photographers are booked up to 2 years in advance. Be sure that all of the details are clearly outlined in your contract with your Namibia Food photographer. By hiring a creative, experienced and reputable Namibia Food photographer, you can ensure that you'll get high-quality and professional photos.

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During the game against Sac State there will be free T-shirts given away to 20 lucky fans. These T-Shirts were kindly donated by No Jive Guide Service.Read more
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Onkyo T3 Portable Bluetooth Speaker - Black
Please note: this device is compatible with Bluetooth enabled smartphones and tablets
Onkyo's dedication to audio purity goes compact and wireless. Fitting comfortably into your backpack or purse, the T3 Bluetooth speaker is perfect for indoor and outdoor use, and its leather cover makes it easy to carry around. Combining advanced audio technology with Bluetooth connectivity, the portable speaker also includes a power bank function keeps your mobile devices charged wherever you go.
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Biennale Apartments
Biennale Apartments
The two Biennale apartments were recently renovated and are the ideal choice for a vacation in Venice as a couple or with the family in spacious and bright apartments with modern and functional design, just minutes from the Biennale Gardens. An excellent starting point for visiting both the historic centre and the Lido of Venice.
The two apartments are finely furnished and overlook a typical Venetian calle. They have a shared entrance and all the best comforts. Each has a living room with a sofa bed and equipped kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom, and are an ideal choice for business trips or for groups of friends (maximum 8 people).
- Free WiFi
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- Flat screen TV with satellite channels
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Quick info
- Check in: 4 pm
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- To better organize your check-in, please communicate your arrival time in Venice
- Transfer service to/from the airport or train station on request
Apartment with a small courtyard
From 1 to 4 guests
Apartment on the mezzanine floor with an internal courtyard for exclusive use, a double room with a queen size bed, large living room with a queen size sofa bed, kitchenette completely equipped with all appliances and dishes, and private bathroom with shower. Booking only on request.
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Located on the first floor, the apartment has a master bedroom with a queen size bed and bathroom with bathtub, large living room with a queen size sofa bed and a bathroom with shower, as well as a kitchenette equipped with appliances and dishes. Booking only on request.


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Mike Tyson had strange role on Wednesday 'Law & Order'
Mike Tyson guest-starred on NBC's Law & Order: SVU on Wednesday night playing Reggie, a victim of multiple rape.
Tyson's performance was adequate (and without his signature face tattoo), although the role required little of the former undisputed heavyweight boxing champion of the world but to play a twisted variation of himself.
Twisted in that Tyson was convicted of the real-life rape of 18-year-old Desiree Washington in 1992 and sentenced to three years in prison for his crime.
Casting actors in contrary roles is not a new thing for SVU. Ice-T, who previously released the controversial track "Cop Killer," has played detective Fin Tutuola on SVU for the past 13 years.
Watching Tyson's performance, you are asked to feel bad for the character he is playing, while fully aware of the real-life actions of the actor whose life detoured into criminal activity.
It's an uncomfortable, stomach-knotting position to be in, but also one not unfamiliar to frequent SVU viewers. The show's innate ability to be overly morose and morbid is one of the reasons for its 14-year run on television.


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Each teacher is carefully selected for his/her educational background, teaching experience and sensitivity to the individual needs of the young child.
Each teacher has at minimum, a degree/credential in child development or a related field and is responsible for the curriculum planning and development of the classroom program, following the school's philosophy and based on the developmental needs of the children.
All DCH Preschool staff members are subject to a CORI and SORI through the state of Massachusetts prior to beginning employment.
We celebrate the longevity of our staff with some members of our staff having worked at the DCH Preschool for over 25 years!
Preschool Director
Katrina Tober
Katrina A. Tober grew up in the Midwest but her family roots are here in Dedham. She received her B.A. in History from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in 1994. She moved to the Boston area after college to pursue a career in teaching and received her Master's in Early Childhood Education from Lesley University. Katrina had over 17 years of experience teaching and directing in preschools in Belmont, Brookline and Weston, as well as in Providence, Rhode Island before joining DCH in June 2013. She also serves on the board of a nonprofit day camp located on the coast of Maine. Katrina and her husband Ben live in Dedham with their son. She is thrilled to be the Director at the Dedham Community House Preschool!
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Jeanne Akasten
Jeanne grew up in Auburn, Massachusetts and has lived in the Boston area since graduating from college. She received her B.A. in Sociology from Framingham State University. After 10 years in retail management, Jeanne decided to follow her dream of becoming a teacher and returned to school. She received her Master's degree in Early Childhood Education from Lesley University in 1999. Jeanne spent 13 years as Assistant Director/Lead Teacher at a preschool in Cambridge, MA before joining DCH in July 2013.


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Saturday, April 23, 2011
Invitation Only Upload
On June 26th I am having an invitation only doll sale. I will have a minimum of 15 dolls and a variety of clothes and accessories. As I wrote in my previous post, this is for families that have never owned a Moonchild doll. Whether you bought one, received one as a gift, traded for one or even bought one and no longer have it, you are not eligible to participate in this sale. I will still upload dolls and clothes to my Etsy shop
I am closing sign ups for this round at midnight (pacific time) on Monday April 25. I will send an email to all participants. On June 20th I will send and invite to you all to join the Moonchild Doll blog where you can preview the dolls, clothes and accessories. They will have descriptions and prices.
At a set time (which I will specify in the email) you will have the opportunity to place a comment under the doll you wish to purchase. The limit is 1 doll only. You may comment on clothing and accessories as well and there is not a limit on those. The first comment under each item is the person who has first option to purchase the doll. If you do not see the right doll for you, you may be stay on the list to have access to the next sale. If you receive a Moonchild doll before then you will be removed from the list.
The next invitation only sale will be in August.
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- marirob said...
Wow Berrie! The newbies are so lucky - 15 dolls? Amazing! What a wonderful way to spread the love! I have a question - will you be posting photos of the dolls after you sell them so we can all enjoy them? I always love seeing photos of your dolls!
- April 24, 2011 at 8:16 AM
- Andrea said...
How do I add my name to the list?
- April 25, 2011 at 3:33 AM
I would also like to sign up for the invitation only sale
- April 25, 2011 at 5:48 PM
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Tesla Model III and Chevy Bolt will be in face to face competition and it is great news for electric cars mass market. Apple's wild card with iCar is getting serious now after the latest reports from Bloomberg and A123 legal battle.
Apple Wants to Start Producing Electric Cars as Soon as 2020.
Now Bloomberg reports more details about Apple Electric iCar programme. We are getting ready!


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The latest Issue of Regenerative Medicine is now available online
Have a look at the articles in RME Volume 10 issue 04
The latest issue of Regenerative Medicine is online now! You can view the table of contents here.
The free to access Editorial is "Controlled mechanotransduction in therapeutic MSCs: can remotely controlled magnetic nanoparticles regenerate bones?" authored by James Henstock and Alicia El Haj.
The issue features a Commentary by Leigh Turner on "US clinics marketing unproven and unlicensed adipose-derived autologous stem cell interventions" as well as a Preliminary Communication entitled "Increases in plasma Tβ4 after intracardiac cell therapy in chronic ischemic heart failure is associated with symptomatic improvement" by Fizzah Choudry et al.
Make sure you also check out the free to access World Stem Cell Summit 2014 Conference Report by Norio Nakatsuji et al, as well as Dusko Ilic's Industry Update, describing the latest developments in the field of regenerative medicine.
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Tag Archive | Word a week photo challenge
Word a week photo challenge: Window
I took this photo while sitting on my bed in my hotel in Queenstown, New Zealand a few years ago. It was one of those photos you take at the time but only realise how much you like it when looking at it later. I sat down, noticed the view and got up to get my camera. I love the colours, particularly of the Lake.
Word a week photograph: Remote (Kakadu National Park)
Kakadu in the Northern Territory is one of the most remote areas in the world. It's one of the most beautiful places I've visited in Australia. It is extremely sparsely populated. The scenery is spectacular and gorgeous. This picture looks like a painting.
Word a Week Photo Challenge: Yellow
Yellow is one of the colours that make up the uniform of Aussie surf lifesavers. These are some of the bollards in Geelong on the bollards walk.
I love the soft shade of yellow in this rose.
Word a week challenge: High
Ayers Rock (Uluru) from thousands of metres in the air.
Word a week challenge….Lines (2)
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Kelly Osbourne Reportedly Engaged to Boyfriend Matthew Mosshart
It looks there may be a new son-in-law in the First Family of Darkness. According to Us Weekly, Kelly Osbourne -- reality TV star and daughter of rock icon Ozzy Osbourne -- is secretly engaged to her boyfriend, chef Matthew Mosshart.
A source close to the couple tells the magazine they quietly got engaged just before Christmas. Osbourne, 28, is the co-host of the E! reality show 'Fashion Police,' and she met the 29-year-old chef a year and a half ago at the wedding of her friend, model Kate Moss.
While the pair have remained publicly mum about their engagement, Osbourne has not been shy about her feelings for Mosshart. "I'm in love and I don't care who knows about it!" she tweeted last June.
"Kelly is the happiest she's ever been," a friend of hers tells Us. "Her career is going well, and she's in a healthy relationship with a wonderful guy."
Maybe this means Ozzy will become a grandfather yet again. Kelly's brother Jack got married just last October, and his new daughter Pearl spent New Year's Day with her doting grandpa, otherwise known as the Prince of Darkness.


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At a time of unprecedented structural change in the financial services industry, banks and credit unions and other financial institutions are contending with increasing challenges, including compliance with new regulations, increased customer demand, data security, increased competition and maintaining customer loyalty.
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Gallery 800 "Landscape" Exhibit This Sunday in the NoHo Arts District
Sunday, 03-24-2013, is an excellent day to take in some art. Gallery 800 is offering a superb collection of "Landscapes" from the stable of talent from The Art Directors Guild (IATSE Local 800) membership. I attended one of Gallery 800's opening a … Continue reading
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For the past twenty-five years, Janelle Anne Robinson has enjoyed an ongoing professional career on the operatic and musical theater stage. Her performances span several countries including France, Canada, and Japan as well as most of the continental United States. Recently, Janelle received the 2014 Connecticut Critic's Choice award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Bloody Mary in STONC's South Pacific. Other awards include The Richard Tucker Study Grant and the MacAllister Award.
Janelle's credits include the Broadway production of Cameron Mackintosh and Disney's Mary Poppins, directed by the award-winning Sir Richard Eyre, in which she originated the role of Mrs. Corry; Oklahoma, also produced by Cameron Mackintosh and directed by Trevor Nunn; and Hal Prince and Susan Stroman's revival of Showboat.
1st National tours- She originated the role of Ms. Flannery in Thoroughly Modern Millie an,d portrayed Queenie in Showboat. Regionally, Janelle has performed with Virginia Opera, Opera Omaha, Connecticut Opera, Hartford Opera Theater and Opera Company Philadelphia, Papermill Playhouse, North Shore Music Theater, Maine State Music Theater, The Cleveland Playhouse, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, STONC and Playhouse on Park.
Along with the aforementioned, Janelle has worked with many illustrious directors and choreographers throughout the years, including Michael Mayer, Lynn Taylor-Corbett, Barry Ivan, Vicky Bussert, Dotty Danner, George Osborne, Wayne Cilento, Rob Ashford, Eric Stern, and David Caddick. She has sung with Leontyne Price, Marilyn Horne, and Galina Vishnevskaya.
Her various television and film credits include Febreze, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, A Little Game, and Aftermath.
Janelle received a Bachelor of Music from the Hartt School, an Advanced Certificate in Voice from the Juilliard School and a Master of Music from The Curtis Institute. She has also trained at the School for Film and Television in NYC. Janelle is a proud member of AEA, SAG-AFTRA.
Presently, she is on faculty at Western CT State University and The Hartt School in the music theater departments. She is also a faculty member of Hartt's Community Division, Fineline Arts Center and The Enchanted Garden. She travels extensively giving masterclasses in Music Theater as well as opera.


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It has been a busy week in the world of sports, and we have five new podcasts for you this week!
Monday on the Daly Dose, we are recapping the NFL Championship games that took place on Sunday!
The Jacksonville Jaguars had the early lead on the New England Patriots, but the Patriots were able to make the plays down the stretch to get the win. The Philadelphia Eagles are surprised everyone with Nick Foles at the helm, and blew out the Minnesota Vikings! How were they able to score 38 points in the biggest game of their year so far? We have a theory! The rich just keep getting richer in the world of college basketball. Plus, we are seeing some NBA favorites struggling. Is it a sign of things to come, or just the dog days of winter?
Listen here: Daly Dose 01-22-18
Tuesday on the Dose, we are discussing Super Bowl 52, are you excited for the game between the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles? While the Superbowl means the end of football, we look at a few sporting events coming in the next few months, that we still have to look forward to.
The Milwaukee Bucks have fired head coach Jason Kidd, but we aren't sure that move makes sense.
Some big name former NFL players are looking to ban youth football. At what point could a movement like that affect the NFL?
The NCAA says they are going to clean up college basketball, but it won't be easy.
We also look at a few of the biggest disappointments so far in college basketball!
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Wednesday on the Daly Dose, we have some drama in the NBA! How much of it is real, and what seems to just be manufactured? The NFL has a few new head coaches, will they prove to be a good fit with their teams? The Super Bowl is coming and we just know that there are going to be some headlines coming during media week. We are predicting a few of those headlines today. And as we do every Wednesday, we have our Daly Dose Hump Day power rankings, and this week we are ranking the top NBA teams right now!
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Thursday on the Daly Dose, we are discussing a number of the top sports stories coming out!
Larry Nassar gets sentenced, Derek Carr wants Jon Gruden to be hard on him, and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver might want to make an appearance soon.
Plus, we have our overreactions of the week! Are the Houston Rockets better than the Golden State Warriors? Should the Minnesota Vikings have pulled Case Keenum?
We even argue about why Tom Brady just might NOT be the greatest QB of all time!
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Friday on the Daly Dose, we discuss a few drawbacks that the NBA could face with legalized gambling, and the Cleveland Cavaliers are looking to kick start their season.
The XFL could be back according Vince McMahon, but we aren't sure whether or not to believe him.
We preview the weekend in sports, looking at everything from the NFL, NHL, NBA and college hoops to the X-Games and even the Australian Open!
Finally, we finish out the week by counting the five quarterbacks that Tom Brady has beaten in his Super Bowl victories. How do they stack up against some of the other greats?
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I am still in the process of trying out different scenarios, but here's the issues that I've discovered so far...
When starting with a team from 70's:
1. Computer always drafts punters and kickers at the beginning of the 3rd round. This is not that big of a deal, but seems like it should be more random based on players skill and should occur later in the draft
2. You can trade draft picks twice, after that the value offered is less that you are trading. For example, you might be able to trade up for nothing once, trade for $$$ a second time, but after each trade the value lessens and by the third trade you can't get enough value. This is not per year either its for the duration of your playing. It was so bad I once offered 15 2nd round picks for a 1st round pick in the same year and they still were not interested.
3. After about 6-8 years of playing the finances glitch and you wind up loosing a billion dollars, but it gives you 900+ million in cash. 2-3 years later it take it away and puts you in a financial hole so deep you can't get out even selling your entire team.
4. Player ratings are different if you advance to a year versus starting off in a specific year. For example, If I start a game in 1973 when I get to 1979 and draft him, his stats are lower than if I started a new game in 1979. I've check this for a couple players randomly and it seems to be true for several of them. No sure why there is separate numbers...
5. I have a team 30mil under the max, with a power ranking of 1-3 for three consecutive years, high attendance and good concession sales, yet I loose more and more money each year. Raising ticket prices results in less money and increased debt. Can't figure out how I have a 40mil dollar loss when I should be making money because I am spending less then every other team in the league.
Fun Fact, when I change the year I am starting in, the game logic is altered fixing some issues and creating new ones. i am still trying different scenarios as I have time, but here's what I found so far...
When starting with a team from 2018:
1. Top half of draft picks require a 30+ million dollar signing bonus at minimum. This makes it virtually impossible to sign multiple first round draft picks. Furthermore it causes the computer to value late first round draft picks because they require much less money at signing.
2. Players improve much slower, not necessarily an issue, but it's a noticeable difference. It also seems like players can't get above the mid-80's until in their late 20's to mid 30's, if at all. Again, not necessarily an issue, but a huge difference to what happens when taking over a team in the 70s.
3. Draft picks seem to have a little more value when trading for players, but are still grossly under valued when trading down draft picks. On a plus side, the computer is no longer drafting punters and kickers in the 3rd
4. Scouting has less of an effect on determining the players ratings. For some reason, despite it saying my scouting is a +/- 2, I consistently draft players only to have their over all fall by over 4 points and no matter how much I increase the money towards scouting the accuracy doesn't improve.
I'll post more as I am able to play around in different time frames and in different scenarios. Also please be aware that this testing was done while simulating the entire season at once and then the playoffs were simulated one at a time. Free Agency and Drafting was done manually (just in case it makes a difference).


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HARTFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut hedge fund that bet heavily on the natural gas market lost almost $6 billion over the past month as it sold assets at a loss to stay afloat while its bets on natural gas plummeted, the fund told investors.
Greenwich-based Amaranth Advisors said in a letter late Wednesday that the fund lost about 55 percent of its year-to-date assets and about 65 percent month-to-date as of Tuesday, leaving the hedge fund's assets below $3.5 billion.
Amaranth, which opened the year with $7.4 billion in assets, hit an August high of $9.2 billion before a slide in the value of natural gas investments.
It said Wednesday it had transferred its energy portfolio to a third party, but has not identified that entity.
Amaranth's energy portfolio was taken over by New York-based J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., the nation's third-largest bank, and hedge fund Citadel Investment Group LLC, a $12 billion hedge fund based in Chicago, according to people familiar with the transaction. They requested anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the deal.
The nation's largest bank, New York-headquartered Citigroup Inc., was in negotiations to buy a stake in Amaranth, Dow Jones Newswires on Thursday reported. It quoted a person familiar with the matter whom it did not identify. Such a move would shore up the fund's capital.
Amaranth's founder and chief executive, Nick Maounis, told the hedge fund's investors in his letter that selling off some assets in the fund's other portfolios, along with the transfer of its energy portfolio, "helped us avoid the termination of our credit facilities and the risk of a consequent forced liquidation by our creditors."
He added: "Our major financial counterparties have confirmed that they are now comfortable with our portfolio and overall liquidity position."
The hedge fund's officials plan a conference call Friday with investors and will schedule one-on-one discussions, the letter said.
Hedge funds are aggressive investment vehicles often used by pension funds and wealthy investors.
The funds have much higher minimum investments than mutual funds and typically are much more active traders and take greater risks. Amaranth lost billions because of aggressive — and incorrect — bets on natural gas futures prices, which recently dropped.
The repercussions are beginning to be felt around the country, including among municipal governments and pension funds.
San Diego County invested $175 million last year with Amaranth.
New Jersey's pension fund could lose $16 million of its $25 million it invested with Amaranth, said Orin Kramer, the chairman of the New Jersey State Investment Council. The pension fund made the investments through a private account at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and two "fund of funds," which are funds that invest in multiple hedge funds.
Kramer said the state's losses in Amaranth would total less than .04 of a percentage point.
Also potentially affected is 3M Co., maker of Scotch tape and other products. Company spokeswoman Jacqueline Berry said Thursday about 1 percent of the company's $9.2 billion pension portfolio was invested in Amaranth.
Filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C., showed that several large financial companies had invested in Amaranth, including Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse Group and the Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund of Hedge Funds LP.
The hedge fund industry has come under fire in the past for risky investments, and the SEC has moved unsuccessfully to adopt regulations. Last month, the SEC announced it will not challenge a federal appeals court ruling that overturned new SEC rules for oversight of hedge funds.
SEC Chairman Christopher Cox said the SEC would instead introduce a new anti-fraud rule and consider increasing the minimum asset and income requirements for hedge fund investors.
Those who oppose regulations have long argued that hedge funds attract sophisticated investors. They say the government should focus its limited resources on mutual funds that serve far more investors of modest means.
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, who has supported regulating the industry, promised to investigate the company's holdings and losses. Southwest Connecticut plays host to numerous hedge funds because of its proximity to financial centers in New York.
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INITIAL observations were correct. After watching Game 1 of the high school volleyball match between Drake and Novato, everyone had a feeling it was going to go the distance. Sure enough it did, with the Hornets hanging on for the 3-2 victory (21-25, 25-21, 26-24, 19-25, 15-13).
In the fifth game, spectators were covering their faces and holding their breath as each team continued trading points.
"I have to give credit to Drake, they improved since the last time we played them," Novato coach Mu Chang said. "One thing I tell my players a lot is be consistent all the time and don't let stress get to you. At the end they pulled together. They wanted to win and they wanted to get every single thing up."
One of the key plays in that deciding fifth game showed exactly what Chang was talking about. With Novato holding a razor-thin 13-12 edge, Drake's Karli Grigsby ripped the ball at Hornets setter Elise Boutet. Boutet dug it out and the ball flew over the net into an open space in the corner on Drake's side, falling for the point.
"I was really just trying to get the ball up," Boutet said. "That game, we said nothing drops. It just happened. It gets to a point where you just do get everything up."
Grigsby responded, hammering home the next point, but Novato's Maddie Tomsky got the final kill to close out the match.
"Everyone on the team just really wanted it and we really wanted to remain one of the top teams this year," said setter Rubye Fangmeier, who had five digs. "That drive pushes us through every point."
"When we lost points and got down on ourselves, it made us just want it even more," added outside hitter Annalise Dowd, who led Novato with 10 kills.
Teya Neff (nine kills) and Jackie Gocobachi (seven kills) also contributed offensively for the Hornets. Boutet passed 65 assists and Tomsky added three blocks.
The win solidifies Novato (16-5, 8-2) firmly in the No. 3 spot in the MCAL standings with four games remaining.
Drake (11-11, 5-5) finds itself in fifth, trailing Marin Catholic for the fourth and final berth into the MCAL playoffs.
"We just have a lot of fight in us, when you allow teams to hang around as long, things don't fall your way," Drake coach Lynn Hall said. "We had a lot things going our way, but a lot of things weren't going our way."
Grigsby powered the Drake offense with 22 kills, followed by Eva Fries with 13. Savannah Sanford had 25 digs and Kiki Romanik had 61 assists.
It had been awhile since the Hornets beat Drake in the Pirates' home gym and the first time Novato had swept Drake in a season in Chang's three-year tenure.
"We're always trying to prove ourselves, I don't think we ever go into games cocky," Dowd said. "We go in with the mindset that we're gonna fight through the whole game, no matter who we're playing."
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- He has been nominated seven times for the prestigious Academy Awards, twice in the category of Best Supporting Actor and five times for Best Actor. He twice won the award, Best Supporting Actor for 'The Godfather Part II' and Best Actor for 'Raging Bull'.He has been nominated eight times for the Golden Globe Awards in various categories such as Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. He won the award for his spellbinding performance in 'Ranging Bull' in the category of Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama.In 2011, he was conferred with the prestigious Cecil B. DeMille Award, Golden Globe Lifetime Achievement Award for his exemplary artistic skills and exceptional talent.Personal Life & Legacy
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1. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
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2. Goodfellas (1990)
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3. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
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4. Taxi Driver (1976)
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5. The Deer Hunter (1978)
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6. Casino (1995)
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7. A Bronx Tale (1993)
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8. Raging Bull (1980)
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Entertainment retail has people dancing in the city streets. But what about the suburban by-ways?
Most suburban strip centers remain focused on tenants like grocery stores, dry cleaners, liquor stores, banks, barber shops and others that help people do their daily chores.
But some developers have begun to experiment with entertainment components, creating a sense of place with architectural themes, fountains, outdoor dining, stadium-seating theaters, bookstores, and retailers that bring flair and excitement to their offerings.
Like their counterparts in urban entertainment centers, these developers hope to create gathering places where people will come to while away a late weekend afternoon, relaxing over coffee, checking out the magazine rack at the bookstore, taking in a movie, and perhaps going home with a prepared dinner from an upscale grocery store.
The concepts and tenant mixes of these developments vary with the location and proclivities of the developers.
Beverly Hills, Calif.-based Regent Properties Inc., example, has adapted the model of urban entertainment centers into what company officials call "urban entertainment villages" for city neighborhoods.
Divaris Real Estate Inc., a Virginia Beach, Va., management and leasing company and fee developer for the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co., has taken a different tack, conceiving these developments as updated suburban lifestyle centers.
Vestar Development Co., Phoenix, and Donahue Schriber Realty Group of Newport Beach, Calif., have begun to add entertainment components to regional suburban power centers, creating developments that might be termed "power entertainment centers."
Urban entertainment villages When Regent Properties began developing Glendale Marketplace two years ago, managing partner Douglas S. Brown knew he was dealing with a risky idea.
"We realized that we were violating many tenets of Shopping Center 101," he says. "We were building an urban neighborhood center with two levels and unconventional parking."
Glendale Marketplace, which opened in summer of 1998, resides in the middle of downtown Glendale, Calif. The site spans several blocks of what used to be closed and boarded-up businesses.
"The surrounding communities weren't economically blighted," Brown says. "The three-mile-radius trading area has a solid middle class population of 400,000, with household incomes averaging over $65,000 per year. Right across the street from our site is the Glendale Galleria, a major enclosed mall. People drive through the area every day on their way to work or school, or to shop at the mall."
In developing 200,000 sq. ft. of GLA on the site, Brown created a miniature urban entertainment center. A Mann Theaters cinema provides four screens with stadium seating. A Borders Books and Music store offers coffee and browsing to shoppers and moviegoers.
Shoppers encounter a lineup of big-box stores, including Linens 'N Things, Old Navy, WOW and a host of boutiques. Glendale also hosts six restaurants in both fast-food and sit-down formats.
The development forms an "H," with the vertical bars representing two main Glendale streets. The crossbar of the "H" is a paseo, a small, narrow street housing shops and restaurants on both sides. Tables, chairs and a fountain front the restaurants. The big-box retailers anchor the development at the top and bottom of the "H," at street level and on the second level.
Brown persuaded the city to build a multi-level parking structure across the street from the development.
To accommodate the big-box stores, the theater, the restaurants and shops, the development had nowhere to go but up. But neighborhood center developers hate going up because customers don't go up.
"We made it work by activating the second level," Brown says. "We put the theater on the second level, and that brings people up. We also have strolling musicians, live bands and clowns on both levels."
The tenant mix remains fairly conservative. "We are not into cutting-edge tenants in this project," he says. "We think of it as an urban village with conservative big-box tenants and a significant, but traditional, entertainment component: a theater, bookstore, restaurants - and a sense of place."
The results have been encouraging. In its first six months of operation, Glendale drew between 122,000 and 174,000 visitors per month and may log 1.6 million visits for its first year.
Updated lifestyle centers Today, a number of new retailers prosper by offering goods and services in an entertaining fashion. Johnny Rockets, for example, sells hamburgers with the help of singing waiters. Restoration Hardware has found a way to make hardware merchandise entertaining in and of itself. Zany Brainy and Noodle Kidoodle have developed "edutainment" products designed to educate as well as entertain children. Smith and Hawken, an upscale garden center, aims to do for the garden market what Restoration Hardware has done for nuts and bolts.
Add to these retailers a new generation of grocers such as Eatzi's that sell groceries in a format closer to that of a restaurant, and a formula for an entertaining lifestyle center begins to take shape.
"You might call these kinds of developments updated lifestyle centers," says Gerald Divaris, president of Divaris Real Estate. "These are smaller centers with no room for traditional entertainment retailers like big-box bookstores or cinemas. But they are attempting to catch the entertainment wave by attracting retailers with entertainment as part of their presentation."
Divaris is currently assembling a tenant profile for such a center in Horsham, Pa., a small, upscale community near Philadelphia. The trading area will draw from a population estimated at 299,000 in 1998 and projected to grow to 311,000 by 2003. Average household income stands at $61,239, and the median property value has reached $154,236.
The 100,000 sq. ft. center has no room for pure entertainment tenants, so Divaris plans to focus leasing efforts on entertaining retailers in categories such as upscale groceries, kitchens, interior decor, garden, fashion and specialty restaurants.
When completed, the development will house a dozen or so tenants ranging from 2,000 sq. ft. to 15,000 sq. ft. "Even the grocery will be relatively small," Divaris says. "The specialty groceries we're interested in aren't like traditional supermarkets. They are much smaller, ranging from 15,000 sq. ft. to 20,000 sq. ft."
But these grocers are fun. They offer takeout meals, gourmet shelf selections and deli-style service, allowing shoppers to visit the retailers in the center, do some browsing or shopping, and head home with an interesting meal.
Power entertainment Entertainment is coming to bigger strip centers, too. "We specialize in large power centers from 400,000 sq. ft. and up, and we believe in using entertainment in these centers," says David Larcher, vice president of Vestar Development. "Over the past several years, our experience has shown that adding a significant entertainment component to these big centers increases the productivity of the overall center."
In general, he says, gross retail sales in power centers increase from 15% to 20% with the arrival of cinemas, bookstores and restaurants.
According to Larcher, the dynamic works like this: 100,000 sq. ft. theaters tend to draw people from 10 to 12 miles away, while the trading area of a large power center generally covers a five- to seven-mile radius. In short, adding a large cinema expands a power center's trading area by several miles.
Furthermore, a theater extends the hours of a power center. "A center without a cinema goes quiet about 7 p.m.," Larcher says. "When you add an entertainment component, including a theater and restaurants, you can add four to five hours of activity per day. All of this translates into higher sales for the center."
Vestar's power entertainment centers are quite large. For example, the Ahwatukee Foothills Towne Center in Phoenix spans 100 acres and offers 950,000 sq. ft. of GLA. The tenant mix includes Target, Mervyn's, Old Navy, Stein Mart, Ross Dress for Less, Barnes & Noble, and a 24-screen, stadium-seating AMC Theatre. Zany Brainy and Best Buy will open stores in the development this summer.
"This project opened two years ago and was the first project of its type in Phoenix," Larcher says. "Since then we've developed a half-dozen more centers just like it around Phoenix and in Southern California. We're currently developing another that we hope will take the concept to a new level."
The new Vestar project, called Desert Ridge Towne Center, lies northeast of Phoenix. The trade area extends to a seven-mile radius with a population of 225,000. The median household income is an upscale $68,000, creating opportunities to attract upscale retail tenants.
Another unique aspect to the development is that it sits in the middle of a 300-acre office park with a significant employment base.
In developing the site, Vestar will expand the entertainment offerings beyond its previous projects. It plans to add more lifestyle retailers and pursue a design that will accommodate shops with individual storefronts.
Explains Larcher, "The idea here is to create a downtown or Main Street core for a suburban trading area."
>From malls to power centers The promise of open-air power entertainment centers has begun to attract developers that have traditionally worked on mall development. Two years ago, for example, Donahue Schriber decided to get out of the mall development business. The company became a REIT with the business objective of developing open-air neighborhood and regional power centers.
"We transitioned into open-air centers because of the capital-intensive nature of the business," says Brad Deck, senior vice president of development for the REIT, called the Donahue Schriber Realty Group. "We believe there is a shortage of capital available for smaller developers to build neighborhood shopping centers, which have traditionally been financed through savings and loans. This leaves an opportunity for a well-capitalized company to fill a void in the market."
At the 500,000 sq. ft. Natomas Marketplace in Sacramento, the Donahue Schriber demographic profile indicates a market approaching the size of a mall trading area. Within a 10-mile radius, an upscale population of 621,000 earns an average household income of $47,433 per year.
To serve this market, the developer assembled a power center tenant mix and designed the open-air center with elements often evident in enclosed malls. For example, the structural architecture creates a theme that Deck describes as "agri-tech."
"Agri-tech is a marriage between agricultural and high-tech imagery," he explains. "The buildings in the development have standing seam accents on the metal roofs and columns, a building technique you will find in agricultural communities."
Yet the structures look sleek and modern, not old - hence the "tech" side of "agri-tech."
"We've repeated the agricultural theme throughout the parking lot in the form of water towers, which also add vertical interest and visibility," Deck says. "You can see the towers from quite a distance."
The leasing strategy follows the mall model as well, providing large destination anchors and filling in with smaller tenants. On a power center scale, however, the strategy involves retailers much larger than typical mall tenants.
"Wal-Mart, Home Depot and Regal Cinemas are the lead tenants," Deck says. "We filled in with big-box tenants like Staples, PetsMart, Michaels and Ross Dress for Less, and then filled in once again with smaller specialty shops."
The big-box retail flows from north to south along the eastern side of the oval-shaped site. The theater sits on the western side of the side, adjacent to several restaurant pads.
Next to the cinema, a 10,000 sq. ft. open-air food court, currently under construction, adapts another mall concept to open-air retailing.
Donahue Schriber also designed the site to accommodate pedestrians walking west to east from the theater side of the site to the retail side with a wide colored and stamped asphalt walkway, landscaped on both sides to keep vehicles from crossing into the pedestrian lanes. Another walkway running north and south intersects it and connects the restaurant pads set on the north and south sides of the theater.
Elaborate, mall-like signage and graphics adapted to an open-air setting helps to energize the center, a technique Donahue Schriber has found effective in many of its open-air developments.
"Our regional mall background tells us how important graphics are to pedestrian shoppers," Deck says. "In many cases we push the envelop and ask for code variances that allow larger monument and pylon signs, large exterior banners and generally larger store signage. In some of our centers, we have introduced neon to open-air signs where neon may not have been allowed under previous specifications."
In a way, entertainment retail has followed the age-old pattern of retail evolution: Just as major shopping destinations originally developed in the cities and later moved to the suburbs, urban entertainment centers emerged in the cities and have now begun to move to the suburbs.
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Hainan Meilan International Airport (HMIA) is located at Haikou, the Capital city of Hainan Province and was officially open on May 25, 1999. 220 airlines are opened in all, including 211 domestic lines, 2 regional lines and 7 international lines. The destinations include 65 cities, 56 of which are domestic cities, two regional cities of HK and Macau, and seven international cities. In 2004, the passenger throughput reached 7.48 million. To improve hardware facilities and meet the requirements of the increasing number of passengers and cargos when the air traffic rights are open, HMIA started the construction of the airport terminal and continued the construction of the station site in 2005, which were put into use at 0:00 on Dec. 31, 2005, increasing the area of the terminal to 99,300 m² and meeting the passenger throughput of 9.3 million per year, and the cargo throughput of 135,000 tons per year.
Domestic-domestic flight transfer: 50 min; international-international transfer: 100min. When the transit boarding pass is obtained, just follow the signs to the Security Gate and follow the signs to the nearest transit boarding gate. Haikou transit counter of China Southern Airlines is located in China Southern Airlines Counter 23 in the third area of Meilan Airport.
To downtown: airport express 15 yuan; taxi 50yuan (23km)
UThe airport express bus works from 6:00am till the last flight stops, 30mins a shift and 15yuan per person. He who takes the plane of China Southern Airlines can take the bus for free. The boarding site is the gate of Civil Aviation Hotel at Haixiu Road. Those with air tickets of Hainan Airlines can take Hainan Airline bus for free at the terminal of the original airport. Buses 21 and 41 in the city can reach Meilan Airport at the price of 5.00 yuan per person.
RMB50 yuan (usu. included in the ticket). Children under 12 are exempted.
Hainan Company of China Southern Airlines has no international flights temporarily.
The self-service check-in counter is located nearby China Southern Airlines Counter 19/entrance to Area 3 of Departure Hall in Meilan Airport. You can go through the Boarding Proceduress and print the boarding pass on the day you take the plane. The whole terminal is installed with devices to serve the handicapped people, including blind walkways, unaccompanied wheelchair passenger rest area, free elevator, automatic water device and rest room for the people in the wheelchair. 24hour mother-infant lounge is set near the boarding gate 17 at the terminal. The free inquiry system of China Telecom and IC telephones are installed throughout areas 1-5 of Meilan Airport. The Airport Medical Centre at the first floor of arrival hall opens from 09:00 till the flights stops. Tel: 0898-65751920.
In the third area of the departure hall in the second floor of the terminal building, China Southern Airlines Check-in Counters are located in Counters 63-72,the service of Boarding Procedures stops 45min before the scheduled departure time of the flight
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ROCHESTER — What began as a continuation of her outdoor track season turned into much more for Anna Noble.
The Spaulding High School sophomore competed at the National Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships over the weekend in Greensboro, N.C., and reached the semifinals of the girls 400-meter hurdles.
Noble finished 10th overall out of 46 runners who qualified for nationals, and registered a personal record in the process.
She turned in a time of 1 minute, 4.40 seconds in her semifinal heat Saturday. Noble missed qualifying for Sunday's final by less than a second.
"I'm pretty proud of that," she said. "I ran my best time on Saturday. At first I was a little disappointed that I missed making the final race, but when I realized I was in the top 10 that's honorable and I'm happy with it.
"The goal next year is to make it all the way," Noble added.
The preliminary heats were held last Wednesday with the top 24 advancing to Saturday's semifinals. The top eight semifinalists moved on to the final.
Noble qualified for regionals by winning the 400 hurdles at the New England meet at Fitchburg (Mass.) State College in June. It was the first time she ran the race in competition.
Noble advanced to nationals by winning the regional race in New York City.
She won the New England and regional races handily.
Noble also captured the 100 hurdles at both meets. The experience at nationals, however, was an eye-opener.
"It was pretty surreal to be with the best 400 hurdlers in the whole country," Noble said. "Being with the best of the best was really crazy. The first girl who won my age group ran a 1:01. I bet you'll see some of those kids in the Olympics some day for sure."
During the high school outdoor season Noble qualified for New Englands in the 300 hurdles where she finished 11th.
She was second in that event at the Meet of Champions and third at the Division I meet.
"I decided to do the 400 for nationals because I'm stronger in the 400," Noble said. "I like it better. I like that you don't have a lot of room for error. You have to be on your game the whole time. You don't have a lot of room to mess up. It's exciting. You're going as fast as you can but you also have to know how to jump over the hurdles. It's an event I really want to focus on a lot."
She wants to run track in college, preferably for a Division I program. To that end the exposure she received from competing on a national level won't hurt.
"My initial goal was to continue my outdoor track season," Noble said. "I made high school New Englands this year and I wanted to continue my summer program. After that first meet at Fitchburg State where I ran a 1:04, I realized that time could bring me to nationals and that became my main goal. To get to the semifinals, I was pretty proud of that."
Going from the 300 to the 400 required an adjustment and slightly more training. She had to navigate 100 extra meters and two extra hurdles.
Noble also runs cross country and indoor track at Spaulding. Her performance at nationals gave her a boost of confidence.
"I want to keep working hard and see where this takes me," she said. "My goal is to run at a Division I college. Hopefully I'm on the right track for that."


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When we were in Poland some months back, we had the opportunity to visit a wonderful Skansen just outside Krakow. 'Skansen' is a Scandinavian word for an open air ethnographic museum, something like the superb Dakshinachitra in Chennai. (If you haven't seen this one, do put it on your list of things to see in Chennai!) Simply speaking, a Skansen is an open air museum which offers a look into traditional folk culture and architecture and puts together a selection of typical rural buildings with barns, churches, houses and homesteads.
These are re-assembled to look like a natural village and they are furnished and decorated in their original style. So there are natural crafts of the region, artefacts, etc which offer an insight into the life, work and the history of the place. There could also be craftsmen in traditional dress like glass bowers or silver smiths to create that perfect ambience. There are more than 35 Skansens scattered all over Poland; each region has one. What a wonderful concept! Imagine if we had one in each region in India: our Rajasthani havelis, old Chettinad mansions, Kerala tharawads all preserved for posterity!
The Skansen that we visited is in the Malopolska region just outside Krakow on the way to Auschwitz, called the Vistula Ethnographic Park. The park itself is scenic set amidst green rolling hills, gardens and orchards and at the foot of an ancient castle. There are thematic sectors that the park is divided into- small town, village, manor house and then the church. We see old bee-hives shaped like men and women. There are old homesteads consisting of many buildings, a potter's residence with his tools-of-trade and a museum store selling souvenirs in a re-constructed 1825 house! We also see a weaver's home where scenes have been re- constructed. Strangely, weaving here used to be the man's traditional occupation and not the woman's and there is a tableau showing the process of flax. One cottage has under its roof both the residential part and the livestock area- talk about man and beast living in peaceful co-existence.
The show stopper is the 17th Century church, a wooden structure with gorgeous paintings inside. Our guide is a young college going girl from the area who seems to love her job.
The manor house is the typical 'Zamindar's house' and today houses the museum administration. It re-enacts the life of a wealthy noble family of that era with rich furnishings, paintings and furniture. What I particularly enjoy is the ceramic tile stoves of that era! We see troupes of red-cheeked school-kids with their teachers spending a day looking at the architecture and enjoying a picnic here...Now I have put the 'original' Skansen in Stockholm, Sweden on my wish listJ


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It's been a while since I crossed borders by land (not counting Johor-Singapore) so I was looking forward to this one.
Starting from Almaty, I took a mashrutka (minibus) to Kegen. Along the way the minibus stopped for a break at a market where I grabbed some lunch.
The minibus dropped me off at Kegen in the rain where I managed to get a taxi driver (that's just anyone with a car) to take me to the border.
Ever since yesterday's belated realisation while in Almaty that 1) I don't speak Russian 2) I can't read cryllic, I got even more nervous about the trip. But so far the trip went well.
The Karkara region must be rather beautiful though the grey clouds and horizons peppered by rain and laced with mist makes it hard to see. Large trucks transporting big blocks of straws lumbered on the unpaved roads leading to the border.
Arrived at the border control. So this is it? There's nobody else crossing except for me. I was directed to a shed in the rain.
After that I was asked to open my bag for checking on a mud-splashed table. But I'm leaving Kazakhstan! Felt a tad annoyed as I had earlier painstakingly packed everything compactly into the bag. The rain went on. The customs officer seemed to realise it was not easy to stuff the things back in and let me off a bit easier.
I walked towards the Kyrgyzstan side in the rain.
On the Kyrgyzstan side, the officer asked me a few simple questions and stamped my passport : yay!
I'm glad I had arranged for transport on the Kyrgyzstan side. I don't think it would have been much fun to wait for public transport -if any exists!- in the rain.
After more rain and some hail, the weather cleared up. The pastures sitting at the foot of the great alpines reveal themselves.
Nomadic shepherds (they only herd for a few months a year) are everywhere.


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COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The "Special Airlift Mission 41" flew the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library in College Station Wednesday afternoon.
The plane passed through College Station at 4:20 p.m. Wednesday.
Raw video: 'Special Air Mission 41' flies over 'Special Air Mission 41' to honor President George H.W. Bush
The Boeing 747 plane is one of two VC-25As assigned to the Presidential Airlift Group, 89th Airlift Wing. When the President is onboard the plane, it is commonly referred to as "Air Force One." For the State Funeral, the aircraft call sign is "Special Airlift Mission 41" in honor of the former President.
Those at Texas A&M University viewed the flyover from the Reed Arena parking lot on campus.
MAP: George H.W. Bush's train route to College Station
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Keep It Quiet!
The 2016 presidential campaign got pretty ugly. Everyone cried that they hate the attack ads, but when the poll numbers got close, we were deluged with media blitzes boasting about the power of their man or woman and the horror of the opposing candidates.
In Luke's Gospel Jesus isn't running for office. He's traveling throughout Judea and Galilee in first century Israel giving one clue after another that He is the Messiah. At the culmination of God's Story Jesus rules the world, but in His first coming Jesus doesn't seek high profile. There is no army of spin-doctors and no media hype. In fact Jesus commands the demons to stop shouting out His true identity, and when He heals a desperate leper in Luke 5, check out the instructions Jesus gives him.
"Now it happened (note that Luke uses this phrase to introduce us to another episode in his Jesus Story, cf. 5:1, 12, 17) in one of the cities where Jesus ministered, a man full of leprosy saw Him. He immediately fell down with his face to the ground and pleaded with Jesus, 'If You're willing, You are able to cleanse me!' Jesus extended His hand and touched him. 'I am willing. Be cleansed!' Immediately the leprosy departed from him. Then Jesus told him not to tell anyone, but to go and show himself to the priest and offer the sacrifices of purification just as Moses commanded (Leviticus 14:1-32) for a testimony for them. Yet the news about Him spread and large crowds gathered to hear and to be healed of their illnesses. But Jesus would withdraw to a wilderness place and pray." - Luke 5:12-16
LORD, help my Jewish friends who are reading this to see that the historical Jesus was one of them, a good Jew. He carefully obeyed and encouraged other Jews to obey the commands of Moses. Help them to also see that Jesus gave the Jewish priests the evidence they needed to know that He was the Messiah. And help me to be a lot more excited and diligent in helping others meet Jesus than the armies of political devotees pushing their candidate. Thanks that Jesus proves that when you actually do work miracles, it doesn't take media hype to gather a crowd.
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Facebook as Your Company IntranetPosted: October 6th, 2011 | Author: Thom Schoenborn | Filed under: management, social media | No Comments »
A year or two ago, I did a newsletter for my then-employer, Webtrends. I took all our news and put it into a Facebook-like format then emailed it out. Several people asked, "Is this our new intranet? What's my login?" I laughed at them until a few months ago.
My unofficial bike team (the Muddy Iguanas) talks on Facebook. A LOT. And since our wives and girlfriends sometimes also see that stuff, we took the conversation into a "group," and we made it "secret" so that it doesn't clog up other people's notifications and emails. But since then, it's become a little bit of a clubhouse where we can talk about spending stupid amounts of money on hand-made sew-up tires, sharing videos of awful crashes, linking to photos from the previous night's race, and sharing how-to articles. The Muddy Iguanas are now fully 90% of my Facebook experience.
So it occurs to me that if I needed a company intranet, I would use a "secret" Facebook group. You get all the power of Facebook — it's in your feed, photos, videos, status updates, links, commenting, updating via email — except it's kept away from everyone else's Facebook stream.
I'm sure that someone nefarious could hack it. Or someone wily could figure out what you're doing by targeting ads at you or something. But is it any less secure than whatever other cloud-based intranet tool you're using? Plus, it dumps any work posts into your normal Facebook stream, so you see work-stuff while you're screwing around on Facebook!
I dunno. Seems like the perfect tool to me. And honestly, having used Jive and 37 Signals, they're pale imitations on the social level. (Basecamp is still awesome for project mgmt, though.)


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Pre-requisites:There is no minimum entry requirement for this program; however an interview may be requested for some work placements.
Course Description:
This program is highly recommended for those students who are focused on gaining first hand experience in the workforce.
By successfully completing this program, students will be credited with:
- 1 Career and Enterprise (CAE) Unit
- 2 Workplace Learning (ADWPL) Units
The Career & Enterprise Unit prepares students for their work placements and future career decisions by studying the following topics:
- Personal Attributes and Suitability to Jobs
- Learning / Education and Career Success
- People Support in Career Management
- Career Information Sources
- Responding To Job Opportunities
- Promoting Yourself to an Employer
- Differences In Work Environments
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- Job Satisfaction
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These units introduce Workplace Learning. Students prepare for, and are placed in a suitable workplace. WPL is completed in two x two week blocks throughout the year in an industry area of interest to the student.
During their work placements, students are given an opportunity to develop generic work related skills that are transferable and vital to all forms of employment. These skills are often referred to as " employability skills" and are relevant for everyone seeking work. Employability skills are developed over the life time of an individual and are valued in education, training, employment and participation in the community. Students may be offered part-time work opportunities, full-time or school based apprenticeships and traineeships after successful work placements, thus offering an excellent networking opportunity for students.
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Forensics for Writers: Part I
I don't know that we have any mystery writers who read the blog, but Sarah Hoyt writes 'em, and I probably will one of these days… and in the meantime, I'm most of the way through a degree in it. Well, ok, not mystery. I'm studying to become a Forensic Scientist and Investigator. It occurred to me that many of the writers who come here use mystery as sub-plots, and sometimes the main plotline. So… why not? After all, as we were joking in class the other day about what kind of castoff a cast-iron skillet would make, I can search topics with impunity that my professor complained would get her in trouble. I'm a writer!
I don't know how long this series will be, I will let the commentators determine that to an extent. If you have questions, ask in comments and I'll add on. I could, literally, write a book about this. I've certainly read enough of them. I'm not planning on doing that here. I thought I'd hit the highlights of what forensic science is capable of now, and what it may be in the not-to-distant future.
So what is forensics? How about criminalistics? I am fairly sure that our readers are well aware that it's not CSI, and as shown on television is a far cry from reality. Forensics is, broadly, the use of science within the parameters of criminal and civil laws in the criminal justice system. Forensic science can be and is applied outside that system as investigative measures but strictly speaking forensics is science and the law. Within the field of forensics there are specialties: criminalistics, digital forensics, engineering, odontology, pathology, biology, physical anthropology, psychology, questioned documents, toxicology… a cross section of both physical and behavioural sciences. Criminalistics is what could also be referred to as the scope of a crime laboratory – much more the physical side of evidence than the esoteric workings of the human mind.
I think every textbook I have had on forensics points out, quite properly, that the science has its roots in fiction. A Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes used many of the principles that would be refined by his readers into the nascent field of pursuing lawbreakers with science. Startling, to realize that storytelling would lead to, well, this 1887 excerpt from A Study in Scarlet speaks volumes:
"I've found it. I've found it," he shouted to my companion, running towards us with a test tube in his hand. "I have found a reagent which is precipitated by hemoglobin and by nothing else… Why, man, it is the most practical medico-legal discovery for years. Don't you see that it gives us an infallible test for blood stains?"
I could happily talk about the history of the field for some time – I have a paper written by a brilliant man who applied forensic principles to the killing fields in Serbia in the early 1900's, one of the precipitating factors in the first World War – but the modern relevance is more fitting for this post, and if any of you are interested in historical methods we'll separate that into a different part. It is pertinent to know, for instance, that you cannot have DNA used in a trial prior to 1987, as that was the first time it was accepted in court.
Which is another thing. What can be accepted in court, and who makes that decision? In 1923, a case regarding the polygraph came before the court, and the court rejected it with a particularly interesting turn of phrase: "Somewhere in this twilight zone the evidential force of the principle must be recognized." Frye v. The United States established that science in the courtroom must be an established, valid method that was accepted by the scientific community. In other words, the scientific method, of experimental results that can be replicated, must have been applied to the results brought into the courtroom. The second major case, which to me seems somehow at right angles to the Frye decision, was Daubert v. Merrill Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. which ruled in 1993 that the 'general acceptance' standard of Frye was not absolute. Scientific evidence was now permitted on the sufferance of the trial judge. Judges, initially by law at the Federal level but in practice at the State level as well, were now to assume the ultimate responsibility in being a gatekeeper for the evidence presented before them whether scientific or simply that of an 'expert'. Finally, the last significant case we will want to pay attention to is the 2009 Melendez-Diaz case, which requires that the forensic analyst appear in court, as the accused has the right to face their accuser. The repercussions of that decision are far-reaching and still being explored.
I've come this far, and you haven't even seen a bit of blood spatter, I know. For most of us writing mysteries, none of this makes much difference. Which leads me down another rabbit trail (last one, I promise!) of "what sort of mystery is it?" There are all kinds of mysteries, from Police procedurals – where all the nitty-gritty of the law matters, very much – to cozies, where the protagonist might not know any of this, even though the author does. The first rule of a crime scene – touch nothing, record everything – means nothing to the cozy protagonist, and in fact their interference and ignorance may be an important part of the plot and conflict. In a detective story, removing (or inserting) something from the scene may be a more willful action. But in a police procedural where the protagonist has a clue, they will proceed with great caution when they first come on the scene. Which, by the way, is almost never as the first responder. Their first action most likely will be to take the statement of the first officer on scene. From there, they will continue, slowly, taking notes and photographing before touching anything. It's not a fast process, something an author needs to keep in mind. Even processing a simple robbery can take hours.
Something else the TV shows get all wrong. A lab boffin (which is what I'm training to be) is not the field investigator, and they have very different skills and perspectives. It has been amusing to sit in classes with police officers who are training for the field end, and flinching when they talk about the science and miss the mark. On the other hand, I'm just as happy to not be the person who will be standing ankle deep in soot and debris and water at temperatures just above freezing carefully shoveling it out during an arson investigation. When you're writing, keep this in mind. The investigators send the evidence to the lab, the lab analyzes it and returns results. The lab people don't go out in the field. The lab boffins might not even be law enforcement, there are a lot of private labs these days.
And with that, our toes at the fringes of the place where all the action is, the crime scene, I will leave you until next week. Feel free to ask questions in comments, and I'll start shaping what I want to say with what you want to know about physical evidence.
Reality Observer #
Unlike many here (apparently), I have nothing right now in the queue that would require forensics.
OTOH – who ever knows? Keep these coming, please.
OT – just finished The God's Wolfling; first book on the new Fire. Fantastic!March 5, 2016
:waves: I'm here. I do mystery/suspense, etc. I think every genre has a little mystery/suspense in it. Otherwise, it'd be boring. I don't necessarily get into the nitty-gritty procedural stuff, but I'll be reading your posts with great interest. Every bit of knowledge adds to the whole. =o)March 6, 2016
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I read a lot of children's mystery when I was young.March 6, 2016
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Sailing into the sunset
You can find more beautiful views of the sky at SKY WATCH FRIDAY
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so peaceful looking!ReplyDelete
What a peaceful scene!ReplyDelete
Stunning shot, Thomas. Perfect composition and title as well.ReplyDelete
Thanks for dropping by :)
A beautiful skyline shot Thomas!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous shot ... such lovely scenery!ReplyDelete
A lovely SWF-post!ReplyDelete
Well done!
That really is a beautiful reflection shot.ReplyDelete
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so beautiful Thomas!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 22, 2013 at 6:34 AM
Love it. Beautiful capture!! Happy SkyWatching.ReplyDelete
Love your sailing into the sunset shot, beautiful capture! Happy Skywatching, Thomas!ReplyDelete
Beautiful photo, so serene.ReplyDelete
Fantastic sunset with such a nice reflections.ReplyDelete
beautiful sunset. is this captured in KL?ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes,at Ampang Hilir Lake Garden,KL.
- AnonymousFebruary 22, 2013 at 1:15 PM
Wow -- a truly stunning shot!ReplyDelete
What a amazing capture!I would never get tired to being there:)Have a great day!ReplyDelete
Love your skyline shot. The colours are so soft and peaceful looking.ReplyDelete
you've captured a serene moment. beautiful colors and skyline.ReplyDelete
Oh, how sweet - I love that sailboat, looking so fragile and small and pretty, and the little splash of blue and white it provides. It really adds to the beautiful reflection in the water, too. Nice song choice as well! Love Rod Stewart.ReplyDelete
So serene with beautiful sunset. And that little boat gives life to the shot.ReplyDelete
Mine is a story this time.
What a fabulous view!ReplyDelete
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