text:
- News
WXXI News
Special Coverage
Innovation Trail, Capitol Bureau
News Programs
Latest News
Interactive Grid, Printable Listings, Kids TV Schedule
Watch Online
WXXI-TV 21, World, Create,
Kids 24/7, City 12
Second Opinion, Rochester International Jazz Festival,
Arts InFocus, All WXXI Productions
- Radio
WXXI News, Classical 91.5, WRUR , WITH (Ithaca), WXXY (Houghton), WEOS (Geneva), Reachout Radio
- The Little
- Education
Information for
- Events
- Support
Support WXXI
myWXXI, Membership, Corporate Sponsorship, Planned Giving, Volunteer, Vehicle Donation
Pledge Now!more...
- Cultural Calendar
Celtic Woman – Believe
Internationally renowned for alluring stage productions and songs of heartwarming inspiration, the singing sensation Celtic Woman presents a new chapter of musical enchantment to be enjoyed by the entire family. Celtic Woman – Believe airs Monday, August 13 at 9 p.m. on WXXI-TV/HD (DT21.1/cable 1011 and 11). Viewers will learn of an opportunity to purchase tickets for an upcoming Celtic Woman show in the Rochester Auditorium Theatre, and a special meet and greet.
Celtic Woman, the renowned Irish female group, returns with a new chapter in their masterful stage and vocal production. Filmed in Atlanta at the Fox Theatre, Believe combines the singing talents of Celtic Woman with guest ensembles including a 20-piece orchestra, 16-piece Atlanta Bagpipe Band, seven-piece Celtic Woman Band, 10-member Aontas Choir and 30-member children's choir. Enjoy the folk sound, Celtic inspiration, and majestic visual production that will awe the entire family.
Celtic Woman was formed in 2004 by Sharon Browne and David Downes after success in the Celtic stage show Riverdance. Performers in Believe include vocalists Chloë Agnew, Lisa Kelly, Lisa Lambe, and fiddler Máiréad Nesbitt. An album recording of Believe was released in January 2012 and a world tour is scheduled for 2012.
Pictured: Celtic Woman
Credit: PBS
WXXI is the essential, life-long educational media resource for the Greater Rochester area. WXXI puts the community first with programming that stimulates and expands thought, inspires the spirit, opens cultural horizons and promotes understanding of diverse community issues. Log on to wxxi.org for more information about our services and programs.


text:
In a world where fast fashion is increasingly being questioned, Jota-Ken's mindful approach is a welcomed change to the industry. A combination of no-nonsense, hand-tailored garments – understated detailing and planet-friendly fabrics as well as local manufacturing put this new label firmly on the slow fashion map.
Jota-Kena's AW17 collection draws inspiration from the Ivy League lifestyle. Characterised by earthy tones of burnt orange and tan, as well as forest green, navy and black – the brand is reminiscent of the '70s but the lines are softer and the fit more comfortable. There is a tailored shirt with a wide collar embroidered with the Jota-Kena logo and a velvet slip dress to be worn over a polo-neck sweater and paired with ankle boots (one of our favorite winter trends here at Baked Online). Their attention to detail is evident in the embroidered designs, hand-drawn by Keziah, such as the white on white or black on black logos on the shirts.
"We are extremely particular about fit and a lot of attention goes into making each garment the perfect fit."
The fabrics are imported from Europe and India, and range from cotton sateen to rayon twill, linen and honeycomb Tencel that have been overdyed, treated or crafted to make them ultra wearable. To provide employment in the greater Cape Town community – all their clothes are made by hand by seamstresses in Cape Town.
As if their beautiful and simple garments aren't enough, the team also donates 10% of all profit to a non-profit organisation called Hillsong Africa Foundation (HAF). HAF is dedicated to community upliftment through feeding programs, orphan care, women's shelters, disaster relief, wheelchair distribution, substance abuse programmes, job-skills training centres, prison programmes and education.
You can order online at www.jotakena.com or purchased at their Cape Town studio. They also offer an alteration service, if necessary and delivery is free anywhere in South Africa for orders of R500 or more.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Worcester City Cleaners
Worcester City Cleaners offer complete carpet cleaning services for your home & offices by using latest equipments. Our expert delivers you professional upholstery cleaning service at affordable
Worcester City Cleaners offer complete carpet cleaning services for your home & offices by using latest equipments. Our expert delivers you professional upholstery cleaning service at affordable
At Ultra Clean we always strive to provide the best possible results every time. Using our powerful van mounted carpet cleaning machines, our training, knowledge and experience put together is what ma
One of the best UBP Indian caterers based in London and Luton. We have wide range of Indian dishes offers from our company. If you need food catering for your home parties then please feel free to con
44 Kettlebaston Rd, Leyton, London E10 7PF, UK
Professional Cleaning London To Be Clean London was established in 2008 with an aim to provide quality, professional and end of tenancy cleaning services in London. Our cleaning company is one of the
Texatherm Systems is a leading UK manufacturer of professional carpet & upholstery cleaning equipment and chemicals. Responsible for developing world firsts with the advanced and versatile EMV201
WEBSITE: www.surreysupremeclean.co.ukWelcome to Surrey Supreme Clean! I am Nathan Hampson and I started this company that is based here in Surrey, UK, just a few years ago with a vision to deliver
Cuxhaven Way, Andover SP10 4LU, UK
Your local domestic and commercial carpet cleaning Andover and villages service. We are a local family business who proudly guarantee complete 100% customer satisfaction in every job we do. We are pro
48 W George St, Glasgow G2 1BP, UK
Welcome to Revitalised carpet cleaning Glasgow. Your local carpet cleaning experts in Glasgow and surrounding areas. We breathe new life into your home – by cleaning your carpets, rugs, leather suit
Premier Carpet Cleaning is a local business that provide professional carpet and upholstery cleaning services.We strive to maintain the highest standards while exceeding client's expectations at a
10 Osney Ln, Oxford OX1 1TB, UK
Professional cleaning services Oxford and perfect carpet cleaning by modern equipment from My Cleaners. If you want to refresh your home or office or need from a modern equipped team of cleaners to de
Mercia Carpets are a reputable, family run carpet / hard flooring / rug business that serve Kenilworth, Leamington Spa, Warwick, Coventry, Knowle and the surrounding areas. We have 35 years experience
If you want to call one company able to handle all household duties, you are at the right place. Live2Clean offers a wide variety of cleaning services - one time or on a regular schedule. We also spec
11 St Marys Wharfe Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7DZ UKHeros Carpet Clean in Blackburn is a professionally run company with skilled and competent carpet cleaner operatives that can clean up any kind of
44 Fairfield Dr, Burnley BB10 2PU, UK
Heros Carpet Clean is based in Burnley and is focused on providing clients with a premier quality service in Lancashire that will give customers a guaranteed best ever clean of carpets and sofas that
65 Old Castle Rd, Glasgow G44 5TG, UK
Carpet Cleaning Company covering Glasgow and surrounding areas.21 years experience.All work guaranteed.
There are many reasons why you should not neglect your carpets and instead get them professionally cleaned. Welcome to our company, you are in the right place! Our Fulham carpet cleaning service is ma
830 Ecclesall Rd, Sheffield S11 7AH, UK
Welcome to Franklins of Sheffield. We are highly trained and motivated upholstery and carpet cleaners in Sheffield. We love to breathe new life into the carpets and upholstery in your home or business
19 Weavers Cl, Morley, Leeds LS27 9FF, UK
Flying Zebra are professional carpet & upholstery cleaners based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Carpets, Rugs, Sofas, Dining Room Chairs, Mattresses. 100's of 5* Reviews. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.
End of Tenancy Cleaning Near Me Ltd is a reliable cleaning services company providing high quality cleaning services for tenants, letting agents, landlords and AirBnB owners. You can collect your chec
Our company has been reigning over the market for cleaning services in Portsmouth for the past 8 years. We have been upgrading our standards to match the needs of customers and strive to supply the be


text:
The Self Invested Pension Plan (SIPP) was introduced by the UK government in 1989, and over the past five years, has run against market trends with excellent growth rates. The SIPPs unique combination of broad investment choice, transparent charging and flexible retirement benefits appeals to consumers looking for an efficient long term savings plan.
Steve Williams, UK Country Manager for Bravura Solutions outlines that these rules provide exciting new opportunities for individuals investing in SIPPs. However, with these changes, come challenges for existing SIPP administrators in respect to IT and product development.
âWe are well prepared for this new legislation, having already built these requirements into Talisman, a leading edge solution for the administration of personal retirement savings, investment and risk products.â
Talisman already supports the UK pension plan and legislation tax rules, as well as
supporting a full range of tax wrappers including ISAs, PEPs, CTFs and Bonds on a single seamlessly integrated platform enabling the SIPP to sit within a wider portfolio set, such as that found on the wrap platformâ, adds Wes Hall, Head of Product Strategy, Investments, for Bravura Solutions.
While historically, SIPPs have been more suited to individuals with pension funds in excess of £250,000 due to steep administration charges, the introduction of more sophisticated systems to automate administration processes has led to providers benefiting from economies of scale.
Therefore, we expect to see SIPPs being a viable long term savings vehicle for anyone from mid-earners up to high net worth individuals.


text:
Full SEO Site Audit
The Full SEO Audit is a comprehensive examination of every aspect of your site from the perspective of Search Engine Optimization and Conversion.
It is the first step to a comprehensive SEO Strategy that will produce long-lasting results for your business.
It's actually pretty simple... If you provide what your website's visitors are looking for, and they can easily buy it from you right NOW on your site then chances are, they will.
A successful Search Engine Optimization program generates lots of free web traffic and converts that traffic into sales. That's because a search-engine-friendly web site continually attracts new visitors who are searching for what you offer.An effective SEO campaign:
While many consumers recognize that paid placements are advertisements, many don't or don't care. Remember -- the purpose of Search Engines is to help people find answers to the questions they implicitly are asking by the terms they type into the search engine. If you provide the answers, by organic or paid results, they are more likely to do business with you and The Bottom Line is the Bottom Line.
For more on our process, see SEO Process
SEO Packages
IDC has developed a suite of proprietary tools and a range of product offerings designed to meet the web marketing needs of any company or organization.
All IDC SEO programs include these basic components:
While each website is unique, they're all made of the same stuff. Our process ensures we cover all the bases while also capturing what's unique about your site.
To get started now, go to SEO Request Form


text:
"When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. I haven't been this happy in years, my edges are grown, I'm losing weight, making money, feeling great. I've got no drama!
All is good and I owe it all to the big guy upstairs💕💕💕💕 When God takes you thru the valley be rest assured that it is a preparation for that glorious Mountain top. #Godfidence🙏#Restoration #Redirection".
Thursday, 11 August 2016
'I haven't been this happy in years...I've got no drama- Toke Makinwa
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
The Sounds of Others: A Biophonic Line
Installation by Marcus Coates
23 October - 2 November 2014
Lovelock Art Commission for the Manchester Science Festival
Cape Farewell proudly presents the Lovelock Art Commission; an annual commission that invites an artist to take inspiration from the lifelong work of the famous scientist James Lovelock. In partnership with the Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI) we have selected Marcus Coates, who launched his new installation The Sounds of Others: A Biophonic Line during the Manchester Science Festival 2014.
Understanding the world as an intelligent interconnected organism is central to Lovelock's Gaia Hypothesis. The theory establishes relationships between events in nature that were previously regarded as unconnected. In the spirit of this enquiry Coates has worked alongside renowned wildlife sound-recordist Geoff Sample to discover what connects such varied animals as bats, whales, insects, amphibians and humans, using their sounds as a common link.The Sounds of Others: A Biophonic Line distorts the speed of their voices to unearth common patterns and forms that would normally be beyond the reach of the human ear.
For this work Marcus Coates has studied hundreds of animal sounds to discover the minute but discernible connections between them. By stretching and compressing the sounds, resemblances between them appear. The installation reveals a complex and fascinating world of acoustic communication and our connection with it.
The audio installation The Sounds of Others: A Biophonic Line opened on the 23rd October 2014 at the opening night of Manchester Science Festival. During the night there was a ticketed in-conversation event with artist Marcus Coates. Watch footage from the opening night below.
The Manchester Science Festival
Thurs 23 October 2014 to Sunday 2 November 2014
10:00 - 17:00


text:
GOMMA Line new premises
GOMMA Line, same knowledge, new factory
At its manufacturing facilities, GOMMA Line has installed injection presses for vulcanizing rubber.
GOMMA Line has modern equipment for extrusion, UHF vulcanization, flocking, joining and confectioning of rubber profiles.
GOMMA Line has modern equipment for production, assembly and testing of brake hoses and hoses for hydraulic clutch systems.
Production of serial machined metal parts (CNC turning and miling)
Our goal is to manufacture the most demanding and complex molds for rubber. We have possibility for manufacturing molds for injection molding of plastics and molds for blow molded plastics.
Company GOMMA Line is registered in Kragujevac on January, 16th, 2007 as limited liability company for production of rubber based automotive products.
Activities of GOMMA Line company are: production of extruded sealing rubber profiles, brake hoses and hydraulic clutch hoses, and technical rubber products for automotive industry.


text:
Acro Director
Kathleen was born and raised in Sault Ste. Marie and was a provincial level gymnast at the Sault Ste. Marie Gymnastics Club. She moved to Toronto in 1988 and graduated with honours from the Seneca College Elite Coaching Program. She has more than 25 years of Pre Competitive and Competitive coaching experience and an extensive background with recreational coaching from kindergym to advanced recreational to boys gymnastics. In 1999, she joined the Gemini Gymnastics coaching staff and is currently coaching Provincial and Invitational athletes, and assisting with the National athletes. She also handles the administration for the competitive program.
Kathleen is a fully certified level 3 NCCP coach, certified level 2 in Trampoline, a National Level Judge, and served on the Women's Program Committee (WPC) of Gymnastics Ontario from 2002-2011. In addition, she is the creator of the Ontario Development Program for gymnasts age 5-9. Since 2003, Kathleen has been active in conducting coaching development clinics, and providing coaches with a further understanding of the provincial rules. In October 2007, Kathleen received a Gymnastics Ontario Recognition Award for her outstanding volunteer service to the sport of gymnastics in Ontario (in the areas of coaching, judging or administration). In 2009, she was the Women's Technical Chair for Canadian Championships and has been selected to be the Women's Technical Chair for Pan Am Championships 2014 and Pan Am Games 2015. Kathleen is also the proud and busy mother of 3 girls 2 of which Step with Style!


text:
They say that white women are the black man's Kryptonite, and so I've always said that white women's Kryptonite (WWK) is Oprah Winfrey.
I know what you're going to say: "But Kids, I've seen the Oprah show–there's colored women in the audience all the time." Yeah, but here's the thing, stupid: those are like all her relatives–cousins flown in from out-of-town to support their cousin. If you read the exit attendance rosters, you'll see names like "Fropah", "JoePah", "Lopah", "Bropah" and "Maya Angelou" who's allowed to be there every show– same seat, same clothes, same pained look on her face– largely because none of the staffers are sure whether she's alive or not ("is that caged bird singing or not?").
Well, anyway, WWK and one of The Kids' favorite targets–media Godzilla, Oprah Winfrey–announced that she was stepping down from her talk show throne.
The crazy thing is though, is that she announced that her show's not ending for another two years.
Who the Smurf announces something two years in advance? If you ever wanted/needed/refuted proof that Oprah was essentially nothing more than Nell Carter with a better weave and a talk show couch well, there you have it. Happy holidays.
To be fair, reports are that she's planning on going into cable programming, and if it's anything like getting service from Comcast, she probably needs to put her bid in two years ahead of time.
Anyway, with 730 (or, I as like to call it, "two Oprahs") days until her final airing, it's fine time to start guessing how she might or should end her show.
And so, some suggestions on how the Queen of Talk can take her final walk:
- Unveil her Macy's Thanksgiving Day float–along with Spiderman, she'd be the perfect addition to the collection of larger-than-life, full-of-hot-air things floating down the streets of Manhattan. I imagine her float will have a microphone in one hand, Stedman's nuts in the other, and hordes of suburban moms dancing on her back. In an Oprah surprise twist, she'll actually be the float itself. They will play Kelis' "Milkshake" as she floats on by.
- Thanks to the efforts of her producers, she will be reunited with her childhood friends Christopher Robin and Piglet.
- Invite all the things that her show spawned to take a curtain call with her: Dr. Phil, Tom Cruise and his sex-slave Katie Holmes, Maya Angelou's corpse, Tyra Banks and her fivehead forehead, and middle-class white women dementia.
- In one corner: Ellen DeGeneres and Rosie O'Donnell. In the other corner: Oprah Winfrey and Gail King. Bell sounds. Mud-wrestling match begins.
- "The Winfrey Gauntlet"–where Oprah has to run (or gallop or trot or whatever she does) through a series of physical challenges like on the old American Gladiators show, only instead of dick-eating muscle-bound "ladies" like Diamond, she's got to face all the old talk show hosts that she's defeated over the years. Jenny Jones shooting NERF balls at her weave. Rope-racing Phil Donahue. Arm-wrestling Ricki Lake. With color commentary by Tempest Bledsoe and Montell Williams.
So yes. She's got some options. And she's got 2 Oprahs and counting before she has to decide.


text:
bone tree lives in the Unaweep Canyon of Western Colorado. This is where we invented "deep canyon music". This page shows images of this wonderful place we call "home".
Bob and Lisa, great web site. Gracie shared with me the address. I will check periodically for music performance dates and times. Gene
Great sound. Looking forward to talking with you all more about Hilltop Music Series in Rifle Colorado
Bob and Lisa!!!! So nice to browse thru your sweet little website! Found you guys more or less randomly, and so happy I did. Sounds like your dear instruments have taken a yet bigger place in your lives, good for you guys!!! Hope you are well, much love, -Chloe (and Brendan)


text:
Revealing Greek Secrets to Youthful, Radiant Skin
The Ancients have always appreciated physical beauty. In tune with their bodies and its natural aging process, Greeks often focus on ways to improve their physical appearance. The Greek goddesses of love and beauty, which have symbolized femininity and grace, created a beauty ideal among Greek and other women, which not only influenced ancient Greek beauty regimens, but has also had a lasting effect on modern natural skincare treatments. To present day, Greeks are well-known and respected for their prestigious, beauty rituals. Extra Virgin Olive Oil, honey and Donkey Milk are all-natural products that have been used in Greece for hair, skin and beauty products for more than 3,000 years, and we are proud to use these ingredients in CALITHEA's skincare line.
Olive Oil
Full of nutrients, vitamins and anti-oxidants, olive oil restores skin and provides long-lasting moisture. It also prevents chapping and relieves sun burns. As women grow older, olive oil also helps to protect against the physical signs of aging. It is believed that the wild Olive Tree originated in ancient Greece and was sacred. Women would anoint themselves in olive oil to protect their skin from the environment. It was also used in facial masks to promote a clear-looking complexion. From their diet to their skin care, olive oil is an essential part of the Greek culture.
"Growing up in Kalamata, the second most populous city of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece, my mother said she used olive oil for everything. She cooked and cleaned with it and applied it daily to her hair and skin. Her philosophy was "look good and feel good," and when she died at the age of 85, she still had beautiful skin," explained George.
Donkey Milk
Donkey milk is rich in Omega-3 & 6 fatty acids, proteins and vitamins and helps to regenerate and soften the skin. Because of its mild composition, Donkey Milk is ideal for those with sensitive, dry skin types and conditions, such as psoriasis and eczema, and promotes long-lasting hydration and suppleness.
The use of honey as a cosmetic in Ancient Greece dates to 5000 BC. Used as a beautifying skin and anti-inflammatory cleanser, and an after-bath moisturizer, honey has also been used to make facemasks and body scrubs. Ancient Greek women enjoyed honey and Donkey Milk baths as part of their nightly beauty routine.


text:
NEW YORK, Dec. 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- You've been here before: you desperately need to sign into your online banking account but can't remember your password, site key or the answer to your secret question. What's your dog's birthday? Who was your first grade teacher?
Today, Hoyos Labs, a digital infrastructure security company, launches the app that will finally put an end to the frustration that comes with usernames, passwords and PINs – 1UTM. 1U leverages a user's smartphone to acquire his or her biometrics to conveniently and securely replace log-in information for thousands of favorite websites, including non-standard sites that require information in addition to usernames and passwords (i.e. a site key).
The app, available now for iPhone devices and available for Android devices on December 10, supports various biometrics – including facial, periocular, fingerprint and iris – to recognize that there is only one you (1U) who is attempting to authenticate your identity and log into the sites.
1U utilizes an optional proprietary, unique, state-of-the-art "liveness" detection system that is capable of distinguishing a real person from an image or video – high-definition or standard. Upon recognition, the app grants access to websites that you have assigned with 1U – from social media sites to your online banking account and beyond.
"At Hoyos Labs, we've been fighting against the password for years, and we are now launching a solution that doesn't involve a token or master password and allows users to authenticate their identities with their unique biometrics," said Hector Hoyos, CEO of Hoyos Labs. "By creating and launching 1U, usernames and passwords are stored encrypted in consumers' mobile devices instead of through an external service."
"Your information always remains with you, and hackers are highly unlikely to ever be able to touch it as a result, because they would literally have to steal your phone to attempt to hack it," Hoyos added. "In the near future, as corporations implement the Hoyos Labs technology into their back-end systems, this will lead to a complete elimination of usernames and passwords."
Once downloaded, the app walks consumers through a simple "how to" setup process, which includes:
The 1U app even allows consumers to share their websites with other 1U users without ever having to show their credentials, and they can authenticate their identities to more than one device if desired.
"Identity is the currency of the information age," Hoyos said. "Proving who YOU are is the key to all online transactions. The centuries-old version of passwords is dead. 1U allows the uniqueness of YOU to be your passport to any and all digital transactions. 1U is designed to end the frustration and make everyone's online lives as easy as looking into the camera on their phones."
If a consumer loses his or her phone or gets a new phone, that person merely has to reinstall 1U, and the software will prompt to authenticate with biometrics. Once the true identity is verified, 1U will automatically reconfigure and restore all of the original data if the consumer used the option of saving his or her data, encrypted by biometrics, to the personal drop box.
Consumers can download 1U for free for access to unlimited websites on unlimited mobile devices and computers for 30 days. After this 30-day trial period, consumers can purchase a one-year ($49.99) or monthly ($9.99) license, both for access to unlimited websites on unlimited mobile devices and computers.
"1U uses the strongest, military-grade encryption method that's available today; this will ensure that consumers' personal information remains private and outside the reach of hackers," continued Hoyos. "All users have to do is authenticate their identities with their biometrics, and in a matter of seconds, they will automatically be logged into all of their websites. Never again will consumers have to keep track of usernames and passwords to protect their personal material, and 1U is the only technology out there that's easy, convenient and secure."
For more information on 1U, please visit: www.1Uapps.com.
About Hoyos Labs
Hoyos Labs is a digital infrastructure security company with security, computer vision and biometrics and big data experts. The goal of Hoyos Labs is to develop and deploy enterprise and consumer identity assertion technology platforms that will conveniently and securely address the identity assertion challenges of today. Hoyos Labs currently has offices in New York, Boston, Bucharest (Romania), Beijing (China), San Juan (Puerto Rico) and Oxford (United Kingdom).
|SOURCE Hoyos Labs
Copyright©2014 PR Newswire.
All rights reserved


text:
A new post in the series - "All Music is Only the Sound of His Laughter"
She bent over her mother's face to listen to the faint sounds. The words couldn't come out, no strength left. The struggle to breathe was unbearable for her frail body. Was she asking for something? A miracle drug? One last pull of life? A message? A last wish? What?
A new homecoming.
She picked up her mother's bhajan diary and began reciting. Slowly, she felt her heart begin to heal...
Click here for all the posts in this series.
Click here for the previous post in this series.
Linking this post to Write Tribe's - 100 Words on Saturday 2014 – # 9


text:
3 answers
397 views
I'm looking for the most beautiful/must-see spot is in Lyon. Any suggestions?
almost 8 years ago about Lyon, France
3 Answers
I would suggest having a wander around Vieux Lyon, then climbing the steps up to Fourvière, where you can not only visit the beautiful basilica but also have a fabulous view over the city. almost 8 years agoAnswered by Jayde Clements via WorldNomads.com
- Thank you!! Kate Z almost 8 years ago
They have a great (and free!) zoo in the Parc de la Tête d'Or. We hired bikes from Lyon city and cycled along the Rhone, through the zoo and around the rest of the park. A great half day activity. over 2 years agoAnswered by Dianne via WorldNomads.com


text:
Recognition Day one of the most anticipated for freshmen
It is the most anticipated day of the academic year for freshmen – Recognition Day.
An annual rite of spring, sophomores and juniors are anticipating a new academic year and their new leadership positions in the Corps of Cadets. Seniors are simply antsy to get their diplomas and get on with their military careers, graduate school or jobs in the work world.
But the knobs are counting the days and minutes until the fourth class year ends.
Recognition Day signifies the end of the freshman journey as knobs. The regimented knob lifestyle -- short haircuts, frequent bracing, walking fast paced in single file -- will cease on Recognition Day, which this year is Saturday, April 19. It is the culmination of the rigid discipline endured throughout knob year and the beginning of a new chapter in The Citadel's leadership development process.
The Citadel has a tough and challenging Fourth Class System. Its purpose is to lay the foundation for the development of character and discipline central to the college's mission. The Fourth Class System represents an abrupt change from the life normally experienced at home and encompasses the cadet's first year of college.
"Pride in self, pride in unit, pride in the Corps and pride in The Citadel are themes we are working very hard to ensure are evident throughout Recognition Day," said Commandant of Cadets Col. Greg Stone.
This year, Recognition Day comes a week early and has several new elements designed to enhance the academic success of the Corps of Cadets during exams and to refocus on the college mission of excellence in the education and development of principled leaders.
"We've tried to create a demanding and meaningful event that coupled with the traditional events of the day will result in an inspiring and memorable experience," Stone said.
Recognition events have expanded to include pre-training that began two weeks ago and will conclude on Recognition Day.
Also planned is the Warrior Challenge and symbolic events such as the March to Marion Square and a class dinner, said Col. Jeff Weart, director of the Krause Leadership Initiative.
No one should think things have gotten easier, however.
"It is still challenging and will remain tough," said Regimental Commander Cadet Col. Chase Mohler, Class of 2008. "This is not an easy day. It will be both demanding and motivational as a culminating event for the fourth class."
Recognition Day will begin at 5:30 a.m. with regimental physical training and regimental run. After breakfast, freshmen will undergo additional training on leadership and The Citadel experience. A rigorous team-building event, the Warrior Challenge begins late morning and will consist of a series of timed physically demanding team-building tasks conducted in a round-robin fashion and designed to get the freshmen to work together to complete a task.
"These team-building tasks will enhance leadership, communication skills and performance under stress," Weart said.
The Warrior Challenge will be followed by the traditional class set of pushups in each company and the recognition ceremony in which knobs will be acknowledged by their first names by all upperclassmen and welcomed into the Corps of Cadets. This traditional and moving ceremony ends the Fourth Class System for the Class of 2011.
After lunch the Class of 2011 will leave campus at 3:30 p.m. to march through the heart of downtown Charleston to Marion Square, site of the original Citadel campus, for the "Oath Renewal on The Citadel Green." The oath ceremony begins at 4 p.m. The cadets will be joined by members of the Washington Light Infantry, the organization that deeded the old Citadel to the first Corps of Cadets in 1843. The day ends with a class Recognition Day dinner at 6 p.m.
"The march to Marion Square provides an opportunity for the local community and Citadel families to come out and support the Class of 2011 as they symbolically complete their first year," Mohler said.
Moving Recognition Day from the Wednesday after exams to the Saturday before exams gives cadets, in particular rising sophomores and juniors, new leadership development and training opportunities that have not existed before.
"The events that are a part of this year's Recognition Day are more professional and will instill a fervent sense of pride in our rising upperclass cadets," Mohler said. "In particular, I am looking forward to the march to the old Citadel because its gives the Corps the opportunity to be out in the Charleston community for this special event."
Following Recognition Day, the freshmen will have before them the opportunity to take on new responsibilities for company level duties. They have also earned additional cadet privileges like extended curfew on leave nights and permission to use the upperclass canteen.
"Recognition Day is not the end but the beginning of the journey a Citadel cadet will take toward graduation day," Weart said. "It signifies that the fourth class as a whole has successfully met the military training requirements expected and are now ready to take on new leadership roles in the Corps of Cadets."
Highlights of Recognition Day
*Outdoor(**) events are open to spectators, however, attendance at Recognition Day events is restricted to cadets and Citadel staff.
5:30 a.m. -- Regimental physical training*
10:30 a.m. -- Warrior Challenge*
11:50 a.m. -- Class set and recognition
12:30 a.m. -- Regimental BBQ
3:30 p.m. -- March to Marion Square*
4 p.m. -- "Oath Renewal on The Citadel Green"*
6 p.m. -- Class of 2011 Recognition Day dinner


text: rud10 0 Report post Posted July 1, 2013 Good evening. I know this may sound like a question with an obvious answer, but does anybody know where I add the text about my site that comes up in the Google search results? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


text:
I just spent a week in Tartu, Estonia, at a conference on biblical studies. I gave a paper on whether there were women mystics in early Judaism, and went to lots of other interesting papers. I also went on a couple of tours - one of a series of communities along Lake Peipsi (which forms the border between Estonia and Russia - I had hoped I could take photos of Russia on the other side of the lake, but it's actually quite large, so I couldn't fulfill my desire of saying that I could see Russia from Estonia, unlike Sarah Palin who claimed that she could see Russia from Alaska), and another in and around Tartu itself.
For those of you who may not know where Estonia is (no need to be embarrassed, I checked on the map to be sure exactly where it is), it's the northernmost country of the Baltic states, and it's right next to Russia. From 1940-1991 it was part of the Soviet Union (along with Latvia and Lithuania it was swallowed up by the Soviets as a result of the pact between the USSR and Nazi Germany that agreed to divide the Baltic states and Poland between them). Then, when the Soviet Union disintegrated, it became an independent country again. It's also a member of the EU. There's quite a bit of anti-Russian sentiment there, as a result of this history.
The tour that I took on the Sunday before the conference started first went to several small villages along Lake Peipsi that are inhabited by the "Old Believers" - a sect that split off from Russian Orthodoxy in the 17th century, when the official church enacted a series of reforms that the Old Believers rejected. The reaction against them was extremely violent - Old Believers were persecuted, their priestly leadership was murdered, their churches were burned down - so as a result many of them left Russia for other safer locations, including Estonia. They managed to survive through the years of communist rule, and the communities still exist. I just looked up the term on the internet, and discovered that there are communities of Old Believers even in Oregon!
We went inside an Old Believer church, and it was really beautiful inside. (Unfortunately, they didn't want us to take photos, so I can only describe it). The inside was painted with bright colors, and the front of the church was covered with beautiful icons, vividly painted. One of the women members of the church spoke to us about the religion and tried to explain the differences between the Old Believers and other kinds of Russian Orthodox, but frankly I didn't really understand it. She also talked about how for the most part women are the religious leaders of the community, even though according to their theology men should be - because there are so few men now left who are priests.
We then got back on the bus and went to a little museum of Old Believer life, where another woman told us about Old Believer life, including some very interesting rules that she had grown up with. When her grandmother was alive, the family would never eat with anyone who was not also an Old Believer - if a stranger came to the house, that person had to eat on separate dishes. Also, if anyone in the family went away to work far away, and then came back, he had to go through a two-week period of eating on separate dishes as well before he would be considered pure enough to eat with the family.
The rest of the tour consisted of a visit to a castle (actually, not much of a castle, it was from the 19th century, built by a German baron), where we had lunch, and then a visit to the shore of Lake Peipsi to watch the "christening" of a boat built out of local reeds. This consisted of someone reciting something in Estonian, which of course we didn't understand, then pouring some rum over the boat, and then passing around the rum to whoever was interested in drinking. Unfortunately, we didn't bring our bathing suits, so there was no possibility of taking a dip in the lake - and it was very hot!
We then returned to Tartu, rather sated with Estonian tourism, and got down to the serious business of biblical scholarship the next day.
On Tuesday afternoon I went on a walking tour of Tartu with the same guide who had taken us to Lake Peipsi, and the tour had a very interesting ending. She showed us some of the main buildings of the University of Tartu, where the conference took place, brought us to the town hall in front of which is a statue of two students kissing, had us slog up the hill behind the university where we saw the university observatory and the supreme court of Estonia, which is headquartered in Tartu, and then back to the main university building where we had started. At that point one of the people on the tour asked the guide about the Soviet occupation - because the guide was uniformly negative about the period of Soviet rule.
The guide answered and then a woman named Irena, who was also on the tour, interrupted her - saying that she had studied at the University of Tartu in the 1970s because it was one of the few universities in the USSR where Jews were freely admitted (she herself now lives in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, but she grew up in Leningrad). She also then mentioned one of the luminaries of the University of Tartu who had taught there for many years - a Jewish scholar of semiotics named Yuri Lotman who founded the Tartu-Moscow Semiotic School. He was from St. Petersburg/Leningrad and was unable to find work in Russia because of antisemitism, and so began teaching in Tartu in 1950.
Irena also talked about another Jewish scholar at the university in the 1930s named Lazar Gulkowitsch. The University of Tartu established a chair in Jewish Studies in 1934, and he took up the position. He was killed when the Nazis invaded in 1941. (Many of the Jews of Estonia escaped the Nazis by going east into the Soviet Union, but about a thousand didn't, among them Gulkowitsch). A scholar at the conference, Anu Pölsdam of the University of Tartu, gave a paper about Gulkowitsch that I'll write more about here.
It was interesting to see the guide then backtrack on her uniformly negative view of the Soviet period. I guess this was just a taste of the internal politics of Estonia.


text:
BMC: Keeping 'em happy
Anyone in the LBM trade knows it's all about keeping the customer happy, whether he be a remodeler with a pick-up full of plywood sheets or a purchasing agent with a spreadsheet. A customer will let you know he's happy by bringing back more business or making a referral. Sometimes, he will even tell you. All you have to do is ask.
Chris Warr, a purchasing agent for David Weekley Homes in the Austin, Texas, market, inherited BMC from his predecessor. The company (then called BMHC) had been supplying the production builder for 10 years, and Warr saw no reason to change. Five years later, he feels the same way.
"[BMC] has a solid knowledge of the local market and a good understanding of what our goals are," Warr said. "They're the closest thing to what we would call a true partner."
David Weekley, a production builder with operations in more than 16 cities, purchases panels, millwork, hardware and turnkey framing from BMC, and Warr estimated their business is "knocking on $10-plus million on an average year, depending on the market." The Boise, Idaho-based pro dealer also installs some of these products.
Construction services can be tricky, both in terms of pricing and execution. "It's been an evolution over the past five years," Warr said. When he contracted with BMC to frame houses, it caused some friction in the local market, but BMC smoothed this out by hiring some of the key framing crews in town — something Warr said he appreciated.
Keith Costello, VP sales and marketing for BMC, said the company is "not just in this to sell a 2 by 4. We want to bring them solutions." While this often means bundling installation with products, Costello is also talking about proposing changes to a building's design to save on costs. A BMC rep might even show a different style of cabinet to homeowners, one that better fits their tastes and their budget.
"[Custom builders] don't have the resources that the nationals have, so they're looking to us for different ways to get the job done more quickly and efficiently," Costello said.
Candlelight Homes is one of those customers, although Joe Salisbury's company dwarfs that of a typical custom home builder. Salisbury is a partner in the Utah firm currently building homes in the Wasatch Front, the area surrounding Salt Lake City.
Candlelight Homes uses BMC to do about half of its framing. "They prebuild a lot of it and bring it over," Salisbury said. "But they can make changes quickly. They're not just a framing crew."
Indeed not. BMC operates both a wall panel plant and a truss manufacturing facility in West Jordan, Utah, not far from the headquarters of Candlelight Homes.
Salisbury also purchases interior trim, base molding, shelving, door hardware and the doors themselves, both interior and exterior. BMC installs all these products, too. The Utah home builder said he likes the fact that BMC can "work across multiple contracts."
John Osborne, one of two sales reps who works with Candlelight, estimates that BMC is supplying materials and services to 20 different Candlelight homes right now. "We sell all the different categories, so they can buy a lot from one shop," he said.
Salisbury is also happy with the pricing — 'They're priced right," he said — and most important of all, the service. "They're responsive," he added.
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
No comments found


text:
March 1, 2012
Filed under artwork
I was browsing Deviantart just now, and came across a group that showcases art from different European mythologies. I was pleased to see that there is a folder just for Finnish mythology in there: http://kalevaladream.deviantart.com/gallery/29526037. I really enjoy looking at artwork of different mythologies, and even better to find Finnish ones! I wish I could create some myself, but alas, that is not one of my talents.


text:
Aluminum PlantAs the future home of E-Town Studios, this former aluminum plant located in Eatonton, GA is a location packed with character and a variety of dramatic scenes that are camera ready.
Old Putnam County Prison
Like What You See?
Our locations are available and waiting for a production just like yours to come film! Give us a call and we would be glad to see how we can help!


text:
For environmental wackoists, Sir Jonathon Porritt could be either a traitor or a visionary. He is an aforementioned environmental wackoist himself, having been a 'Friend of the Earth' and a Green Party figurehead, and current advisor to the Blair government. To these groups of wackoists, what Porritt believes is wildly controversial. To all others, what he seems to be beginning to believe is pure common sense.
There are three distinct approaches to environmental and energy issues. The first is to deny that we have any problems so we won't have to change. The second is to claim that our problems are so severe that we need to change our entire lifestyles urgently, before the world explodes (the environmental wackoist position). And the third is to agree that there are a few issues and leave it in the hands of the capitalist free market to provide the solution as it always has.
Porritt is featured in an interview published today with John Vidal, entitled 'Rude Awakening.' The entire article is written with a 'Duh, maybe capitalism isn't quite as evil as we thought' syndrome. Porritt, who has always fallen into the second category, is now realising that those who fall into the third category (such as my reasonable self) may just have been right all along. So I'm going to quote the relevant parts about capitalism from this article, happy that some aforementioned wackoists appear to be beginning to open their eyes a little, and simultaneously entertained by their apparent surprise at the concept of capitalism actually supplying solutions.
"To underline what he has learned, [Porritt] has written a book called Capitalism As If The World Matters. It's no contrarian potboiler, but it will shock some people because its stark premise is that capitalism is the only global force able to get the world out of its present deep troubles." [What a revelation! A "stark premise"! A "shock" to wackoists everywhere!]
"His argument is pragmatic and goes briefly like this: ….conventional environmentalism has failed to win over hearts and minds…." [Agh! Did he actually say that? TRAITOR!]
"…Change has to be desirable and will not come by threatening people with ecological doom…" [It won't? You're kidding!]
"…We must embrace capitalism as the only overarching system capable of both reconciling ecological sustainability, and reforming it." [No!]
"I don't have great faith in capitalism, but it is formidably flexible…" [That's right, take it easy. One step at a time.]
"He argues that, given the right incentives, capitalism can and will transform itself to deliver a genuinely sustainable economy." [Let me help. Capitalism is a continually changing, expanding, adjusting, transforming, reordering system which will AUTOMATICALLY meet the needs of sustainability – that's what capitalism is! No forced changes are required. It is an automated supply system that mirrors human demand. What a discovery for you!]
"Today, Porritt says, business is far ahead of government." [No shit, Sherlock.]
"Like it or not, capitalism is the only game in town. The drive to extend the reach of markets into every aspect of the economy is an irresistible force."
And perhaps the most sensible thing attributed to Porritt in this article is this: "Part of the problem … may be in the civil service. …They don't like society entrepreneurs, people who are genuinely bringing solutions." [So the answer is less government, not more. What a radical!]
Porritt still talks about government intervening in the markets, and about forcing corporations to do things differently, and about the corporate leaders being in their "last- chance-saloon job". He clearly doesn't trust the general public to know what's best for themselves. He's obviously a leftist who reads from the same hymnsheet as George "Moonbat" Monbiot (who also recently found himself awestruck by the positive capitalist response to energy issues).
But perhaps, one day, he and his fellow environmental wackoists will learn something from his 'Duh' moment.
John Wright


text:
And now for something somewhat different . . .
SABR member Bruce Brown forwards this MiLB "Moniker Madness" bracket, where you can vote for the "best" names in Minor League Baseball this season.
(My money is on Sequoyah Stonecipher)
Doug Wayne Gwosdz
English Pronunciation : Doug Wayne Goosh
First/middle/last names subject to misspelling: Last
Spellczechs degree of difficulty (1 – 5 diamonds, 5 being hardest): ♦♦♦♦♦
Valid in Scrabble (name(s) also valid Scrabble words in and of themsel(ves)?: None
Playable in Scrabble (name(s) able to be formed with standard 100-tile English set)?: All
Best Anagram Genius anagram: (None of any quality)
Method for remembering spelling: Acronym phrase
The story:
Doug Wayne Gwosdz was a career backup catcher for the San Diego Padres, batting a putrid .144/.244/.202 (for those of you not familiar with "slash stats", this refers to batting average / on-base percentage / slugging percentage) from 1981 through 1984. He possesses an unremarkable first name (I can find no record of his first name being anything other than Doug. You didn't even think to name him "Douglas", Mrs. Gwosdz?). He also has a non-descript middle name. These however are overcompensated by his "consonant jambalaya" of a last name.
Gwosdz appears to be a variant of the "rare to begin with" surname of Gwozdz, and gwozdz would seem to be the Polish word for "nail" (which seems to be a good sign if you aspire to be a major league catcher).
Approximately 17,000 different players have suited up for a Major League Baseball game. Of those 17,000, about 4,300 of these players had last names of exactly six letters. Of those 4,300, a mere 330 or so had but ONE vowel in their name.¹ So what Doug lacked in on-field performance, he made up for in alphabetic rarity.
Upon hearing "Goosh", I can only wish that Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh could have been the real-life batterymate of Gwosdz. It would have rivaled "Spahn and Sain and pray for rain". We could have had "LaLoosh and Gwosdz . . . and the batters go whoosh!"
Lodewicus Theodorus "Louis" Oosthuizen
Tale of the tape:
English Pronunciation : LOU-dew-ic-ious THE-od-OR-ous WEST-hye-zen
First/middle/last names subject to misspelling: All
Spellczechs degree of difficulty(1 – 5 diamonds, 5 being hardest): ♦♦♦♦
Valid in Scrabble (name(s) also valid Scrabble words in and of themsel(ves)?: None
Playable in Scrabble (name(s) able to be formed with standard 100-tile English set)?: All 3
Best Anagram Genius anagram: Cold, duteous Zionist whorehouse
The story:
Louis Oosthuizen just won the 2010 British Open on Sunday. This was the first Major championship for the 27-year-old native of South Africa.
Mr. Oosthuizen's full birth name is a triple threat of tongue-twisting. Let's try tackling his first name . . . umm . . . first. Here is the most important bit of advice I can give you in remembering how to spell certain words/names . . . try and break the word up into smaller, recognizable subwords, prefixes, suffixes, abbreviations and/or acronyms. So, let's see if we can tear apart "Lodewicus".
Lodewicus is problematic because it doesn't look like it would end with a "cious" sound. (LOU-dew-ic-ious) But let's try and break it down just the same. It the contains the subword "lode", but "wicus" doesn't really subdivide well. However, what if we divided it into Lo/dew/ICUs. Then we'd have three subwords/acronyms we know and can easily relate to/remember. From there, you many want to try and put the words into some kind of sentence such as "The lo dew of the ICUs". This is an example of a mnemonic device. Simliarly, we can apply the same principle to his middle name (Theodorus), with The/odor/us, as in "The Odor of us".
Now his last name, that's a whole different kettle of fish. And speaking of fish, oost happens to be, amongst other things, the Dutch word for odor, while Huizen is Dutch for houses. So is Louis affiliated with the a fish house, or is he a fan of heretofore unrecorded Weird Al interpretation of The Animals hit (namely, "House of the Rising Smell")? Sorry, I digress.
Depending on who you ask, his last name could be pronounced WOOST-hay-zen, or OAST-hay-zen, which would at least give you a fighting chance of spelling it correctly.
Its a bit messy, but you CAN break "Oosthuizen" up into smaller subwords prefixes and abbreviations:
Oo: is a prefix referring to egg or ovum
St: is an abbreviation for street
Hui: is a Chinese word meaning conference or secret society
Zen: is a type of Buddhism
In future posts, I'll provide links to foreign name pronunciation guides, along with other tips/hints on spelling those hard-to-spell athlete names. In the meantime, congrats to Mr. Fishhouse Mr. Oosthuizen.
In the beginning, there was . . . Tim Biakabutuka?
I've always been a bit of an eclectic, nerdy geek. My idea of fun in grammar school was to add numbers in my head faster than the teacher could do it on the chalkboard. My mother taught me to play Scrabble at an early age, and some 35 years later, I spend most of my vacation time playing in Scrabble tournaments around the country and studying word lists (no definitions please). I'm the type of person who never met a pun she didn't like, and takes pride in being able to recite the powers of 2 beyond any customary need (2 to the 22nd is 4,194,304 for those of you curious).
Sports has always been a big part of my life. My dad was a Yankee fan, and so I became one, even if we DID live a mere 10-minute train ride from Shea. I've blogged about sports, played softball and basketball, participated in fantasy leagues, and spent entirely too much time watching Joe Morgan opine on baseball.
I have a good friend named Jeremy. We met through Scrabble, and found that we had a mutual love of baseball. We came up with our own variation of Scrabble, in which the last names of baseball players would be acceptable, and if challenged by your opponent, you would have to state the player's first name, with Baseball-Reference.com the final judge. CALZONE doesn't fit on the board? Well then, how about one-time Brewers slugger Sixto LEZCANO?
A few weeks ago, Jeremy showed me a newspaper ad for an all-sports spelling bee to be held on June 3rd at the ESPN Zone in Manhattan. Now, I enjoy watching the kids apply their supple, still spongy brains towards the Scripps National Spelling Bee. But, the last spelling bee I took part in came back at P.S.152 in Queens, and nowadays my synapses aren't firing quite as frequently.
Still, the thought of a sports-centric bee was intriguing. No need to remember the proper spelling of laodicean, a word I've never had a need to use, nor seen in anything I've read. I could limit it to "words" like "Yastrzemski" and "Krzyzewski", people/words I'm still reading/using today. There probably couldn't be that many sport-related spelling savants . . . I couldn't conceive that I'd be competing against a bunch of word nerds still living in their parent's basement not able to go out and play until they nail the correct spelling of the entire South African team World Cup roster.
So, when Jeremy suggested we apply for this contest, I said "sure … why not!" I didn't know if we were going to be selected, since they were limiting the competition to about 50 spellers and I was sure the New York metro area could muster up 50 brave souls to do just about anything. I also didn't know when we would hear from them if we were selected. So, I kind of put the Bee out of my mind.
Flash forward to Tuesday, June 1st. I receive the following e-mail:
Dear Contestant,
Congratulations! You've been selected to participate in ESPN Zone's 3rd Annual Sports Spelling Bee. The Spelling Bee will take place at ESPN Zone in Times Square on Thursday, June 3rd at 7:00pm. ESPN Zone is located at 1472 Broadway on the corner of 42nd Street. Contestants must check in at the registration table on the Mezzanine Level between 6:00pm and 6:30pm. Contestants who arrive after 6:30pm may be disqualified. You will need a valid picture ID as you must be 18 years of age or older to participate.
You will be asked to spell the names of sports figures (coaches, players, broadcasters, etc), alive or deceased. We may ask you to spell either the first name OR last name so you should be prepared for either.
You are encouraged to bring along your own cheering section. Seating will be available on a first come, first served basis. Please note, there will be food and beverage minimums of $10 per person per hour to be seated at a table in the Screening Room (2nd floor), where the event will take place. Standing room may also be available at the Screening Room Bar for spectators.
Please send an email to email@example.com confirming you received this email and still plan to participate in ESPN Zone's Sports Spelling Bee.
Thank you and G-O-O-D L-U-C-K!
ESPN Zone New York


text:
Researchers said they had pinpointed the biochemical pathway by which cannabis causes memory loss in mice.
The discovery could help open the way to drugs that have marijuana's desired pain-killing properties but without its amnesic side effects, according to the paper, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience.
It has long been known that cannabis produces memory loss by acting on the hippocampus, the region in the brain that governs most of our cognitive functions.
But whether that impact was long-term or lasted only during the drug's use, as well as how the drug acted biochemically, has been intensely debated.
Rafael Maldonado and and Andres Ozaita at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona believe they can help answer both questions.
The scientists first created a new measure of cognitive impairment so that they could easily assess the impact of cannabis use on memory in normal mice.
Marijuana's active ingredient, THC, acts on cannabinoid receptor neurons called CB1. While found in several locations within the brain, there are two concentrations of CB1-type cells in the hippocampus.
To explore how each of these neural networks might affect memory loss, the researchers created two groups of genetically modified mice, each missing the CB1 receptors in either of the two regions.
The rodents were then injected with doses of THC equivalent to "heavy use" of marijuana in humans.
|A young man smokes cannabis in Santiago
One of the groups reacted in the well-known forgetful fashion when required to do memory tests.
The other mouse group -- whose CB1 had been removed from the so-called GABAergic neurons -- was unaffected by the drug.
"Not only were the behavioural effects abolished, the biochemical responses that are directly responsible for the amnesic-like effect were abolished too," Maldonado said in a phone interview.
This should make it possible to develop a molecule that will produce cannabis' positive effect without affecting the GABAergic brain cells that govern memory, he said by phone.
The research also showed that administering cannabis leads to a change in the way that proteins are manufactured in the affected part of the brain.
"This is crucial, because a change in protein synthesis means a long-term change, this is not something that will just disappear the next day," he said.
Just how long memory might be degraded is unknown, he added.
"These are not permanent changes, even if they are long-term. People who are using cannabis therapeutically should not be worried," he said.
Maldonado refused to give an opinion about the impact for recreational users of marijuana, though.
Despite its ambiguous legal status, marijuana is used in several countries, especially the United States, as an analgesic for patients with cancer, glaucoma, HIV/AIDS and other conditions causing pain or discomfort.
Unlike illegal marijuana, so-called medical marijuana comes from an identified source in which levels of THC are known and monitored.


text: Syria had a population of 22 million people back in 2011. But there's a very different picture now after four years of a brutal civil war. Twelve million people have been forced from their homes – that's more than half the population. Al Jazeera's Mereana Hond takes a look at how Europe's refugee crisis sits within the greater catastrophe being endured. SOURCE: Al Jazeera Refugees Middle East Syria's Civil War


text:
It's that time again. Spring has sprung in Georgia and we are enjoying eating one strawberry after another! I went strawberry picking this past week and the strawberries were nice and large, sweet and juicy.
Making chocolate dipped strawberries is one of our family favorites. Super simple and quick to make. The final product is delectable. Such a delicious seasonal treat and completely gluten free. Your family and friends will be so excited to be able to taste these homemade goodies.
Just having the correct supplies on hand, before you go strawberry picking, saves a lot of time and allows you to use the strawberries right away. I keep my fresh picked strawberries in the refrigerator with a piece of plastic wrap loosely on top of the container. Do not wash strawberries until ready to use. This will keep the strawberries from getting soggy and moldy. I typically can keep the strawberries in the refrigerator for about a good three to four days without them going bad.
When you are ready to use the berries, pour into a colander and run under cool water to rinse off. Then put the strawberries layed out in a single layer on a dish towel to dry. I use a towel or paper towels to dry off each strawberry. This allows the chocolate to stick best to the strawberries.
The BEST way to melt chocolate pieces is in a double boiler. You can purchase them on line, at a cake decorating supply shop or an antique store. The double boiler allows for the chocolate to evenly melt without getting overheated or scorched and burnt. Add about an inch of water to bottom pan, and heat up water to very hot, but not boiling, turn off heat. Set top pot of double boiler on top of bottom pot. Pour chocolate pieces in the top pot. Allow to melt, stirring occasionally. If you do not have a double boiler you may use two pots that are close in size. Put about an inch of water in the bottom pot, heat up and place the top pot on an angle sitting on top of the bottom pot. Make sure you add water to the bottom pot to keep it at an inch full. If you want a pretty white zig zag on top of the chocolate, melt white candy pieces as well.
Place a piece of parchment paper on top of a cookie sheet. When chocolate has melted, stir to mix well. Dip strawberries in chocolate and place on parchment paper. If chocolate begins to harden a bit, just repeat process of melting. Fill up cookie sheet without allowing strawberries to touch. Place cookie sheet flat in freezer for about 2 minutes only. You do not want strawberries to freeze. Placing them in the freezer for a little bit gives them a little shine. Place melted white candy in a small baggie and snip of a tiny corner piece. Twist top of baggie shut and hold in hand while squeezing candy out on top of chocolate covered strawberries.
*Freshly picked farm fresh strawberries, rinsed and dried
*Gluten Free Dark or Milk Chocolate pieces (purchase on line, a cake decorating supply store, or Walmart in the Bridal Decoration Supply Section
*Gluten Free White Melting Candy Pieces
*Double Boiler OR two pots for melting candy
*Parchment Paper
*Cookie Sheet
Strawberry Fields Forever,


text:
For Music and stars lovers, a beautiful live wallpaper in which whole galaxy is rotating with multicolored stars and musical notes.
Musical Galaxy Live Wallpaper decorates your Android home screen with the special effect of brightstars and shouting stars. It includes stars of many colors like red, green, purple, blue,yellow and many more. Live motion of stars with colorful musical notes will make you feel like you have entered the universe with stars.
Download this amazing live wallpaper now for FREE at: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...laxystar.color


text:
Since Starz announced this production, I have waffled between anticipation and dread. The former because I appreciate new costume dramas centered on the lesser-known Tudors; and the latter, because I've read Philippa Gregory's book series. She's a talented enough writer that her "historical slander" passes for the truth – and she maligns reputations, turning decent historical figures into murderers, rapists, or abusers to spice up her plot.
It's the same in this series, which leaves me torn: the reputation of some of my favorite historical figures are on the line, but it's so well done it wants to seduce me with its pretty (but inaccurate) costumes, its moments of emotional rawness, and its historical accuracy.
I'll spare you the twenty page rant on slander I save for my friends, and focus on what is real and what isn't, in case you care.
- Henry did take the throne from Richard Plantagenet at the Battle of Bosworth Field. His mother's husband, Lord Stanley, turned against Richard's forces and with the help of his Welsh and French army, Henry defeated Richard, who was killed in a final charge down the field's center and died within yards of the new king.
- He was "descended from a servant." Henry's legitimacy was tenuous, but he had royal blood on both sides, and a legitimate claim to the throne.
- Henry cracked down on his enemies in his first years on the throne. The Plantagenets had tons of children, which meant potential usurpers, so he back-dated his reign to the day before the battle to keep the nobility in line. But unlike the series implies, Henry was reluctant to execute people and offered pardons to most of his "enemies." (Others, like Thomas Howard, he kept in the Tower indefinitely, until they proved loyal.)
- Margaret Beaufort took the queen's apartments, and insisted on being called "Her Grace, the King's Mother." She thought it her due, and considering she gave birth to Henry at thirteen and nearly died in the process (it ruined her from any further children), I ain't got a problem with that.
- Elizabeth Woodville and Margaret Beaufort negotiated the "Lizzie" / Henry marriage to unite the houses of Tudor, York, and Plantagenet. Unlike the series, which infers this isn't what Lizzie or her mother wanted, it was something both women pressed for, as a method to cease the war.
- Margaret Beaufort was devout. Her speeches about God placing her son upon the throne, a greater destiny for Lizzie, and so on, are very in character and keeping with the real Margaret, who was so devout she took a vow of chastity within her marriage to Lord Stanley later in life.
- Teddy. After Richard's death and the princes' disappearances, one of the last direct male descendants to the Plantagenet line was Edward, only son of George (brother to Kings Edward and Richard), and younger brother to "Maggie" (Margaret Plantagenet and later, Pole). In the series, she argues for her brother's life because his mind is "off"; in real life, people commented that Teddy seemed mentally unstable during his fourteen-year stay in the Tower.
- Lizzie and Richard were lovers. Though rumors circulated at the time, in an effort to disgrace and discredit Richard with incest, that he wanted to marry his niece, Richard adamantly denied it. And since incest was not favored by the Church, he could not have gained a Papal dispensation to marry her, so we have no reason to disbelieve him.
- Prince Richard survives and becomes Perkin Warbeck. The series features Elizabeth Woodville saving her son and sending him overseas to live with the Warbeck family, in the hope he will return and take the throne one day. There's no evidence Perkin was anything but an imposter. No one knows what happened to the Princes in the Tower, or the date they disappeared, but they were both likely murdered. (People have since found two sets of double child skeletons, either of which could be their bones.)
- Margaret Beaufort murdered the Princes in the Tower. Margaret was nowhere near them when they disappeared, had no real reason to consider them a threat, and had no influence to get at them. She is not one of history's suspects (the strongest theories, based on who immediately benefited, are the Duke of Buckingham and Richard III. In 1502, Sir James Tyrell also confessed to murdering them at his trial before his execution for treason).
- Henry tests Lizzie's fertility before he marries her. In the book, he rapes her multiple times over weeks until she becomes pregnant, and threatens to marry her sister if she doesn't conceive. In the series, Lizzie "submits" (since she has no real choice, it's still rape, sorry) but it still implies Arthur was conceived by rape by two people who hate one another. Excuse me while I puke. Arthur was born nine months after the wedding, but what's wrong with a wedding night conception or lust a week beforehand?
- "Humble & Penitent"; Lizzie's real motto was "Humble & Reverent." There is also some debate on how much Margaret controlled Lizzie; here, she's an overbearing mother in law, but the real Lizzie was tight-lipped about how she felt toward Margaret, so we will never know how much Margaret actively bossed her around, and how much of that was anti-Beaufort propaganda by the York faction.
- I find the idea that Perkin Warbeck was one of the missing princes a fascinating and brilliant piece of fiction, especially due to the emotional dynamics and upheaval it will produce when his uprising fails and Henry ultimately puts him to death (along with Teddy) as a Pretender. (Though, to be honest, reading those chapters in the book made me sick. I hope I don't have to see him brutalized beyond recognition, to disguise how much he resembles his sister the queen!)
- I thought this was a fairer and more even-handed representation of Margaret Beaufort. She is still devout, and has her moments of sheer meanness, and there's one instance where she tells Lizzie something the real Margaret, as a rape survivor, would never tell her (now get on with it, and do your duty), but overall I think she's more empathetic than the representation in The White Queen, and less of a radical religious nutcase.
- I love the relationship between Lizzie and Maggie; as first cousins they were very close, and it's nice to see that dynamic represented on screen. Gregory has a habit of pitting women against one another, so it's great to see females as friends. Maggie's love and fear for her brother is also gut-wrenching.
- I love seeing early Tudor history! Since we never get to see Henry's early months on the throne, seeing him call traitors before him, hearing about him putting properties under attainder, and trying to figure out how to wrangle the politics of a changing regime make the little historian's heart in me happy.
- Elizabeth "the Witch" Woodville: I thought Gregory turning the Woodvilles into witches was one of her more brilliant ideas; it lends a supernatural twist to events, it allows for a lot of foreshadowing, and it resurfaces here, with Elizabeth questioning her own "powers" (do her curses work or not?). Since her mother, the fabulous Jacquetta of Luxembourg, is long dead, she has no one to turn to who has a strong sense of the magic in their bloodline. Nice touch.
- It's classier than its predecessor. The White Queen felt like lite-porn at times, but so far this series hasn't shown any nudity (thank you for not exploiting your actresses… yet) and its sex scenes haven't been gratuitous. I fully expect that to change, but thank you for a decent first episode.
- The cast. Part of me wishes they had continued with the original cast (minus Lizzie), in part because the "other" Margaret Beaufort was so memorable, but this one is solid, and seems more serious going forward. Margaret is less of a psycho, either intentionally or due to a nuanced performance.
- The rape. Despite the screen writer's attempts to reverse it into "feminism," the fact remains that Henry still drags Lizzie into his room, forces her onto a bed, and has sex with her. That she "consents" by telling him to get on with it does not make it okay. That she mocks how quick it was after, is not a feminist statement; since she had no choice but consent, she did not consent. He is still a rapist, she is still a rape victim, and to call it anything else is rape apologetic bullshit. I loathe this plot line. I hated it in the book, and I despise it here. Lizzie and Henry had one of the more loving marriages in British royal history. He was faithful to her, and her death devastated him. To reduce their love affair to rape is sick, repulsive, and slanderous. Henry was enough of a paranoid bastard on his own (and I say that with love); he doesn't need to be a rapist too.
- Richard and Lizzie. Incest is just nasty, and the thought of the beautiful, gracious queen whose likeness still appears as the Queen of Hearts on playing cards shagging her uncle before the Battle of Bosworth Field squicks me out.
- Henry VII. He's an ass here. He's also an ass in the book. The writer is going to have to do a great deal to make him "likable" from here on out, if that's her intention, but I have a feeling he'll remain a repulsive, emotionally abusive "mommy's boy" throughout the series, which isn't fair to Henry VII. I won't pretend he was anything other than a ruthless and intelligent monarch, who permitted grave financial atrocities during his rule, but he was also a loving father and husband, who pardoned far more people than, as it turns out, he should have, since he hated executing people. I doubt we'll get to see that here.
- The nonsensical plot: It makes no sense for Elizabeth Woodville to establish Lizzie as Henry's wife, then plot against him to put "Perkin" Warbeck on the throne, since if "Perkin" won, it would endanger any children Lizzie had with Henry. Kings kill royal claimants to their throne to protect their offspring; it's what Edward did, what Richard did, what Henry did, what his son did, and what Perkin would have done, so Elizabeth is essentially pitting her own future grandchildren against one another. Is she that stupid?
- Minor annoyances. I appreciate that some of the silhouettes are correct, but the fabric choices, the Burger King crowns, and the beads strung through everyone's hair, not to mention the enormous amount of "boobage" Lizzie is showing by the end, distract from an otherwise decent production. They also reused the score. The production seems small. Henry's triumphant ride through London for his coronation looked like what it was – a one block back lot somewhere. And unless you know who some of these people are, you'll be totally lost trying to keep secondary dukes, duchesses, cousins, and siblings straight.
It was not as bad as I feared, but the backlash has already started online toward Henry VII, which makes the historian in me cry.


text: Look, I can appreciate this. I was young too, I felt just like you. Hated authority, hated all my bosses, thought they were full of shit. Look, it's like they say, if you're not a rebel by the age of 20, you got no heart, but if you haven't turned establishment by 30, you've got no brains. Because there are no story-book romances, no fairy-tale endings. So before you run out and change the world, ask yourself, "What do you really want?


text:
As you already know, I am a huge fan of typography. I think that introducing typography into an interior can be seen as a sort of pop-up visuals of your thoughts.
Be Pôles Studio is a branding studio based in Paris and New York. Their work is based on typography and simplicity. By using facts and translating those facts into a visual by using text and pictures, they make an image that lasts.
What I love the most about their amazing work is the purity of it. No blabla. Just Black and white on paper… and they are still able to produce such a strong visual and meaning.
Beside the branding, they also have a few items, mostly stationary, and a few other things like garbage cans in the same style. But I must say…these items are not JUST stationary. Their uniqueness is made by their simplicity.
I am very happy to be able to post about this "IT-item" by be-pôles: Le Sac en Papier #1.
This bags are made the old fashion way, the brown paper is the same brown bag that was used as a sugar storage. These bags ARE NOT one-time usage bags. They are strong and sustainable enough to be used multiple times for multiple purposes. Sustainability is one of the bullet points of be-pôles afterall.
That is the fun part! The style is so Minimal that it fits everywhere. I am using one for my plants and the other one as a storage for my blankets. But we are planning to redo our home office and I can't wait to use them in there. I already have an idea of what I am going to use them for next…
Don't forget to visit their website www.be-poles.com
and their Shop : http://boutique.be-poles.com/
And Lets not forget about the minimalistic and,at the same time retro packaging.
The white paperbag comes in packs of 5 and the price is only 20,00 €.
Thanks to the be-pôles team for making this post possible.


text:
Social Media Disclaimer
FMA Advisory Inc. ("FMA") is an SEC registered investment adviser located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Any reference to or use of the terms "registered investment adviser" or "registered," does not imply that FMA or any person associated with FMA has achieved a certain level of skill or training. For information pertaining to the registration status of FMA, please contact the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on their web site at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov. A copy of FMA's current written disclosure statement discussing FMA's business operations, services, and fees is available from FMA upon written request.
Information posted on any FMA social media web page should not be construed as a recommendation by FMA or any of its affiliates as an offer to sell or solicitation to buy any securities or as personalized investment advice. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Any opinions expressed by FMA or its employees on the Firm's social media accounts are as of the date of publication and are subject to change. Information that FMA posts on its social media sites is taken from sources that FMA believes to be reliable, but is not guaranteed by FMA as to accuracy, timeliness or completeness. FMA's social media web pages may contain links to articles or other information that are contained on a third party website. FMA does not endorse or accept responsibility for the content, or the use, of the web site.
FMA does not review content, advertisements, activities or any other information posted on sites linked by third parties. Any opinions or statements posted by third parties are their own and may not be representative of the experience of others or indicative of future performance or success.
Visitors to any of FMA's social media web pages must avoid posting positive reviews of their experiences with FMA or its services, as they may not reflect the experience of all FMA clients.


text:
We've set up partnerships with the largest Mutual Fund Companies to give you the freedom to choose the investment that's right for you. No need for multiple forms and messy paperwork. Register just once and transact with all 36 AMCs.
More for you, less for your banker
Stop paying 1% every single year!
Open an account
Buy direct mutual funds at no fees and zero commission.
Invest in Direct funds for free!
Mutual fund distributors make you invest in "Regular" Plans — and regularly take 1% each year from your investments. Ten years later, 1% + 1% + 1% ... will add up to 10% of your savings.
No fees or charges
At MobiKwik, you can invest in over 3,000 mutual fund schemes for free. Say goodbye to hidden commissions by investing in Direct Plans at MobiKwik.Learn more →
Get started today for free
It's simple and takes less than 5 minutes
Investing doesn't have to be expensive
Mutual Fund Companies pay commissions to your bank, broker, or distributor every single year. This commission comes out of your savings, even though you never write a cheque for it.
At MobiKwik, we only invest in Direct Mutual Funds for you. We make no hidden commissions -- the commissions you save come back to you in the form of higher returns.
Data analysis is complex.
We do the math and recommend funds.
Our sophisticated statistical algorithm uses big-data tools to crunch millions of data points with one goal - to recommend the best performing funds for you.
We've partnered with Morningstar, the global leader in fund analytics, to give you information, ranking and star-ratings on every single mutual fund in India.
Your money never passes through our bank account — even during fund transfers. MobiKwik is regulated by SEBI as a Registered Investment Adviser.
Unbiased advice
We work for you, not the Mutual Fund Company. We receive no commissions or kick-backs.
Bank Grade Security
We deploy state of the art encryption and security protocols so your sensitive personal information is safe.
Easy Account Opening
No paperwork hassles. Just keep your PAN number and bank account details handy to set up your account.
Smart Notifications
We notify you in advance of scheduled events like SIPs, so you can get up-to-date information at the right time.
Invest Online
No need for a demat account. Your investments are always held in your name at the Mutual Fund Company.
36 Fund Houses
One platform
Get started today for free
No paperwork hassle. Takes less than 5 minutes.


text:
Nikon Camera in Nigeria - Buy Cheap Digital Film Camera Online
Are you looking for a quality digital camera to buy online and enjoy a sharp picture output? Look no more as Nikon Camera, the best digital camera in Nigeria and used by millions of photographer in the world, is now available for home delivery when you buy online.
With positive reviews from buyers, Nikon camera is developed to deliver high quality pictures in today's emerging technology.
If you want to enjoy a good and quality Nikon Camera, I will advice you to order from an authorized camera store online and pay on delivery.


text:
Cori Crawford Van Oss: A Beautiful Practice
Cori Crawford Van Oss, the Adult 50+ Women's Gold Medalist for the Southern States Regionals, is looking forward to her first USA Yoga Nationals competition. Age 54, she has practiced yoga for 12 years and is now ready to showcase her skills. "For me, the competition gives me a goal to work for so I'm taking my body as far as it can go in a healthy way," Cori says.
Cori began practicing while living in Budapest, Hungary where she learned Hot Yoga in both Hungarian and English. At the time, she had many injuries including herniated discs and knee issues from running and snow skiing. She loved the yoga from the first day as it helped release tightness in her body and heal her injuries.
Today she practices at Bikram West Orlando as well as Hot Yoga on the Island with her coach Suzanne Elliott. Cori got to know Suzanne after a car accident in 2009 when Suzanne's teaching really helped her to heal. In 2016, Cori tried her first local competition, but decided to practice more before attempting Nationals.
Cori also loves outdoor activities such as biking and being on the water in sunny Florida. In addition to her Hot Yoga practice which includes Intermediate and Advanced classes, she practices Vinyasa for upper body strength and both teaches and practices Yin Yoga for additional flexibility. She also follows the Franklin method which helps her cooperate with her body and use muscles more effectively.
I have a wonderful husband who's a "yoga widow," she jokes. "He's been super supportive! Yoga, work, my church activities and my husband are my main life emphases."
Cori works for a Christian non-profit in fundraising for Christian outreach and has a background in coaching and spiritual formation. She oversees staff internationally and lived in Eastern Europe for 16 years. She travels extensively and enjoys mixing with different cultures and religions.
Cori follows a Paleo style diet and, as she has many allergies, avoids gluten, sugar and carbs. "Understanding what my body needs and paying attention makes a big difference," she says.
To prepare for Nationals, she is practicing yoga every day that work allows and performing her routine. She is experimenting with a couple of poses, especially related to strength, and looks to her fellow Florida competitors for feedback and support.
"The biggest challenge in competition is the gap between what you know your body can do in practice and what you can do on stage when the lights are on and the nerves are on," she says. Her advice to fellow competitors? "Get comfortable with coming on stage and doing a little less than you know you can do in another setting."
Cori really focuses on why she does yoga. "It's not worth losing the joy of the practice to earn a medal, she explains. "I want my practice to be beautiful and be a space where I experience God even in during competition."


text:
Tips To Playing Blackjack
As well your basic strategy guide you're also going to need a few tips on how to play (and hopefully win) at Blackjack.
Aim for 17: The dealer will draw until they have a hand of 17 or more and then they will tend to stand. Aim to get at least 17 as this will give you an advantage as the dealer plays under different rules to you. Remember you are allowed to see one of the dealer's cards. Don't ignore this as an up card of 2 to 6 is more likely to bust than a 7,8,9,10 or ace. Use this to your advantage.
Don't take risks! Never hit a hard 17 or higher or a soft 19 or higher. You may not always win, but there's little chance of improving the hand at this stage.
Split the 8s! If you have a pair of 8s then you'll want to split them. 16 is not the best hand and by splitting your cards you'll have a chance of making at least one good hand.
Split the Aces! A pair of aces can count as two or twelve. If you split them they automatically become 2 elevens, giving you a good chance of picking up a 10 to make Blackjack.
Ignore Insurance! Some casinos will offer you insurance. Don't take it as this increases the house advantage.
Practice for Free! The best way to become good at Blackjack (well at least learn the basic strategy) is to practice. Most casinos will offer free play for fun and it's here where you can hone your skills and implement the tips and ideas included in basic blackjack strategy. An average player makes silly mistakes - a good player knows the strategy and whilst may not always win - does know they have an advantage.


text:
Thousands of students in an east China city are being forced to work at a Foxconn plant after classes were suspended at the beginning of the new semester, it has been revealed.
The rumored iPhone5
Students from Huai'an in Jiangsu Province were driven to a factory in the city run by Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Company after the plant couldn't find sufficient workers for the production of Apple's much-anticipated iPhone 5, they said in online posts.
A student majoring in computing at the Huaiyin Institute of Technology said 200 students from her school had been driven to the factory.
They started work on the production line last Thursday and were being paid 1,550 yuan (US$243.97) a month for working six days a week, she said.
But they had to pay hundreds of yuan for food and accommodation, she said in an online post under the name of mengniuIQ84.
Several other students from at least five colleges backed up what she said, saying they were being forced to work for 12 hours a day.


text:
Top women who have made spirits history
In celebration of Women's History Month, SB rounds up some of the female movers and shakers who have shaped the spirits industry.
As our recent Top 10 Female Master Blenders and Distillers round-up showed, excellence in spirits can never be confined to a single gender. And, looking back through the history of spirits, the statement certainly holds true.
With the help of the design team at Purple Creative, join us on a whistle-stop tour through the last 2,000+ years of spirits production, celebrating the women who have worked, invented and campaigned their way into the spirits history books.
Click through to discover this group of pioneers, listed in date order.
Have we missed anyone off the list? Let us know in the comments section below.


text:
Today's Report
Update:12/02/18 | 2:40 pm
|Location: Emerald Isle
|Size: Chest
|Surface: Choppy
|Wind: SW @ 14kts
|High Tide: 3:34:00 PM
|Low Tide: 9:32:00 PM
|Water Temp: 58 °F
|Sunrise: 6:56:00 AM
|Sunset: 4:56:00 PM
Some chunky nuggets out there. Would be fun if it were summer but the rubber is gonna make ya work. Definitely rideable if you want to get wet.


text:
We have moved to a new forum system. All your posts and data should have transferred over. Welcome, to the new Serebii Forums. Details hereDismiss Notice
Be sure to join the discussion on our discord at: Discord.gg/serebiiDismiss Notice
If you're still waiting for the e-mail, be sure to check your junk/spam e-mail foldersDismiss Notice
Ash vs. Paul - The Greatest Battle of All Time?
Discussion in 'Animé Spoilers' started by TheNewGuy, Aug 19, 2010.
Page 1 of 15
Page 1 of 15


text:
It was good news at the London & Partners Tourism Means Business conference at County Hall last month. They presented record visitor numbers to the capital in 2015 and forecasted continued growth for the next five years, despite the potential post-Brexit challenges that London will face.
Visitor numbers for 2015 hit a record high with 31.5 million overnight trips to the capital recorded, made up of 18.6 million international visits (+9% from 2014); and 12.9 million domestic overnight visits (+7% from 2014); as well as 280 million domestic day visits, the highest volume seen since the peak of 2012 and the Olympics. Tourism expenditure also reached record levels at £15 billion, up 35% since 2010. Final 2016 figures will be released in April but it looks like the growth story continues.
Key overseas markets
The vast majority of our inbound tourism comes from the USA (12%) and Europe (66%) with France being our largest European inbound market (11%). Germany, Italy and Spain complete our top five markets. In terms of visitor spend, the US is by far the highest of all the overseas markets, with overall expenditure reaching £1.8 billion in 2014, more than twice that generated by France and more than three times that of Germany. It is projected that growth in visits from the US will continue steadily over the next five years, with an overall increase of 21%, and a possible peak of 7% in 2017. Strong growth is also expected from key European markets, partly due to the pound's decline, making visiting London cheaper.
Growth markets
Over the past five years, we've seen significant growth from China with visits up 202% and spend up 254% since 2010. 2015 figures rank China at 22 for visitor numbers and 10 for spend, although London is currently only taking 0.1% of all Chinese outbound tourists. However, there is huge potential to increase our market share as the number of Chinese passport holders is set to increase by 100 million over the next decade. The UK government is working to ease the visa application process for Chinese visitors and there are plans to introduce a new ten-year multiple entry visit visa for the same price as the current two year visa. We've also witnessed large growth from the Middle East and this trend is set to continue over the next five years driven by countries on the Gulf Coast such as Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain, as well as the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
In the light of the EU Referendum, London & Partners commissioned a leisure tourism sentiment research project to gauge leisure visitors' perceptions of London as a destination. This revealed that London is still a top choice as a city break destination, with only Paris and Rome offering strong competition. In fact, intention to visit the capital has improved over the past twelve months with 53% (net) indicating that they would be more likely to visit the city now compared to one year ago. This result has been aided by the pound's decline, making visiting London cheaper; the perception of London as a relatively safe city; and a very successful #LondonisOpen campaign headed by the Mayor post the EU referendum. London is currently the number one choice for Americans, Italians and Spanish looking to take a city break; and second choice for the French and UK residents.
Culture is the #1 driver to the capital
Culture is one of London's most valuable selling points. The city is unrivalled in its extensive cultural offering, making this a key driver for visits to the capital. Historic landmarks and architecture, attractions, parks and waterways, and museums and galleries all feature in the top five drivers for visiting London, while theatre, music and performance is the tenth highest driver. Nearly every attraction, whose admissions are recorded by the Department of Culture Media and Sport, has seen an increase in its numbers of overseas visitors since 2010.
Priorities for London & Partners going forward
Key priorities for London & Partners include focusing on the visitor experience and looking to convert first time visitors into multiple/ repeat visitors. In 2015, three quarters of visitors had been to London multiple times and, on average, visitors will come to London five times per decade. They are also looking to boost off peak travel to the capital (September – March) with themed months and sporting events, as over 70% of visitors surveyed said that they would consider travelling to London outside of the summer months. They are working with the GLA to improve infrastructure and amenities to future proof London as a tourist destination i.e. coach parking, free wifi across the city; and to improve visitor information and help tourists to unlock the best experiences. In particular, they are looking to create better awareness of London's food offering (only 46% of visitors were satisfied with their food experience, compared to 79% overall) and London's outer borough experiences, as visitor satisfaction jumps when tourists venture beyond central London. They will continue to showcase London's outstanding cultural offering and are currently working on their London's Autumn Season 2017 campaign which last year delivered a global reach of 162 million across 43 countries.
For more information, email firstname.lastname@example.com


text:
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Coolest family ever!
Meet the coolest family ever! It was a quick and HOT session. Wowsers, summer came with a vengeance!
Love how he rests in mommy's lap. So sweet.
Love how he rests in mommy's lap. So sweet.
Posted by JWC Fotos at 7:55 AM No comments:
Labels: family portraits
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Brittany and Q...Engaged
Meet Brittany and Q. Two very smart and in love people whom I have the pleasure of capturing their big day in October. Can't wait! It was a HOT hot day, but fun! Congrats.
Posted by JWC Fotos at 6:29 PM No comments:
Labels: couples
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)


text:
Snarf's, the chain of sandwich shops that got its start in Boulder and is now taking a bite out of Denver, closed its location at 1310 College Avenue in Boulder last month.
According to employees at the original location on Pearl Street, this Boulder outpost couldn't draw enough customers to stay afloat.
Snarf's is known as much for its legitimate sandwiches as it is for its laid-back, somewhat stoner vibe -- which was particularly apparent at the now-closed location.
According to the chain's website, Snarf's plans to move the closed store to another location. In the meantime, the other two Boulder locations are still slinging subs.
So is Snarf's in the Spire, which Laura Shunk reviews here.
We Believe Local Journalism is Critical to the Life of a City
Engaging with our readers is essential to Westword's mission. Make a financial contribution or sign up for a newsletter, and help us keep telling Denver's stories with no paywalls.


text:
New User|My Account| Login
Jewelry >> Rings >> Engagement Ring >> Precious Gems Engagement Ring >> Sapphire Engagement Ring
This engagement ring features a large round sapphire prong-set in the center. A row of smaller round diamonds encircles the center-set stone. Made in 14K white gold this ring has a total weight (TGW) of 1.00 ct.
Engrave and personalize
Our Price :$3188.00
On Site Off 60%