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Inspirational Landscapes by Dave Noonan
Dave Noonan is a multi-talented photographer who now resides in Danbury, Connecticut. Here's how he describes his stunning work:
"Born and raised in New England, now residing in Danbury, Connecticut. From an early age, I was always fascinated by the visual arts. Growing up with an old Minolta 35mm SLR that my parents received as a wedding present, I enjoyed photographing landscapes and friends skateboarding since the age of 8. Later, fueled by my passion for photography, I went on to film school to pursue my degree in lighting for motion pictures.
In the past decade I reignited my love for photography and formed my business, Modern Fotographic. I shoot landscapes, which I'm best known for, and I also shoot weddings, conceptual portraits, products, and estates. I am now starting to make a name for myself locally as a modern, artistic wedding photographer. I enjoy the challenge of creating art and photojournalism along with the pressure of getting the shot as it happens in wedding photography.
With my landscape work, I love capturing the surrealism in a scene which is there but not always apparent to the naked eye. I often use use extremely long exposures using ND filters to bring out these qualities within the frame. I don't work in layers or perform photo manipulations, I only use traditional photography processing techniques to capture my photos (dodging, burning, contrast, saturation, white balance, etc.). I enjoy the process of shooting using on-camera filters for my scapes. For filters, I use a Hoya ND400 (9-stop neutral density) and ND Grad filters to hold back the sky highlights and balance the exposure. I use Lightroom only for processing my photographs."
To see more of Dave's incredible landscapes and other bodies of work, you can visit his portfolio site by clicking here. You can also follow him on Facebook and DeviantArt.
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Queensland Parliament
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This Youth Parliament for Indigenous people aged 18-25 was delivered by the Queensland Parliament on 29 June 2017 as a component of the Indigenous Youth Leadership Program which is run by the Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services.
About Queensland's Indigenous Youth Parliament
The Queensland Parliament first hosted the Indigenous Youth Parliament in 2009 and is the only Australian state Parliament to support an annual event of this type.
Since 2009 over 300 young Indigenous people from across Queensland have participated in the Indigenous Youth Parliament programs.
Previous participants have gone on to leadership roles in their communities, completed university degrees, entered trades and even stood as a candidate at local government elections.
In 2012, the Indigenous Youth Parliament was renamed the Eric Deeral Indigenous Youth Parliament in honour of Mr Eric Deeral, Queensland's and Australia's first Indigenous state Member of Parliament. Mr Deeral was a leader for his people throughout his life and served as a role model for all Indigenous youth.
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So I found everything I need to make a bike.
Haro Mary XC frame – from emptyset a few months ago
Niner I.M.B.A. fork (on loan) – from emptyset a few months ago
ON-ONE Mary bars – from last version of my Schwinn Tempo fixie
Thompson Elite stem – on same deal with emptyset
FSA cartridge headset – see above
Truvative GXP Firex cranks/bottom bracket – keep looking back
Ritchey PRO seatpost – you know ^^^^
WTB 'Salsa" saddle – from original Salsa El Mariachi build
Shimano M575 hydro brakes – from Craigslist a few years ago
Surly 20T cog – from last version of El Mariachi build
Surly Singelrator – from the S.A.P.B.
KMC 9spd chain – from last version of El Mariachi SS
front wheel from original Salsa El Mariachi build – XT hub/Salsa Semi-29er rim
rear wheel from Gnome – Formula SS hub/Alex ZC1000 rim
tires – I don't know where from – WTB Weirwolf front/WTB Exiwolf rear
Is that all? I guess. A few tweaks on the drive train and a change on the saddle to a Brooks B17 is in order, but on the whole it is pretty sweet.


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Yoga for Breast Cancer Association, Kristianstad branch
November 12, 2019 @ 4:15 pm - 5:45 pm
They're a diverse group. Young, middle-aged, older. Some in the middle of their treatment, some pronounced cancer-free for 20 or more years. Some "only" receiving chemo and radiation; some recovering from radical surgery. Support members can also turn up. How to teach such a diverse group? The baseline is, of course, to make sure that everyone is included. Yoga is so flexible and can be adapted in so many ways, so it's not a problem. The most important thing with this group is the sense of community, shared experience and the feeling that there are no right or wrong ways to feel or participate. We've laughed, and danced, and one class we even got mad and yelled. Once I had the group lay down for the whole class. Do you know how many yoga exercises you can do lying down? Well, at least 90 minutes worth because that's what we did. And we went through the entire body, even practicing balance on our sides.
This class is for BCF Victoria Kristianstad members only, but you can become a member and join us at anytime.
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The information below about the benefits of yoga for breast cancer support is taken from Breastcancer.org (https://www.breastcancer.org/treatment/comp_med/types/yoga).
Research on yoga in women with breast cancer
In studies of women with breast cancer, yoga has been shown to reduce fatigue and improve quality of sleep, physical vitality, and overall quality of life.
At the 2003 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), results were reported from a yoga study involving 126 women recently diagnosed with Stage I or II breast cancer. The women were about to receive chemotherapy or hormonal therapy. Some of the women were assigned to yoga classes over a 3-month period. The women taking yoga had a 12% improvement in fatigue, physical functioning, and quality of life compared with those in the program who did not take the yoga classes.
In 2006, results of a yoga study were reported from an M.D. Anderson Cancer Center study. The study followed 61 women receiving 6 weeks of radiation treatment for breast cancer. Half the women took a yoga class twice a week; the other half did not. Compared with the women who did not take yoga, the women in the yoga group reported having more energy and less daytime sleepiness, better physical functioning, and better overall quality of life.


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The WWE House Show is a House show produced by World Wrestling Entertainment on June 23, 2013 at the Albany Civic Center in Albany, Georgia.
Match Results
- (c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.
- Curtis Axel (c) defeated The Miz by Count Out to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship
- Ted DiBiase Jr. defeated Heath Slater
- The Great Khali defeated Epico & Primo in a Two On One Handicap Match
- Sheamus defeated Big E. Langston
- The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) defeated The Prime Time Players (Darren Young & Titus O'Neil)
- Dolph Ziggler defeated Antonio Cesaro in a No Disqualification Match
- Randy Orton defeated Wade Barrett
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MDA Websites
MDA operates several websites for specific campaigns or projects including;
CampMDA, a week-long respite program for members of the MD community. CampMDA has now been conducted 103 times with participants coming from every Australian State and Territory. Over the life of CampMDA we have even had participants come from overseas.
ChallengeMD! is a fundraising awareness program where participants take on extreme challenges both domestically and overseas. The first ChallengeMD! saw MDA Executive Director lead a team of 28 participants cycling from North to South Vietnam. This was followed by ChallengeMD! Cambodia 2007, ChallengeMD! China 2008. In 2009 cycling was replaced with trekking with ChallengeMD! Nepal 2009, followed by the grueling ChallengeMD! Mont Blanc 2011. An even more demanding ChallengeMD! Morocco 2013. ChallengeMD! Goldfields 2016 and ChallengeMD! Goldfields 2017 has seen the ChallengeMD! series raise in excess of $2.3 million since inception.
My Diverse Australia is the sequel to the very successful Melbourne's Delights Exhibition. The contributing photographers come from an eclectic arts, music, theatre, fashion and film background and offer a unique perspective of this amazing country of ours – Australia.
Ryan's Cafe is a site fully designed and maintained by Ryan Struk, the son of MDA Executive Director Boris M Struk. Ryan provides insight into living with DMD and provides answers to questions frequently asked of him.
Wheelies' Rest comprises two MDA owned properties one based in Philip Island and the other at Axe Creek. Both properties are fully wheelchair accessible and used by MDA to offer respite to members of the MD community. The properties are also rented to external agencies with the income helping to cover operating and maintenance costs.


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I'll admit it, I thought Top Gun was an incredible feat of filmmaking when I first saw it. Of course, I was probably 10, but all the stunts and tricks and the incessant replaying of Kenny Loggins' "Danger Zone" really spoke to me...plus there was that volleyball scene.
Fast forward almost two decades and the rose-colored aviators haven't come off. When Top Gun would come up in conversation, I would stake my reputation on its excellence as a masterpiece and defend it from naysayers with the same intensity Maverick has behind the controls of his F-14. So naturally when my girlfriend suggested we re-watch it for the first time in 18 years, I said yes. This was a mistake.
Everything I felt about my beloved Tom Cruise movie completely changed. Guys, I hate to say it...but Top Gun kinda sucks.
The movie lacks a clear plot
What are we watching here? It's basically a collection of air stunts set to Kenny Loggins' "Danger Zone" coupled with painfully awkward and occasionally confusing scenes of courtship and pseudo-drama. As Roger Ebert put it in his original review from 1986—"Top Gun settles fairly quickly into alternating ground and air scenes, and the simplest way to sum up the movie is to declare the air scenes brilliant and the earthbound scenes grimly predictable."
As Roger Ebert put it: "The simplest way to sum up the movie is to declare the air scenes brilliant and the earthbound scenes grimly predictable."
As for all the awkward love scenes? He saw right through the cheesy music and blinding blue lights, "Cruise and McGillis spend a lot of time squinting uneasily at each other and exchanging words as if they were weapons, and when they finally get physical, they look like the stars of one of those sexy new perfume ads."
But what are truly watching? It isn't a movie about war and it's not a "slice of life" film, it's just stunts.
Maverick is a total dick and a loose cannon
Like many of the high-octane sports/action films (Point Break, Days of Thunder, Teen Wolf) from the late '80s/early '90s, Top Gun truly lacks a vital part of the typical formula to make it a "good" movie: a real hero. As screenwriting teacher/famed curmudgeon Robert McKee put it, "True character is revealed in the choices a human being makes under pressure."
Sure, we all get that Maverick comes through at the end and grows up—but he's a reckless pilot who consistently puts lives in danger when performing all of his stunts and acts like a real dick to his superior officers. Do the ends justify the means with Maverick? Do we disregard the foolish stunts he commits as a character because he makes up with Iceman at the end?
He never gets his deserved comeuppance
We asked our man in the air, USAF Second Lieutenant Trevor Leeming about the consequences of Maverick's behavior in a military setting.
"Given the timeframe and how the superior officer views Maverick, it was fairly believable that he could get away with it," says Leeming. "However, training to be a fighter pilot is a very serious event...and the majority of them wouldn't do what Maverick did to jeopardize their opportunity."
"Given the timeframe and how the superior officer views Maverick, it was fairly believable that he could get away with it." —USAF Second Lieutenant Trevor Leeming
Since Maverick did get away with all this and knows it—hence that smug shit-eating grin—he doesn't really change at the end, and goes on to become an instructor at Top Gun. When your movie has neither a hero nor an anti-hero, it's probably just a bad movie.
Iceman was right all along and the movie covers that up
Maverick—as his name suggests—has some trouble following the rules. In any other sports film, bending regulations without breaking them is an act reserved for the underdog in order to come out victorious in the end.
That's where the "antagonist" of Iceman comes in—another hotshot pilot who spends almost the entire movie as the "bad guy" because he follows the rules. "You're everyone's problem," says Val Kilmer at his physical peak. "That's because every time you go up in the air, you're unsafe. I don't like you because you're dangerous."
"You're everyone's problem," says Val Kilmer at his physical peak. "I don't like you because you're dangerous."
You know what I'd call that statement? A valid point. When it comes down to it, Maverick follows his namesake too closely and puts lives and equipment in danger. What if that dude who spilled his coffee all over himself from the flyby got seriously burned?
The volleyball scene is utterly confusing
The elephant in the room is the volleyball scene, clearly the most confusing and erotic scene of any movie. Why did the director of a movie about fighter pilots in the Navy find this scene totally necessary? I could write thousands of words about this scene, but I'll keep it brief. I don't know why it's in here, I don't know what purpose it serves, and I don't think anyone knows.
As one dude as obsessed with the scene as I am remarked, "Why would Ice Man and Slider, who love busting Maverick's balls, not give him crap for wearing jeans to play sand volleyball in the summer?"
I mean, these guys could have just as easily been playing a high-stakes game of Poker or Monopoly...but volleyball? In the summer? In jeans? What does it all mean?
Nobody—including the audience—is taught any lessons
If McKee is indeed correct about the hero's journey, then all we have to do is look at the last scene of Top Gun to realize that Maverick will never truly change. Iceman says it himself, "You're still dangerous." Followed by the famous line, "You can be my wingman anytime," to which Maverick retorts, "Bullshit, you can be mine."
So, Iceman is still a stickler for the rules and Maverick is still a hothead wildcard—well, a hothead wildcard with a dead best friend.
Jeremy Glass is a hothead from New England who's prepared to go down for this—that's why they call him the "Nor'easter." No one calls him that.
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Remove Jyhjyy.top virus
Why should you get rid of Jyhjyy.top?
Users, infected with Jyhjyy.top virus often think that it is a legitimate and useful application, of course, until they actually start using it. If you tried searching for some information on this suspicious search engine, you would find that the provided results are quite useless. If you are more observant, you should immediately notice the "Google Custom Search" indication next to this site's search bar which means that the results are modified according to your search provider's request. Unfortunately, it is the sponsored ads and links to affiliate websites that this engine wants you to see first and, hopefully, click on them. For the virus creators, every click is important as it increases the traffic of the promoted sites and the hijacker can collect advertising revenue. Often the users even get tricked into clicking on some deceptive ads which redirect them to random and often malicious sites, predetermined by the virus. It is common sense to keep away from suspicious search engines that suddenly pop up on your browser because you never know what to expect. Thus, you can remove Jyhjyy.top without hesitation. Reimage Reimage Cleaner Intego or similar anti-malware utilities should be able to detect this site as an infection and eliminate it from your device automatically.
Not only do the browser hijackers like Jyhjyy.top fail to provide a proper service to their users. They also exploit the system's resources which may result in a slower computer performance and various browser errors. Most importantly, such unexpected hijack can lead to other malware infections easier than you think. All it takes is an accidental hit on a corrupted link or infectious ad, and sure enough, some sneaky virus will be breaching into your system. Besides, browser hijackers can also spy on your browsing information, including search history, and use this data for further advertisement. There is no guarantee, though, that the virus will not turn to your personal details as well. Try to grasp the infection in time, otherwise, you may have some serious privacy issues to deal with! Make sure the Jyhjyy.top removal is thorough and finite to prevent the virus recurrence.
How do you protect your PC from a browser hijacker?
The most important thing to pay attention to if you do not want to be dealing with browser hijackers in the future is what you are installing on your computer. It is crucial to be security-cautious at all times. We do not recommend downloading freeware from unreputable sites or installing cracked and illegal programs on your computer. Such software is often infected with viruses which hide in the software packages and install together with the illegal content. Unfortunately, malware can travel with completely legitimate software, too, so if you frequently download new software on your device, there is a high chance that you will download a potentially unwanted program along. You can prevent its installation, by choosing the "Advanced" or "Custom" setup mode and manually deselecting the undesirable content.
How can you remove Jyhjyy.top from your device?
Jyhjyy.top is a tricky virus in a sense that it may be hiding on your computer under different names. It might also install additional software to help it recover after its main files are deleted. That is why it is important to remove Jyhjyy.top related files in one go. Luckily, professional antivirus utilities make it possible and the whole process usually last only a couple of minutes. Besides, it provides the computer with additional virus protection. So, if you do not have such a utility just yet, you should consider obtaining one in the near future, because browser hijackers are the least dangerous infections that you might have to face on the Web. In case you still want to carry out Jyhjyy.top removal manually, go to the bottom of this article where you will find detailed instructions to a safe virus elimination.
You may remove virus damage with a help of Reimage Reimage Cleaner Intego. SpyHunter 5Combo Cleaner and Malwarebytes are recommended to detect potentially unwanted programs and viruses with all their files and registry entries that are related to them.
To remove Jyhjyy.top virus, follow these steps:
Get rid of Jyhjyy.top from Windows systems
- Click Start → Control Panel → Programs and Features (if you are Windows XP user, click on Add/Remove Programs).
- If you are Windows 10 / Windows 8 user, then right-click in the lower left corner of the screen. Once Quick Access Menu shows up, select Control Panel and Uninstall a Program.
- Uninstall Jyhjyy.top and related programs
Here, look for Jyhjyy.top or any other recently installed suspicious programs.
- Uninstall them and click OK to save these changes.
- Remove Jyhjyy.top from Windows shortcuts
Right click on the shortcut of Mozilla Firefox and select Properties.
- Go to Shortcut tab and look at the Target field. Delete malicious URL that is related to your virus.
Repeat steps that are given above with all browsers' shortcuts, including Internet Explorer and Google Chrome. Make sure you check all locations of these shortcuts, including Desktop, Start Menu and taskbar.
Delete Jyhjyy.top from Mac OS X system
- If you are using OS X, click Go button at the top left of the screen and select Applications.
- Wait until you see Applications folder and look for Jyhjyy.top or any other suspicious programs on it. Now right click on every of such entries and select Move to Trash.
Erase Jyhjyy.top from Internet Explorer (IE)
Remove dangerous add-ons
Open Internet Explorer, click on the Gear icon (IE menu) on the top right corner of the browser and choose Manage Add-ons.
- You will see a Manage Add-ons window. Here, look for Jyhjyy.top and other suspicious plugins. Disable these entries by clicking Disable:
Change your homepage if it was altered by virus:
Click on the gear icon (menu) on the top right corner of the browser and select Internet Options. Stay in General tab.
- Here, remove malicious URL and enter preferable domain name. Click Apply to save changes.
Reset Internet Explorer
Click on the gear icon (menu) again and select Internet options. Go to Advanced tab.
- Here, select Reset.
- When in the new window, check Delete personal settings and select Reset again to complete Jyhjyy.top removal.
Eliminate Jyhjyy.top virus from Microsoft Edge
Reset Microsoft Edge settings (Method 1):
- Launch Microsoft Edge app and click More (three dots at the top right corner of the screen).
- Click Settings to open more options.
- Once Settings window shows up, click Choose what to clear button under Clear browsing data option.
- Here, select all what you want to remove and click Clear.
- Now you should right-click on the Start button (Windows logo). Here, select Task Manager.
- When in Processes tab, search for Microsoft Edge.
- Right-click on it and choose Go to details option. If can't see Go to details option, click More details and repeat previous steps.
- When Details tab shows up, find every entry with Microsoft Edge name in it. Right click on each of them and select End Task to end these entries.
Resetting Microsoft Edge browser (Method 2):
If Method 1 failed to help you, you need to use an advanced Edge reset method.
- Note: you need to backup your data before using this method.
- Find this folder on your computer:
- Select every entry which is saved on it and right click with your mouse. Then Delete option.
- Click the Start button (Windows logo) and type in window power in Search my stuff line.
- Right-click the Windows PowerShell entry and choose Run as administrator.
- Once Administrator: Windows PowerShell window shows up, paste this command line after PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> and press Enter:
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml -Verbose}
Once these steps are finished, Jyhjyy.top should be removed from your Microsoft Edge browser.
Remove Jyhjyy.top from Mozilla Firefox (FF)
Remove dangerous extensions
Open Mozilla Firefox, click on the menu icon (top right corner) and select Add-ons → Extensions.
- Here, select Jyhjyy.top and other questionable plugins. Click Remove to delete these entries.
Change your homepage if it was altered by virus:
Click on the menu (top right corner), choose Options → General.
- Here, delete malicious URL and enter preferable website or click Restore to default.
- Click OK to save these changes.
Reset Mozilla Firefox
Click on the Firefox menu on the top left and click on the question mark. Here, choose Troubleshooting Information.
- Now you will see Reset Firefox to its default state message with Reset Firefox button. Click this button for several times and complete Jyhjyy.top removal.
Uninstall Jyhjyy.top from Google Chrome
Delete malicious plugins
Open Google Chrome, click on the menu icon (top right corner) and select Tools → Extensions.
- Here, select Jyhjyy.top and other malicious plugins and select trash icon to delete these entries.
Change your homepage and default search engine if it was altered by your virus
Click on menu icon and choose Settings.
- Here, look for the Open a specific page or set of pages under On startup option and click on Set pages.
- Now you should see another window. Here, delete malicious search sites and enter the one that you want to use as your homepage.
- Click on menu icon again and choose Settings → Manage Search engines under the Search section.
- When in Search Engines..., remove malicious search sites. You should leave only Google or your preferred domain name.
Reset Google Chrome
Click on menu icon on the top right of your Google Chrome and select Settings.
- Scroll down to the end of the page and click on Reset browser settings.
- Click Reset to confirm this action and complete Jyhjyy.top removal.
Get rid of Jyhjyy.top from Safari
- Remove dangerous extensions
Open Safari web browser and click on Safari in menu at the top left of the screen. Once you do this, select Preferences.
- Here, select Extensions and look for Jyhjyy.top or other suspicious entries. Click on the Uninstall button to get rid each of them.
Change your homepage if it was altered by virus:
Open your Safari web browser and click on Safari in menu section. Here, select Preferences as it was displayed previously and select General.
- Here, look at the Homepage field. If it was altered by Jyhjyy.top, remove unwanted link and enter the one that you want to use for your searches. Remember to include the "http://" before typing in the address of the page.
Reset Safari
Open Safari browser and click on Safari in menu section at the top left of the screen. Here, select Reset Safari....
- Now you will see a detailed dialog window filled with reset options. All of those options are usually checked, but you can specify which of them you want to reset. Click the Reset button to complete Jyhjyy.top removal process.
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July 15th, 2016 at 8:53 am
What a ridiculous name for a virus!
July 15th, 2016 at 8:55 am
I wonder who makes these parasites…
July 15th, 2016 at 8:56 am
I guess you wont need an extra powerful software to remove it? Will free scanners work?
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New Uplight Range: The Lucca 30, 40, 60 and 120
We are introducing a new family of our iconic Lucca uplight to our range to ensure that you have a greater choice of luminaires to suit your projects, whether inside...
Colour consistency of LEDs is crucial for a successful end result on all lighting projects and can be the hardest element to achieve. At John Cullen, we have been developing our family of LED lighting products to ensure they offer the best colour consistency available.
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DANANG, Vietnam: It was impossible, being a person of my generation, to sail into Danang harbor aboard a luxury cruise liner the other day without thinking of an earlier foreign embarkation on these same shores, which happened to take place 33 years ago this month.
On March 8, 1965, some units of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, arriving in Danang from Okinawa, Japan, became the first official American combat troops in Vietnam. Eight years later, this city was the site of horrific scenes when South Vietnamese soldiers shot and killed civilians in a mad scramble to board the last evacuation plane to leave the local airport ahead of victorious North Vietnamese troops.
It was a long time ago. A lot has changed, not least that you can arrive in Danang these days on a luxury ship rather than wading ashore. Still, for somebody whose formative experience was the Vietnam War and all the turbulence and protest that it engendered, arriving here as a high-end tourist served as a reminder of what Hegel called the ruse of history as it applies to this country.
Who, after all, could have predicted all those years ago when Lyndon Johnson decided to make the Vietnam War an American war, that after the Communist enemy won that war they would allow Vietnam to become more or less the kind of place we wanted it to become when Johnson sent those troops to Danang?
That kind of country would be an entirely independent one, taking orders from no large neighbors, near or far, having normal, even rather cordial, relations with the United States, even while opening its doors to foreign trade, investment and luxury cruise liners. To be sure, Vietnam still falls short on the human rights front, but so, for that matter, did the Saigon regime for the sake of which all that money was spent and all those lives lost.
Danang is as good a place as any to see what Vietnam is and what it is becoming, namely another one of those poor countries that strives to become a bit less poor by allowing its beaches, its scenic places, and its exoticism to be playgrounds for the wealthy.
Take the road from Danang south along the famed China Beach, that exquisite crescent of white sand known mostly to Americans by the popular television series of that name.
The whole beach, which is some 50 kilometers, or 30 miles, long, seems to have been carved up by big international hotel chains that either have already constructed, or will soon construct, luxury resorts.
The Furama is already up and running. Across the street from the yellowed concrete walls of what was once an American military base are signs promising the arrival of a Hyatt, a Raffles Hotel and Residences, and what looks like an immense development of hotels and luxury housing being put up by a Chinese company whose slogan, marked in Chinese characters on a wall facing the road, is "A One Hundred Year Big Plan."
On the same side as the former base, automatic sprinklers send a swirling shower of irrigation water to nourish the grass of the new Montgomery Golf Links. Another future development, suitably enough called Eden, is advertised by a series of posters that stretch a kilometer or so along the road south of Danang, showing idylls on the South China Sea.
The road departs from the beach after 15 kilometers or so and ends up in Hoi An, a picturesque town of old wooden houses with courtyards, most of which have been turned into handicraft shops. There are restaurants serving local Vietnamese specialties and lots of cold beer. Hoi An is a Vietnamese version of one of those picture-perfect towns you might see in Tuscany or Provence, a place where real life is giving way to a kind of arts-and-crafts tourism.
And why not? Why should Tuscany and Provence have all the nostalgic seekers of bygone authenticity to themselves?
What is sad about it nonetheless is the contrast between the wealth of the visitors and the poverty of the country they are visiting. This is one of those countries where the arrival of a tour bus occasions the appearance of hordes of touts, cyclo drivers, would-be tour guides, sellers of T-shirts and ink paintings of women in flowing ao dais and straw conical hats. These are the economic opportunists who aren't shareholders in the Hyatt or Raffles but who jockey and jostle to have a modest portion of the tourist trade.
On the shuttle bus from my cruise ship to the center of Danang the other day, there was such an aggressive rush of touts that most of the cruise-boat passengers refused to disembark, preferring to go back to the ship rather than brave the importuning horde.
Looked at economically and socially, Vietnam has restored a bit of the atmosphere of French colonialism, when wealthy Europeans occupied the seats at the café tables and restaurants and local people served them, except that for many visitors here today Vietnam is an incidental factor. It's more the beaches, the scenery, the cheaper-than-Tuscany prices (and the marvelous cuisine) that attract many foreign visitors, not so much Vietnam as a cultural or historical entity. And the prices aren't always cheaper than Tuscany.
Outside Nha Trang, the beach town and port where my cruise ship is due after Danang, the Ana Mandara Six Senses Spa offers what its Web site calls "the ultimate seclusion," because it is only accessible by boat. The cost for a two-story villa, the only kind of accommodation, is in the neighborhood of $800 a night. My guidebook describes it as a magical place where dirt tracks between buildings give the illusion of a jungle village. But, clearly, it's an ersatz jungle. It's not Vietnam.
Then again, the places where people have been going in Thailand or Indonesia don't afford much contact with Thailand or Indonesia either. Vietnam, which, for obvious reasons, was slow getting into the game, is becoming like them, and, on balance, it's a very good thing.
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Word spreads quickly when you do a good job. That's what happened when Cath and Dale saw how happy the Bells were with their wedding photos and asked me to be wedding photographer for their wedding in Claypole village near Newark.
The bride and groom set a simple brief for their wedding photography. They wanted natural and unposed shots of people having a good time, with a few formal group shots for the mantlepiece. From the start of the wedding ceremony right through until the the last speech after dinner. But they didn't have a budget to cover the rates that some intimidating wedding photographers charge.
We had a large medieval church with high ceilings and low light to contend with. So it was a great test for my new Canon 7D, coupled with a sturdy monopod to improve my chances of getting more photos in those less than ideal conditions for photography. The photos turned out quite nicely, especially as I was able to get behind the alter and shoot from behind the priest – that meant I could catch more reactions from the congregation too.
Cath and Dale were delighted with their wedding photos. The photos captured the day beautifully and accurately – but most importantly did it within their realistic budget and at a price they could afford.
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Donald Teplyske | November 10, 2014
Nick Hornbuckle "12X2(+/-1)" Corvus Bay
And the award for worst album title of the year goes to...
That was my first reaction when this stunning collection of banjo and string music slipped out of its bubble wrap envelope. Being rather linear, I thought, 'Just call it [...]
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Phil Leadbetter "The Next Move" Pinecastle
Bluegrass is a music largely comprised of kind, humble, and talented musicians and vocalists. While there are a handful of jerks among the gems, the overall feeling one senses whenever bluegrass folks gather is one of familial closeness.
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Interpreting Anniversaries and Milestones at Museums and Historic Sites
This Interpreting Anniversaries and Milestones at Museums and Historic Sites webinar will provide a wealth of ideas to jump start your anniversary planning. Everyone has an anniversary coming up – why reinvent the wheel? Learn from what others have already accomplished in their own communities. This webinar will discuss why people are drawn to celebrating and commemorating anniversaries in their own lives and in their communities, as well as the institutional benefits of planning this type of programming. Then we will explore case studies of specific institutions that have planned and executed an anniversary celebration or commemoration, including Signature Events; Programs and Tours; Fundraising Campaigns; Exhibitions, Books and Documentaries; Audience Outreach and Community Involvement; Preservation; Partnerships; and Commemorative Products and Souvenirs. Every idea can be scaled up or down, depending on your resources.
Date: August 8, 2017
Time: 3pm EST/2pm Central/1pm Mountain/12pm Pacific/10am Hawaii
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Kim Kenney graduated summa cum laude from Wells College in Aurora, NY with a major in American history and minor in creative writing, where she became a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She earned her Master of Arts degree in History Museum Studies at the Cooperstown Graduate Program. Kim became Curator of the McKinley Presidential Library & Museum in October 2001. She is the author of six books: Canton: A Journey Through Time, Canton's West Lawn Cemetery, Canton's Pioneers in Flight, Canton Entertainment, Interpreting Anniversaries and Milestones at Museums and Historic Sites, and Through the Lens: The Photography of Frank Dick. Her work has appeared in The Public Historian, the journal of the National Council for Public History; White House History, the journal of the White House Historical Association; The Repository; The Boston Globe; Aviation History; and the literary magazine Mused. She serves as editor of the Museums website at BellaOnline.com, where she has authored several ebooks, and is a member of the MuseLab Advisory Council at Kent State University. She has appeared on The Daily Show, First Ladies: Influence & Images, and Mysteries at the Museum. Her program "The 1918 Influenza Pandemic" was featured on C-SPAN's series American History TV. Kim has served as the Region 5 representative for the National Digital Newspaper Project in Ohio, a field reviewer for the Museums for America grant program through the Institute for Museum and Library Services, and a grant reviewer for The History Fund. She is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Mount Union and teaches online museum studies courses through the Northern States Conservation Center. She was awarded the Oakley Certificate of Merit from The Association of Gravestone Studies for her interpretive projects at West Lawn Cemetery and the Jane Weston Chapman Award from the University of Mount Union for her dedication to women's history programming.


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Its a normal tradition for Call of Duty fans every year to destroy the Christmas noobs. The veteran fans that line up and buy the newest game on day one become better at the game each day they play. Then comes Christmas. All the "Xmas Noobs" get online, and get destroyed by the veteran players. This year Treyarch has put a nice message of the day in Black Ops 2 asking fans to "go easy on the Christmas noobs, but we know you won't."
The last part, "we know you won't" is absouletly true. Playing against Xmas noobs is the best thing Call of Duty offers to gain lots of kills, and win most games.
If you are a Xmas Noob: remember to play Combat training before entering the crazy world of online. Combat Training will actually help you understand Black Ops 2 and even gain you up to 10 levels for MP.


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Visit The Cotswolds This January
If you're looking for a uniquely charming hotel in the Cotswolds to escape to this January, our luxury home is the perfect place to banish those winter blues. We have compiled a selection of the best reasons to visit the Cotswolds after the chaotic Christmas period…
The Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
While we understand it can be difficult to resist the temptation to simply stay put in our luxury premises, if you are looking for something to do during your stay in the Cotswolds then venture to The Everyman Theatre. The pantomime performance of 'Dick Whittington And His Cat' is running until the 7th of January and just may be the perfect way to keep you entertained after the hectic festive period.
Shopping Bonanza
Conveniently located just a thirty minute drive from Cheltenham, you don't need an excuse for some January sales shopping. If you seek less hustle and bustle, perhaps some light shopping in the picture-perfect Cotswolds Village of Bourton on the Water is for you. Many people are understandably tempted by its alternative name "Venice of the Cotswolds" due to it being famously situated by the River Windrush. Flowing straight through the main shopping area, it makes for some breath-taking views as you treat yourself or your loved ones to some treats.
A Very English Champagne Afternoon Tea
At Lords of The Manor, we understand that everyone needs something to brighten up what can be the coldest month of the New Year. The perfect way to catch up with those you didn't get to meet with over Christmas, our Champagne Afternoon Tea is an event in itself. We're offering 20% off champagne afternoon tea in January at our luxury hotel near Cheltenham, so if you have some friends or loved ones you want to see be sure to book a table.
Refreshing Wintery Walks
An ideal way to beat the January blues and ease the guilt of Christmas indulgence is to immerse yourself in the idyllic Cotswold's countryside. Located in the stunning village of Upper slaughter, we are perfectly situation for wintery walks right from our doorstep. We're also just a twenty-minute drive away from the tranquil Lodge Park and Sherborne Estate, which has several walks through the varied countryside. If you're looking for a dog-friendly Cotswolds hotel, then you won't have to leave your four-legged friends behind – we welcome them with open arms.
Once you've worked (or walked!) up an appetite, join us at our much sought-after fine dining restaurant in the Cotswolds. Our Head Chef, Charles Smith joined us after working in some of the best restaurants in the world including Petrus by Marcus Wareing, Per Se (at the time rated the best restaurant in New York, rated 10th in the world), Kitchen Table and Fera at Claridges. Take a look at our exquisite sample menus created by Charles.


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Plus-sized brides in Canada and the world over know that finding a wedding dress which not only fits, but also flatters their full figure can be a huge challenge. Finding just the right wedding gown is a feat in itself for most brides, but when you factor in the fashion industry's preference for the smallest sample sizes imaginable, the full-figured bride can feel especially left out.
As with any body shape, the specific fit or cut of the dress that adorns it can accentuate or detract from its best assets. When it comes to a curvy body, one of the best silhouettes for plus-sized gowns is the A-line. With its form-fitted bodice and flared, full skirt, the A-line flatters a full-figured bride's shapely silhouette. An empire-waist gown is another style which flatters a full physique, drawing attention to the bust line, and hugging the slimmest part of the body - right above the waist. Open necklines, such as keyhole, scoop neck, square neck, or v-neck styles also draw attention to the bride's decolletage, and add balance to a shapely silhouette.
Even if you're ordering from a ready-to-wear line, plus-sized bridal gowns are sometimes considered a special order in certain boutiques. Therefore, it's best to order as early as possible in preparation for what could potentially take six months to arrive under certain circumstances.
Montreal bridal boutique, La Belle Mariée offers a super-sophisticated selection of plus-sized gowns, up to size 30. The following five samples all follow the "fit and flatter a full physique" tips above, and demonstrate their dazzling design properties in action.
With its halter style and beaded bust line, this sexy satin gown fully flatters feminine curves. A bejeweled brooch/clasp at the mid-section draws attention to a cinched waist, while the remaining fabric flows elegantly to the floor in a sophisticated train. A corseted back vamps up an already fashion-forward gown. This dress comes in light gold/silver, white/silver and ivory/silver, and is also available with a beaded satin shawl.
A deep v-neck and beaded detailing along the bust line draw attention to the decolletage, while elegant flower designs skim the elongated A-line skirt. An empire waist both accentuates the bust and cinches the smallest part of the body (right above the waist) at the same time. This gown is available in white and ivory.
Super-sexy bustier boning makes this gown fitted and flattering at the waist and rib cage. The delicate, frothy skirt portion of the organza gown contrasts nicely with its more structured torso. This gown is available in white/silver and ivory/silver.
Fitted short sleeves and an open, square neck direct attention to this gown's beautiful beaded bust line. Pleating in the front of the skirt makes a memorable impression, while a square cut and v-dip at the back, which points to the train of floral designs, adds an elegant touch. This satin gown is available in white and ivory.
The straight-across cut on the bodice of this strapless number combined with its A-line skirt give this gown a sleek silhouette of clean lines. Embroidery trailing down the back and at the hem of the train add a true touch of femininity, and ensure that this gown stands out in a sea of other strapless frocks during wedding season. This gown comes in white and ivory, and is available with a beaded satin shawl.
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The "Levelers' Scorn" deck puts you in control of the "levelers," creatures that become more powerful over time. Once suitably leveled up, Skywatcher Adept gains flying and Hada Spy Patrol becomes unblockable. Such evasive creatures are perfect for defeating a helpless opponent. With just two level counters, Echo Mage gains the ability to copy each instant or sorcery spell. Use defensive measures like Wall of Bone and Phantasmal Abomination to make sure you have time to level up your creatures to maximum potency.
While your evasive creatures and levelers carry on the fight, use your spells to support them. Unsummon and Fleeting Distraction can keep the momentum on your side. Last Kiss and Doom Blade can destroy opposing creatures outright. Better yet, use Domestication to gain control of your opponent's creatures. If your spells are still not enough, enlist the help of Sphinx of Magosi, a massive flying creature who gets a +1/+1 counter and lets you draw a card for just . Anyone who can't solve its riddle be out of the game in no time!
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It would probably be stretching the definition considerably to put Fred Waring in the jazz category, though he was very popular utilizing some concepts from the improvisational school. Waring led a dance-based banjo band at 18; he attended Penn State, then formed Fred Waring's Collegians, who ultimately became the Pennsylvanians, although they were based in Detroit. They recorded extensively in the '20s and enjoyed some success. The 1929 film Syncopation and 1930 stage show The New Yorkers helped Waring's band become popular sensations. They got steadily more commercial and lightweight in the '30s, while becoming widespread radio and film performers. The band appeared in a film with Dick Powell in 1937, were at the 1940 World's Fair, appeared on Broadway in 1945, then in a cartoon film in 1948. They also scored pop hits in 1947 and 1949, and became the first band to land their own television show in 1949. They became a diversified empire, with businesses, workshops for glee club directors, publishing wings, a monthly journal, real estate and a corporation to run it all from 1950-1970. The recepient of a 1982 Congressional Gold Medal for his contributions to American music, Waring continued to perform until his death on July 29, 1984. ~ Ron Wynn~ Rovi


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In the second of a series of Teacher Guide videos, one of our IntoScientists Dave Canavan (himself an ex-science teacher) takes a look at IntoScience and how simple it is to not only teach a concept to a class but hold a rich, engaging and interactive lesson. Working with IntoScience's Taxonomic Ranks* activity, Dave explains the resources on offer and shows how these interactive elements can be best utilised in a classroom environment.
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IP/MPLS VPN Solution
The Ministry has signed a five (5) year contract with Telecom Namibia from 04th July 2011 to 03rd July 2016 to provide an IP/MPLS VPN solution that will link all Magistrates Offices to a central point via digicon lines. The following Offices/Directorates will still be supported as they have representation in the regions, namely Legal Aid, Office of the Ombudsman, Office of the Prosecutor General and the Master of the High Court. The exercise with Telecom Namibia is still ongoing to upgrade all lines to a better speed (2mbps (megabytes per seconds)) or higher. A total of 10 offices are completed to date.
Network Infrastructure:
This involves the installation of the physical network at all offices and buildings, such as re-wiring, upgrades of network infrastructure and equipment.
- Small alterations were done (additional network points and trucking's):
- Head office in Windhoek,
- Windhoek Magistrate's Court,
- Office of the Attorney General (Sanlam Building),
- Master of the High Court (Master building),
- Various Magistrates Offices: (Tsumeb, Otavi, Gobabis, Okahandja, Ondangwa, Karibib and Usakos).
- New Sites/Offices Connection: (10MBps)
This involves the establishment of the new sites connections which were added to the MPLS network.
- Master of High Court (Frans Indongo Building),
- Office of the Judiciary (SADC Tribunal and Diamond Square Buildings)
UPS installations done at the following Offices:
A UPS is an Uninterrupted Power Supply that allows the server to shutdown properly when there is a power failure to avoid crashing and data loss. The following 26 Magistrates Offices' servers are connected to a UPS (Windhoek (Mungunda street and Luderitz Street), Okahandja, Otjiwarongo, Otavi, Outjo, Tsumeb, Grootfontein, Ondangwa, Oshakati, Opuwo, Khorixas, Omaruru, Okakarara, Usakos, Karibib, Swakopmund, Walvis bay, Rehoboth, Mariental, Aranos, Maltahohe, Keetmanshoop, Karasburg, Luderitz and Oranjemund Magistrates Offices).
Network Security:
The Ministry has upgraded its core firewall services from the TMG Firewall to a modern and better supported Firewall known as Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) with Unified Threat Management (UTM) technologies. This enables secure network access across remote locations and having control of the internet services, ensuring it is properly censored against malicious attacks and any kind of threats. This too has enabled segregation and monitoring of traffic from internal and external locations for better security such as application inspection, web filtering, anti-spam and traffic shaping for better bandwidth utilization.


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Welcome to our 2019-2020 season
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The London Chamber Music Society presents:
The London Chamber Music Series
at Kings Place 90 York Way London N1 9AG
every Sunday between October and May
Northern Chords Festival Ensemble
Fauré Sonata No.1 for Violin & Piano Op.13
Mozart Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor K.478
Brahms Piano Quartet in C minor Op.60
FREE - PreConcert Event! Amare Duo - Sunday 2nd February, 5.45pm
Arthur Honegger ?Sonatina for Violin and Cello, H. 80 (1932)
Henri Duparc/ Victor Wilder (after Goethe), arr. Duo Amare: 'Romance de Mignon'
Duo Amare ?Improvisation on Brahms' Albumblatt für Clara Schumann
Bohuslav Martin? Duo No. 1 for Violin and Cello, H. 157
Allegri Quartet & Joseph Shiner (clarinet)???
Beethoven String Quartet in F minor Op.95 'Serioso'
Bliss Quintet for Clarinet & Strings
Mozart Quintet for Clarinet & Strings K. 581
Divertimenti with?Garfield Jackson?(viola)
Dvo?ák String Sextet in A Op.48
Sally Beamish Divertimenti (London premiere)
Brahms String Sextet No.2 in G Op.36
Nadège Rochat & Anthony Romaniuk
LCMS Morning Concert
Bach Sonata for viola da gamba and continuo No. 1 in G, BWV1027
Beethoven Cello Sonata No. 3 in A, Op. 69
Stravinsky Suite italienne
Firebird Orchestra
The First Cuckoo
Nature Unwrapped
Delius On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring & Summer Night on the River
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Mozart 'Queen of the Night' arias from The Magic Flute, K620
Haydn Symphony No. 83 in G minor The Hen
Philippe Graffin, Marisa Gupta & Friends
Dvo?ák Piano Quartet No. 2 in E flat, Op. 87
Ysa?e Sonate posthume (UK premiere)
Ysa?e Sonata No. 5 Op. 27 for violin & string quartet (arr. Erika Vega)
Chausson Concert in D for violin, piano & string quartet, Op. 21
The Musical Offering – Illuminated
Bach Weekend 2020?
A complete performance of Bach's late masterpiece, as it has never been seen before.
Bach The Musical Offering, BWV1079
Feinstein Ensemble
Chilingirian Quartet
On an Overgrown Path
Nature Unwrapped
Haydn String Quartet in D, Op. 50 No. 6 Frog
Janá?ek (arr. Burghauser) On an Overgrown Path
Puccini Crisantemi
Haydn String Quartet in B flat, Op. 76 No. 4 Sunrise
Carducci Quartet & Kate Whitley
Haydn String Quartet in D, Op. 20 No. 4 (Hob III:34)
Britten Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 25
Kate Whitley Quintet for piano and strings
(London premiere)
Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80
Jack Liebeck & Friends
Nature Unwrapped
From the Haunted Forest
Schumann Waldszenen for solo piano, Op. 82
Rebecca Clarke Midsummer Moon for violin and piano
Dvorák From the Bohemian Forest for cello and piano, Op. 68
G. Lange (arr. Sonnenfeld) Edelweiss, Op. 31
Elgar Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84
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As an intern at the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) this summer, a big issue that our office works on is nationwide immigration services and reform. While immigration has taken a backseat in the President's agenda to health care in recent times, it is interesting to watch minority groups and communities struggling with immigration law mobilizing here in Washington.
Listening to many of the narratives of immigrants currently unable to get their foot into the door of the 'American Dream' led me on a personal journey of reflection about the greatness of America and its values. I was curious and in some instances, shocked, to discover exactly what part of the American Dream motivated certain individuals to sacrifice their family, friends, livelihood, and even health to enter the states. There were no clear cut answers, except for the firm look of determination within each of their eyes that symbolized their unwavering commitment to staying in America.
The issue that I have with the concept of the American Dream, and the reason why I believe this concept must evolve, is that the idea has disappointed, and will continue to disappoint, thousands of immigrants who will be unable to succeed in America due to its immigration laws. With the political gridlock regarding the controversial issue and reluctance on both sides of the aisle to reach a compromise, immigrant families without permanent documentation will wrestle with an uncertain fate that lie in the hands of stakeholders.
To avoid this situation, the American Dream needs to be redefined as a notion that began in the United States in 1776 but a universal dream that any country and its people can achieve. Stripped to its bare bones, the American Dream refers to the economic prosperity and high quality of life we enjoy here in America. But these values are not unique to the USA – while they are most prevalent here, that does not mean that it can take form anywhere else in the global community.
President Obama has stressed the moral underpinnings of his health care initiative with a reference to scripture: "I am my brother's keeper. I am my sister's keeper – that we have an obligation to put ourselves in our neighbor's shoes and see each other's common humanity." But this reference is also relevant to immigration – everyone, regardless of nationality, merit involvement into our common humanity. Our privilege as being the world's premier superpower should incentivize us to spread this dream to other parts of the globe with the audacity of hope that it will also aid in the immigration issue domestically. It's time for the American Dream and all its core features to be rebranded into the Universal Dream that anyone with a willing heart and strong work ethic can achieve.
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The American by Henry James
The story is of Christopher Newman (new man, right? Not only from "the new world" but from "the West", practically a hero riding on a white horse) who left school very early somewhere in the East and by 35 had made himself a millionaire businessman in California. He wakes up one morning and thinks there must be more to life. Like other Americans of his generation who can afford it he heads for Europe to learn about the rest of life. In Paris—for James always the center of European culture—one of the first things he does is order several paintings from a beautiful young girl copying paintings in the Louvre—always supervised by her father. We gradually come to realize that Mlle. Noiche is a very bad painter. Later she plays a more sinister role in the plot but early on Newman's business relationship with her and her father (who teaches him some conversational French) helps to establish Newman's naiveté.
Newman thinks he will look for a wife in Paris and an ambitious American ex-patriot rather mischievously suggests Madame de Cintré, widowed daughter of the late Marquis de Bellegarde. Her family is 1000 years old. Her older brother, the present Marquis, declares his loyalty to the Bourbons and refuses to go to the Napoleonic Court. Claire de Cintré, it is clear, was married young to an old man chosen by her family who has mercifully died before the story begins. She is beautiful, delicate, shy and completely under the thumb of her family. Nevertheless she is drawn to Newman and for whatever reasons after some initial insults her mother and brother agree to the marriage. While you must have the patience to wait for James to set the scene, the novel contains a full measure of suspense so I'll not give away the plot, except to suggest that aristocratic French families have traditionally looked down their noses at "commercial men".
Finally, I was struck by how completely and effectively James followed his own theory of narrative point of view in The American. All readers recognize that novels are most often told from the point of view of a third person narrator (often not even identifiable as a person) who "knows everything" or from the point of view of one person, in which case the author has to work hard to give the reader knowledge that the narrator doesn't have. James thought there was a better way. He called it "centre of consciousness" and it's so familiar now we rarely single it out, but James used it to radically change narrative from the 19th century "dear reader" style to something much more subtle. James described it as the narrator looking through the back of the character's head, seeing what he sees, though described from the larger experience of the invisible narrator. It combines the virtues of the omnipotent narrator and the first person narrator. Here James uses detail brilliantly to characterize both Newman and the people he interacts with, always telling the reader far more than Newman understands, but rarely revealing who's telling the story.


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As I type this, it's 3:15 in the afternoon on a lazy Saturday.
I'm sitting at home watching all the episodes of 'Good Eats' that have collected on my DVR. (Shut up, I like Alton Brown....)
And to go with my marathon viewing session, guess what I'm using to satisfy the hunger and thirst cravings?
Go ahead....guess....
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Look Book for the First Collection
Bonessi launches its first look book in 2015. The look book includes pictures of all the designs of Bonessi Ballerinas launched in the first collection. The index located at the end of the look book provides a snap shot of all of the designs in the different colours. See Look Book for more detail.


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Mamy-Squares is a multi-colored basket incorporating rectangles in its distinctive design. . This basket is made with raffia, an inner woven straw and all leather handles. The four corners are fully protected and it can be enclosed with cotton material using a draw string.
Small 14W x 10.5H x 6.5D
Medium = 16W x 13H x 8D
Large = 18W x 14.5H x 9.5D


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Notice is hereby given, pursuant to section 106 of the Insolvency Act 1986, that a Meeting of the Members and Creditors of the above-named Company will be held at the offices of Ratcliffe & Co., 7 Chorley New Road, Bolton BL1 4QR, on 22nd September 2000, at 11 a.m. and 11.15 a.m. respectively, for the purposes of having an account laid before them, and to receive the report of the Liquidator showing the manner in which the winding-up of the Company has been conducted and the property disposed of, and of hearing any explanation that may be given by the Liquidator. Proxies to be used at the Meeting must be lodged with the Liquidator at Ratcliffe & Co., 7 Chorley New Road, Bolton BL1 4QR, no later than 12 noon of the business day before the Meeting. G. N. Ratcliffe, Liquidator 14th August 2000.


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Dec. 5, 2017
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Following a standout senior campaign on The Flats, Georgia Tech volleyball senior Gabriela Stavnetchei was tabbed to AVCA East Coast All-Region team.
Stavnetchei, an outside hitter from Curitiba, Brazil, had the best season of her career. She was named to the all-Atlantic Coast Conference first team in late November. Stavnetchei led the ACC in total kills since September, finishing the season with 467 and ranking 35th in the nation. Averaging 4.35 kills per set in league matches, she led in that statistic for conference matches and third in points per set at 4.63.
Stavnetchei contributed on the defensive side of the ball as well, ranking second on the team in digs with 321 behind freshman libero Sam Knapp. She recorded 15 double-doubles this season and a career-high 28 kills against Syracuse on Oct. 20. She was tabbed to the preseason all-ACC team in the beginning of the season. She was named to both the Hyatt Regency Invitational and Georgia Tech Invitational all-tournament teams.
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(This is the third post in a series which will evaluate the Sabres organization, one man at a time. Larry's Quinn's internal review is the Official Worst Top-To-Bottom Review EVER. I'm conducting my own review, to show Larry how it's done.)
Name: Jochen Hecht, aka Yo-yo
Position: Forward
Number of years with the Sabres organization: Hecht joined the Sabres from the Oilers in 2002. I'm not sure if Darcy traded for him, or if Yo-yo just stood outside the HSBC arena screen door yowling until Lindy let him in and gave him a bowl of milk.
Number of years remaining on contract: infinity
Cap hit: $3.525 million
Career high point: In 06/07 Jochen score 19 goals and 37 assists for a career high 56 points.
Career low point: In 08/09, Jochen scored 23 own-goals and was a -87. *not totally true
Areas of strength: well-coiffed porcupine hair, somehow scoring while standing behind the net and bouncing the puck off no less than five obstacles, talking like a duck, overall handsomeness and appealing shyness, starring contests
Area of weakness: hockey
2008/09 grade: H- Something went horribly, horribly wrong.
General comments: Yo-yo is a "Lindy Ruff" kind of player. Lindy loves him (or at least he did). Last year during the rotating captaincy, Yo-Yo was one of two players who wore the "C" twice (Soupy was the other), and this season, Jochen Hecht wore an "A" all year long. Allow me to repeat that….JOCHEN HECHT WORE A LETTER ALL SEASON LONG. (Sidenote: During the preseason, Heather and I joked that Lindy liked to attach the captain's letters to the jerseys with velcro so that he could rip them off the chests of errant players in disgust. The mental image of walking up to Jochen Hecht, and ripping off his "A" and then tossing it dramatically onto the ground is almost too tantalizing to bear.)
I don't know what happened to Hecht this year, but it wasn't pretty. Until this year he was known as a hard working, no nonsense, defensive forward. Never the flashiest, grittiest, or most skilled guy on the ice, but definitely a guy you could count on if you needed to protect a one goal lead with a minute left in the third.
But then this year, he became….wrong. This season, Jochen looked lost, frantic, insecure, and cautious. His previously tolerated lack-of-offensive-finesse became glaring in the face of his sloppy defensive play. His level of play ranged from "Do you think Yo-yo is playing with an injury?" to "I'm going to break his legs myself. Please…..just get that guy off the ice."
I think it's interesting to note that one of Lindy's "favorites", a player who has always seemed to have Lindy's faith and trust, turned into a gigantic pile of flaming poo this season. Many people around town are quick to blame Jochen's rapid decline on his new contract, and there could definitely be some merit to that theory, but he signed that contract in October of '07. He played a full, productive season with that contract in place. He just doesn't seem like a "phone it in" kind of player to me. He seems like a "trouble starts, and then if it's not properly addressed, that trouble snowballs into an unstoppable-nightmare-of-a-season," kind of guy to me. To my eye, his trouble didn't stem from lack of effort. He just looked INCREDIBLY, and inexplicably, bad at hockey.
I suspect I'm going to take some heat for this in the comments, but I'm going to say it anyway: More than anyone else on the Sabres, to me, Jochen Hecht looked like he was poorly coached this season. There are plenty of Sabres who I am willing to hang the "lazy, soft, and coddled" tag on, but Yo-yo really isn't one of them. To me, he looked like a guy who desperately needed some help and guidance- help that never came. His role on the team was never really adjusted, he was never really benched, he never lost his letter, and it wasn't until the veeeery end of the season that he even looked remotely capable of getting out of his funk.
Obviously, I don't know really know how Hecht went from to projected-future-captain-of-the-Sabres to the-guy-whose-contract-looks-the-scariest, but he did. And it sucks.
REQUIRED SUMMER HOMEWORK: The good news about my odd faith in Yo-yo's work ethic is that there IS hope of a recovery. As long as this season wasn't some indication of a general unwillingness to play with urgency, then he might not have to suck forever. The bad news about my odd faith in Yo-yo's work ethic is that it means that there is something really, reeeeally wrong with his game. Hopefully it's just an injury, and he'll spend the summer rehabbing in secrecy.
In order to return to form, Jochen must complete the following tasks:
1. Purchase and complete "Feeling Good". When I was in college, my viola professor very famously assigned "Feeling Good" to wayward students. It was both a badge of honor, and a terrible, damning shame to be assigned "Feeling Good". "Feeling Good" from my viola teacher represented both a declaration that "I still believe in you. You can turn this around," and "You are about to get your sorry ass kicked out of school. Pull it together, kid."
2. Watch Hoosiers, Rudy, Mighty Ducks, Bull Durham, and Rocky over and over again all summer long.
3. Go to Germany, and stay there. DO NOT COMMUNICATE WITH ANY OTHER SABRES FOR THE DURATION OF THE SUMMER. (I'll deal with his teammates later, but Yo-yo MUST be quarantined.)
4. Sky dive.
5. Do 400 hours of community service, preferably working with economically disadvantaged people.
6. Learn to play the didgeridoo. Give a recital.
7. Stop talking like a duck. Get speech therapy if necessary.


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You've just got to love all these ace sales and deals running at the moment. I'm beginning to think about moving our Christmas day to 25 January so it's nice and cheap! Argos have marked this ace Toy Story 3 rocket play tent to a lovely £17.99 from the original price of £29.99.
The Toy Story 3 tent has an escape hatch, control panel, and a roll-up door. The tent is easy to assemble with the included support rods and pop-up action and is suitable for both indoor and outdoor use.
It also comes with (wait for it) a portable sound unit that gives off three sounds and has an LED light that flashes, just like a real rocket. You clip the sound unit onto the rocket control panel and use it to manipulate your rocket in space.
It is 100x68.5x99cm in size, is suitable for kids over the age of two, and is seriously cool.
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View the above Avon Maitland Schools Canada video in Mandarin
The Avon Maitland District School Board provides a full service, public, English education with a focus on student success. Our mission is to: Engage, Inspire and Innovate and we believe that students, staff and parents are "Always Learning".
The Board has long been a leader in motivating and engaging students, in special education, embracing technology in the classroom, providing English as a second language support as well as advanced study opportunities in specialist programs for the arts and culture, environment, information and communications technology, health and wellness, manufacturing, hospitality and tourism, energy and transportation.
Located in one of the most popular regions in Canada, the Avon Maitland District is situated in Southwestern Ontario. The District borders Lake Huron in the west, (beautiful beaches and fabulous sunsets) and across its 6,100 square kilometre stretches east to one of the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) top 7 Intelligent Cities in the World, the City of Stratford.
Enjoying four full seasons, this area thrives with outdoor activities year round. We are a district where urban comforts unite within a rural environment dotted with thriving smaller communities.
Of course Stratford is known for many things, but the world famous Stratford Shakespeare Festival tops them all. The annual six month theatrical spectacular attracts hundreds of thousands of people from around the globe. Among the benefits of having a Stratford in your district is the connections our schools have with professional live theatre and the world's acting elite.
Most of the Board's secondary schools offer superior music, and drama programs, high spirited athletics in many sports. A number of schools have been honoured with provincial, national and even international awards in these areas. Avon Maitland is also host to the first even Baseball Academy which provides a high achieving academic education along with the best baseball training available anywhere in the world.
Enjoying four full seasons, the area thrives with outdoor activities year round.
The district extends over 6,100 square kilometres as urban comforts unite within a rural environment dotted with thriving communities. In Huron County these include Goderich – Canada's Prettiest Town and the Town of Wingham which, as part of North Huron, is rich with cultural, historical and recreational opportunities is a place to enjoy hiking, antiquing, fishing, canoeing, snowmobiling and more.
In South Huron the quaint but bustling little town of Exeter springs in to overdrive each year with its annual Exeter Ram Rodeo held in early August and the Hamlet of Walton has played host to the TransCan Motocross Championships for the past 20 years. The Ontario's West Coast Vacation Guide describes Huron County as a
"patchwork quilt of rural Canadian towns, farm landscapes, parks and Lake Huron shoreline, knit together by agriculture heritage dating back almost two hundred years. Huron County is a vacation destination of charm, culture, beauty and endless possibilities!"
The arts are alive in Perth County starting with the City of Stratford, considered a major international arts and cultural hub. The world-famous Stratford Shakespeare Festival, the largest in North America draws audiences of more than 600,000 each year, with a season that runs from April to November. The Festival provides many out-reach activities, including educational opportunities for students and professional development programs for educators. Other flourishing Perth County communities include St. Marys, Listowel, Mitchell and Milverton, all mixed with urban amenities and rural flavour.


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PSU dependancy checking with ASM now enforced in 11G
Posted by John Hallas on January 28, 2010
ASM has to be equal to or higher than the highest version of the databases that are using it and the compatability settings have to be correct.
PSU 1 (Oct 2009) did not enforce that requirement. PSU 2 (Jan 2010) does check.
We determined this because we do not always apply the latest PSU against the ASM binaries but we do against the RDBMS code. Today the following sequence of events took place along with the associated error message.
A new server build with ASM 22.214.171.124 (no PSU) and DB 188.8.131.52 (Jan PSU). Create database fails:
DB alert log:
ORA-19510: failed to set size of 594 blocks for file "+DATA/oiddev1a/controlfile/current.256.709337153" (block size=16384)
ORA-17505: ksfdrsz:1 Failed to resize file to size 594 blocks
ORA-15061: ASM operation not supported [41]
ORA-1501 signalled during: CREATE DATABASE "OIDDEV1A"
ASM alert log:
NOTE: ASM client OIDDEV1A:OIDDEV1A died unexpectedly.
No useful hits on the net. We tried upping the compatability from 18.104.22.168.0 to 18.104.22.168.0 but it failed because the database was at a higher version. Then the realisation that we do not normally patch the ASM database so that was at 220.127.116.11.0, however the dbms had the Jan 2010 PSU 2 patchset applied which made the database version 18.104.22.168.2. The errror message was correct.
More testing confirmed what we had realised, the Oct 09 PSU 1 patchset had never checked the ASM version but PSU 2 was now performing that check and then stopping the database creation.
So if anybody has jumped to this page because of the post I have just written around PSU patching they will be able to see that I could tell patch 9156613 contained the Oct 09 PSU 1 release because I had not caused the ORA-015061 error seen above whereas if PSU 2 had been applied to the rdbms that would have failed because the ASM instance had not been patched yet.
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The attack took place at the exit of a bowling alley at Nelson Mandela Square on Thursday night while she and her 18-year-old cousin were leaving. Two men aged 32 and 47 from Nanterre approached the two and physically assaulted them at around 2 am, hitting Le Pen's daughter in the head, Le Parisien reports.
Breitbart The two are now in police custody. But no information on their motives has been communicated by the authorities. It is not known if they were aware of whom they assaulted, or if they acted at random.
(It is possible that because Marine Le Pen, a recent presidential right wing candidate and leader of the anti-Islamization Front National party, her daughter was targeted either by opposition party leftists or Muslims looking for revenge on her mother)
Investigators have so far not commented on the cause of the attack but the cousin of Ms Le Pen's daughter has filed charges with police against the two men.
The incident provoked outrage from the former French presidential candidate who called the attack a "gratuitous aggression," and added: "there was no fight … there was an assault, a gratuitous assault on two young people aged 18 and 19."
"But this is not inevitable. This is, I believe, the consequence of political choices that have been made for a number of years," she continued, saying her daughter was in a state of shock about the attack but that she was relieved the incident was not more serious.
France24 Le Pen's party name, Front National, was changed to "Rassemblement national" — which can be translated as National Rally or National Gathering – and is designed to facilitate political alliances with like-minded factions.
What continues to draw the loudest applause whenever Le Pen speaks is the auditorium-shaking rumble of stomping feet that meets her tirades against delinquency and Muslim immigration, ancestral Front National themes. When Le Pen railed against state medical assistance for illegal aliens, many rose to their feet, chanting in unison "On est chez nous!", a rough equivalent to "This land is our land."


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Today I'm excited to share another collaborative poem I wrote with the wise and wonderful Sara W. Bartlett. Writing with a partner is energizing in so many ways, from discussing the varied interpretations of a word or phrase to reaching destinations we wouldn't have found on our own.
She and I have been taken lately with the concept of duality–the simultaneous positive and negative associations within the same concept. Today's poem started from the idea of grounding.
My son dreads being grounded as punishment. No one wants their wings clipped. Lately, however, I've been drawing a great deal of strength from being grounded in my sense of self, the peace of a settled being, even the very strength of feet moving over terrain. Rather than driving me crazy, grounding has kept me sane. Well, as sane as it gets for me.
Like a tree in the wind
strong-rooted yet lithe
keeping time to life's music
standing true to myself
Strong-rooted yet lithe
spread my sheltering arms
standing true to myself
with compassion and love
spread my sheltering arms
my golden leaves dancing
with compassion and love
I reach towards the sun
With golden leaves dancing
the drumbeat of my heart;
I reach towards the sun
like a bird on the wing.
The drumbeat of my heart
Keeping time to life's music
like a bird on the wing,
like a tree in the wind.
Words by Jeannine B. Everett and Sarah W. Bartlett


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Recently, it's come to my attention that several people in Alanon have been coming to meetings for years, but either don't have a sponsor, or haven't worked through the Steps, or both. My hope is that this is only a minor, temporary trend in the local Alanon community. For a few years I attended a Step meeting where about half of the members hadn't worked the Steps. For a while I stopped attending because I felt uncomfortable that people didn't appear to be working "The Program."
Later, I returned to the meeting and did what we're told to do in such instances, "…take what you like, and leave the rest." The more I focused on what was good about the meeting, the more I got out of it. Since returning, God has been using me as a sponsor to the people who do want to work the program – which means they're willing to get a sponsor and working the Steps. These sponsees will then be available to sponsor other new willing people who come to meetings in the future, which resolves the gap in sponsorship and working the program.
When I let go of the perceived problem and focused on the solution, God surprised me by making me available to be part of the solution at the meeting. Now sponsorship is up. People working the Steps is up. And how the program works is more evident in the experience, strength and hope shared in our meetings. I love how God works.
– If you find this helpful, pass it on to others.
Affirmation for the Day – " I am always part of the solution."
Remember to say the affirmation at least 3 times whenever you remember it, preferably in front of a mirror.
Course In Miracles Lesson – Let me perceive forgiveness as it is.
Practice – Let me perceive forgiveness as it is. Should I accuse myself of doing this? I will not lay this chain upon myself. No one is crucified alone, and yet no one can enter Heaven by themselves.


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Newly leaked photos of a nearly finished Motorola Droid RAZR (aka Spyder) and Motorola XOOM 2 have surfaced, giving us a better idea of what to expect this coming Tuesday at the Motorola/Verizon event in NYC. The Droid RAZR now dons the Verizon logo along with some Kevlar reinforcement. Interestingly, the tipster who sent these pics to Engadget also informed them that the processor in the Spyder (Droid RAZR) was clocked at 1.5GHz, yet the final release is expected to be 1.2GHz (perhaps someone can work on that). While I don't personally care for the design of the RAZR, I can't wait to see how the qHD Super AMOLED display looks.
As for the Motorola XOOM 2, it appears that most of the bugs that have been plaguing earlier builds have been worked out, and I'm betting the XOOM 2 Media Edition gets announced at this Tuesday's event as well (both have similar designs). We'll know soon enough — but I'm betting the leaks aren't going to subside, so plan on seeing them for the next couple of days.
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The objective of Finland's National Strategy on Invasive Alien Species, adopted by the Government on 15 March 2012 as a Government Resolution, is to prevent the damage and risks caused by invasive species to Finnish nature, while promoting the sustainable use of natural resources, trade and industry, socio-economic wellbeing and the wellbeing of people. The goal of the Strategy is to minimise the risk of invasive alien species already established in Finland or that have a probability of being introduced to Finland.
The measures proposed in the Strategy address invasive alien species introduced to Finland by human action, intentionally or unintentionally, which are spreading uncontrollably and causing harmful impacts. The purpose of the Strategy is to prevent the introduction to Finland of new, invasive alien species that spread uncontrollably.
The Strategy includes extensive background material and an Action Plan.
Niemivuo-Lahti, Johanna (ed.) 2012. Finland's National Strategy on Invasive Alien Species, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, 126 pages (PDF) ISBN 978-952-453-726-1 | (original source, referenced 2016-05-17)
Based on the proposal prepared by the working group on a National Strategy on Invasive Alien Species. The proposal for Finland's National Strategy on Invasive Alien Species was prepared in collaboration between a broadly-based working group and experts, involving a total of more than 100 people.
The objective of the National Strategy on Invasive Alien Species (IAS) is to reduce the damages and risks caused by invasive species to the Finnish nature, sustainable utilisation of natural resources and livelihoods. The aim is to take action at the earliest stage possible with a view to combat invasive alien species because this is the most effective and far less costly approach to prevent damages caused by IAS.
According to estimates by experts, in the beginning of 2011 there were a total of 157 IAS permanently established in Finland which cause clearly identifiable, direct or indirect damage. A significant share of these species (108 species) are agricultural and forestry species. Of the remaining species 5 occur in the territorial waters of Finland in the Baltic Sea, 5 in inland waters, 6 are land vertebrates, 24 are plant species and 9 are indoor pests. In addition, about 123 species not native to Finland to be monitored or which may be locally harmful were identified. Invasive alien species defined as particularly harmful include, besides the dangerous pests called quarantine species (37 species), Japanese rose (Rosa rugosa), crayfish plague (Aphanomyces astaci), giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum, H. persicum, H. sosnowskii), Spanish slug (Arion lusitanicus) and mink (Mustela vison).
Action is required to reduce the harmful impacts of invasive alien species. The Action Plan of Finland's National Strategy on Invasive Alien Species puts forward 16 different types of measures. These include comprehensive legislation on IAS, establishing an expert body to monitor and promote the actions in IAS, introducing publicity and training measures concerning IAS, setting up a national IAS portal, and creating a system for early warning and monitoring of IAS. The objectives of the Action Plan also include setting up a national risk assessment system for IAS, increasing research on IAS, especially related to risk assessments, preparations to prevent the entry of IAS to Finland and to launch rapid measures against IAS already present in the country, as well as encouraging voluntary action by citizens to prevent IAS. As set out in the Action Plan, funding mechanisms for preventing IAS are developed while ensuring that IAS do not spread across borders through Finland and that Finland also participates in international action to combat IAS. In addition, a set of targeted measures are taken to prevent damage caused by IAS in the Baltic Sea and inland waters and by alien land vertebrates and land plants. One objective contained in the strategy is to completely eradicate giant hogweeds in Finland within the next 10 to 20 years.
The Government Resolution on Finland's National Strategy on Invasive Alien Species was adopted on 15 March 2012.
Keywords: alien species, invasive alien species (IAS), potentially or locally harmful alien species, invasive alien species in the Baltic Sea, invasive alien species in inland waters, invasive alien land vertebrates, invasive alien land plants, invasive alien agricultural and forestry species, invasive alien indoor pests


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