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Artist of The Week: Saara Untracht-Oakner
Saara Untracht-Oakner is an artist of many mediums, and thus, it's almost impossible to pigeonhole her into just one category. When she's not singing and playing guitar in BOYTOY, she's painting, taking photos, or taking after her great aunt, Saara Hopea-Untracht, with some DIY jewelry-making. Art is in her blood, and it shows: she has a natural compulsion to constantly create (in her own words, "It's a definitely a thing where I don't feel productive unless I'm making something."). Most recently, Untracht-Oakner had her first installation at Pettit Gallery titled "KITSCHIN", which delivered an immersive, cartoon-like experience of a larger-than-life interactive toy kitchen for its guests in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The artist hopes to potentially continue "KITSCHIN" in another gallery, or else create its follow-up, a children's bedroom. It'll have to wait, though; BOYTOY just released its latest album, Night Leaf, and they'll be on tour for the rest of the year promoting it. Not a bad way to spend the summer—and Untracht-Oakner certainly isn't complaining that her art takes her in many directions, often all at once. We sat down with the artist to talk more about "KITSCHIN", BOYTOY, and what's next.
Did you consider yourself a musician first or an artist first?
I actually have a sketchbook from when I was like 5-6 years old, I'll show you guys. I was always drawing, and my parents bought me a sketchbook, I had a piano in my house, and my mom's a singer and plays piano, my dad was a copywriter growing up in advertising, and so there was always music and art in the house, and I was just always drawing. Music I guess I started messing around on the piano, maybe when I was 3 or 4. Someone bought me a microphone and we would put on plays and I would sing in them. So I was always singing, my parents put me in piano lessons, I played cello and trumpet in school, I still have the trumpet because I can never get rid of musical instruments, they're very precious. Like when am I ever going to buy a trumpet again? [Laughs] So yeah, then I started playing guitar when I was maybe 12-13, at camp, and I guess I started playing in bands when I was in middle school, playing blink-182 covers in my friends' bedrooms, and then 15-16 I started really writing songs, and then I had a band college, and then in between that band and this band I did like a rap EP, called Lil Reignbow, and now I'm in BOYTOY, and I've filled in for my friends bands, like Habibi and some bands around New York.
So when you're working on your art or your music, do you feel like they influence each other or the same things are coming out in different ways?
It's funny because it's something that I've thought about—like why do certain inspirations come out in certain mediums? Sometimes something feels very much like a song, like I wanna play my guitar, I wanna get my music out, and other times it feels like a painting or a poem or a photograph. I guess the photographs are less premeditated, but it's kind of like when I'm bored of playing music, I'll go draw. You know, if I'm like, "I don't really feel like picking up a guitar, I'll make something." It's a definitely a thing where I don't feel productive unless I'm making something.
Do you have a preferred medium?
I've been working a lot of with acrylic and sharpie and pastel, kind of layering those. And I love shooting 35mm film. My brother's a photographer, so he's given me two cameras that I use all the time.
It's a definitely a thing where I don't feel productive unless I'm making something.
I see a lot of rugs in your work—where does that come from?
Some of these are actually rugs from my house, and I have some books—so I'm named after my great aunt [Saara Hopea-Untracht], who was a jewelry designer, and my great uncle, my mother's father's brother [Oppi Untracht], he wrote this book about her work [titled Saara Hopea-Untracht: Life and Work]. She did glass work, silver work, jewelry, enamel, some textile stuff. So we've always had this kind of stuff in the house, always had rugs, and it's just something that I was always surrounded by and just kind of really into. And I started drawing them and that's actually where the whole kitchen installation came from. So I built a whole kitchen, with all flat surfaces, and drew everything—cabinets, a fridge, a sink—at Gallery Pettit, which is right down the street from my house. So it was an immersive experience, called "KITSCHIN", four people at a time, and you could open the cabinets and the fridge and sit at the table. But the rug is what inspired that.
So do you think about home a lot, when you're making stuff like "KITSCHIN"?
I used a lot of references from here, you know I'd be making stuff in the studio and then come in here and take pictures of like what's in the fridge, or like the cabinets or something. So yeah the rugs evolved into that, and then I also made the sets for our BOYTOY music video, that's coming out right before the record. So that's all kind of evolved. I'd really like to do another installation, maybe a kids bedroom with like bunk beds and a toy chest and dressers and stuff.
And when the show's done do you sell the pieces or keep them for yourself?
Some of the small ones, but the bigger ones are massive and super heavy. Potentially you could just use the flat front of it, like it doesn't have to be the 3D build out of it, but no one has space in New York for that. I sold some smaller pieces. Someone wants to buy one of the stools but I don't know yet if I wanna sell it cause it's a set. That's always the thing about art, too—you make it, and you wanna sell it, but then you do and you're kind of sad about it.
It's weird because it's so personal and it's almost like a piece of you and then you let it go and it's just out there in the world in a stranger's home.
Yeah. I actually sold some of the pieces from the set of the music video, I took them on tour by mistake, actually, but that was cool.
When people went into "KITSCHIN", how do they react to your work? Have you talked to them about it?
Oh yeah, it was so fulfilling. It was an idea I've had for years and just to see so many people come out and have so much fun, and smile, and just kind of be a kid again—and even seeing little kids come into the space and just be like, "Woah!" It was pretty trippy, you know, like the whole room was white with black outlines so it was definitely like a psychedelic experience of feeling like you're in a cartoon. But yeah, the feedback was awesome, and so exciting, and just affirming.
The feedback [for "KITSCHIN"] was awesome, and so exciting, and just affirming.
Do you make art with specific goals in mind like that, to make people a certain way or give them a certain experience, or that's just something that happens after?
I think I do it for myself first, because I think it's fun, and I enjoy it, and I wanna see what it would look like to have a room like this, and then having other people enjoy it too is like the cool part, because we get to share the experience. Because I mean I didn't know what it was gonna look like either until I finished the installation. So I did all the pieces here, and built structures to mount everything, and then we built it in the space. And when it was done it was like, "Woah! This is what it looks like. This is so cool," because I'd only seen the pieces flat by themselves up until then. But yeah we had an opening party, closing party, both were pretty packed, so it was very exciting.
Do you have any more art shows coming up?
No, but I'm planning something with Elephant in Nashville for 2019, that's maybe when I'm gonna do the bedroom thing. It's just really hard because we're on tour all the time—going to Europe this month, a West Coast thing end of June-July, and then we're doing Europe and Australia September-October.
So it's like, the way I did this installation was when we came back from Europe in September, and then I had from September until mid-November, and I was like, "Alright. I've had this idea for so fucking long, I'm just gonna do it, I'm gonna make it happen. And I'll figure it out as I go along." I knew Ty from Gallery Pettit from surfing together, and he was wanting a new space, so he said I'll build a wall, come help me paint, and then set up your show in there. So "KITSCHIN" was the first show in his new space.
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Every product launch begins with a thought. However, with marketing an integral part to its success, it's always a good idea to brainstorm constantly as to how you can use social media to tease people into knowing as to what you intend to launch. One way to do this is to add Facebook posts with or without images long before you intend to launch the product itself.
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Creating a personal video which you can share with both an offline and online audience is an excellent way to launch your product. Your best approach would be to talk about the need while only hinting slightly about the solution that you intend to launch in some time.
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If you already use various social media platforms, one way to get more attention is to make your launch educational. For example, teach the audience on how to launch by using your launch as the example itself. Make sure you under-emphasize your launch and prepare tips and techniques that are valuable.

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On February 8, 2003, performing at the Bowery Poetry Club without prepared text or notes, Steve Benson improvised a long poem composed entirely of questions. His transcript of this performance later appeared in the book Open Clothes (Atelos, 2005) as "Did the lights just go out" [text]. Later, Steve McLaughlin created two excerpts from the full audio recording:
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For PoemTalk episode 73, Patrick Durgin, Thom Donovan, and Tyrone Williams joined Al Filreis at the Kelly Writers House to talk about a passage from this performance.
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Bob Cobbing (1920–2002) — sound poet, visual and concrete poet, DIY printer, and active member of an alternative socio-poetic community in the UK — insisted that there's no use in adding to poetry what's already there. In "Some Statements on Sound Poetry" (1969) he wrote: "Gone is the word as the word, though the word may still be used as sound or shape." And he added: "Poetry now resides in other elements." In this episode, Al Filreis is joined by sound poet Jaap Blonk, phonotextualist Steve McLaughlin, and experimental archivist Danny Snelson as they approach a single work by Cobbing, "Portrait of Robin Crozier," in an effort to identify generally those "other elements."
Herman Beavers, Salamishah Tillet, and Kathy Lou Schultz joined PoemTalk producer and host Al Filreis to talk about Claude McKay's widely anthologized sonnet, "If We Must Die" (1919). Its content advocates counterviolence in response to racist violence; its form is the exquisitely constrained Shakespearean sonnet, aligned with English poetic mastery. Does pushing through this formal constraint bring McKay's speaker toward freedom or fatedness? Does the sonnet as a formal choice befit a cultural inside or an outside?
Amy Paeth, Michelle Taransky, and Steve McLaughlin met up with PoemTalk's host Al Filreis to talk about one of the poems in Laura Mullen's book Enduring Freedom: A Little Book of Mechanical Brides (Otis Books, 2012). Enduring Freedom is a coherent project; its poems constitute a series — a number of approaches to the problem of war's strange but also surprisingly obvious and true convergence with weddings (and wedding planning in particular). The poem we chose is "Bride of the New Dawn." Our recording of Mullen's performance of the poem comes from a reading she gave in October 2012, in Berkeley, as recorded by Ross Craig; it was a reading in which she read fifteen of the Enduring Freedom poems.


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Late last month, indie-loving fans of the globe, and especially here in Texas, finally received a single, but major, piece of news regarding the project that's surely to be slapped with the ubiquitous "supergroup" label.
Overseas, consisting of David Bazan (Pedro the Lion), and former Dallasites Bubba and Matthew Kadane (Bedhead and The New Year), along with Will Johnson (Centro-matic), indeed is the stuff indie-music geeks' dreams are made of. Of course, former Denton resident Johnson, now living in Austin, has recently been in the middle of more so-called supergroups than any other artist of late.
The past few years have seen Johnson record an album with the recently departed Jason Molina, drum for the Monsters of Folk and contribute arguably the best tunes to Jay Farrar and Jim James' Woody Guthrie-intensive project, New Multitudes. Let's not forget he played pivotal roles in the solo albums from the Hold Steady's Craig Finn and Drive by Trucker's Patterson Hood, as well. Oh, he also released his own stellar solo album last year, Scorpion.
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Could you add just about any mid-level indie artist to a roster with Johnson and deem them super? It's not a stretch to suggest that, given Johnson's history. But the Kadanes, who, whether they like it or not, helped bring slowcore to the world with the remarkable catalog of Bedhead, and Bazan, who has turned into an even greater indie icon since leaving Pedro the Lion and releasing a pair of albums, are much more than random backups or jamming buddies.
On paper, "super" seems to fit, but so often, just as it is in Major League Baseball, the best outfit on paper doesn't end up holding the trophy after it's all said and done. The New York Yankees have spent more than two billion dollars putting a team onto the field in the past decade. For that, the heftiest sum in baseball history, the pinstripes have walked away with only one trophy.
When it comes to the so-called supergroups in music, specifically, how often does the allegedly "super" project turn out to be super enough for anyone to forget the main gigs of any of the talented members?
Overseas "Ghost To Be" from Undertow on Vimeo.
Let's focus on Johnson and his extracurricular exploits. How many out there (feel free to raise your hands) would grab a copy of the Molina & Johnson record, solid as it is, before Centro-matic's Fort Recovery? How many would opt for the inventively well-done New Multitudes disc before Centro's fantastic 2011 album, Candidate Waltz? If more than a couple of hands are raised, it's safe to say they belong to Magnolia Electric Company or Son Volt fans who are behind on their Centro-matic studies.
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The prime question to be asked here is what's so super about a group that doesn't surpass most of the individual artists' main bands in quality? Personally, for example, I'll take three out of the past four Deer Tick albums, two of the past three Dawes albums and all three of Delta Spirit's records over the imminently listenable 2011 Middle Brother offering, consisting of the lead singers from the three aforementioned acts. Will Radiohead fans, experimentally adventurous as we all are, ever choose the well-received, recently released AMOK from Atoms of Peace over our favorite Radiohead album(s) (I'm predictable: OK Computer, followed closely by In Rainbows and The Bends).
Interestingly enough, the tracks that Overseas have offered for streaming on their official website are, in fact, fantastic. Perhaps more interestingly, the songs take the form of the Kadanes' Bedhead/New Year tone and rhythm, giving the band a signature of sorts, rather than a mishmash of random rock tunes and demos for albums the members' respective bands chose not to record. Even with Bazan's vocals taking lead in "Down Below," and Johnson's signature rasp singing "Ghost to Be," it'll be tough for any 1990s-Dallas music lover to deny a meaty sonic resemblance to the past.
If only judging from the reputation of the artists involved and a few listens to the pair of songs the band's offered up for streaming, it's beyond safe to assume Overseas' self-titled record will be super, but it's likely time to be over calling any all-star collection of players a supergroup. If Overseas comes through with a couple of excellent records over the course of the next five or six years, then it's all a different story than previous supergroups have been, but one trophy doesn't make a great team a dynasty. Right, Yankees fans?


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Many people felt like Christine Ford's testimony before the Senate was credible. That's a little strange when you consider the many inconsistencies in her story. It's also a little interesting that we would use the word "credible" about a person who couldn't remember what year the alleged event took place, couldn't remember the house, couldn't remember how she got home and couldn't remember other details.
Now, people are noticing what was missing from Ford's husband's sworn affidavit.
The 2nd door that Ford allegedly installed in her house because she was so traumatized by being attacked by Kavanaugh.
From Gateway Pundit:
What is interesting is what Russell Ford did not include in his testimony under penalty of perjury.
Russell does not include the story about the two front doors.
Dr. Christina Ford testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee that she began having memories related to being abused years ago when she and her husband put a second front door on their home.
That's a little weird? That's a huge thing to leave out.
We already know that her "second door" story already had a hole in it.
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Ford testified last week that she had never revealed the details of the alleged attack until 2012, when she was in couples therapy with her husband. She said the memories percolated up as they revisited a disagreement they'd had over her insistence on installing a "second front door" when they had remodeled their Palo Alto, Calif., home.
Ford never specified when the renovation took place, leaving a possible impression that it and the therapy session happened around the same time.
But documents reveal the door was installed years before as part of an addition, and has been used by renters and even a marriage counseling business.
"The door was not an escape route but an entrance route," said an attorney familiar with the ongoing congressional investigation. "It appears the real plan for the second front door was to rent out a separate room."
The discrepancy raises fresh doubts about Ford's candor and credibility amid other inconsistencies, congressional and other knowledgeable sources say, including her purported "fear of flying." Ford initially refused to submit to an interview with the committee because of an alleged airplane phobia, but investigators established that she had taken a number of flights back East this summer, and had previously flown to Hawaii, Costa Rica, French Polynesia and other South Pacific islands.
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in 2004 with the aim of blending different styles and experiences shaping something new. The present line up features Alessandro Vitale (vocals), Andrea Rosso (guitars), Carmelo Contino (drums), Giorgio Gonzi (keyboards), Roberto Savoca (guitars) and Sergio Alfredini (bass). After many years of hard work, in 2011 they released a very interesting self produced debut album, "Distanze ravvicinate" (Close), featuring an overall sound influenced not only by historic Italian progressive rock bands such as Area or Le Orme but by canzone d'autore, psychedelia and funky as well. Turin
The short opener "Intro – dualità pt. I" (Intro – Duality part I) recalls Demetrio Stratos and features wordless vocals and a Middle Eastern flavour. It leads to "Il cerchio" (The circle) where behind the glass of a window in a rainy day you can follow the footsteps of some people looking for hidden truths, believing in their own personal God and who can't see their likes. But if you open the window you can see the world in every raindrop, so do not waste your time and look around! "Set your eyes free and you'll find... Love!". Here the music every now and again reminds me of Le Orme and Lucio Battisti.
"Ancora un po' di cose inutili" (More useless things) is about dreams clashing against the routine of an ordinary daily life. You wake up and your dreams melt, the rhythm picks you up and carries you away, towards a sea of useless things... As a new, atypical Adam you can still feel the venomous effects of the apple while sitting on a tram surrounded by unknown people who look all the same...
"N'gas (nuoce gravemente alla salute)" (It seriously damages health) is a caustic piece about some side effects of dreams and love... If you inject some substances with a needle in your arm to dream, beware! Sometimes dreams can seriously damage your health... If your love is so strong that when you see your lover with another partner you go crazy, beware! Sometimes love can seriously damage your health and jealousy can lead you to kill... If you kill someone pushed by your passions later remorse can be overwhelming, so beware! Killing can seriously damage your health... "Now for me it's time / To close my eyes and disappear...". Sometimes love turns into hate and death turns into freedom, it depends on the points of view!
"Prigionia" (Imprisonment) is a short experimental piece featuring recitative vocals in the style of late Area's vocalist Demetrio Stratos. Sometimes disinformation, prejudice, involution, intolerance and silence become a cage... "As wound into imprisoned thoughts... Fragments of thoughts that crumble... Stop! I want to be free...". Awareness is the first step toward freedom and in the next track, the bittersweet ballad "Libertà" (Freedom), the imprisoned thoughts break through, soaring from a delicate piano pattern... "The imprisoned thoughts bang their head as birds closed in a barn... They look for the air, they dream the air...". But we can't be free, we are slaves of our passions and even love can be a prison. Our free thoughts broke their chains but now they are prisoners of caresses and certitudes, of hate and love...
The dreamy "Dualità pt. II" (Duality part II) features a touch of mysticism and an Oriental flavour. It's about the inner conflict between instinct and rationality, between the need to pursue our dreams and the need of security that pushes us to give up dreaming and settle down... "My friend, you are fragile / You're lost in a useless fight / Shadows are swallowing you... In the illusion of security I try to invent the world I would like / I dream, dream, dream and I will keep on dreaming / Because no one will dream for me...". It leads to a kind of instrumental suite in three parts, "Giochi d'ombra" (Play of shadows), featuring a short experimental intro, a drum solo middle section and a fine jazz rock finale that recalls Arti e Mestieri.
"Ricordi" (Memories) features a lively rhythm and pulsing bass lines. It about a meeting but the lyrics don't tell who or what the protagonist meets. For sure this meeting changed his life... "This is the memory of something that changed me / It began some time ago and it's still changing me..." Well, every day is full of difficulties but the way you tackle them can change, it depends on your heart and on your mind...
"Dualità pt III" (Duality part III) takes us back to the conflict between dreams and reality. This time the melodic lines soar from a funky rhythm and the atmosphere is lighter. When you realize how important your dreams are things change, the sun rises and the breeze sweeps away clouds and shadows... "My friend, change your mind! / No struggle is useless... The hours become empty / If you cry on your broken dream instead to take side with Time / My friend, listen to me / Frequently ashes hide a fire ready to burst out / Revive it, stoke that fire! / The flame will fill the absence of certitude in your life... A man without hope is nothing but dead flesh, useless! / I dream, dream, dream and I will keep on dreaming until someone will dream with me...".
On the next track "Allucinazioni" (Allucinations) funky influences are even stronger and Steve Wonder "Superstitious" comes to mind. The song is about the end of a love. A woman goes away and her ex boyfriend sees her everywhere, hallucinations and distorted images drive him crazy... "You know, I saw you running away / You slammed the door on my face / Now my sight is a bit distorted... You were looking for your own way / You were looking for your own life / Where are you now?... Hallucinations in the mud are taking me away...".
The brilliant final "Giochi di luce" (Plays of light) is a long, complex instrumental full of changes in mood and rhythm. It begins calmly, then the rhythm rises and the music flows away shining and sparkling until the end. The CD features also a ghost track where you can listen to experimental sounds, hints of disco music and classical inspired passages. Fragments of a dream that slowly fades away...
Ombraluce: Distanze Ravvicinate (2011). Other opinions:
Chris "Seventhsojourn": Ombraluce fit well into the context of modern prog rock and are as likely to appeal to northern beer-and-sausage guys as southern wine-and- cheese ones. Since a variety of styles meet on this album it'll be interesting to see which direction the band takes with future releases... (read the complete review HERE)
Jim Russell: They have an eclectic style that tries to blend, according to them, hard rock, blues, prog, jazz, funk, and psych into one without falling too in line with any. They want their sound to be the mix of the styles, not just a collection of different recognizable styles pasted together. For the most part I think it succeeds well because it was hard to classify... Ombraluce will please fans of RPI and melodic Eclectic prog as they straddle the line between the two genres... (read the complete review HERE).
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Four years after Team GB's success at London 2012, the British athletes exceeded their previous medal haul by reaching 66 medals at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on Saturday. Great Britain's unprecedented performance in Brazil, surpassing China to second in the overall medal table, produced iconic … Continue reading
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Why Mo Farah should win SPOTY
An epic double of 5,000m and 10,000m gold medals, a generation of aspiring youngsters doing the "Mobot" and a potential knighthood for Mo Farah; is this a throwback to the memories of London 2012? Of course not. We are 3 years on … Continue reading
My Paralympic inspiration
It was this time last year that London 2012 began its Paralympic legacy, with record crowds coming together for an inspiring two weeks of sport. Olympic fever had swept the nation and sporting fans were all hoping that the Paralympics would continue the party.
The Paralympics more than delivered. I visited the Olympic stadium on "Thrilling Thursday" and witnessed an unparalleled sporting atmosphere. It was electric. (Read the article here)
This was just one night amongst a fortnight of incredible stories. However, Alex Zanardi's victory in the handcycling at Brands Hatch was one of the great moments of the games. The Italian's story is made for a Hollywood script. His life journey has been epic and courageous but at last year's Paralympics, his sporting journey reached its pinnacle.
Zanardi raced in the world of motorsport for a decade. He was a charming character, respected by his peers during his brief spells in Formula One and, in CART racing, Zanardi proved himself to be a winner. His "donut" celebrations became infamous with fans across America.
It was in 2001 that he experienced the devastating crash that resulted in both of his legs being amputated. The charismatic Italian almost lost his life but has never let that accident thwart his love of racing. He helped to design his own custom-made prosthetic legs so that he could return to the track. His positivity and determination never waivered and, in 2006, he won his first race since his crash in the World Touring Car Championship.
Zanardi's handcycling career began in 2007, when after only a few weeks of training he raced his first marathon in New York and finished in fourth place. It was soon after that he continued to cycle and made the London 2012 Paralympics his target.
Fast forward to 2012 and Zanardi returned to Brands Hatch looking for Paralympic glory. The setting was perfect, the Italian had raced before at Brands Hatch, but never won a race in his car. Returning to the famous motorsport circuit in his handcycle, he won the hearts of the nation as he claimed gold in both the individual H4 time trial and the individual H4 road race in emphatic style. With his handcycle waived high above his head and joyful tears streaming down his face, the Italian's emotional post-race interviews and celebrations encompassed the spirit of London 2012.
What makes the buoyant Zanardi stand out from the crowd is his unrivalled determination to succeed in sport. His next goal is to win more medals at the 2013 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships this weekend. At 47, he is adamant that Rio 2016 is his next target, and nobody should doubt him.
Play with Flair's Sports Personality of the Year
Last night's Sports Personality of the Year awards showed why 2012 has been a year that will long live in the memory. The huge success of Team GB at the Olympics and Paralympics rightly took centre stage as it was a summer that the British public will never forget.
It was a remarkable show, in stark contrast to the controversial ceremony that took place last year. The whole event was completely inspirational, especially as Martine Wright, who survived the London 7/7 bombings to play sitting volleyball at the Paralympics, told of her struggle to compete as she won the Helen Rollason award.
LIVE EVENT: Paralympics 2012 Athletics
Last night, I attended the evening Athletics session at the Olympic Stadium to see the climax of what was aptly named 'Thriller Thursday'. Before I had even arrived at the Olympic Park there was already an incredible buzz surrounding the … Continue reading
London 2012: Mo Farah
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London 2012: Olympic moments
It is hard to believe that London 2012 has already had two full days of Olympic competition and the special memories are already being made. Here are my personal favourites so far: Archery The Italian men's team recorded a dramatic … Continue reading
Olympic Glory: Abebe Bikila
Friday 27th July 2012. A date to remember. It has been a fifty-four year wait for London and now the Olympic opening ceremony is only hours away; the world waits in anticipation for the greatest sporting spectacle of all. If … Continue reading
The men's 100m at London 2012
Usain Bolt's failure to win both the 100m and 200m finals at the Jamaican Olympic trials last week has become a major talking point in world athletics. The hero of the 2008 Beijing Olympics was completely outclassed by his Jamaican teammate … Continue reading
French Open reaches fever pitch
Since my last post, the French Open 2012 has already provided us with unbelievable matches and plenty of splendid displays from the tennis elite.
In the women's draw, the biggest shock was the exit of Serena Williams in the first round. Since entering her first Grand Slam event in 1998, she had never lost at this stage in a major tournament. Virginie Razzano, the French number four, completed this astonishing victory after eight match points in an incredible 25-minute final game.
After my comments on Monday, saying that Maria Sharapova's biggest obstacle in winning the career slam is Serena Williams; it should follow that Sharapova is now the outright favourite. If her first round demolition of Alexandra Cadantu, which ended in a 6-0 6-0 scoreline, is replicated on Friday then this must be the case.


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Last Monday, midway through my mini kitchen audit, I attended the WVU Student Dietetic Association meeting. This on-campus organization consists mainly of WVU undergraduate students in the "Human Nutrition & Foods" or "Bachelor's in Agriculture with an Emphasis in Nutrition" degrees. I attend these meetings to offer service learning opportunities to the undergraduate students and to keep a "connection" between undergraduates and graduate students. The SDA members usually ask me questions and advice on events, policies, and projects that they are currently working on.
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Glad to be a Post-Grad [Sept. 2011]
Or perhaps more specifically happy that I'm not an undergraduate any more.
Three days of lectures has absolutely ruined by shoulders and back. I'm sure that the train journeys haven't helped but what I've noticed is the fact that my body just can't cope with sitting writing notes in a lecture theatre for long periods of time any more. By the time we had finished 2 twenty minute papers plus questions I was desperate to move around and squirmed all through the 3rd. By the end of each day I was stiff and aching from neck to hip, hot showers are good but there is a limit to how much co-codamol it is safe to take!
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Looking for the most delicious Gukbop place in Daegu.
we recommends this place to everyone.
Restaurant 'Jingalbi'
This is one of the first beef rib restaurant, which is located in Seomoon Market.
It is not only the first one, but also is famous for the old traditional style food.
- Address : 154-9, Sijangbukro, Jungu, Daegu
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Restaurant 'Gukil Saenggalbi'
Yukgaejang is a hot spicy meat stew at this restaurant.
It is beyond comparison, especially the taste of the soup that is boiled with bracken, taro, green onion and beef.
- Address : 106, Dongsandong, Junggu, Daegu
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Restaurant 'Masan'
This place you can taste Goryung Market style SSiracgukbop (rice with soup made with dried raddish greens)!
It is a recommendable meal after your spring picnic, because the restaurant is just next to Gyungsanggamyoung Park.
- Address : 21-3, Pojungdong, Junggu, Daegu
- Ph : 053-253-6304
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Restaurant 'Onchungol Gamasot Gukbop'
Have you ever heard the old saying 'if water tastes good then the food also tastes good'?
Here's the restaurant where the 'Beef Gukbop' is very famous because they use special water for this Gukbop.
- Address : 470-8, Chunnaeri, Hwawoneub, Dalsunggun, Daegu
- Ph : 053-641-9988
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Restaurant 'Manchon Somunnan Gukbop'
There are many special kinds of Gukbop in this restaurant such as Gukbop (boiled rice served in soup), Taro Gukbop (served soup and rice separately), Sundae Gukbop and Naejang Gukbop (Pigs intestine in Gukbop).
- Address : 1018-11, Manchon2 dong, Suseonggu, Daegu
- Ph : 053-755-4511
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Restaurant 'Chamhanwoogalbi'
Old traditional style Beef Gukbop boiled in a cauldro!
Special sauce from Young Yang, Chang Young and Eui Seong.
- Address : 1023, Dowondong, Dalseogu, Daegu
- Ph : 053-632-4936
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Restaurant 'Yetjip'
'Yukgaejang', which is cooked by the owner of this restaurant. The owner, an old lady uses the soy sauce which she makes herself.
- Address : 120-2, Sijangbukro, Jungu, Daegu
- Ph : 053-554-4498
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Restaurant 'Masan Seolleongtang'
Seollongtang (stock soup of bone and stew meat)!
Once you taste it, you can't forget this food.
- Address : 12, Daeahndong, Junggu, Daegu
- Ph : 254.4317
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Restaurant 'Old cauldron beef Gukbop'
Special 'Gukbop' (beef and fair quality of green onion in soup) is really tasty.
- Address : 253-4, Suseong3ga, Suseonggu, Daegu
- Ph : 053-752-5454
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Restaurant 'Jingolmok'
This place has been famous for the taste of hot and spicy Gukbop.
- Address : 66-5, Jongro2ga, Junggu, Daegu
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The Lighthouse Motel is the perfect location any time of year to escape from life's stresses and relax. Our property fronts directly on the ocean overlooking the Strait of Georgia, Hornby Island and the snow capped Coastal Mountain Range.
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Our hotel is located on the waterfront of peaceful Qualicum Bay, approximately 10 minutes north of Qualicum Beach. We offer affordable accommodation that is perfect for families, couples, or individuals looking for some rest and relaxation. We are a pet-friendly hotel and do allow dogs in the unit. This allows our guests to travel with their family dog.
6035 Island Hwy W, Qualicum Bay, BC V9K 2E1, Canada
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The large lawn area is the place to enjoy a game of croquet, badminton or bocce. We have picnic tables, lounge chairs and hammocks large enough for two! A propane Weber BBQ is available for guests' use and the seawall has an outside fire place overlooking the water for evening camp fires.
There is a pub, ice cream shop, and three restaurants within easy walking distance from the motel. A five minute drive north of the hotel will bring you to Bowser where there is a liquor store, grocery store, coffee shop and gift shop.
There is a pub, ice cream shop, and three restaurants within easy walking distance from the motel. A five minute drive north of the hotel will bring you to Bowser where there is a liquor store, grocery store, coffee shop and gift shop.
Only 2 hours from Victoria, 45 minutes from the Nanaimo Ferry Terminal, 25 minutes from Parksville, 12 minutes from Qualicum Beach, 45 minutes from Courteny/Comox, 1 hour from Campbell River and 2 hours from Tofino and Ucluelet – you don't have to go far to get away!
we're surronded by adventure
We are centrally located for day trips to the Parkville-Qualicum area for activities such as hiking, kayaking, skiing and snowboarding, golfing, and fishing. For those who just want to enjoy the warm sea air, you can easily spend time sitting in a comfortabel Adirondack chair, on the expansive seawall enjoying a good book or taking in the view. Mother nature provides us with the entertainment of eagles, kingfishers, herons, sea otters and other wildlife we have the privilege of watching
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General Policies
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Welcome to the roundup of the best new Android applications that went live in the Play Store or were spotted by us in the previous week or so.
Looking for the previous roundup editions? Find them here.
Outings: Discover Beautiful Places
Android Police coverage: Outings by Microsoft Garage is a beautiful personalized travel discovery application
Outings: Discover Beautiful Places is an all-new Microsoft Garage project that offers a beautiful and fun way to discover new travel destinations. Not only can you discover new distant places, but you can also use the app to find hidden treasure in your hometown. So if you are looking for an exciting way to explore your surrounding or plan for your next vacation, Outings: Discover Beautiful Places appears to be a winner.
Monetization: free / no ads / no IAPs
Outings allows you to search for high quality travel stories about beautiful places from travel blogs and other places. Whatever you're interested in searching for - outdoor adventures, historical sites, city life, kid-friendly activities, beautiful vistas, or the hidden gems - Outings will find the perfect spot for you.
Direct from Instagram
Android Police coverage: Instagram is testing a standalone messaging app called Direct
So far only Instagram users in Chile, Israel, Italy, Portugal, Turkey, and Uruguay can download Direct from Instagram from the Play Store. So if you do not happen to live in any of those regions, you will have to wait for the worldwide launch or simply sideload the APK. But for those of you who can or are willing to install this app, yeah, it basically offers an easy way to message your Instagram contacts without requiring the full Instagram app.
Monetization: free / contains ads / no IAPs
Shoot and share fun messages faster than ever before. Your Instagram friends are instantly added. Exclusive face filters, Boomerang and Instagram creative tools. Remix your friends' pics.
VectoRise Wallpapers
I am always on the lookout for quality wallpaper applications, and VectoRise Wallpapers appears to be just that. All of the wallpapers contained in this release are vector-based and for the most part minimal in nature. This type of design choice goes great with Android's material design theme, which is probably why I found so many useful wallpapers that look great on my new OP5T.
Monetization: $0.99 / no ads / no IAPs
VectoRise contains custom wallpapers, which are high resolution, well beyond QHD resolutions at 3200x3200 and usually vector based and minimal. Wallpapers will be added at a slow rate, but the quality will never be compromised. This app does not show ads. VertIcons Icon Pack contains the same collection of wallpapers as of now. Suggestions for new wallpapers via email are welcome.
Linkfy - Never miss a link
Linkfy - Never miss a link is a tool for keeping track of your favorite links. You can save, copy, and share all the links stored within the app, and there is also an export option, so you don't have to double or triple your work on separate devices. For anyone that often deals with a lot of website links, Linkfy - Never miss a link appears to be a great solution.
Monetization: $0.99 / no ads / no IAPs
Linkfy is the best tool for your links. Save, copy, share. Everything on your phone. You only need install the app and then it will be another tool on your phone. If you have a shortened link make sure you know where you are going before, it is one of the functions of Linkfy. If you want to save it for later, just do it. ¿Share? with Linkfy it's not a problem.
Nobel: Peace Is Loud
Nobel: Peace Is Loud is an app for viewing the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Concert by offering video content live-streamed in 360° virtual reality. You can also view highlights from the 2016 concert, all in 360° virtual reality as well. Keep in mind that the 2017 concert is going to be live streamed today, so make sure you don't miss out by waiting too long to install this app, or you may have to watch the concert on demand instead of live.
Monetization: free / no ads / no IAPs
Live in Oslo on December 11, the concert will be headlined by singer, songwriter and activist John Legend. Legend joins artists Lukas Graham, Zara Larsson and Sigrid, among others. The Nobel Peace Prize Concert honors the Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Download the App to view post-event footage and videos highlights in 360° with on-demand viewing
Wakeup Light
Wakeup Light is an alarm application intended for use in the mornings to wake yourself up. It does this by slowly increasing the light coming from your phone's screen, which will continue until you wake up and shut the alarm off. You can customize the colors used when the light is on, and even set what days you would like it wake you up.
Monetization: free / no ads / IAPs $0.99 a piece
Winter mornings can be a difficult time to get going. It's often cold and dark. Wakeup Light gives you a gentle wakeup by slowly increasing the brightness of your phone. Mornings may be cold but with Wakeup Light they won't be dark.
The Walk: Fitness Tracker Game (Free)
The Walk: Fitness Tracker Game is both a fitness tracker and a game, so it is pulling double duty. For those of you who remember Six to Start's previous offering Zombies, Run!, this release takes advantage of the same idea, but instead of running you will be walking. By gamifying your walking workout, you will be encouraged to keep at it by having set tasks to complete every day. As you progress in the real world, so too will you progress in the game.
Monetization: free / no ads / IAPs $4.99 a piece
Created with the NHS and the UK's Department of Health, The Walk helps you walk more, every single day. When you're playing The Walk, every step counts. A bomb explodes in Inverness station, and you're given a package that could save the world. To stay alive, you'll need to walk the length of the UK.
Manufacturer And Tie-In Apps
Samsung HeartWise
Android Police coverage: Samsung HeartWise now on the Play Store, helps patients keep up with doctor-recommended heart wellness programs
Samsung HeartWise may be a Samsung application that is intended to work with only the Samsung Gear S3 watch to promote a healthy lifestyle, but that doesn't mean you necessarily need to own a Samsung phone or tablet to get it working. As a matter of fact, all of you health-conscious individuals out there can take advantage of tracking your heart wellness data as long as you happen to own a Samsung Gear S3 and have this app installed on any number of devices.
Monetization: free / no ads / no IAPs
Application for patients participating in a home-based heart wellness program recommended by your doctor. Samsung HeartWise is designed to be used in conjunction with the Samsung Gear S3 watch to promote a healthy lifestyle. Samsung HeartWise tracks your heart wellness data right on your smartphone and automatically sends it to your clinical team.
HTC Smart display
Android Police coverage: HTC Smart display for the upcoming U11+ shows up on the Play Store
HTC Smart display is only intended for the upcoming HTC U11+. This means you will not be able to install the app on any other device. But if you plan on purchasing the HTC U11+ when it does release, you can rest a little easier knowing that there is a smart display available for the phone and that it will be updated on the Play Store instead of through OTA updates.
Monetization: free / no ads / no IAPs
Discover more possibilities with your HTC smartphone. HTC Smart display serves you up helpful information without pressing any buttons. Not only a smartphone, your HTC device can become a smart desk clock. What we provides in HTC Smart display:
- Time/Date
- Notification icons
- Battery power
- Show travel clock when traveling to a different country
- 2 modes: motion launch and always on
- Different clock styles
- Pocket mode: when your device is in a pocket or a bag, HTC Smart display will be turned off automatically to save power.
Now Playing History
Now Playing History is an ingenious app specifically for the 2nd generation of Google's Pixel XL. It ties directly into the new Now Playing feature and will store your musical search history so you can quickly go back and see what you have previously looked up. LastFM is used for all of the songs details, and a scrobbling feature is present. All songs will be organized by date, hour, and location of where it was played.
Monetization: $1.99 / no ads / no IAPs
Love the new Google Pixel 2 feature Now Playing? Then this is the app for you. Now Playing History allows you to have a thorough list of titles that you and your phone have listened to. Whether the song was played at the coffee shop or a BBQ, this app will constantly be by your side as you discover new songs that you may have otherwise missed.
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A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes)
A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes)
Sabaa Tahir returns with the highly anticipated sequel to her best-selling debut, AN EMBER IN THE ASHES. Picking up where the first book left off, A TORCH AGAINST THE NIGHT takes readers on a dangerous and thrilling adventure north to Kauf prison, where Laia --- accompanied by the Empire's most wanted fugitive, Elias --- must save her brother before it's too late. His knowledge of Serric steel is the key to the Scholar's future and the Martial Empire's demise. Meanwhile, Helene must choose between her childhood best friend and her duty as the Empire's newest Blood Shrike.
"Filled with cliffhangers and massive plot twists, Tahir's clever storytelling creates an air of suspense that kept me on my toes; I was dying to learn what happened next!"
Tahir's latest novel did not disappoint. In this follow-up, we get three alternating points of view from Laia, Elias and Helene, broken up into four sections. The short chapters and constant switch between perspectives helped me better understand the inner-workings of each character. Since reading the first book a year ago, I had forgotten most of the storyline. (I would suggest rereading the first book before diving into this one.) However, about 50 pages in, I found that I was able to reconnect with the characters and their struggles. Tahir's intricate world-building just added another layer of intensity to the story. Filled with cliffhangers and massive plot twists, Tahir's clever storytelling creates an air of suspense that kept me on my toes; I was dying to learn what happened next!
Unlike the first book, this story focused less on romance and more on character development. Both Laia and Elias have matured since the Fourth Trial and although they escaped Blackcliff, they are battling their own inner demons. Elias --- wracked with guilt and the knowledge of his dark fate --- must learn to forgive himself for the atrocities he committed during the trials. With enemies chasing them at every direction, Laia knows that freeing her brother from prison is the Scholars' last hope for survival, but can she trust those who have offered their help, and those whom she loves? People are not who they seem, and Laia and Elias are consistently forced to make conflicting and impossible choices that have terrifying consequences. In A TORCH AGAINST THE NIGHT, the stakes are higher, and every decision could affect the future of thousands of lives.
The best part of the book, hands down, was Helene Aquilla. Although she was a difficult character to understand and relate to in AN EMBER IN THE ASHES, we are finally able to see the world from her point of view, and Tahir creates an incredibly brave and resilient girl-boss. A TORCH AGAINST THE NIGHT is ultimately a book about power: the power one group of people has over the other and the power men have over women. I cringed whenever Marcus tried to dominate, torture or manipulate Helene, Tahir's brilliant representation of misogyny in a society. The intimate struggle of power between the new Emperor and his second-in-command was harrowing, but every time he tried to destroy, or rather "unmake" her, Helene would rise again, stronger and brighter than before. She is a torch against the night, and Tahir's portrayal absolutely blew me away. I cannot wait for the next book in the series!
Reviewed by Erin Siu on August 26, 2016
A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes)
(An Ember in the Ashes #2)
- Publication Date: August 29, 2017
- Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult 14+
- Paperback: 464 pages
- Publisher: Razorbill


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If you're wondering whether or not to say "I do," you've come to the right place.
Researchers have identified several signs that predict whether an engaged couple is bound for success or failure in marriage. Here are four indications that your impending nuptials won't last:
1. Eye-rolling. Does the groom-to-be listen to his bride's concerns or dismiss them? Responding with eye-rolling, repeating his own perspective as if he is right and she is wrong or responding critically with what is wrong with her viewpoint bode poorly for the partners' future happiness.
Listening to a partner, by contrast, is a positive sign. A husband who takes his wife's concerns seriously is more likely to make a great mate. (Research psychologist John Gottman gets credit for this discovery.) 3 Experts Weigh In On Brad & Angelina's Unconventional Engagement
2. Insufficient responses. Does the groom-to-be take action in response to concerns and requests from his bride-to-be? If she says it's important to her to start saving money together and he goes out and splurges on a new car without her okay, then there most likely is going to be trouble ahead. Success in marriage may soon become elusive.
By contrast, actions that indicate he takes her concerns to heart are a good indicator of a successful partnership. Opening up a savings account would be a positive step.
3. Heavy-duty spending. An orientation toward shopping and consuming often coincides with lower-level people skills. Beware! According to a study by Jason S. Caroll, Lukas R. Dean, Lindsey L. Call and Dean M. Busby recently published in the Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy, too much emphasis on appearances and on how a person looks financially to others can indicate danger ahead.
Interestingly, the study found that materialism is also a factor in predicting marriage problems, especially, if both partners are big on buying things If just one party has a strong materialistic bend, the mathematical odds of making it as a couple go up, provided that the household has sufficient finances to cover the expenses.
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A month of March has always made people's hearts skip a beat with hopes for warmth and pleasant sunlight. However, this month is not what we expected. Cold wind still pierces our skin, and we wear thick jackets and knitted scarves like armors against it. New coats in baby pink or sky blue have to wait a little more to see the light. The only sign of spring we can find is advertisements of strawberry products.
To me, spring is a break between two harsh seasons - cold winter and hot summer. I cannot help but feel that the break is getting shorter because spring does not last long anymore. I remember how warm the weather was even in early March when I was younger; I would wear my pale pink jacket and go to school while enjoying fresh buds and blossoms on tree branches. The path to school was peppered with dandelions and violets. I used to pick azaleas and suck nectar from them. I may have felt like spring was longer in the past because I was a child then, but I believe it is because I am losing room for spring in me. I am losing leisure in myself to look around to really observe the changes spring is bringing around me. I may have been missing small flowers and green sprouts on the ground because I failed to notice them. Spring will come to those who look for it; we just need look. Then, spring will blossom in our minds like before.
Welcome to the first issue of 2015! In this issue of our magazine, we examined the last year's Student Council for a better Council this year in Cover Story. On a lighter topic, Society will tell you what you do all day, but do not realize while doing it: Enjoying snack culture! Dear fellow students; Are you wondering what you can do in UOS? Read our People to help you make up your mind about joining us. This time, The UOS Times prepared a special trip for you to Singapore, the city of lion. Why don't you grab a copy of this magazine and watch Theater Art Research Club's play? The word is, it is free to freshment!


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House with garden in Prague available 9th until 29th july
Our house is a terrace villa with a green garden with two apple trees in the back. A spacious living room with a piano has huge windows facing into the green garden. The kitchen is facing the street. A room for a child / baby, the main bedroom, with a walk-in closet and the main bathroom are on the second floor. The third floor is for guests / children with a big room with a bed. Our guests say that they just love to look out of the window into the garden. A second guest room with a bed is located on the third floor. There is also a bathroom with shower on the third floor.
We have all the typical kitchen stuff including a dishwasher, washing machine and small barbacue. There is a high speed Internet with WLAN connectivity. Four bikes are available in the cellar for outings in the surrounding. After a long day you can browse through our Czech movie collection with English subtitles.
We got Garden furniture and you can have a barbecue in the summer.
We are within walking distance to Prague castle. The tram station is also very close.
About the location
Stresovice is a neighborhood of green, quiet, village-like streets in the west of Prague. It is located in the Prague 6 district. Stresovice is often called the 'local Beverly Hills' because it is home to some famous residents, including former President Vaclav Havel. The neighborhood is a 10-minute walk from Prague Castle, and the Dejvice district.
Type of swap
- Home Exchange
- Open to Offers
Conditions of exchange
- Non smokers only
- Children welcome
- Baby / children facilities
- Garden
- Use of computer
- Washer / Drier
- Car exchange offered
- Use of bike
- Shopping facilities
- Local restaurants
- Art galleries
- Good public transport
- Museums
- Tennis
- Car not required
Closest airport: Prague
Nearest city: Prague
Property type: Townhouse
Location type: City
Prague 6 (HE35925)
Prague, Czech Republic
- 3 bed (sleeps 6) 3 bath
Preferred destinations
- Open to offers
- England
- Ireland
- Scotland
Dates available
Swap duration: 2 - 3 weeks
Meet the member
Membership expiry date: 31 Jan 2020


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Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush (January 4, 1746 – April 19, 1813) was a Founding Father of the United States. Rush lived in the state of Pennsylvania and was a physician, writer, educator, humanitarian, as well as the founder of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Rush signed the Declaration of Independence and attended the Continental Congress.


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Vintage multi coloured crochet blanket and vintage tin - not for use on Pinterest or other sites
We are s-l-0-w-l-y decorating the children's bedrooms. Bronte's is going from a 1970 retro purple to plain white with splashes of multi- coloured bits and bobs. The blanket I have had for ages (genuine vintage, with holes to prove it!) and I bought this large tin at the weekend for £1 - this is just the colour scheme that I was looking for so ideal. I/we are going for the hipply flower look I think - should be good.....when its done! In the meantime I have to find a good home for all that purple stuff I have collected!!!
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Tuesday Wine Tastings at Tamba - World Trade Centre Mall, Abu Dhabi
Tuesday Tastings at Tamba is in full swing again after the Ramadan break. Held the last Tuesday of every month, Tuesday tastings continue Tamba's left of centre approach to everything. The concept changes the way we look at wine dinners and guests realise now there are alternative ways to enjoy beautiful and affordable wine, other than at a traditional wine dinner.
On this occasion, we celebrated wines from New Zealand, Jackson Estate and surprise surprise - there was no Sauvignon Blanc, which shows that New Zealand is a lot more than these lovely wines. Tuesday tastings allow guests to discover wines that are very accessible to them - I loved this about the evening. Anyone can create an evening like this with high end wines that you and me will never see on the streets. We want to be able to walk into a store and pick up a bottle of wine for 70-100AED and tonight we had exactly that.
I will mention just one of the wines because it was so unexpected - the Chardonnay. It had some fruity and fresh elements we have come to associate with Sauvignon Blancs, while retaining key qualities of a Chardonnay. Served with a few ice cubes, I really enjoyed it. It was not so much what the ice did to the wine as it was about an experience that took me back to South Africa, where it is quite common to enjoy a white with some ice. Memories. Connections. wine. Tamba.
A 2 hour tasting, complemented by Tamba's signature canapes is not a bad way to spend an evening. This evening really offers wine lovers a chance to connect with similar minded people where it is all about the ambience at Tamba, where we all stand around the bar drinking wine and just doing something that is so forgotten these days - conversing.
Tuesday tastings is one of those events that should be marked in your calendar. Not only does it come in at a fraction of the cost of a wine dinner, it also allows you to really get to know the wines because the pourings are pretty much unlimited. And with capacity blocked at around 40, it turns out to be a pretty intimate affair.
The next event is on the 29th August and features wine from my beautiful country, South Africa.
The Essentials
The Hub,
World Trade Centre Mall,
Abu Dhabi
+971 2 672 8888
The wine served this evening available through Gray Mackenzie & Partners
Wine evenings are held the last Tuesday each month and feature a single country.
198 AED net.
Brandon Stoltenkamp
Disclaimer: I was invited to Tamba as a guest of the restaurant.


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In the past 20 years, almost 53,000 refugees have resettled in Minnesota. The majority live in the Twin Cities. But about 15 percent of the refugees were placed in rural Minnesota. The Norwegian community of Pelican Rapids in west-central Minnesota now has a lively ethnic mix of Somalians, Mexicans, Vietnamese and Bosnians. English classes for adults are held three nights a week. Last year the community organized International Friendship Day to celebrate the new diversity in town. Not all communities have been so welcoming. A textile business in Benson in Swift County was hoping to bring Hmong workers to town to boost the local labor force. Plans were scrapped after some community members expressed opposition.
Minh Tran, area coordinator for refugee and immigration services for Lutheran Social Services in Moorehead.
Diane Kimm, a Pelican Rapids volunteer who has worked with refugee families in the community
Bob Hulteen, Minnesota Council of Churches. Hulteen works with communities to develop racial tolerance and social justice.
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1. index page now link to a solo dish page around users
2. user profile pages added
3. users can now follow bloggers and categories
Corresponding experiments are as follows:
1. index page now link to a solo dish page around users
2. user profile pages added
3. users can now follow bloggers and categories
Corresponding experiments are as follows:
Experiment O:
Assumption: Players will share if they got a perfect score.
Prediction: 15% conversion
Result: 7.5%
Decision: Keep anyways as the prompt is not intrusive.
Experiment P:
Assumption: Players will play more guess games if they are shown more details on how they are doing.
Prediction: 10% increase in games played
Result: 74% decrease! People get discouraged seeing a bad record
Decision: Removed and may try to only show record for people who are doing well
Experiment I part 2:
Assumption: Trying to optimize top 10 message
Prediction: 3% conversion
Result: 20% on prompt with date. Not that significant (7/35) but is quite better than the other 2 prompts.
Decision: Keeping prompt with date.
We're now setup for facebook open graph that's supposed to go live this wednesday. So far, there are two actions that would publish to our users ticker and timeline. On complete guess game, and on favouriting a recipe. We also added an individual recipe page to properly publish to the graph.
Experiment N:
Assumption: share win on hard game
Prediction: 5% conversion rate
Results: 41 subjects, 10 shares, 24% conversion
Decision: Keep prompt and doing a follow up experiment that prompts users to share when there's a 65% failure rate on guess game (currently set at 75%)
Experiment I:
Assumption: share top ten
Prediction: 3% conversion rate
Results: 524 subjects, 10 shares, 2% conversion (*due to bug, # of subjects that were actually shown the share prompt is likely less than the # reported)
Decision: Doing a follow up experiment to try to increase this percentage. 2 new versions of share prompt with updated text. 2% determined acceptable though.
Experiment J:
Assumption: signup from duel 2
Prediction: 30% increase in signup Results: All versions had the same signup conversion
Decision: Reverting back to original call to action.
Experiment O:
Assumption: Players will share if they got a perfect score
Metrics: % of players who share
Prediction: 15% of players will share
Experiment P:
Assumption: Players will play more guess games if they are shown more details on how they are doing.
Summary of the player's record on top
Details on games the player has played
# of guess games played per player
# of revisits to play more guess games per player
10% increase in # of guess games played
Experiment Q:
Assumption: Players will vote more if the pictures are matched on more detailed categories (currently matching on sweet & savoury, testing on more detailed categories such as chicken, beef, pie, etc)
Metric: # of votes per player
Prediction: 7.5% increase in votes per player
And that is all. Now onto open graph…
Added 2 new experiments to tries to increase sharing on our site.
Experiment N:
Assumption: Players will share a guess game if it was a hard game (75% incorrect) and they got it right.
# of tweets and likes
5% of displayed will share
Experiment I:
Assumption: Players will share if their vote got a recipe into the top ten (max 2 prompts/session)
# of tweets and fb shares
3% of players will share
Also, we finally added an about us page after many requests from our users. Those pics we took at Google were perfect for this!
Assumption J:
Player signup will increase if shown a better signup prompt page after first 25 votes.
signup conversions on prompt
30% increase
Revert back to controlled. Going to follow up with another experiment this week with a different call to action though.
Assumption K:
Players will signup to play more games (prompted after 3 games played, and cannot play more until signed up)
-signup conversion on prompt
-# of games played/non signed up player (watching for decrease here since we are putting up a wall on accessing more than 3 games)
same as controlled conversion % from J
Expected around 4.5% conversion. Result was around 35%.
Users need to signup before playing more than 3 games.


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So I considered holding off on this post until after the holiday…especially since I'm busy and the content of it is well, a wee bit on the "controversial" side.
But I'm afraid I just couldn't wait anymore. I'm STILL laughing anytime I think about a short conversation that occurred in the car on the way home from the chiropractor this a.m.
So Christmas music was playing on the radio, of course, (because apparently EVERY radio station has banded together to make SURE that we don't forget the reason for the season – – spending more money!!!)
Anyway, a fairly unfamiliar version of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer came on with a man singing, and a children's chorus in the background. And H-T innocently asked if that was Michael Jackson singing.
Well, it was most definitely NOT Michael Jackson singing – – in fact I'm pretty sure it was Harry Connick Jr, which is about as far as you can get from MJ without coming back around again – – so I said it wasn't but wanted to know why H-T thought it was.
"Because all those kids are singing with him. Didn't Michael Jackson always have easy access to kids or something?"
Before I could even TRY to come up with an answer for this innocently asked question by my 13 year old, my 15 year old piped in…
"Easy Access?? Like, you mean he just pulled them out from under his bed and told them to sing Rudolph??"
Well, I'm sorry. This was rude. And crude. And so damn funny that I practically had to pull the car off the road to regain my composure.
Merry Christmas to ME!!! My hilarious children are the best gift of all!!!
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