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There will be fights. There will be tights. (After a fashion.)
"Robin Hood!," the world-premiere comedy that Ken Ludwig is about to unveil at the Old Globe, may be a fresh reconception of the centuries-old legend about a brave hero's adventures in economic redistribution.
But Ludwig — the prolific playwright whose works have hit Broadway six times — says his take on the story will stay true to much of what audiences know and love about Robin Hood.
And more than that, he says, the play is meant to honor the qualities that he believes help explain the saga's endurance.
"I want to portray the myth in what I think is its greatest form, which is its optimism and its real sense of working together to accomplish something, and to do the right thing," Ludwig says. "(Robin Hood) is a real hero in that sense — he's not a neurotic hero, and he's not doing it for any personal gain.
That "may be deeply out of fashion" in an age of flawed antiheroes, Ludwig acknowledges.
"But that's something I can't worry about. I've gotta write what I believe. I've gotta write what's in my heart. What's in my heart is that we can emulate these people.
"And that by emulating people who really have goals and a true heart, you can take a step forward, and push the ball forward in terms of our lives and our civilization."
This being Robin Hood, of course, there will be swordfights.
"There will be some real one-on-one confrontations," Ludwig says of the eight-actor production, directed by the Broadway veteran and Globe returnee Jessica Stone (of "Arms and the Man," "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike").
"There's going to be a lot of physicality to this. But also a lot of moments when you dig into the personal stories of these people."
The overall vibe, he adds, is "hyper-real," on the level of myth. That, says Ludwig, explains the title's exclamation point.
Globe return
Having Ludwig back in San Diego is its own kind of exclamation point for the Globe, which commissioned "Robin Hood!"
Globe artistic director Barry Edelstein calls the two-time Tony Award nominee (for the hit farce "Lend Me a Tenor" and the musical "Crazy For You") "arguably the leading comic dramatist in the American theater."
Ludwig was last here two years ago with another Globe world premiere, "Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery," his comic spin on the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle classic.
That show set a sales record for the Globe's arena-style second space that dated back to when it was still the Cassius Carter Centre Stage. (The venue was rebuilt as the White Theatre about seven years ago.)
It takes nothing away from Ludwig's achievement that the record was subsequently eclipsed by 2016's "Meteor Shower," a play by another writer of some comic renown — Steve Martin.
("Damn him!," Ludwig says with a laugh. "I never even heard of the guy, and he steals my record.")
Director Stone, who had a distinguished Broadway and film acting career before shifting into directing, has cast relative newcomer (and Yale School of Drama grad) Daniel Reece in the title role of the gallant outlaw who steals from the rich to give to the poor.
Reece is joined by Michael Boatman (of Broadway's "Master Harold … and the Boys") as Prince John, Kevin Cahoon (the Globe's "Love's Labor's Lost") as the Sheriff of Nottingham; Manoel Felciano (the Globe's "Twelfth Night," Broadway's "Amélie") as Sir Guy of Gisbourne; Meredith Garretson (Signature Theatre's "Private Policy") as Robin Hood's romantic interest, Maid Marian; Andy Grotelueschen (just seen at the Globe in Fiasco Theatre's "The Imaginary Invalid") as Friar Tuck; Suzelle Palacios (of the Old Globe/University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program) as Doerwynn; and Paul Whitty ("Amélie" and "Once" on Broadway) as Little John.
The production represents a welcome return for another top theater artist: Costume designer Gregg Barnes, a San Diego native and two-time Tony winner (for "The Drowsy Chaperone" and "Follies").
"His drawings are spectacular," says Ludwig, chatting before he'd had a chance to see Barnes' finished costumes. "They reflect really the way I was hoping Robin Hood would be portrayed."
And yes, "there probably will be a few pairs of tights running around," Ludwig adds. (That common stylistic trope in retellings of the story was spoofed in the 1993 movie "Robin Hood: Men in Tights.")
Ludwig, a Harvard Law School grad who worked as an associate in a law firm before deciding to devote his life to the theater, says he started thinking about the Robin Hood legend as a play some 10 years ago.
"I love the adventure, I love the story, I love that he's a real hero," says Ludwig, who was just announced as the winner of a Sustained Excellence in American Theatre award from the Samuel French publishing and licensing organization.
"And as I started taking notes on all my books — and I have a pretty big Robin Hood library — I started seeing that it's got to be more than that. That would be fine if it were a children's story. But there had to be more."
That "more" developed into a sincere focus on the "kind of person who shows compassion for those who are less fortunate than he is, and where there's a society that is overtaxed and can't make ends meet. And is facing certain political realities that they have trouble dealing with.
"They live a rough life of abuse. They're dismissed as an underclass. And somebody comes along and in his own personal journey transforms himself, and comes to face to face with this, and says, 'This can't be. This is just not right. On a personal, moral level, this has got to stop.'
"I don't want to be overly political about it. It's there in the history of our country, in terms of race relations, in terms of prejudice, in terms of lots of things. The fact that right now we're going through another turbulent time that reflects the same kinds of problems is no coincidence.
"But I'm not out to preach. This is not an anti-Trump polemic. This is quite seriously about an individual who undergoes a moral crisis and starts to see the world differently, and (see) that the world is only going to survive if we show real compassion.
"And start realizing that we all have to take care of each other."
'Robin Hood!'
When: Previews begin Saturday. Opens July 30. 7 p.m. Tuesdays-Wednesdays; 8 p.m. Thursdays-Fridays; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays; 2 and 7 p.m. Sundays. Through Sept. 3.
Where: Old Globe's Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, Balboa Park.
Tickets: $39 and up
Phone: (619) 234-5623
Online: theoldglobe.org
Twitter: @jimhebert


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- Reduce the size of the BBC as suggested by Peter Jay.
- Make the Guardian cease to exist or have it move right by a few degrees.
- Shut the IPCC down.
- Begin criminal prosecutions against all those scientists, journalists, politicians and general gobby warmists who have been responsible for presenting information in a misleading and biased form, which have resulted in policy development detrimental to the wider population.
- Disband the EU instantly.
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
Dear Santa
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- Oldrightie said...
May I suggest 2. be amended to wishing they pay full tax obligations in the UK?
- 21 December 2011 at 11:02
- JRB said...
Dear Santa
Please ignore the previous letter by TT.
Admirable as his seasonal requests may be, their resolution lies, not with you Santa, but with the Jacob Marleys and Ebenezer Scrooges of this world, perhaps the Spirit of Christmas will help them change their ways.
TT's 'bah humbug' is but an illusion, deep down inside he holds fond memories of Christmas's past; and in addition he shows evidence of splashing out at Christmas time by offering you both a drink and some cake.
So, if you please Santa, can I suggest that, rather than his requests, this year you bring TT a bottle of Absinthe. Once 'La Fée Verte' comes calling, TT wont give a tuppence for the BBC, the EU or anything else and will have - A Very Merry Christmas.
- 21 December 2011 at 11:07
- pa_broon74 said...
Oh dear.
Its all me me me with you isn't it. All the presents you got as a bairn then a list of yet more wants.
It just underlines the ridiculous want-fest that is Christmas these days, John Lewis would be horrified, for them its about giving you know. (Even if it is the boys dead sister's head in the box, that's why the parents look so worried...)
Shocking so it is, just shocking. Not as shocking though as the visit you're getting from the Grinch (whatever that is) for daring to question the global warming thing, definitely getting a visit from the damp (sea levels you know) ghost of xmas future...
PS: I wonder what precautions Santa takes to avoid all the new wind turbines that are being thrown up? Rudolph the red nosed- Uh oh, not any more.
- 21 December 2011 at 11:08
- RMcGeddon said...
I'd ask Santa to scrap the BBC tax but let the BBC do their own thing as I wouldn't be paying for it anymore. The Gruinad doesn't cost me anything so I'd let them go on losing £45m a year or whatever it is. Probably more when the BBC can no longer afford to advertise in it.
I'd get Santa to knock down all the useless windmills with his sleigh as he flies past and to stop any presents for people who continue to support the great global warming scam and the EU scam.
- 21 December 2011 at 11:15
- Crinkly & Ragged Arsed Philosophers said...
All I would ask of Santa is he leaves a pic-n-mix back of sense with every delivery.
I wish everybody who and wherever you are all the best and a few days of tranquillity.
- 21 December 2011 at 11:27
Glad to oblige OR. A longer list may well have addressed that for all those wealth creators who feel operating from overseas is morally correct.
Of course we could all make our views known by not dealing with any business which does not operate responsibly. Mr Branson are you listening?
- 21 December 2011 at 13:43
Bah humbug indeed JRB. Tragically I do not partake of any alcoholic substances. This may increase my bah humbug levels.
Don't get me wrong I'm more than happy with everyone else drinking as much as they see fit.
Isn't goo that we are all individuals.
- 21 December 2011 at 13:46
Well Pa I'd like to claim I live on the edge but the closest I get is to teeter at a safe distance.
I was talking to Santa just the other day and he mentioned windmills. It took him a good while to get his composure back due to all the laughing etc. The man is on the case.
Santa hinted he may even make a special delivery this year straight to Huhne the loon. Something about points on a license?
- 21 December 2011 at 13:50
I agree with you RMcG. Well almost.
The Guardian and the BBC try to influence things they shouldn't and don't even have the courage to come out state their position.
Not to worry. Me thinks there may well be more visits for Santa this year or he may delegate to the Constabulary to feel the collars of some of the Guardian staff re NOTW.
Not that I would take any pleasure in that!
- 21 December 2011 at 13:53
Crinkly dear chap.
I wish you a lovely and enjoyable Xmas and New Year break.
- 21 December 2011 at 13:55

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When someone mentions attacks on British shipping in home waters during the American Revolution usually one name springs to mind, John Paul Jones. I was surprised to learn therefore that there was someone possibly even more successful who I had never heard of, Luke Ryan.
Ryan was an Irish smuggler operating out of Dunkirk who became a privateer sailing with an American Letter of Marque from Benjamin Franklin and went on to command the Calonne, a 400 ton ex-French naval frigate of two decks and 36 guns with a crew of nearly 250 men of Irish, French, American and Dutch nationalities. A small band of ships sailed under his overall command.
Read More Review: Gather the Shadowmen by Mark M. McMillin – Historic Naval Fiction.


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I recommend books based on the readers need, but lately it's been The Dark Tower series by Stephen King simply because the movie is about to come out. I read the series in my 20s and it gave me a lot to think about outside of the story. The main character, Roland, is the last gunslinger and his drive to find the tower is unmeasurable. He has a way of letting things go and leaving things to "ka" that I constantly need to be reminded of. Sometimes things are put in our paths for a reason and it's our job to figure out why they are there. This series helped me to understand that. Plus it's just a kick ass story, and it's nothing like any of Mr. Kings other works which is partly why I love it so much.
I love to read and even though I've taken a hiatus from it these past few years I have recently been inspired to pick it back up again. I'm currently re-reading "The Dark Tower" series, manically flipping through Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss, skimming through The Way of the Wizard by Deepak Chopra, and thoughtfully absorbing The Secret of Letting Go by Guy Finley. I also have started a list of further reading which is mostly being fed by the Tools of Titans book at the moment. What's your most gifted or recommended book?


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In the fourth edition I have the great pleasure to present long-time Tai Chi practitioner Michael Babin.
He is also long-time RSF member already from the early days of the original Empty Flower Forum.
I always enjoy reading his articles as he always share his sharp thoughts often embedded in a sort of dry ironic humor. And as he is a board member, I am quite sure you will enjoy reading this edition of my Q&A.
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In light of the previous post, I figured I should publish a tourist call for Lomié. Here goes my best shot:
Come to Lomié, the random city in the middle of nowhere rainforest! Here you can see all sorts of endangered wildlife such as monkeys, pangolin, tiger-cats, and lievres…all dead and ready to eat. If live wildlife is more your thing, we have our fair share of mice, rats, cockroaches, lizards, goats, and cows to tickle your fancy.
Accommodation is easy to find! If the Raffia Hotel is too far out of town for your liking, you can stay at the other lovely hotels in town – aka Grant's, Danny's, and my house. If you wisely choose my home, let it be known you will either be sharing my lovely rain-wrecked bed with me or sleeping on the living room floor where you can experience Lomie's wildlife (see aforementioned 'live animals') up-close and personal!
If you are looking for the real 'African' experience, the travel to Lomié will alone give you that. While the road is nauseatingly bumpy, you will be distracted by the scenic landscape outside of your dust covered window. If you are lucky, you will taste villagois bush meat food yourself when stuck on the road for the night somewhere between nowhere and nowhere.
If history is your thing, never fear! Your encounter with history will begin before you reach Lomié. You can see trees that are thousands of years old being hauled out of the rainforest! Think, these trees existed during or before many of Africa's great civilizations! If colonial history is your thing, Lomié will provide the history and architecture buff in you with plenty of colonial German architecture throughout Lomié, now either left to ruin or being used for contemporary government buildings.
If you like nightlife, never fear, Lomié has got you covered! Make sure to pack your King Arthur sachets for the voyage to Lomié so that you are ready to hit the bars and one of Lomié's two nightclubs when you arrive. When you arrive, merely cross the intersection and you have arrived at Polygone night club (with bardancing as advertised on their sign), fully equipped with an empty dance floor, blaring African music, and packed full of drunks that will love to practice their English on you.
So please, come to Lomié! You won't regret it.
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I used to think that bullying was not a concern of mine. My image of a bully was one of a big guy on the blacktop during recess, picking on the little guy with glasses. Since there was no blacktop recess in the lives of my children, I didn't worry too much about bullying. I was so wrong.
In the last two months, I've learned quite a bit about bullying. I've learned that the more likely vehicle in my children's lives is not a basketball thrown at them, but a cell phone heavily armed with foul language and pointed mean messages. I've learned that the bully isn't necessarily a big grade school boy, but may be a teenaged girl. Not that boys are immune; they are bullies, too, and bullying is just as likely to happen at soccer practice in a pleasant suburban neighborhood with private school and homeschool boys as on the public school blacktop. Oh yes, we are learning about bullies in lots of venues and from several angles.
Most of all, I've learned that homeschooling doesn't matter one whit when it comes to bullying. To say this surprised me is an understatement. The things I'm learning! Homeschooled kids are bullied and homeschooled kids are bullies. All of a sudden, it's very much my business.
So, I'm reading Dear Bully: Seventy Authors Tell Their Stories. It's an anthology of essays written by accomplished authors, mostly authors for teens. Every perspective is represented here: the bully, the bullied, the bystander. So far, it's an interesting read, but not something I'd hand to tweens and definitely something that I'd read with teens.
In the knitting department, I planned to knit for hours as I waited for soccer games on Sunday and finish this scarf at last. But I got stuck on picking up the wrapped stitches (can you see them there?). I have some different directions and I'm hoping to conquer them tonight and then just cruise to the end. Once the wrapped ones are all picked up, I have to knit front, back, and front again in all two hundred stitches, to give me a three hundred stitch ruffle. That's a very long stretch of ruffly happy. I'm very eager to get there.
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The secret to making perfect Belgian waffles is simple: do it in whatever way works best for you. With all of the different recipes available, finding something that can satisfy your taste buds should not be a challenge. But have you learned how to make crazy-good waffles in record time, even if you are working within a budget? The trick is my Bisquick waffle recipe!
This Bisquick waffle recipe will give you that same crunch and that perfect chew with half the effort. As long you have some basic ingredients (and a handy helping of Bisquick) you can get started right away. But if you want a few extra tips to make sure your next batch turns out even more delicious, take some time to learn about one of the most help tools in the arsenal of any waffle-maker.
What is Bisquick?
Bisquick is a mixture of a few of the basic ingredients that go into a variety of different treats, including biscuits, pancakes, muffins, casseroles, crusts, and of course waffles. It was actually first used on train cars almost one hundred years ago as an efficient way to turn out perfect biscuits for hungry passengers. Today it can be bought in just about any grocery or convenience store and is inspiring brand new recipe ideas every single day.
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Using Bisquick is as simple as you would think since it was invented for convenience and versatility. After trying a few different recipes that are out there, you will be as comfortable using it as any of your other frequent baking standbys.
When using it in this Bisquick waffle recipe, you will be surprised at just how efficient this box of magic can be. The standard Belgian Waffle recipe has seven ingredients, but by substituting Bisquick, you are able to eliminate baking powder, butter, flour, salt, and sugar and bring your total ingredient count to a mere four. Try out my Bisquick Belgian Waffle recipe once for yourself, and you will be able to substitute it in any of your other waffle recipes without any fuss.
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Monday Morning Rap Battles: But It's Tuesday!
We were on vacation for the 4th of July so we did our rap battle today!
July 5, 2016
We had the 4th of July off, so we are doing our Monday Morning Rap Battle today! Jeff rapped about Rich Kids, Producer Kelly rapped about Netflix & Chill, Producer David rapped about Pay Day, and Jenn rapped about Fried Foods. Will Producer Kelly Cheese keep her title as rap battle champion or will Jenn steal it with her rap skillz? You gotta check this out. It's so bad it's good!


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Where is Grand Benders Filmed? Now, That's a Good Question!
So you tuned into Grand Benders. You've seen the antics. You've seen the bar. You've seen the people. But still you want to know… where is this place? Believe it or not, Cocos is a real place in a real town. So where is Grand Benders filmed? Now, that's a good question!
1. Grand Benders is shot in Grand Bend, Ontario. It's a little beach town on Lake Huron. So it's Canadian, which means the drinking doesn't stop and Spring Break lasts as long as it's nice out.
2. Cocos might look like another world away, but it's been firmly rooted on the main strip of Grand Bend for 25 years. With most of Grand Benders filmed on site at Cocos, the crew has to stay up very late.
3. Cocos is a bar, a restaurant, a nightclub and a hotel. You can room upstairs. Eat a quiet lunch on the main floor. And, come back at night to party. There are regular line-ups because Mick makes sure there's a good mix of House and other EDM to keep the dance floor moving.
4. The main strip of Grand Bend is like a catwalk. Tourists, travellers and visitors walk up and down the strip being social… shopping, dining, drinking and hanging out. When the weather is nice, the sidewalks are bursting.
5. Grand Bend is most famous for it's beaches. Grand Bend is home to two Blue Flag beaches, the international label for clean and awesome beaches. The Main Beach, just off Main Street, collects the most sun revellers. So, it's what you see on the days when Grand Benders is filming at the beach.
6. Beach O' Pines is the swankiest part of Grand Bend. Home to the rich and the famous, it's an exclusive and tony neighbourhood, right on the beachfront. Beach O' Pines' most recognizable name is former US Presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
7. Grand Bend is also home to the gorgeous Pinery Provincial Park, a nature reserve of over 6,000 acres, with camping to boot.


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NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NRG) and JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation (JX Nippon) have completed construction, on-budget and on-schedule, of Petra Nova, the world's largest post-combustion carbon capture system.
Sixteen-foot diameter ductwork takes flue gas from the coal plant to the carbon caption facility where the CO2 is removed from the flue gas by the amine solution in the tall absorption tower and then separated from the amine as 99.9% pure CO2 in the smaller regenerator tower to the right before being compressed and delivered to the oil field.(Photo: Business Wire)
"Completion of the Petra Nova project is an important milestone in our quest to help ensure reliable, affordable and increasingly cleaner energy from fossil fuels," said Mauricio Gutierrez, President and CEO of NRG Energy. "This project represents another major step in NRG's effort to reduce our carbon emissions and create a more sustainable energy future, and we are proud that this accomplishment was achieved on-budget and on-schedule in a competitive energy environment. I want to thank our partners at JX Nippon, Hilcorp and the U.S. Department of Energy as well as the State of Texas, our contractors and lenders for their commitment to the successful completion of this landmark project."
Petra Nova first captured carbon dioxide (CO2) on September 19, 2016 and has delivered more than 100,000 tons of captured CO2 to the West Ranch field through an 80-mile pipeline. Final performance acceptance testing on the facility was completed on December 29, 2016 and the facility turned over for operations. During performance testing, the system met all performance criteria including capturing more than 90% of CO2 from a 240 MW equivalent slipstream of flue gas off an existing coal-fueled electrical generating unit at the WA Parish power plant in Fort Bend County, southwest of Houston. At this level of operation, Petra Nova can capture more than 5,000 tons of CO2 per day which is the equivalent of taking more than 350,000 cars off the road.
"JX Nippon is very pleased to see the construction of the Carbon Capture System completed and operations commencing as planned, thanks to the great effort made by the Petra Nova team," said Shunsaku Miyake, President and CEO of JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation. "We believe this project will contribute to significantly increasing incremental crude oil production from legacy oil fields and also will be a major step forward in helping to decrease CO2 emissions globally."
Construction on the Petra Nova project began in 2014 with a goal to be operational by the end of 2016. With construction completed, on-budget and on-schedule, the Petra Nova carbon capture facility has achieved this goal.
"NRG and JX Nippon's Petra Nova is the type of innovative, technologically advanced project that proves time and again that Texas is the world leader in energy innovation," said Greg Abbott, Governor of the State of Texas.
Hilcorp Energy Company (Hilcorp), the operator of West Ranch oilfield, will use the captured CO2 to boost production at West Ranch oilfield, jointly owned by NRG, JX Nippon and Hilcorp. Both Hilcorp and the University Of Texas Bureau Of Economic Geology will monitor the movement of CO2 deep in the oil reservoir. Over the next few years, oil production at the field is currently estimated to increase from approximately 300 barrels per day before beginning Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) operations to production of up to 15,000 barrels per day using captured CO2.
"To date we have drilled nearly 100 new wells in the West Ranch field and have implemented a robust CO2 and ground water monitoring program," said Jeffery D. Hildebrand, Chairman and CEO of Hilcorp Energy Company. "We are excited about this project, and expect to see a meaningful increase in oil production at West Ranch in the near future."
Petra Nova is 50-50 joint venture by NRG and JX Nippon. Additionally, the United States Department of Energy (DOE) is providing up to $190 million in grants as part of the Clean Coal Power Initiative Program (CCPI), a cost-shared collaboration between the federal government and private industry. A portion of the project was financed with project loans from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and Mizuho Bank, backed by Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI).
Petra Nova uses the KM-CDR Process®, jointly developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and the Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc., and employs a proprietary KS-1 high-performance solvent for the CO2 absorption and desorption. The carbon capture facility was constructed under a fixed-price contract by a consortium of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Americas, Inc. (MHIA) and TIC (The Industrial Company). At peak construction, over 500 people were working on the project.
By being built on an existing coal unit, Petra Nova shows an economic path to make existing and new fossil fuel plants significantly more environmentally viable as we transition to more sustainable energy future.
In addition to Petra Nova, NRG is helping to build a lower-carbon energy future in multiple ways including a growing renewable energy portfolio, the development of fast start, flexible natural gas turbines, which are low carbon in their own right and help to integrate renewables into the grid, and coal to gas conversions and additions. NRG operates more than 7,000 megawatts of fast start natural gas and has modified more than 2,780 megawatts of older coal-fueled steam generation to use cleaner burning natural gas, reducing their carbon intensity roughly by half. These efforts are the foundation of NRG's commitment to achieve NRG Energy's carbon reduction goals of 50% by 2030 and 90% by 2050.
NRG, JX Nippon and Hilcorp expect to host a ribbon cutting at the site in the first half of 2017.
Source: NRG Energy, Inc.
Date: Jan 10, 2017


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A Designer's Guide To Surviving Being A Designer!
In this guest post whiteGrey's national experience design director, (pictured below), offers his personal "designer survivor tips"…
Sometimes I look back on my career and think "how the f*** did I get here"? I started my career a long time ago, before my first job, before I started college, when I used to pick up a pen and scribble pictures of golf ball packaging, Mavericks F-14 plane from top gun and soccer stadiums.
That for me was the start of my designer career, the work has changed a little, but my passion for it never waivers. However, I now see a lot of young designers being disheartened, particularly because of the commercial side of the business.
I completely understand that design can be discouraging, it can suck the life out of you when you hear "make the logo bigger" or "my cousin's-son's-daughter has Photoshop and has put together this wireframe for you". I get it, that sucks. But it should, because being a designer sucks sometimes, it does hurt when you hear these things, though that is what makes you a designer. You're empathetic, you 'feel' your work, you put your heart and soul into it, and when someone says stuff like that it's hard not to be offended.
So here's my guide to surviving design:
- Don't take no crap from yourself!
If you don't believe in something, or don't think it's the best you could do with what you've got, don't put it out there. Bad work, breeds bad work — don't put yourself in that position.
"The life of a designer is a life of fight. Fight against the ugliness. Just like a doctor fights against disease. For us, the visual disease is what we have around, and what we try to do is cure it somehow with design." – Massimo Vignelli
- Know your why
Why did I want to become a designer? You don't have to be right the first time you define your 'why', just having one will help give you focus and get you through the worst of briefs. Mine has been fairly simple for the last few years — 'To do good sh*t and make people's lives a little better'.
- Park the ego
Nothing is beneath you as a designer. No job too small or simple. You're a craftsman/woman. If it's small and simple, make it amazing. If it's big and complex, make it amazing. This point was written for me, I can be guilty of a nose turn every now and again and I have to check myself. It's easy to slip, but holding yourself accountable for your actions will make you a better person and designer.
- Don't hide you
I'm Scottish, a little sensitive and a little fiery. I don't mind showing it every now and again, and I don't mind my team showing their true selves as well. It's important to embrace your you, and show it. As long as you can again check yourself, be better next time and do good shit, you'll be ok.
- Have a dream client or job
Mine is the PGA tour, or a big golf brand like a Callaway, TaylorMade, Titleist or PXG. (Or doing the digital stuff for Top Gun 2)
I love golf, it's the fourth love of my life after my wife and kids, design is fifth. So if the PGA or a brand came knocking if would be a no brainer. I know the only way I could do that is to do the very best work for them even to take notice. So I try on everything I do.
- Love what you do
Being a designer is the best job going. Dead-set. I can't believe how lucky I am. I get to design day-in day-out (some cool stuff and some not so cool). It has shown me the world for FREE! I've met friends for life, who live throughout the world. I've met the craziest people in the craziest places, and it's all because of design. Embrace the knot in your stomach when you get feedback from a client or director, and love making it even better.
"There is no such thing as a boring project. There are only boring executions." – Irene Etzkorn
If you are a designer, LOVE IT. You are one of the lucky ones, if you don't love it, the designers around you who do LOVE IT will leave you behind. Don't waste your time doing something you don't love.
I'm just waiting for the call from 'Maverick'.
I get that the jobs aren't always amazing, and some of them as so bad you want to scoop your eyes out, but look at your portfolio and you will realise that only a handful of projects ever make it in there, because they are special, they are incredible and they are rare events. But doing great or even amazing work on the stuff that isn't in there ensure your name is top of the list when the amazing projects come up.
Being a designer is cool as f*ck, don't waste it sweating the small stuff.


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Tarleton had four players score in double figures led by Jaraan Lands' 20 points to help get by Sul Ross, 80-76, on Tuesday in Wisdom Gym.
Sul Ross couldn't miss to open the game, jumping out to a 15-2 run in the first 3:30 of the half that led to a quick Tarleton timeout. The Texans (2-1) followed with a 15-2 run of their own as Lands had six of the team's 17 points, including a layup to tie the score at 17-17.
The Lobos jumped back in front 22-17 before Lands' layup and Corinthian Ramsey's 3-pointer knotted the game back up at 22-22 with 7:56 left in the half. Ramsey finished with 15 points on the night and was 8-of-11 at the free-throw line.
The Texans never led in the first half, as the Lobos took a 39-33 lead into the break after shooting 44 percent in the half compared to Tarleton's 33 percent.
Leading 46-39, the Texans went on a 7-0 run behind a Ruston Hayward layup and a Josh Hawley 3-pointer that cut the deficit to two points.
Moments later, Deshawn Riddick ran the fast break and lobbed a pass to Hawley for an alley-oop dunk that made it 54-53 Sul Ross with 10 minutes left in the game. The Texans took their first lead on the ensuing possession on a pair of free-throws from Lands to make it 55-54.
The Lobos would make a layup on their next possession for a 1-point lead, but Hawley's 3-pointer with 8:41 gave Tarleton the lead for good at 58-56. Hawley posted 15 points, nine rebounds and three blocks in the game.
The Lobos would get to within three points with under two minutes to go, but Nosa Ebomwonyi drilled a 3-pointer to push the game back up to a six-point lead that the Texans would close out the game at the free throw line.
Riddick scored 10 points, with five rebounds and a team-high four assists in the win. Ebomwonyi added eight points with six rebounds, while Hayward (4 points), Jesse Hill (3), Clashon Gaffney (3) and Ryan Birt (2) also scored for the Texans.
Tarleton will take on Central Oklahoma on Saturday, Nov. 18, at 6 p.m. in Wisdom Gym.


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Kovatch breaks conference and school record
Junior phenom Jessica Kovatch drained 302 career 3-pointers to break the Northeast Conference record. Kovatch scored 32 points and made eight 3-pointers against Robert Morris Saturday afternoon.
The conference record was previously held by a Saint Francis alumna, Alexa Hayward. Hayward, Class of 2015, made 300 career 3-pointers.
Kovatch, a Phillipsburg, New Jersey, native, was the NEC Rookie of the Year. She was also named First-Team All-Conference after her sophomore campaign.
Kovatch is currently the nation's leading scorer, averaging 24.5 points a game. She fits in perfectly with Joe Haigh's run-and-gun scheme.
"If we get a rebound (Haigh) will want us to kick it out for a three instead of going up for two points," said Kovatch.
This unconventional style of play is similar to the Golden State Warriors. Kovatch tries to play like Warriors' guard Stephen Curry.
"I like to watch Steph Curry a lot," said Kovatch. "My coach sends me videos of how Steph Curry comes off of screens."
Curry holds the NBA season record for 3-pointers with 402. There are similarities in Kovatch's and Curry's styles of play.


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9.14.10: Today's Show
Today on "The Lisa D Show" at noon MST on KHRO 1150 AM we'll interview Victor Guerrero from MCAD about this year's Chalk the Block on Oct. 9-11, "Downtown El Paso's public art festival". The deadline for artists to participate in CTB III has been extended, so today you can find out how to join in the fun. Victor will also discuss what will be on display, HUGE kinetic sculptures!
Then we'll discuss feeding Flaming Hot Cheetos to your 10-month old. Is that okay, are we too judgemental? Facebook fans are crying "Abuse!"
And we'll feature Bob Nitzburg live in the studio where he'll weigh in our topics of the day and provide insight into Mike Price's mind. Sexy!
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With its construction started nearly a millenium ago, France's most famous cathedral has withstood invasions, wars, and revolution. Now weather and grime are its greatest enemies.
200 keys. That was the capacity a priest's belt needed to have in order to access all the stairwells, corridors, and rooms of Notre Dame de Paris. And so, it was not until a few years ago - when all the locks in the cathedral were standardized - that many of the resident priests of the archdiocese of Paris were able to fully inspect the cathedral for the first time in more than a century.
What they found was disheartening. The most public parts of the cathedral and its exterior had shown obvious states of decay, but closer inspection revealed stone walls held up by 100 year-old planks of wood, interior supports with rot, and nearly impassible stairwells. France's most beloved and visited church was just a few short years from serious, irreparable damage.
A Silent Victim of Abuse
Construction started on the cathedral dedicated to the Blessed Mother in 1163, and was completed within about a century. Its French Gothic building techniques - like most of the great cathedrals of the time - was designed to last a thousand years. And, like its stone sisters throughout Europe since the mid-1200s, it has witnessed a history of violence.
The invading Hugenots were the first to deface portions of its walls. Various fires throughout the 16th and 17th centuries weakened its mortar and beams, with hasty repair techniques causing almost more damage. Two world wars took their toll, and the French Revolution invited sacreligious revelers to break away large portions of its statuary - though mostly isolated to past monarchs' figures.
But it is a more subtle, almost invisible violence that is to blame for the current state of Notre Dame; weather and soot.
Over the centuries, wind and rain have weakened the exterior construction. Further, coal soot from the industrial revolution (and recently, more modern forms of pollutants) when mixed with this moisture, accelerated the process. This slow, chemical decomposition of the stones and ancient mortar did what no Hugenots or revolutionaries bothered to do - weakened the famous flying buttresses and towers to the point of near collapse.
A Hunchback's Blessing and Curse
Though the condition of the cathedral is dire today, it is not a new state of affairs. After the French Revolution, Notre Dame lay in disrepair, with the faithful no longer attending to her as they once lovingly had. Then in 1831, Victor Hugo wrote The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The main figure in the novel, deformed Quasimodo, lived in the bell towers, with the cathedral taking on the role of another character. Hugo spoke of the "mutilations, amputations, dislocations of the joints" that could be found in the stones then. "Beside each wrinkle on the face of this old queen of our cathedrals," he wrote, "you will find a scar."
The beloved French writer's words stirred up the passions - if not the Faith - of the French people, and various campaigns throughout the latter half of the 19th century were undertaken to restore Notre Dame's "mutiliations" and "scars." However, the effort, for its good intentions, was only a short-term postitive step. In fact, it has been an ironic reality that the repairs caused more harm than good. Low-quality stone and even cement was used in these restoration efforts, since France at the time could not produce the quantities of high-grade material that the job required.
Now, 200 years later, this 19th century construction is crumbling, leaving the higher-quality Gothic work underneath behind, and even more exposed. During a recent visit, Time magazine's writers described what they saw:
Chunks of limestone lay on the ground, having fallen from the upper part of the chevet, or the eastern end of the Gothic church. One small piece had a clean slice down one side, showing how recently it had fallen. Two sections of a wall were missing, propped up with wood."
The famous gargoyles, carved as various devils and creatures, and placed on the outside of the cathedral to signify the outside sinfulness of the world (and serving as rain spouts) are jarring to see. These artistic figures, due to their cantilevered position, are disintegrating even more obviously from the elements. Many are completely destroyed, cleaved off the walls like icebergs, replaced simply with pipe and sometimes PVC material. The ones that remain are almost unrecognizable - more grotesque than their artisans could have imagined when they carved these demons - necrotic nubs of stone jutting out from the cathedral. "They are like ice cream in the sun, melting," says Michel Picaud, head of the nonprofit Friends of Notre Dame de Paris.
Who is to pay for the repairs?
The question of Notre Dame's repairs has bedeviled the archdiocese. Under the strict secular laws of post-revolutionary France, the government owns the cathedral. The archdiocese is allowed to use it for free, in perpetuity.
Recently, the archdiocese asked the goverment to support the vital repairs on the property it owns. The government refused. It states that it already gives €2 million ($2.28 million) a year for this purpose, but this amount only covers basic upkeep. The repairs needed, including removing past restorative efforts, and replacing them with proper materials and techniques, will cost many times more that amount. And Notre Dame is crumbling more every day.
The Friends of Notre-Dame de Paris has agreed to help shoulder the burden. Michel Picaud, recently estimated the costs at a total of €100 million, noting that the work needs to be carried out within the next six to ten years. With funds not forthcoming from the goverment, and unlikely to come from the dwindling Catholic population of France, Picaud also set up a second non-profit organization in the United States last fall in order to reach its fundraising target. André Finot, a spokesman for Notre Dame cathedral believes the bulk of the money will need to come from the Americans, millions of whom know Notre Dame and who are less hesitant than the French about giving money to the church. "People don't want to give money because of laïcité," he says, referring to the strict secularism that infuses French law.
Admission Fees to the House of God
With these fundraising drives ongoing, further sources of revenue are being explored. Edouard de Lamaze, says churches that are in need of repair should charge an entrance fee. He is president of the Religious Heritage Observatory, which has the daunting mission to save France's nearly 120,000 historic churches.
France must start charging for tourist visits of some religious buildings – notably the cathedrals as happens in Spain, for example, or the U.K. The cathedrals are places of worship but they are not only places of worship. They are also places of history. And it is right and proper that tourists' entrance fees be used to maintain them."
Admission fees from the 13 million visitors each year would certainly help. But the idea of paying to enter a sacred place is anathema to most Catholics in France, and the opposition has been fierce from clergy and conservative lawmakers.
The Conference of French Bishops has rejected the idea of making visitors pay, saying it doesn't want money to come between people and God. Nathalie Goutlet, a French senator, took to Twitter recently: "to make people pay to enter cathedrals is a violation of the 1905 law (separating Church from State) and a violation of equality before the law." Eric Ciotti, a Right-wing opposition MP, wrote: "Our cathedrals are sacred places, open to all and guardians of our identity! They must thus escape the commercialisation of our society!"
The pastors have not been silent, with Pierre-Hervé Grosjean, saying: "...more than ever we need places of silence, beauty (that are) free of charge, open to all."
A point of consideration to the contrary: One notes that realistically, the vast majority of the 13 million entering Notre Dame each year do not visit for prayer, but tourism. If you have visited a famous cathedral in Europe, you know that they resemble museums with talking, selfies, and pictures taken - in reality, they are not "places of silence" as Fr. Grosjean states. And those who do actually visit to pray - ostensibly Catholics - have a duty in any regard to support the financial well-being of the Church. Would it be wrong to require a small admission of €1-2 per person to the main cathedral, leaving a side chapel freely open for adoration?
Mr. Luis De la Serna, founder of Regina Pilgrimages, which organizes trips accompanied by Society of St. Pius X priests, has a wealth of experience visiting cathedrals and shrines throughout Europe and the Holy Land:
As fewer Catholics attend Mass, there is less income for the historical churches, thereby making it impossible to pay for all the necessary maintenance and repairs for these old buildings. So if French Catholics are not financially supporting their churches, how else can they be preserved? A small, reasonable alms per visitor, which is to be solely for the benefit of the church, would help ensure their preservation and enjoyment for years to come."
A Cathedral Reflecting its Church
The story of Notre Dame cathedral, as well as its many sister cathedrals throughout Europe, sadly mirrors the Catholic Church as a whole.
This grand building has stood resolute throughout past centuries' conflicts which shook it directly. And if damage was sustained, the faithful and the government stepped up to rebuild.
But Notre Dame's greatest test proves to be today's subtle erosion of its mortar and foundation, while her people watch in apathy.


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Contract formally signed.
Telstra has won a $1.6 billion contract to help build out and upgrade its hybrid-fibre coaxial (HFC) network for the NBN.
The deal comes on top of $11 billion definitive agreements already signed between Telstra and the national network builder, which were renegotiated in late 2014 to include Telstra's HFC network.
The telco today said that under the deal - expected to run until 2020 - Telstra would deliver all design, program management, construction management and scheduling activities within its HFC footprint across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Perth and Adelaide.
The bulk of field construction would be undertaken by NBN build partners, the telco said, while Telstra would deliver in-exchange construction activities and limited upstream in-field construction.
NBN and Telstra signed a memorandum of understanding for the contract late last year.
In the lead up to the formal signing, Telstra undertook some "early work" to prepare its exchanges and help with design and planning.
NBN is expected to announce a similar contract with Optus for its own HFC network, which the network builder similarly gained access to under the revised definitive agreements. Late last year it was revealed NBN was considering building over the Optus HFC network due to its degraded state.


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I've been making up stories since I was a little kid. Between not having too many friends and reading a lot, it just seemed natural to create adventures. To show you how odd of a little girl I was, the first story I remember definitely fleshing out involved werewolves, vampires, and an organization that hunted them down. I was in 5th grade.. Yeah. Also this happened at a school, so there were student hunters who actively looked for and killed other students. The teachers, oddly, remained neutral and tried to keep the violence from happening, but couldn't stop it if it was taking place.
The main character was the head hunter for her grade. She got caught coming back from a meeting and was attacked by a werewolf and vampire, becoming a mixture of both. Now a part of the school's supernatural community, she has to deal with her old friends trying to kill her and no longer seeing her as worth anything. Little mary-sue-y with the were-vamp, but hey, I was 12.
I may need to come back to that plot though..
Anyway. I tried for a while to say my stories weren't actually dark (to sound a little more like a normal person).. but everyone who knew me also knew I loved Grimm and Poe. I wasn't fooling anyone.
I've been writing down things for about twelve years now. I was 13 when I wrote a ghost story romance about a mute girl who was being warned by a ghost about a murderer stalking her. In the end she died, and was reunited with her ghost. Yay? I stole the ending from another short story I read in a book earlier that week, but the rest of my idea was original.
I don't see who I was trying to convince I wasn't dark, looking back I clearly failed. Maybe it was me?


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Consider your choices. You can spend $489 for an Amazon Kindle DX (unless they suddenly drop the price), which does little more than read books and publications. You can spend $300-$400 for a netbook, which is a pathetic excuse for a note-book computer — or you can, beginning in March, buy a basic Apple iPad for $499.
Which would you choose?
Before I go there, however, consider this: Whatever Apple does, there will be complaints. After reporting record income that beat estimates from the financial community, some analysts were still carping that Apple didn't meet some of those inflated iPhone sales estimates. The analysts had been talking about nine million or more, whereas Apple reported 8.7 million sold, actually a 100% increase over last year. That ought to be a good thing, but not when the prognosticators are working their Ouija boards overtime.
That takes us to Wednesday morning's special event in San Francisco, more highly anticipated than any previous Apple product intro. Indeed, Internet traffic during the presentation, as folks tried to access live blogs, ended up knocking out networks. From Macworld to Ars Technica, getting a proper feed was difficult. Macworld finally ditched its live event software, and just kept providing manual updates at their site. Ars, using the same "Cover It Live" software, kept displaying this message: "This event is currently at Capacity. Please try again in a few minutes."
At the same time, Wall Street seemed to take an initially pessimistic view of the event as Apple's stock price dipped throughout the presentation (it rose after the iPad's unveiling). And although some observers, such as The New York Times, reported that Apple CEO Steve Jobs appeared frighteningly thin, his presentation was robust, with that trademark "reality distortion field" twinkle in his eye.
Now when Apple introduced its iPad in response to eager expectations, I doubt that the initial description of the new product and its features, basically a grown-up iPod touch, came as much of a surprise. What did come as a surprise was the $499 starting price. That's surely a game changer, and much less than most financial and tech pundits predicted. By the way, the iPad tops out at $829 with 64GB of Flash memory and 3G connectivity. The entry-level gets you 16GB of memory and no 3G. But at least there's 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
The rest of the iPad's specs were close to what was predicted, including a 9.7-inch IPS display. The iPad is also a half inch thick and weighs a pound and a half. The processing chip, which integrates the CPU, graphics and other functions, was identified as a 1GHz Apple A4, thus vindicating Apple's purchase of PA Semi, a processor designer company in 2008. Unfortunately, there is no camera, nor telephone capability, at least for version 1.0, unless something is changed between now and the shipping date.
Battery life is described as 10 hours for video, and one month on standby. If you opt to buy an iPad with 3G, which costs $130 extra for each configuration, you can order data packages available through AT&T, starting at $14.99 and $29.99; the latter for unlimited access. Sorry, folks, Verizon Wireless isn't a part of this scheme, at least not yet. However, there are no price subsidies, no early termination fees, and you can keep the data plan on a month-to-month basis.
Keyboard entry is predictably touch-based, with the keyboard scaling up to the iPad's larger screen. Whether that is a deal-breaker, I'm not certain. For short notes Multi-Touch is fine, but Apple's decision to support external keyboards will address the need for better input capabilities in an exemplary fashion.
Now when you run an iPhone app, you have the choice of the standard size, or clicking on the 2X button to get an expanded view, which, according to observers who saw the presentation, actually looks quite good. But I expect iPhone apps will soon incorporate the ability to display natively on the device's full size without touching a button. Indeed, Apple has already posted a revised iPhone SDK to handle those chores. However, according to senior vice president Scott Forstall, the iPad will run "virtually" every existing iPhone app, now numbering over 140,000, "virtually unmodified."
The built-in iBooks reader app will give you a link to e-book content via the iBookstore, initially from such big industry players as Penguin, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan and Hachette Book Group. Nothing yet from McGraw-Hill, the largest textbook publisher, but expect more deals with content providers to be announced between now and the iPad's March shipping date. Prices for iPad e-books will range from $7.99 to $14.99 and are formatted in an open format called ePub, which means that Apple won't have a complete lock on the content you can read from other sources.
Watch out Amazon!
The iPad's basic functions are pretty much what you'd expect, such as email, Internet access, movies, music and, of course, e-book reading and gaming. During the presentation, Forstall demonstrated the enhanced multimedia experience of reading your daily newspaper on an iPad as compared to just browsing through the site or reading the printed version. But it's too early to tell whether Apple has saved the newspaper industry.
When it comes to creation as opposed to consumption, Apple responded with a demonstration of iWork for the iPad, part of an expected lineup of productivity apps that will be premiering on the new platform. The revised apps will be available ala carte, at $9.99 each.
Now when I started talking seriously about a tablet computer from Apple, I had to wonder whether I'd buy one. Considering the lower price of admission, I'm tempted, sort of. But time will tell whether I actually place an order.


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Today I was fighting some really annoying behaviour of Eclipse in combination with refactored multi module maven projects.
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Luxurious apartments in Principe Real, in 18th century palace – Parking, Elevator, -Gardens, Terraces large areas
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Luxurious apartments in 18th century palace with Parking, Elevator, Gardens and Terraces
VXII century palace in Principe Real, currently under renovation/construction and ready for handover in roughly a year. The works shall include the complete renovation of the entire building and addition of a contemporary new wing, are due to be completed by May 2017.
The development will include elevators and each apartment will come with 1 or 2 parking spaces
The luxury finishing's of these amazing apartments shall include air conditioning and central heating.
I have attached a PDF with a few 3D images of what the apartments will look like once they have been renovated. This very sprecial develoment shall comprise just 8 apartments with huge communal gardens which will capture the character of the old palace, whilst blending it harmoneously with contemporary features, which shall afford the priviledged owners all of these luxurious apartments, all the frills of modern day living.
Availability is limited, so please review the availability chart below:
. Level 0 3-bedroom duplex apartment with 254,50 m2 + 31,60 m2 outside space + 2 parking bays for 1.400.000 €
. Level 0 2-bedroom apartment with 246,00 m2 + 224,10 m2 outside space + 2 parking bays for 1.600.000 €
. Level 1 4+1 bedroom apartment with 326,00 m2 + 145,00 m2 outside space + 2 parking bays for 2.250.000 € new wing – with garden & swimming pool
. Level 1 3-bedroom duplex apartment with 268,50 m2 + 2 parking bays for 1.400.000 €
. Level 2 4- bedroom apartment with 306,00 m2 + 19,60 m2 outside space + 2 parking bays for 2.000.000 € new wing – with river views
. Level 3 2-bedroom apartment with 165,00 m2 + 1 parking bay for 950.000 €
Luxurious apartments in 18th century palace with Parking, Elevator, Gardens and Terraces
Unquestionably an AAA location in the heart of Principe Real which ticks all the boxes and comes with all the frills. At this stage, you could even have a say in the luxury finishing's if you choose to do so, although you can rest assured, that the finishing's will be the very best Lisbon has to offer, as the developer shall be one of your future neighbours (he will live in one of the apartments).
The attractive Principe Real neighbourhood (named "Royal Prince" in honor of Queen Maria II's first born child) extends north of Bairro Alto, and although it was once only known for its antique shops and bars, has now become an important shopping area, although it remains essentially a residential district, filled with gardens, a couple of the city's most tranquil squares, and colorful mansions. The abundant charm has turned it into one of the most sought-after areas to live and rent in the central historical area of Lisbon. Many old buildings are being renovated, a young population is moving in, and there's talk of gentrification similar to that of Georgetown in Washington DC, after the company that turned that district into the American capital's hippest began acquiring buildings here.
This is a one-of-kind development in one of the most sough-after areas in central historical Lisbon, with only 8 owners in the entire palace building
- Country: Portugal, Portuguese Republic
- Province / State: Príncipe Real
- City / Town: Lisbon
- Property ID 6109
- Price 2,250,000€
- Property Type Apartment, Golden Visa 500,000
- Property status For Sale
- Bedrooms 4
- Size 326 m2
- Label Available
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- District Principe Real
- Town Lisbon
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- Country Portugal
- Central Heating Yes
- Parking 2 Yes
- Swimming Pool Yes
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Learn about the anatomy of the shoulder, and what creates the shoulder's incredible range of motion, and its tendency to become injured.
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Fashion blogging might seem easy on paper, but it requires countless hours of planning, creative thinking and a unique point of view. In an ideal world, you might get thousands of followers within a day after making one striking, or a thoughtful post but unfortunately we don't live in that "ideal world". You need to have patience and keep giving your best with the most exceptional ideas and posts. Therefore, you also need to understand the power of using social medias. Certain social media channels are at their peak or rising. For instance, like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or Snapchat, these powerful platform have gained so much popularity that fashion bloggers expert have made them essential to up their game and utilize them to attract and maintain followers all around the world.
The more you use social medias, the broader the audience you reach and a broader audience means new potential and engaged followers. You might now understand the importance of being connected through those social networks when you start your blog . This said, if you want to attract brands attention you need to build a solid community following your blog and social medias. Once you have cracked this, you can approach fashion companies for collaborations in advertising their products. Indeed, combining your blog content with your social media presence, enables engagement and helps you to create connections. Let's be honest: keeping up with socials media and your fashion or any other field can feel like a full time job, and progress will take time but be prepared to put in a lot of effort. However, the time you take to build up quality content and gaining a following will help you develop the Domain Authority of your website.
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It might seem to be redundant but be ready to take risks and introduce your own fashion statement that you like and want people to follow. You are the boss and executive of your ideas and with enough people listening, you can create your own point of view and trend it. When you know your style, stick to it – Be authentic. Don't just ride the wave; put your unique spin on it and don't lose your voice. It could also give you incredible sway in the fashion world and carved out a new career path.
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Absolutely love these pics. Such a cool location. Thumbs up !
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Powered Earmuffs
When it comes to hearing protection at the range, there are 3 major choices: earplugs, headset or muffs, and powered muffs. Earplugs generally offer the greatest noise reduction, followed by passive headsets, and finally arriving at powered muffs, although some higher end units offer decent NRR. Earplugs usually good for 32 dB NRR, passive earmuffs are good for 27, these are NRR 23. Aside from the decibel reduction rating, there's the matter of convenience. Earplugs take about a minute to insert and expand to your ear canal and you generally don't want to take them out and put them back in a bunch of times because you can get some crud accumulated on them that'll eventually end up back in your ear. Passive earmuffs are much more convenient in that they're easy to take off during lulls in the shooting. Unfortunately, lots of the cheaper ear muffs out there are bulky to put in your shooting bag or interfere with a good cheek rest, especially when skeet shooting. Electronic or powered ear muffs amplify noises around you in between shooting, and silence the speakers during intense sound such as when shooting. One thing you want to be sure of is that your ear muffs will not interfere with your cheek rest. Try them on if you can, or look for "low profile" ear muffs that are skinnier or angle down towards the bottom to give more room. Some of the cheaper powered headsets may only offer 1 microphone. Look for the stereo headsets, because then you can locate who is talking to you or where sound is coming from a lot easier. Beyond that comes portability, adjustability and quality of craftsmanship. This set goes for around $50, which is cheap for electronic muffs.
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The Caldwell e-max low profile power muffs that I purchased are on the lower end of the price range, but offers some convenient features. It's a true stereo headset, with 2 microphones and a convenient 1 knob operation to start and change volume. You can't really amplify sounds too much more than they'd sound without the headset on, so these wouldn't be too great to wear hunting. Once folded out, the headset can be adjusted for fit using the wire guides that go down to the ear cups. It's not a fantastic system, but it does the trick. I don't think that the adjustment system would take any abuse at all, but that's the price you pay for a folding headset that's a bit more inexpensive. Another convenient feature they've added onto this headset is the capability to plug in a separate sound source like an iPod or music player. I didn't really get this feature when I was in the store, but the idea of listening to some tunes while you wait for a barrel to cool is kinda neat. And thankfully, the microphones are still live when you're using the headphone jack, so you can listen to music AND still have a conversation with the people around you.
In terms of use, the headset is fairly dummy proof. The battery panel is really easy to access on the left side panel and loads with 2 AAA batteries. The single knob on/off/volume is as easy to use as it can get, and a red LED on the right glows when the headset is on. That's useful, because some of the earmuffs I saw didn't have any lighted indication that they were on, so you could throw them into your shooting bag without noticing that they were still on.
If you're finding yourself saying "WHAT?" at the shooting range a lot, a powered muff headset can help out with those conversations and is a logical step up for most dedicated shooters and hunters. That said, I leave them at home most of the time. They don't block enough noise, so I usually take high quality earplugs instead.


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Persian Textile 16189
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100 X 92 cm from sh.sameyeh Oriental carpet catalogue page No.310
Textile Art and antique rugs are part of an artistic weaving tradition that spans the globe.
Over thousands of years, textiles completed an incredible evolution from a humble handcraft to a high art with extreme aesthetic and cultural value. Artistic textile weaving is a diverse tradition that accommodates all of the cultures that embrace the craft. Textiles are pure cultural artifacts that reflect local superstitions and often have artistic immunity from outside influences.
In its most rudimentary form, textile weaving was a way to produce clothing and practical cloths for daily use. As technology advanced, textiles became more and more artistic. Embroidered embellishments and complex woven decorations helped these cultural textiles become a great art form. The function of these artistic textiles is not purely decorative, however. Some shamanic cloths from Laos were used in rituals while Kente cloth garments were made for prestigious members of the community.
Vintage Textiles from Europe often feature refined decorations and elaborate compositions that are purely decorative. Chinese rank badges, on the other hand, use flamboyant symbols that were part of a complex status system. Even the small country of Uzbekistan has a unique textile tradition in the decorative Suzani embroideries, which certainly qualify as works of art.
These beautiful textiles are highly complex assemblages that require many labor-intensive processes. Phenomenal Ikat fabrics and the flamboyant fabrics used in Chyrpi coats require dyed threads to be arranged in elaborate patterns before the weaving begins. African Kente cloths are woven in narrow pieces that are stitched together, and this time-consuming technique produces a distinctive checkerboard effect.
Textiles have alluring decorative features that are supported by layers of symbolism. These works of art don't only have fabulous colors and exceptional decorations. They also have a particular texture and visual style that can enrich any interior.
These outstanding textiles are multi-dimensional works of art that are made to be appreciated vintage textiles from around the world still represent the foundation of ancient traditions that these handicrafts were built upon.
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Release Date: 2007 |
Album Rating: 3.0This album isn't that good.
I feel like I'm repeating myself here :p Nice review, not the best, but fine.
Soilwork have become progressively more melodic with each release
Nice review. Great album.
Digging: Currents - The Way It Ends
Soilwork has wasted too much of my time so I will not look into this. The album cover sucks hard.
Album Rating: 3.0I've found that besides maybe At the Gates, most melodic death metal is rather bland after a while.
Album Rating: 4.0in response to kalkal50, i dunno they have apart from figure number five which was more melodic then stabbing the drama ill give u that n i should of made that clearer sorrry.
I agree. The album cover does suck. The music isnt too bad though. It lacks something.
Album Rating: 2.0I just read both of the reviews for this album and they are awful, no offense to the both of you. I've only heard two songs on this album and they were pretty good.
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Album Rating: 2.0From what I have heard, this is yet another blah Soilwork album.
Album Rating: 2.0Zoo,
I hear what you mean, but their music is so dense and well layered together that it might take a few listens to get into the album.
From what I have heard, this is yet another blah Soilwork album.
Album Rating: 4.0I like it.
They have a couple good albums although they dont try anything new. NBC and STD are fun listens. Speeds harsh arent that great so I can see why most think Scar Symmtery is better. Alvestam is much better than Speed, harsh and clean.
Album Rating: 2.0[quote=i am the robots]So every Soilwork album?[/quote]
I'm not exactly sure what you mean. If you're asking if I think every Soilwork album is blah, you would be correct.
[quote=BallsToTheWall]They have a couple good albums[/quote]
Meh. I'd say they're closer to having a couple good songs.
Album Rating: 4.0I agree though they haven't done anything new for awhile.
im not exactly sure what you mean. If you're asking if I think every Soilwork album is blah, you would be correct.
Album Rating: 1.5yeah, pretty much status quo for Soilwork.
I believe all of their albums have at least a couple good songs. Some more than others.
I like these guys so I'll be checking this out. good review.
i've heard "Exile" and i am impressed. i really enjoyed stabbing the drama so im definitely getting this.
it seems the only metal that doesnt get flamed on this site is "tr00" black metal, which imho ain't that good.
Soilwork are great. im surprised so many don't like them
narrow minded?
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We can see the emotional investment of parents in the quilts made for childrens cradles too. Made or commissioned for the birth of a child, some embroidered with the childs name and date of birth, they represent the human capacity of hope in the face of adversity. In lots of autobiographies and print culture children were frequently referred to as the repository of parental hopes; precious conveyors of familial and personal qualities on to the next generation. Wikimedia Commons, Two Women By a Cradle, 1670 Yet childrens lives were unbearably fragile. One demographer calculates that from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries around a third of all children died before reaching their tenth birthdays in England and Wales. Mortality for infants under a year old could be even higher.
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The Big Wedding – 2013
Written and Directed by Justin Zackham
Starring Amanda Seyfried, Katherine Heigl, Robert DeNiro, Susan Sarandon, Diane Keaton, Robin Williams, Ben Barnes, Topher Grace, Christine Ebersole, David Rache, Patricia Rae, Ana Ayora
Based on Mon frère se marie by Jean-Stéphane Bron and Karine Sudan
"What is wrong with you?" a question asked by daughter Lila (Heigl), when she discovers that her divorced father Don (DeNiro) just got through having a 40 minute love-making session with her mother and his ex-wife Ellie (Keaton). Strangely, this is one of the least offensive storylines in The Big Wedding. What can one expect, though. It's a French import. Sex, not love, is the big motivator for everyone who is attending this event. The only ones who seem to be taking it seriously is the couple (Barnes and Seyfried). That's enough to make them minor characters.
There are plenty of things to despise in The Big Wedding, yet, I can't quite dismiss it. The writing is pretty consistent, through out, and not nearly as pandering as it could have been. The acting is actually good. DeNiro and Heigl share one of the better moments a little later. Keaton and Sarandon do work well together, even if they are best friends who still consider each other so after a 10 year break caused by an affair started by the latter and DeNiro which ended the former's marriage. Yeah, we don't buy it either, but they go a long way to presenting themselves as cordial. Grace, Barnes and Heigl make believable loving siblings. They even managed to make Robin Williams less annoying than he has been since Good Will Hunting. He's still kind of annoying, though.
How can one not be when playing a caricature of a self-obsessed Catholic priest? The church suffers many slings and arrows. It is perpetually used as a punching bag, but then, that's nothing new. The important thing is that none of those jokes work. Hollywood should take note of how much this film tanked.
Two of the Catholics (Barnes' biological mother and sister played by Rae and Ayora, respectively), visiting from Colombia, create a stir with their pending arrival. In true wacky hi-jinks fashion, the family decides that they must hide the divorce and play nice for the weekend. Of course, one thing leads to another in every way possible. Not one person will be surprised to discover that the good Catholics are not what they seem.
The humor works, when it's not forced. Almost every scene with Ebersole's Muffin is delightful. I won't tell you why, but the name, "Muffin" should clue you in. The acting is also effectively tender when it needs to be. Even with the pedigree, this is somewhat surprising. Everyone involved (aside from the Colombia contingent) has been in some of the worst cinema in recent history. They've also been in some good stuff, too.
When it gets down to it, The Big Wedding isn't anything more than a financial bomb in their careers. Zackham, whose earlier work includes the screenplay to the remarkably good The Bucket List, does a commendable job converting the French trash into something that will not be entirely remembered as crap. It's almost good. Not quite. This could be enough, but I won't guarantee anything.
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When designing your yard you may want to take into account your privacy needs. Do you need a good screen to reduce traffic noise or prevent passersby from looking into your yard? In fact the main advantages of having a living privacy screen are: protection from the elements, an improved view from your house, and less intrusion from pedestrians or neighbors.
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