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Suu Kyi meets Park Geun-hye on trip to South Korea.
South Korea's designated and incoming president Park Geun-hye and Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi have held their first meeting.
Two met in Seoul on Tuesday, one day after the Nobel peace laureate arrived on a five-day visit, her first trip to South Korea.
At the meeting, Park praised Aung San Suu Kyi for her dedication and sacrifice in bringing democracy to her country.
Park expressed her sympathy for the difficulties Aung San Suu Kyi underwent. She said she understands the meaning of giving up personal happiness and living for the sake of the nation.
In response, Aung San Suu Kyi said she hopes the democratic progress in Myanmar will lead to peace and prosperity not only in her country but around the world.
Both Park and Aung San Suu Kyi have become leading political figures in Asia. Both of their fathers met with violent deaths. Aung San Suu Kyi's father General Aung San was killed by assassins in 1947, while Park's father was killed by his intelligence chief in 1979.
Park will be inaugurated as South Korea's first female president on February 25th.
Aung San Suu Kyi was freed in 2010 after spending more than a decade under house arrest. She was elected to Myanmar's parliament last year as head of the country's largest opposition party, the National League for Democracy.
The 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate will be given a human rights award in the city of Gwangju on Thursday.
She won the award in 2004 but could not receive it as she was under house arrest.NHK inputs
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Molly is a native of Buffalo NY. She was born in Buffalo in a middle income Catholic family and was one of six children. She moved to NYC in her early twenties and worked for Elizabeth Arden cosmetics overseeing the Bloomingdales, Third Avenue account for 14 years. She left to fulfill her love of cooking and attended Perter Kump's Culinary School of NYC where she received a Blue Ribbon Award. She did an externship at the Intercontinental Hotel and after completing her obligation, she started her own catering company in NYC.
She returned back to her home town Buffalo in 2001 and began working for William Koesssler at the Park Lane Restaurant. She worked as the restaurant manager and moved into the catering department a short time later. She and Mr. Koessler expanded their operations and grew the business together. Mr. Koessler eventually sold the Park Lane Restaurant and purchased Acqua Restaurant and Banquets in 2011. Going forward, they invested in both their love for each other and their love for the city which they grew up in. They were married in 2011 and Molly continued her quest for the love of food and entertaining by acquiring additional properties over the next five years. Their portfolio includes some of Buffalo's most prestigious properties including the Lafayette Hotel Ballrooms, The Foundry Suites Hotel and Banquet facility, The Hatch Restaurant, William K's Restaurant and now, Molly's on Main.
Entertaining has always been Molly's forte. She has always been famous for her annual "Mollywood" parties which consisted of an abundance of food and drink , fabulous friends and festive celebration. Each year, the guest list grew in size and Mollywood became the social affair "not to miss".
Molly's dream became a reality in 2016 when the former Vitio's in Fountain Plaza was available for rent. After great thought and ambition, Molly went to work creating what she thought was the perfect fit for the rejuvenation of downtown Buffalo. Researching menus,. Restaurant décor and finding the right employees soon created Molly's on Main into a reality. Her love for people, entertaining and creative food and drink has made Molly's on Main a destination. A vibrant culinary emporium where people can gather and food can be enjoyed.


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"...there is barely a trace of noise beyond a comforting purr in the background. And as the soprano raises her voice...reproduction remains as firmas one could wish without a hint of distortion...quite considerable dynamic ranges are impressively registered...On balance this has to be the most impressive collection of Flagstad's pre war studio work issued to date." Simon Tresize, Opera Now


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WWF has been working in DRC across issues related to illegal wildlife trade, sustainable and effective protected areas, green economy, forests and carbon. As part of its work to support the implementation of REDD+, WWF-DRC is cooperating with the Government of DRC, local partners and communities. Much of this work has focused on the Maï-Ndombe province of DRC, covering a 12.5 million hectare area, with the aim of developing, testing and implementing actions as part of the jurisdictional REDD+ programme in the province, which is partly based on the WWF REDD+ for People and Nature Project.


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Interoperable communications and statewide e-mail system also among Nebraska priorities.
When thinking about Nebraska, "technology pioneer" probably isn't the first thing that comes to mind. But in an interview inside the magnificent Nebraska state Capitol, Gov. Dave Heineman told Government Technology he's looking to change that. Heineman leads a number of ambitious initiatives. One such project, statewide electronic health records (EHRs), already is being piloted and has delivered promising results. He is also aiming for truly interoperable public safety communications and a unified statewide e-mail system. Defying the notion of Nebraska as flyover country between the coasts, Heineman is intent on showcasing the Cornhusker State's transformation into an IT powerhouse.
What exactly is the Nebraska Health Information Initiative?
That's our initiative for a Web-based system that's primarily focused on the idea of electronic medical records -- where patient information could be shared if you're in any location in Nebraska. It means the opportunity for prescriptions to be done electronically and to reduce errors. I think we've all heard, but it's really true, that we could reduce significantly the costs in the medical system if we had an electronic-based system.
Watch Video: Nebraska: The Next IT Hotspot? Part 1. Gov. Dave Heineman on statewide EHRs, public safety communication and more.
I'd imagine one of the other challenges would be to integrate private health-care providers that already have an internal EHR built-in.
You just identified one of the biggest challenges. Everybody looks at it from a proprietary basis. The pilot project has been a private-public partnership. The private sector is leading the charge on this issue, so that's been very helpful. And everybody understands. Do we have will to get this done? I think we do. That overrides the technology concerns, and I believe we can get there. But having the private sector put up the money, and be significantly involved has made all the difference in the world.
What lessons have you learned from the EHR pilot?
First of all, involve people. Make it a collaborative process. Make sure their input is listened to. We may not agree on every decision, but if you've had the opportunity to have input it makes a difference. Second, create a private-public partnership. Third, be consumer focused. The consumer is going to have a large say in this, and if they want to opt out, they can. I think we have several hundreds of thousands of patients involved right now, and fewer than 2 percent chose to opt out because it's in their interest. They know that when they're traveling within the state to another location, they need that medical information. Imagine if you travel somewhere and you have a problem. That doctor in the ER in Chicago, New York, Denver or L.A. has immediate access to your record -- they won't have to repeat tests, and they'll know what medications you're taking. It's a big plus for the system.
Given the economy, how is this being funded? Does it end up paying for itself?
Right now, the private sector has taken the lead in funding. There is some state and local funding involved, but everybody is so convinced that, in the long run, this reduces cost and will provide better health care that they are all willing to upfront money. Then, ultimately, we will have to have a system paying for it, but we believe we can get there.
Watch Video: Nebraska: The Next IT Hotspot? Part 2
Let's shift gears to interoperable public safety operations. You have an initiative on that as well.
We're trying to develop a statewide communication system so every law enforcement agency, fire department, emergency management agency and health-care agency can communicate in an emergency. It is very difficult to do. We started out by setting up regional networks -- with the ultimate idea that we would connect the regional networks and have a statewide system. We're well on the way to getting that done. But I will tell you -- with this one, there is no question we had to have everybody in the room at the same time; everybody had to understand the objective. We've had too many situations where a life has been at stake because a county sheriff couldn't talk to a police chief in the same jurisdiction, let alone the state patrol. We're overcoming that now.
The proprietary or territorial nature of the individual agencies must be the biggest challenge here. What did you say to them to get them all on board?
We brought them all together. We outlined our goals. Everyone is in agreement with the goals; it's the details. Then we said, "We'll put up the money. We'll take our homeland security money that is coming from the federal government, and put it into a statewide interoperable communications system." All of a sudden they saw money.
Here was the other key: We had a very successful regional project, and we brought everybody eventually out to the central part of the state and we showed them. Twenty-five counties got together. They're talking to each other and demonstrating that it could work. All of a sudden, a lot of barriers dropped by the wayside. They saw a successful pilot project and that made a tremendous amount of difference.
Nebraska CIO Brenda Decker also said a statewide e-mail system is being created. Can you tell me about that project?
That's another project where you must have a strong will to get this done. When I took over as governor, we had numerous e-mail systems throughout our statewide agencies. In fact, we even had two or three within a given agency. There is not a private-sector company in the world that basically doesn't do email@example.com. I said that's where we want to get to. We want to get to email@example.com and everybody is going to be part of it. We want to think as a team. We're not really the Department of Revenue, the Department of Administrative Services or the Department of Agriculture -- we're the state of Nebraska. It's a lot simpler in terms of cost, maintenance and the ability for the outside world to send you an e-mail.
We got a little bit of pushback, but with the governor leading the charge I think they understood that one way or another, we were going to get it done.
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That's one of those projects that prompts, "Why haven't people done that already?" What is the resistance based on?
Change. It's [people saying], 'Why are you forcing us to change? We don't want to be integrated between the departments of Economic Development and Revenue. That's not how you do it in the private sector, or how you win an athletic contest. We have to get people thinking as one team: offense and defense. You have to
know what each other is doing. What's the game plan? We've been able to share that with them; our CIO and I are on the same wavelength. And we're moving in a direction. I basically told people, "You want to be part of the solution? If you don't, move out of the way. We're moving forward.
"Look at where customers are headed -- I say this all the time. Our kids -- my son -- is never going to City Hall, or to the county courthouse or a state office building. They want to do it using technology. So we have to get in the 21st century. We'll have a more efficient, more cost-effective government.
When you look at the different projects we've talked about -- the EHR, interoperable communication and the e-mail system -- are citizens aware that their governor and state are leading the charge for government IT, and is maybe ahead of most states?
I think they're aware, but we need to make them more aware. I think if you're involved in technology in our state, you know the state is trying to take a quantum leap forward. We want to be prepared for the next generation of consumers who are going to use technology at all hours of the day.
We need to make more of the public aware of it, but they also know we're trying to lead and create a better economic base in the state. We're trying to recruit businesses of all sizes, from all backgrounds and technology-based companies. We've been able to recruit companies from California because we're offering incentives, and they understand we're moving forward in these arenas.
Watch Video: Nebraska: The Next IT Hotspot? Part 3. Gov. Dave Heineman continues discussion of Nebraska interoperability and more.


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Hal Walker
c. 1934–2003
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When Harold "Hal" Walker appeared on the CBS television network in 1969, his was the first African American face Americans had ever seen delivering the news. Walker was the first black news correspondent, and he remained in the television news business at CBS and ABC until his retirement in 1995. The award-winning television news journalist died November 25, 2003.
Harold William Walker was born about 1934 in Darlington, South Carolina, but he was raised in New York City by his mother, a domestic worker. He studied theater and English at Denison University in Granville, Ohio, graduating in 1954. He then served four years in the Army. After his service, he dabbled in acting. He was doing public relations work for the New York state mental health department in Albany, New York, when a friend told him that television stations were looking to hire minority journalists.
Walker began his television career in 1963 at CBS-TV's Washington D.C. affiliate, WTOP-TV, which was later called WUSA. While there, he became a mentor to a production trainee named Max Robinson who, in 1978, became the first black national news anchor when he was named co-anchor of ABC-TV's World News Tonight.
Walker got his break covering the civil rights movement. In 1968, he covered the rioting that took place in Washington after the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. He anchored an hour-long documentary about the riots called A Dialogue with Whitey. The show earned Walker a local Emmy and the Ted Yates Award for outstanding professionalism from the Washington chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Also in 1968, Walker was named Journalist of the Year by the Capitol Press Club. CBS News took notice of Walker and hired him to its Washington bureau the month after A Dialogue with Whitey aired.
CBS wasted no time assigning Walker to some of the nation's most important stories. One of his first assignments was the assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. He reported from Capitol Hill on campus unrest and on riot-torn areas of Washington for CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite. During his career with CBS, Walker covered the inaugurations of presidents Richard M. Nixon, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan. He also contributed to the flurry of reporting that surrounded the Watergate scandal. In 1977, he was assigned to the CBS bureau in Bonn, Germany as a foreign correspondent for the network. Not everyone was supportive of Walker's breaking the race barrier of television news. Though he received bigoted hate mail, he never talked about it with his colleagues.
After eight years with CBS, Walker took a position with ABC and served as a foreign correspondent for that network, remaining in Bonn. He later was promoted to Frankfurt bureau chief. While in Europe, Walker covered several history-making stories for ABC. He covered the 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 disaster over Lockerbie, Scotland, and reported the fall of the Berlin Wall and communism in Eastern Europe in 1989.
- 1934?
- Born in Darlington, South Carolina
- 1954
- Graduates from Denison University in Granville, Ohio
- 1963
- Begins work at WTOP-TV in Washington, D.C.
- 1968
- Anchors civil rights documentary A Dialogue with Whitey
- 1969
- Hired as first black television journalist at CBS News
- 1977
- Promoted to CBS foreign correspondent in Bonn, Germany
- 1981
- Begins work for ABC News as correspondent in Bonn
- 1995
- Retires from ABC News
- 2003
- Dies at home in Reston, Virginia on November 25
Walker was known in the business as a "skilled beat reporter who did not rely on others to do his legwork," according the Washington Post. He was also "uncharacteristically polite" in an ordinarily "cutthroat" business.
Above All Else, a Professional
Jerry King, a retired ABC White House reporter, recalled in the Washington Post an incident in 1981 that gave example to Walker's professionalism. The Iranian hostage crisis, during which fifty-two American hostages were held in Iran more than fourteen months, had just come to an end. Both King and Walker were covering the story. The American hostages had just been released and were sequestered at a military hospital in Germany. Walker got a tip that one of the hostages had sneaked out of the hospital to visit his family near Frankfurt. Walker tracked the man down and interviewed him one-on-one in his doorway, away from the throng of military handlers with which other reporters were dealing. Walker apologized to King when his report earned more prominent airplay than King's that night. He later moved to ABC's London bureau. Walker remained with ABC for fifteen years, until his retirement in 1995.
Bernie Seabrooks, the first black producer at CBS News, was Walker's longtime friend and colleague. Seabrooks recalled Walker's easy temperament in an interview with Television Week. Seabrooks said Walker was the one to calm things down. Seabrooks also noted that, during an era at ABC when other reporters' expense accounts were lavish, Walker kept his spending to a minimum. Walker avoided the spotlight, preferring to keep his private life private. During the last few years of his life, Walker and Seabrooks conversed daily. Though Walker was battling prostate cancer, he always turned the conversation to Seabrooks' problematic knees. At his memorial in Washington, he was remembered by friends and colleagues as a "good and disarming" person, and a "jack-of-all-trades" reporter, according to Television Week.
Walker was married three times. His first two marriages ended in divorce. He kept a home in Washington D.C. for years and spent his retirement playing tennis and golf. He died November 25, 2003, at his home in Reston, Virginia from prostate cancer. His survivors included his wife of a year, Diane Blust Walker of Reston; three children from his first marriage, Harold Stephen Walker of Denver, Alison Schlatter of Charlottesville, and Sarah Walker of Jersey City; a sister; and four grandchildren.
After Walker's death, his colleagues remembered him with great fondness and respect. According to the Hampton Roads, Virginia Daily Press, a CBS news release stated that CBS News anchor Dan Rather, who worked with Walker when both were assigned to the White House, described his colleague as an "exceptionally alert reporter" who "could do it all." Rather said Walker rarely talked about race and merely "wanted to be judged as a pro." Television Week quoted ABC World News Tonight anchor Peter Jennings saying on air: "He loved his job. He loved being overseas. In the best tradition of a foreign correspondent, he was always ready to go somewhere. And he was very good company to boot."
Bernstein, Adam. "Television Journalist Hal Walker Dies at 70." Washington Post, 28 November 2003.
Greppi, Michele. "Broadcaster Remembered; Hal Walker, CBS and ABC Foreign Correspondent, Broke Down Barriers." Television Week, 8 December 2003.
"Hal Walker, 70, Television Correspondent." New York Times, November 27, 2003.
"TV newsman Hal Walker dies." CNN.com. http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/27/obit.walker.ap/ (Accessed 20 December 2005).
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BCL IT Counted Among Top Finalists for Microsoft Awards
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Kolari Private Limited trading as Independent Management Consultants (IMC) has announced that it has been selected as a 2009 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference Awards finalist in Networking Infrastructure Solutions.
IMC is based on the BCL Mine Site in Selebi- Phikwe and BCL Limited is one of their major customers. The infrastructure optimisation projects undertaken by IMC at BCL are amongst the solutions that have contributed to them being recognised with this award.
"To be recognised on a worldwide stage is a fantastic validation for us and for our customers," said Alex Mac Donald, a Director at IMC. "To be the first Microsoft partner in Botswana and in fact the entire East and Southern Africa region (excluding South Africa), to ever receive an award at the worldwide conference makes this achievement especially significant," he said. Awards will be presented in [continue reading]


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Harnessing sea power: the energy wave of the future?
Racing across the blue Pacific like wild, white-maned horses, the curling breakers crashing down on California's beaches are an iconic image of the Golden State.
Berkeley grad Misha Cornes goes to the beach and sees something more: an energy source tailor-made for power-strapped California.
Cornes and his colleagues at the Berkeley based start-up Sea Power & Associates think they've figured out how to harness the energy in waves.
Their Wave Rider technology is a series of lightweight concrete floats that would sit one to two miles off shore. Floats are connected to a hydraulic pump that extends about 60 feet down to the ocean floor. The up-and-down motion of the waves creates pressure that drives the hydraulic pump, which then drives turbines to generate electric power.
The design "seemed to be well thought out and I didn't see any reason why it wouldn't work," says David Navarro of the California Energy Commission. "There's a lot out there. it's just waiting to happen."
The notion of wiring the waves has been around for a few decades. The problem up to now is that few of the ideas have been tested — although some companies outside the United States have produced power from the ocean — and the cost has been considered prohibitively high compared to other renewable forms of energy such as wind and sun.
"It's estimated two-tenths of a percent of the energy contained in the ocean could power the whole world. It's this energy source that's totally untapped," says Cornes.
While Japan and Northern Europe have forged ahead with government-funded sea power schemes, research dollars in the United States dried up after an initial surge in the 1970s.
In California, there were talks about trying a few ideas along the coast, but "when the deregulation came through there was no money for research. They all stopped. They all went away," said Michael Champ, president of the Falls Church, Va.-based Advanced Technology Research Project and an early advocate of ocean power.
Now, with California battling an energy crisis and a revival of interest in finding sources of energy that don't come from decomposed dinosaurs, sea power advocates are hoping to see their field get a push.
"Where we are is where wind was five years ago," says Mirko Previsic, CEO and founder of Seapower & Associates, who has tested his ideas in wave tanks but needs to raise $3.4 million to build an oceangoing prototype.
The total power of waves breaking on the world's coastline could produce two to three million megawatts, Navarro said. In good locations, wave energy density can produce an average 65 megawatts per mile of coastline. One megawatt can power about 750 homes.
"When you see a wave go by you think of it as the water moving. Well, it's not the water, it's the energy within the water that's making it move," says Navarro.
The ocean can produce two types of energy, thermal energy from the sun's heat and mechanical energy from tides and waves.
There are three basic ways of converting the kinetic energy that drives a wave into power:
— Tapered channel systems push the waves into reservoirs and then make the water flow through a turbine, similar to a hydroelectric dam.
— Float systems use the rise and fall of the waves to drive hydraulic pumps.
— Oscillating water column systems are fixed generating devices in which waves enter the column and force air up past a turbine. As the wave retreats, the air pressure drops, causing the turbine to turn.
Last November, the world's first commercial wave power station, which uses the oscillating water column system, began supplying power to the grid on the small Scottish island of Islay. It's operated by Wavegen, a pioneer in ocean energy.
Wave energy has the advantage over wind and sun in that it is constant. There are some concerns about getting permits to place the devices and they would also need to be marked for navigational purposes. View obstruction could also be a concern, although many of the devices sit far offshore and would not be visible from land.
Sea Power & Associates' target market is remote coastal communities and small islands which now have to rely on diesel generators, which are expensive and dirty. Ocean power would produce no greenhouse gases and Cornes and Previsic believe their system could be cost-competitive with diesel, which they said now costs 18 cents to 25 cents a kilowatt hour.
Sea Power & Associates got a boost this spring when their business plan won the $10,000 grand prize at the Social Venture Competition held at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business.
The next order of business is trying to squeeze money out of an increasingly skittish venture capital pool.
"They're still working ... which is a plus," says Navarro. "I have to give a lot of credit to Mirko for believing in what they've done and pushing it forward."
Champ, too, hopes sea power is on the rise.
"It just really is a crime to see this die," he says. "Even if it only put a light bulb on the end of the pier for people to fish off, it would have been valuable. It would have been a light in the dark that didn't cost anybody anything."


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Thursday, July 8, 2010
THE JAYE SISTERS_Pitter Patter Boom Boom
Above; Fred Waring.
in 1951-52 the girls signed with bandleader Fred Waring and his chorus group know as The Pennsylvanian's where recorded,toured and appeared on Fred weekly CBS-TV show.
Above;Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanian's.
In 1953 Fred renamed the girls as The Teen Trio and recorded one single_Santa Claus Is Coming To Town/Rudolp The Red-noised Reinder.
Finally these sides were released in 1954 on Decca Records.
After of singing on the Fred Waring Lp "Twas The Night Before Christmas" The Teen-Trio continue recording for Decca back up to Joe Marine on his 1954 Decca single_I Don't Mean A Thing If It/Ain't Got That Swing. and in the Joe's sides_Be Kind To Your Parents. and_A Gold Cadillac.
When the girls finally broke their relation with Fred Waring changed their name to The Jaye Sisters(name suggested by bandleader Tom Dorsey) recorded one single for Decca in 1957_ Have You Ever Been Lonely / Black Brown Or Blue Eyes. and moved to Atlantic Records where recorded in 1957_Going To The River/Pitter Patter Boom Boom. and in 1958_Little Daddy/Stop! You're Knocking Me Out. and_Real Love/School's Out.
To Listen or Download please visit;http://www.box.net/shared/ou9ob0qppc
-Real Love/School's Out. was written by Bobby Darin a good friend of the trio.without any success with their Atlantic's recordings the trio broke up soon.
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As the ArtStop transit shelter in Bay View is unveiled, planners can look back with pride on the intensive process that has brought about the creation of this unique transit amenity. At a height of 32 feet, the ArtStop shelter will provide mood lighting for the area, powered entirely by renewable energy, while serving as an iconic and recognizable gateway to the Bay View neighborhood.
At the intersections of S. Kinnickinnic, S. Howell and E. Lincoln Avenues, the ArtStop is the product of a unique partnership between the City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County and Business Improvement District #44. With its unique artistic design, the ArtStop shelter will strengthen the already distinctive and bustling business district, and it will also be a significant aesthetic improvement over a somewhat dilapidated bus shelter that has been at the location for years.
Alderman Tony Zielinski said that he felt the triangle at the three-way intersection needed a functional public art bus shelter, which has been dubbed the ArtStop, to maximize the economic and aesthetic potential of that business district.
The first step toward realizing that goal was to secure a $5,000 donation from Paresh Patel, owner of Hub Market on Howell Ave., just across the street from the triangle.
When retired Public Works employee David John Dombrowski passed away, leaving his estate to the City of Milwaukee for projects that would better the city, Alderman Zielinski introduced legislation to allocate $146,000 of that estate to the ArtStop project. The Alderman then reached out to Milwaukee County Board Chairwoman Marina Dimitrijevic to secure a $50,000 commitment from the county.
At the same time, Alderman Zielinski formed a task force charged with soliciting proposals for the project. The original members of the task force were Jason Wedesky, president of the Kinnickinnic Avenue BID, Kerry Yandell, an area property owner and a professor at the UW-Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Laura Ashleigh, an artist and Bay View business owner, Eric Ponto and Tom Mallman, both architectural designers and residents of Bay View, Brian Dranzik of the Milwaukee County Transit System, Supervisor Dimitrijevic, City of Milwaukee Public Works Manager Michael Loughran and Amy Heart from the Milwaukee Shines solar energy program.
The task force approached the job with two main goals, as outlined by Alderman Zielinski. The first was that the end product must be monumental in scope, creating "a real wow factor." Secondly, Alderman Zielinski intended that the ArtStop would provide ambient mood lighting with energy sources that are 100 percent "off of the grid," demonstrating the city's commitment to the future and renewable energy.
There were approximately 13 responses to the task force's Request for Proposals (RFP), and it was narrowed down to three finalists who received $1,000 each to expand upon their proposals. The three finalists made a presentation to the public at a community meeting, and neighbors who were present chose the design of Roman Montoto, Professor of Architecture from the University of Idaho and a native of the Bay View area. His proposal received the most votes at the meeting, and the task force concurred.
Through an open public bidding process, the Milwaukee firm Kotze Construction was chosen as the contractor for the project. Funding continued to pour in as the Milwaukee Arts Board dedicated $15,000 to the project, and Milwaukee Shines budgeted $5,000. The final contract was signed by the new President of the BID, Lee Barczak, on Monday, March 17, 2014, and the contract called for groundbreaking sometime in April and a project completion date no later than June 1, 2014.
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Francis W. Kanusky October 22, 1925 - November 15, 2018
Francis W. Kanusky, 93, of Allentown, passed away Thursday, November 15, 2018 in the Lehigh Valley Hospital, Salisbury Township. He was the husband of the Augusta S. (Kogelmann) Kanusky. Francis was born in Allentown a son of the late Steven and Johanna (Hudimac) Kanusky. He was a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, Whitehall. Francis was a welder for Air Products and Chemicals for many years before retiring. Francis enjoyed farming and flying his own airplane. He was an organist for various nursing homes and catholic churches for many years. Francis was an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors: Son, Michael and his wife Fay Ann Kanusky of Allentown; grandson, Andrew and his wife Frances Treese; great-granddaughters, Cassie Steuer and Zadrianna Treese.
Services: Private at the convenience of the family. Arrangements by Stephens Funeral Home, Inc., Allentown. www.stephensfuneral.com.
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Dynamic Behaviour of LVL-Concrete Composite Flooring Systems (2015)
Type of ContentTheses / Dissertations
UC Permalinkhttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/11795
Thesis DisciplineCivil Engineering
Degree NameDoctor of Philosophy
PublisherUniversity of Canterbury
AuthorsAbd Ghafar, Nor Hayatishow all
An LVL-concrete composite floor (LCC) is a hybrid flooring system, which was adapted from a timber-concrete composite (TCC) floor system. By replacing the timber or glulam joists with LVL joists, the strength of the floor was increased. However, the demand nowadays is to build longer spans and this may reduce the stiffness and lead to the floor being more susceptible to vibration problems. While the vibration problem may not be as critical as other structural issues, people could feel sick and not comfortable if the floor vibrates at the resonant frequency of the human body. Hence, this research focuses on the dynamic behaviour of long span LCC flooring systems. Experimental testing and finite element modelling was used to determine the dynamic behaviour, with particular regard to the natural frequency, fn and mode shape of an LCC floor. Initially, a representative series of LVL-concrete composite specimen types were built starting from (1) full-scale T-joist specimens, (2) reduced-scale (one-third) multi-span T-joist specimens and (3) reduced-scale (one-third) 3m x 3 m floor. The specimens were tested using an electrodynamic shaker. The SAP 2000 finite element modelling package was used to model and evaluate the full- and reduced-scale LVLconcrete composite T-joist experimental results. Additionally, a 8m x 7.8 m LCC floor was modelled and analysed using SAP 2000. The behaviour of the 8m LCC floor was investigated through the changing of (1) concrete topping thickness, (2) depth of LVL joist, (3) different types of boundary conditions, and (4) the stiffness of the connectors. Both the experimental results and the finite element analyses agreed and showed that increased stiffness increased the natural frequency of the floor, and the boundary conditions influenced the dynamic behaviour of the LCC floor. Providing more restraint increased the stiffness of the floor system. The connectors' stiffness did not influence the dynamic performance of the floor. The study outcomes were based on a 8 Hz natural frequency limitation where the fundamental natural frequency of the LCC floor must exceed 8 Hz in order to prevent vibration problems. The research showed that a 8 m LCC long span floor can be constructed using LVL joists of between 300 mm to 400 mm depth with a concrete thickness of 65 mm for the longer spans, and joists of between 150 mm to 240 mm depth in conjunction with a concrete topping thickness of 100 mm for the shorter spans.


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The Bird In Hand boasts 16 letting bedrooms, all furnished to the highest standards. Rooms include: 2 Family rooms, 3 Twin rooms and 11 Double rooms, 2 of the Twin rooms have full disabled access. All rooms are ensuite and include tea and coffee making facilities and flat screen television.
These delightful rooms offer an excellent base to explore the beauty of the Cotswolds, or a great place for a business meeting, making use of one of our fully equipped meeting rooms.
The accommodation is on 2 levels, please state when making your booking if you require ground floor accommodation. Room prices include your choice of breakfast. Extra beds are available at a surcharge of £20 per bed per night and children under 12 can stay free if 2 adults are using the room.


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Four Ways to Make A Trip To Another City Memorable
When you make a trip, especially a long one, you want to make it memorable. The best way to do that is to focus on experiences over trinkets. Whether you're looking touring area attractions yourself or taking guided city tours, here are some tips to make your trip to another city memorable.
- Read the visitors' guide to find all of the recommended local attractions. Typically, these are at tourism centers like rest stops or your hotel.
- Check out the schedule of events at the local convention center or other facilities. For example, Wheeling, West Virginia has an Artisan Center, Capitol Theatre, and the Eckhart House all of which are area attractions that host events. You can find out more here.
- Take photographs of signs which will help jog your memory as you progress through your trip. In a year or two, it may be difficult to recall the exact name of a town, store, or building. You'll be able to relive your memories of your trip in vivid detail if your photographs tell a clear story. Don't forget a backup battery and charger for your phone or camera! Also, check before you go to make sure your devices have plenty of space for all of your memories.
- Bend the rules -- without breaking them! For example, if a park closes at dusk, you might drag your feet a little to get a good picture of the sunset before you go (and still make it out by dark).
Pleasure trips are few and far between for most of us. Get as much out of your tourism experience as possible by using the four tips above. You might pick up a souvenir or two but remember, experiences will live on much longer in your memory than trinkets. Pick up a visitor's guide, check out area attractions, and take city tours to get the most memorable experience possible.
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It's nice to see that my fellow finns are on the side of innovation and forward thinking when it comes to the future of logistics. I hold no doubt about the fact that ideas like this is the way forward for mass-transit. One person one car will be a thing of the past, if it isn't already.
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Getting started again at a different temperature requires using all new clays and glazes. I'm testing some commercial glazes to give me a basic palette to work with while I formulate my own to fit my needs exactly.
So I roll out slabs of clay, cut them up into tiles and bevel the edges and cut a hole for hanging on a board later (as a display for reference) and stamp a pattern to test how the glaze is affected by texture. I make two sets: stoneware and porcelain. The color of the clay shows through glazes and will affect the color. And I want to test the fit on each clay body.
After applying the glaze to each tile, I applied the same red iron oxide and rutile again on a different area of the tile, because they will look a bit different whether above or below the glaze.
I fired them like normal to cone 6 in my electric kiln. All of these are Coyote glazes. From the left, they are Black, Shino, Light Shino, Red Gold, Espresso Bean, Really Red, Gun Metal Green, Cedar Shino, Oatmeal and Oasis Blue. I've used the black with success on a pot. It's a good solid glaze. Shino is nice, Light shino is a beautiful creamy glaze on porcelain. Red Gold looks wonderful in this test on stoneware, but not so nice on porcelain. Really Red looks awful as a whole tile, but I'm thinking it would be good as an accent glaze. Gun Metal Green is just beautiful on pots. I can't recommend Cedar Shino at all. I would say the same about Oatmeal, except that where it borders Gun Metal Green some nice things happen: small blue "flames". And Oasis Blue is really pretty. It's quite even and seems very stable.
I've saved Espresso bean for last. You can see it's crawled on the test tile. I'll have to test this one again, applied more thinly. This particular glaze doesn't want to stay on the pot if it's applied at all thickly. It will crack and chip off very easily.
So here it is. I've already decided I like the Black, Shino, Gun Metal Green, and Light Shino. You can see these glazes on my pots already. Oasis Blue and Red Gold are maybes. I'm going to try them more on real pots. I've been saving them up until I'm confident I have good glazes to put them on.


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Cecilia spent over 15 years supporting the Subway Restaurant chain with a focus on logistics, supply chain optimization, analytics, and automation. Cecilia hold a Masters Degree in Management Information Science from the University of Florida, a Six Sigma Black Belt, and a certificate for data science and big data analytics from MIT. Cecilia utilizes the latest technology so that Doctors Benefits can operate 100% virtually saving our clients the time of in person meetings. The systems that Cecilia has built and continues to maintain has grown Doctors Benefits into a leader in the industry.
Jared Henig is a licensed insurance professional with Doctors Benefits based out of Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Jared has many years of experience with helping clients through life's transitions, planning for the future, and navigating unexpected events. His clients include physicians, attorneys, business owners and retirees. His objective is to develop strategies to protect and maximize his client's wealth. Based on the client's needs and long-term planning, Jared is able to offer a wide range of products from an assortment of options in the marketplace.
When Jared is not developing a plan for his clients, he enjoys life at home with his wife and two sons. As a family, they enjoy traveling, sports and most outdoor activities.
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Originally from South Florida, Ryan's passion for financial planning began at a young age. After completing his Bachelor of Economics degree at the University of Florida, Ryan decided to further his professional education on top of gaining industry experience. Through enrolling at the College for Financial Planning, he holds the CRPC® designation (Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor), which helped him discover his passion for helping people plan for both the accumulation and distribution phases of retirement. He thoroughly enjoys working with people that have as creative of a mindset as he does!
In his downtime, Ryan is an avid traveler, enjoys fine dining, and occasionally plays golf (don't forget Topgolf)!
Jack joined Doctors Benefits in 2019. He grew up in sunny Florida and received his Bachelor's in Philosophy from FIU. Using his unique understanding of human relations, he quickly excelled in the world of customer care and account management.
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If you want to learn more about how your support helps us serve Bexar County's seniors, please join us for one of our monthly Eat and Greet events.
At our monthly Eat and Greet events you get to see where the magic happens.
You'll get to see behind the scenes and enjoy a delicious lunch prepared in our kitchen! Plus you'll find learn more about:
• How Meals on Wheels works from referral to delivery
• What happens at Grace Place Alzheimer's Centers
• AniMeals and how we help the pets of our seniors
• And much more!
Our next Eat and Greet will be on Thursday, November 2, from Noon to 1 PM, and we'd love to see you in there! Please let Kristin Rivera if you would be interested in joining us in the future by email or calling 210-735-5115 ext. 357.
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Mike Malone
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American Red Cross
of Western Connecticut in Danbury, said the agency housed the evacuees in local motels over the weekend.
Malone said Red Cross counselors will be meeting with the displaced residents to determine what kind of assistance they will require in the future.
"That will be assessed on a case-by-case basis," he said.
No one was injured in the blaze, which fire officials said caused extensive damage to the first and third floor apartments. The second-floor sustained mostly heat and water damage, making it unlikely any of the tenants will be returning soon.


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It's one of the most instantly recognisable car of all-time, and 54-years after its first appearance on screen, the iconic Aston Martin DB5 is back.
Called the Goldfinger DB5 continuation model, Aston Martin is making and selling an authentic reproduction of James Bond's legendary gadget-filled vehicle.
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The cars will be just like the DB5 seen on screen, of course, with some sympathetic modifications to make the most of modern manufacturing techniques, improving both the build quality and reliability.
Only 25 cars will be made, and each will include functioning gadgets, such as a revolving number plate (although, we're guessing there won't be tyre slashers or front-facing machine guns).
The cars are a unique collaboration between Aston Martin and EON Productions, with Oscar-winner Chris Corbould, special effects supervisor from the James Bond films, developing the gadgets.
All the Goldfinger edition cars will be produced to one specification – complete with Silver Birch paint – just like the original.
Now comes the price – are you sitting down? Each Goldfinger DB5 continuation car will be priced at £2.75m (plus taxes), and first deliveries will commence in 2020.


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since first making this for dinner a couple months ago, it was quickly added to our regular rotation, most recently showing up last month. it has everything i love about pork tenderloin: salty bacon, sweet brown sugar & apricot preserves, zesty whole grain and dijon mustard, and perfectly juicy pork. did i mention the salty bacon?! it's killer.
add this great northern cornbread and roasted brussels sprouts to make a great weeknight meal!
bacon wrapped pork tenderloin
adapted from the kitchn
30 minutes, serves 4
1 pork tenderloin
4-6 slices thick cut bacon
3 tablespoons brown sugar
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/4 cup apricot preserves
1 tablespoon whole grain mustard
1 tablespoon dijon mustard
- preheat your oven to 350F. combine brown sugar, salt, and paprika in a small bowl and set aside.
- get your bacon out of the package and set aside. you will need about 8 toothpicks to secure the bacon in the pork - set those aside and ready to go also.
- remove the silverskin from the pork tenderloin and pat the pork dry with a paper towel. rub the sugar mixture into the pork. wrap the bacon around the pork and secure the ends and sides with toothpicks.
- coat the bottom of an ovenproof skillet large enough to hold the pork with vegetable oil. place over medium high heat. once heated, add the tenderloin and sear about 5 minutes or until the bacon is browned and crispy. flip the pork and brown the other side for another 3-5 minutes.
- while the pork is browning, mix the apricot preserves and mustard until smooth. once the pork is browned, remove the pan from the heat, and spread the apricot mixture over the top of the pork. transfer the skillet to the oven.
- bake about 10 minutes, or until the pork is 140F. remove from the oven - careful, the handle is hot! - and tent with foil and rest for about 10 minutes. remove the toothpicks and slice and serve.


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Hornchurch teenager a cut above as she is crowned trainee of the year
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A teenage hairdresser has displayed expert handywork to be crowned trainee of the year having won an annual soiree competition.
Laura Huckstepp, 18, of Hornchurch attends Uppercut Hair Academy in Romford and was recently acknowledged as the best amongst her peers for her Easter-themed hair creation.
The competition involves trainees expressing their imagination by designing and creating a hair and outfit combination based on a theme given to them.
An overjoyed Laura said: "I am still so shocked. I had been practising on my creation for months and my final look was exactly what I wanted. It took me three hours to complete on the day. The competition was extremely competitive. I celebrated with champagne and of course the unopened Easter eggs.
Laura "excelled in all aspects of design and creative thinking" according to Maxine Parry, manager of the hair group.
She added: "The models hair including back combing to create a nest of hair, which included butterflies, flowers and hidden chocolate easter eggs. She even included flashing fairy lights within the hair."
The competition is now in its 30th year, and was attended by more than 100 staff members.
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Take a virtual tour of our campus to get an inside look at what our students and faculty experience each day. Navigate through the courtyard, classrooms and halls of our campus and click on the icons to learn more about each of the spaces of our campus.
Although it's the students and faculty that make the school so special, we are so grateful for our beautiful campus from the halls, classrooms, gym and sports fields.
Horizon Prep is located adjacent to Horizon Christian Fellowship on a combined 30 acres of land in Rancho Santa Fe, CA. Our ever-growing campus contains state-of-the-art facilities and fields with plans to continue expansion over the next few years.
Of course these pictures are only previews of the beauty you'll find when you step foot on our campus. We invite you to experience Horizon Prep for yourself!


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Hey guys! learn here some basic tutorials about how to make articles in visual editor AND source mode!
Creating an article
To create an article, you FIRST need an idea. Once you have one, think of its organization: Does it needs more than one article? Does it needs pictures? Or maybe it's more a category to regroup some articles together? These questions are great to ask yourself before writing, so anybody will understand well what you want to say AND it will be way more easier to YOU to create your article. After that, you can finally start writing!
Adding a page
To create an article (page), you just have to click on the white "contribute" button (top-right corner), and then "add a page". You will be ask to named it, and then to choose a template. To start learning how some of the features works, choose the "Standard Layout". Else, the "Blank Page" is always better.
Adding content
You are now ready to add your content! You will see a great interface with a lot of things, but don't panic!
First, you have the text editor on the top of the Visual Editor. With that, you will be able to create Headings, to Highlight important informations using prefab fonts (B, I, U), making Bullets, text alignement, etc.
Then, you have the left tab. In this, you have 4 principal tools:
- The "Summary", in which you write a basic description of your edit or creation;
- The "Media" toolbar to add photos, videos, slideshows, etc.;
- The "Category" section, where you add in which category (if there's one) your article is;
- And the "Templates" option, an advenced tool to add prefab programmation.
Explore each of them to see what it does.
Showing pictures and videos
If you want to show some pictures or videos, you FIRST NEED TO UPLOAD THEM to the wiki! For that, Click on "Contribute", then "Add a Photo" or "Add a Video". You will be asked to add a title and other optional features. Then, back to the Visual Editor, click on "Photo", "Slideshow", "Slider" or else to add photos from the wiki.
Yeah! You are now ready to publish your article! BUT FIRST, click on "Preview" to make sure your article is showing properly. If something is not right, please check back your article. You also may have to include some advanced tricks in the Source Mode. Else, just click "Publish" and there we go!
Source Mode
Once you are at least intermediate, source mode could be way faster than the Visual Editor to add your content. Here are some tools:
- To divide your content in different sections (if you don't wat text next to a picture, for example), add <div> one line before your section, then </div> one line after it. It will make sure that all the content is displaying one section UNDER the other.
- To add a certain height, add style="height:400px;" between <div and >. Change the number to the number of px you want.
There are some symbols to make Headings.
- For a "Heading 2", add == before the title and == after.
- For "heading 3", add === before and === after.
- heading 4, ==== before and after;
- etc.
- Write ''' before and after the text to make it bold.
- Write '' before and after for italic.
- Write <u> before and </u> after to underline.
Links can redirect to an external website, a file or an internal Wikia page.
- For adding a file, type [[File:(complete file's name)]].
- For a website, just put the complete link. Put brakeys before and after to hide the link.
- For an internal article, just type [[(article's name)]].
- For category's pages, [[Category:(category's name)]].
- Add |linktext=(text) or |(text) to change the text of the link. For Websites, put the brakeys and simply leave a space between the link and the text.
Pictures and Medias
All the medias automatically add a source code to the page, so you will be able to modify it. I don't know all the features you can add, but here's the main ones for pictures:
- Add | between each features. Add |center, |right| or |left| to align you photo. Add |link= to add a link to your photo.
- To align mutiple pictures on a single line, go see Packs page on "View source".
- To reduce file size, just add |300px . Change the 300 to the size you want (width).
- To create a thumnail (file in text lines), add |thumb to the file.
- To add a Category on source mode, write [[Category:(category's name)]].
- To link a category, write [[:Category:(category's name)]].


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This article originally appeared on The Daily Pitchfork.
Terminology matters. The descriptions that reporters use to characterize various perspectives on an issue can carry connotations that reiterate stereotypes and reinforce misconceptions. This axiom is especially true when it comes to animal issues and the media.
A glaring example of such terminological confusion recently came in a brief article on the USDA's reaction to Michael Moss's powerful piece on its Meat Animal Research Center.
Writing in the International Business Times, Maria Gallucci, who essentially showcases the center's promise to clean up its act, drops a notable gaffe a few paragraphs into the piece. She writes, "The Times investigation sparked outrage among animal rights advocates and average Americans."
This sentence might seem innocuous. But it quietly perpetuates at least two popular misunderstandings, both of which are harmful for animals and those who aim to help them.
The first is that animal rights advocates hold a set of beliefs that are fundamentally distinct from mainstream thought. While the behaviors of animal advocates - vegetarianism, veganism, or overt protests again animal exploitation - often visibly separate them from "average Americans," the main idea they espouse - that sentient animals deserve to be treated with basic moral consideration based on their ability to suffer - happens to be perfectly consistent with the beliefs of the vast majority of Americans. Average American care deeply about animals and hate to see them suffer.
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At e4education we foster a culture with our employees at the very epicenter. Our diverse and experienced team of specialists are responsible for our incredible reputation, the beautiful designs we create and the strong relationships we form with our clients; we know that without them, we wouldn't be where we are today.
In response to our annual staff satisfaction survey our employees described the culture at e4education as:
At e4education we expect hard work and commitment from our staff and in return we ensure they feel valued, involved and appropriately rewarded. Just as we take pride in what we do for our clients, we also take pride in what we do for our staff. This is why we invested in our building to make it an engaging and creative place to work and relax. In our breakout area we have a gaming zone, pool table and reading room for our employees to wind down in over their lunch break.
The company is divided into several teams of specialists, so if you're looking for a creative, technical, sales or administrative job in Peterborough, e4education is a good place to start.
Our marketing team is responsible for not only ensuring that e4education is reaching their audience at the right place, at the right time - but also for providing our clients with support with their own marketing efforts by providing them with strategic advice.
Once our marketing team has reached potential clients to generate leads, it's up to our sales team to answer any enquiries that come their way. This team are responsible for developing the initial relationship with schools, academies and trusts across the UK; whether it's going out to meet and pitch to potential clients or to demonstrate the numerous benefits of our CMS.
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Friday, March 9, 2012
Around The House of Hoodoo...
Mamasita-Our dwelling familiar or House Spirit
Saint Martin, Mary Magdalene, Ekeko, Santa Muerte, Kali, and Maman Brigitte
A cabinet generously given to us
The Buddha inherited from my grandparents-before it was given to me, my grandpa painted it every year:)
Inside the Hoodoo Hoosier where the magic happens:)
Oya, Maman Brigitte and La Madama
The top half of my Hoodoo cabinet
Crucifix Fish, Chicken Foot, Horse Teeth from Viegues, a root from China, and too many other curios to list;)
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Thursday, March 8, 2012
Hoodoo Haters
The title may fool you. This post is not about those who "hate on" hoodoo but rather hoodoos who "hate on" others.
I've noticed a disappointing trend of hoodoos, root-workers, conjure folk, etc. (I'm aware I'm lumping a bit here) hating on other paths and people in general. I've noticed many hoodoos are comfortable making fun of women, other paths, what people look like, sexuality, etc. Why? Because we are supposed to be hard? Because we don't have a "Harm None" rule we can say and do as we please? Well, you can do as you please but this behavior is of no reward and is not condoned by ANY path. Not even our hard, "dark", "left-handed" ways. Being a hoodoo or conjure folk shouldn't mean you are immoral.
Here is where I think the issue lies. Hoodoo is a practice, not a religion. Though, often, many who practice are spiritual and believe in divine power-when it suits them. It seems that the divine has no place in some hoodoos everyday life and is only there to be used for their workings. Therefore, they get out of being held accountable by general morals because they practice a system of magic-not a religion. The problem with this is that you can do working after working after working to avoid problems and clean up your messes but the spirits will tire of cleaning up after you. And why do you need to be cleaned up after? Because you did not make decisions or actions based on simple morals;compassion, kindness, non-judgment, honesty, loyalty, humbleness, diligence...
This is how I look at it. If you practice hoodoo you believe there is power in the items you use; roots, bones, feathers, stones, fur, etc. That ashe' comes from somewhere, even if you categorize it as simply coming from the earth-you believe in something that cycles power through everything. If you believe that power is in everything, that everything has worth, then surely you understand the importance of respecting the world around you. Including the most overlooked-your fellow brothers and sisters.
We would rather play with bones and shells than show compassion to our brothers and sisters. We will water a wilted plant before we will offer a drink to someone who is thirsty. Why is this? The plant can not even speak-a man can tell you and show you that he is in need of water. If we are to practice a path of balance then we must treat everything with the same respect. Even when it is hard-especially when it is hard.
Somehow is has become cool to be the crude hoodoo who hurls insults and acts aloof.
Our words are ashe' too, as well as our actions. And acting is insincere, something that will get you no where wit the spirits. To pride ourselves on being "real" only to act as if we do not care about another is wrong and untruthful. We must check our words, attitudes, actions and be accountable for the ashe' we put forth into the world.
Not having a "Harm None" rule doesn't mean you get to be an asshole, it means you have to find the divine good in yourself to hold yourself accountable to the highest standards.
To put forth such negativity, abuse, harm, callousness, cruelty, and indifference in the world will surely lead you to a failed practice and path. Your workings will no longer work. For if you will make fun of a fellow brother or sister, perhaps you would have been one of the people who did not believe the person who created a miracle and was later canonized. Perhaps you would have been the person calling the slave spirit you consult a derogatory name. Perhaps you would be the one watching the hanging of a witch and saying nothing. Or perhaps you would be the one taking the land from the native Indian spirit you consult. If you will not show compassion for a human you know, why love a spirit you have never met? Because it's cool, entertaining, popular?
If you can not treat those around you with respect, compassion, and kindness, EVEN on facebook, don't bother attempting to work with deity or spirit. We are all connected. If you believe somehow you are more worthy than another, good luck getting the spirits to help you, for many of them died at the hands of those who also thought they were more worthy. Those who enslaved indigenous people, stole land, who objectified women, and disrespected and destroyed the beliefs of others. You are no different than they if you do not choose your words and actions carefully.
We will mourn, immortalize, and honor the spirits of those who died but we will not lift up those around us that we can see and touch...
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text: Brady had his four-game suspension over-ruled earlier this month [Mark L. Baer/Usa Today Sports] Tom Brady moved past a stormy offseason throwing four touchdowns as the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots scored a season-opening 28-21 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in front of a frenzied home crowd. Brady, whose status for the first four games of the season was in doubt until last week because of an NFL-imposed "Deflategate" ban, led his team onto the field to rousing cheers before putting on his silver helmet and delivering a stellar performance. "It was a pretty special night so I was excited. Our whole team was excited," the 38-year-old quarterback told reporters. "It is always fun getting out there and getting the opportunity to go play and we took advantage of it, it was a good win, I thought our guys played hard." It was the first time Patriots supporters were able to shower Brady with adulation since a federal judge vacated his four-game ban a week ago as part of the "Deflategate" saga that engulfed the nation's most popular sport over the last nine months. Earlier this month, Brady's "Deflategate" suspension was thrown out by a federal judge in New York, following a seven-month standoff between the NFL and its players union. US District Judge Richard Berman vacated NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's decision in July to uphold Brady's four-game suspensionover his alleged role in a scheme to deflate footballs used during a January playoff victory. SOURCE: Agencies Sport NFL US & Canada


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Recently, I ran across the aesthetic videos of the talented Ukranian artist and director, Dima Bondarenko. Like many people who don't cook well, I sometimes watch cooking shows: partly for inspiration but mostly to admire those who can. I've seen many artistic videos that present food as the mouth-watering, rich sensory experience that it should be. However, nothing I've seen so far compares to the the stunning tabletop artistic videos of Dima Bondarenko.
Bondarenko takes deliciousness to a whole new level, presenting food as as an amazing aesthetic experience. His videos are in some respects reminiscent of the classical traditions of Hedonism (which, unfortunately, we've reduced in modern connotations to wanton sex) and Epicureanism (that we've reduced to luxurious and excessive tastes or habits, particularly in food). Under Bondarenko's masterful touch, Hedonism and Epicureanism regain their richer, classical meanings. Just take a look for yourselves at this sumptuous artistic video:
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In the video above, we can almost taste the sliced and diced green apples depicted in vivid color; the blueberries engulfed in the softness of the yogurt; the strawberries falling into the waves of white milk; the peaches sinking softly into the rich cream. The drinks rise, splash, sparkle and foam in a display of color, texture and flow that tantalizes and stimulates all of our senses. Each beat of the music chosen by the director fits with the movement of the delectable food, making Dima Bondarenko's artistic video a Hedonistic dream and an Epicurean feast for the senses.
It's true that Hedonism, associated with the Greek philosopher Democritus (460 B.C. – 370 B.C.), placed emphasis upon pleasure–particularly sensual pleasure–as the highest intrinsic good. But the rich philosophical tradition of Hedonism became broader than this goal and compatible with other-regarding ethical norms. The Cyrenaics, for instance, an ultra-Hedonist school supposedly founded by Aristippus of Cyrene (460 B.C.-370 B.C), was actually a Socratic school of thought. As such, it placed emphasis not only upon pleasure, but also upon altruism and social obligations. With the Cyrenaics, Hedonism came to be seen not as the excess or indulgence we associate it with today, but as the art of enjoyment in moderation, to maximize pleasure by avoiding pain. No binges, no excess: just savoring every delicious bite of food; tasting each of your lover's kisses, to better enjoy the experience, without either feeling or causing pain.
Nowadays, we usually associate enjoying food with Epicureanism rather than Hedonism. For some reason, we tend to view Hedonism more in terms of sex and sensuality and Epicureanism more in terms of food and drink. In fact, in Greek culture, Epicurianism eventually displaced Hedonism as the philosophy of pleasure. Based upon the teachings of Epicurus (341-270 B.C.), this school of thought argued that true happiness comes from ataraxia: a life of modest, moderate pleasures that give human beings a state of tranquility, understood as the freedom from fear and the absence of pain. In my estimation, this is precisely what Bondarenko's tabletop artistic videos encourage. Through their masterful visual and musical displays, they somehow enable us to take in the color, the taste, the aroma, the flavor and the feel of each bite of food and of each swallow of drink, without excess, to better enjoy the aesthetic and sensory pleasure of the culinary experience. A message is spelled out in the single word featured in this video, amidst a burst of enticing fruit: live! Live healthy and happy.
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I was obsessed with Lynda Carter and Wonder Woman as a child. What child from the 70's wasn't? She was so strong, beautiful, and rocked that outfit like no other. With all the t.v. shows from the past being revisited and made into films, it's no surprise that Wonder Woman would come around sooner or later. Hiring Patty Jenkins to direct the film has been a bit controversial for Warner Bros. but so far the reviews have been great. Gal Gadot stars as Wonder Woman and I can't wait to see it. Here's some fun trivia about the film…let me know if you see it and what you think!
–It is the first female dominant superhero film in twelve years since Elektra (2005).
Cobie Smulders was briefly considered for the role of Wonder Woman. Smulders went on to voice the character in the The Lego Movie (2014) and also appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Agent Maria Hill.
–This film has been in development since 1996, when Ivan Reitman was hired to write and direct it. In January 2001, Silver Pictures approached Todd Alcott to write a Wonder Woman script. He was replaced in August 2003 with Laeta Kalogridis. Later in March 2005, Joss Whedon was hired to not only write but also direct the film, but in February 2007, he left due to creative differences. On November 24, 2014, Michelle MacLaren was confirmed as director, but she dropped out on March 13, 2015 due to creative differences.
—Gal Gadot was a part of re-shoots for the movie (including stunts) while being 5 months pregnant. Her baby bump was visible, so the crew created a costume which had a green screen around her belly, which was later removed during post-production.
—Patty Jenkins was originally in talks with WB to direct the film back in 2005, but due to her unexpected pregnancy, she had to step down. Jenkins claimed that Wonder Woman is the film she's been wanting to do her whole life and that she was fortunate to come back to it.
—Kate Beckinsale, Sandra Bullock, Mischa Barton, Rachel Bilson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Angelina Jolie, Jessica Biel, Eva Green, Christina Hendricks, Kristen Stewart, Olga Kurylenko and Elodie Yung were considered to play the role of Wonder Woman throughout the years.
—Patty Jenkins is the first woman to direct a superhero film with a female protagonist.
–Wonder Woman/Diana is of Greek nationality in the comics. Gal Gadot, who plays her, was born in Israel and is of Jewish European descent.
–Both Gal Gadot and Connie Nielsen were up for roles in Man of Steel (2013), with Gadot as Faora and Nielsen as Lara.
–In the comics, Steve Trevor and Diana met in the Second World War (1939-45); in the film, they meet in the First World War (1914-18). The change in World Wars was made because the filmmakers thought that era was more suitable: "World War 1 is the first time that civilization as we know it was finding its roots, but it's not something that we really know the history of. In this world, there are questions about women's rights, about a mechanized war where you don't see who you are killing. It's such a cool time."
–There were several campaigns and arrangements for the first live-action Wonder Woman Lynda Carter to have a cameo appearance in this film, but they were unable to manage it due to her schedule of singing for cabarets.
–The World War I scenes were filmed at Upper Heyford air base in Bicester, England.
–This film is the first live action appearance of a young Diana; previous live-action versions only showed her as an adult.
–This is the first feature where Wonder Woman does not wear earrings. Wonder Woman wore red circle earrings throughout Wonder Woman (1975) and in Super Friends (1973), and she had on white star earrings on Justice League (2001).
–Was banned in Lebanon because it's star Gal Gadot, is Israeli and served in the military and Lebanon is officially at war with Israel.
–In the final battle, Diana spins around which is a tribute to her spinning transformation in the 1970s television series.
–Ticket selling site Fandango reported that Wonder Woman rounded the final leg of its marketing campaign as the most anticipated blockbuster of summer 2017, according to a poll conducted by 10,000 voters, the biggest survey in company history. Separately, Fandango also found that 92% of people surveyed said that they are looking forward to see a film that features a standalone female superhero, and 87% wished Hollywood would make more female-led superhero films.
–The next to last scene when you see Diana (not in her Wonder Woman attire) she is wearing a red turtleneck and ponytail. This was an homage to Lynda Carter's Wonder Woman, who as Diana Prince would often wear a ponytail and turtleneck.
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I was not surprised by the announcement Monday that IBM was purchasing Cast Iron, a longtime integration appliance and on-demand integration provider. Actually, I was going to have some guys from Cast Iron on my podcast Friday, but they politely delayed. Now I know why.
I see the reason behind the purchase. Cast Iron has been providing an application integration appliance since earlier this decade before it began to focus on the emerging SaaS space, offering one of the first out-of-the-box integration solutions for Salesforce.com and Oracle CRM. After some leadership changes, it recently moved into the integration-on-demand space, dispensing core integration services out of the cloud.
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The acquisition of Cast Iron fills some holes that IBM has had in its integration stack, and IBM loves to buy rather than build sought-after features and functions. Indeed, IBM's software division has made 55-plus acquisitions since 2003, and I suspect that Cast Iron is going to be one of a few more that occur this summer -- perhaps including another middleware vendor.
Cast Iron is really a second-generation application integration technology vendor following the likes of Saga Software (yours truly was the CTO), WebMethods (now a part of Software AG), SeeBeyond (now a part of Sun, which is now a part of Oracle), and Mercator (now part of IBM; yours truly again has been the CTO). Cast Iron was trying to present a much simplified integration engine delivered as an appliance, thus providing a "drop and go"-type deployment. While not perfect at first, continual refinement led to better integration technology and to localization for specific problem domains such as Salesforce.com-to-enterprise integration, out of the box.


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The little world that happens in the week*
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In normal life we know how to be in relation to everyone else. We have a set of relationships that take up much of our time. And we know how we're likely to be treated by other cyclists, the barista at our regular coffee shop, train ticket inspectors.
I recently took a mini-break from almost all my regular relationships, on the Jupiter-moon-like island of Fuerteventura (the name means 'strong winds', and it's true – the island is often strafed by a breeze that cuts through the warmth of the sun, and sometimes deposits waves of Saharan sand on the east coast).
I've never been on a retreat before and, though I've often travelled alone, have never spent a week in such close contemplation of and relationship with myself.
The 'being just with me' was emphasised by the physical practises, yoga and Pilates, which concentrated on the physical body, often with eyes closed. There was a lack of emphasis on the group, which I didn't mind, but which was a reminder of how different are most experiences to the theatre work of my early training and after, which emphasised being in a space, and sensing the group within it, above everything else.
Also during the week away, I left off reading news, which constitutes my daily work, and instead read The News by Alain de Botton, which critiques it.
Which made me realise that news is a way we connect – very often spuriously, but also imaginatively – with other people. Especially with other people we don't know. Many people dream of "escapes" – retreats, holidays, moving to the countryside and starting a farm. But I don't know how many dream of a total cut-off from the feeling that we're part of everything.
And, by extension, that we matter.
Whether or not we matter was heightened, as a question, by the landscape of the island.
Between the towns, roads traverse plains of rock and sand. Out of the treelessness, volcanoes rise, all dormant (until the next surprise). There are few plants other than cacti, and many of the gardens consist of raked black rock. The aridity is softened, sometimes, by a green patina of lichen, just the colour of oxidised copper. We're told that in a couple of weeks, wildflowers will spring up everywhere.
Fuerteventura is one of the Canary Islands, a place where the actions of one group mattered a great deal – Spanish settlers arrived in 1402, and since then the islands, on the same latitude as the border between Morocco and Western Sahara, have been held loosely or tightly in the embrace of Europe. But aside from the mainly British establishments in our nearest town, Corralejo (offering full English breakfasts and 'rehab'), it doesn't feel like Europe. It feels like Io.
Something else that called into question matter – both in the sense of value and also the physical body – was surfing.
I've surfed twice before, in Sennen and in western France, and each time there are similarities. The sense, after a while, of having eyes for no reason other than to look out to sea. The terrifying power of waves, when even small and gentle ones can send you rushing to the shore, or roll you under and amongst the shingle until you don't know in which direction is the necessary air.
Though I can barely stand on a surfboard, I think I can tell where the addiction lies, or would for me: the feeling that you can be part of something as massive and as powerful as the sea; and at the same time that you make as little impression on it as a flake of ash landing on a lava flow.
So long as we're known to some people, perhaps we like to be subsumed, sometimes, by the massive incomprehensible energy of the news machine, or the ocean. We like it, if we know we can ultimately escape.
*On the plane home, my friend used this to describe the retreat's small society, which next week, and every week, will be re-made.