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Sunday Sept 27, 2015
It's a beautiful, sunny day as I throw open all of the windows in my room, open my arms wide and exclaim, 'Buongiorno Venezia!' ala Katherine Hepburn. As I gaze down the canal what do I see? What is this? Oh no………. a behemoth of a cruise ship slowly passes by in the distance, towering over the buildings, obstructing any further view and shattering the serenity of the moment. Damn! A few minutes later, another makes its way through the Giudecca Canal across my field of view . Double damn!
I have been reading about the outcry of residents on this subject. There has been much written about these giants and what they are doing to the city of Venice, aesthetically as well as the damage they cause to the environment, and the fragile, historical structures. Many would like to see them banned from using the Giudecca Canal and use a different route. In November, 2014 such a ban was instituted that restricted ships over 96,000 tons from using the canal. Unfortunately Venice's Regional Administrative Tribunal has since thrown out the limit. The Italian Transport Ministry stated it will appeal the decision to the Council of State. But I digress…..
Today we are taking a Walking & Gondola Tour of Venice. The Boys and I decided to meet for the tour at the Palace Gardens where the tour was to start. It seems that if you ask someone in Italy how far it is to a destination, the answer is '10 minutes.' Kind of like how long it takes for any take out order at a Chinese Restaurant. It is always 10 minutes no matter the time of day or size of the order. Since I had not yet been to this area I decided I would take a trial walk. It took me over a half hour! But of course, I took a few photos along the way and really had no idea what route to take. I since discovered a more direct route but it still takes longer than 10 minutes.
When I arrived in Piazza San Marco, there was water in the Piazza and the passarelle had been set up. Passarelle are wooden planks on iron supports – they remind me of tables – they are rather high, and since they are lined up end to end it is quite a step up if you don't start at one end. It had also become overcast and I hoped that this would be temporary and the sun would return. The water was only about an inch deep with several spots that you could walk through if you picked the right route. It was late morning and perhaps it had been deeper earlier in the day. I was beginning to have some difficulty with my left leg so I started making my way back to the apartment to get my cane. On the way I stopped for lunch at a local place and ordered a pizza. I have to say I was again, disappointed with pizza in Italy, although I know I didn't make the wisest choice this time. I love the crusts and the cheese, but it's the toppings that just don't do it for me. I ordered pizza Funghi Salamino – mushrooms and slices of a spicy type of Salami. As I said, poor choice on my part, I shouldn't blame the pizza right?!? Also you don't get the option of taking home any leftovers at restaurants. Pizza's are all personal size, well maybe 2 person size? They are about 12″, way more than I can eat. So a pizza is really not the thing to order by myself.
A few photos of my morning journey.
By the time I'd finished lunch and returned to the apartment, it was time to make my way back to meet the Boys. I tried calling Richard several times to find out exactly where they were. As soon as his phone connected, a recording came on. The only problem was, it was all Italian and I had no idea what it was telling me. I kept hanging up and trying again. We figured it was probably his voice mail because he never set it up. We don't know why it picked up right away. Finally, I tried Dennie's phone and I had success with that. When we returned to the US, Richard found out he was over-charged for these phone calls that I had made to his phone.
Once we met up it was decided we should do a bathroom stop before the (2-1/2 hour) tour and made our way through a few Calli to the Public W/C. Again, it was quite clean despite what Rick Steve's said about using public W/C's. Public W/C's cost €1.5 and have an attendant working in them that are constantly cleaning up,thus they are not dirty so I never minded paying the small fee. The Boys had purchased a card that gave them free access to them, I don't remember how much they paid for the card, but that is an option if you are so inclined. While waiting for the tour to start, Dennie struck up a conversation with 2 gals from Australia and we all hit it off right away. They were loads of fun and had traveled together before. Their sense of humor was the same as ours and I could imagine travelling with them would be quite a bit of fun. They were on a 9 week holiday! We were continually amazed at the amount of time people from other countries were able to take for a holiday. Sure is a whole lot different than here in the US where 3 weeks is the norm.
Once everyone was gathered that had signed up for the tour (about 20 of us) we were given colored stickers to wear and headsets with earphones and we were on our way. The first stop of the tour was actually the Gondola part of the tour and we were led to a spot where there were a few waiting Gondolas. The tour leader kind of shuffled the 5 of us and one other woman off to the first Gondola. We noticed that no one else was being sent this way. However, we were so busy laughing and having a good time to pay too much attention. It isn't all that easy to get into these things especially with minimal use of one of my legs. The seats are very low and I made the comment I might never get up from it. There is a guy who stands outside the Gondola and puts his hand out, not his arm, just his hand, kind of like a pose? This is supposed to help you get in and out. There isn't anything to hold onto on the Gondola to help steady yourself so I was for once, glad for having the cane! When we got on and off, it was about a 2 foot step into and out of the Gondola due to the water level at the time. I had visions of my taking this guy down were I to actually hold onto his outstretched hand. The Gondolier simply told us where to sit to balance the weight. Once we were all situated we were on our way. Our first Gondola ride!!!!! I don't think we ever stopped laughing and carrying on the whole ride.
It wan't a guided tour but I really should take another ride and pay closer attention. However, when we headed out from a small canal onto the Grand Canal in front of Santa Maria della Salute? Oh you can bet we paid attention. It is a sight to behold. Since the sun had come out before we started the tour, it was absolutely breathtakingly gorgeous!!! It is jaw dropping actually. The Gondolier paused so that everyone can get plenty of photos. You cannot help but gasp as you make your way onto the Grand Canal on a Gondola, there really isn't anything that can prepare you for the view – I would recommend it to anyone – it was a very different experience than when I stood outside Saint Mark's Piazza and looked across. Just being on the Grand Canal at the waters level is very cool. Seeing any of Venice from this vantage point would be truly remarkable. I did snap a few photos amidst the laughter and gaiety of our little group.
We made our way back to the starting point. When we got off the Gondola, we asked where to go but the Gondolier didn't have an answer for us. We looked around and didn't see anyone with the colored stickers that we were wearing. Hmmmm…..perhaps there really was a reason that we had been shuttled off so quickly in the beginning? Were we known as the Party Gondola since we were having so much fun and goofing around? Were they trying to get rid of us? We waited for a bit never seeing anyone from our tour group so Richard made a phone call. Turns out we were supposed to meet elsewhere once we were done with the Gondola tour. Maybe they told us that and we were just too busy laughing to hear it? Either way, we had an awesome time and we met up with the tour group to continue on to the walking portion of the tour – this was the much longer part of the tour anyway.
Our tour Guide was a young, good looking, Venetian. Aren't all Italians good looking??? Being a Venetian he lent some interesting viewpoints that perhaps another guide may not have. It is sad to think of the juxtaposition Venice is put in between the revenue generated by tourists, and what tourism is doing to their city. There certainly doesn't seem to be any easy answer as they need the revenue to survive, yet the constant barrage of people and cruise ships is hurting the fragile environment. As a tourist, I feel bad for the citizens and hope that I am at least a conscious, respectful tourist while I am there. Or anywhere I visit for that matter. I certainly would hope that Venice will be there for everyone, including it's residents, to enjoy for generations upon generations to come.
Dennie took a few more photos of us 3 gals, I got their email addresses to send pictures, and said our good-byes and went our separate ways. Dinner was next on our agenda and we headed back in the direction of the apartment. We wandered around Campo San Margherita deciding to dine outside on the 'authentic' side of Osteria Do Torri on Campo Santa Margherita. The other side was Italian/American with cheaper prices and no doubt, not as good as it catered to what Americans expect Italian to taste like. Our waiter was a whole lot of fun asking us where we were from then stating, 'No let me guess. California?' We laughed and said no 'Illinois' to which he replied, 'Ah… Illinoise' emphasizing and pronouncing it the way so many from outside Illinois do. We asked him what the other side of the restaurant was all about and he said it was much cheaper and for tourists not wanting real Italian food. Richard and I had been talking about trying a Bellini but were not sure if it was appropriate to have one before dinner, so Richard asked him. He laughed and asked why we wanted to know if it was appropriate or not. Richard said that we didn't want to be committing any kind of faux pas like ordering a Cappuccino after noon. He really got a kick out of this and said, 'Let me tell you this. A man orders a $300 bottle of wine. If he wants to order a Cappuccino after his dinner? Who am I to judge? He can order anything he wants. You are the guest. Please, let me make you a Bellini! So, I make you a Bellini?" Richard said yes and shortly I agreed to have one as well. Dinner was fantastic but I didn't have any room for dessert. The guys had Tiramisu as you can see below. I think maybe, I might have stopped for Gelato on the walk home? I mean, there is always room for Gelato right???
All in all I ended up walking 9-3/4 miles today. I am looking forward to my first full day to explore Venezia tomorrow.
Monday Sept. 28, 2015
It is another gorgeous day and if the weather report on my phone is to be believed, it will be all week. This morning, I am off to the Rialto Market in hopes of buying something and actually cooking. I got to the Ca' Rezzonico stop just as the last few people were getting on the Vaporetto. The guy let everyone on but me! Nice, real nice. This was the first time riding a Vaporetto besides when we arrived, so I didn't know how long of a wait it would be and decided instead to take a walk around the neighborhood.
Walking along the Rio de S. Barnaba I Immediately recognize the spot that Katherine Hepburn fell into the canal in the movie 'Summertime'.
The grocery boat that is always in Rio de S. Barnaba and small inside market. You notice the signs everywhere not to touch? This is in all outdoor and small indoor markets in Italy. And they mean, Don't Touch! I saw an unsuspecting tourist in Florence reach for a peach and was immediately reprimanded by the shop keeper. So please, be mindful when shopping in the markets of Italy. Point to what you want, or ask for it, but do not touch and do not help yourself.
I had spent so much time wandering around the area, stopping to buy grapes that were the sweetest I'd ever tasted, it was mid morning when I got back on the Vaporetto headed back to the Rialto Market. It was much larger than I thought it was. Looked to be about half of the produce vendors were still there. I could see where the fish had been but were of course gone now. The tide was rather high and water was spilling onto the Fondumenta Vin Costello. There were small cafe's everywhere along with a few vendors selling trinkets. I bought some fridge magnets and a slice of Focaccia with tomato and olives for lunch. Very good but I could only eat half of it and since this was 'take away', I brought the other half home for later. I could get used to this kind of street food.
Getting off the Vaporetto at Ca' Rezzonicio I realize how badly I am walking – staggering actually, bumping into the walls, my left foot slapping the ground hard on each step, and I'm sure people thought I was drunk. I am so angry that this is happening every day, the severity and how quickly it starts every day. SO angry!! I am determined however to make the most of my time in Venezia, realizing I just have to stop and rest way more often and longer than I want to. I took my grapes and left over lunch back 'home' making my way up the 3 flights of stairs – this is not helping my cause any. But it is good exercise!
I knew that there was a Gondola repair shop in the Dosoduro and set out to find it. I found a short cut to where I thought it was only to find no one working outside. It appeared to be lunch as I could see inside the building and just barely make out a group of guys seated around a table. You can't access the shop directly, you can only see it from across the canal. There is a green space outside Chiesa dei Santi Gervasio e Protasio next to the Gondola repair shop. You cannot get from there to the shop however, the only way to get to the shop is via the canal.
I see a group of people standing outside a Wine Bar, and many people inside the Bar. I looked inside and see cases of Cicchetti that the people were eating outside. I wander inside trying to see but quickly realize I am in the way in trying to get pictures – as I said it was crowded, people kept coming in, it is after all lunch time. They couldn't seem to replace plates fast enough inside the cases so everything was always freshly prepared. The fact there were so many locals inside and out I knew I had to return when I was hungry.
Curiosity got the best of me however and after leaving, I turned around and went back to try just 2 of the cicchetti. Salted Dry Cod with garlic and egg, olives, mozzarella thin slice of some kind of fish that I don't remember. The pairings they offered were so interesting and that is perhaps another reason I went right back to try something. Oh my goodness, both were so good!! They were for me 3 or 4 bites each so for €2.60 I had a perfect 2nd lunch! How could you go wrong at this price?!?
I really am quite happy spending time in the Dosoduro as I knew I would be. Originally when I was planning the trip, the apartment I'd rented was right off of Piazza San Marco and was a beautiful apartment with 2 balconies. As plans changed, so did the area I looked in. While that would have been a nice place, I know I would not have enjoyed the hustle and bustle and constant throng of tourists. The Dosoduro was certainly more my style, and what I had come to Italy to enjoy. The neighborhood of the local people, local food and less traffic. I find myself walking back from Squero di San Travaso a different way than I came, down very narrow, interesting, quiet Calli. Along the way, I notice the smell of garlic. Mmmm……it seemed every Calli I walked down at this time of day the unmistakable smell of garlic wafted through the air making my mouth water. I imagine Nonas and moms in the kitchen preparing for the evening meal. I smile to myself at the image in my mind.
I end up back on Campo San Barnaba in time to see a boat being unloaded. It hits home how everything that comes into, or goes out of Venice, must be done by boat. I mean, I knew that as that is the only means of transportation, but it is at this point that it is really driven home and I think about what that really means. I cannot imagine the effort that must go into moving to or from Venice and their daily routines. The deliveries of mail, food, and products, garbage removal all must be a logistical nightmare. Police, ambulances and fire departments also all done by water. The boats that are used are not that large as the canals are not that wide – with the exception of the Grand Canal and Giudecca Canal. That also includes Police and Ambulances.
Taking the Vaporetto to Piazza San Marco was a much more scenic route than walking, although it was a really windy day so the water was very choppy and the ride was a bit cold. But The views were spectacular.
Piazza San Marco looks much different in sunlight as opposed to the first time I went and it was overcast. Although that also meant there were a lot more people here today. Much like so many historical buildings, fountains etc, St. Mark's was also under restoration. It also falls into that category of being way too big to get a photo of the whole thing, unless of course, you do it from above. A few views of the Piazza, St. Mark's and The Doges Palace.
I chose L' Osteria San Barnaba for dinner tonite. A very small restaurant on our Calle. It is one of the restaurants that close early and do not reopen until 7:30. On our way to the apartment, Giamba had explained to us about the restaurants. He said that if we see one open all day, don't eat there. The reason restaurants close early is because in Italy it is about fresh foods. Food prepared earlier in the day, isn't fresh, they must close to begin preparing foods for dinner. The Chef greeted me and brought me my dish. He spoke Italian telling me to enjoy my dinner. It was fantastic. So simple, yet so wonderful. Simplicity, what Italian cooking is about. You can taste all the flavors. Because it was such a small Osteria, I watched him prepare all of the dishes from where I sat. During my meal, a young man arrived bringing fresh loaves of breads to the Chef. When I was done eating, the Chef came and asked me how the meal was and cleared away the plate. Great touch for sure – yes there was a waiter, but I was impressed with the attention of the Chef. He cared about what he was serving, it wasn't just a job. The following day, I would see the Chef opening the restaurant and I ventured a good guess that he was also the owner.
This was a nice way to end the day. They Boys got back shortly after I did. I managed 8 miles today. Looks like I will need to become satisfied with 8 and 9 mile totals each day, a far cry from the 13 I was used to doing when I travel to Boston.
Tuesday September 29, 2015
I didn't sleep well last nite and was still wide awake at 2:00 A.M. I slept in until 8:00 when I heard the Boys leave for their usual busy day. The temperature is 60, the sun is out and once am on my way I realize it is quite windy. I took a meandering walk to the Universitario Di Architettura Di Venezia at the other end of the Dosoduro. It was such a gorgeous day to just leisurely stroll along the quiet Calli and Canals. As I was walking and looked off to the distance I saw cars parked – I wondered exactly where I was, obviously close to Piazzale Roma? I decided to try the Gondola repair shop again in hopes of finding some kind of activity but once again, nothing. I am beginning to wonder if this is really the place that I'd seen on one of Rick Steves shows and I'd read about on the internet. I may as well get some lunch since I am right here at my now favorite place to eat. I am feeling more confident today in speaking up and asking for my selections rather than waiting to be asked. This is after all, the way it is done in Italy. Today's choices are: Tuna Tartar, Salted Dry Cod with Garlic (cuz it was so good), Egg Yolk with Flower Petals (told you the combinations were interesting) and Pistachio, the place card didn't say what else was on it . Oh my, they were all heavenly and I knew if I had my regular appetite, it would be hard to not come away with an overflowing plate of choices. Everything just looks soooooo good I wanted to be able to try it all.
With a full stomach I headed to San Polo to visit Basilica Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari and from there over to the Rialto Bridge. The bridge is very, very crowded reminding me of the Ponte Vecchio in Florence. As with all the bridges of Venice, you climb steps and this Bridge is much bigger than the others I'd been on so far so there are quite a few steps. Steps, my nemesis!!! Once I climb to the top, begin to walk down to the other side and see the crowds of shoulder to shoulder people, I am thinking this isn't for me. Just as I turn to go back the way I came I happen to look to my left and see a familiar face in the window of a very small shop. It is Marco Jovan! I had read about his shop and his hand crafted cameos on Margie and Victoria's Blogs.
I had wanted to see his shop but had forgotten about it in the moment. I couldn't believe my good fortune in turning in that direction and glancing inside to immediately jar my memory thank goodness! I turned and walked in, being greeted with a huge smile and even bigger smile once he heard why I had stopped. We chatted for a few minutes about my journey while I admired his exquisite work. I bought a beautiful cameo for my mother and to top it all off? He handed me one of the tools that he uses to carve the cameos with what he had been currently working on telling me to keep it. At that precise moment, I didn't really understand what I held in my hand and it would be after I got home and saw a video of him creating a cameo that I realized exactly what it was and was indeed honored by his generosity. You can see it in my hand in the photo. He introduced me to his brother and insisted that we take a picture together. I love his story and admire what he is doing so much. He is exactly what I had envisioned Artisans in Italy to be. His passion for his work and the craft just poured from every ounce of his being, it was electric and I was caught up in the moment and his excitement. Again, I couldn't believe my good fortune in meeting him and his brother. It was one of the highlights of my trip to be sure.
I ended up crossing over the bridge from the outside rather than through all the people on the inside, taking the Vaporetto back home. My confidence in riding the Vaporetto has also grown despite just being my 3rd trip. I was glad that I'd confirmed the correct stop this morning as I didn't realize there was the Rialto stop and the Rialto Mercato stop which of course was the stop that I actually wanted. I really need to start looking at maps when I travel before I set out to go somewhere, you would think I'd learned this after so many years of travel. However because I walk so many places I assume that I will just figure it out while I walk and can easily make adjustments that may be more difficult while driving like one way streets etc. Vaporetti tend to be very crowded with tourists and locals alike. They do not stop long at each stop keeping a very tight, on time schedule. When they do stop, hold on! as they hit the floating docks quite hard. I always make sure that once I get on, I am either right at the rail, or have something else to hang onto for the ride. Up to this point, I had only stood while riding – there are seats on the rear of the Vaporetto but I was only going a few stops and it wasn't worth trying to get through the crowd to the seated area. What I need to remember, especially on days when the water is quite choppy, is that despite the docks being very large with an enclosed structure on each one, they are docks. They are in the water and can be rocking and rolling quite a bit some more so than others depending on their size. You need to get your sea legs as they say. There were a few times that I almost landed in someone's lap who was sitting inside the stop as I staggered about.
Here is an example of the buildings and the docks. Each Vaporetto is marked with the line it serves. At each stop is a listing of the lines that stop serves with the stops that each line makes. The Vaporetti travel in one direction crossing from side to side of the canal as many stops are staggered like you see on the right for Ca' Rezzonocio and San Samuele. Just like a bus line, you need to pay attention to what line and the stops before you get on. You also need to be sure to validate your ticket/pass before getting on because if you don't, you could receive a fine.
I am amazed at the elderly people who don't have any trouble at all getting on/off and riding the Vaporetti being so used to this form of transportation. It is like the many, many bridges they cross throughout their daily travels. They don't seem to be bothered in the least even with their rolling grocery carts in tow. Yes, elderly Italians, are a hearty, strong people and so much more active and vibrant than so many of those in our country. They have no choice but to walk everywhere and do so with a steady determination that I admire. They climb several flights of stairs to reach their homes/apartments every day. Italians just seem happy as they go about their day. Is it any wonder that they have a smile on their faces and more often than not a 'Buongiorno' to offer as you pass by?
I need to do some laundry but each time I started it, the machine would start on the spin cycle and then shut off in just a few minutes. I did this 4 times trying a few different settings. On one choice it did start to fill with water, but again, started to spin right away. I was obviously using the wrong setting and tried finding the model we had on the web to get some sort of instructions but was not successful. The dials on the wash machine, 3 of them, same in Florence, are of course in Italian. I realize now that all I had to do was put the word(s) from the dial into my phone and ask it for the translation – what a dope! When the Boys returned, I asked Richard which setting he'd used the nite before because it had still been set at what the gal told us to use when we arrived. This worked however, the machine was quite small, I couldn't do much and would have to do 2 loads. Not tonite though since it took a little over 2 hours for the cycle!
As I reflect on the day, I am saddened at the thought that I only have 2 more days. Each nite when the Boys return they tell me of their day and all the places they visited and all the foods that they ate. I read Richard's detailed accounting on his Facebook page and I 'see' the things this way. Although I do wish that my appetite were normal because I am really not getting much of a taste of Italy so far! The food was a huge part of what I had been looking forward to on this trip. I realize that I am not doing many of the things that I had wanted to do while in Venice. I know that I am missing many beautiful things in the museums, churches or the island of Burano. At the same time I also realize that I am quite content. I am quite happy just walking around the Dosoduro. I am content listening to locals despite my not understanding them. I imagine what they are saying as they pass and greet each other. Italian, it is such a lyrical, sexy and emotional language that I could listen to it for hours. I may have had a list of 'things to do' but I am so happy in what I am doing. I am so relaxed. I am so at peace is the best way to describe it. I find myself smiling as I walk, I feel the breath slowly escape my lungs, sometimes tears start to come to my eyes, not because of something beautiful I saw, although yes I do that a lot! but because of this feeling of peacefulness. I go to bed with this feeling ready to experience it all over again tomorrow.


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- There's a new appendix in the Horgothic section dealing with stress in the language. I'll try buffing it up with a discussion on prosody later on.
- There's a new entry in the Database dealing with "Population and Administration". That has 2 pages currently. The first goes into demographics in Incudea, and the second one goes into the administrative structure of Incudean monarchies. Whenever I get around to explaining how the Incudean Council and its various divisions and subdivisions work, I'll add it as a third page here.
Site Revived
Managed to get my hosting situation fixed so the site is back up, hopefully for the long haul this time.
Site Hiatus
The main site will be down for a while. This blog and my DA gallery [here] are still active. See you on the other side.
Four New Pages
Under Chronicles->Present, "Take Me Home" reveals how a well-known incident on Earth has its origin in a faraway, yet, familiar, place. Under Horgothic->Reader, three new entries have been added, so that the reader can now see what Sinduin's native script looks like, how the dreaded Dolens used to write (or maybe not), and the kind of Chinese employed in the fake future concocted by Sandalion (cf. "Prenez-moi comme cela" in the Chronicles).
Two new Time pages
There are 2 new pages up in the Time section of the site. One is a calendar converter that accepts Earth time in Julian Date rather than the usual years and months (boring), the other is an article on the calendar in Glowgem, i.e. the calendar Sinduin grew up with (exciting?).
New chronicle page: Prenez-moi comme cela
I've added a new entry to the Present Chronicles: Prenez-moi comme cela.
January 2018 Update
In celebration of Commander Durgaun's 347th birthday today, here is an update.
1) I added the Zeburajan script and readings as a new page in Readings.
2) I did a new Physics entry in Database. The first page is elementary physics, and the second page is a kind of magic.
3) I added a new story to the Chronicles ("Twenty Seconds"), and added the Horgothic version to Readings.
I'm working on a lot of stuff right now (a handful of stories, plus plenty of Database stuff). Cheers.
April 2017 Update
Yet another year has passed since my last update. And today is New Year's Day in Incudea, year 8845. Some things I have been up to in the past 12 months:
- Flowers in the Abyss is up, which brings the chronicles of Incudea down to 1500 BC. Ransain Saga is next, and I have roughly half of the material ready for it.
- I put up a database entry on the Incudean Army, including Front and Rear Armies, [here].
- I created a whole new font for the Teivan script, the more or less official writing system of the Inculae. This block-style font can be seen at the bottom of the page [here].
- Lots has happened behind the scenes as well: a) the Horgothic lexicon has grown to 4,600+ entries (I'll have to update the online link to that at some point); b) I've mapped over 40% of the Exotics, and by mapping I mean naming the star systems, figuring out whether they're inhabited or not, and if they are, figuring a general description of their inhabitants, Incudean or alien. At the rate I'm going, it might take me 4-5 more years to finish this, but once I'm done the entire universe of Belklaun will be pretty much set (I'll still have to map the Storms but those will be super easy as they're mostly wastespace); c) I've really gotten a good grip on higher-level administration in Incudea: the functioning of the Council, the various Divisions and Sub-Divisions, plus of course how the major factions fit into all of it.
Now as to what will happen in the upcoming 2 months or so, I plan on adding a database entry on the universal jaisai magic and another on the Incudean administrative structure, as well as becoming more active in the external galleries linked through my Gallery page. Also, I've made webfonts for the script of the Zeburajan nation of Oxytania, so I'll add some information and samples on the Horgothic page. Stay tuned!
April 2016 Update
A year since my last update, wow. Cue in the crickets, please. Anyway, looking at the left sidebar on the site here's what's going on:
1) CHRONICLES = I'm actually done with "Flowers in the Abyss", I just need to create the HTML page and cook up some images for it. I also have quite a bit of material for the next historical section, "Ransain Saga", so hopefully I can get both of these sections uploaded in 2016. Also, the first 2 arcs of "Sinduin Saga" are up, and uhmm, I'm not sure what I'm doing with that next.
2) DATABASE = There's a new (well, newer than the last update) multi-page section on the most popular religion in Incudea, Tarteism. Next up might be a section on the physics of the Haloed Bane universe. Basic stuff like the elements and the fundamental forces. I do have enough material for the section already, but it's far from polished (and it doesn't make any sense, though that's never stopped me).
3) GALLERY = Onsite I haven't added much, but follow the links and you can find several new pics on DA and Rendo.
4) HORGOTHIC = The primer is all ready, and I have 3 readings up as planned. Hopefully I'll push myself to add stuff like long original texts in Horgothic and translations of human philosophy.
5) TIME = It's low on the priority list right now, but I'd like to add a section on how various planets in Incudea handle calendars. The Silver Year is the overarching official standard, but obviously each planet has its own rotation and orbit periods, so it should make for some interesting timekeeping conundrums.
All Hail
On a day like today, two hundred twenty-four Incudean years ago, Sinduin was born on the desolate moon of Albrajen.
In other news, the Incudean religion section of the site is finally up and running, starting with the page [here].


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Troubleshooting Defunct (Zombie) Processes on Linux
Normally a zombie process means that the process has died but remains in the process table because the parent hasn't called wait() to "reap" the process and retrieve the return code. If you kill the parent, the zombie process becomes parented by init (process 1) and init reaps it. But, the problem we were having was clearly not this. Killing the parent did nothing. And the defunct agent appeared to be holding onto resources. It was not possible to start a new agent since the defunct one continued to hold a socket open, which would never be true with the usual meaning of a defunct process. The only workaround was to reboot the system.
The key to the real answer is that the agent uses multiple threads with the POSIX threads library. Individual threads and processes under Linux are both viewed as tasks to the process management code. Threads are implemented using one task designated as "thread group leader" and a "thread group id" present in each task_struct. By default, the ps utility displays just the thread group leader, hiding the other tasks.
Working at the OpenFabrics Alliance interoperability event last week at UNH-IOL we once again experienced the defunct problem. This time I attacked it in earnest and discovered the "ps aumx" option ("m" being the critical one which displays threads individually). This showed the thread group leader in "Z" state, and then the key: another threads was stuck in the "D" uninterruptible sleep state. In this state the process is running in kernel mode yet cannot be interrupted by any signal, including SIGKILL (signal 9, which normally cannot be ignored). Thus, this thread is unkillable, until whatever condition it is waiting for in kernel mode is cleared. The only solution is to reboot the system.
When the SIGINT (or SIGKILL or whatever) was delivered to the agent, all the tasks (threads) received the signal. Yet one couldn't exit because it was in "D" and the thread group leader remains around in the deceptive "Z" state, in this case indicating that the process is still around. In fact, this was confirmed by running ps aumx on the agent after a suspected hang but before attempting to kill the agent. This time there were the usual numerous threads, one of which was listed in state "D".
So how to debug from here? It was possible to use the Magic SysRq Key to obtain a listing of the current tasks on the system. This displayed a stack trace showing the execution context of each task running in kernel mode, including the agent task stuck in uninterruptible sleep. Using this it was possible to determine what the task was doing which caused it to slip into a coma.
I wanted to make sure this got written up because I spent way to much time looking on Google and finding pages that described the usual meaning of "defunct" processes but didn't touch on this deceptive alternate meaning. So hopefully now it'll be found! Extra thanks to Professor Robert Russell who helped me troubleshoot all of this.
Source: http://isomerica.net/archives/2008/03/22/troubleshooting-defunct-zombie-processes-on-linux/


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We investigate and ask … are the more than 414,000 small businesses in Queensland getting more internal support than other states?
Here's a quick look at how far small businesses have come in the Sunshine State.
Small business is considered the backbone of the Australian economy and contribute heavily to the regional development with more than 2.17 million actively trading businesses, according to the ABS. Queensland currently has almost 20 per cent of all the small businesses in Australia and 97 per cent of all businesses in Queensland are classified as small businesses.
Research collated by Kate Carnell, the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman (ASBFEO) and her office, demonstrates that across the board, small business are receiving the least amount of help in the economy.
Only 15 per cent of small businesses reporting having received any form of government assistance. In comparison, 30 per cent of medium businesses have received help and 57 per cent of large businesses have been supported.
According to Kate Carnell, Queensland is leading the pack when it comes to supporting small business. She says the appointment of Marie Adshead as the state's first Small Business Champion, that Queensland has taken a positive step in the right direction. The state's commitment to the Advancing Small Business Queensland Strategy 2016-20 is another long-term focus.
Marie Adshead is Queensland's first official Small Business Champion
"They are empowering small business to grow and that's to be applauded. There are lots of great events for 2017 Queensland Small Business week and good information for small business," she adds.
Queensland's Minister for Small Business Hon Leeanne Enoch concurs and says there is an innovation boom occurring right now. "There are great ideas growing constantly from the knowledge-based economy that's evolved in our own backyard," she says.
"Although the past decade has been challenging at times for small business, with the global financial crisis and a number of large-scale natural disasters, these years have shown the resilience of small businesses throughout our state," she adds.
Currently, small business in Queensland employs around 43 per cent of all private sector workers. Enoch says Queensland intends on becoming even more of a booming hub for small business and expects people will continue to relocate from around Australia to create even more fantastic small businesses.
"The Palaszczuk Government is working to support small business in this knowledge-based economy through our own unique $405 million Advance Queensland whole-of-government initiative," says Enoch.
Click play to get involved with the 2017 Queensland Small Business Week
The initiative aim is to further enhance innovation and jobs including the development of new jobs in sectors such as agriculture, tourism, manufacturing, education and health. "Our aim is to create a welcoming and fully supported business ecosystem that positions Queensland as the place in Australia for small businesses to start, grow and employ," adds Enoch.
For instance, the Queensland Government offers a variety of programs and resources to assist small businesses to flourish. Queensland is becoming known and respected for its forward thinking position on supporting small business. "Through the Palaszczuk Government's Advancing Small Business Queensland strategy 2016-20, investments are being made to allow every one of the 414,000 small businesses to become more digitally savvy – so they can harness all the opportunities of today," says Enoch. She firmly believes that the government's interaction with small business is growing with technology playing a major role for small business.
"Queensland are really great at supporting small business. They have a whole range of good approaches to help small businesses," adds Carnell. "There are grants for innovation and better ways of giving small business access to government work in place."
Queensland has seen the development of 8,000 new businesses emerging in the 2015-16 financial year, says Minister Enoch. "It's fantastic to see the Queensland Government really putting a lot more effect and enthusiasm behind small business," adds Carnell. "According to the Sensis Business Index, Queensland businesses are now the most positive in the nation about the long-term prospects for the economy," adds Enoch.
Here are a list of special small business events happening around Australia:
NSW: Back to Business Week (26th February – 4th March 2017)
QLD: Queensland Small Business Week (15 May to 20th May 2017)
Victoria: Small Business Festival Victoria (August & September 2017)
Northern Territory: October Business Month 2017
Western Australia: Small Business Day (28th October 2017)
Tasmania: Currently unavailable (Grants and funding are available)
South Australia: Currently unavailable (Grants and funding are available)
Do you think Queensland really is ahead of the pack when it comes to supporting small business? Let us know by commenting below.
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The GS Band Parents Association meets in the High School band room at 7:30 PM on the second Monday of every month throughout the calendar year. Join us at the meetings for information and discussion. Click here for the association's by-laws.
Not a member yet? Click here for a membership form!
2020-21 Officers and Committee Chairs
|President - Tom McGuire
|Vice-President - Natalie Nichols
|Treasurer - Amy Ghrist
|Secretary - Emily Miller
|Chaperones – Andrea Shissler
|Concession Stand - Brenda Smith
|Family Picnic – Amy Ghrist
|Hospitality - Andrea Shissler
|Kennywood Day – Lee Garsteck
|Membership - Peggy Trout
|Points – Lisa Fox
|Senior Night - Amy Ghrist
|Spring Banquet – OPEN
|Spring Trip - Sara Kaufman, Cheri Kolaczynski
|Sub Sales - Greg Felbaum
|Ways and Means – Sherry Grimme
|Uniforms – Lisa Fox
Band Parent News
- Add funds to a student's account using our online system here.
- Click here to enter the Charms system (student accounts, forms, attendance, etc.)
- Download the membership application here.
- All chaperones must submit current clearances. Please read this letter from the school district for information on how to obtain your clearances. If you have official clearances that are less than 5 years old, please give us a copy.
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Register online at https://www.pa.cogentid.com/index_pdeNew.htm
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- All fundraiser information can be found in the band room! Information will be posted online as it is received.
- Current fundraisers:
- Sub sales – General information ****CLICK HERE FOR NEW ONLINE ORDERING!****
(Email Greg for more info)
Sub sale dates:
June 8, 2019 July 13, 2019 August 10, 2019
September 14, 2019 October 5, 2019 November 9, 2019
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March 14, 2020 April 11, 2020 May 9, 2020
- Other current fundraisers
- Aluminum cans may be recycled through Stanko Products Inc. on Donahue Road in Greensburg. Take your cans around to the far side of the building and go in the second metal door. Your cans will be weighed. Be sure to give the band student's name and to say that this is for the GS Band. A check will be sent to the band parents and credited to your child's points account. The rate for aluminum varies ($0.35/pound as of July 2019). Cans are accepted Monday through Friday between 8am and 4pm (they are at lunch from 12 to 12:30).
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March 16, 2012
Not like Hannah but blessed still...
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I believe God moves mountains for children to join families through the miracle of adoption. I also think we use the term blessed in too-specific ways. God chooses when/how/where he will bless us not based on anything we did or didn't do to "deserve" it. We deserve death, in all honesty. We don't deserve any of the things we have been given in this life. Thank you Lord for Jesus! A child added to a family through adoption should be celebrated and viewed as the same amount (and more!) of blessing as a pregnancy, especially for those that have walked the infertility road.
- March 16, 2012 at 6:33 PM
- Kathleen T. Jaeger said...
Gaby, Your words are honest and heart-felt. I love how you come back to the realization that God has blessed you in ways that others could envy, too. Your thinking reminds me of me and how I can get caught up in the comparison trap of how God treats me vs. others but then He brings me back around to focusing on what He has done in my life and to be thankful for that.
- March 17, 2012 at 12:26 AM
- Gaby said...
Thank you for your kind words, Kat. You are so right: it is easy to compare ourselves to others and forget how greatly we've been blessed. I do hope I'm not envied, though! I want to encourage. I was told by a friend, while holding Isabel in my arms that she would continue to pray that "it" would one day happen to me. "It" to her was become a mom the "right" way. So my point is to celebrate the home-coming of adoptive children with the same awe with which we celebrate unexpected pregnancies.
- March 17, 2012 at 7:47 AM
- Chrissie said...
I love this post. My husband and I went through 5 early miscarriages, before moving onto adoption when we were blessed by a miracle pregnancy - we are now 20 weeks. I believe our losses and adoption journey opened my eyes to the truly miraculous way God build each family in His perfect and unique way. I have no answers for why some women can carry babies in their own bodies and others do not get that opportunity, but watching parents and children brought together through the miracle of adoption makes me certain of God's hand and perfect design at work. The miracle is even more obvious because these parents and children would never have been family through biology, only through adoption and the love that binds. I see miracles in every family, but I confess that watching so many families meeting their babies after waiting and hoping and praying, only to be matched with a baby who becomes a part of their very soul is truly, truly miraculous. Many blessings to you and your beautiful family.
- March 17, 2012 at 4:55 PM
- Gaby said...
Thank you, Chrissie. And thank you for stopping by.
- March 18, 2012 at 6:33 PM
Tears, here, my love. My heart is so moved by your beautiful, heartfelt words. You are a true guiding light to those who are hurting or feeling downhearted. Your family is just beautiful and your story is powerful. What a witness to others that family comes in many varied ways. Continued peace and joy to you.
- March 19, 2012 at 2:46 PM
- Nancy Franson said...
Oh, girl! You know I get this. And yet God has graciously granted me contentment. And joy unimaginable.
- March 21, 2012 at 6:50 PM
I had missed this earlier and am just reading it today.
I love your heart, Gaby. I just really and truly love it. God also gave you the incredible gift of words. I don't know if you ever read "At the Picket Fence", but Vanessa over there has a beautiful series about delivering her children through adoption called "A Labor of the Heart".
You remind me so much of the things she says.
I think there is a great more Hannah in you than you even recognize.
- March 22, 2012 at 8:19 PM
- Kendal said...
this post made me smile, big. and i will see you at amy's house in april! so excited.
- March 24, 2012 at 9:04 AM
- Kara @ The Chuppies said...
I love this post.
Love it.
We have 3 biological kiddos and 2 adopted and I honestly sensed the miraculous blessing just as much, if not more during our adoptions. So much had to fall into place. The emotions during the waiting and losses and waiting...it was so much of what you described above.
Always hits me--
That God chose to describe his relationship with us through the terms of adoption.
That is huge.
Your little ones are so adorable and any time I read a post like this I immediately feel a connection. I look at their photo and it just shines with--BLESSING.
- March 26, 2012 at 6:16 PM
Gaby , this post is beautiful, and I LOVE the picture of your kiddos. I know that not being able to carry a child in your womb has caused you pain, but I'm so glad that you understand that you are blessed just the same as those moms who had their wombs opened by God. After a friend of mine adopted, I remember her saying that God knew what he was doing--he had chosen her son specifically for her family. Had she been able to conceive, her husband and she would have never adopted. However, God knew that this family was meant to be together.
I love that idea--that God really does knit our families together. Thank you for sharing your beautiful and encouraging words!
- April 4, 2012 at 3:45 PM


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Since releasing their first album in 2015, Ibeyi, the duo formed by French twins Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Diaz, haven't stopped conquering the world. They'd already seduced Richard Russell – producer of The XX and Adele, who has been with them from the beginning – when Beyoncé fell under their spell and invited them to take part in her film Lemonade, in 2016. The internet went wild. And when Chanel took off for Cuba to show its 2017 cruise col- lection, it was of course to the two sisters, daughters of a Cuban father (the celebrated musician Angá Diaz), that Karl Lagerfeld turned. Because their syncretic music, which mixes sounds from electro and Cuban mu- sic, as well as jazz and soul, embod- ies the quintessence of an age which knows no boundaries nor genres. But also because their heady, mov- ing sound has a soul, which can be felt in all 12 tracks of their second album Ash, an elegant, luminous, committed disc that was one of the musical high points of 2017.
Numéro: Running through your music there's a strong current of spirituality, in particular the Yoruba religion, which is very widespread in Cuba but which originates around the River Niger. Have you been to Africa?
Naomi: We had an extraordinary experience in Benin. We wanted to go to the Door of No Return, one of the places where slaves left for America – a place where hurt can be felt in the very air. On the way there, a woman came up to us: "You're twins? I come from the village of twins. You must come with me. We must hold a ceremony." Over there, when a twin dies, you have to create a figurine and feed it until the end of the other twin's life. For our arrival, the priests had got out all the figu- rines. The whole village burst into song, lit incense, and the men banged on their chests – just like back home in Cuba. From one con- tinent to another, generations later... We were in tears.
"When I learned that I was one of the daughters of Yemaya, I immediately remembered that as a little girl I used to spend all my time singing by the sea. I dreamed of being a mermaid and breathing underwater. I cherished the feeling of well- being below the water, in a bubble, rocked by the waves in a parallel world. I was a little girl and it blew my brain." Lisa-Kaindé Diaz
Is it true that, according to the Yoruba religion, one of you is the daughter of the goddess of water and the other the daughter of the goddess of lightning? And how is that decided?
Naomi: It's the gods who decide, during a ceremony. The priests throw shells onto the ground and read the gods' answers. "Is this girl the daughter of Osun?" "No." "Is she the daughter of Ogun?" "No." "The daughter of Shango?" "Yes." I was the daughter of Shango, goddess of lightning. And Lisa, was the daugh- ter of Yemaya, goddess of the sea. And where our characters are con- cerned, the gods were spot on.
Lisa-Kaindé: When I learnt that I was one of the daughters of Yemaya, I immediately remembered that as a little girl I used to spend all my time singing by the sea. I dreamed of being a mermaid and breathing underwater. I cherished the feeling of wellbeing below the water, in a bubble, rocked by the waves, in a parallel world. I was ob- sessed by the idea of humans living underwater, of an Atlantis. I was a little girl and it blew my brain.
Naomi: Hayao Miyazaki's films had a similar effect on us – Castle in the Sky and Princess Mononoke, which our father took us to see when we were seven.
Lisa-Kaindé: Those films set our imaginations soaring. I made a list of the films that changed my life, which one day I'll give to my children, and those two are on it. They make you cry and make you ten years older in an instant! They're animated films that don't take children for idiots. After watching Princess Mononoke, I said to myself, "I want to be that wild girl. I want to have her courage."


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Build a version Description This repository is a collection of various Deep Learning algorithms implemented using the TensorFlow library. This package is intended as a command line utility you can use to quickly train and evaluate popular Deep Learning models and maybe use them as benchmark/baseline in comparison to your custom models/datasets.
Link to Full Article: Deep-Learning-TensorFlow


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Youth Minister
Mariah Nickerson is the Youth Minister for N Seattle Catholic Youth.
Mariah is from Reno, Nevada. Mariah converted to the Catholic faith when she was sixteen years old. Mariah is currently a senior at Seattle University, and is majoring in Theology and Religious Studies with a Christian Theology minor.
Mariah loves hiking with family and friends, reading, writing, drinking coffee and tea, God, and studying Theology. Mariah's favorite Bible verse is Philippians 4:4-7! Mariah strives to help the youth of the Church, and a passion for this comes from her conversion as a teenager. As Pope Francis said in his homily at World Youth Day 2019 in Panama: "You, dear young people, are not the future but the now of God." Mariah hopes to help youth find their role as being the now of the Church and become saints!


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Relationship 016
Transformation Map
These are templates that can be used to plot progress during a transformation initiative. These are not data-driven charts – the description boxes are plotted by hand and can be updated as the activities evolve over time.
There are four downloads, each with two variations: one with just lines that separate the sections of the map and one with fields that can be shaded and used to highlight sections of the map. The two variations can be used together, as in the series example. We started with the line version, shaded the background a light gray, copied the rounded-edge section onto the line version and shaded it light green. We then used the line for that segment to further distinguish the section by increasing the point size to 2-1/4 points and adding a darker green color. The effect is very nice.
Add your own descriptive boxes and place them within the map. You might want to add a drop shadow so that they appear to be suspended above the map.
If you have different numbers of sections that those provided in the downloads, you can mix and match between the variations or make adjustments (described in the tutorial for this series).
Keywords: transformation map, process transformation, transform over time, progress map
Categories: Relationships
Links to instructions for getting the framework into your presentation
- Determine the best file type for your needs
- Download the file
- Import the framework into your presentation
Frameworks available in this series
Click on a name for more information.
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Author: Phillip Kayser
Narrator: Nathan Conkey
Description: Praying according to God's will (1 John 5:14) simply means praying Scriptural prayers. It involves claiming God's promises, pleading God's attributes, aligning our prayers with God's commandments and filling our adorations, confessions, thanksgivings and supplications with the text of the Bible. What a way to increase the faith of prayer warriors!
If one examines the prayers of Nehemiah, Daniel, Moses and other saints, one will discover that these prayer warriors confidently prayed because they filled their prayers with the promises of a God who cannot lie; they anchored their prayers in the character of a God who is faithful; and they aligned their desires with God's revealed desires. It is our prayer that this booklet would teach us to do the same.
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For me, I view live blogging primarily through Twitter, and actually use Twitter to answer questions about events before turning to Google. Twitter is so frequently updated and there are so many users that chances are someone else has the same opinion or question about that crazy moment at the MTV Movie Awards. Since that award show happened last night, I will continue to use that as an example for the pros and cons of live blogging and the impact it has on me and my love for all award shows. I had a lot of homework to do last night, as did my roommates, and we decided that we would be too distracted if the show was on even just in the background, so I "watched" the show through Twitter and Instagram. As it is, I follow MTV and plenty of other celebrity news outlets on both Twitter and Instagram, so I actually didn't have to put in much effort to know what was happening at each moment. Those publications, such as People Magazine and The E! News Channel, were live blogging the awards, constantly tweeting, posting pictures, and even posting and updating full articles on their websites. All I had to do to know what was going on at the show was to open the Twitter and Instagram Apps on my phone and I had the answer to who won what awards, who was being voted best dressed and why everyone was freaking out about Zac Efron. Thanks to Twitter, someone posted a video of Zac Efron's shirt being ripped off by Rita Ora almost instantly after it happened so in reality I was only a few seconds behind on seeing that major moment. In this case, and as is the case with almost all award shows, I wasn't worried about seeing spoilers about the show, because I was never actually going to sit down and watch the whole show afterward, nor do I like to not be in the know about these kinds of things. In addition, I prefer to follow live blogs of award shows. You get the best of the show — there's the winners, the reactions, the clothing and the best moments — without the commercial breaks and annoying moments you don't care to see. I also love being able to be a part of the community watching and talking about these awards shows, even if I'm nowhere near a TV.
Fave Business and Start-Up Business
Think about some businesses or brands that you admire. Look at their social media presence. Explain how the brand is effective or ineffective with its social media strategy.
I looked at the company, Nintendo. Their social media presence is decent; they have 3 major locations. They have a Facebook, a Twitter, and a Youtube channel. Their Facebook posts regularly about new games, new systems, and promotions/giveaways or sales that may be happening at certain stores. It features pictures of game systems and new screencaps or promotional art for new games. They also provide links for further information on games. Their twitter is just the streamlined version of their facebook; they mostly make announcements and they provide links to everything-videos, pictures, bigger stories, etc. Because Nintendo is aimed at children, these websites are adequate for reaching their parents. However, I think that there is enough of a following in the young adult/teen category and they should expand to include a Tumblr where they can entertain comments and questions as well as get their information out here through the reblog feature of Tumblr. It's very easy and they would essentially have free marketing and advertising; their followers would spread the word for them. Their Youtube channel is perhaps the most effective as it provides game trailers, tv commercials, reviews, walkthroughs/advice/guides, announcements and news (specifically for their game systems' software and also their online store accessible through the game systems) and demonstrations of gameplay.
In a small group, think of a start-up business. As a group decide the following things: what product(s) or service(s) will you sell? What will be your goals for social media, and which social media channels will you most utilize? Create a social media policy for employees of the company you created.
My business would be a lounge type restaurant that featured live entertainment, music most of the time with perhaps the occasional comedy/magic acts. Certain nights would have themes and would play a specific type of music. The target audience would be anyone. It would be a BYOB (before 8pm) restaurant so that families would most likely be the main customers but other groups would still want to come once the dinner rush slowed. Perhaps, it would sell any related products from the artists/entertainers.
The business would most likely use all of the major/popular social websites just to make sure it was reaching a sizeable audience: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Tumblr. Facebook would be used to show special events and provide easy information regarding themed nights or the entertainment. It would also showcase a few pictures of special nights and the entertainment provided. The business's Instagram would mostly feature entertainment and the customers/audience having a good time to entice potential customers. Occasionally, food would also be shown. Tumblr may be a bit redundant but many younger people are drifting away from Facebook and instead turning to Instagram and Tumblr so it's useful to have all three. The Tumblr would be used mostly like the Facebook page, showcasing a bit of everything but perhaps personal reviews, stories and comments from customers would be posted. The twitter account would really just be used to link to the other accounts and to perhaps the personal accounts of the entertainers featured in the restaurant. Otherwise, tweets would provide quick information such as special events, location, self-promoting messages, and any updates on the restaurant and any affiliates. A websites would be used to answer any questions or concerns except Instagram.
Social Media Policy:
1. Employees on any social media website must not name the restaurant in a status/tweet/post if it is negative, whether it be about the restaurant or it's customers.
2. Entertainment and regular employees must follow/like the restaurant's page on Facebook or twitter if they have an account.
3. Entertainment must have a twitter and must tag the restaurant's twitter when making reference.
4. Any pictures taken in or around the restaurant must acknowledge/reference the restaurant.
5. No explicit language is allowed to be in the same status/tweet/post as the restaurant's name
6. Advertisement team must have separate accounts from their personal accounts on any social media website
7. Advertisement team accounts must be professional; no personal unrelated stories, no negative stories, no cursing, no irrelevant information.
8. The restaurant's Twitter and Tumblr must be updated at least three times a day and Facebook must be updated at least once a day. The Instagram should be updated at least four times a week.
9. The Tumblr should answer questions or post submissions every Tuesday and Thursday; this does not count as an "update" as mentioned in point 8.
10. It is encouraged that employee's occasionally mention and promote the restaurant (always tagging the restaurant when appropriate) on any social media website they have.
11. If any entertainer who is currently associated with the restaurant is mentioned in a status/tweet/post by an employee, the restaurant must be mentioned as well.
12. If an entertainer's work is mentioned, it should be mentioned where it is available for sale (the restaurant)
Social Media Manager:
A creative person who is passionate and knowledgeable about music; must also have interest in food. Primarily, this job will include providing information about the bands that our restaurant will be featuring as well as general knowledge about the restaurant's other services as well as promoting specific events. It should be focused on marketing and getting the name out there while always looking for more ways to generate interest in our restaurant. Individual should be:
- responsible
- organized
- thorough
- tech-savvy
- innovative
Experience in:
- blogging
- marketing/advertising
- experience with web designing
- music/entertainment
- networking
- managing a band
- event coordinating/planning
- public relations
To be hospitable and to provide live entertainment and promote local bands. To have a receptive atmosphere for start up bands, to provide food while we are doing it. Quality food and entertainment. The blog would focus on showcasing information on bands, and the types of food we provide while personal reviews, stories and comments from customers would be posted.
What is Social Media
I've never actually taken the time to think of how I define Social Media. I sort of just think of a bunch of websites; Tumblr, Facebook, Instagram, and Myspace. I usually just think of any websites that encourage socializing between individuals or groups of people.
When I looked up the definition for "Media" it is stated that it is any means of communication to the masses.
Going off of this definition, I would say that the internet as a whole is social media instead of the few websites that I listed above. I
would define social media as anything that allows mass amounts of people to interact and socialize with each other. Social media should have the ability to reach thousands of people across the world.
Facebook and Myspace are good examples. A person can meet old friends but they can also access all kinds of other people in the world. Depending on the privacy settings, anyone can be updated to someone's life. Obviously the everyday person's updates aren't going to be in high demand but this can be seen on popular artists/entertainers' Facebook pages. Demi Lovato's page would update about her concerts, her album news, and news about X-factor and it may link to other related artists or pages. In this way, different groups are getting relevant information about a multitude of things. On a personal level, it is still possible to reach a high number of people even without the public status update. In messages, a user can send a message to anyone they tag. That means though it is private, it can still reach more than a few people. Myspace is somewhat the same, or at least it used to be. I'm not sure what it's like now but I know a lot of up and coming people still use it for their respective careers. I think it has become a website used for networking and collaborating. A lot of artists showcase their new songs on their pages/profiles though they may be unknown. They use the website with the hopes that their name will reach potential fans/customers.
Perhaps the best examples (that I know of) are Twitter and Tumblr. While Facebook and Myspace are primarily used for friends or people who already have some sort of established relationship, Twitter and Tumblr builds relationships between strangers. It's almost odd that Twitter uses the least amount of words but it is probably the number 1 "Social media" website. Strangers update about trivial things but they can also share pictures, music, links, practically anything with their followers. Information is spread so incredibly fast through Twitter. Tumblr is actually pretty fast as well but it doesn't seem as widespread with regard to users. But what it lacks in popularity, it makes up with full body texts and more in-depth information.
Basically, social media is anything that allows communication and the spreading of information between thousands, even millions of people. I think that while a blog can potentially spread information, it depends on the interface and the way the blog is used and set up. It has the potential to be social media but I wouldn't necessarily call all blogs social media. I only say this because not every blog opens up room for conversation and communication. If it's a one-way flow of information, I don't think it counts. It definitely fits the definition of "media" but to be considered "Social media" I think blogs would need more mutual interaction.


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Have the Boulder County Commissioners gone completely mad to even think about a possible sales tax increase for more acquisition of open space properties?
Do you realize such a move would translate into Longmonters paying FIVE different open space sales taxes (four to Boulder County) on every retail purchase in town?
My letter to the commissioners prior to their public hearing on county tax proposals to be held Monday, July 26, 2010… Continue reading


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Term Investments
- Choice of terms
- $1,000 minimum investment
The Mission Investment Fund offers three kinds of Term Investments:
- TERM INVESTMENT – Adjustable Rate investments have terms of six months to seven years. The interest rate is adjustable monthly, but not below specified U.S. Treasury securities yields. Additions of $100 or more may be made to the five- and seven-year options at any time prior to two years before the maturity date.
- TERM INVESTMENT – Fixed Rate investments have terms of six months to seven years. The interest rate is fixed at the beginning of the term and remains there for the full term. Interest is paid quarterly from the date of investment and can be sent directly to you by check or automatically reinvested. No additions to principal may be made during the term. For both the Adjustable and Fixed Rate Term Investment, minimum balances may vary, but may not be less than $1,000.
- TERM INVESTMENT GRAND – This fixed-rate term investment, similar to a jumbo CD, has a minimum investment of $250,000. Terms are one, two or three years. The interest rate is set at the beginning of the term and remains at that rate for the full term.
- MIF investments are not available in Kentucky.
- The State of Washington has adopted a regulatory interpretation which currently prevents MIF from offering and selling its investments to those residents of Washington who are not already holders of MIF's Investments.
Mission Investment Fund investments are subject to certain risks. See "Risk Factors" in the MIF Offering Circular. MIF investments are not bank accounts. As securities issued by a nonprofit institution, the investments are not insured by FDIC, SIPC or any other federal or state regulatory agency. The securities are sold only by means of the Offering Circular. This is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described here.


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The Song of Songs belongs to the whole church. It is part of our revelation from God; it is a necessary component of a healthy worldview. It can release the energy of joy and praise in a new and vital direction; correct and transform our thinking about romance and sexuality; help protect us from lethargic or unworthy thoughts about God's creation; exalt and enliven couples' feelings about their relationship; embolden our corporate attitude; confront errors and falsehoods at loose in the world; it can ennoble our understanding of God. With all its celebration of physical beauty and romance and sexual attraction, the Song relates physically and spiritually to every life, and it is a necessary ingredient for a healthy, practical, thriving Christian perspective. In it we are meant to see what is right before us, but at the same time to see beyond it, and in seeing, to know greater things than we have known. Here we are being invited to explore across deep waters. Can you feel the strength of that call? Does it stir your blood?
--from Pieces of Eden
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text: Culture 8 October 2009 Amulet Sign-up When the Mexican army invades the National Autonomous University in September 1968, Auxilio Lacouture spends 12 days hiding in the fourth-floor bathroom, the only civilian left on campus. The self-proclaimed Mother of Mexican Poetry recalls her life among writers, dreamers and failures, from her childhood in Uruguay to the teenage Mexican poets she saves from the King of the Rent Boys. Auxilio's memories transform into prophesies of Mexico's distant future, the years she is yet to live, and all the writers yet to be reborn: "Alice Sheldon shall appeal to the masses in the year 2017. Alfonse Reyes shall be killed . . . in the year 2058, but in fact it shall be Reyes who kills his killers. Marguerite Duras shall live in the nervous system of thousands of women in 2035." Roberto Bolaño redefined the form of the novel in his masterpiece 2666; with the hallucinatory narrative of Amulet, he reimagines what literature can become. Picador, 192pp, £14.99 Subscribe For more great writing from our award-winning journalists subscribe for just £1 per month! This article first appeared in the 12 October 2009 issue of the New Statesman, Barack W Bush SUBSCRIBE More


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Choosing a Christmas present for a loved one can be a difficult task. This Christmas we've taken away some of the guess-work for that special vintage lover in your life! Here are some of our favorite gift ideas that will have your vintage-lover swooning!
Record Player with Records
Buying her a record player with one of her favorite albums on vinyl is a unique and thoughtful gift that she'll love!
Polaroid Camera
Buying a modern or vintage Polaroid camera is a great idea for the person in your life who loves to document memories!
Vintage Accessories
You can find a variety of authentic vintage accessories on eBay, or buy vintage reproduction pieces on sites like ours! We've got a variety of accessories to choose from!
Vintage Bag
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Pocket Watch
A pocket watch is a stylish and practical gift for a guy or gal! You can purchase a modern pocket watch which still has a vintage feel, or look for an antique at a pawn shop or online!
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Coming from a country whose citizens are generally accused of being less aware about issues relating to environmental changes, need of water conservation, caring about leaving a better planet to our future generations I was mighty impressed when I read a little note in a bathroom in a hotel in Germany. The note asked guests to leave towels which they can reuse on the sink. Only towels which needed to be washed were to be left on the bathroom floor. According to the hotel management a lot of water can be saved if we do not wash clothes which we can reuse once or twice before they need to be washed.
Hence I was surprised to see the Ice Bucket Challenge gain such a popularity in the Western World. What good does it do dunking a bucketful of ice on ones head? Why not just donate the money? Or better yet why not volunteer in some organization which tends to patients suffering from any diseases. Anything is better than wasting buckets of water. The challenge assumed gigantic proportions as celebrities started participating. Every fan wanted his hero/ heroine to do the challenge (in a white T shirt please!). Whatever happened to water conservation now?
People may argue it is just one bucket. But the issue isn't the one bucket. It is how many such 'one buckets' have been emptied. The number of people doing it is the whole problem. Some others are also saying that it isn't drinking water. Well, when you are dying of thirst you don't need mineral water. You will even drink from a puddle. That is what some people do in Africa. Hell, this condition even exists in some parts of Asia.
So disappointed to see gallons of water being wasted in the name of charity.
Meanwhile in India…
The Rice Bucket Challenge
While this is definitely much better than the Rice Bucket Challenge, why must we post videoes? 😛 Can't we just donate anon? As an old saying in my country goes, when you donate with your right hand,even your left hand shouldn't know about the donation. But anyways as long as it feeds the needy doesn't matter. Hope this one catches on as the one which inspired it.


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Through the past years women have made significant progress towards equity in the work place, yet there are further gaps to be filled and obstacles to be overcome. The fact is that there is still insignificantly small number of females that are working on top leadership positions or are starting their entrepreneurial ventures. What are the reasons for this and how this important problem can be successfully tackled and solved once and for all?
During her impactful TED Talk on the important subject of why we have too few women leaders Sheryl Sandberg, who is the famous COO of Facebook, one of the most popular female leaders in tech and also an author of Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, examines and explains the main reasons why there are so few women on leading positions and empowers females of all ages and backgrounds to strive to reach their full potential.
By giving interesting examples from her own work experience, Sheryl Sandberg highlights two of the major reasons why women sometimes knowingly hold back themselves and the lack of strong self confidence and the fact that they are not reaching for opportunities as much as their male colleagues stand on the top of this list. Focusing on the root of the problem brings us half way to the solution of it, which is one of the main reasons why this talk is that important. It is inspiring, motivational and raises the awareness of an important issue.
"We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change." ― Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Watch the video below and feel free to share it with others – you never know how much your female colleagues, employees, friends and family members need to get the one extra push to keep following their dreams!


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When is a door not simply a door—when it is the welcoming element of your home. We found the lovely door that graced my Atlanta home's kitchen entrance at Boxwoods in Atlanta. It was the perfect solution, adding a little architectural interest to a boring kitchen entrance. As soon as I saw the featured flower was a Scottish thistle, I knew it would be perfect for my home—I do have a son named Alastair with cousins named Ian, McKenzie and Trevor.
I was so sad when I was told it the door would not fit in my new office addition. I called Randy Korando of Boxwoods to tell him I had several things that I couldn't use in the new area—and he immediately ask about 'The' door. He had a client who needed an antique door and had been looking at the door when I bought it. She was excited to get a second chance at the Thistle door and purchased it immediately.
Here is a look at the door and its ongoing story.
xo♥, Lissy
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With over 20,000 subscribers and averaging over 60,000 views per video, The Grapevine has been an online success story that centers a panelists of black millennials and their varying thoughts on polarizing topics. Topics range from relationship, to race, to gender identity, and beyond. Behind the ever-growing success of the show is none other than the creator of the show - Ashley Akunna


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29 Mar 2016
A History Of Channel 4's Comedy Gala
Comedy is one of those brilliant things that brings people together. No matter who you are, chances are you like a laugh, and a massive long show – with all types of comedians bringing their unique acts to the stage for charity – has to be one of the best no-brainer ideas Channel 4 has ever had.
Here's everything you need to know about Comedy Gala's history...
It's been going since 2010
If anything runs for longer than five years is country, it more-or-less becomes part of British establishment, so hopefully that means we've got many more years of epic comedy to come. Incidentally, it's always been hosted at The O2 – since day one – because we just can't help ourselves when it comes to an evening full of awesome comedy!
It's all for charity
Specifically, the Comedy Gala raises money for Great Ormond Street Hospital, a truly amazing place that helps house and cure children who have very serious or rare illnesses and conditions. Because it's so specific to children, everything GOSH offers, from the décor to the size of the equipment, is tailored to small people – and they also go out of their way to make sure families can comfortably spend time together (sometimes even live together), even if a child can't leave.
The staff at the great ormond street hospital deserve so much respect. They are incredible in everyway.— mollie. (@Mollie_Ward) July 27, 2012
We couldn't agree more, @Mollie_Ward!
It works!
The first Comedy Gala raised nearly £1,000,000 and funded an anesthetic ward. The donations have been rising ever since, contributing to equipment, living conditions and even a new operating theatre that will literally save thousands of lives.
When it started, it was the biggest live stand up show in UK history
There are usually around 25 performers in total – some live in the room, with some pre-recording messages or sketches. Overall, you won't find many events that pack that amount of comedy into one evening!
You'll see some familiar faces
If you've watched the Gala before, you'll know that some comedians love it so much they appear almost every year. Jimmy and Alan Carr are never far from a microphone, and when it's broadcast on TV after the event, they also end up cheekily taking over some of the adverts, too. Other names you'll be able to see this year include Michael McIntyre, Kevin Bridges, Seann Walsh, Russell Kane and a special appearance from Warwick Davies.
So, what are you waiting for?
Sure, it'll be on TV, but they'll almost certainly cut out the naughty bits (i.e. the best bits). And, of course, your ticket price could save a child's life.