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Commodity: Beef (St Lawrence, Marlborough), sugar cane (Millaroo)
Farm area: total 13,700 hectares for beef production; 275 hectares for sugar production
Rainfall: 270-1000 mm per year
We breed cattle here on the coast, and fatten or grow them out over the range on country with a bit better soil. Our soils here are generic coastal duplex: a coastal clay layer underneath with a mix of bulldust and sand on top. They look good when the wet season's on, but don't have any water-holding capacity.
We bought in here in 1999 and 2000, and had managers on-farm. We set about building cattle numbers, because we started with not very many.
By 2007/08 we were in a position to move here full time to manage and work the farm ourselves. We had to be able to justify walking away from full-time employment, with the cash flow to sustain further growth and living.
Since that time we went through the 2009 drought, which was virtually straightaway. This was a terrific learning opportunity in hindsight, as well as a bit detrimental to cattle numbers and production. Our land is about average-sized for this area, and we have one full-time employee.
We also have an irrigation farm at Millaroo in the Burdekin, part of the Burdekin Irrigation Scheme. Sugar was a strategy for us a few years ago because the cattle market was getting too dear and we wanted to expand and to grow into another industry that was really starting to take off. We were in a position to do that as part of our strategy, and I like the certainty that goes with irrigation, so we invested.
We usually produce an average of 21,000 to 24,000 tonnes of cane every year on 280 hectares. We have another man there to manage it.
99% of our physical work is on the grazing properties, and it's probably a 60/40 split on management work between grazing and sugar.
We mostly have high-content Brahmans here. That's about cost and survival – you can put less maintenance and less cost into them, because they can handle dry heat and humidity better than many other breeds.
And at this time of year [winter], when the nutrition is just not in the grass, we can feed them to get through a lot cheaper than if you had European-type cattle.
Because we're trying to keep costs down to a minimum, we forgive a little bit of performance, I suppose.
Rainfall's variable, like it is everywhere in Central Queensland. Generally, come February, it does rain in this country. Talking to locals around here and family members, I'm not aware of too many years when it's totally and utterly missed a season.
Our long-term average here is about 28-30 inches (711-762 mm) of useable rain. You might only get a couple of 2-inch rain events over the wet season, but at least it will rain. My goal is to make sure that, with limited rainfall, the ground cover is such that the grass doesn't have to come from seed and need four rain events before it's of any use.
We've never seen a wet season where the creeks haven't run and filled water holes – it doesn't take much for them to burst their banks and flood out. Here on the coast the water's up and down within a day. But we've probably only seen high floods that have caused us grief or damage with two cyclone events in the last 10 years.
Our infrastructure is not on the flood plain – it's only barbed wire and posts that are easily replaced when it floods. We won't put wells, windmills or pumps in there.
I can remember Cyclone Charlie and Cyclone Ava in the early 1990s, when Charleville flooded and there were places that recorded 24 inches in 24 hours. Those rain events have been around 'since Adam was a boy'.
A couple of years ago with Cyclone Oswald, we had about 18 inches in 12 hours or so, 3 of which was useful, and the rest went out to the ocean. We can get a cyclone with a rain dump of 18 inches and spend 3 weeks fixing up all the fences.
We've been on the edge of cyclones – especially at the start of this year with Cyclone Marcia, on the western side of it. We were extremely lucky not to experience anything that some of our peers did only 50-60 kilometres south of here.
Where this country falls: if we get a cold winter, and heavy frosts, the nutritional value of the grass will drop and, unless we started winter with late rain and moisture in the soil, it can become a long time until the wet season.
It doesn't happen all the time, but for the last two years it's happened severely. Last year [2014] we had a number of frosts in a row. This year [2015] we've only had two, but one of them was an absolute corker. A lot of people around here said they've never seen anything so cold and bitter, and it just wiped out paddocks and paddocks full of grass, nutrition-wise. The last two years have been significant, which we've never seen. I'm sure it's happened in the past. This country can handle a light frost.
There'd be the odd day in the middle of summer that might hit low 40 °Cs, but generally on the coast we don't get baking hot. We get the privilege of a sea breeze that takes the edge off it. But there'll be lots of 36 °Cs and 38 °Cs with very, very high humidity in the middle of summer.
The 2009 drought was a terrific learning opportunity in hindsight. It was also a bit detrimental to cattle numbers and production.
What we learned from it is that it is a little bit different here on the coast from a lot of other places, in that cattle will slip, even with lots of grass in the paddock. We can grow grass in a wet season, and a huge volume of it, but as soon as it gets cool in winter, its value drops.
I didn't want to do the traditional way of flogging the land, putting a lot more numbers on it, using the grass so there was nothing left in winter time. From what I've seen around Queensland, ground cover is sacrosanct and you can't live without it – your soil chemistry doesn't function without it over time, and it's the basis of all agriculture.
So we try and manage here to keep as much ground cover as we can, especially at the end of the dry season. It lets us use all of our rain events, rather than starting from bare dirt.
Over the last 10 years, we've embarked on a strategy to figure out how to use old grass and make it valuable. Rather than burning our pastures, we use a combination of old grass, molasses, urea and supplements, from when it gets cool in winter until the wet season cracks.
We still burn every now and again, strategically, to allow new grass to come. For instance, this year [2015] following a severe frost we'll have to burn significant areas.
It depends on what the pasture is like and what the winter's been like with respect to the number of frosts and how bad that grass is. My golden rule is that I will only ever burn from November 1 to December 30. If there's too much risk – like after last year's failure of the wet – then I just won't burn. As soon as it rains, it'll come straight back.
Our average-size breeder paddocks are usually 3000-4000 acres – 6 of those paddocks with between 250 and 400 head in each – and one big paddock that goes up into the mountains without a fence at the back.
We've embarked on a fencing program over the last 5-6 years, splitting the breeder paddocks into three or four so that we can do a basic rotation and allow a wet-season spelling of at least three-quarters of those paddocks. We've so far divided four of those paddocks up – we'll do the other two as cash flow and time allow.
I'd prefer to put more cattle into each paddock, to mulch old grass into the ground, but that gets a little bit impractical in big paddocks.
There's tremendous benefit to a wet-season spell for our stylo grass growth, even over 6 weeks and when the heat and humidity's on, which will be felt for a lot of years. The function of stylo increases as a function of its size.
When we bought the place it was traditionally grazed with set stocking in paddocks. As we've subdivided paddocks and given them a wet-season spell, a lot of native grasses came back from a lot of weeds and couch. All but one paddock has responded extremely well.
For us, I think native pastures give you a lot more options when it gets dry, and you'd be able to carry cattle for a little bit longer. Natives are also a lot more productive and palatable.
We want to foster those grasses, and as a general rule the native grasses that were in here 100 or 150 years ago were productive.
The paddock that hasn't responded to wet-season spelling I think hasn't got the seed reserve of the natives in it and we're going to have to look at mechanically putting in something like Rhodes grass or Pangola Grass, introduced species with stylos in them, to try and get those paddocks to recover.
We haven't taken satellite photographs to work out the acreage that we're returning to native pasture, but anecdotally there's more of the preferred pastures every year in the paddocks.
My goal is to make sure our grass is ready in one or two rain events, with the limited rainfall here, and of use to cattle.
We try and match our calving for the seasons. A lot of grazing results will determine what happened last year, not this year, because of nutrition with females.
We're due to calve in September, which means that peak nutrition needs are in November. Eight years out of 10 we'll have our green day in December [the most preferred time to join the cattle], and put the bulls out on December 1 for next year's calves.
It's just the 2 years out of 10 where we've got to come up with a strategy to (a) keep our costs down, but (b) make sure we've got satisfactory performance so that we can pay bills in the future.
This year [2015] our calving percentage wasn't that good, principally because of last winter. Because the condition on the cattle was fairly good, we didn't recognise that the nutrition was slipping and we should have stepped in and fed. We saved in feeding, but achieved a low calving percentage. Our long-term average for calving is 73 percent.
Of course, there are certain things in cattle work that you can't be flexible about, branding and weaning, for instance. In this country you have to wean early, otherwise you'll lose body weight on your cows in wintertime.
15 years ago we decided that November 1 would be the day we joined the cattle. We did that for 10 years, but the last two years we've changed it to December 1. You can't fight nature, not every year. It gets too expensive.
A lot of people ask me, given my banking background, what the top producers do? It all boils down to:
- working with nature
- keeping your costs down
- working at the optimum point of the graph for production, not the maximum.
In my opinion, the most successful farmers in Australia focus on costs first before production. Production is important, and it must be worked up to on the cost curve, not from the maximum production point. You will only get your costs down when your production is at the optimum.
Long term, my goal is to have a resilient business that can handle an extended dry season, be able to recover and be in good economic health – that takes getting the production right and your costs down, and level of debt down too.
Short term: Well, in a season like this you agonise over what is the best feeding regime for livestock. It's a trade off. You can easily go and spend $50 a head on cows to ensure you're going to get a calf next year, as well as wean a calf. What's the trade off at $30 a head? You'd get a 75-80 percent weaning rate. I have to figure out the best 'bang for buck' so that I've still got a healthy bank balance and calves on the ground next year.
I think the industry's got a terrific future, but I still focus everything on cost. Once, a client in Cloncurry said to me, 'Every single time you grab the cheque book for a new bit of plant or equipment you can only justify it if it reduces your operating expenses; otherwise, don't buy it.'
I run the operations as a business, not as a lifestyle – otherwise I don't think it will work. The cost-price squeeze has been in agriculture for 200 years; it's going to continue, so we have to be efficient.
I also value flexibility in my budget. When I sit down and work a budget out, I'll build in different scenarios to give myself breathing space. It means I'm not tied down to one particular course of action for the next 12 months, and I've got options during the year.
There's no golden rule for a season. Every season's different, every year's different: starts different; ends different. The future and the way we manage year to year depends on the cattle market, the season, the climate, the environment… which we won't know until we get there.
The climate-dependent part of our work in the cane business is making sure all the agronomic work is completed before the wet [season] starts, so the crop is effectively primed to grow to its maximum.
We also try to manage day-to-day operations by looking at weekly or monthly weather forecasts to cut our risk and have our irrigation schedules lining up with more favourable weather events. We calibrate evaporation, irrigation and cane growth for water use efficiency, and optimum growth.
And for spraying weeds: we've only got a certain window to do this, and we don't want to have a rain event or a significant wind event during that. We can't have a week of howling southerlies when we're trying to spray weeds.
So we try to coordinate our irrigation schedule, and our harvesting and spraying cycles.
At this time of year [August/September], I don't look at any climate information because it's just not going to make you feel too good.
But on the other side of September, going into October, I'll be on the Internet every day on the BOM and Weather Zone sites trying to figure out what's going to happen the week ahead. That's because if it hasn't rained by October, every week's going to be important until it does rain.
I also look at multi week forecasts and seasonal climate outlooks, but I find the weekly forecast is a lot more accurate to work on.
We were part of the CQ Beef Group that the local department of primary industries in Rockhampton set up, and I'm involved with the Fitzroy Basin Association, the local NRM group. We did a couple of projects with fencing with the Fitzroy River Coastal Catchment and the Fitzroy Basin Association – they do a fantastic job.
We also got involved with the Grazing Best Management Practice as a producer representative about 6 or 7 years ago.
Without a doubt, you can't reinvent the wheel yourself every day – so it's important to talk to as many people as you can, get as many ideas as you can, and be as open and honest as you can with your own results so that you can improve next time.
And what we're doing is a lifetime of learning and fine-tuning. You're never going to get to that holy grail but we'll get closer and closer every year, I hope.
One reason I was attracted to the MCV Climate Champion program is to have a voice – we're likely to have different priorities from other interested groups and we want producers' voices heard. And I'm very much for research on everything we can, so long as it's got an economic basis for us. I'm looking forward to seeing more research on pastures.
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Ian's St Lawrence property is bordered, in parts, by Amity Creek
Ground cover is 'sacrosanct' for Ian – he believes the business won't survive without it
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Most years, Ian joins his stock in December
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"This is God."
Honest Conversation. As I wrote yesterday, revising it has been a strange journey for me. I came across the above passage this morning and it was one of those moments where I forgot having written something that still grips at my chest now. Passages like that remind me of the importance of this book just as much as the passages about being a gay Christian do. Why? Because there's a side of God that many people in the Church too easily overlook, the violently affectionate God who longs for all of his children, even the ones we'd rather not have be a part of the family. This is why I wrote that book, and it's why I still believe in it and want it to be successful. I want to share a taste of the God who changed my heart and my life and brought me back alive when I was dead in my life, the God who dragged me out to sea like the undertow and brought me back to shore a wholly new person. The God whose love in me has allowed me to see and experience things I would have never been able to in my own power.
So I'm going to be doing a giveaway of Honest Conversation. The giveaway will be twofold: first, I'll randomly give away copies to two people who review becoming. on Amazon or Goodreads before January 10th (the prospective release date for Honest Conversation). People who review it on both sites (copy and paste, y'all) will get entered twice. People who also paste a link of it being reviewed on their blog to my author fan page on Facebook will get entered THREE times. I'll also be giving free copies of Honest Conversation to trustworthy reviewers. So if you know someone who book-blogs and would be interested in reading Honest Conversation, please send them the link to this post.
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You need to recommend a procedure to identify the compatibility issues of the internally developed applications.
Which three actions should you recommend be performed in sequence? To answer, move the appropriate actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.
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You need to identify which executable and which parameter must be used to meet the technical requirements for the development network.
Which executable and parameter should you identify? To answer, select the appropriate executable and parameter in the answer area.
Topic 4, Proseware Inc. Case Study
General Overview
Proseware Inc., is a manufacturing company that has 3,000 employees. The company has a sales department a marketing department, a research department, a customer service department, and a human resources department.
Physical Locations
Proseware has two main offices and five branch offices. The main offices are located in New York City and Paris. The branch offices are located throughout North America.
All offices have a high-speed connection to the Internet. The offices connect to each other through the Internet by using VPN appliances.
Existing Environment Active Directory
The network contains two Active Directory forests named na.proseware.com and fr.proseware.com. Each forest contains a single domain. All domain controllers run Windows Server 2012 R2.
The main office in New York City and all the branch offices each contain a domain controller for the na.proseware.com forest. The main office in Paris contains domain controllers for the fr.proseware.com forest only.
Due to legal requirements, the na.proseware.com and fr.proseware.com forests must remain separate. Administrators from each forest are allowed to manage the resources in their respective forest only.
Users from all of the departments are located in each office. Users in the research department store their research data in local folders on their computer. The data can be up to 100 GB on each computer.
Each office is configured as an Active Directory site. All of the domain controllers are configured as DNS servers. All of the client computers are configured to connect to the DNS servers in their respective office only. All of the domain controllers are configured as DHCP servers.
New York Office
The computers in the New York City office are managed by using Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager. The New York City office has the following servers and client computers:
A Key Management Service (KMS) server host
Client computers that run Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010
Five file servers that host multiple shared folders and run Windows Server 2012 R2
A server that runs Windows Server 2012 R2 and is configured as a Configuration Manager site server
Branch Offices
Each branch office has the following servers and client computers:
Client computers that run Windows 7 and Office 2010
A file server that hosts multiple shared folders and runs Windows Server 2012 R2
Currently, the branch offices are not managed by using the Configuration Manager deployment in the New York City office.
Paris Offices
The Pans office has the following servers and client computers:
Client computers that run Windows 7 and Office 2010
Five file servers that host multiple shared folders and run Windows Server 2012 R2 Currently, the activation of the client computers in the Pans office is performed manually. Deployments
Currently, all new client computers are shipped initially to and imaged in the New York City office, and then shipped to the other offices. There are multiple images for both 32-bit and 64-bitcomputers. The images contain specific drivers for each type of computer. All of the computers are PXE-compatible.
If a client computer must be reimaged, the reimaging is performed locally at each office by using a boot disk and a USB hard drive that contains multiple images. USB hard drives storing updated images are sent to each office every six months.
A third-party desktop application named App1 is used by the sales department.
All of the users in the human resources department use an application named HR1. HR1 is installed by using a Windows Installer (MSI) package. HR1 is compatible with Windows 7 only.
Problem Statements
Proseware identifies the following issues:
Users in the branch offices report that it can take up to four weeks to receive a requested new client computer, which is too long.
If a client computer must be reimaged, it can take several hours before the computer is ready for use again due to the updates that must be applied.
Currently, the hardware used for the client computers in the Paris office is undocumented. All of the computers in the customer service department and the research department were replaced during the past year.
Business Goals
As much as possible, Proseware plans to minimize the costs associated with purchasing hardware and software.
Planned Changes
Proseware plans to deploy a new version of its standard operating environment (SOE). The new SOE will contain the following:
A volume license edition of Windows 8.1 Enterprise (64-bit)
A volume license edition of Office 2013 (32-bit)
A new line-of-business Windows Store app named App2 will be deployed. App2 will be used by all users.
New client computers will be delivered directly from the hardware vendor to each office. As a result, Proseware plans to change the imaging process.
Technical Requirements
Proseware identifies the following technical requirements:
Minimize the size of desktop images.
Centralize the activation of all the client computers.
Minimize the amount of network traffic over the VPN.
Minimize the number of desktop images that must be maintained.
Ensure that only the users in the human resources department can access HR1.
Ensure that the data of the research department users is retained while deploying the new image.
Minimize the amount of time it takes to upgrade the research department computers in the Paris office.
Ensure that a branch office administrator can deploy a new image to new client computers with minimal delay.
Ensure that the French language is configured as the default language for the client computers in the Paris office.
A network technician will visit each client computer in the Paris office to start the operating system deployments.
Gather a detailed hardware inventory of all the client computers in the Paris office without installing any additional software on the computers.
Users in the research and customer service departments in the Paris office will have the new image deployed to their current computer. The current Windows installation will not be preserved during the upgrade.
All of the other client computers in the Paris office will be replaced with new computers during the next two years. During this time, some computers may need to be reimaged by using the current Windows image.
Question No: 34 – (Topic 4)
You need to capture the SOE image.
You deploy Windows 8.1 Enterprise and all of the required applications to a new client computer in the New York City office.
What should you do next?
Run sysprep.exe /unattend:sysprep.xml.
Create a Windows Deployment Services (WDS) capture image.
Run sysprep.exe /oobe.
Create a Configuration Manager capture task sequence.
Answer: C
Question No: 35 – (Topic 4)
You need to recommend a solution for activation. What should you include in the recommendation?
a Multiple Activation Key (MAK) proxy on a domain controller in the Paris office
a cross-forest trust relationship
Active Directory-Based Activation (ADBA) in the fr.proseware.com forest
a service location (SRV) record in the fr.proseware.com domain
Answer: D
Question No: 36 – (Topic 4)
You need to identify the correct configuration pass to modify in an answer file for the client computers in the Paris office.
Which configuration pass should you identify?
Answer: D
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Question No: 37 – (Topic 4)
You need to recommend a method to deploy the images to the new client computers in the Paris office.
What should you include in the recommendation?
a Configuration Manager secondary site
a Windows Deployment Services (WDS) server
a Windows To Go installation
a cloud distribution point
Answer: B
Question No: 38 – (Topic 4)
You need to recommend a solution for the research department computers in the Paris office.
Which action should you include in the recommendation?
a User State Migration Tool (USMT) script that uses a remote migration store
a User State Migration Tool (USMT) script that performs a hard-link migration
a Configuration Manager package that performs a hard link migration
a Configuration Manager package that uses remote configuration storage
Answer: B
Question No: 39 HOTSPOT – (Topic 4)
You are planning for the deployment of the new SOE image to the Paris office computers.
You need to identify the minimum number of boot and install images required to meet the technical requirements.
What should you identify? To answer, select the appropriate number for each image type in the answer area.
Boot images: 1
Install images: 3
Question No: 40 – (Topic 4)
You are evaluating deploying the new image to na.proseware.com in the branch offices by using Configuration Manager.
You need to recommend changes to the existing environment to meet the technical requirements.
What should you recommend deploying to each branch office?
a software update point
Windows Deployment Services (WDS)
a secondary site
an enrollment point
Answer: C
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I may be sitting in one of the Europe's most beguiling places, a place that typifies the medieval philosopher Dunas Scotus's idea of haecietas, or thisness, but I am still deeply lonely.
The ache never goes away. There is always a thread of loneliness or despair when I am not in physical contact with my little family. I may be sitting in one of the Europe's most beguiling places, a place that typifies the medieval philosopher Dunas Scotus's idea of haecietas, or thisness, but I am still deeply lonely. I may be basking in the late autumn sun, which warms my bones, sipping mulberry raki and trying to draw the chocolate-box houses which cling so precariously to the hillside or count the fish which swim so lazily in the river Osum, but I still feel incomplete.
Berat, I think, as I cautiously sip raki, could be paradise. Enchanting stone houses and ancient churches cling to the hillside, the river, spanned so elegantly by a magnificently medieval bridge, gurgles seductively whilst children, flushed with youth, flick fishing rods into the chocolaty river and immediately pull out fish large enough to feed a small family.
But not my family, because they are so far away.
The sunlight seems alive and pulsating. It blows away the cobwebs (and quite possibly the trench-foot that I had been developing in Budapest) and bathes the afternoon in a wonderfully luxurious light. I want my heart to soar and my spirit to fly with the here-and-now, but it hangs limply in my chest. At the next table there is a young family. The father clearly adores both his beautiful wife and his impish son. They are a picture of happiness. I watch them enjoy their pizza and this magical day from the corner of my eye and let a tear slide into my raki. Zamir, raises an eyebrow knowingly at me, and continues smoking like his life depends on it.
Zamir and I have been criss-crossing his beautiful country for these last few days and he seems pleased enough to take a break. Most of the roads in Albania are horrifying. Zamir accepts this fact rather stoically and is, without a doubt, the best driver I have ever encountered. At this stage I am merely in awe of his prowess behind the wheel, later when we cross Mount Dajti I will discover that he has taken driving to the highest degree of perfection and knows every rut, pothole, crevice and crater in this beautiful land better than I know the curves of my son's face. This is an incredible achievement in a place where most of the roads are little better than farm tracks.
Later, I lie in my spartan room listening to the muezzin's call to prayer. I always find this soothing but today I feel irritable, over-stimulated, exhausted from lack of sleep and pine away for my family. Outside my window the mountains glow in the late afternoon light. The scene is almost Persian in its beauty and as the sun sets it seems that the mountains are draped in badly crumpled sheets – like the sheets after a breathless night of passion. It's achingly pretty and the part of me that still succumbs to wanderlust wants to stay here for ever. I have, after so many years of travelling, found my own Xanadu.
Albania is everything and nothing. It's a black-hole on the traveller's map. It's a mish-mash of Greece, Brazil, Japan and a thousand other places that I have been bored and lonely in. But Albania most definitely has haecietas. It has it in bucket-loads. The landscape ranges from untouched-beaches, fairy-tales towns, like the one where I am writing this, jagged mountain peaks, deep, clear lakes which are as blue as a newborn baby's eyes and a deep and complex culture which embraces both hospitality to strangers and terrible blood-feuds. It's a predominantly Muslim country but has towns with twenty-four crumbling, yet hauntingly beautiful, orthodox churches and where the local villagers are just as likely to invite you in to their house to sample their local moonshine as they are to stand and talk religion or politics on the street with you. It's a country that once had a king called Zog and sits at one of the most important political cross-roads of Europe. It so enchanting that it makes me want to either burst into song, or cry tears of joy. A good advertising slogan for Albania could read:
Albania: Something for everyone – and then some…
It is a difficult country to understand. Considering its brutal Communist past and the madness surrounding the collapse of the pyramid investment schemes and subsequent implosion of the country in 1997, it's hard to understand how the people remain so polite and friendly. Unemployment is endemic, wages are miniscule, prospects aren't good and yet the people seem to be infected with a joie de vivre which is contagious. Perhaps it is the near-perfect Mediterranean climate, the fertile fields which produce cabbages so big that I can barely lift them or leeks the size of telegraph-poles, the abundance of homemade raki or the belief that the worst is past now and things are on the up, which makes the people so welcoming. Travelling in Albania, at this time, is a wonderful, soul-enriching experience. It is everything I have ever hoped to find through travelling.
But, I am still lonely and my thoughts constantly return to family. I wish they were here. Then, when we are old and infirm, we could sit drinks in hand, and enjoy the memory of this moment together.
Later, Zamir and I wander around the town. Everyone is out taking the air. The town has a carnival-like atmosphere. Fairy lights twinkle in the pure night air and every other shop is either a café or a bar. Charcoal briars are set up outside most bars and the pop of roasting corn feels the air. I wonder into the town's single tourist store, it's covered in a layer of dust which is both charming and sad. I buy an Albanian football shirt for my son. I know he will love it and each time he wears it I will remember this special country and how lonely I felt this night.
Early the next morning I watch the sun rise from the lofty vantage point of the castle which presides so magisterially over Berat. Below us the first fires of the day are being lit and warm, life-giving light begins to flood the valley. Coils of blue smoke begin to rise from chimney pipes and the call to pray hangs seductively in the air. I have never seen such a beautiful or heart-warming scene.
For a second, just for a second, all my fears and loneliness are gone. So, I pick up my bag, gave a brief pray of thanks, and go to find Zamir and more adventures.


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Providence, RI. – November 16, 2015 – "Welcome to Moe's!®" will soon be heard on the streets of Providence, RI, when Moe's Southwest Grill® opens at 229 Waterman Street at 11 a.m. on Thursday, November 19. To celebrate the grand opening, the Providence Moe's is offering a free burrito to the first 150 customers in line and a free side of queso to guests all day long. Free t-shirts will be available while supplies last. There will also be an official ribbon cutting with Providence town officials at 9:30 a.m.
"Moe's is a rapidly growing brand with a loyal following across the country and we believe Providence will also enjoy Moe's fresh, flavorful food and family-friendly atmosphere," said franchisee Matthew Rusconi. "We're eager to open our doors and look forward to building long-lasting relationships with our guests and the community."
There are three things Moe's newbies should know: the crew will say, "Welcome to Moe's!" when you walk in the door (don't be jolted – it's normal), the most popular burrito is lovingly called the Homewrecker, and Moe's Famous Queso is famous for a reason.
Each meal is created-to-order in a way that is as unique as the people Moe's serves. With honestly good ingredients like all-natural chicken, grass-fed steak, organic tofu and handcrafted guacamole, Moe's offers a wide variety of options to meet guests' unique tastes and lifestyle. And no matter the meal, guests can always count on getting free chips and salsa.
And whether you're hosting a party, business function or wedding, or you're tailgating before a big game, Moe's catering has you covered. Moe's offers one-of-a-kind caterings filled with flavorful options that please even the pickiest of eaters (vegetarian, gluten-sensitive, lower calorie). Check out www.moes.com/catering for more information.
Moe's in Providence will be open every day from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. For more information, guests can visit www.moes.com.
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The bright red ribbon dissolves and bleeds into the clear gloss when you squeeze it and creates a bright cherry tint. It's unflaterring but luckily too sheer to cause real damage.
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The bright red ribbon dissolves and bleeds into the clear gloss when you squeeze it and creates a bright cherry tint. It's unflaterring but luckily too sheer to cause real damage.
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Circa cosmetics is owned by Eva Mendes right? Never been interested in celebrity owned makeup lines. It's all third party contract manufacturing. I would rather spend my money on Maybelline, loreal, Revlon etc. Maybelline used to make those squeezey tube glosses. Same with Lancome. Hardly any drugstore brand makes lipglosses anymore. It's all about matte liquid lipsticks these days. I feel like makeup back in 2011 was more exciting than now. I've lost that excitement when buying makeup. Back then I felt like a kid in a candy store. Now it's a chore, an expensive chore. I know what I like but I've lost that thrill of excitement. Sad face.ReplyDeleteReplies
They definitely were, looking back at the past limited edition displays from Revlon and Maybelline (the summer collection from revlon2010 2011 and those limited edition color tattoo), if they were released now I would definitely be interested...Delete
I think beside the brain drain (Gucci Westman works with SKII now). I think LOreal(mother company) is doing that so people would buy their highend brands instead (frankly they are the same quality, just difference in packaging)...They pulled Shu Uemura from US and UK (now) so that it won't compete with their other luxury brands (they worded it differently but we get it)...
Well, joke on them I am neither buying maybelline or YSL. I now look at others cheap brands like NYX and colourpop instead. There are always newcomers to fill the needs.
I still like Maybelline, loreal, Revlon etc but feel like they are trying way too hard these days, especially considering social media influence. NYX, we don't get the full range here in Australia so I'm not really that impressed. A lot of it is made in china taiwan etc but they are still charging Maybelline+ prices for it! My face is a lot drier these days due to ageing, and I find a lot of drugstore makeup don't make anything for us ageing aunties so I'm mostly high end stuff these days.Delete
NYX is around the same price as maybelline here (despite being made in China or Taiwan) but the are one of the few choices for interesting colors...Kind of make up for it.Delete


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Books, they are everywhere! It takes half a day to find all our library books so we can make sure to return them all! But, I have kids who love to read, and that is all that matters!
So far this month, we all have a bunch of different books that we are reading! Even Baby Girl is finding that books are a great way to chill out when things are busy. We need time to relax, and this is the best way to do it!
Mommy is reading some books this month! We are starting a time that when it is busy and stressful, we call a book timeout and grab our books. Mom turns on a simple classical playlist that is set up for 20 minutes. When the music stops, we are all calmer. Mommy included.
I have two books started, and a third ready when needed. The first is a free reading book that has no intentions other than to escape for those 20 minutes. I started a new book this month, Breakwater Bay by Shelly Noble. This is a book about choices, and what happens when you make a choice. I am trapped inside of this book and might be calling a few extra reading time outs, but I want to know what happens!
I am also reading Better Together by Jill Savage. This book is about being a mom. I am loving this book and the fact that it reminds me that I am not alone in this mom battle. I want to tell you so much more, but I have a review coming up soon 🙂
I also have a book on standby, one of those fun free books when you are an Amazon Prime member. One of those before you can buy it books. I am interested to see if it is any good. Deliver Her by Patricia Perry Donovan. This sounds like a book of love, hurt and mystery. I love getting these chances at a free book, and this gives me a chance to check out books I probably wouldn't look at otherwise!
So, those are the books that I hope to read this month. It is not a lot compared to what I used to read, but it is a lot now that I have a few extra things on my plate. Hopefully using this reading time out option will help me read a little more.
Next week I will share with you on what the kids are reading. We have a little bit of everything between those three. It is fun to see what different books they like to read. It makes me love that they are so different and that I can be a part of this fun learning!
What books are you reading right now mom? What do you want to read? I would love to know so I can check them out for next month!
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The multi-day international expedition "Silk Road – the Path of Dialogue" started in Almaty. The expedition was organized by NK Kazakh Tourism JSC by order of the Committee for the Tourism Industry of the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Today, a press conference dedicated to the start of the expedition was held at the site of the Visit Almaty Tourist Information Center. The speakers were D. Tegenbayev, manager of the marketing, digitalization and communication department of Kazakh Tourism, A. Akhmedzhanov, expedition leader, B. Izmagambetov, guide to this project, and A. Zhumatayeva, a member of the press service of the Public Association "QazaqGeography."
According to the organizers, the main goal of this project is to develop the potential of domestic and inbound tourism through an inventory of tourist facilities along the expedition, to develop proposals for improving infrastructure, as well as the development of new cross-border routes. Foreign guests will be interested to see the beauty and study the culture of the indigenous peoples of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. The expedition will help interested guests to create a large-scale project for the conservation of endangered animals of the Red Book.
The expedition will make a serious contribution to the achievement of the tasks outlined in Nursultan Nazarbayev's article "The Seven Faces of the Great Steppe" and to the implementation of the Rouhani Zhangyru program, within the framework of which the task was set to use the tourism potential of cultural and geographical objects of Kazakhstan.
After the press conference, a team of professionals went on a thirteen-day expedition tour in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. The expedition includes journalists, photographers, film crews of television channels, travel bloggers and tour operators. Based on the results of the expedition, it is planned to identify the most optimal and interesting places and routes for the development of tours, which will be supported by accurate coordinates, high-quality photographs and video materials, as well as a detailed description. In the future, this information will be provided to domestic travel agencies and tour operators of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.
The expedition team will go along the following route: Almaty – Big Almaty Lake - Issyk Gorge - Charyn Canyon - Kolsai - Karakol - Kaji-Sai - Tokmok - Suusamyr - Talas - Taraz - Akmeshit Cave - Sauran - Turkestan - Arystan-bab - Otyrar - Shymkent - Tashkent - Samarkand - Kazygurt - Merke - Tanbaly - Almaty.
Participants will start their unique journey with the sights of Almaty region and the city of Almaty: Big Almaty Lake, Medeo, Shymbulak ice rink, Charyn Canyon. Then they are waiting for the Kolsai gorge with its amazingly beautiful lakes, rightfully called the "blue pearl of the Tien Shan." On the third day, it is planned to cross the border with Kyrgyzstan. For three days, participants will visit and explore the administrative center of the Issyk-Kul region: the city of Karakol, the Jeti-Oguz Gorge, located in the floodplain of the same name on the northern slope of the Terskey Ala-Too Ridge, Barskoon Gorge with its amazing nature, where the team will make a halt in tents on the shore of Lake Issyk-Kul.
Next, participants will find Ancient Taraz, located in the steppe center of the Great Silk Road, in which trade routes between Asia and Europe converged. Here they will find an amazing number of historical monuments: the Karakhan mausoleum, castles of rulers, genuine masterpieces of ancient architecture - the mausoleums of Babaji-Khatun and Aisha-Bibi, the Akyrtas palace complex, the ancient Taraz archaeological park, which appeared on the site of the ancient settlement and others. And, of course, the archaeological monument in the open air, which is under the protection of UNESCO – the fortress of Otyrar. Pilgrims and simply tourists from different parts of Kazakhstan and abroad come here every day. Further, the participants will immerse themselves in the history of Samarkand and in other beauties of Uzbekistan. The finale of the expedition is scheduled for Sep. 1 in Almaty.


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Malibu Beach Engagement
Travis is kind of a shy guy - a little quiet, a little reserved; that is, until you get to know him. Sarah's the life of the party right off the bat - chatty, ready for adventure, and always with a smile on her face.
But together? Together, they're one of the most amazing couples we've ever met. They met a couple of years ago, both going through similarly difficult times in their lives, and the connection was both intense and instantaneous. As Sarah put it, they "fell in love with who they could be" - which we think is one of the most powerful things about their relationship - they are each other's number one supporter, best friend and they truly believe in each other.
And through their love and continued support for each other, they've each become what the other person saw from that very first date together, and we feel so blessed to be part of this next step of their love story!
We knew we wanted to do something a little crazy for their engagement session, since their wedding later this year is at a beautiful country club in Yorba Linda. At one point when Ash and Sarah were texting each other, Ashley jokingly suggested getting dressed up and laying in the surf together at the beach … and Sarah immediately jumped on board with the idea. She found a gorgeous navy blue ball gown with all kinds of beautiful bedazzlement - it was absolutely perfect!
We spent the afternoon with them for their Malibu beach engagement session, climbing the rocks, watching for whales (we got to see two!!) and dipping our toes in the water … before we finally ended up completely soaking wet, and having the time of our lives!
California waters are not warm, by the way!
Travis + Sarah were complete troopers though, and didn't complain once about the cold water, extreme surf or anything - they were just laughing, smiling, kissing and enjoying the adventure. Totally rad! And, their super awesome wedding planner - Jennifer Ross - accompanied us for the shoot!! Love when wedding planners go the extra mile for their couples!
We are so excited for their wedding this fall, and can't wait to hang out with all of them again!


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More than 7,000 people, including comedian Al Murray, TV presenter Kevin McCloud as well as architects and writers have signed an open letter in a bid to save the Three Ships mural in Hull
Earlier this month Hull City Council announced that the post-war mosaic-mural by Alan Boyson would not be retained when the building it adorns is demolished to make way for the £130 million Albion Square redevelopment.
The council said 'dangerously high' levels of asbestos in the former BHS/Co-op building meant the huge 20m by 19m mural could not be removed prior to demolition as had been originally planned.
Boyson was an influential figure in post-war public art and a lecturer at the School of Ceramics in Wolverhampton College of Art. Three Ships contains more than a million cubes of Italian glass and when it was installed in 1963 it was believed to be the biggest mural in Britain.
An application by the Twentieth Century Society to have the mural listed was turned down by Historic England in 2016.
The open letter states: ''Boyson created just 49 works of public art, only 11 of which survive intact. Two of the surviving works are an integral part of Hull's former Co-op building. These works are unique and irreplaceable.'
The letter urges Hull City Council to halt the proposed demolition of the building and 'give Boyson's mosaic-mural the listed status it deserves'.
It argues: 'The possibilities of facçade retention, refurbishment, and asbestos removal require independent investigation and time to analyse, but the current proposal for imminent demolition does not allow for this.'
Losing the 'mega-mural' would be 'a tragedy for Hull, a City of Culture, and for the United Kingdom,' the letter reads.
The last-ditch attempt to stop the demolition has been signed by actor Tom Courtenay, the writer Kate Fox, musicians John Grant and Bob Stanley, as well as the architectural historian Barnabas Calder, Twentieth Century Society director Catherine Croft, and Matthew Riley, director of local outfit Studio Six Architects.
The council said it had intended to save the mural but that its latest tests showed this was not possible. The hope was that the mural could be separated before demolition and then retained.
But because asbestos had been discovered in the core structure of the building, including the beams and blocks attached to the mural, as well as in the cement, HSE legislation would not allow the mural to be separated from the building prior to demolition, a council spokesperson said.
Councillor Daren Hale, who holds the regeneration portfolio, said: 'I'm desperately disappointed that the findings of this asbestos survey have discovered the council cannot retain the Three Ships mural as part of the Albion Square development.
'It was always the council's intention to retain the mural as part of the development, with specialist consultants brought on to the project at an early stage to explore ways in which it could have been retained. A detailed report was due to go to cabinet, which would have presented how the mural could have been temporally removed and replaced, but this latest survey has revealed that those options are no longer possible.
'We've only just received the findings of this survey and have had to act quickly in the interests of public safety.'
Three Ships mosaic on BHS building, Hull
Source: Stephen Craven
The survey, from The Testing Lab, reads: 'Sprayed coating residues have been identified within the hollow cavities of the block and beam floor structure. At present it is not possible to remove or access these blocks to remediate the asbestos material without disturbing the structural integrity of the building."
The report continues: 'The City of Hull has planned to remove and preserve the murals from the BHS building however at present we cannot confirm that cavities around these structures are or will be asbestos free to the extent that the murals can be removed without risk of asbestos fibre release."
However, the council says it wants to create 'a version' of the Boyson design in the new city centre development. 'We will be working with artists to explore ways in which the Three Ships design can be reproduced, and remain an iconic feature of the city centre,' Hale said.
The Albion Square development is due to be completed in spring 2023.
The Twentieth Century Society has failed in a bid to have three murals listed on now-closed branches of collapsed retailer British Home Stores (BHS).
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Surely rather surprising that asbestos was found present in so much of the structure - the concrete beams, concrete blocks and the cement?
Without sight of the report it's hard to be sure of the conclusions drawn by the councillor - how does asbestos safely buried in the structure present a public safety threat that needs actioming so quicly they suddenly have no time to prepare a plan to save the mural? Reminds me of TfL's refusal to discuss the Paolozzi murals lost at Tottenham Ct Rd station until conveniently they'd already gone.
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Ever wanted a software that gives you all the updates for all your drivers with a single click that you can trust upon blindly and for which you don't have to spend a penny? Well yes that's possible and I am going to show you how you can do it in this step-by-step visual tutorial!
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"Purchase" a plot in Iglekärr's old-growth forest
Picture yourself in a forest preserved by Naturarvet, peering out at a little glade between the big, moss-covered tree-trunks. You're thinking to yourself: "This very glade, I helped make sure it will be kept safe forever!" Now it's possible!
Here you can "buy" a plot of land in Iglekärr's old-growth forest, and see how much of it is already preserved. Naturally you will not be the legal owner of the area, but we register it and make sure that the archives show you are responsible for preserving that exact plot. If you then decide to visit the forest (and happen to be good at orientation), you can find "your" old-growth forest, and enjoy it with extra fervour.
The plots are about 150 square metres, and cost 1,500 SEK. We're currently only "selling" the shaded areas at the top of the map. Click the areas or click here and follow the instructions if you want to help preserve the forest.
On the map you can see how much of Iglekärr's forest has already been preserved. We update the map regularly to show the new contributions we've received. As we receive new contributions the map will eventually be filled. Except for the darker squares, the following areas have been preserved:
Donation from one person
The Forest Shop (gift-certificates)
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Olive Garden has long been known as one of the country's most important wine sellers. Last year alone, the 850-unit Italian-themed chain offered more than 17 million wine samples to guests. But even such traditionally popular wine destinations as Olive Garden need fine-tuning from time to time, and their latest set of tweaks and twists won them this year's VIBE Vista award for Best Wine Program.
Constant upgrading and attention to detail is important for the chain, since more than 55 percent of their overall beverage alcohol sales are derived from wine. Even though wine was already the chain's most well-developed beverage alcohol category, recent efforts at refreshing the program caused wine sales to grow at 6.6 percent over the course of 2017, and several new options were added that created incremental marginal growth.
For example, the Ziosk wine tablet, available at tables, has been developed as an in-house tool that allows guests to browse wine info and consider food and wine pairing suggestions. The devices also help guests become familiar and comfortable with the traditional Italian concept that wine is food and no meal complete without it. Even though wine has become an increasingly popular beverage in this country, there are still many geographical areas in which Olive Garden operates where wine drinking, especially with weekday lunches and dinners, can use regular massaging.
Olive Garden guests have long been offered wine as an introduction to the concept. These days, legal guests can sample three wines per visit to encourage exploration. Guests also receive a seasonally-adjusted food and wine pairing menu along with a list of pairings laid out on the core menu. The Primo Pairings (changed as many as eight times a year) are featured on the Olive Garden's core list and on their Ziosk tablet app, and are promoted and supported on their website and through emails.
Flexibility in service formats has helped as well. In addition to sample portions and 6-ounce standard by-the-glass servings, quartino pours are offered, expanding customer ordering options with a 9-ounce portion. Because this pour is 50 percent larger than a single glass order, the quartino option sets the stage for incremental sales when two glasses might be considered too much by a customer.
In addition to the pairings, Olive Garden responded to a frequent request from guests who sought to purchase the chain's signature wine glasses by launching a Valentine's Day giveaway of the glasses.
Of course, the chain has long been known for partnering with vintners to create proprietary wine made specifically for them. Recently, the chain created a more Millennial-friendly, fruit-forward Tuscan red blend with their long time Tuscan winery partner Rocca delle Maciè, who for more than 20 years has been a wine and culinary partner of the chain.
Wine cocktails and Moscato have both trended in the past few years, so Moscato-based drinks, as well as Moscato flights and Prosecco promotions, have helped drive sales. And as it has for some time, the chain offers glasses of wine at half price when guests are waiting to be seated.
Training and keeping server staff involved has been key to keeping wine sales high. A sales-based competition sends several servers to Italy each year; team members are required to take part in extensive wine training through a variety of material including brochures, wine cards, manuals. Pre-shift meetings play an important role, as does online video training and instruction through back-of-house-only Ziosk tablet programs.


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In reply to Paul Francis <email@example.com> Hi Paul, Many thanks for this. Fortunately, I am earning royalties from a US patent and have been through the loops before. All your comments are very valuable advice to patent applicants. The examiners job is simply to try to advise applicants where their patent applications are weak. It is then up to the inventor to use or license the invention and prosecute infringers. I am not surprised to encounter reactionaries. The vast majority of people are reactionary when faced with a new idea: especially intellectuals. Gerald Oskoboiny <firstname.lastname@example.com> may have provided just the information which will spare me any more torture. He has suggested I look at IDML. I have yet to find an IDML spec but, not finding a spec on the web, I have written to Doug Donohoe <email@example.com>, one of the team which developed Identify based on IDML, to find out more. The little I know about IDML makes it sound very useful in terms of improving web searchability. It seems that the extremists from the META Jihad may have destroyed a valuable system. Kind regards, Dudley Mills, 30 Hutchison Crescent, Kambah, ACT 2902, Australia. phone/fax: +61-2-6296-2639 email: email@example.com web: http://www.ozemail.com.au/~dudmills/ > > > > > At the very least the granting of these patents demonstrates that > > inventions having a special new HTML or SGML tag or element as an > > essential component are considered patentable by their US Patent > > Examiners. > > Dudley, > > I don't know if you've been through the US patent process before or > not, but it is interesting. From my experience, the patent examiners > don't really understand the technology. The first few times I went > through the process, this surprised and irritated me, though later I > realized that of course they can't know the technology, given the wide > range of technologies they have to cover. Also, they understand > themselves perfectly well that they don't understand the technology. > As a result, their procedure (again, speaking from my experience only) > is to assume that anything that remotely resembles your patent > application makes it invalid, and force the applicant to argue against > their rejection. > > What I found was that they initially take a hard stand, but in fact it > doesn't take much counter-argument to get them to buckle-under and > grant the patent. > > In any event, after going through this a few times, it became clear to > me that almost anybody could patent almost anything, and just through > clever use of terminology or plain obfuscation bowl the poor patent > examiners over. > > In other words, the fact that somebody has been awarded a patent on > something by no means means that either 1) there wasn't prior art, or > 2) the thing wasn't perfectly obvious with anybody reasonably skilled > in the art or whatever the legal phrase is. > > And what this means is that patents can be and obviously are often > fought out in courts, at great expense, and usually to the detriment > of the little guy. Since it is often the little guy that drives > inovation, which in turn drives this industry, patents are widely seen > (often if not usually justifiably) as a hinderance to progress rather > than the reverse. For this reason, you should not be surprised at the > rather hostile reaction to your patent. > > You should also not be surprised if, after you get your patents, at > considerable expense I'm sure, you don't make a single cent off of > them. Unless your lawyers are bigger than those of the companys' you > hope to liscense to, your patent, weak as it appears to be (based on > the reaction of this audience), may very well not help you at all. > > PFReceived on Sunday, 22 February 1998 22:06:38 UTC
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Tell Me a Little About Yourself
Odds are, if you've worked with POS Nation, you've spoken with Natasha. As Customer Care Coordinator, Natasha is responsible for seeing orders through the entire fulfillment process. Natasha previously spent six years in the telecommunications industry and has over ten years of customer service experience.
When asked for a 'cool' personal fact about herself, she unflinchingly shot back, "My cool fact is that I am cool." Natasha is currently working towards her Bachelors of Business Administration from Strayer University.
Likes: Cooking, Feeding the Homeless, Teaching Children