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The RIAI is delighted to announce a great line-up of speakers for the forthcoming RIAI Annual Conference 2016. Oscar-nominated film director Lenny Abrahamson, award-winning writer Kevin Barry and Annie Ryan, founder of the groundbreaking Corn Exchange theatre company, will join a distinguished list of speakers from the architectural and built environment professions to discuss the importance of 'space' in their creative work.
The RIAI and President Carole Pollard have set the conference theme 'Relevance, Resilience and Reach' and will explore topical issues "
The full Programme and Booking Details for the RIAI Annual Conference 2016 will be announced on 28 September. The conference will take place over two days – Friday 25 and Saturday 26 November and bring together national and international speakers, taking on the contemporary issues affecting architectural practice. This conference is run in conjunction with the Architecture Expo exhibition.
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Lenny Abrahamson
Lenny Abrahamson, – 'What Richard Did', Director, Still
Lenny Abrahamson was born in Dublin in 1966. While studying physics and philosophy at Trinity College Dublin, he directed short videos with the Trinity Video Society, which he co-founded with Ed Guiney. He graduated in 1991 with first class honours. His first short film, 3 Joes, won the Best European Short Film Award at the 1991 Cork Film Festival and the Organiser's Award at the 1992 Oberhausen Short Film Festival. His first feature film, Adam & Paul (2004), a stylized, downbeat comedy written by Mark O'Halloran, won the Best First Feature award at the 2004 Galway Film Fleadh and the Grand Prix at the 2005 Sofia International Film Festival. His second feature film, Garage, another collaboration with writer Mark O' Halloran, was selected for Director's Fortnight at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and won the CICAE Art and Essai award. What Richard Did, his third feature, premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and was also selected for the 2012 BFI London Film Festival and the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival. Lenny's fourth feature, Frank, stars Domhnall Gleeson, Michael Fassbender, and Maggie Gyllenhaal and premiered to great praise at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.
Lenny is the director of the critically acclaimed Room, starring Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress for which Brie Larson won and Best Adapted Screenplay. Lenny is developing a number of projects including The Little Stranger a film based on Sarah Waters' novel, with Potboiler and Film4, Neverhome an adaptation of Laird Hunt's civil war novel, with Element Pictures and Film 4.
Kevin Barry
Kevin Barry is the author of the novels Beatlebone and City Of Bohane and the story collections Dark Lies The Island and There Are Little Kingdoms. His awards include the IMPAC Dublin City Literary Award, the Goldsmith's Prize, the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Prize and the European Union Prize for Literature. His stories have appeared in the New Yorker, Granta, Tin House and many other journals. His work has been translated into 16 languages. He also writes plays, screenplays and radio plays. He lives in County Sligo.
Annie Ryan
Annie Ryan, originally from Chicago, trained as an actor at the Piven Theatre Workshop from the age of 12, and at 18 became a member Chicago's famous Commedia company, New Crime. The combined vocabularies of the Piven's work in Theatre Games, Improvisation and Stroy Theatre and the Commedia style of New Crime formed the foundation of her work with The Corn Exchange. Over the years, the company's practice and style has grown and morphed, greatly influenced by the wonderful invention and talent of the company's ensemble players. Annie has directed all of the company's productions to date, including modern classics, adaptations and original works created in collaboration with writer Michael West, of which she is most proud. The Corn Exchange has made some of the most groundbreaking theatre in Ireland. Founded by Annie Ryan in 1995, the company has created an award-winning repertoire, ranging from contemporary site-specific work, adaptations of classics and original theatre made in collaboration with the ensemble and writer Michael West. http://www.cornexchange.ie/


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December 12, 2012
Dorchester's Lance Greene, a senior guard and captain of the Endicott College men's basketball team, etched his name in the school's history books on Saturday when he scored his 1,000th career collegiate point late in the first half in a non-conference game at Clark (Mass.). Greene scored a season-high 22 points against the Cougars in a losing outing, 80-74.
Greene finished an efficient 8-of-9 from the floor and 6-of-8 at the free throw line to go along with four rebounds, three steals, and two assists. The senior's jumper with 3:16 remaining in the first half put him over 1,000 points for his career.
He now has 1,012 points for his career and is 15 points behind Graham Whitelaw '10 for eighth on the all-time Endicott leader board. For his career, Greene has averaged 14.4 points per game. This season, he is scoring at career-high rate of 16.2 points per game.
Greene attended Lexington High. He is majoring in sports management at Endicott, which is located in Beverly, MA. The 5-2 Endicott Gulls' next game is a 1 p.m. Saturday tip-off against Lesley University.


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If you consider that both science and art unfold through a magical portal that brings the glimmer of an idea or possibility into reality, you will understand the world as Rebecca Kamen knows it.
As an artist and life investigator, Kamen explores and specializes in the intersection of art and science by creating dynamic art forms that explain the illuminating, yet static, findings laying in numbers, formulas and calculations.
"Both artists and scientists can relate to visual expression," Kamen says. "By taking a theory and turning it into a sculpture or drawing, my work enables the scientist to step away from convention and look at things in a different way."
In fact, Kamen's research has revealed that many Nobel Laureates at some time in their lives have had a significant art experience, whether it is in theater, music or gallery works.
In order to do their work, artists need to excel at preparation, visualization, using context, embracing uncertainty, taking risks, collaborating and application. Moreover, so does the scientist or even, if you think about it, the entrepreneur who creates a new business. Sadly, all of us are rich in these skills as young children, but learn to dismiss them as adults to be "right" rather than "maybe."
Rebecca Kamen's work explores the nexus of art and science. Her recent large-scale sculpture installation, Divining Nature: An Elemental Garden, was inspired by wide ranging research into chemistry, cosmology, spirituality and philosophy. She has also investigated rare books and manuscripts at the libraries of the American Philosophical Society and the Chemical Heritage Foundation, using these scientific collections as a muse in the creation of her work.
Whether her muse happens to be a musty book, laboratory or meteorite from New Mexico, Kamen is renowned for transcending factual science into spiritual forms that connect the two disciplines and drive conversation between them. She receives high praise from members in the scientific community.
"Rebecca has a gift for bringing out the spiritual dimension of science," writes Marjorie Gapp, Curator of Art and Images for the Chemical Heritage Foundation. In addition, the Othmer Library of Chemical History credits her as the scientific artist who can "provide the context to shed light on our changing ways of seeing and working with the 'invisible.'"
Kamen has exhibited and lectured both nationally and internationally in China, Hong Kong and Egypt. She has been the recipient of a Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Professional Fellowship, a Pollack Krasner Foundation Fellowship, a Strauss Fellowship, and a travel grant fellowship from the Chemical Heritage Foundation. Her work is represented in many private and public collections such as, KPMG Peat Martwick Corporation, Gannett Corporation, IBM, Capital One and the Institute for Defense Analysis.
You can find out more about Kamen's work at: www.rebeccakamen.com.
Go Online to See Interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeIgmHctI1k
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Continuing the Part 1 of our food indulging trip to SG
Day 2 seems uber ridiculously filled with desserts! Not kidding.
In the morning, we had Ya Kun's half boiled egg and toasts. The egg, ,so perfectly boiled. If only it wasn't so colestrol laden, I would eat so many of it. I am a big big big big fan of half boiled eggs (and any runny yolks)
Then we kinda walked around the quay area and just walked..
And moved our way to IMM near Clementi to meet up with some fellow bloggers. (Kokken69, pigpigscorner, pickyin, maameemoomoo and mrsergul) I had wanted to spend more time getting to know and chatting with them but time didn't permit me much that day as I had to rush over to Mandarin Gallery on Orchard as my friend is meeting another of her friend. Phew, talk about cramping everything in ONE day!
We had so much food!! One of the most interesting one was Tauhu Telur (bottom right pic), it actually was tofu, deep fried in an egg batter served with kicap manis and peanut crumbs, simple but yum! These are just some of the food we had. There were 3 times more dishes that what u see in the picture above. hehe
So after Bali Thai (which was lunch) we headed to Orchard Rd. to begin our dessert adventure (which I've kinda planned, Maison Kayser, Antoinette and Pauls) and do some shopping. But oh dear, time passed tooo fast!! I missed out on Paul's. I have probably ate (and spent) my 3 weeks worth of desserts.
We hurried our way to Scotts Square for Maison Kayser. I was in between the eclair and tarte citron, went for the tart instead. The citron filling was tart indeed! But it wasn't that smooth as I would want it to be. I've made Pierre Herme's recipe for lemon curd, for tarte citron, that was silky and smooth!
I took away croissants and pan au chocolate, reheated and ate for supper the next day when I'm back home. Flaky and the layers in croissant were so fine! It's good. It's good
Then we headed to Antoinette in Mandarin Gallery to meet my friend's ex uni mate from Adelaide as well. They were busy yakking, I was busy eating! No joke. From top left, we have the St Honore l'Amour (SGD 8.50). IT's not easy to find a good St Honore. No, rephrase. It's not easy to find any St. Honore at all! Combination of choux and puff pastry, cladded with cream chiboust. The last time I had and made it was about 5-6 years ago! I remember I still was mad at my classmate cause she so itchy handedly turned on the steam and some rust 'flew' onto my pastry!! MAD MAD MAD why on earth would u need to turn on the steam :/
Anyway, managed to scrap all the rust off and filled it up with delicious cream. It's actually a very yummy dessert but it doesn't stay 'crunchy' for long due to the cream. This one here from Antoinette, wasn't that great. The choux was hard and the cream was kinda bland.
Move on to the right, Antoinette (SGD 9). Signature piece? They have so so many beautiful cakes but if this was named after Antoinette, it better be damn good! Oh please, it was SO GOOD! Milk chocolate and earl grey combination. Another to-do list! Behind that is a mogador macaron. Just one comment, not enough passionfruit 😉 But I like the mild chewiness from the shell.
Below, is canele. sweet caramelized exterior, and inside a chewey crepe like texture. Weird, I kinda like this one here. (Note to self: It's time to use the 7000 won canele moulds.)
We had all desserts with tea, like how the rich tai-tais would do. Hahaha *dreaming*
I know, you must be thinking "WHAT??? all in A DAY?" not kidding. We had so much sweet the whole afternoon we wanted some brothy soupy salty stuff, and cheap as well. Ramen is the best choice. 2 of our friends came to 'send' us off and had dinner together. It seems like it's so easy to find ramen in Singapore? This one was a small 'kopitiam'-ish stall located just inside Cuppage Plaza.
No wait, if u think we're done. you're WRONG!
Our friend convinced us to get the Nutella tart from "Everthing with Fries" in Orchard Central and make a pretend birthday cake for one of our friend. Kid you not. Our flight was due 11.30pm but got delayed till 12.50am. Thank goodness Changi Airport is open till late and we had some time to walk a tiny portion of our calorie intake for the day off. Plus, vodka was so cheap! Next time I'm just going to take flight back to KL. Got myself Malibu and Cointreau (already bought Grand Marnier during my Korea Trip, the thought of having another orange liqueur seems ever so perfect 😉 2 bottles for only about 50+ SGD, which is equivalent to the price of ONE here in KL.
Dark rich nutella chocolate tart with oreo cookie base. Found out that they are the same umbrella group as awfully chocolate. Pfftt no wonder. 😉 I mean, how often do u go to a burgers and fries place for tart!
Ok the day after, I couldn't eat anything cause I was too full. still too full.
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Address: 333A Orchard Road, #02-33/34 Mandarin Gallery,Singapore
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Moss balls, lake balls, Cladophora balls, marimo: Whatever you call them, they're strange — and they're beautiful.
These mysterious green orbs occupy cool lakes in the Northern Hemisphere in places like Scotland, Iceland and Ukraine. In Japan, they are a protected species and official national treasure.
Under certain conditions, marimo form when a type of algae bind together and roll in the currents in the bottom of shallow lakes, collecting in large colonies. Sometimes the orbs — which can grow to nearly a foot in diameter — rise to the surface during the day, and then sink back down at night.
Marimo contain many mysteries. But now, at least one has been solved. In a paper published this week in Current Biology, biologists at the University of Bristol in England described how this fuzzy freshwater friend floats and sinks. The algae regulate photosynthesis with a biological clock, and in the process, release oxygen bubbles that carry them toward the sun.
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Carl Linnaeus first collected samples of these weird spheres in Sweden in 1753. But they weren't called "marimo" until Takuya Kawakami, another botanist, found them along Lake Akan in Hokkaido, Japan, more than a century later. Now they are a protected national treasure, and every October (this year Oct. 8 to 10), Japan's Ainu people host a festival in which they first welcome the marimo to Lake Akan, collect them and then return them in a sacred ceremony.
Collecting them from Lake Akan is otherwise prohibited, but some keep marimo, man-made or collected elsewhere, as aquarium pets — which is how they captured the attention of Dora Cano-Ramirez, the lead author of the paper.
After purchasing her own marimo, she noticed that bubbles covered them at some times of day and not others. And during the day, a few moved to the top of her tank. Because she studied how biological clocks control photosynthesis in land plants, she wondered if the same kinds of processes might be at play in her light-harvesting algae balls. She took her idea to Antony Dodd, a biologist and head of her lab.
"The rationale behind the work was a little whimsical," Dr. Dodd said. "But in science sometimes you get interested in things, and if you have a chance, it's worth pursuing them just to find out more about the world."
They put the marimo in water with a chemical that stops photosynthesis. The oxygen bubbles disappeared and the balls didn't float. But why did they float during the day — did light trigger them, or were they following an internal clock?
To find out, they trained the algae to sync their clocks in a fake night and day environment, where light switched on and off every twelve hours. Then the researchers put the marimo in a room too dim for them to photosynthesize and make bubbles, but just bright enough to keep their newly synchronized internal clocks ticking.
When the researchers stimulated the marimo with a brighter light and measured how quickly they photosynthesized, they found that the marimo were quicker to photosynthesize at their dawn than their midday. This suggested that the marimo used an internal clock and light to rise toward the sun, kind of like how a sunflower follows it on land.
But why?
If land plants use biological clocks, and some aquatic creatures that live symbiotically with sun-loving algae try to maximize light exposure, Dr. Dodd said it's possible that floating may allow marimo to capture more light. Sinking may also protect them from cold surface water or ice, he said. Right now it's unclear.
In the meantime, the researchers hope to bring attention to this natural enigma, which is disappearing worldwide. In the past 30 years, the algae have been missing from half the lakes where they were once spotted. The decline may be caused by the aquarium trade, tourism or pollution and agricultural runoff blocking the light that marimo need to survive.


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Hopefully if you have taken a good look around our website at Golf Safari you'll already be planning your next holiday at one of our feature resorts.
Just to get you in the mood we thought it'd be fun to unearth a few interesting facts about golf so feel free to read on and we hope you enjoy reading this blog.
Did you know?
- The average golf ball contains anywhere between 330 – 500 dimples depending on the brand. If you get bored one day and have too much time on your hands, try counting the dimples on one of your golf balls, or better still, why not take our word for it?
- Golf is the only sport to be played on the moon. Back in February 1971 astronaut Alan Shepard hit two golf balls with a six-iron whilst experimenting on the lunar surface. As you can imagine the balls didn't exactly travel that far and Shepard had a heck of a time trying to get them back!
- The word caddy is derived from the French word 'cadet' and this translates to 'student' in English. As you know, caddies carry clubs but they can certainly learn a trick or two from professional golfers if they study their moves out on the course.
- Former US president Woodrow Wilson was so passionate about golf he would often play a round or two in the snow – using black golf balls! The weather might have been frightful but the golf was delightful, or that's what Wilson thought anyway.
- What are the chances of you hitting a hole in one the next time you play golf? Can you imagine hitting two holes in one day though? Better still, can you imagine achieving this feat on the same round! That's what Kassandra Komma did back in early 2013. She aced two shots during the same round on par-3 holes; quite rightly, she was over the moon with her performance on that day.
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A Maine State Prison inmate who stabbed another prisoner 87 times is due to be sentenced this week.
Richard Stahursky pleaded guilty last week to murdering 37-year-old Micah Boland in the Maine State Prison in Warren. He told investigators he was angry that Boland had ratted on him and caused him to lose a prison job.
Stahursky, who's due to be sentenced on Thursday, entered the plea with a stipulation that he'd be allowed to address the judge, presumably to discuss conditions at the prison. Stahursky hopes to be transferred.
Stahursky was originally sentenced to nearly 20 years for armed robbery and has been in trouble several times at the prison. He was previously convicted of two separate inmate stabbings, of assaulting a corrections officer and of setting a fire.


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In the summer of 1971, I went to Chicago to train as an organizer at the Industrial Areas Foundation (I.A.F.), which was founded in 1940 by the late Saul Alinsky, a colorful personality who is widely regarded as the father of community organizing.
Of the many things he talked about during that training, he made two points that have stayed with me over the course of my 45-year career spent organizing in Baltimore and across the country....
"It was the mid-1960s and Arnie Graf, a 19-year-old student at the mostly segregated University of Buffalo, found himself witnessing discrimination in a very personal way. "Being Jewish, we had separate fraternities and groups by the charters that were in place," he recalls.
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The rise of small business crowdfunding
Small- to medium-sized businesses face a catch-22 when it comes to expanding or innovating. No matter how profitable their business model, few business owners have the available capital to scale up when they want to.
Bigger businesses might seek a loan or private investors, but smaller business may struggle to secure funding where banks are reluctant to offer or increase loans where there is a short earnings history or lack of assets.
As a result, business owners can find themselves in a position where despite wanting to expand or develop new products, they are still too small to secure the funding to help them grow.
Disclaimer: This information is intended to be general in nature. For information that is customised to your business circumstances, please seek specialist advice.
Enter crowdfunding
The Australian Law Bulletin's Leigh Schulz defines crowdfunding as "the practice of raising funds through the pooling of relatively small financial contributions from a large number of investors to finance a business or to fund the commercialisation of a new product".
Massolution, a global research and advisory board that works in partnership with industry expert, Crowdsourcing.org, publishes an annual crowdfunding report that estimates that $34.4 billion was raised worldwide in 2015.
Crowdfunding typically comes in three forms:
- Equity funding – where investors gain a share of your business or profits
- Donation funding – where people give you money to help you get your idea off the ground, often inspired by 'product' incentives, eg. 'donate $100 and receive X'
- Product funding – where people give you money to develop new and usually innovative products
In most cases, crowdfunding occurs via an online platform. While there are lots of tricks when it comes to wrapping your head around crowdfunding, the first trick lies in knowing which platform to choose.
Which crowd to run with?
Knowing which crowd to hang out with isn't easy. In Australia, there are several well-known international crowdfunding platforms including:
The advantage of a major international platform is that they have a good track record when it comes to investors delivering on their pledges.
However, a range of Aussie platforms have gained great credibility too, including:
- Ozcrowd
- Pozible
- Venturecrowd
Each of these providers offers their own spin on crowdfunding, but the general concept is the same.
They provide a platform for you to offer your idea to the general public, tools so you can create a compelling message, and receive (and administer) financial support. In return, they take a cut.
Small business–focused platforms
The popularity of crowdfunding as an alternative funding source, has also given rise to platforms with a specific industry or business focus, as well as niche focuses – such as equity funding.
In ANZ, Sydney and Auckland based Equitise has been providing a crowdfunding platform for equity sales since 2014. Equitise has crowdfunded a range of small- and medium-scale share offerings, often designed to bridge the gap between angel investment and IPO.
"One of our early funding rounds,'" said co-founder, Johnny Wilkinson, "was for a successful travel app that raised AUD$250,000 on a $1.25 million valuation. What we enabled them to do was raise a funding round by seeking out a few hundred of their biggest supporters and selling them equity."
Pros and cons of crowdfunding
Besides the access to funds, benefits of crowdfunding include an opportunity to test your market and a chance to build an online following and customer base.
But while clever crowdfunding can be a game-changer for savvy businesses, there is always inherent risk. If you don't do your research and preparation, the results won't match your expectations.
"Individual businesses need to ensure they choose the financing model that is right for them," warns Mark Stone, Chief Executive Officer, Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
"As with any key business decision it is important to be aware of the benefits and risks, and ensure the model suits their specific business needs."
Top tips include:
- Be prepared to invest time – researching conditions and developing a marketing campaign to make you stand out in the 'crowd'
- Read the fine print – most platforms take a percentage of five percent or more, as well as a host of other conditions
- Pick your campaign type to match your need – all or nothing, percentage of funds or some other variation
- Don't assume that the platform provides the crowd – bring your social network to the table
Unlike your bank manager, or private investors, crowdfunding contributors typically bring cash only. Not normally something you'd object to! But it means that they don't care if you are struggling to deliver on the outcomes you promised.
Instead, if they are equity investors, they'll expect returns. Likewise, you expect them to follow through on their dollar pledges.
Following the crowd
In 2015 Australians raised $68.6 million in crowdfunding alone and the trend is on the rise.
If you're considering growing your business with crowdfunding, seek the right advice, do plenty of research and prepare to stand out in the crowd.


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How to File Certificate of Interested Entities1. Prepare your Certification of Interested Entities or Persons per Civil Local Rule 3-15. Make sure your Certification is in pdf format.
2. Log into ECF locate the ECF event Certificate of Interested Entities (Located: Civil Events → Notices)
3. Follow the usual procedure for entering the case number, selecting the filer(s), uploading your document(s), and hyperlinking your entry.
4. On the screen that reads "Search for a corporate parent or other affiliate," enter the Last or Business name of the first entity or person listed on you Certification of Interested Entities (e.g., "Humperdinck" or "Royal Florin Haberdashers") and click Search.
5. If you get a list of "Corporate parent or other affiliate search results," click on the name that most closely matches your entity or person; if there's more than one instance of your entity or person, select the top one. Then click "Select name from list."
6. If you get the result "No person found," or if you do not see your entity or party listed, click on the button labeled "Create new corporate parent or other affiliate".
7. Add the First name ("Prince"), if a person, or not, if a business; for Type, choose Corporate Parent if the entity or person is a corporate parent, or Other Affiliate for any other relationship. On the following screen that reads "Adding new corporate parent or other affiliate," select the party that this entity or person has a relation to in this case, and click Submit.
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Book Information:
Dear Vampa by Ross Collins
Illustrated by Ross Collins
Katherine Tegan Books
Published in 2009
32 Pages
Series Information:
Not a series.
4 out of 5
Ease of Reading Text: 4 out of 5
Illustrations: 5 out of 5
Plot: 5 out of 5
It's hard to find good neighbors. Though, when the Pires get the Wolfsons as new neighbors, they discover they are as different as day and night. They think the Wolfsons have strange rituals – staying up all day, liking sunshine, and other non-nocturnal activities. What does this Vampire family do in response to this new neighbor problem?
Who doesn't have problems with new neighbors or neighbors in general? This book puts a new twist and outlook on neighbor problems by using vampires and neighbors who appear to be humans. Though, you will find out later that these humans are more than they appear to be. ;) The plot might seem very simple, but it really is very cute and a little bit funny – it actually made me smile a couple of times.
You can also see/read the text pretty easily, but it gets a little bit hard to see/read when it is against a black background with little white lines on the black. And the type of font they used for the book matches the vampire/supernatural theme of the book very well, which I liked a lot. However, I just wish they made the font a little bigger or made it in bold to make it even easier to see/read. The illustrations of the book are also very well done and cute.
Overall, I like the book very much, except the font could have used a little work. However, it is still a good read despite that, and I like the twist and supernatural use of the classic neighbor problem since it made the story a lot cuter than if it was just ordinary people. :)
Where I Got It:
Checked out from the library.
Challenges Apart Of:
Goodreads 2011
Not planning to re-read.
Other Reviews/Author Site:
Ross Collins
Library Thing
Maw Books
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Tamron 35-70mm f/3.5 (model 17A) Review
Produced from 1982 through 1987. There was 3 different modifications slightly different appearance. Has Adaptall-2 mount, and with the adaptor can be mounted on any system.
With Adaptall-2 - Nikon adaptor
Tamron 35-70 mm f/ 3.5 Adaptall-2 model 17A Specifications
Focal length: 35-70mm
Aperture: f/ 3.5 — f/ 32
Weight (gr): 330
Length (mm): 55
Filter Ø (mm.): 58
Aperture blades: 8
Min. focus distance (m.): 0.25
Handling and Mechanics
The lens has a comfortable ergonomics and dimensions. Nice to hold it in your hands. Construction also good. The front lens has a rounded bulging shape.
Focusing and Zooming
The lens has a wide rubberized focus ring that rotates 270 degrees. A lot of the rotation at close range. Because of this macro lens. It can shoot close-up at reproduction ratio 1: 2.8, as indicated by the label on the barrel. When focusing, the front element rotates. This can be inconvenient using gradient filters. The focal range is adjusted by turning a ring segment, which is located near the lens mount. In the normal state, the lens has a focal length of 70mm.
At 70mm
At 35mm With decreasing focal length, the design is extended.
Tamron 35-70 mm f/ 3.5 model 17A Sample Photos
All photos were taken on Nikon D3100. RAW export without postprocessing.
The lens has good sharpness at wide open throughout the zoom range.
35mm f/ 3.5
35mm f/3.5
70mm f/ 3.5
In the range 35-50mm best sharpness at f / 11. On 50-70 mm - at f / 8.
70mm f/ 5.6
Contrast and color rendition
Lens multicoated (BBAR). It much afraid of the side and backlight. It is therefore recommended to always use it with hood.
f/ 3.5 That's how it is afraid backlight, there are times worse. Photos without postprocessing.
f/ 5.6
50mm f/ 5.6 Generally lens provides high-quality image. Well corrected all kinds of aberrations including distortion. Even at 35 mm it is small.
Character and Bokeh
The lens has a nice bokeh, beautiful as it is the focal lengthening.
70mm f/ 3.5
70mm f/ 3.5
70mm f/ 3.5
Macro too good at it.
70mm f/ 3.5
70mm f/ 3.5
I like this lens. In a dark room of course aperture 3.5 is not enough, and sometimes it is difficult to focus by the green dot (on Nikon D3100). It is also important to remember about the side and the backlight and the rest of it is very convenient.
40mm f/ 3.5
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Mikaella Captures The Essence Of Love With Their Spring 2017 Collection. La Bride is so very happy to bring you this collection of Mikaella Bridal to the La Bride pages.
The latest collection of irresistible gowns by Mikaella Bridal will take your breath away. Staying true to the brand's love of a classical silhouette, the gowns of Spring 2017 bring the gloriousness of femininity, with a touch of playfulness to show off the female form. Open backs, plunging necklines, soft tulle skirts and the most delicate and superb lace, overlay and trim, these dozens of new designs lead the way in today's bridal fashion trends, in only the best fabrics. Plus, they'll make you feel like a princess in the fairytale of your dreams: your wedding day!
Mikaella Bridal's Spring 2017 Collection personifies femininity with a trace of playfulness, exemplified through form-fitting silhouettes and delicate embellishments. Demonstrating a whimsical spirit while maintaining modernity, the collection features over a dozen new designs inspired by the hottest fabrics and trends in bridal.
Introducing the latest collection of gowns by Mikaella Bridal – the sister collection of Paloma Blanca. This season, the collection was inspired by a more playful, whimsical spirit, yet still appreciates classic silhouettes. With the incorporation of the latest trends and fabrications, the collection is beaming with femininity, originality and class. Infused with form-fitting silhouettes and delicate embellishments, Mikaella Bridal has not only stayed true to the light-heartedness that has beamed through previous collections, but have presented modern trends such as daring plunging necklines, illusion bodices, and open backs.
What To Expect From 2017
LOW BACKS — Mikaella Bridal has your back this season! Styles 2100 & 2115 accentuate the bride's delicate features. By encompassing a minimalist take on the latest bridal trends, Mikaella uses nude tulle to effortlessly blend invisible fabrics and high quality laces.
PLUNGING NECKLINES — Take the plunge with Mikaella Bridal this season by diving into one of our more risqué designs. Style 2107 & 2116 are just a few of our breathtaking designs that encompass the plunging neckline; a simply irresistible feature this season.
TULLE SKIRTS — Brides will say "I do" to styles 2106 & 2110 as they allow the bride to feel like royalty on her special day. By opting for these whimsical, feminine skirts, brides can feel chic and light on their feet.
The Spring 2017 Collection showcases a notable range of styles by incorporating various textures and silhouettes that will make the Mikaella Bride feel as though she is living in a fairy tale. Mikaella has broadened their wide range of luxurious textiles, featuring low backs with intricate straps, as well as soft tulle skirts that capture what it means to fall in love.
Image Source: Mikaella Bridal


text: Today UK Sport launched a new anti-doping campaign in London. Among the guests were Tessa Jowell MP, David Howman (WADA), Craig Reedie (IOC), and athletes Stephen Parry and Nicola Cooke. The debate was recorded for broadcast on Radio 5 Live and was definitely one of the healthier debates i have had on this subject. A promising development I think.


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Finished Hats and an Invisible Quilt Finish!/
So, it's Friday, and I have a finish to share! But it's a gift, so I can't really show a finished picture of it, but it's so awesome. I'll have lots of pictures after the holidays wrap up. I'm pretty excited about so many handmade gifts this year.
The ears are the best part of it. I just did a kitchener stitch across the top to bind off, and then did some whip stitch along the bottom of the ears on the inside of the hat. And the yarn is a super soft baby alpaca and acrylic blend, lucky girl.
This one is for her brother. He went to school before I could get a good picture of him in it, so she'll model it for him. Of course, she's modelling under protest, because it's not purple or cat shaped.
This is the Chunky Dean Street Pattern that I showed you on the needles yesterday. It's a really fast knit, and those cables are just right front crosses (not real cables), so you don't have to stop and whip out your cable needle every couple stitches. I was a little worried about the decreases because I only had a circular needle to work with, but it seems to have worked fine. I used Wool-Ease, so it's super warm and has plenty of stretch, so he'll be able to wear this at least two winters!
Linking up with Amanda Jean for Finish It Up Friday!


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A radioactive atom is one that spontaneously emits energetic particles or waves (known as radiation). This radiation is emitted when an unstable (i.e. radioactive) nucleus transforms to some other nucleus or energy level. Imagine a big ball made of magnets that's spinning really fast. Sometimes a few pieces of the magnet will shoot out and hit the wall. That's kind of what radiation is like. As it applies to nuclear energy, many materials created during the operation of a reactor are unstable. As they decay over varying lengths of time (from microseconds to hundreds of thousands of years), they emit energetic particles or waves. The energy carried by this radiation is often sufficient to cause damage to biological cells and is therefore a health risk. Thus, radiation is the primary cause of safety concerns related to nuclear energy.
If you're looking for math, see the math behind radioactive decay page.
There are several types of particles or waves that may shoot out of a radioactive nucleus. Alpha particles, beta particles, gamma rays, and neutrons are the most common forms of ionizing (i.e. dangerous) radiation.
Named alpha because they were the first to be discovered, these particles are made up of 2 protons and 2 neutrons: the helium nucleus. Often, large atoms decay by emitting an energetic alpha particle. These particles are relatively large and positively charged, and therefore do not penetrate through matter very well. A thin piece of paper can stop almost any alpha particle. However, the particles cause extreme damage of materials that they stop in by displacing atoms as they slow. Paper under sustained alpha-irradiation would degrade.
Beta particles are energetic electrons that are emitted from the nucleus. They are born when a neutron decays to a proton. Since neutrons are neutral particles and protons are positive, conservation of charge requires a negatively charged electron to be emitted. Some isotopes decay by converting a proton to a neutron, thus emitting a positron (an anti-electron). These particles can penetrate matter more than can alpha particles, and it takes a small aluminum plate to stop most beta particles.
Gamma rays are photons that are emitted from the nucleus. Often an atom in an excited state will de-excite by emitting a gamma ray. Gamma rays are similar to light waves and x-rays, except they are usually much higher frequency and consequently, more energetic. This radiation has no charge, and can penetrate most matter easily, requiring lead bricks for shielding.
Smoke detectors make use of the isotope Americium-241. This isotope emits alpha-particles at energies up to 5.4 MeV. The energetic alpha particles are used to ionize air. Once the air is ionized, a small current runs through it. When smoke enters the chamber, the current experiences an increase in resistance and a circuit sounds the alarm.
Coal is an impure fuel, and it usually contains 1.3 ppm of uranium and 3.4 ppm of thorium (not to mention arsenic, mercury, and sulfur). When coal burns, these isotopes are emitted into the atmosphere, where they enter our ecosystem. This leads to the astounding fact that the population effective dose equivalent from coal plants is 100 times that from nuclear plants.
The hundreds of atmospheric nuclear weapons tests that occurred before they were banned by the 1963 Limited Test Ban Treaty left long-lived radioisotopes in the atmosphere. Some of these are still in the atmosphere and account for some of our daily dose.
Radon gas This natural occurring gas comes from soil and is found throughout the world. It emits alpha particles, and can therefore damage DNA and lead to cancer if inhaled. The EPA recommends you check your house for radon gas.
Cosmic rays are energetic particles that originate outside of earth, in the sun, distant stars, galaxies, and supernovae. Most of these are protons. The atmosphere shields us from most cosmic rays, but during air travel, one will accumulate much higher dose. Don't believe it? Check out our Radiation on Flights page.
Watch the a video of a few of us detecting radiation from household items.
For a class in 2005, with no radioactive sources within range, we measured a long (30 minutes +) reading with a high-purity germanium (HPGe) gamma-ray detector system. We then identified the source of each peak. The spectrum is shown in the figure. Click it for the identifications. HPGe detectors are known for excellent resolutions, and as you can see, many peaks are clearly visible. Each one represents a specific nuclear reaction. Some major gamma-rays are highlighted on the figure. Thallium-208 is a decay-product of Thorium-232, which is naturally present in soil. Protactinium-234 results from the natural alpha-decay of Uranium-238. Potassium-40 is found all around, including in bananas and in salt-substitutes at the grocery store.


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In the previous posting, we saw that the last common ancestor of all eukaryotic organisms was quite modern-like in terms of its complexity. Doubt me? Well, here is Figure 3 – Major transitions in evolution of the endomembrane system – from Evolution of the eukaryotic membrane-trafficking system: origin, tempo and mode). Have a look:
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Go ahead and compare the early eukaryotic cell to the extant eukaryote. See any major differences? Nope. The extant eukaryote is tweaked to add some more endocytotic pathways, but that's about it.
Now, I think it is fair to argue that the early eukaryote could represent an example of Original Mature Design. It is an original design in the sense that it is built around a set of innovations – folded substrate export, vesicular transport, endocytosis, phagocytosis, and lysosomal degradation. These processes are tied to structural innovations – nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum, vesicles, golgi complex, lysosomes.
It is a mature design because it has not been significantly changed since it appeared prior to a billion years ago. In fact, the changes simply tweak the cell – multiple modes of endocytosis, multiple modes of exocytosis, tissue-specific pathways, lineage-specific pathways, and secondary losses.
All of this is quite consistent with foresight. That is, once this cell plan appeared, it was sufficient to support the emergence of complex mammalian organisms. There was no need for redesign of the cell to meet the needs of a complex, mammalian organism. What appeared long before any metazoan-type creature would turn out to work splendidly. In other words, whatever put LECA together got it right from the very start. That original design did not need to be retooled or significantly expanded. It was already mature from the start.
So as we can see, if front-loading involves a cellular architecture and composition that can guide and nudge subsequent evolution, the eukaryotic cell plan from the last common ancestor of eukaryotes would constitute such a context that housed all subsequent eukaryotic evolution.
Or put it this way. If you designed LECA as shown in Figure 3, would you truly be surprised to find the extant cell design later in time? And wouldn't it mean that the extant cell plan evolved within the context you had designed?


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Brother P-Touch HGe Tapes feature extra-strength adhesive for use in harsh indoor or outdoor environments. Specialized Products Company offers a selection of HGe Tapes for the PT-P950NW, PT-E100, PT-E110, PT-E300, PT-E500, PT-E550W and PT-P750WVP with extra-strength adhesive. HGe label tapes are sold 5/pack.
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Another great year at the Boston MS Walk! I can't believe it has been 7 years already! I'm just so thankful that I'm healthy enough to walk and that I have so many people by my side! Thanks to everyone who walked and/or sent well wishes.
I didn't do any fundraising for this event since I put all my fundraising efforts toward the MS Challenge Walk. . . so don't worry I'll be in touch soon about making a donation! :)
Linking up for Weekending!


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ID Internship Placements
ID is Relational Mission's year long program of discipleship for anyone 18+ who wants to give a year to following Jesus and growing as they go.
Get immersed in the life and mission of a local church, mature in character, get into sound doctrine and see God's Kingdom come. The course starts in September and runs through to July the following year.
Over the past few years we've placed thirty + young men and women in churches around the UK and northern Europe.
They're served in a range of ministries from kids and youth to worship, student work, community outreach projects, debt advise, food back, and more. Over that time we've seen them grow in their faith, become courageous in sharing the gospel, and confident in their identity in Jesus Christ.
This year we're praying for twenty-five to sign up to this amazing year.
Could you be one of the number? Or do you know someone else who would be up for the adventure?
If so, you can find out more on our ID Page.
And to get you thinking about the opportunities, here's a list of just a few of the ID placements that are currently open:
Aylsham (Norfolk) - work alongside the Relational Mission team, serving in communications & events, as well as working with the local church reaching the community
Attleborough (Norfolk) – exciting opportunities with an project reaching youth and kids in the community
Camden (London) – work with the church's food bank, CAP money centre, and be a part of the mission in London
Chafford Hundred (Essex) – experience how they do discipleship & impact the community
Lowestoft (Suffolk) – work with their kids / youth and get involved in the church's community shop
Maidstone (Kent) – work with some amazing community outreach projects
Norwich (Norfolk) – serve in the bustling Kings Church with plenty of ministry opportunities in every area of church life
Ramsgate (Kent) – work with Community Church as they break new ground in the community
Stockholm (Sweden) – join the church plant and experience mission in another culture
Tenterden (Kent) – work with a church plant and some gifted evangelists
Get in touch to find out more about any of these placements and others on offer for September 2017!


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So last weekend we took a little trip to Houston for the day and I finally got to check out the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. So ecstatic, I've wanted to see this place for so long. Plus we got in free since it was the first of the month (thanks Bank of America).
^^This place is huge. Literally. We walked around for hours and I think we still missed a ton of stuff (I've been going through the MFAH hashtag on Instagram and I'm seeing amazing things I completely missed). Fun fact: I have a minor in Art History so every time I go to a museum I like to test my skills on remembering things. I'm pretty rusty, but some things were familiar and then I go on spouting all the random facts I know about the artist, etc. But like I said…rusty. I kept all my art history books from university, and being at the museum made me really want to go back and reread those babies. Also, the museum had gorgeous Indian and Japanese sections with old sculptures, jewelry, pottery. I'm so intrigued, and I want to incorporate parts of those cultures with future pieces.
^^I might have squealed when I saw this piece. I've been in love with this painting for years and had no idea it was in Houston! Ah, life is funny.
^^I saw my first Van Gogh. I SAW MY FIRST VAN GOGH. Completely surreal moment. His work is something you truly have to see in person because that TEXTURE IS AMAZING. See it!? It's so thick and buttery. I love it.
^^Yay for old paintings of insects, animals, and weird things. <3
^^I saw this couple and I couldn't help but snap a photo. :)
Oh, there was also this James Turrell light tunnel that was so awesome, I just wanted to run up and down it (but the male employee was eyeing me funny). If you have a chance, you should check this museum out. I'm actually kind of surprised at all the amazing art that can be found in Texas (Dallas and Fort Worth have some beauties). But anyway, it's been raining all week and I've been working on my secret project. Photos soon! Have a lovely week!


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Released: 27th April 2018
We've decided to make something ultra special for one of our new favourite bands, Guillotine. Twenty hand-numbered silver tapes, yup just twenty, plus an embroidered patch, available to pre-order along with a digital download of the bands EP.
Not many bands can shift gear from serene ambience to disarming aggression with the poise of Guillotine and they already display a level of songwriting that surpasses many of their peers. We predict HUGE things for this young band, it's about time you got to know them too.
- Southbound
- Weakness
- Bella


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20 Februari 2013
MADGE system for RMAF (photo : ThalesRaytheon)
FULLERTON, Calif. – ThalesRaytheonSystems today announced full system acceptance has been finalized with the Royal Malaysian Air Force for the Malaysian Air Defense Ground Environment Sector Operations Center III (MADGE) Program. ThalesRaytheonSystems provided the Malaysian Ministry of Defence an enhanced national command and control system.
"The C2 system we've executed in Malaysia represents technological integration at its best," said Kim Kerry, CEO of U.S. Operations for ThalesRaytheonSystems. "We worked with our Malaysian customers to integrate their legacy system and have augmented it with proven technologies, such as the Sentry® command and control system and the Ground Master 400 (GM 400) radar. The result is a system that reliably and effectively meets their requirements."
The MADGE system operates in real-time and features multi-radar tracking and a flexible human-machine interface. The GM 400 radar will provide additional long-range surveillance capabilities for the Royal Malaysian Air Force.
ThalesRaytheonSystems has more installed command and control systems operating around the world than any other organization. The Sentry command and control system is a proven, comprehensive, real-time system that powers national air sovereignty systems around the world, including the NORAD Battle Control System. The company is also a world leader in battlefield and weapon-locating radar systems. The company's radar capabilities span short-, medium-, and long-range systems. The ground-based radars are capable of detecting both conventional and unconventional threats for homeland and tactical air defense, counter-battery, and weapons system coordination.
20 Februari 2013
ThalesRaytheonSystems Completes Command and Control System for Malaysian MoD
Label: ANGKATAN UDARA, MALAYSIA, Radar
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Chakra Yoga Workshop Series - Energy Balancing
We are familiar with our physical anatomy but most of us are unaware of our energetic anatomy. Our energetic anatomy consists of seven energy centers called chakras. We can imagine these energy centers like rivers. Some can be overflowing or some almost running dry. Each of the chakras is a various degree of open at any given time depending on what is happening in our lives. Emotional and physical health is optimal when the energetic body is in balance. Join Yogi Jennifer Pansa
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''Fighting Fraud in Bankruptcy Act of 2011''
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) introduced legislation Tuesday to strengthen the tools available to U.S. bankruptcy trustees to protect American homeowners from creditor fraud in bankruptcy court. Leahy introduced the Fighting Fraud in Bankruptcy Act, with cosponsors Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.).
"The Fighting Fraud in Bankruptcy Act is another step forward in the Judiciary Committee's important efforts to protect American citizens from fraud," said Leahy. "As Congress looks at ways to mitigate the foreclosure crisis to reduce its impact on homeowners and the economy, I hope all Senators can agree that the foreclosure process for Americans should be a fair one and one in which there is accountability for fraud or other misconduct. And I hope we can all agree that the integrity of our judicial system is something worth protecting."
"It's inexcusable when big banks hit homeowners with bogus mortgage fees and improper foreclosures," said Whitehouse. "This bill will help ensure that Rhode Islanders who fall on hard times have access to a fair bankruptcy process and a chance at a fresh start."
"Homeowners facing foreclosure, including military personnel serving our country far from their homes, are entitled to full legal protection from fraud and misconduct," said Blumenthal. "This commonsense proposal simply strengthens existing authority for holding creditors accountable for abuses. It will deter needless litigation that is currently wasting resources, clogging the bankruptcy courts, and slowing our economic recovery."
The Fighting Fraud in Bankruptcy Act includes four key provisions. The legislation will:
- Clarify that U.S. trustee has a duty to take action to remedy creditor abuse of the bankruptcy process;
- Permit the bankruptcy court, either on its own or in response to a motion from the trustee, to correct or sanction misconduct and fraud committed by creditors in the bankruptcy process;
- Empower the trustee to establish audit procedures to ensure that creditors are complying with the law;
- Require a mortgage lender to certify under penalty of perjury that a foreclosure proceeding against active duty members of the military who are deployed is in compliance with the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA). The SCRA protects active duty military personnel by requiring a stable, manageable interest rate for military homeowners on active duty, and staying foreclosure actions during their deployment.
The Judiciary Committee has held several hearings in recent years regarding the foreclosure crisis. Earlier this year, the Committee considered and reported to the full Senate the Limiting Investor and Homeowner Loss in Foreclosure Act to authorize bankruptcy courts to establish loss mitigation programs to avoid foreclosures.
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There are loads of Buddhist temples in Chiang Mai, and at least one of them has a program called "Monk Chat" where during certain hours you can go hang out with monks and ask them questions about Buddhism while they practice their English.
We sat down with a monk named Nan at a small, round table with basic cement benches. Over the two hours we were there, I squirmed constantly while Nan sat with his legs crossed calmly, his bright orange robe draped over one shoulder.
Nate and I had loads of questions about monk-life and we learned a great deal about Nan and other monks during our conversation. Nan's most prized possession is a pencil that he uses for his studies – his parents gave it to him two years ago. His parents also provided him with mobile phone, though he insists that he is only borrowing it from them because with possessions comes attachment.
As a perfect illustration of a Buddhist teaching he discussed with us, I watched as an ant fell from a tree and landed on his arm. He felt the ant and looked at it, but left it there as not to hurt it. As he explained, even though the ant is very small, it is a living thing that must be respected just as a larger living thing such as a tiger.
We talked as the sun descended and though I'd like to think we helped Nan with his English, he spoke very well and I'm sure we gained far more from this experience than he did. With many of our questions about Buddhism and monk-life answered, we left together and our studious monk hurried off for evening prayer at his home temple.


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|Got a difficult hand? No idea if you played it right? Or maybe you just wanna have a view of how someone else would play the exact situation?
Fear not, here comes Felix the Farmer ^_^
Feel free to post any of your hand history here for me to analyze and share my thoughts with you ~
What would be required?
1) Information on your opponent in hand - Tight?Loose?Aggressive?Passive?Maniac?Calling Station?Weak?Opposite Thinking?Tricky? Basically the more information the better
2) Your current table image - have you been playing right or loose, solid or fishy
3) Any other addition stuff like the people on the tabling steaming or having a bad day with girlfriend and now wanting to dump all the chips to you etc
4) The hand history, best if its formatted, I'm fine if its not but as long as its clear
5) Your thoughts on the hand
6) Open a new post/topic in my Felix's Corner, dump that in and I'll give you my reply as I check this forum daily
Please Note
My advise would be towards how I would had played out that particular hand myself base on all the information given. What we are striving to do is to make plays that give us the best possible expectations.
There are no absolute right or wrong ways to play a hand, my thoughts will not mean that it would be the best play but would serve as a helping hand as to how a regular farmer like me will play it out, while also searching for the differences in our ideas and the factors/considerations we have missed out when trying to make good poker decisions.
My mentor once told me...
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Main St. Fort Worth Arts Festival is not a tacky flea market
As I read "Learn these Main St. Fort Worth Arts Festival essentials " in the Friday Star-Telegram, it felt like a slap in the face when I saw this: "We recommend browsing early, say Friday at lunchtime, and circling back to buy your art on Sunday — the best day to get a deal."
Artists come from all over the United States and Canada to participate in this show.
After travel, lodging, meals, booth fees and jury fees, the artist has an investment of $2,500 to $5,000 just to show up.
This is on top of the investment of booth displays, lighting, tent and trailer or van.
Springtime outdoor art festivals in Texas are subject to thunderstorms, wind and rain that increase the risk of losing money.
The artists' agreement for Main St. states, "All work submitted and exhibited must be original, hand-crafted work produced by the artist and may not be the result of work from commercial kits, molds, green ware, patterns, plans, prefabricated forms or other commercial methods."
This means that the work at Main St. is one-of-a-kind art, not retail store merchandise.
The artists that I know take a lot of pride in their work and go through significant agony in determining the price, so they take offense when asked if they will take less than the established price.
Most artists work hard to establish a following of collectors that hopefully will continue to add to their collections.
How would you feel if you were a collector of a particular artist's work and found out that someone bought a similar piece at a lower price on Sunday because they got "a deal"?
I can't tell you how many times someone has come to my booth to buy something they saw earlier only to find that it had been sold.
In fact that happened three times this past weekend.
In addition to the fact that the art you wanted may no longer available, the show may not even be open on Sunday due to weather.
If the Star-Telegram publishes another article about Main St. or any other art show, I hope the newspaper will keep this in mind and consider the artist's position and the words' effect on them.
As a longtime subscriber who is trying to justify the increased price of the Star-Telegram, I would appreciate it if someone could tell me how to "get a deal" so I won't have to pay full price for the newspaper.
Raymond Rains creates blown and fused art glass for sale at his Cliff House Studio and Gallery in Fort Worth.


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It's about the world and its story, and not the character the player is controlling, in The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human (Aquatic Adventure). It required some careful maneuvering in the design of Josef Martinovsky and Christopher Andreasson's work to make place the most important aspect. They had to carefully sculpt the player's impact on the world through gameplay, the scope of the visuals and the player's place in it, and the way they conveyed story in order to maximize the importance of the vibrant undersea caves and fields they had created.
For place to be the star, all other aspects had to pull back.
Place can be a difficult focus for a game. Many narratives focus on stories about characters and their actions within a place, and while that location may be important to the plot, it's still the character's actions that are the focus. If too much importance was placed on characters, in any aspect, the player will hone in on that. Martinovsky and Andreasson had to be especially careful to keep any one aspect from drawing attention away from the world they made.
To begin to create the world's importance, they first set out to create a world worth focusing on. For the two developers, this meant working on a place that both scared and awed them. "I have always been both fascinated and frightened by underwater environments and creatures." says Andreasson.
Aquatic Adventure takes place thousands of years after humanity has fled Earth, having caused an unknown catastrophe that buried the planet under water. Now, the last human in existence makes the return trip home, piloting a sub on an unknown quest as they travel through the waves. The entirety of the game takes place in these peaceful waters, players piloting their subs through luminescent caverns and pitch-black seas as they search for something unknown.
The developer's fascination helped them create environments that captured the eye and the imagination, designing wonderful places filled with fish and sea life making their homes on the remains of human civilization. "I was really excited about drawing an underwater world because there are soooo many weird things underwater, and I like that everything moves and sort of dances." says Martinovsky. The setting allowed him to create striking life forms, taking special care in how they move as they pass through the water.
That care draws the player's attention out into the world beyond the little sub they control. It becomes less about the player's journey through this place, and more focused on the things they see along the way. The developers worked to create awe in every place, drawing the eye to the harmless sea life as it flits past their ship, or even just to the seaweed that waves as you pass by. The developers want you to savor this journey and its sights.
To this end, combat is minimized. Most of the sea life won't hurt the player's sub on contact, something that may surprise the player when the first huge fish just passes harmlessly by. A few things will do damage to the sub, but the player can't hurt these creatures back, and can only try to dodge around them. Aquatic Adventure isn't about looking at this place and seeing what you can fight in it, but seeing how you can move and coexist within it. You must merge with the place, not exist despite it. It is not the villain, but the star of the game.
"We were pretty set to make the game feel more relaxing than most classic action-adventures since we wanted players to have the time to look at the surroundings and listen to the music and generally explore. You know, take it all in without hoards of generic enemies attacking." says Martinovsky. On a simple level, more enemies would have been a distraction from the visuals they wanted players to see. On another, the enemies take focus off of the place and get in the way of just taking it in.
"I had something more classic in mind at first, but when me and Josef started to discuss we decided to go with the more peaceful approach. I think it fits the theme very well. It really feels desolate and it emphasizes more on the loneliness of being the last of your species." says Andreasson.
That's not to say there is no opposition in the game. "Yeah, I'm really scared of the ocean. However, it's one of those fears that I like to challenge. Every time I'm by the sea or ocean with big waves I want to jump in and fight the water." says Martinovsky. Part of the world's story is how this place is extremely hostile towards human life, passively and actively. This meant some combat needed to be added in, and if the developers were going to do that, they were going to ensure the player felt their fragility and insignificance to this world through it.
Aquatic Adventure's bosses have been designed to crush all but the most careful, determined player. These monstrous creatures require dozens of hits from specific weaponry, but they can kill the player in a few impacts. It takes a long time to whittle these huge beasts down, and all it takes is a wrong move or two for the player to fail. "When facing off against giant sea creatures, it would feel weird (at least for me) if they were easy to overcome. I also think they leave a greater impact for the player if they are challenging." says Andreasson.
"The fact that you die so easily and the threats are so large and deadly increases that theme of fragility without words and art but purely by the gameplay. This makes you *feel* small." says Martinovsky. High difficulty lowers the player's feeling of power over the world. Death comes quickly and easily in Aquatic Adventure, and with that comes that sense of insignificance.
Most of the time, the player's actions are useless gestures against giant beasts that will rip them to pieces with an errant movement. You are not some powerful being in this world, but rather something that can, and often will, be scrubbed from existence on a whim. This is a planet that humans aren't welcome on any more. The opposition the player meets, and how easily their journey can end at their hands, ensures they know that. It's very clear to the player that this planet and its story will go on long after the player's influence on it ends.
Difficulty makes these moments stay with the player, but so does the division between peaceful exploration and combat. With fighting being so infrequent, its importance and danger are intensified. "It's like The Pixies with the song Tame. That song is just super quiet verses and then totally explosive choruses. Those choruses and whispering verses really get imprinted in one's memory and they symbiotically elevate each other." says Martinovsky. "The silence becomes quieter and the screams become harsher. We really wanted to achieve a this polarized, dynamic effect."
With the danger feeling heightened, again, it makes the world and its creatures stand out more than the player. It creates a fear and respect for the world the player inhabits, as it is unclear when one of these powerful beasts will rear up out of nowhere and end the journey. It creates a sense of mortality – that life can end in a single instant, that strengthens that sense of insignificance to the planet's story. The player's tale can end quickly, and the player feels that throughout the game due to that back and forth between peace and war. The player feels how unimportant they are, and fears the knowledge of how disposable they are.
The player's size on the screen implies their importance to the game world as well. When the player sees themselves so small compared to the creature they need to fight, they can internalize their insignificance. Even outside of combat, the sub is a tiny vessel in a large world, drawing on that same polarizing effect. Seeing the character as small makes their presence and impact on the world feel small. On the other hand, the world becomes larger in the player's mind just as it is in their eye. The world is a powerful, beautiful place that was filled with history before the player arrived, and will continue to live on when they're gone.
Andreasson and Martinovsky had a story they wanted to tell as well, but that required a deft touch. "Having a voice-over, or notes that the last human is writing, would put too much focus on a character and less on the actual environment that we wanted to highlight." says Martinovsky. There is a reason as to why the humans have died out, and it is discoverable in the game world. It is not the player's story to tell, so the act of discovering it through the holo tapes made an important distinction.
Had the player character been keeping a journal, it would shift the story to the character's interpretation, turning the focus onto the character instead of the world. A voiced holo-tape would have also given the information a connection to a character and voice. Instead, the silent, written holo-tapes feel like an artifact of a lost age – something gone so long the story belongs to the world itself. It is not about one person's interpretation of history or about a single voice telling its own story, but a varied set of notes and writings that point to a story of why the world is as it is.
This is why the notes tell such varying accounts and come from different perspectives. There is no one person who can account for what has happened. In piecing together the story from various accounts, you still get a clear image of the story the developers wanted to tell, but without a singular focus on any given character. Instead, the pieces form the shape of a large event in the world's history, again putting place in a position to be the main focus of the game. It is the world's story, told through multiple voices.
Games are about players taking action within a created world, though, which can make it difficult to make them feel unimportant in the world or take focus away from them. Their commands are what move the story forward, giving them an undeniable importance to the narrative. If the game world needs you to exist, how would a developer make you feel unimportant?
"You know from the get-go (or from reading the game's title) that there is little hope for humanity. Our focus was rather on the history of human civilization than the last human itself." says Andreasson. Aquatic Adventure is not about the player's character in the world. Even if the player controls the pace of the story through their exploration, the developers have worked to make them feel like visitors in this place rather than its masters.
The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human is about a world after humans are long gone. It's about the place we've left behind living on, beautiful and powerful and strong without us. It is a place of life that exists despite us, and even when we're visitors to it again, we're not important. Our trip there isn't the focus. We're simply explorers to a place that doesn't want us any more, and through its design, the game makes sure we never forget that. This world will be all right with us, and it will be fine, and alive, when we're gone.
"The empty cities, and car parks and suburbs are lonely to us in the game because we imagine them having been full of families, movement, and familiarity. When they are stripped of us – the human aspect – they become like hollow rocks – like a part of the fauna." says Martinovsky. "I'm sure there is a lot of life – crabs and small fish and bacteria – living in our ruins. We just need to be reminded that the lack of human life isn't the lack of all life."
The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human is available for $9.99 on Steam and Itch.io. For more information on the game and YCJY, you can head to the developer's site or follow them on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.


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We are happy to announce that BreakOut West will join New Skool Rules in 2018 as a partner. BreakOut West works with the Western Canadian Music Alliance to promote and support artists and music across all genres from Western Canada. In 2017, New Skool Rules representatives flew out to experience BreakOut West's conference and festival and scout talent that will be performing this year in Rotterdam. This fall, BreakOut West will be held in Kelowna, British Columbia from October 10th to the 14th.
At New Skool Rules 2018, BreakOut West will present their showcase event on Sunday, May 20th from 22.00 hrs – 23.30 hrs in BIRD Rotterdam.


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Enamelled Lava
Lava is a natural material extracted at the quarries in Volvic, France and has been used in signage worldwide for more than a century.
Natural lava can be cut in any shape or size, with thicknesses ranging from 15mm to 80mm and a maximum size of 1500X1000mm. After it has been cut and shaped, each piece is then manually glazed with fire resistant enamels and fired in special kilns for about 12 hours at 1000o C to form the fondo colour of lava panels. Furthermore, with the technique of silk screen printing and the use of enamels, it is possible to print on the glazed surface of the lava any desired graphic composition. We can produce texts, maps and images in one or more colours, all the way up to four colour process quadricromy. The production process is entirely manual, making each panel a small piece of art.
The adhesion of the enamel on the lava is total: after firing they become one indivisible body. On the enamelled surface a slight and uniform crazing appears (the craquelle, a similar effect to that on porcelain). It is an inevitable and characteristic feature, caused by the difference in dilatation between the enamel and stone during firing which does not affect colours or images and gives enamelled lava its natural "handcrafted" aspect.
Enamelled lava offers:
- 10 year color resistance warranty
- 30 year life expectancy or more of printed surfaces
- 100% resistance to physical agents (sun, snow, salty sea breeze)
- 100% resistant to cleaning liquids
- Anti-graffiti properties (can be easily cleaned)


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The Arsenal of Democracy was a memorial flight of vintage military aircraft flying unprecedentedly close to the core of Washington, DC, through airspace that is usually the most secure on the Eastern seaboard, taking place on May 8th, 2015 - the 70th anniversary of VE Day. I'd known about the plans for the Arsenal of Democracy long in advance, thanks to my fortunate connection to the flight's Air Boss, who was a crew member I know from 2012's Space Shuttle Transport missions. His insights confirmed the suspicions of many local plane spotters - that the Jefferson Memorial would be the most ideal spot to watch the historic flight.
If you can believe it, I had never been to the Jefferson Memorial until that day. When I arrived, I met with a few planespotters I know from my coverage of airline events at Dulles. A crowd had already gathered on the Jefferson's steps, awaiting the aircrafts' arrival.
It was at this point that the TBM broke off for emergency landing at DCA. We were listening to the ATC comms and our hair stood on end when we heard them repeatedly telling the tower they were on fire. It wouldn't be for several hours that we'd learn the actual cause for the cockpit smoke the crew encountered was caused by a hydraulic leak - you can, and should, watch the pilot's first-person footage of the emergency landing.
Fifi, an aviation buff favorite.
The display ended with the traditional missing man formation breakoff.
And of course, since I had never visited the Jefferson before, I had to see the inside of the monument before leaving.


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Head of Strategy, Organisation & Projects (HR), Bentley
Having studied GCSE's and A'Levels focussing on scientific subjects, I decided to study Management at the University of Manchester. Academic results and achievements were really important to ensure I was able to study Management in highest ranked university outside of London. These days, I have 15 years strategic and operational experience in Human Resources Management both at global and national level, tackling talent management, development, organisation, HR digital and business strategy issues. My day to day role holds huge variety and I'm rewarded well for my contributions to our business. My HR career development began with an Internship at Ford while I studied my degree. Following this, I secured a place on the Bentley graduate scheme. My success on the graduate scheme put me in a good position to work through the business in various roles, up until becoming appointed in my current role. I am keen to share my experiences with others to help them to develop their career.
Nicola's participation has been made possible through Speakers for Schools partnership with the UK Automotive 30% Club and her school talks will include a focus on inspiring girls to consider opportunities in the automotive sector and encouraging all students to aim high.
She is also supporting the UK Automotive 30% Club 30/30/30 campaign.


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Strategic Aim
Incorporated in March 2005 and registered in Mauritius, Hertshten Group Ltd is regulated by the Financial Services Commission in Mauritius, a globally-recognized regulatory authority.
Hertshten Group's strategic aim is to create and build complementary businesses with high growth potential in developing economies on a global scale. Our global geographical presence allows us to explore opportunities and to diversify our portfolio.


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This velvet cushion is hand printed with metal. The distinctive pattern evokes the mystery and magic of Byzantium.
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