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That's messed up, what's even more messed up is how many of us will download this.
Done and done. Yes, I will download an app whose sole purpose in life is to show advertisements. Why? Because I only loathe bad ads. I consider these a course in great design and execution.

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The concept of understanding is far more important than the concept of knowing and remembering.
House – "Right I'll tell her that everything went on without her. Babies were born, people got married, thousands of people will remember the day that she got raped as the happiest day of their lives."
"We are selfish base animals crawling across the earth. But because we have brains, if we try real hard, we can occasionally aspire to something that is less than pure evil."
That's the idea of life. That's the idea of what we really are. Selfish uncaring animals that cannot foresee or understand the concept of life. We are animals that see everything from our own point of view, we live happiness in our own head, we understand people's feelings by faking feelings or trying to look back and compare with our own experiences. You see everything in this world is selfish and there is nothing that can change it. We live our life trying very hard, or many of us at least, to acquire wisdom, power, money, something to make us happy, something to make us better than all the rest.
Normalcy doesn't include happiness. It's not in the schedule. You always have to look from someone else's point of view. You'll never be happy if you only had the minimum and you'd never be happy if you didn't have something that other people don't have. It seems to be that our happiness comes from our narcissistic nature that the whole world is about us.


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Some Catholic theologians are now arguing that only because God is triune is it possible for Her to relate to us.
A God who was one person, they say, would not be capable of relationships. But precisely because He has internal relationships is God able to have external relationships too. It's kind of a neat idea, but I must leave it to others how it stands up to theological analysis.
It does make the revelation of the Trinity seem reasonable. Why else would God stun us with this baffling, if dazzling, notion other then to show us that God could love all beings, even as He loves His Self.
Our God is not an isolated entity. Rather She is a network of relationships and hence all human networks are actually or potentially grace-full.
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They discovered in practice what they had heard so often in theory: it's easier to do things as members of a community than as isolated individuals. They bragged to their friends in other streets about how well their little community worked and how everyone should try to imitate them. But then one of the women began to tally up the hours she gave the community effort and concluded that she was giving more time than the other two.
They added up their own times and concluded just the opposite. Indeed they accused the first woman of making up numbers so she could escape her fair share. Since they had all studied economics in college, they began to shout "free rider" at one another. Soon they were not speaking to one another.
Their community collapsed under the pressures of success, resentment, and envy – in that order. See, we told you so, said the neighbors on other streets. Later none of the three could figure out what went wrong.
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The Religious Studies curriculum is a crucial part of Jesuit education at Prep. While the Jesuit worldview is distinctly Catholic, its methodology is aimed at helping all students, regardless of their faith background, find truth, and develop a personal relationship with God.
While requiring an equal level of academic rigor as other courses, the Theology department helps students prepare for and reflect on their retreat and service experiences, and celebration of school liturgies.
- Theology I: Ignatius Loyola, Hebrew Scriptures and Christian Testament
- Theology II: Christian Testament and The Church in History
- Theology III: Christian Ethics, Personal and Social: The Virtuous Man in the Public Arena
- Theology IV (Fall Semester): World Religions
- Theology IV (Spring Semester): Christian Spirituality for the 21st Century: To be Contemplatives in Action
- Ignatian Seminar (Spring Semester)
Theology I: Ignatius Loyola, Hebrew Scriptures and Christian Testament
The first section of this course is aimed at introducing the students to the basics of Catholic belief, especially the history and spirituality of the Society of Jesus. Students learn about St. Ignatius of Loyola, as well as other important Jesuits, Ignatian Spirituality, and the vocabulary particular to the Society.
The second section of this course is an introduction to the Bible. Students examine the Bible's formation, history, content, and relevance for both the ancient and contemporary audiences. Most people are familiar with the stories of Adam and Eve, the Exodus, or David and Goliath; but students in this course examine these texts with an eye towards who wrote the stories, why they were written, how they have been redacted, and why they still matter today. The study of the Christian Testament will examine the source, authorship, cultural and historical context, differing Christologies of the Synoptic Gospels; explore the major themes and methods of Jesus' public ministry; and read the whole of Mark's gospel. The goal is to move beyond mere familiarity with the biblical stories towards a critical appropriation of the historical, literary, and contemporary contexts of the Bible (1 credit)
Theology II: Christian Testament and The Church in History
Sophomore Theology is a two-semester course divided into a study of the New Testament and Church History. The first semester continues the students' freshmen study of the Gospels with a special emphasis on Matthew, Luke, and John. The distinctive Christologies within each Gospel are thoroughly analyzed in light of the historical context of first century Judaism. In the second semester we continue an historical – critical approach to events and teaching of the Church throughout its long history. A special emphasis is given to the writings of St. Paul, the issues related to the Nicene Creed, the rise of scholasticism, the theologies present in the Protestant Reformation, and issues related to the modern church. In both semesters we will be using an Ignatian paradigm to explore who Jesus is, what is his call and how do we respond to this call. (1 credit)
Theology III: Christian Ethics, Personal and Social: The Virtuous Man in the Public Arena
It was the desire of Ignatius Loyola that the Jesuit school educate the virtuous man who would be active in the public arena. Toward this end, Junior Theology is a yearlong course in Christian Ethics, Personal and Social. In the first semester we will examine what it means to be virtuous by drawing on the Classical philosophical traditions, the Doctors of the Church, and the Scriptures as well as the modern thought that has advanced it. In the second semester we will examine through the lens of Catholic Social Teaching the cultural, social, and legal structures that constitute the local and global public arena to better understand the demands of a faith that does justice. (1 credit)
Theology IV (Fall Semester): World Religions
The goal of this course is to introduce students to the major religious traditions that exist today and uncover what they have to teach us about ourselves and the challenges we face living in the 21st century. These are the "Wisdom Traditions" that have been with us for thousands of years, shaping our culture, history, humanity, and divinity. In keeping with the Jesuit axiom – "Find God in all things" – we will investigate the intricacies of Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism in hopes of growing in both understanding and compassion. (0.5 credit)
Theology IV (Spring Semester): Christian Spirituality for the 21st Century: To be Contemplatives in Action
This required course for seniors seeks to examine the Christian spiritual tradition in both theory and practice. Ignatian Spirituality and other forms of the Christian spiritual tradition will be explored and practiced in an effort to see clearly the connection between contemplation and action. There will be a strong experiential component to this course to expose students to the actual lived practice of prayer in the Christian tradition and its call to service in the world. Additionally, this course will explore how the Catholic imagination shapes one's worldview that is in line with both the need to contemplate and act according to the Gospels. (0.5 credit)
Ignatian Seminar (Spring Semester)
For seniors who exhibit interest and facility with discernment, an advanced course in Ignatian Spirituality is available. Over a semester, students work closely with a spiritual director in performing part of the 19th annotation of The Spiritual Exercises. The extent to which the retreat is finished depends upon the individual student's openness to the work of the Spirit. Seniors are invited to apply to this program at the conclusion of the fall semester. Department approval is required and limited based on the availability of retreat directors.
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Lytro Alternative: Automatic, Intelligent Focus Bracketing
Now in my early post-Lytro days I've been wondering how I could achieve the same effect with better results, not wanting to wait the years it might take for them to come up with a suitable next generation model. Lytro's only real selling point at this moment is it's ability to take "living pictures" (their parlance), which really just means a photo which is interactive in as much as you can focus on different items in the picture by tapping those items. The technology may be capable of quite a bit more, but that's all it currently delivers, and it delivers that with poor resolution, graininess, and restrictive requirements on lighting/action.
Living Pictures without Lytro
Why couldn't I achieve the exact same effect with far better results using my existing digital camera? I could, and did! Here's my "living picture" proof, using just an ordinary digital camera and a bit of human assistance.
No Lytro was required for this "living picture", just an ordinary digital camera (in this case a Sony NEX 5). Click on different objects in this scene to change focus depth!
...and now for Lytro's version...
Lytro's "living picture"! Click on different objects in this scene to change focus depth!
It doesn't take an expert in photo analysis to see that the non-Lytro picture looks much better: sharper, higher resolution, less grainy, and more realistic colors.
Faking Lytro Manually
Making Cameras Support Lytro-Like Effects
Many cameras these days have a feature called "exposure bracketing" which takes reacts to a shutter button press by taking a series of pictures at different exposure settings. You then review the photos later and determine which photo looked the best. Why then could you not have a "focus bracketing" feature which does the same thing but with focus? The simplest approach would be to take multiple photos as the camera automatically walks the focus back from infinity to macro taking as many photos as necessary to achieve a desirable effect, perhaps as few as 5 or 10 would be needed to achieve a reasonable effect; with the aperture appropriately set any given picture's depth of field is wide enough to allow significant ranges to be sharply focused. You would then need some mechanism for assigning clickable regions to the photo frames which happened to be in focus in that region. This would likely be a fairly trivial software problem to solve. All of this could be done with minimal camera intelligence, since it would just be varying focus distance in a fixed manner. A far better but slightly more complicated solution would be to do automatic, intelligent focus bracketing using the camera's built-in autofocus system. Many cameras (particularly in phones) allow you to select a region of the scene which should be in focus. It would thus be easy for the camera to break down the scene into a search grid it would scan looking for objects upon which to focus, taking a single picture at each focus depth (one photo per range, according to the depth of field). The camera could record which grid location contained an object at a certain focal distance away, this being usable later to relate clicks on an image to a particular focused frame. The advantage of this approach is that it might be far quicker and more efficient, needing only as many frames as a scene objects' depths require. A scene which had two people in the foreground hugging and a church in the background would probably require just two photos to make a "living picture", people around a table at a birthday table with a cake in the center and a bounce house in the background may require 5 or 6 photos to make a Lytro-like image.
Working with Motion
These approaches share one significant weakness which is the fact that using multiple sequentially taken images negates the ability to capture any action-oriented scenes. While modern digital cameras take rapid-fire photos, and those with exposure bracketing take three or so shots in a half second, that's certainly slow enough to make any significant movement within the scene noticeable when switching between frames. Still, as action is easily blurred with the first generation Lytro, this hardly seems any sort of argument against this alternate approach. An interesting solution to this problem and that of the inability to easily alter most existing camera's firmware, would be to use a replacement lens that split a single digital frame into multiple differently focused reproductions of the scene. Just as I use a Loreo 3-D lens to merge the images captured by two lenses onto one digital frame, so to could one produce a system that would use four or perhaps nine lenses to capture one instant onto one digital frame through small lenses focused at slightly different depths. Software could then easily split apart the single digital image into its component frames and do an easy focus analysis to determine what regions in each were in focus, with viewer software showing those as appropriate in response to touch. The limitations of this approach would be related to the increased lighting requirements (or decreased action) as a result of the smaller lens, the expected poorer quality of each lens (related to cost and it being more a novelty manufacture than embraced by lens giants), and the reduced resolution (as your effective megapixel image would be the original value divided by the number of lenses within the lens). Many stereo photographer setups coordinate two cameras to take their photos in concert, getting around all these issues, which you could also do to solve this problem, though I can imagine nothing more cumbersome.
The Lomo Oktomat as seen on Lomography has eight lenses which it uses to 2.5 seconds of motion across a single analog film frame it has divided into 8 regions. The same multi-lens approach but used simultaneously, with each lens focused slightly differently, could capture motion with Lytro-like aesthetics.
Focus Bracketing leads to Focus Stacking (Hyperfocus)
As I began to look into the practicality of these approaches I was pleased to discover that "focus bracketing" was being done manually, though with an intriguingly different goal. Rather than produce a living picture where you can focus on different elements in a scene, a process called focus stacking is used to take and then (using software) merge photos taken at different focus settings to produce a single image in which everything in the scene is in focus. The software involved analyses each photograph in the stack, each of the identical scene where only the focus is varied, and uses the regions of each photo which are in focus to produce the combined image in which everything is in focus. This approach produces very impressive results. The only limitations to this system is the requirement for a still scene, and the strong recommendation (if not requirement) that you use a tripod when taking your shots so as little varies as possible.
Series of images demonstrating a 6 image focus bracket of a Tachinid fly. First two images illustrate typical DOF of a single image at f/10 while the third image is the composite of 6 images. From Focus Stacking entry on Wikipedia.
The aesthetic of a photo in which most things are in focus is quiet different from one in which only those things you select are in focus, but from a technical standpoint they are quite similar, since both situations require one possess the data pertaining to every element in a scene being in focus. And a viewer could (and likely would) be given the option of viewing such a photo as he/she wished. Do they want to see the photo traditionally (one, non-interactive focus point), as a "living picture" where they can choose the object in focus, or as a photo in which everything is in focus?
Focus Bracketing Available Today on your Canon PowerShot
A little further research led me to find a rather intriguing ability to add automatic focus bracketing to an entire range of camera models, via the Canon Hack Development Kit (CHDK). CHDK allows you to safely, temporarily use a highly configurable and extensible alternative firmware in your Canon PowerShot. And users have used this to add focus bracketing for the purposes of focus stacking, and included detailed instructions on just how you can do it, too.
Coming Soon as an iPhone & Android Camera App
This integration of camera and software is a natural fit for an iPhone and Android app, where the app can control the capturing of the image and intelligent variation of focus and then do the simple post-processing to make the image click-focus-able. While I haven't seen such an app, I'm sure it'll come soon. I'd write it myself if I had the time.
Until the Future Comes
The point is that until Lytro demonstrates just what can be done with a light field camera, beyond merely creating a low-resolution "living picture", there's really no technical justification for placing the technology in people's hands when the same problem could be solved as effectively with traditional digital cameras. If demand existed (and perhaps it will come) for this image experience, no light fields need apply. Hopefully traditional digital camera companies will see the aesthetic value and include support in their firmware (for intelligent focus bracketing) and co-ordinated desktop software, app developers will launch good living picture capturing app cameras, and hopefully Lytro will demonstrate the additional merits of capturing and reproducing images from light fields.
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Lytro Experience, Day One: Unending Frustration! And a Mac is Required!
My bleeding edge Lytro light-field camera arrived today and thus far it's been an awful experience! And I haven't even used the camera yet! So what's gone so wrong?
- The packaging is scary bad! It's designed to be like a watch box or something where you lift off the bulk of the box to reveal the beauty of the Lytro camera. But unlike a watch box the Lytro isn't secured to its base, so if you happen to pull off the top while the box is at an angle the Lytro will come tumbling out, as mine did! By some miracle I happened to be sitting on a soft pile carpeted floor at the time, and my Lytro fell unharmed a mere 2 inches. I have to believe others aren't finding themselves as lucky. I pity those poor folks who've waited for months to get this thing and then see it damaged before they even got a chance to turn it on.
- A huge shock was to discover upon connecting it to my PC that you you cannot even view or export any images without Mac! The official notice merely says that Windows support will be added in 2012. I did not realize what this meant when I ordered the camera, nor can I conceive of how this is even possible. Every camera I've ever owned can be used on any computer I've ever owned. Sure, some cameras include custom OS-specific software for managing photos, uploading firmware, etc. but the software was always optional. You could always just plug in a USB cable and view/copy the photos, whether you were running Windows, Mac OS X or Linux. But not so with Lytro! Unless you have a Mac running OS X 10.6.6 or higher your photos will never leave your camera! There's not even an HDMI out. Surely the entire point of having a camera is to take pictures you can show others. If they have some means to share Lytro photos, which includes the image processing necessary, why on Earth do they not allow you to upload the raw files? I really think they should have done a better explaining this limitation as it defies all logic and historical precedent.
- I happened to have an old Apple Mini from my brief foray into iPhone app development a few years ago. I dug it out, hooked it up, and discovered that the Lytro software requires 10.6.6 (Snow Leopard or Lion), and my Mini was 10.5 (Leopard)... I figured I'd be able to easily upgrade online, but nope! Snow Leopard (10.6) can only be ordered as a physical DVD. And, to make things even more frustrating, Lytro software requires 2 GB memory, whereas my stock Mini has 512 MB. Ah well, I figured I'd just run to Best Buy or the Apple Store buy what I needed and be able to use my Lytro by nightfall. Nope! No shops sell OS X 10.6, not even the Apple store! So now I've got to wait at least two days for my Amazon orders to arrive.
Ah well... My Lytro day one experience was a rotten one!
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Getting a jump-start on reading
Literacy effort to give kindergarteners backpacks with books and supplies
PITTSFIELD — Rising kindergarteners in the Berkshires and their families will get a back-to-school boost in June through the newest Berkshire United Way Day of Caring campaign.
Officially touted in a Thursday morning press conference held at the Boys & Girls Club of the Berkshires, the annual Day of Caring this year will bring together on June 7, more than a hundred employees from program sponsor, Berkshire Bank, to help fill 1,200 new "literacy kit backpacks" with books, school supplies and resources for families emphasizing the development of early literacy habits.
A countywide distribution will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 21, across eight community locations hosting literacy pop-up parties, all offered at no cost to children and families.
The 30 adults and about 60 young children in the audience all appreciated the gesture with applause and smiles, but there was also some serious talk about why literacy-focused events and actions are needed in the county.
Various studies implicate the importance of children reading at proficient literacy rate by the third grade as a predictor of their long-term success. It's the age when a child is no longer learning to read, but reading to learn to comprehend various subjects. That's why Berkshire United Way has been working with the community in recent years with the focus to improve third-grade reading proficiency rates from a median of 51 percent to 90 percent by 2020.
Organizers said it should be an issue of great concern that, since this goal was established in 2012, that about half of students, by the time they reach Grade 3, are still struggling to read with ease.
"Frankly, that is unacceptable," said Gary Levante, assistant vice president for community engagement at Berkshire Bank, who is co-chairing the Day of Caring with his colleague, Berkshire Bank Foundation Director Lori Gazzillo.
"We expect more from our community and we can do more for our community," Levante said.
Gazillo said the literacy kit backpacks are "one way to create sustainable change" with this learning gap.
The problem with stagnated literacy rates is perpetuated by a number of issues, including an increasing rate of poverty in various communities.
"At the same time we're working on this, poverty rates are going up, and about half of our young kids are not going to a quality preschool program," said Berkshire United Way President and CEO Kristine Hazzard.
In Pittsfield, between the 2014-2015 school year and the current year, the rate of Pittsfield students facing an economic disadvantage rose from 43 percent to nearly 50 percent, according to state data. During the same timeframe in North Adams, the rate of students facing an economic disadvantage rose from about 53 to 59 percent.
Estimating the true change of rates of literacy and relating them to shifts in the poverty rates is a bit tricky, since the state standardized reading/English language arts assessments at the third grade level have changed multiple times over the past five years, and different districts use different in-house metric systems to evaluate literacy rates. But it's fair to say that reaching a third-grade literacy rate of 90 percent by 2020 is a challenge that won't be solved by book bags alone.
"We know children are falling behind but [through this effort] we are able to give children something they might not be able to get otherwise before they go to school in the fall," said Christa Collier, executive director of Northern Berkshire United Way.
"We've got a lot of work to do, so we realized the earlier we start to work on that the better," Hazzard said.
In the 3-year-old program at the Boys & Girls Club, for example, students are now being taught to recognize and write their own names, said lead teacher Cynthia Mole, as she led a line of youngsters to a post-press conference book giveaway. "These kids love this stuff," she said.
The local United Way is also partnered with a few other initiatives, including the Pittsfield Promise campaign for early childhood literacy, the Early Childhood Impact Council, and the Chapter One: South County Reads initiative, all working toward similar goals to support kids and families.
The latter initiative works on getting business leaders, social workers, pediatricians and other community members invested in the cause.
Said the Rev. Sam Smith, pastor of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, a volunteer with the movement, "Helping kids get a good start is the key to a good future."
About Berkshire County Literacy Kit Backpacks
What: A total of 1,200 book bags will be distributed to children entering kindergarten this fall. Each backpack contains: a book and companion activity guide; a recommended reading list for incoming kindergarteners; a Berkshire Book House flier; crayons and various school supplies; a personal note from a Berkshire Bank book bag volunteer.
Distribution date: 4-7 p.m., Wednesday, June 21.
Where: Williamstown Youth Center, Childcare of the Berkshires, The Boys & Girls Club of the Berkshires' Pittsfield site, Dalton CRA, Lenox Community Center, Lee Bank branch in Lee, Berkshire South Regional Community Center in Great Barrington, and a Sheffield site (TBD).
Info and sponsorship opportunities: Berkshire United Way at 413-442-6948
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It has now been established that there is an area in the visual brain that is specialized for registering human bodies or, to put it differently, that is active when we perceive bodies. This should not come as a surprise. The brain has devoted special areas to many features that are important to us, and human bodies are very, very important. Bodies do, after all, give us a lot of information about the psychological state of a person at any given moment; we can communicate much through our body language. And the brain seems to have developed a marvellous system for recognizing at a glance, through the perceived body language, whether one a person is arrogant or diffident, proud or humble, and much else besides. Which brings me to the Metropolitan opera's recent production of Tristan und Isolde.
To convey visually all that there is in Tristan requires an artistic and dramatic flair that is evident not only in the motion of the singers on stage but also in their inaction, the postures they adopt in the still moments. From this point of view, the Met's recent and ill-fated production was a disappointment, or at least partially so. The staging was visually stunning in its simplicity and very effective in its use of colour. It descended once into kitsch, when Tritsan and Isolde, having swallowed the love potion and realised their profound love for one another, the lighting turned to red, eliciting laughter from the audience (something which I have not experienced before) and distracting attention from the accompanying music. Both lead singers fell ill and did not appear together except for the final performance. Illnesses prior to or during performances are bound, I imagine, to have a severe negative effect on such demanding singing and acting roles. In the performance that I attended on March 25th, Deborah Voigt had cancelled out owing to her illness and was replaced by Janice Beard. It must be a nightmare to be forced into such a role at relatively short notice and I don't think that she managed to pull it off. Tristan is a dignified hero, burning with a love so intense that he knows, and is resigned to, the fact that he cannot achieve it on earth. The love potion that he drank in the first Act made him inherit "eternal torment", he laments in the last act. Ben Heppner, recovering from an illness, was not physionomically up to the role of Tristan on that particular evening. His body language simply did not convey what I believe the music intends him to convey. There was however one glorious moment, and it occurred at the end of Act 2, when King Marke sings his sad and beautiful lament: "Mir dies? Dies, Tristan, mir?" What was deeply impressive in this particular performance, apart from the splendid singing of Matti Salminen as King Marke, was the highly effective way in which body language communicated the psychological state of the protagonists – both Tristan and Isolde. They managed to communicate, through the immobile postures they adopted, as effectively as the music that feeling of unrepentant guilt, forced on them by factors beyond the control of either. It made me wonder about the neural mechanisms that underlie our ability to perceive so much in body language, even when still. Is this result of activity in the cortical area in which activity correlates with the presence of bodies? If so, then this area must be doing a great deal more than just registering the presence of bodies? Or is the activity in that area relayed, or perhaps influenced, by some other cortical area? To have felt what I felt during those moments, I assume that there is some connection with the emotional brain. Interesting questions for future study. At any rate, this one moment was worth crossing the Atlantic to see. Incidentally, I tried to see the live broadcast in London, where it was relayed to many theatres. Guess what, they were all sold out! Now on to Barcelona, for Robert Carsen's extraordinarily rich – I speak from a neuroesthetic point of view, of course – production of Tannhäuser, last seen at the Bastille in Paris and about which I will blog in the future.
….. and neuroscience at the Italian Academy at Columbia
What were neuroscientists doing giving talks about the brain and its operations at the Italian Academy (www.italianacademy.columbia.edu), an institution supposedly devoted to Italian studies? And why did they have a full house, with many coming from the humanities? Well, the Director of the Academy, David Freedberg, is a wise man. He was among the first to embrace the field of neuroesthetics and understands that the humanities have much to offer to future studies of the brain, and that neuroscience in turn can help illuminate interesting and important problems in the humanities. The example I give above from Tristan is one among many. And the full house at the meeting he organized is testament to the fact that there are many who share this interest. All honour to David, to Anna Ipata, and to the excellent speakers at the meeting.


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We are Jen Squillario and Ian Taylor, two lawyers (don't let that stop you from reading this), with a passion for travel, wildlife, wine, photography, and outdoor activities. We currently live in the historic town of Annapolis, Maryland. We discovered a shared passion for travel while in law school during a summer semester abroad in Aberdeen, Scotland. We explored Scotland, Ireland, England, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Switzerland--backpack and hostel style travel (hard to forget sharing a bedroom with 12 strangers or getting woken up by a police German Shepherd at the train in Nantes, France during the World Cup). We developed a love of wine while studying for the bar. No explanation should be needed on how that started. We'll admit, we had no money and started with box wine, but we think our tastes have elevated some since then. If it tastes good, it is good. Right? As for wildlife, Ian found our second dog, a Beagle Basset Hound mix, on the street, and she was wild (she even buried her food . . . in Ian's gym's bag). And, Jen would not agree to a second date with Ian until he agreed to run with her, outside. Our love of photography (i.e., Ian loves Jen's photos and playing Jen's assistant) came a bit later. Jen always took photos when we traveled, but it was not until after our first trip to southern Africa that this hobby became more serious for Jen.
After law school, on a shoe-string budget (and sometimes with help from friends and family), we explored England (visiting Jen's brother on his semester abroad), Hawaii, the beaches of the East Coast U.S., and the Canadian Rockies. Jen wanted that first trip to the Canadian Rockies in 2001 to be a trip to South Africa, but she was overwhelmed on how to plan such a trip and probably a bit short on budget. Jen's difficulty in trying to figure out how to get us to South Africa then turned out to be fortunate as that first trip to the Canadian Rockies spawned a love affair with that area, and we have been back many times in the winter months to ski/snowboard and explore Alberta's and British Columbia's majestic mountains.
Between 2001 and 2007, we broadened our travel horizons during the winter months, traveling to Jackson Hole, Wyoming and to the ski mountains outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. When not skiing the Canadian Rockies, we can be found at one of these incredible ski destinations. And, in that age old debate of where would you live if money was no object, Wyoming often beats out South Africa for Jen, a bit of a shocker really!
In 2004, we made our first of many trips to the Scottsdale and Phoenix areas of Arizona. Ian enjoys the golf and the guacamole, and Jen enjoys the dry air, the beautiful vistas, and of course, the spas. Though usually seen when no decent camera is around, we have also had some good wildlife sightings on these trips including jackals, wild horses, and bobcats. The desert has become a favorite destination for us, particularly for long weekends.
In 2007, Jen's brother, Steve, moved to San Francisco, California. We were sad to see him leave the East Coast, but now we get to visit him regularly in the magical city that is San Francisco, where it is spring every day, good wine flows from the faucets, and the required attire is a hoody. This description isn't too far from the truth. With Steve and his wife Ashleigh, we have extensively explored the city and the Napa and Sonoma areas, where much wine has been consumed.
In 2007, we also made our first trip to southern Africa--Botswana and Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa. Jen never doubted, ever since she was a child, that she would make this trip. It was just a matter of when and how. Apparently, 2007 was when because Jen would not take no for answer; we were going. That first trip was amazing, eye opening, life changing, and expensive. We have since come to learn that we grossly overpaid for that first trip, which is part of the impetus for our starting this website and blog. Trips to Africa do not need to be budget breaking once in a life time vacations. After that first trip, we were addicted; we had been bit by the Safari Bug. And, as a result, we have been back to southern Africa--South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe--many times.
There are many fantastic places to visit outside of Africa, the U.S. ski mountains, the Arizona desert, and the wineries of California, at least according to Ian. So, in 2010 we made a trip to the Greek islands of Santorini and Crete. The Greek isles should not be missed. They are beautiful, and the seafood is amazing. Greece is a must see again for us.
The next year, in 2011, we traveled and ate and drank our way (Jen never met a pasta dish she didn't like) through Italy--Rome, Florence, Tuscany, and the Amalfi Coast. Then, in the summer of 2013, Ian spent two weeks in Rome for work (how lucky is that!). Ian is hoping to get Jen back to Rome soon to share with her some of the restaurants and running routes he discovered in Rome while working there.
We have been fortunate to spend much of our free time traveling to many different locations, some of which we haven't even mentioned yet like New York City (a bit unfair as Jen went to college there), Las Vegas, the beaches of Florida, Bermuda, Jamaica, and Mexico, and the mountains of Vermont and Colorado. We hope with this blog and website to share our travels, travel advice, travel memories, and travel photos of many of the places we have visited. But, our primary love and the primary focus of this website and blog will be our travels through southern Africa (Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe; we still haven't made it to Namibia!).


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It might be a bit early to write off the chances of a team winning the Chinese Super League title after just two games, but the upcoming international break does give us time to reflect on the opening two rounds of the 2017 domestic season.
Guangzhou Evergrande, Shanghai SIPG and Jiangsu Suning are in AFC Champions League action this week, but in terms of the Super League, we will see you in April as China resume their already doomed qualifying campaign for the 2018 Fifa World Cup at home to South Korea and away to Iran.
A look at the Super League table sees Shanghai SIPG and somewhat surprise packages Shandong Luneng and Guangzhou R&F leading the way with the only 100% records remaining after two games.
SIPG are expected to be there with the likes of Oscar, Hulk and Elkeson to call upon, Shandong seem to have a solid enough squad under hard German taskmaster Felix Magath, but it is the sight of R&F and not Evergrande as Guangzhou's representative at the top of the table that requires a double take.
But there they are. They have had a relatively easy start with wins over 2016 League One champions Tianjin Quanjian and Changchun Yatai at home, so let's check back in when the next World Cup qualifiers roll around in June and see if order has been restored.
Changchun are the only side in the Super League without a point from their opening two games, although another side who were expected to struggle have two from two.
But with all the money in the Super League and the ease in which conspiracy theories appear (just ask Evergrande coach Luiz Felipe Scolari), and the previous history of the league and its association with match-fixing, expect to see this arrive soon rather than later.
Evergrande captain Zheng Zhi, who is also the captain of the national team, is one player who should be fresher than most after missing their 2-1 defeat by Shandong at the weekend.
Zheng was sent off as Evergrande beat Beijing on the opening weekend, and it was a far cop, so he missed this weekend. Fine.
But what led Scolari to claim his side are being punished unfairly in favour of SIPG is that Zheng will also miss April's showdown with Andre Villas-Boas' early pacesetters after being handed an additional one-match ban after taking his time to leave the field after his dismissal against Beijing.
Zheng did seem to take his time to head for an early bath, with Scolari claiming his captain needed an ice compression on the bench.
Another play who should be well rested in SIPG's Zhang Huachen as Villas-Boas again withdraw his mandatory Chinese under 23 player after 17 minutes of their 2-0 win over Yanbian Funde at Shanghai Stadium having also substituted the 18-year-old after 30 minutes of their 5-1 comeback win over Changchun a week earlier.
Villas-Boas has been openly critical of the new squad rules enforced on clubs this season which SIPG are complying with, and while he as the coach has the right to make changes he sees fit, the question again needs to be asked, does hauling off a teenager in such a way really help anyone?


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FACE SKIN CARE COSMETICS – Zoe :)
Age: 20
Country: Philippines
Skin Type: Oily
- Wash or cleanse the face with the Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser. But I wash my hands first before anything else. As the label says in the packaging, the formula is for all skin types, mild, and non-irritating. I use it on my face and neck every morning and evening. It helps to maintain a clear complexion.
Tip: I wash my face with the product with my two little fingers in a circular inward motion. The inward motion helps for it is against the pore openings.
- Swipe the face with a cotton pad with the Eskinol Spot-less White Facial Deep Cleanser which is a toner. Because I have dark spots from the acne I had when I was in my puberty stage I need lighten them, with this product I could do so and discard the excess dirt that the cleanser did not. I use it on my face, neck, and nape every morning and evening. It has a cooling effect on the face the after its application so wait for a few minutes until it's gone before moving on to the next step.
Tip: Just like the cleanser, I swipe the cotton pad with the product in it against the pores motion. That way it would pick up more dirt. For example it would be upward for the nose and inward to nose for the cheeks.
- For Mornings: After the toner, I put on sunscreen. Because the climate here in the Philippines I always hot and the sun is always beaming, I put on sunscreen for protection and to prevent any further darkening of my skin because of it. I apply it on my face and neck. I let it dry for a few minutes in front of an electric fan to speed up the process before going out.
- For evenings: After the toner, I put on the Nivea Crème. Because I have oily skin, I only apply this during night time to hydrate my skin and combined with my oily skin it would only make my face look even oilier. As such, I only apply it during nigh time. I apply it on my face and neck before I go to sleep. A little amount is sufficient for the formula is really thick.


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In reference to the Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite Act of 2008, Budget Travel asks, "Should taxpayers fund the war against bed bugs?" The Act, H.R. 6068, is now in consideration by the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection,and would primarily give states funding to inspect hotel rooms for bed bugs.
(Welcome to Budget Travel readers who surfed in via the link! You might like to read this Bedbugger article on how to avoid bed bugs when you travel.)
Meanwhile, the bill Dale Mallory is sponsoring in the Ohio House of Representatives, which would establish a hotline where Ohio residents could report bed bugs or get information about them, and would require the Dept. of Health to educate the public about bed bugs, is also getting coverage from Cleveland NBC affiliate WKYC and in Vindy.com.
The department of health shall make available on its web site information on the increasing incidences of bed bug (cimex lectularius) infestation and post notices that bed bugs are a public nuisance dangerous to public health.
You might protest that bed bugs are not a danger to public health, but then the World Health Organization includes bed bugs in its new book, The Public Health Significance of Urban Pests. (You can download a PDF on the right side of this page.) And the WHO not just includes bed bugs — as Renee reminds us in an analysis of the WHO study over on New York vs. Bed Bugs, a bed bug is on the cover, with a tick and a rat.
The WHO is concerned about the public health significance of bed bugs. Ohio, along with other states (and cities and countries) should be concerned too.


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International Conference «Freight traffic on Dnipro River» is a unique event, aiming at inviting private capital into the Ukrainian transport industry, as well as at building up the image of the country as a fast growing and cooperative partner.
Key topics of the Conference are as follows:
Fleet and Shipbuilding:
- The current situation on the market of small-tonnage fleet in the Azov-Black Sea basin
- Liberalization of navigation. Pros and cons of free admission of vessels flying a foreign flag to navigating on Ukraine's rivers
- Simplified registration of mercantile fleet. How to make "Ukrainian flag" attractive for local and international shipowners
- Existing capacities of Ukraine-based shipyards. Can local yards meet growing demand? The economic dimension of shipbuilding: buying newbuilders in Ukraine or abroad?
- Construction of a new river port/terminal – Case study. What the investor needs to know
- Transshipment complexes: existing capacities, plans for expansion, construction of new terminals
- Safe navigation: dredging the fairway of the Dnipro River, installing the navigational and hydraulic equipment
- Economy and security of Dnipro locks. Features of locking through barge towing arrangements
- Growing cargo traffic along the Dnipro River as a key driver of the development of estuary ports and raid transshipment. Potential cargoes in the region of the Dnipro River
- Reforms on the river transportation market – The "river" law: how to find a compromise?
- International experience of effective maintenance and administration of inland waterways in application to Ukrainian realities
- A stumbling block: financing and maintenance of inland waterways
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As a reminder, this month I'm blogging about my year of cemetery walks, as well as the questions I pondered about writing and life. A is for Arrival outlines the context for this month's theme.
Oh wow, I certainly struggled with identifying a topic for this day. Writing about death seemed too obvious. And honestly, I've found that my first few posts were more grim than anticipated. (I suppose I should have expected that, seeing as I'm writing about cemeteries and all.) I ran through a bunch of options: dreaming, devotion, duty, drafts, drama, desks, darkness (on the edge of town)?
Then I realized I really did need to sit down and write about death.
I am no longer a young woman. (I don't even get carded anymore, or the few times I do I laugh about it and the server invariably says, "We card everyone, ma'am.") I'm not an old woman yet, either. I'm in the middle of my life. I hope there are many more years ahead of me. But it's time to stop talking about what I'm going to do when I grow up and time to start focusing on my dreams for the next part of my life. My dreams before death. My 2013 cemetery walks gave me the space and setting in which to discern the next steps of life. (Discern! Aha! Another d!)
Here are my dreams: to write. To write words that people enjoy reading. To write words that people find moving. To write words that make people laugh and think and provide some escape, if necessary. This is what I want to do before I die.
I have to balance those dreams with my circumstances and my responsibilities. I have a day job, one that I like a lot, but one that also takes time and energy away from writing. But this job also provides stability, income, health insurance. I have young children who need A LOT of attention. (Seriously, when do they start ignoring me?) I have a house and a spouse and friends who deserve my attention – and I want to give them my attention.
Death still frightens me. There's the fear of pain and the fear of simply not existing anymore. There's the terrifying, paralyzing fear I feel thinking about it happening to those I love. But contemplating it has made it less frightening. At the very least, it has helped me better shape my life and discern what I want to do before it's over. And that is not a bad gift at all.


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Walkability Principles
2. Orient buildings to streets and open spaces
In walkable urban environments, buildings are placed right at the edges of streets and public spaces, rather than being set back behind parking lots or expanses of landscaping. These built edges provide a sense of definition to streets and other spaces, which helps makes the environment more legible and coherent. At all scales, from big-city downtowns to small neighborhood centers, edges help reinforce circulation routes while allowing easy pedestrian access to buildings. Building entrances are on or next to sidewalks. Setbacks from the street are short and exist only to provide public space or a transition from public to private life.
Where buildings are set back behind parking lots or landscaping, pedestrians are isolated from uses and activities, exposed to traffic and forced to walk greater distances. Even if a walking path or sidewalk is provided, pedestrians and transit users receive the message that they are of secondary importance. Loading docks, service entrances, blank walls and driveways should be limited in size and located where they minimize disruption of pedestrian access.


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Founder and managing director of The Flagship Store by Ferns N Petals, Vikaas Gutgutia dreamed of changing the face of the Indian flower industry. He began in 1994, and by sourcing flowers directly from the growers in order to retain freshness, he grew his chain of floral boutiques across in India. The Flagship store by Ferns N Petals now has 185 outlets across 72 cities in India and is the world's largest chain of floral boutiques.
The Flagship Store strings together art, culture and heritage in detailed designs to create the perfect wedding décor.
THE FLAGSHIP STORE BY FERNS N PETALS MUSES: Anything could inspire a floral arrangement. Previous themes and muses include Morocco, Amrapali and gardens.


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Our Story
We initially opened our restaurant in October 1994, in a new building we had constructed on the shore of Silver Lake. The property was formerly known as the "Silver Beach Resort", a private park dating back to the early 1930′s. Prior to this restaurant, we had The Seahorse, a full service restaurant in Mukilteo, from 1978 until 1994. We have over 30 years in the hospitality business in Snohomish County.
In early November 2009 Emory & Molly had just returned from a trip to Europe with friends and fellow restaurateurs Claude & Janet Faure (Charles At Smuggler's Cove French Restaurant in Mukilteo). Two days after their return, and what was to be the first day back to the restaurant, they were awakened by a phone call from the alarm monitoring service at 4AM alerting of a fire alarm activated at the restaurant. Upon arriving at the property just after 4:30am, they found the restaurant fully engulfed in flames and being fought by several battalions from the Everett Fire Department. The building and twenty years of effort became a total loss in front of their eyes. After a substantial Everett Police investigation, it was determined that arson was the cause of the fire and a local 16 year old boy, who had no affiliation with Emory's, was found guilty of the crime.
There was a tremendous response in community support. With two benevolent accounts that were established at two local banks with significant contributions, we were able to assist our 45 staff members who were suddenly out of work just before the holiday season. After several weeks of deliberation, we decided to rebuild Emory's. We contracted with Mukilteo architect Fred Baxter to design the new building, and we selected Corstone General Contractors from Snohomish County to construct. Spotlight Design and Bargreen-Ellingson Restaurant Supply finished the interiors and made us functional and beautiful again. With funding from Cascade Bank and assistance from the City of Everett, the process was smoother than expected.
We tried to keep all the reconstruction business local to support the local economy.
The new restaurant opened on Thanksgiving Day, 2010. The community response throughout the ensuing holiday season was more than we ever dreamed. We greatly appreciate everyone's patience and support.
Our Concept
Decisions were made to change a number of things in the new restaurant beginning with the style of service and offerings, largely based on customer input and changes in the economy. We wanted to create a comfortable Northwest lodge-feeling restaurant with high open beam ceilings and stone fireplaces. We also wanted to change our food offerings to become a more relaxed neighborhood establishment for more frequent visits instead of just special occasions. This is expressed in our new name "Lakeside Bistro and Bar".
A unique WoodStone pizza oven was added to offer artisan pizzas and other fare. We relocated our bar and reinvented our cocktail lounge into a place to be and be seen, completely flexible when volumes demand more space either for entertainment or dining. We feature Late Night Happy Hour Sunday-Thursday, and Live Music on Friday and Saturday nights. At the north end of the building, we have the ability to host private banquet parties for up to 50 guests for dinner, or can convert the entire restaurant for private breakfast meetings for up to 150 guests.
Our Goal
We want your experience at Emory's Lakeside Bistro and Bar to be positive. Our goal is that in every interaction, every order we serve, and every experience you have with us that we meet or exceed your expectations. When we miss that mark, we hope that you give us an opportunity to make it right. Please do not ever hesitate to ask to speak with a manager. We want to be your choice in neighborhood dining and your place away from home. Pleasant dining!
Sincerely, Your Hosts,
Emory & Molly Cole, Proprietors
Robert Frost, Director of Operations
Doug Jones, Chef


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RGU continues to celebrate strong performance in the 2017 Guardian University Guide
Robert Gordon University (RGU) reflects on its performance in the 2017 Guardian University Guide, where it secured top place in Scotland for graduate prospects and a strong position in the subject league tables both in UK and Scottish ranks.
RGU was ranked first for four courses in Scotland - health professions; journalism; architecture; and pharmacy - while securing three subjects in the UK top 10.
RGU's journalism course was ranked second in the UK, with its health professions named fifth and its law course coming in at ninth.
The university has also made it into the top 20 in the UK for a number of courses including art; social work; fashion and textiles; hospitality; event management; tourism; pharmacy; forensic sciences and archaeology; architecture; and accounting and finance.
Overall the university has moved up two places on last year to 44 in the UK, while increasing by a place to seventh in Scotland.
RGU's Principal, Professor Ferdinand von Prondzynski, welcomed the university's good performance in the latest national league table.
He said: "I am delighted that RGU continues to move up the rankings in this league table. We were able to climb another two places overall in the UK (having risen 5 places last year) while securing a strong ranking in the subject league tables.
"We are delighted to have made it into the top 10 in the UK for a number of our courses, demonstrating that our staff show strong dedication in developing and delivering a high quality educational agenda.
"We place students and their graduate prospects at the top of our priorities, ensuring they achieve an industry-recognised qualification as well as a high skill set, so we warmly welcome being acknowledged as top for graduate prospects in Scotland."
The tables were compiled by the independent consultancy firm Intelligent Metrix. They are based on information collected by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (Hesa) and the National Student Survey, published by Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce).
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I had a bit of a hand in cupping and describing this one, so I stand by the description that is posted on the website.
Makes an amazing cold brewed iced tea, using 1oz of loose leaf in 3/4 gal of cold water and steeped 6 hrs in the fridge in a Bodum Biasca Iced tea pitcher.
Unlike typical oolongs, its almost better to treat this tea like a black tea, as it has a finer leaf size and a more oxidized profile. The depth of the flavor is better than many traditional orthodox black teas I've had out of this region and far better than the CTC that are more common from Kenya and Tanzania.
I did a charity ride this last weekend called the Tour de H2O that builds wells and water systems to help provide clean water (a key necessity for any good cup of tea) for schools and communities. I presented a sample of this to the organizer and hope he enjoys it.
Cuppings were done with a traditional cupping set, using 2 grams for 6oz in 200 degree water for 2-3 minutes, and using same temp. water with slightly longer steep times for follow up extractions. Flavor held up for about 3 extractions and the wonderful apricot notes diminished slightly. A great cup.
I had a bit of a hand in cupping and describing this one, so I stand by the description that is posted on the website.


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Built: 1958 Gross tons: 23395 Length: 617ft Beam: 86ft Draft: 27ft Speed: 21kn Registry: USA Passengers: 553 First Class
Completed as one of the most luxurious liners in American flag service, featuring all outside cabins with private facilities, complete air-conditioning and professional entertainment and promising "unhurried leisure at its very best". Operating line voyages from New York to Brazil, Uruguay & Argentina, there were also frequent cruises in winter with some sailings from Port Everglades each year. With sister ship Brasil, she was aimed at the upper-end of the cruise trade, but alas they were money-losers. Laid up in 1969, sold to Holland America Line as Veendam, later Monarch Star, Bermuda Star and Enchanted Isle.
Nov 19, 2019 / Port Everglades 1963-64 Ships & Sailings / Copyright ©2001-2019 by Joe DePasqualePort Everglades Top


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If this question was asked before, excuse me because I didn't dig into the forums to see if it is a repetitive question or not, so here is the question :
I was planning on a program for my office, the Idea is to have a SQL server on one of the computers (my own computer), then the program on every computer in the local network will contact this sql server to retrieve data I need. The question is, will entity framework find this instance of sql server on those computers in local network other than my own computer automatically or do i need to set the connection string for it? and if i need to set the connection string on the program, is there a way to secure this connection string or not?


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Time magazine's not being shy about who they like in 2012 GOP presidential field. A big spread in the May 23 edition is headlined "The Cool Kid: Jon Huntsman is a pro-civil union Mormon who spent nearly two years working for Obama." The main emphasis followed:
He is, after all, a pro-civil-union Mormon who has just finished nearly two years of service for Obama in the land many Americans consider the new evil empire. He is pro-environment — a little too green for many in his party — and hardly anyone knows who he is. Though Huntsman's path to the nomination is a certified long shot, you have to wonder why so many on both the right and left seem to be freaking out at the prospect of his jumping into the race.
Henneberger says he's "pro-environment" (read pro-cap-and-trade), but then insisted that "as governor, he did all the things Tea Party conservatives say they want, slashing taxes and adding jobs." On one hand, he's an oxymoronic "pro-civil union Mormon," and on the other, he's "antiabortion and pro-gun," so he's "deeply conservative." As for the Mormon business, Huntsman is remarkably slippery:
And as for whether or not Huntsman still belongs to the Church of Latter-day Saints, I know less than I did before I asked him. ("I'm a very spiritual person," as opposed to a religious one, he says, "and proud of my Mormon roots." Roots? That makes it sound as if you're not a member anymore. Are you? "That's tough to define," he says. "There are varying degrees. I come from a long line of saloon keepers and proselytizers, and I draw from both sides.")
He wasn't much on the issues either:
I don't even come close to getting him to spill such puny secrets as whether he thinks we should be in Afghanistan or Libya ("There will be more to say about that"), in what ways he disagrees with Obama ("I don't want to get into specifics") or, for that matter, where he parts company with his fellow Republicans, including his distant cousin, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney ("It wouldn't be fair to offer an opinion without doing due diligence").
This guy can't take a position on where he stands on anything, and yet his adviser's trashing everyone else. Time also highlighted in big black letters Huntsman political adviser John Weaver (previously a McCain adviser) "This is the weakest Republican field since Wendell Wilkie won the nomination on the sixth ballot in 1940."
After touting Huntsman the "deeply conservative" governor, Time became more honest later in the piece, wondering if there's room in the GOP for civility-sporting moderates like Huntsman:
Huntsman could see and raise Obama in the cool-and-cerebral department. Does he ever get good and mad? "When you step in the dog poop in the house," says his wife with a snicker. But shows of pique, his friends say, are not really in his repertoire. "You can be stern and forthright, and that's my management style," he tells me, "but when you lose it totally, that's a sign of weakness." One imagines Obama and his former ambassador, who were born just a year apart, one-upping each other with humorous asides in the heat of political battle and, if things got really crazy, perhaps letting fly with a searing look.
When I ask where he disagrees with Obama, he says, "I'm a little reluctant, days off the plane, to take shots." There's something to admire in every President he's known, he adds, and he launches into a canny but glass-half-full rundown on Nixon, Reagan, both Bushes and Obama. The current occupant of the Oval Office, he says, "is trying to pick up the pieces of our economy and make sense of a world grown more complex and confusing."
....But in the age of the Tea Party, of cable and blogosphere bile, is there room for such civility on the national stage? Does the influence of the Tea Parties leave any room at all for a moderate like Huntsman? And does his party want to win badly enough to give anyone who might appeal to independents a shot? "Just because I don't yell, scream and shout," he says, "doesn't mean others aren't entitled to. And people want to be led" rather than pandered to, he insists, despite ample evidence to the contrary.
On the page after the Huntsman profile, Time's Mark Halperein casts Huntsman as a 20-to-1 shot for the nomination: "Just returned from China, he's off to a surprisingly fast start, impressing many pols and donors with his business background and presidential manner. He's supposedly way ahead in his chances compared to Sarah Palin (60 to 1) and Michelle Bachmann (1,000-to-1!) Huntsman is 50 times more likely to win than Bachmann, says Time.
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At Leada Acrow we provide our customers with a wide range of formwork, falsework and groundwork equipment supported by a great range of added value services to ensure that our customers obtain the most cost effective solutions to their construction problems.
We make sure the equipment is there when it needs to be and supported by detailed designs and calculations is ready for assembly in the most efficient and safest manner. Whether customers need formwork for a small retaining wall, a bridge deck or a multi-storey building, our designers are able and willing, to help our customers ensure the job gets done.
Our culture is fast paced, friendly and empowering. With a history of growth and with plans to redefine excellence within the equipment rental industry, our business is going from strength to strength. We provide our customers with the equipment and designs they need to do a great job and with training opportunities, scope for progression, and plenty of support on offer; it's fair to say that our people are just as well-equipped.
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We are currently recruiting for Temporary Works Design Office/Civil Engineering trainees to join us in September 2016 to embark on our 2 year HNC programme. If you are passionate about beginning your career in Engineering but do not want to study at University fulltime, then this is the ideal position for you. By combining formal study with practical experience you will begin to develop well rounded skills and knowledge of the industry. This programme is a great opportunity to learn more about our diverse, fast-growing organisation and gain a greater insight into the Engineering and Design side of the formwork, falsework and groundwork equipment rental business as a whole.
Based in one of our Engineering Technical Centres, working with the Design Team, you'll learn how to process customer enquiries from the initial design concept stage, right through to working drawings, product take off and eventually supervision on site. Using the latest Auto-Cad technology, estimating software and application of all the up to date codes of practice, formwork/falsework guides to good practice and relevant health and safety documentation. Working as part of a small team you will also learn about Leada Acrow products and their applications, as well as those of our business partner MEVA, one of Germany's rapidly expanding formwork/falsework companies. As well as in house training we will also support you through an HNC level qualification in Civil Engineering, which is recognised throughout the construction industry.
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The Troubled Asset Relief Program, which launched more than four years ago to stabilize both banks and the mortgage finance market, is costing the federal government less than initially expected.
The Congressional Budget Office says TARP's subsidy cost to the government – including grants for mortgage aid initiatives – currently stands at $21 billion, down $3 billion from the last estimate of $24 billion.
The CBO says as of April 17, 2013, $428 billion of the authorized $700 billion in TARP funds were distributed through the program. This distribution includes $419 billion in already disbursed funds and $9 billion in projected expenditures.
The budget oversight office also analyzed how much support was provided to government mortgage programs.
The government committed $75 billion for the Home Affordable Modification Program early on, the CBO said. Of that amount, $50 billion was offered through TARP and $25 billion through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
HAMP, to date, has helped 1.1 million homeowners receive a permanent loan modification, despite the fact that 300,000 of those mods later landed in default, CBO says.
The Treasury reallocated $8 billion of the $50 billion in funds allocated to housing agencies to state housing finance groups. Another $8 billion went to Federal Housing Administration programs.


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The next packing session is on Saturday, August 10th in WC-117. All Operation Soldier Care Volunteers please check your email for times on when to report to your assigned duty. Please email me if you can not attend. After our August packing session we will have three remaining packing sessions for our troops. Updates are now posted to our OSC blog as well. Look forward to seeing everyone this Saturday!
OSC August Packing Reminder
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The 3-year project PROSEU under the EU "Horizon 2020" programme has been launched today by a group of researchers and local government representatives from 8 countries at a kick off meeting in Lisbon. With a focus on the role of citizens in producing and distributing their own renewable energy, its aim is to explore how this so-called "prosumerism" can help building a more sustainable future. Within the project the IÖW uses its prosumer-model for developing scenarios for 2030 and 2050 based on an analysis of technological solutions for prosumers under different geographical, climatic and socio-political conditions.
In its effort to become an energy-efficient, low-carbon economy and to reach the goal of the Paris Agreement, the European Union decided to invest in developing more affordable and resource-efficient energy solutions. This requires the involvement and better cooperation of all stakeholders, including end-users. Citizens are thus taking ownership of the transition towards greener energy, as opposed to leaving it to the traditional actors.
Prosumerism: New meaning to citizen participation
The many grassroots energy initiatives that started sprouting across the EU, aim at bridging the gap between investors, producers and consumers. The latter, by producing their own renewable energy at local or neighbourhood level, become what are called "prosumers". "Prosumerism" gives a new meaning to citizen participation: instead of criticising and trying to influence public policies, they take responsibility for it themselves.
How communities, towns and cities can reduce reliance on centralised power is an important question for the future of European energy policy. Those local initiatives both address the global environmental challenge by making a concrete contribution to the shift from fossil to renewable energy; but also work out new business models, based on coproduction and cooperative ownership. This contributes to developing new forms of democracy and transparency in the economic sphere.
Aside from mapping existing renewable energy initiatives in Europe, analysing their regulatory frameworks, identifying innovative financing schemes, as well as barriers and opportunities, relevant stakeholders will also share their experiences within "Living Labs". Their aim is to involve partners from across the policy, business and civil society spheres and lead to the creation of a Prosumer Community of Interests, linking Prosumers and Living Labs with community-led initiatives, cooperatives, consumer groups and organisations, local and regional governments, businesses and research across the EU.
About PROSEU
PROSEU aims to enable mainstreaming of the prosumer phenomenon into the European Energy Union in the context of energy transition. Prosumers are active energy users who both consume and produce renewable energy (RE). The research will look into new business models, market regulations, infrastructural integration, technology scenarios and energy policies. PROSEU's interdisciplinary team will work closely with RE Prosumer Initiatives (Living Labs), policymakers and other stakeholders from eight countries. Its goal is to find out what incentive structures will enable the mainstreaming of RE Prosumerism, while safeguarding citizen participation, inclusiveness and transparency.
PROSEU is one of several projects funded under the Horizon 2020 Programme of the European Union in the area of Social Sciences and Humanities Support for the Energy Union. For more information: https://ec.europa.eu/inea/en/horizon-2020


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Migratory birds flap above a man on the river Yamuna near Delhi, India. (REUTERS/Mansi Thapliyal)
A girl hugs her brother, a recruit from the presidential regiment, as he takes the oath at a military base in Kiev, Ukraine. (REUTERS/Gleb Garanich)
Turtle hatchlings sit in baskets and trays at the turtle camp La Gloria before their release into the ocean in Tomatlan, Mexico. (REUTERS/Alejandro Acosta)
Small boats sit on the shore of Guanabara Bay, across from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The bay was home to a thriving artisanal fishing industry as recently as the late '70s, but since it has become a watery dump for waste from shipyards and two commercial ports. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Chief Arvol Looking Horse, spiritual leader of the Great Sioux Nation, pats a carriage horse in Central Park, New York. (REUTERS/Carlo Allegri)
A woman looks on as Mount Sinabung spews ash following an eruption near Karo district, Indonesia. (REUTERS/Roni Bintang)
Guardsmen arrive at the cathedral in Monaco before mass. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
Typhoon survivors who have yet to receive any relief aid react as a U.S. helicopter delivering aid leaves the remote village in central Philippines. (REUTERS/Edgar Su)
Two runners pass by the Aare river during the first snowfall in Bern, Switzerland. (REUTERS/Ruben Sprich)
A three-week-old Australian Black Swan walks out of a pool at the Royev Ruchey zoo in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. (REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin)
Paragliders fly in front of Lima's Miraflores district in Peru. (REUTERS/Mariana Bazo)


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The New Look
I have been meaning to update the look and feel of my site for a while. Well... now it's done. Mostly. I'm certain I'll find a few broken links or the odd formatting problem here and there. As I write this, I know I still need to clean up the sortable tables on the Lightroom and ON1 Learning Centers. If you find a problem, please, please let me know so I can fix it up.
So what drove me to update the site? You. I want your experience visiting my site to be easy. You find what you want, there's not a lot of noise, and so on. Statistics don't lie. The most popular landing page on this site is my blog. My cover page was a close second... but looking deeper, the very next page people would visit is the blog. So... the blog is now the landing page.
The old layout felt cluttered, too. The new design is wider. I also ditched the sidebar. Over time, I was removing more and more things from the sidebar, and what was left kinda felt like it was there for the sake of being there. I will miss it as a place to highlight new products... but I'll figure that out eventually.
My storefront was cobbled together. Now, everything is in a single page with very clear separators. Each product group is in scrollable carousels so as more products get added (yes, I'm working on something else now :) it'll be quick for me up to update the store and get new goodies out faster. I still need to to add some anchor links and smooth scrolling to the store front.... I'm still testing out those changes.
The last thing I definitely wanted is a way to display photos big. My cover page was great for that, and I wanted that for my other photos, too. I'm really happy with how the Photos section of the site looks now. If you haven't checked it out, please have a look.


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Get to know the new cast members of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. with first look images and descriptions for each character. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. continued on strong last season, but was the beneficiary of a somewhat surprising renewal for a fifth season - possibly forced upon ABC by Disney. The renewal will allow the showrunners and writers to craft a story around the team's mysterious kidnapping at the end of season 4, one that has now brought them to an unknown space location.
It is still unclear just who has kidnapped the agents, but it was reasonable to assume Coulson and his team would not be the only people at this new setting. The inclusion of Jeff Ward earlier this year was the only bit of casting information to surface for season 5, but he is far from the only new face, and we now know who they are and what they look like.
Related: Kree Assassin Coming to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
EW has released a group of character profiles for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s newbies. The profiles not only give fans a chance to see what each of these new characters look like, but also reveal who will be playing them, and important character details. Below, you will find the photos accompanied by the character descriptions laid out by EW.
"Deke is the ultimate survivor and roguish scavenger, the guy who can get people what they need, but at a price of his asking. With his sharp mind and quick wit, he is both a real asset in a tight spot and a hard man to trust."
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"Tess is resourceful, striving to be self-sufficient in very desperate circumstances, but she has hung on to her hopes for a better future for herself and those closest to her. She is living proof that even in the toughest of times, good people will still fight for each other."
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"Flint is a young man who's been forced to grow up fast in a tough environment, but hasn't lost his desire to make something of himself. When he crosses paths with our S.H.I.E.L.D. team, he just may get the chance to prove that he's capable of big things. Fun fact: Flint is based on a character from Inhumans comics who has the ability to control rock and stone."
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"Grill is a gruff taskmaster, lording over those under his command with an unforgiving temperament. He has no illusions about the world he lives in and this makes him a man not easily fooled, or crossed."
This is the first announcement that Eve Harlow (The 100), Coy Stewart (Bella and the Bulldogs), and Pruitt Taylor Vince (Heroes Reborn) have joined the series, and it is a rare instance where their characters aren't shrouded in mystery to begin with. The descriptions for each of their characters (and Ward's for that matter) are not terribly revealing, only really laying the foundation for who these characters are at their core.
The amount of details the photos and descriptions reveal is not much, but they may make it less likely Jack Flag is introduced as we once theorized. The first look image at Ward's Deke matches the character believed to be Jack Flag's description, so Deke is either a nickname, a change to the source material, or a misdirect (a la Chloe Bennet playing "Skye" originally). The descriptions do note that Coy Stewart's character is inspired by the Inhuman Flint - and even shares the same name - but it does not confirm whether or not he will have his earth manipulating abilities (also known as Geokinesis). Neither Tess nor Grill appear to be based on a comic character either, so fans will have to wait until the fifth season begins to learn more about them.
NEXT: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Detailed Footage Description
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 5's two-hour premiere airs Friday, December 1st at 8pm on ABC.
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NEW! SWFSC scientists have prepared a downloadable fact sheet on thresher sharks and their fisheries.
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Distribution: The thresher is distributed circumglobally in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans and in the Mediterranean. In the eastern Pacific it occurs from Goose Bay, British Columbia south to off Baja California; also off Panama and Chile, occurring in temperate and warm oceans and penetrating into tropical waters, being most abundant over continental and insular shelves and slopes. This species is often associated with areas characterized by high biological productivity the presence of strong frontal zones separating regions of upwelling and adjacent waters, and strong horizontal and vertical mixing of surface and subsurface waters-habitats conducive to production and maintenance of schooling pelagic prey upon which it feeds. Young often occur close to shore and can enter bays.
A thresher shark satellite pop-up tagging study has shown southern California thresher shark tagging in spring can travel to off Baja California Mexico by the following October and 540 miles southwest of La Paz, Mexico by January. Other indirect evidence, including patterns in catches, suggest a seasonal north-south migration between San Diego/Baja California Mexico and Oregon and Washington. It has been proposed that large adult common thresher sharks pass through southern California waters in early spring of the year, remaining in offshore waters from one to two months during which time pupping occurs. Pups are then thought to move into shallow coastal waters. The adults then continue to follow warming water and perhaps schools of bait northward, and by late summer, arrive off Oregon and Washington. Subadult members of the stock appear to arrive in southern California waters during early summer, and as summer progresses move up the coast as far north as San Francisco, with some moving as far north as the Columbia River area. In fall, these subadults are thought to move south again, arriving in the Channel Islands area. Little is known about the presumed southward migration of the large adults, which do not appear along the coast until the following spring. Genetic analyses have indicated that the Pacific U.S. -Mexico common thresher shark is stock is a single homogenous West Coast population.
Growth and Development: Maximum size to 610 cm TL (20 ft); off the U.S. West Coast the largest reported is 550 cm (18 ft ). Size at first maturity has been variously estimated and interpreted and needs re-examination. Female size and age at first maturity is likely between 260-270 cm TL (8 ?-9 ft long) and about 4 or 5 years old; male size and age of first maturity is between 246-333 cm TL (8-11 ft) and 3 to 6 years old. Size at birth varies considerably, ranging from 115 cm to 156 cm TL (45-61 in), with only slight variation among geographical regions around the world. The species has been variously estimated to reach a maximum age of from 19 to 50 years.
Live-bearing, normal brood size appears to be 2-4 fetuses although broods of up to 7 fetuses have been recorded off Spain. The developing fetuses feed on yolk-filled egg capsules produced by the female and consumed in utero. Mating presumably takes place in midsummer along U.S. West Coast EEZ with a gestation period of about 9 months; birth is thought to occur in the spring months off California, judging from the cluster of postpartum-sized pups taken in the catch at this time.
Feeding: Prey items from California and other waters include anchovy, Pacific sardine, herring, mackerel, Pacific hake, lancetfish, lanternfishes, Pacific salmon, squids, octopus, pelagic red crab, and shrimp. Preliminary results of a recent food habit study of samples collected during the warm-water period of 1998 from the CA/OR drift gill net fishery, has revealed a varied diet of primarily anchovy, sardine, Pacific hake, Pacific mackerel, jack mackerel, shortbelly rockfish, and market squid; and secondarily, grunion and other atherinids, louvar, white croaker, queenfish, Pacific sanddab and pelagic red crab. Thresher sharks have been observed to use their long caudal fin to bunch up, disorient and stun prey at or near the surface and are often caught tailhooked on longlines.
Conservation and Management: Thresher sharks have been observed to use their long caudal fin to bunch up, disorient and stun prey at or near the surface and consequently, they are often caught tailhooked on longlines. Due to their wide distribution and abundance, threshers are often caught as bycatch in fisheries worldwide.


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A New Way to Utilize Social Networking.../
Are you looking for new ways to utilize social networking platforms? Are you looking for new ways to engage fans?
Take a page out of Coors Light's playbook.
The alcoholic beverage company was recently touted in the New York Times for its new "Code Blue" Facebook campaign. The new "Code Blue" Facebook widget enables consumers 21+ to send their friends "Code Blue" alerts - inviting them to meet up for a beer. Consumers can even use Facebook maps to direct their friends to a nearby bar.
To drive social networking buzz online, Coors also introduced two (2) videos on YouTube showing beer drinkers completing "the perfect pour". The videos are a very effective means to target Coors Light's core demos... Coors' online integration tactics complement the company's existing television and print advertisements... forming a 360-degree activation platform. Check out one of the "perfect pour" videos out below:But whose to say that your organization cannot implement a Facebook widget, similar to Coors' "Code Blue" offering, that provides your fanbase/brand ambassadors with a way to message their friends about meeting up at the bar to watch a game? Or meeting at the stadium to buy tickets to go to a game? Or going to a VIP meet-n-greet with players on the team? Or going to a concert at your venue? If your organization does support said strategy, remember that you will want to complement this widget with viral marketing to drive online buzz...