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Warner Brothers Releases First 'The Nice Guys' Trailer (Plus Red Band Trailer)
Just last week we saw the first look at Warner Brothers' The Nice Guys through the first image released from the film, and now the official trailer and red band trailer have also been released!
The film, which stars Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe shot in Atlanta, Georgia even though the film is set in 1970s Los Angeles. Gosling plays a down-on-his-luck private eye named Holland March who must work with hired enforcer Jackson Healy (played by Russell Crowe) in order to solve the case of a missing girl and what appears to be the unrelated death of a porn star. However, during their investigation the discover a shocking conspiracy that reaches up to the highest levels of power.
Take a look at both the newly released The Nice Guys trailers below!
The Nice Guys Trailer
The Nice Guys Trailer – Red Band
If you're curious as to who the younger girl (Amelia) is in the above trailers, it's The Leftovers' Margaret Qualley. Since the series finale of the HBO series just aired, we had to note that!
The Nice Guys opens in theaters May 20, 2016! Will you be checking it out? Let me know what you want thought of the trailer! (And if you're Atlanta-based like us, let us know if you saw any recognizable filming spots!)
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My hands are itchy again. Not on wire jewelry though but on my template design. Been thinking of changing this template to a new one. Just haven't found the "one" yet. I recently changed the template of my other blog to pitch black one and for now i quite like it.
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From a young age, children are asked what they want to be when they grow up. The answers are rarely based in knowledge of the economic times, income potential, or the current or projected job market. The answers come from their heart and imagination.
A firefighter.
An astronaut.
A doctor.
A garbage man.
An animal doctor (or veterinarian for the precocious).
A dancer.
A basketball player.
A chef.
A singer.
A pilot.
The adult who asks usually listens with a smile and offers a word or two of praise or encouragement, but rarely do they stop and ask themselves the same thing. Or if they do, they are not nearly as apt to consult their heart or imagination.
This divide between a child's world and an adult's world may seem to be the difference between an imagined world and the real one, but this is not true. The world seen through a child's eyes is the same world that adults see, there is simply just less obstructing their view.
Many teachers and parents who spend an exorbitant amount of time with children realize that their status as "in charge" has more to do with safety than anything. Children almost always have more to teach us than we them. Children almost always see more than we do or look at things differently with fresh eyes.
When education ignores these truths, bad things happen.Children can become frustrated, disengage, or engage in power struggles. They do not have the words to express how they are feeling and are praised when they obey and punished when they do not. Children are being trained to ignore their hearts and imaginations at a young age.
Many schools are racing to catch up with the new standards of achievement that have recently been set. These schools and the administrators that run them are armed with rhetoric to guard against any criticism that they should slow down and look at the repercussions of the rushed reforms. Perhaps more children will read early or acquire math skills at an accelerated pace, but these are measurable gains that do not show the whole picture. There is no spreadsheet of data to show what is being lost.
On the other hand, there are other schools that see the damage being done. They try their best to work around these reforms and shaking their heads during conversations about the direction that education is heading. There are teachers who try to make test prep fun and salvage as much of the dwindling classroom time as they can for more engaging projects and lessons. Still others are thankful that they do not teach a tested grade or subject (yet). There are administrators that must bite their tongues and hope that the pendulum swings sooner than later. Even a few administrators have been bold enough to speak out.
How can we turn the tide, and support these schools that feel like they want to put the breaks on this runaway train?
If not…
One day when you ask a child what they want to be when they grow up, they will reply with a test score.


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The Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
This year marks the 75th anniversary of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati's (1874–1937) passing away. Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati was the founder of the Gaudiya Math and the inspirator of a wide range of Vaishnava movements that have been established in the West from the 1930s and onwards, among others ISKCON or the Hare Krishna Movement. The lecture discusses the relationship of Bhaktisiddhanta with modernity, his theological ideas in relation to Christianity, and his approach to Western culture.
Part of the 'Relating to the other: Hindu and Christian perspectives' series.
Professor Vasudha Narayanan (University of Florida, USA and Tamal Krishna Visiting Fellow, President of the American Academy of Religion [2001-2])
This lecture series includes a general survey of the histories of Hindu communities outside India. The series will focus on the development and the maintenance of their traditions.
The scholarly literature concerning Gujarati Hinduism in the U.K. has tended to pay attention to so-called ecumenical, rationalised and representative Hindu beliefs and practices. This has been at the expense of any scholarly enquiry as to the role that regional, vernacular traditions play in the religious lives of Gujarati Hindus in this country.
(*aporias of diaspora)
Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies 13 - 15 Magdalen Street, Oxford OX1 3AE, UK Tel: 01865 304300Regd Charity No. 1074458
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Download World of Tanks
World of Tanks is an online multiplayer war game in which you conduct your own war tank in a battlefield filled with hundreds of players. In World of Tanks there are more than 150 tanks available from the twentieth century, from American and German designs among others. The battles in this game are frantic and exciting, with up to 30 vehicles battling each other on the same map. As you win battles, you will earn points that you can invest on improvements and new vehicles. The online store allows you to spend real money on improvements, but the game is totally free.


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We were thrilled this week to receive this glowing testimonial as a result of providing six months of writing support to Herts & Essex News.
Our journalist Kelly Clark devoted time each week to producing content to fill pages on the Hertfordshire Mercury, Herts & Essex Observer and Harlow Star newspapers.
Senior editor Julie Palmer said: "Kelly worked as a reporter for Herts & Essex News and Media for an extended period during 2016.
"Her experience shone through and she proved to be a valuable member of the team, always producing accurate copy in a professional and timely manner.
"She received a number of emails of thanks from people she had written about, which is almost unheard of in this line of work!"
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Did you know that when you are on the Internet, it's always phishing season? You won't be catching any perch, but you will definitely be having shiny toys dangled in front of you to try to bait and lure you in. Believe it or not, there are people on the Internet always at the ready to take advantage of you.
All companies and government offices work diligently to provide and deploy the best and most up-to-date security on the market. Canada's Justice Department operates no differently and, following some internal testing, they are taking a long look at employee email habits.
D'après la firme Forrester Research, les consommateurs canadiens ont dépensé 20 milliards de dollars en ligne en 2013. De plus, les ventes en ligne devraient atteindre 34 milliards de dollars en 2018.
De plus en plus d'entreprises utilisent les médias sociaux pour rejoindre les consommateurs. Il s'agit d'un moyen très économique, par exemple une page Facebook pour les entreprises, où il est possible de parler des produits, des nouveautés et des promotions.
We no longer live in a time when, if an organization needs to raise money, workers go door-to-door asking for donations. While individuals might still see nonprofit employees with clipboards asking for signups in public areas or commercials for fundraising events on television, it seems as if charities are jumping on the bandwagon and joining the rest of the world in the Digital Age.
To say that the Internet has revolutionized the way that people connect, communicate and do business on a global scale would be putting it lightly - the movement is still gaining momentum as more people plug into the Web via a range of personal devices every day. But the functionality of this worldwide phenomenon doesn't stop there. According to Dynamic Business, the Internet of Things is quickly becoming the new standard of connectivity, synchronizing everything from smartphones and tablets to household appliances, family vehicles and even wearable tech such as watches and glasses.
As anyone who's even been interested in commerce - whether they're shopping for movies, clothes, electronics, furniture or almost anything else - knows, trends are constantly changing. Overall preferences shift every couple of months, adding up to considerable changes every few years.
The Supreme Court of British Columbia ruled recently that the ubiquitous Google had to take down entire domain listings from its search engines. This has caught the attention of free speech advocates around the world. At issue was a trade secret battle between two companies involving design thefts and sales. The Electronic Frontier Foundation recently outlined the suit and said the complainant blamed Google for the sale of the proprietary product by allowing it on the search engine. The judge agreed and ordered Google to take down the offending domains, not just across the provinces but around the world.
In a landmark decision, Canada's highest court ruled that police must obtain a warrant to uncover citizens' anonymous activities on the Internet. The ruling bars Internet Service Providers from unveiling personal customer information to cops making a verbal request for such data. CBC News reported that the information is provided regularly now and has been throughout the recent past.
New apps for your mobile phone are making it easier to cash a check but is it safer than going to the bank to get your money? New guidelines established by the Canadian Payments Association allow Canadians to take a picture of their check via mobile phone and then send that off to the bank.


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Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack and the Beanstalk is an old English fairy tale, often dramatized.
The original story
Written down as an English nursery-tale by Joseph Jacobs,
Translations and adaptations for the stage
The story has become the basis of numerous traditional British pantomimes, wherein the Giant is a villain, Jack's mother the Dame, and Jack the Principal Boy.
English versions
Jack and the Beanstalk, a one act South African version was written by Michelle Botha and Thomas Barlow.
Jack and the Beanstalk, a pantomime version by Janice Honeyman and Ralph Trewhela.
Jack and the Beanstalk by Glynn Day.
Jack and the Beanstalk, with Peter Noble as Jack 26.6.1992 (NELM:[Collection: FLETCHER, Jill]: 2005. 75. 19. 49).
Jack and the Beanstalk, a puppet version by Teatro Dei Piccolo ('Theatre of the Little People') and Keith Anderson.
Afrikaans translations
Jan en die Boontjierank (("Jack and the beanstalk"), a puppet version in Afrikaans, adapted by Tine Balder from the English nursery-tale as written down by Joseph Jacobs.
Jan en die Boontjierank by Nerina Ferreira, a translation of the English pantomime by Janice Honeyman.
Jan en die Boontjierank, a pantomime text by Francois Toerien, 2006.
Performance history in South Africa
1967: Jan en die Boontjierank (a puppet version in Afrikaans) and directed by Tine Balder for UTS Stellenbosch.
1968: Jan en die Boontjierank (a puppet version in Afrikaans) performed by SUKOVS, opening on 29 June 1968 at the Stadskouburg ("Civic Theatre") in Bloemfontein. Directed by Tine Balder with Paul Eilers, Rentia Human, Johan Botha, Mees Xteen, Maryann Johnston.
1984: Jack and the Beanstalk, the one act South African version by Michelle Botha and Thomas Barlow, produced by Children's Theatre in 1984, with Michael Brunner, **.
1986: Jack and the Beanstalk , written and directed by Glynn Day, performed in the Baxter Studio in 1986, starring John Dennison, Pippa Duffy, Joey Wishnia and Patrick Walton. (Chad Abrahams, James Plaatjies, Annette Hamilton, Liana Collet, Bronwyn van Graan, Matthew Roberts??).
1991: Jan en die Boontjierank the pantomime produced by PACT,, directed by Francois Swart with Antoinette Kellermann and Henriëtta Gryffenberg.
1992: Jack and the Beanstalk performed with Peter Noble as Jack (26.6.1992)
1999: Jack and the Beanstalk staged by the People's Theatre in June 1999 as their first production in the new Thabong Theatre at The Civic, directed by Jill Girard and Keith Smith, with Isadora Verwey, Francois Theron, Izak Taljaard, Vicky Friedman, Rochelle Palm, Grete Lochner, Warren Arends and Hinor Shushan.
2003: Jack and the Beanstalk, the pantomime version by Janice Honeyman and Ralph Trewhela, staged in December in the Nelson Mandela Theatre at The Civic as a pantomime, written and directed by Janice Honeyman, with Francois Schreuder, Val Donald Bell, Tobie Cronjé, Basil Appollis, Tessa Denton, Bronwyn Evans, Philip Godawa, Jeffrey Sebogodi, Byron-Lee Olivato and James van Helsdingen.
2006: Francois Toerien's text presented by the University of Stellenbosch Drama Department, directed by Toerien, starring Roeline Daneel, Mbulelo Ntlanga, Philip Lotz, Andrea Winckler and others.
"Jack and the Beanstalk", in Wikipedia at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_and_the_Beanstalk
Teater SA, 1(1), 1968.
PACT Info, (1) and (2), 1992.
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987.
The Citizen, 23 June 1999.
The Citizen, 11 November 2003.
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Day Camp Activities
We are bringing many of the fun activities we do at Trout to your Day Camp.
Available Activities
* Some activities are weather dependent
With the guidance of our leaders campers can try to get a bullseye.
9 Square in the Air
Campers love this combination of volleyball and 9 square.
Ga Ga Ball
A form of dodge ball that keeps campers jumping and dodging as they try to avoid their legs getting hit by the ball.
Tie Dye
Every camper comes home with a tie dye shirt they made.
Water Games
Each day campers will play some kind of high energy water game
Campers love racing each other in the obstacle course, sliding down the slide, playing nuke 'em or just jumping around in the inflatable volleyball court.
Inflatable Water Slide
Campers can race each other as they jump and slide down
the inflatable slip-n-slide!
Contact us to set up a Day Camp today! E-mail or 218.543.4565


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A reader recently reached out to express a struggle that is far too common across the board, men and women alike.
She wanted some tips on how to start a healthy lifestyle/fitness journey and continue it for the long haul. She confided that she tends to dive head first into a new routine, then falls off or does a new fad diet and then gets bored of it or can't maintain it…etc etc.
This is all too common for SO many people, as well as me personally. I definitely struggled with this early on…and family members close to me also struggled with this as well. Going on fad diets, making drastic food choices, cutting out major food groups, crazy cleanses etc….I've attempted basically all of it. (Not alllll of them, haha, but a LOT…enough to know that none of them work for the long haul!)
It's easy to say "ok, today is the day and I'm going to cut out everything bad and work out every day no matter what and never eat bread again". The trouble is, that usually only lasts a couple of weeks for people at most. Why? Because it's drastic. It's not realistic for a normal, happy human lifestyle. It's incredibly restrictive and will set you up for failure. Instead, think about food as something that is beneficial, not something to be avoided. IT ALL STARTS IN YOUR MENTAL SPACE!
Let me explain…
First things first….
Correct your thoughts about diet and exercise– food is not the enemy and exercise isn't a punishment or a way to get to an end point. Rather, it is a lifestyle choice that benefits you inside and outside for the rest of your life- it's a life long health decision!! A journey that is for YOU- to invest in yourself.
If you think of food and exercise as a means to an end, you will most likely fall off the wagon. If you just workout and eat well to get skinny, you aren't in a good headspace to really embrace the healthy lifestyle for the long haul. And if "getting skinny" is all you are looking for, you are more likely to fall off the wagon if that goal doesn't come right away…which it probably won't.
I recommend thinking first about all the health benefits you will get mentally and emotionally from a healthy lifestyle. Think about treating your body like a palace that you care about more than anything- take care of it. Focus on how your energy levels will skyrocket and how your mental happiness will change for the better with a healthy lifestyle. Then…and only then…think of all the external benefits as a little bonus. The hot bod, the nice booty, sexy abs, the clear skin, strong hair and nails, the youthful glow…all of those things are amazing benefits of health and fitness. Bonuses for treating yourself well.
I bet you hear people talk a lot about balance, right? Well I'm here to say it again: a healthy lifestyle is all about balance. If you deprive yourself all the time, you won't be happy and you'll most likely fall off the wagon in a major way.
To cure that pitfall, I suggest two options:
Give yourself a cheat day once a week– a day where you order the pizza and fries for dinner and maybe have a few too many glasses of wine. A day where you have your favorite meal and polish the plate with no second thoughts. Then go back to eating normally. For many people, myself included, this cheat day is something I look forward to but also something that becomes a little less appetizing, meaning I tend to crave healthy nourishing foods now, so the idea of a big plate of greasy fries doesn't sound like it will sit well. Instead I'll eat until I'm satisfied and not feel guilty. Then move on with my life and continue eating healthy at other meals.
OR, eat these things more than once a week, but in great moderation. This one is a bit harder for some people, myself included. It is harder for me to eat a few bites of a burger, a cookie or just a few fries than it is to alot myself an official cheat meal. That's just me though! If you are great at exhibiting self control, then go ahead and have little bits of whatever you crave all through the week. Just make sure to eat clean 90% of the time! Don't let nutrition fall to the way side. Nutrition is key to feeling and functioning well.
Also, as you start eating cleaner every day, your body will begin to crave nourishing foods and you will realize that those bad foods you like so much don't make you feel so great after.
And get to know the benefits of what you eat- learn what's in your food, how it benefits your body and take pride in nourishing yourself. The more aware you are of foods, their calories, their benefits etc…the better you will become at making food decisions every day. And on that note- calories are not the end all be all! For instance, an avocado has a lot of calories BUT it is such a healthy food that you should eat them all the time! Calories are not the enemy, just chose the right calories that will do good for your insides.
As far as the fitness part goes, find something that you enjoy. Whether that's dance, spinning, hiking, running, playing basketball…whatever you enjoy doing, you'll want to do it more and you won't get bored. If you try to workout doing things you don't like, you probably won't stick with it for very long!
And you'll soon learn to love the feeling that exercise brings- that endorphin rush is a great feeling unlike anything else!!
I love getting a sweat on- it relieves stress and just generally makes me feel amazing. But some days I'm not super into it, and on those days I don't beat myself up about it, I just do what I can manage and move on with my day. Exercise shouldn't be a punishment, it is something you are doing for your body to keep it healthy and strong. It is a gift to be able to exercise for your health and well being, so don't ever think of it as a punishment.
So in all- think of your health as a life long investment. It is not a fad diet. It is not a fad fitness devotement. It is a healthy lifestyle journey, something that you are living day in and day out- not just to reach one goal.
Do it for you, for your health and your happiness. If you start there, you will discover that health and wellness goes far beyond your outward appearance. It is a commitment to you- to the only body you have. That is pretty amazing if you ask me. Make that commitment for the right reasons, and that is the first step toward a life of health, strength and happiness.
Let me know if you have an specific questions! I love talking about this and hearing your personal stories.
XO Katrina


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Windows 10 is the current release of the Windows operating system, produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablets, and home theatre PCs. Windows 10 introduces significant changes to the operating system's platform, primarily focused towards improving its user experience on mobile devices such as tablets to rival other mobile operating systems (such as Android and iOS),[4] taking advantage of new or emerging technologies (such as USB 3.0, UEFI firmware.
Objectives – MCSA
Candidates for this exam are IT professionals who configure or support Windows 10 computers, devices, users and associated network and security resources. The networks with which these professionals typically work are configured as a domain-based or peer-to-peer environment with access to the Internet and cloud services. The IT professional could be a consultant, full-time desktop support technician, or an IT generalist who administers Windows 8-based computers and devices as a portion of their broader technical responsibilities.
Course Project
Participants of the course have to install, configure and troubleshoot Windows 10.
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Last year's MSP Polar Bear Plunge off Sandy Point State Park in Annapolis attracted an estimated 11,000 participants. Among those going into the water on that sunny Saturday with temperatures in the 50s were Lansdowne resident Ken Bouchat and his son, James, now 10.
This year, plunge representatives are expecting up to 13,000 participants, and, thanks to Ken and James' convincing, those numbers will include Ken's wife, Melissa, and their youngest son, 6-year-old Nicholas.
This weekend's event will also include the fourth annual Cool School Challenge and the first Corporate Plunge on Jan. 25 and the 17th annual Polar Bear Plunge on Jan. 26.
The annual fundraiser for Special Olympics Maryland is sponsored by Maryland State Police and gives participants an opportunity to take a chilly dip, swim or quick dunk in the Chesapeake Bay.
Melissa Bouchat said the youngest child of their family friends, Tim and Patti Clyde, has Down syndrome and knowing 2-year-old Emily Marie motivated her to participate.
"Emily, she just always has a smile on her face. She is the cutest little thing. She is the happiest child you've ever seen. And it just makes me feel so much better to know that we're doing it for her," Bouchat said.
"Tim and Patti have been good friends of ours forever," she said. "When he (Ken) and I met 13 years ago, our first date was with Tim and Patti. They were my first friends."
With her two boys similar ages to Tim and Patti's first two children, Bouchat can still recall the shock she felt upon learning that Emily had the genetic condition.
"At first, I was so devastated, but I thought she couldn't have gone to better parents. They're the perfect people to have to deal with something like that," she said. "I don't know how I would've dealt with that, but they are absolutely perfect for her.
James said Emily was his motivation for doing his first plunge last year. When he was deciding whether or not to participate, he said he told himself, "I think it would be a whole lot of fun to help out Emily and all the other kids who have disabilities. So I said, 'OK, let's do that.' because that would be a really fun."
Ken Bouchat said he did his first two plunges through Kenwood High School in Essex, where he teaches. He said the second year, he even wore a shirt with Emily's picture on it. Last year, however, Baltimore County Public Schools changed its policy and teachers are no longer allowed to sponsor teams.
Coincidentally, Tim and Patti Clyde decided to start a team for Emily. Ken and James were able to join Team EMC (Emily Marie Clyde) and officially plunge in her name.
"That's kind of what convinced me," Melissa Bouchat said of joining Team EMC. "Last year, I was scared of the coldness."
The approximately 80-person team will take a bus down to Sandy Point State Park on Saturday to join in the festivities there.
Ken Bouchat and James said they are both excited to be back in the electric, plunge-day community on the beach.
"(You see) all kinds of crazy stuff. You see a bunch of different teams, they have crazy outfits," Ken Bouchat said.
"I also saw some people with Viking hats on," James added.
Nicholas said he is most excited by the prospect of actually plunging into the chilly water. He said he's going to, "just run as fast as I can and jump in the water."
His mother said she is "strangely, looking forward to it, can't imagine why.
"I'm sort of nervous about the cold," she said. "But that only lasts for a second. I can deal with that."
Team EMC has a goal to raise $25,000 before Saturday. As of Jan. 18, the group had raised more than $14,000, with $300 in pledges for the Bouchat family.
"Every little tiny bit" helps, Ken Bouchat said.


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The SCQP Organizing and Competition Committee has completed it's revamp of the SCQP rules and has posted the new rules (http://scqso.com/rules/). The net result is that the scoring system is now more in line with other state QP's.
This year promises to be one of the best we've had in South Carolina. To encourage In-State participation, we've expanded the awards. We've also doubled the points for SSB, CW and Digital for In-State (2/4/4 respectively) QSOs with Out-Of-State stations.
To encourage Out-Of-State stations to participate, we've added something really exciting – two, count 'em two, high value Bonus Stations. The Columbia Amateur Radio Club who is the event sponsor will participate as W4CAE which will be valued at 500 points.
The Swamp Fox Contest Group, a state wide contest club, will participate as WW4SF which will be worth 350 points. See the Rules for a complete explanation of the Bonus Station points system.
Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the new SCQP is Team competition. Any group of 3 or more amateurs who participate in the SCQP can qualify for a Team award. These "Teams" are a unique award and must be declared in the Cabrillo 3.0 scoring file to be eligible. Top points will be the qualifier for the award. Each "Team" participant will receive a certificate celebrating their achievement as a Team.
Scott Davis, N3FJP (N3FJP contest software) and John Bednarz, K3CT (N1MM+) have revised their software to accommodate the new rules. The SCQP Committee recommends downloading the latest versions and test their software prior to the event to ensure all works as designed.
The Committee thanks all those who participated in the revision and updating process.
See you on Sept 19th.
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I mention this because it was brought to my attention that some drawing/painting events offered by other artists in SMA, are discontinued through June.
The One Painting in One Day workshop is offered Tuesdays and Thursdays. 9 AM to 12:30 PM
Cost is $85 USD and includes all the materials and RT taxi from your condo/hotel to our studio.
Cost is $85 USD and includes all the materials and RT taxi from your condo/hotel to our studio.
We are located in a beautiful villa with unobstructed light, 2 studios and a LARGE patio, in colonia Independencia.
I also want to let you know that we are full time painters (teaching since 1989) and we teach because we enjoy to share what we love. Painting it's not a hobby or something we picked up after retirement.
The workshop is not a gimmick. We designed this workshop with the visitor and beginners in mind.
- My goal is to help you understand the principals of design, basic drawing and color.
- It is only 3.5 hour because we realized that many who always wanted to paint don't want to commit to taking a longer course and buying expensive art materials.
- Also many who are visiting want to take advantage of ALL San Miguel has to offer, and it's a lot to choose from.
This is not a paint a drink workshop. We believe that painting in it's own right it's a lot of fun.
This is not a paint a drink workshop. We believe that painting in it's own right it's a lot of fun.
You can get a natural high from your flowing creative juices.
|One Painting in One Day, painting a view of San Miguel street
Tuesday you'll paint a door of San Miguel. Bring your own photo reference or use one of mine. This is not a copy a photo workshop. You'll learn the basics of drawing, composition and color. You'll use acrylic paints on canvas board 11"x 15"
Thursday it's dedicated to an easy and fun technique of creating texture and the topic is a street view of San Miguel de Allende. No need to bring a photo, the reference is provided. You'll use acrylics, oil pastels and paint in paper. 19.5: x 25.5". How do you get it home? We'll give you a cardboard tube.
We also offer One week long workshops, All materials and RT taxi included. Cost $425 USD. Max 4
June 8-12, 5 paintings in 5 Days, 9 AM - 12:30 PM (2 spaces left)
June 15- 19, Art Adventure, includes urban sketching, intro to plein air, abstract and studio painting (2 spaces left)
To register contact me Cristi, at cristiferart (at) gmail.com


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Where else will you find a Tennis Bot as powerful as this?
To run SPIKEY Tennis you need:
- A BETFAIR GLOBAL EXCHANGE ACCOUNT – not Spanish & Italian Exchange (Free subscription)
- A Subscription to BETTING ASSISTANT (£6 per month) – *Gruss Software (Betting Assistant) is approved Betfair API Vendors meaning that the software is technically compliant and licensed with Betfair.
Technical Requirements:
- Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 2012 Server, Windows 2016 DC, Windows 2019 DC
- Processor: 1 GHz Pentium processor or equivalent
- Memory: 2GB recommended
- Disk Space Requirements: 50MB
- Screen Resolution: 1280×720 (minimum)
- .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.5
SPIKEY Tennis is intended for Windows PC users, but no worries if you are Mac, iPhone, Android or Linux user we recommend the use of our UK VPS to be able to run it.
- Automated Betting Bot 24/7
- In-Play and Pre-Match Betting
- 7 ready-to-use systems included
- E-mail Alerts System
- Lay/Back/Cash out Feature
- Daily Profit/Loss
- Statistics & Data Analysis
- Betting History
- Export Excel for future studies
- Dedicated Forum
- 3 Purchase Options:LifeTime License or Monthly Plan or G2M + UK VPS.
- "Bot Installation Help Service" included
- Basic Technical Support Included
- One Licence = One Computer
- Free updates
- The possibility to transfer the licence to another computer without any fees (eg. from a PC to a VPS)!
Tennis is a year round sport with a heavy schedule of tournaments and matches that are available to bet on, but learning how to bet on it successfully can be a daunting challenge for anyone new to tennis betting.
As you know, Bettingdev aims to make things easy for you and, with Spikey Tennis, we have achieved that aim. Because you don't need to understand the deciding factors for each match such as the rules, style of play, change in surface or which conditions certain players prefer and where they tend to play the best. PLUS: it is not humanly possible to follow all the available tennis markets at the same time nor to immediately detect sudden changes in any of them. So, if it is that hard, why bother?
The alternative is to relax and just wait for the alerts Spikey Tennis will send you by e-mail and/or to your screen. There's more! To help you to take immediate advantage, Spikey Tennis includes a betting module that will allow it to place the bets for you on Betfair following strategies you have predefined – back/lay/cash out!
Ready to hand, you can have an exclusive betting tennis bot that allows you to see instantly a sudden spike that allows you to focus your attention and to win on one of the most interesting and challenging sports to bet on! How satisfying would that be?
Global Interface
Intuitive global interface to see at a glance all the modules. Configuring the alerts and betting systems only take a few clicks. Bet (back/lay) and trade (cash out) on Tennis games (In-Play and Pre-Match) on Betfair has never been so easy.
Import Games
Import all the future games of the next days in a click.
Select among all the competitions available on Betfair (ATP, WTA, Fed Cup,…) you want to monitor.
Select up to 13 different markets (Match Odds/Handicap/Total Games/etc). The bot will scan these markets to highlighht any betting opportunities.
Setting Alerts
Configure the different alerts for which you want to receive an e-mail or/and execute the betting process.
Betting Systems
Build your own betting systems based on the opportunities (alerts) detected by the bot. You can BACK, LAY and even CASH OUT (trade) any selections of any markets. This module contains many settings (minimum volume, odds range, market state, stake, fill/kill option, etc) to configure as accurately as possibble your betting systems (7 ready-to-use systems included).
Betting History
Check all the bets, or only the bets of a specifc betting system, placed by the bot. Coupled with the Data Analysis, you will undoubtedly improve the performance of your systems.
For more flexibilty, we have added an Export function to export your results in Excel format or to simple print them.
Settings E-mail
You are away from home for a few days or you want to place manually your bets on Betfair or with your favourite bookmaker? No problem! Configure the e-mail option and receive a message each time an alert is detected by the bot or a new bet is placed with the automatic betting module. You can stay fully updated with what's going on in Spikey Tennis!
Data Analysis
This awesome tool will be a precious help to improve your betting systems. A deep analysis of the data is now possible with this pivot table (include several filters)!
You can set Spikey Tennis to scan up to 13 different markets (Match Odds/Handicap/Total Games/etc) from all the tennis games (ATP/WTA/ITF/Challenger/etc) available on Betfair. If there are any inconsistencies in any of them, then you will know about it a lot sooner than the crowd out there!
Spikey Tennis will spot all the Highly Traded Markets, all the Highly Traded Selections, all the New Money Matched, and all the Spikes in the Markets that you have previously selected.
With this GREAT piece of software in your hands and its email alert system, you will no longer miss any betting opportunities even if you are not at home. To take immediate advantage of the best prices, Spikey Tennis includes also a betting module that will place the bets for you on Betfair (back/lay/cash out).
SPIKEY TENNIS will quickly become THE indispensable tool for your betting activity!
Frequently Asked Questions
You need a Betfair Account and a Gruss Software subscription (Betting Assistant).
SPIKEY Tennis does not directly use the Betfair API but uses the COM connection of Betting Assistant (Gruss Software) to connect to your Betfair account. That's why you have to subscribe to Betting Assistant (£6/month) to run it (i.e. to place the bets).
As a new subscriber of Betting Assistant you can enjoy a 30-day free trial.
Updates are free for the current version that you have bought. However, major upgrades are subject to our fees policy as they generally result in a significant change in functionality.
If your personal computer has the necessary technical requirements you can run Spikey Tennis with it.
But for a better use of Spikey Tennis we advise the use of our UK VPS ONE BOT Plan.
Considering Spikey Tennis runs 24/7, you can turn off your personal computer while it runs on our UK VPS. The betting market never stops so it is inconceivable that you would need to stop Spikey Tennis just because you have to turn off your personal computer!
Also, between you and us, the fact is that your personal computer is not really designed to stay ON for 24/7. Running it like that will inevitably shorten its lifespan!
With our UK VPS, you can connect from anywhere, at anytime, from any device, computer, tablet, mobile (Android or iPhone) and from any operating system (Windows, MAC or Linux). Our UK VPS will ensure a best internet connection (fastest, no interruption, etc) and a powerful configuration (fully dedicated to the betting).
For the obvious reasons, we strongly advise against using a laptop to use Spikey Tennis!
YES of course. Concretely, if you want to change your PC or use a VPS, we will send you a new product key, and the previous one will be automatically deactivated because One Licence = One computer or VPS.
A NEW, PROFITABLE and EXCLUSIVE Tennis Betting Bot is born.
Its name is SPIKEY TENNIS
By ordering this tennis bot product you confirm that you have read and agree to our Terms & Conditions and you have also read and understood the description of the product and system requirements.
Note that to run Spikey Tennis Bot you need a Gruss Software subscription (£6 per month).


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Regular IRA contributions aren't enough to ensure a secure future. You need to put your money to work for you. That might sound complicated to those who aren't experts at investing, but there are a few simple things anyone can do to get more out of their IRA so they can have more money for retirement. Here's a closer look at three of them.
1. Choose the right type of IRA
When you open an IRA, you must decide whether you'd like it to be traditional or Roth. Traditional IRAs use pre-tax dollars. That means your contributions reduce your taxable income for the year, but in exchange, you must pay income tax on your withdrawals. Roth IRAs use after-tax dollars, so contributions to these accounts won't lower your tax bill this year, but then you won't owe taxes on your distributions later.
Traditional IRAs usually make more sense for those who think they're earning more money now than their expect their taxable income will be annually in retirement. By delaying taxes until later when your income is lower, you'll hopefully hold on to a larger percentage of your savings.
Roth IRAs are better if you think you're earning less or about the same as what you'll spend annually in retirement. Paying taxes now on just your contributions will save you money compared to paying taxes on all of your withdrawals later, especially if your income is higher later in life.
Those who already have traditional IRAs may convert to a Roth IRA if they decide this is the better option for them. But doing so requires paying taxes on the converted sum in the year of the conversion. So if you decide to change $5,000 in traditional IRA funds to Roth IRA funds this year, you will have an extra $5,000 tacked on to your tax bill for the year.
Converting from a Roth IRA to a traditional IRA isn't possible, so if you decide you prefer traditional IRAs instead, you will have to open one of these separately.
2. Keep your investment fees as low as possible
Fees are an inevitable part of investing, but you can control how much you're paying. First, you should figure out what your current fees are. Your prospectus should tell you about any costs associated with your investments, and you can check with your broker to learn about the fees it charges you for managing your IRA.
You might see fees listed as a set dollar amount, but it's more common to see them as a percentage of your assets. If you're invested in a mutual fund with a 1% expense ratio, for example, that means that for every $100 you have invested in that mutual fund, you're giving up $1 to cover the fees associated with it.
You don't want to pay more than 1% of your assets, because that's hurting the long-term growth of your savings. Consider changing your investments if you find out you're paying more than this in fees annually.
Index funds are a great, affordable option. These are mutual funds that track a market index, like the S&P 500 index. They contain more or less the same funds as the index, so when the index performs well, so does the fund. Historically, they've generated strong returns, and they usually have pretty low fees because fund managers don't have to buy or sell assets as often as they do with some other mutual funds. They also provide instant diversification, so you're not at risk of losing everything if a single investment is performing poorly.
3. Contribute as much as you're able to
Contributing more to your IRA will help your savings grow more quickly. If your goal is to retire as soon as possible, you should put as much as you can into your IRA every year. But there are a few things you need to watch out for.
IRAs have annual contribution limits. In 2020, you may only contribute up to $6,000 to an IRA if you're under 50 or $7,000 if you're 50 or older. If you accidentally exceed this limit, you must remove the excess contribution and any earnings associated with it, or the IRS will charge you a 6% excise tax per year.
If you have a Roth IRA, you must also be mindful of income limits. These restrict how much high earners can contribute directly to the account. Who is considered a high earner depends on your tax filing status. Here's a guide to Roth IRA income limits to help you figure out if this is something you need to worry about. If the IRS does classify you as a higher earner, you may not be able to contribute up to the annual contribution limit for the year or you may not be able to contribute anything to your Roth IRA directly.
High earners may still contribute to a Roth IRA indirectly by making a traditional IRA contribution and doing a Roth IRA conversion in the same year. This is called a backdoor Roth IRA. It's a few extra hoops to jump through, but it gets you to the same place in the end.
The three steps above will help you get more from your IRA, but you can't just do them once and never look at them again. Your income will likely fluctuate over time, as will your risk tolerance and goals for retirement. You need to adapt your investment strategy to match these changes. Review your retirement plan at least once per year and make adjustments as necessary to keep yourself on track.
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DME Super Session
General Info
- Dates: August 3-4
- Daily Hours: 9:00 am-5:00 pm
- Cost: $99
- Availability: High School Varsity Players only – Invite Only
- Age Group: 15-19 Years Old
- Lunch: Provided
- Blake Hinson – Ole Miss Commit
- Omar Payne – ESPN Ranked #40
- Colin Castleton – University of Michigan Commit
- Assane Diouf – Fresno State Commit
- Tyrell Jones – Florida Top 25
Over $200,000 dollars in SCHOLARSHIPS to be given out
for the 2018-19 / 2019-20 Post Grad seasons.
DME Sports Academy "Super Session" is an elite level training program designed to provide athletes with the needed skills to excel at the next level. It is projected that international & regional 60 talented student- athletes will be participating, and some of them projected division 1 athletes.
"DME Sports Academy Basketball was ranked Top 15 best basketball training entities in the country" – by Jr. NBA
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Where Are They Now?
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Southern Utah University (DI)
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NC State (DI)
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The Citadel (DI)
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As faculty and staff, you can play a crucial role in identifying and assisting distressed or disruptive students. If a situation appears imminently life-threatening, call 911 or UCPD (310-825-1491). Peruse these other resources to guide you in helping your students.
See Workshops & Trainings to participate in specialized mental health trainings for faculty and staff.
Download the UCOP Promoting Student Mental Health Guide - A Guide for UC Faculty and Staff. The guide provides in-depth information about mental health and examine the role faculty and staff members can play in providing a supportive academic environment and assisting students who may be in distress. The guide includes examples of what to say when approaching a student, outlines common mental health concerns, explores how culture impacts wellness, explains how to make a referral or report a student of concern, offers instructional tips on how faculty and staff can avoid causing undue stress, includes an FAQ section on our privacy policies, and much much more!
Creating a Culture of Health - Staff Recommendations Checklist
Creating a Culture of Health - Faculty Recommendations Checklist
Five Tips of Support as We Transition to an Online Learning Environment This Quarter
This resource guides you in assisting distressed or disruptive students, provides information about CARE (Campus Assault Resources & Education) and provides a detailed response protocol for rape or sexual assault.
Download the Red Folder to guide you in assisting students.
Requests for hard copies should be made to the Office of the Dean of Students.
Signs of a distressed student generally include extreme emotions, strange behaviors, threatening behaviors and significant changes in usual functioning, which may include:
There is no one right formula to follow when responding to a distressed student. What is most important is to approach the student in a calm, gentle manner that conveys genuine concern and a sincere desire to understand and assist. Keep in mind that active listening and being there for the student is most effective in assisting the student. Another key aspect of intervening is to determine how urgent the situation seems to be. The more apparently life-threatening the situation, the more rapidly one needs to intervene in bringing in appropriate resources. If the student appears seriously disoriented or incoherent or if the situation appears imminently life-threatening, the best action to take is to call 911 immediately.
The following guidelines apply when the situation does not appear to be imminently life-threatening:
UCLA's Consultation & Response Team (CRT) is a group of professional staff members charged with responding to reports of students who may be in distress. The team is comprised of representatives from key campus departments, such as The College, Dean of Students, CAPS, Residential Life and UCPD. CRT members will balance FERPA, HIPAA, and California State Privacy Law when communicating with UCLA constituents.
Student Care Managers from the CRT are available to meet directly with students or advise campus constituents on how to work with students in distress. They must abide by FERPA laws, which means they are a private, not confidential, resource.
Contact CRT if you are concerned about a student who exhibit any of the following signs.
Email email@example.com for non-emergency situations to reach a Student Care Manager during regular business hours. You may request a Student Care Manager contact you if you prefer a phone consultation or you may suggest a recommendation for Student Care Manager follow up regarding a concerning student. Student Care Managers do not maintain 24 hour access to email or phone. For emergencies, please contact UCPD at (310) 825-1491 or 911, or CAPS (310) 825-0768.
Information to include in your email to CRT:
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The question remember us of movie of two strong superheroes face each other right? This articles has no different from that movie. The only different is our superheroes are one, wordpress!
This is the common question from our client when they still novice about wordpress, "How do we know if we use wordpress.com or wordpress.org site?" and "What is the different of both wordpress.com and wordpress.org?". Then ususally we start a long explanation about wordpress and the different of both wordpress (dot) com and wordpress (dot) org. So, we decide it's very important to write an article about the different of both wordpress. I hope it will be helpful article for all novice wordpress outside there.
If you know about blogging, you will understand that usually we write a post in our blog then push the publish button in it, and voila! your blog automatically launch an articles automatically. Long before today, web designer need to write all the codes manually to launch an articles, but now you have a system to launch it automatically easily with few steps. That system is called "Content Management System".
WordPress is one of many content management system (cms) that we use to blog. It's a system that's great to write posts, upload images, and overall write your message for the world to see. But, different than other CMS in the world, wordpress has 2 different version of it.
WordPress has 2 different ways of sharing the content management system with us. Using (dot) com and (dot) org. Yeah, interesting but this is why things get so confusing.
The simplest way to explain it is a (dot)com works as a free platform, so you just need to sign up and use it. And then, (dot)org version works just as the system and that you need to self-host (so there are costs involved with it), basically it like a software in your computer, you need to install it on your own. So which one is better? Keep reading…
WordPress.com is a free platform, you register they give you a URL that will look yoururl.wordpress.com and you can start writing your content and publishing your posts from that very second. It's also free (and in no costs involved). They are great f you are just starting out and want to dip your toes in all this blogging world before making an investment. However, there are a couple of downsides with them.
- You can't install new theme : For your information, wordpress works with themes to change the look of your blog. In wordpress (dot) com, you still have a couple of themes available as options, but you can't upload your own theme. You need to upgrade and cost money to upload your own theme.
- You can't customize it as much as you can customize a .org: This is for me the worst. If you want to change colors, layouts, fonts and overall infuse your blog with your personality you can't do it with .com WordPress. Still want to customize it? Once again, you need to pay for it.
- You don't have your own URL: Wordpress (dot) com will give you a sub-domain like yourname.wordpress.com, but not a domain you want. So it force you to stick with their .wordpress.com at the end of your blog name. Once again, you need to pay if insist to put your own domain there.
- Their paid upgrades are not worth it: There, I said it. WordPress.com has a couple of paid upgrades that help you add a bit more of personality to your site but that are completely confusing and difficult to understand. They are also super limited and don't give you the same freedom that the WordPress.org gives. One of the upgrades, for example, is to have your own URL (so you don't end up with the wordpress.com at the end of your name) but you still don't get the customization and the upload your own theme part wich is not cool at all.
WordPress.org is a content management system that works like the backbone of your blog and where you write all your content, upload the themes you like to use and make all the design tweaks. You can consider it the backstage of your blog. WordPress.org however, has a cost involved with it since you only can get it if you have a self-hosted site. Meaning that you need to go to a hosting provider like Bluehost, purchase your own domain name (think of it like your street address) and your own hosting (think of it like the apartment where you store everything). Once you have that you can download WordPress.org through them. The great thing is that with the .org version you can:
- Upload your own custom themes: All the beautiful themes you see for sale at marketplaces like Etsy? Yes, you can buy and upload them (with the .com you can't)
- You have your own Url: Woohoo!
- You can tweak and customize them as much as you want: Seriously the sky is the limit
- They have better SEO: Meaning that you get found easily in places such as Google, with means more eyes o your content.
- Plugins: You can download all the plugins that you want. Plugins are precoded packages that help you with things that you wouldn't normally know how to code yourself. They can stop the spam comments fro filling your inbox, track your visits, adding that little pin it button to your images and a ton more of cool stuff.
But lets' say that you've been blogging for a while and you are not sure which one of the both systems you are using. There are 2 very easy ways to know if you are using WordPress.com or WordPress.org
- Are you paying a hosting?: Remember that WordPress.org needs to be on a self-hosted site meaning that you need to be working with a hosting provider like Bluehost, which means you are paying a monthly or yearly fee (like you would with rent) If you are paying a hosting provider there are big chances that you are working with WordPress.org
- When you log into your Dashboard, what's the URL you see on top?: This is one of my favorite ways to double check if you are with WordPress.org or with WordPress.com if you login into your dashboard (where you go to write the posts) check the URL, is it yoururl.com or is it yoururl.wordpress.com if it's the first one you have a self-hosted site if it's the second one then you are with wordpress.com
Which one do you prefer? WordPress.com VS WordPress.org?


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Today was a momentous day for Emerson. With our landing in Tunisia, she's made it to all seven continents–a little after her fourth birthday. Of course, it's doubtful that she'll remember most of them at any level of detail. But, I had a goal of getting her to all seven prior to her going off to college, and we had the means/ability to pull it off now (which might not be possible in the future — who knows?). So, if we can do it again when she's a bit older: great! If not, she'll at least have the knowledge (and photos) that she's done it once and hopefully will have a sense of being a citizen of our relatively small world.
Now, on to Tunisia…
Not knowing exactly what to expect, we opted for an organized shore excursion. Most were variations on similar themes, but we picked one that visited the remains of Carthage and a village called Sidi Bou Said.
The area that was ancient Carthage is now mostly buried under a fairly upscale suburb of Tunis. What's more, much of it (especially after the Punic period) was hauled away and reused to build later settlements. As a result, the sights are relatively modest in scale and scope, though the Roman baths and water reservoirs were relatively impressive. The baths were also situated ideally overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.
Sidi Bou Said is a picturesque village located on a hillside along the coast of the Mediterranean. While it doesn't have any individually "must see" sights, the town itself is generally a pleasure to experience. Although, I suspect some may be turned off by the somewhat aggressive street vendors hawking their wares (they're more pushy than those in say the Caribbean, but far less so than the "gold medalists of touting" found in Egypt).
Overall, we liked Tunisia. It was a better experience than Egypt; less enjoyable than the UAE and Oman. But, I'd certainly return there again… I'll be interested in seeing how their fledgling "true democracy" grows in the coming years. I hope it works out well for them.
Today's box score: +1 country (Tunisia)


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A group of Syrian regime soldiers deflected yesterday from their ranks and joined rebels fighting in Wadi Barada, near Damascus, media spokesman of the Free Syrian Army in the area, Abu Mohammed Al-Baradawi said.
Al-Baradawi told Gulf Online that "the Free Syrian Army forces secured the defection from the pro-regime army soldiers until they reached the opposition-held areas."
Violent clashes erupted during the early hours of yesterday morning as the Syrian regime forces tried to advance to the village of Busujima in Wadi Barada using tanks.
The rebels managed to destroy one of the regime's tanks and killing a group of soldiers.
Clashes and shelling against the opposition-held area of Wadi Barada continued despite a UN Security Council decision on 31 December to supports the Russian-Turkish plan for a nationwide ceasefire.


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NZ study pinpoints the final cold snap of the last ice age - 27/09/2010
A geological study of glaciers in the South Island has finally resolved a long-standing debate about the demise of the last ice age in New Zealand.
In unison with a cold snap across Antarctica, known as the Antarctic Cold Reversal, large glaciers in the Southern Alps grew and pushed down-valley, before suddenly pulling back about 13,000 years ago.
Previous studies of core samples from Arctic and Antarctica ice sheets revealed a climate see-saw at the end of the last ice age, with warming in the north matching cooling in the south, and vice versa.
But scientific debate has raged over whether the Arctic or the Antarctic conditions were the more important influence worldwide.
The Southern Alps glacier movements matched the Antarctic temperature patterns. This shows that Antarctica and New Zealand began warming up 13,000 years ago at the same time as Europe sank back into a 1,300-year-long ice-age freeze.
The cold snap in Europe is known as the 'Younger Dryas', after a cold-tolerant species of rose that became widespread at that time.
The study involved 10 scientists led by Aaron Putnam from the University of Maine in the United States. The group, including two New Zealand-based scientists, studied glacier moraines in the Lake Pukaki and Lake Tekapo catchments on the eastern side of the Southern Alps.
The findings are published this week in the international science journal Nature Geoscience. By using improved methods for dating glacier moraines, the Southern Alps study has confirmed that New Zealand glaciers responded to the Antarctic Cold Reversal, rather than to the northern Younger Dryas cold snap.
Flowing glaciers carry rocks and dirt which build up mounds and ridges, called moraines, at the downhill end of the glacier. When glaciers retreat, cosmic rays bombard these moraines, producing concentrations of distinctive isotopes in the glacial rocks.
Scientists can work out when a glacier retreated by measuring the amount of the cosmogenic isotope beryllium-10 in moraines.
The beryllium-10 dating method enabled the scientists to measure when the Southern Alps glacier advance came to an end, marking the final event of the last ice age in New Zealand. .
The scientists showed that a large glacier in the Tasman River valley near Lake Pukaki began shrinking about 13,000 ago, and within a few centuries the ice level had dropped by at least 150m, signifying a major retreat of the glacier.
David Barrell of GNS Science, one of the authors of the paper, said "The Birch Hill moraines of the Tasman valley near Mt Cook are one of the classic glacier moraine sets of New Zealand. Until now, no-one knew exactly how old they are.
"This study has shown that they were produced by glacier expansion that culminated at the end of the Antarctic Cold Reversal, and that the glacier then shrank rapidly."
"A strength of this study is that we replicated these findings using similar moraines in the Macaulay valley, near Lake Tekapo. These new results also coincide closely with an advance of Franz Josef Glacier identified during previous studies at Canavans Knob on the western side of the Southern Alps.
"There had been a suspicion that the Franz Josef Glacier advance about 13,000 years ago was an isolated event. Indeed, a 2008 study hypothesised that the Franz Josef Glacier advance was caused by a landslide onto the glacier.
"The new study, and a similar one published in the journal Nature in early September, highlights a widespread climatic event in the Southern Alps that culminated about 13,000 years ago. As a result, the landslide hypothesis proposed for Franz Josef Glacier should be re-examined."
The scientists suggest that variations in the positions of the global wind belts and oceanic water masses provide an explanation for these climate changes. A sustained northward migration of the 'roaring forties' westerly wind belt may have bathed the Southern Alps in cooler air from the Southern Ocean, causing glacier advance. A southward migration of the westerlies about 13,000 years ago could have led to the ice recession.
According to study lead author, Aaron Putnam, a glacial geologist at the University of Maine, "Applying a precise and accurate dating method to glacier landforms has confirmed that the effects of Antarctic Cold Reversal extended to New Zealand. It brings us closer to understanding the intricacies of the global climate system."


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First new pattern (for this blog at least)
I've called it the Crochet Club Bag, as I needed a new bigger bag to take to my weekly crochet group. Perfect for balls of yarn, and my makeup bag full of hooks!
It uses 800 grams of T shirt yarn (I used a cone from Lincraft) and a 20mm hook. It does also include a special stitch! If you'd like to improve your stitch repertoire, this will be a great way to do it!
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Jia Yong
Parts of this article (those related to Investigation) need to be updated.September 2020)(
Jia Yong, formerly MV Shen Neng 1 (simplified Chinese: 深能一号; traditional Chinese: 深能一號; pinyin: shén néng yī hào)[4] is a Chinese bulk carrier built in 1993 as Bestore. She was sold in 2007 and renamed Shen Neng 1. In 2010, she ran aground off Great Keppel Island, Australia spilling oil into Great Barrier Reef waters.
MV Shen Neng 1 aground on the Great Barrier Reef and oil spill, April 2010
|Port of registry:
|Sanoyas Hishino Meisho
|24 February 1993
|Scrapped 2017
|General characteristics
|32.66 m (107 ft 2 in)
|41.68 m (136 ft 9 in)
|13.29 m (43 ft 7 in)
|Installed power:
|Sulzer 2SA 6RTA62 diesel engine
|1 x screw propeller
|13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph)
She was built as Bestore by Sanoyas Hishino Meisho in 1993 at 225 m (738 ft) long overall, with a beam of 32.66 metres (107 ft 2 in) and a draught of 13.29 metres (43 ft 7 in). Her air draught is 41.68 m (136.7 ft). The ship is powered by a 2-stroke Single Action 6-cylinder Sulzer 6RTA62 diesel engine driving a single screw propeller. The engine can propel her at 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph).[5]
Bestore was owned by Scinicariello Ship Management, Italy. She was sold for US$34 million in 2007,[6] and was renamed as Shen Neng 1, meaning "Shenzhen Energy" in Chinese, when sold to Shenzhen Energy in 2007. Her callsign is BXAN. She was allocated IMO number 9040871,[1] and the MMSI 413461550.[7] The ship is owned by Shenzhen Energy Transportation Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of Shenzhen Energy, whose logo appears on her funnel, and is managed by TOSCO‐KEYMAX International Ship Management Co. Ltd , a Sino-Japanese joint venture, and carries a crew of 23.[8][9]
Great Barrier Reef groundingEdit
On 3 April 2010, while transiting from Gladstone, Queensland to China carrying a cargo of 65,000 tonnes of coal, Shen Neng 1 ran aground 70 kilometres (38 nmi) off Great Keppel Island, Australia at geographic coordinates 23°06′06″S 151°38′57″E / 23.10167°S 151.64917°E.[10] At the time of the grounding, Shen Neng 1 was reported to have been travelling at full speed. She was severely damaged on her port side, and a 3 kilometres (1.6 nmi) long oil slick was later reported to have been seen.[9] The ship's engine and rudder were damaged in the grounding.[11] The ship went aground 5.8 nmi (10.7 km; 6.7 mi) outside the shipping lane.[12] It is in a restricted area which forms part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, a World Heritage Site designated by UNESCO.[10]
As a result of the grounding, the fuel tanks of the vessel were punctured, allowing fuel oil to leak from the vessel. It was feared that the ship might break in two.[10] 2,000 litres of the chemical dispersant Corexit 9527 was applied to the oil slick.[13]
A salvage contract was awarded to Svitzer, led by Jan Polderman SVITZER Salvage B.V. and Drew Shannon of SVITZER Salvage Australia, who co-ordinated the salvage response. Salvage engineers from Australia and marine surveyors assisted stabilise the vessel, coordinate resources and provide expert advice to salvage masters acting at the time.[11] Shen Neng 1 was refloated on 12 April 2010, after forecasts of bad weather meant that the salvage operation was brought forward. There were reports that large areas of the coral reef were damaged by the ship.[14] On 14 April, the captain and officer on watch at the time of the accident were arrested. They were charged and appeared in court on 15 April.[15]
Two investigations have been opened into the grounding. The investigations are being conducted by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB).[11] Queensland Premier Anna Bligh said that the Government would be investigating why the ship was so far off route.[10] It was reported that the ship's owner could be fined $1,000,000 and Shen Neng 1's captain $220,000.[9]
The ATSB despatched three investigators to Gladstone, Queensland on 4 April to collect evidence and conduct interviews. On 6 April they boarded the ship to interview the crew members and collect further evidence. The preliminary phase of the investigation was scheduled to take 28 days. A casualty co-ordinator from the AMSA boarded the ship. Three vessels were reported as giving assistance at the scene.[16] The preliminary investigation has found fatigue as the major contributor to the grounding. Prior to the grounding, there were no checks to ensure fatigue was minimized by the governing authorities (AMSA).[17] A news story claimed that the ship was attempting to take a shortcut when it ran aground.[18]
See alsoEdit
- ^ a b "SHIPS INDEX". E-ships. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- ^ a b "Advanced Masterdata for the Vessel Jia Yong". VesselTracker. 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- ^ a b "Jia YongVessel Details and Current Position". Marine Traffic. 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ^ E.g., a report of Radio Australia: 澳抢险人员设法减少深能一号燃油泄漏 (in Chinese)
- ^ "Shen Neng 1 (Ex: Bestore), 70,181 DWT, Bulk Carrier, Built 1993". Tradewinds. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
- ^ "S & P Monthly Report, December 2006" (PDF). Cotzias. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
- ^ "Vessel information SHEN NENG 1 from China China". Digital Seas. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- ^ "Official: Great Barrier Reef‐Chinese Ship Shen Neng 1". Shenzhen Energy Transport Co., Ltd. 9 April 2010. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011.
- ^ a b c Owens, Jared (5 April 2010). "Leaking ship's owners face $1m fine". The Australian. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- ^ a b c d "Great Barrier Reef oil disaster fear from stricken ship". BBC News Online. 4 April 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- ^ a b c "Stranded ship 'time bomb' to Great Barrier Reef". Alert Net (Reuters). 5 April 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
- ^ "Grounding of the Ship Shen Neng 1" (PDF). Australiam Maritime Safety Authority. 6 April 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ^ Townsend, Jo (2013-08-23). "Crude solution". 60 Minutes. Archived from the original on 2014-12-08. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
- ^ Bryant, Nick (13 April 2010). "China ship 'seriously damaged' Great Barrier Reef". BBC News, Sydney. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
- ^ "Australia arrests Chinese crewmen over reef ship". New Straits Times. Archived from the original on April 16, 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
- ^ "ATSB investigates bulk carrier grounding". Australian Transport Safety Bureau. Archived from the original on 11 April 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
- ^ "Marine Safety Investigation Report - Preliminary". Australian Transport Safety Bureau. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
- ^ "Ancient species discovered in Barrier Reef depths". AFP. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
External linksEdit
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- Shen Neng 1 at VesselTracker


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