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Friday 18 – Sunday 20 September 2015
www.ramsbottomfestival.com / @rammyfestival / #rammy15
So much more than sound, Rammy this year also claims the moves, as free-running, dance, theatre, aero-acrobatics, mechanical art, stone balancing and dancing puppetry headline the Lancashire festival's fifth family stage.
The stunning line up of live arts and performances has been commissioned by award-winning festival organisers, The Met, Bury in association with Northern Festivals Network, for the brand new family stage including:
The Marie Celestial, a walking mechanical art installation and street theatre show that incorporates live, interactive aerial circus performance and music which was commissioned in conjunction with Glastonbury Festival.
The Wheel House, performed by Acrojou Circus Theatre is a show that unfolds inside and around a circular set as it rolls, with the audience walking alongside. Set in a different time where everything has a new value and survival relies on sharp eyes, quick hands, and, above all, friendship, the show features stunning design, theatrical acrobatics, and breathtaking moments of risk.
Responsible Fishing will be teaching the ancient art of Stone Balancing, part patienceand gravity, part art, all fun, a great family experience that teaches you skills you are guaranteed to use on every beach holiday from now on!
Every Grain performed by Soul Rebel Tap is an uplifting tap dance performance based in the fabulous '50s era, infused with the strength of some of its well-known and loved tunes. Join in the fun afterwards in their open level workshop.
Parkour Generations is the largest professional organisation for the movement discipline known as parkour or freerunning.
Have you ever wanted to try tricks on a trapeze, hang from an aerial hammock or loop around a hoop? Well now you can with trapeze workshops for all ages, strengths and skills from Higher State Aerial Entertainment.
The Town Band of Bremen performed by Fabularium follows four animals who all share a passion for music. After a dreadful robbery leaves their master penniless the band now travel from place to place on their medieval cart sharing stories and singing songs. The show features live music, masks and puppetry.
In the Tin Type Trailer have your family portrait taken and watch as it materialises as an atmospheric Victorian Polaroid via 19th century photographic processes.
Bury Arts Collective present lots of arts and crafts workshops for children including unique souvenirs for the festival in the form of Quick Fire Portraits and Sketchbook Tours and the opportunity to create huge heads out of newspaper at Heads on Sticks. With Bury Arts Collective you can also learn to play the saw, try your hand at Bollywood dancing, visit Professor Jigget's Cabin of Curiosity and help Davy discover what he wants to be in The Toothy Adventures of Davy Denture. Family friendly folkie David Gibb will also perform.
Rammy has become just as famous for its family entertainment as it has for its eclectic mix of indie, rock, folk and reggae music. It's a favourite among those looking to escape the chaos of the big festivals in favour of a friendlier vibe.
There's much to look forward to for Rammy's fifth birthday
- Headliners this year include The Proclaimers and Idlewild and The Wonderstuff plus Very Special Guests The Magic Numbers.
- Five stages: An area dedicated to family arts becomes Rammy's fifth stage.
- Home brew: Silver Street Brewery brings you the taste of Rammy 2015 with a special edition Ramsbottom Festival beer, a light easy drinking ale perfect for the end of summer.
- New commission: Make way for artist Ruby Soho's The Marie Celestial – a walking, mechanical art installation and street theatre show featuring live, interactive and aerial circus performance and music.
- Happy campers: No coaches required this year as festival-goers pitch up on a new campsite next to the festival ground. It's a ten-minute walk along the Irwell Sculpture Trail then out into lush open farmland.
- Ssshh – Back by popular demand this year is the Silent Disco – choose your soundtrack from funk, indie, rock, northern soul, dance and reggae.
Ramsbottom Festival is organised by Entertainment Venue of the Year 2014, Bury's The Met, in partnership with The Bridgewater Hall. It takes place Friday 18 – Sunday 20 September 2015 at Ramsbottom Cricket Club, Bury, easily reachable via public transport from Manchester city centre.
Ticket Prices
|Family 1
|Adult 18+
|Teen (14-17) 2
|Child (6-13) 2 3
|Under 6 2
|Full Festival Ticket
|Friday Day Ticket
|Saturday Day Ticket
|Sunday Day Ticket
1 Two adults and up to three children (6-13). 2 Proof of age may be required. 3 Children aged 13 and under will only be admitted if accompanied by an adult. 4 VIP tickets holders have access to a range of exclusive benefits.
These prices are fixed until midnight on Thursday 17 September and will rise on the gate.
For more information or to be the first in the know, sign up for the email newsletter at www.ramsbottomfestival.com
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New Evidence of Avandia's Heart Risks
FDA had already imposed restrictions on Avandia use after it was linked to heart troubles. Now a new study finds Avandia has significantly greater cardiovascular risks than the other drug in its class.
Thursday, March 17, 2011 — The diabetes drug Avandia (rosiglitazone) carries a greater risk of heart problems compared with a similar drug, Actos (pioglitazone), according to a new study published online in the British Medical Journal.
While both drugs — the only members of a class of diabetes medications known as thiazolidinediones — have been linked to cardiovascular issues, odds of heart attack were 16 percent higher for people who took Avandia than for those who took Actos, the researchers found after reviewing 16 previous studies that compared the two drugs. Heart failure was 22 percent more likely and death 14 percent more likely among people who took Avandia than in those who took Actos.
The latest finding is just another in a series linking Avandia to serious health risks. In September 2010, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration restricted use of Avandia to only those patients whose diabetes cannot be controlled on other medications. Since its approval in 1998, millions of Americans with type 2 diabetes have taken Avandia to help control their blood sugar levels.
And although Actos appears to have lower cardiovascular risks than Avandia, they're still substantial enough that — like Avandia — Actos carries an FDA-required black box warning on its prescribing information about its potential side effects. Thiazolidinediones are also linked to a greater risk of bone fractures (especially in women) and weight gain, and they're more expensive than the diabetes drug metformin, which is recommended as a first-line treatment and available as a generic. (Despite their drawbacks, Actos was the eighth biggest-selling drug in the United States in 2009, while Avandia was number 121.)
Should You Be Worried if You're Taking Avandia or Actos?
You're right to be concerned if you're taking either of these medications to manage your diabetes, but a note of caution: You should never stop taking any prescribed medication without first talking to your doctor. You should, however, ask your doctor whether the benefit for you of taking one of these drugs outweighs the potential risks to your health.
Remember, diabetes in and of itself poses a significant risk for heart problems, so in some cases the thiazolidinedione drugs may be necessary. But they should never be a first-line treatment because there are other medications that can adequately control blood sugar, says Everyday Health diabetes expert Asqual Getaneh, MD, MPH, assistant clinical professor of medicine at Columbia University in New York.
For people with existing cardiovascular issues, it's a different story, she emphasizes. "If patients have heart disease, they should not be on Avandia, period," says Dr. Getaneh. "There is clear evidence that the risks outweigh the benefits in that case." While many patients have been switched from Avandia to Actos over the past few years, Getaneh says, "Actos should be the third- or fourth-line alternative, only after other medications have failed to control blood sugar and patients don't want to go on insulin."
You should also be sure to stick to the other components of a good diabetes management plan. That means measuring your blood sugar on a regular basis, eating a healthy diet, and getting regular exercise, in addition to taking any prescribed medications. Talk to your doctor or diabetes educator about other ways to stay healthy if you have type 2 diabetes.
Get more information in the Everyday Health Diabetes Center.

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VW/Audi Concert (etc.) Arduino CD Changer Emulator
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My long-time faithful automotive companion, the 1982 300SD, is on its way out as a 1998 A8 Quattro comes in. It's just old enough (and low-spec enough) to have come with an ordinary radio instead of a LCD navigation unit. Unlike the 1997 which became the parts car when I got this car, the CD changer at least speaks an ordinary and boring protocol and it can be emulated away for those who would like a line input instead.


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PH security forces foil bomb plot in Jolo, Sulu
A bomb plot in the capital town of Jolo in Sulu province believed to have been orchestrated by local terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) was foiled by the Philippine security forces, the military said.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said, this is after the elements of the Philippine Coast Guard-Explosive and Ordnance Division (PCG) discovered a baggage that contained an improvised explosive device allegedly planted at the local port on Saturday.
The military added that a PCG patrol team found the abandoned baggage between the office of the Harbor Master and the Maritime Police Office at Jolo port.
A K9 unit deployed to the area confirmed that the baggage contained a bomb.
Operating troops of the 35th Infantry Battalion immediately cordoned off the area while the bomb squad carefully disarmed the explosive which was assembled using two electric blasting caps, a rifle grenade, a spark plug and concrete nails.
"I commend our troops and our partners for the accomplishment. You saved the lives of the innocent people and foiled this terroristic activity of our heartless enemies," said Brig. Gen. William Gonzales, commander of the anti-terror Joint Task Force Sulu.
AFP Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) chief Lt. Gen. Corleto Vinluan Jr. also commended the troops.
"This success is a result of the intensified conduct of intelligence operations and the strengthened collaboration with the police and other security agencies, thus preempting the terrorists from executing their terror plan. I commend the troops of the JTF Sulu for a job well done," he said.
The military said tight security measures remain in place as government troops continue to pursue ASG leader Mundi Sawadjaan who was said to the brains of the twin bomb attacks in Barangay Walled City in Jolo barely a month ago that killed 14 people and injured others. – RRD (with details from Correspondent Val Villaflor)


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New Orleans native Aaron Neville took the House of Blues stage last night looking like every publicity still we've seen of him over the last few decades: Bulging muscles, fitted black shirt, fedora, jewelry, religious tattoos.
Last year, Neville (who celebrates his 71st birthday next month) released Gospel album I Know I've Been Changed, thus marking a significant milestone in his career -- his 50th year in recorded music. A musician cannot attain such an enduring and successful career unless he or she has perfected one particular art: The art of absolute entertaining, which Neville has clearly mastered.
Returning to the House of Blues for his annual holiday performance, Neville was joined by his "Quintet" band of guitarist, bassist, drummer, keys player, and saxaphonist. They opened with a four-song medley packed with crowd-pleasing punch, including "Stand By Me," "Cupid," "There Goes My Baby," and "Chain Gang."
Though last night's show was promoted as a holiday concert, only about a quarter of Neville's setlist was Christmas-themed. He sang a handful of esteemed songs of the '50s, '60s and '70s, including Bob Marley & the Wailers' "Stir It Up," Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On," and The Drifters' "This Magic Moment," which received a collective "Aww!" from the crowd.
While Neville stuck to Christmas tunes and classic covers, he also sang his two most lauded covers as a solo artist, "Everybody Plays the Fool" and 1989 soft-rock staple "Don't Know Much" (originally recorded as a duet with Linda Ronstadt).
Christmas songs like "O Little Town of Bethlehem" and a beautiful rendition of "Ave Maria" freshened up Neville's otherwise soulful set. At one point of the show, he read from his personal poetry book -- a book which he says holds poems he wrote while facing different hardships in life, including "the reality of the streets." He read us a rhyming poem he'd written about the struggles of the world's homeless -- a stark yet touching depiction, which received some audible heartfelt amens from the crowd.
The reading was a touching moment, but ill-timed; it was directly followed with a cheerful rendition of "White Christmas."
Neville took two lengthy breaks throughout his almost two-and-a-half hour set, during which his Quintet performed intricate jam sessions; the saxaphonist and guitarist were especially memorable, though his entire band played flawlessly. The breaks, however, stretched the set out about 30 minutes too long; by the last few songs, many had already trickled out of the venue -- but those who stayed swayed and smiled along to every last song.
When his drummer cheerfully initiated an encore cheer, Neville spared us the awkward obligatory request, laughing, "I was going to come back anyway!"
The crowd was surprisingly chatty through Neville's set, but that changed during his encore opener, a moving delivery of "Amazing Grace," his signature falsetto-tenor voice dancing along its soothing notes.
After nearly two and-a-half hours of serving up soul tunes and holiday cheer, Neville and his Quintet closed with -- what else? -- "Goodnight, Sweetheart."
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Personal Bias: Not my cup of tea -- or even my cup of spiked eggnog -- but Neville is a damn fine entertainer.
The Crowd: Lovebirds and baby-boomers, mink-wearing women, a couple of random young'uns, and many Christmas sweater-clad couples.
Overheard in the Crowd: "M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E!" (Neville and his band led the crowd through the Mickey Mouse theme-song as they exited the stage.)
Random Notebook Dump: I head to bed tonight with "Don't Know Much" in my head... I wonder how many other attendees faced the same slumber situation.


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Try Out These Great Cooking Tips Today!
There are a lot of people who are becoming interested in cooking at home these days as opposed to going out. Yet the biggest problem a lot of people face is they don't know where to start when it comes to home cooking; what you have to do is learn as much as you can about home cooking and from there apply all that you know in order to see successful results.
To increase the texture and quality of the pasta that you cook at night, make sure that you finish cooking with the pasta in the pan with sauce. This will help to absorb the sauce so that it blends in properly and tastes great when you sit down to the table and eat.
Make sure that when you are making your pasta, not to use oil in the water upon cooking. This will reduce the risk that the pasta will stick to the sauce, which can ruin the quality of your meal. Avoid oil in water when you are cooking pasta for maximum results.
Purchase a quality loaf of bread that you can use as a side piece to a variety of meals. Bread goes great with any dish that has sauce or cheese, as you can dip it in a variety of different toppings. Include a loaf of Italian or French bread with your next meal.
Boiling and other lengthy cooking methods strip vegetables of their important nutrients. Vegetables are healthiest when eaten raw, and by steaming and sauteing them, less nutrients are removed.
Kneading is a tiring task, but the constantly moving board makes it even more difficult. Have you tried a few unsuccessful tricks to secure the board? Try the simplest of all which always deliver the best results. Place a damp towel under the board you are using to knead the dough. It will keep the board in place.
For pasta that is cooked perfectly all the way through, do not place it the in water until the water is boiling. Pasta cooks from the outside in, so to keep your pasta all one texture you need to cook it at the same consistent temperature from the beginning to the end.
Cooking with fresh basil? Gather a bunch and put it into a glass. Cover its stems with water. This way it will stay fresh for days, even weeks, right on your countertop! Change the water every few days to keep it fresh, and you might even see your basil leaves sprouting some roots. Occasional pruning of the basil might instigate even more growth, which means you can have a steady supply of fresh basil even longer.
Hopefully now that you've gained some more knowledge on ways you can help improve your cooking you're starting to feel more positive about the steps you should take towards your cooking. Remember that there is a lot more information than what has been presented here about how to become a successful cook, so keep your eyes open for new tips and strategies to include into your cooking skills.…


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Acacia Cliffs offers a range of packages designed to make it easy for you to escape and enjoy some of the many world class activities this region has to offer without having to organise it yourself!
These experiences have been packaged and priced as a two night stay but we are happy to quote on any variations to suit your requirements.
Here is a selection of our packages:
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Honeymoon or Special Occasion : celebrate, indulge, getaway
While every effort will be made to provide these packages in the form in which they are currently published there could be last minute changes due to circumstances beyond our control so please contact us directly to book .


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Focus on prevention
Ensuring that your teeth and gums never need to have major dental treatments. Our hygienists are all highly skilled dental professionals, all chosen for their exceptional ability to deliver our promise of outstanding patient care.
Shannon Zerner
Registered Dental Hygienist
Shannon has worked in the Dental Industry since 1995. She first worked as a Dental Assistant in Canberra, ACT, in both the public and private sectors. It was during this time she realised she was passionate about patient care and preventive dentistry.
She later completed a Diploma of Dental Hygiene in South Australia, as 'Most Outstanding' student.
Since graduating as a Dental Hygienist in 2001, Shannon has gained valuable experience in both general dentistry and the specialist field of orthodontics. She also strives to keep abreast of advances in dentistry by attending regular continuing education programmes.
Shannon is committed to providing a gentle and individualised approach to her patient care.
Annika Liiv
Oral Health Therapist
Annika Liiv completed her Bachelor of Applied Health Science in Oral Health at the University of Queensland in 2004. Since graduation, she has gained further experience working as a Dental Hygienist and Dental Therapist in both private and government settings.
Annika has a particular interest in children's dentistry and prides herself on her commitment to providing gentle and comprehensive care to her patients.
As an active committee member of the Dental Hygienists' Association of Australia (Qld Branch) Annika is often involved in planning and hosting continuing education seminars.
Annika and her husband, Edward, have two children, Hugo and Adelaide. They love to travel both in Australia and visiting relatives overseas. Annika loves cooking and reading and has studied classical ballet for over 20 years.
Eliza Burroughs
Oral Health Therapist
Eliza completed her Bachelor of Applied Health Science degree in Oral Health at the University of Queensland in 2004. Since graduation she has gained further experience in both public and private settings as both a Dental Hygienist and Dental Therapist.
Eliza has extensive experience in the maintenance of crown, bridge and implant dentistry and enjoys providing professional in chair whitening to patients. She is very passionate about helping patients improve their overall oral health, and has a particular interest in the treatment and maintenance of periodontal disease. She also loves treating children, always in a very kind and gentle manner.
She is an active committee member of the Dental Hygienists' Association of Australia (QLD Branch) and contributes to the organisation of continuing education events. She has most recently gained further qualifications and experience in the field of orthodontics.
Eliza grew up in the dairy farming region of South East Queensland and loves going home to visit her family and enjoying the country air. She also enjoys team sports such as netball and touch football, and hosting dinner parties. Eliza and her husband, Angus, have a beautiful daughter, Brianna, who was born in 2017.
Susanne Yates
Oral Health Therapist
Susanne completed her Bachelor of Health Sciences at the University of Queensland, graduating in 2007.
After graduating she moved to Melbourne where she gained invaluable experience working in a very busy and progressive private practice. Susanne later returned to Brisbane to be closer to her family, and joined our team of registered Oral Health Therapists and Hygienists in 2014. Susanne brings a wealth of experience and expertise to our team.
Susanne is very passionate about Oral health and is a firm believer in preventative dentistry. She actively supports dental health in the context of its affect on the body as a whole, and enjoys nothing more than seeing her patients maintaining perfect oral health. Susanne practices in a kind and gentle manner, and strives to make each patients treatment as comfortable as possible.
Ashleigh Grose
Oral Health Therapist
Ashleigh started her career in dentistry in 2006 as a Dental Assistant. Her passion for providing oral health care led to her obtaining her Bachelor of Oral Health from the University of Queensland in 2013.
Since graduating she has worked as an Oral Health Therapist in both the private and public sectors. Ashleigh brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the Medland team, having extensive experience in all aspects of general dentistry, and in the specialty fields of Pediatrics and Orthodontics.
Ashleigh is passionate about sharing her knowledge with patients to help them maintain good oral health and prevent dental issues developing. Ashleigh has great interest in all areas of dentistry, particularly children's dentistry and periodontics. She takes pride in being a caring and gentle practitioner whilst delivering the highest standard of care to her patients.
A member of The Australian Dental and Oral Health Therapist Association, Ashleigh enjoys attending regular continuing education seminars and study groups.
Outside of work, Ashleigh and her husband, Gavin enjoy travelling the world together, spending quality time with family and friends and dining out. In her spare time Ashleigh enjoys Pilates, hot yoga and watching her husband play reserve grade AFL.
Susan Berry
Oral Health Therapist
Sue has over 25 years experience in the dental industry. She started working in 1991 as a Dental Therapist with the Queensland School Dental Service. In 2003 she qualified as an Oral Health Therapist, which added dental hygiene to her scope of practice. The additional duties complemented her interest in preventive dentistry and dental health education. She has practiced throughout South East Queensland and in Sydney, in both government and private practices before joining the Medland Dental team.
Sue takes pride in providing quality, individualised treatment. She loves helping her patients enjoy their dental visits, and ensuring they are comfortable throughout their appointment
Sue and her husband Ian have three children who keep her very busy. In her spare time Sue enjoys going to the gym, camping with her family, and has recently started singing with the Churchie Community Chorale.
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Friday: 8.00am – 5.30pm
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Preheat oven to 375°
Chop a head of broccoli (do not rinse, immediately prior to preparing!)
Mince 2-3 cloves of garlic
Put broccoli, garlic, 2 tbsp. olive oil, and a few shakes of salt and pepper in a ziploc bag.
Shake it up!!
Spread out on baking sheet, place on top rack, and bake for about 30 minutes.
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(01-17-2020, 12:55 PM)littlej Wrote: Hello mate ! I had a similar issue before, using CI in a subfolder. What does your browser's console says ? Unable to reach some files ?
In a local environment, set your base_url to "http://localhost:8080/", then in your console launch "php spark serve". Is it working now with your app ?
Hey Littlej, I had initially thought your post had ended up in this thread by accident... in part because it was replying to my post that said I'd manage to work around the problem... but the missing debug toolbar problem has come back... and in my searches for possible fixes, I see that Hbonds has another thread that also points to subfolder's being a problem (https://forum.codeigniter.com/thread-751...t=debugbar).
My installation has CI just above the root of my base_url (which, I believe, is the default location, so I've never experienced files not being found)... and the base_url has always been set in App.php (and never given any issues in terms of locating resources). I have also tried setting it (the same as what's set in App.php) in the .env config file (which was previously commented out)... just in case (with and without the port. I'm using the HTTP default, 80, though I did try your 8080 suggestion too, in the event there was something that I was missing (and which seems to be the default port set CI's Serve.php)).
After some experimentation, I find that if I use the redirect()->to(base_url().'AnyController/anyMethod'); command to redirect to ANYWHERE other than the (plain) base_url(), even if it's to a controller set in \Config\Routes.php, then on the new page (even a simple/essentially empty page, that doesn't have anything that could cause a problem), the toolbar has disappeared. The JavaScript for the toolbar (toolbar.js) doesn't seem to get loaded… which is why it doesn't have the bar injected into the DOM to be displayed (but I've not figured out why, as yet).
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FinePix F700 offers 6.2 million effective pixels to capture images with quality approaching that of filmELMSFORD, NY, February 19, 2003 - Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc. today unveiled the first consumer 6.2 megapixel (S-pixel: 3.1 million, R-pixel: 3.1 million) digital camera, which carries its proprietary new Super CCD SR (Super Dynamic Range) technology. Capturing pictures with quality approaching that of film, with the capability to capture 2,832 x 2,128 (6.03 million) recorded pixels, and dramatically increased dynamic range, the new Fujifilm FinePix F700 represents a new frontier in digital photography. The Fujifilm FinePix F700 is the first 6.2 million effective pixel (S-pixel: 3.1 million, R-pixel: 3.1 million) consumer digital camera on the market today. One of two new Fujifilm digital cameras announced today, the FinePix F700 is intended for photo enthusiasts who want a near-film quality print experience from digital imaging products. The FinePix F700 produces digital pictures that stay truer to life than ever before, thanks to its Super CCD SR technology, which doubles the number of pixels on the chip. The SR sensor offers 3.1 million large pixels (S) with high sensitivity to light, and 3.1 million smaller pixels (R) with low sensitivity to light, resulting in a dynamic range of four times that of previous Super CCDs. Fujifilm combines this new technology with the traditional color integrity and overall high quality imaging Fujifilm is best known for, allowing consumers to capture truer-to-life images. The FinePix F700's sleek metal body echoes traditional film-camera design with centralized placement of its viewfinder, lens and 1.8 inch LCD screen. Its 6.2 million effective pixels (S-pixel: 3.1 million, R-pixel: 3.1 million) can produce high-resolution images with 2,832 x 2,128 (6.03 million) recorded pixels. In addition, the FinePix F700 offers on-demand continuous auto-focus, three color modes, manual functions, advanced movie recording capabilities, diminished shutter lag, and at 1.2 seconds, one of the fastest start-up times on the market. The FinePix F700 also comes with a cradle for easy downloading and recharging. "The FinePix F700 is representative of Fujifilm's focus - leading-edge technology combined with an enjoyable user experience. The camera's sleek and familiar form factor, combined with its increased dynamic range, heightened sensitivity, and unique functions will make it the new camera of choice for consumers who seek the highest standard in picture quality," said Eric Thorng, Senior Marketing Manager of Consumer Digital Imaging Products, Consumer Markets Division, Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc. Some of the Fujifilm FinePix F700's most exciting features include:


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"A 'translinguistic' approach to register under conditions of 'superdiversity': Drops of Arabic in an Arabic learner variety"
Discussant: Ali Feser
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Upper Mississippi River International Port District (Jo Daviess and Carroll Counties)
The Upper Mississippi River International Port District is a municipal corporation established as a political subdivision by and of the legislature of the State of Illinois (SB174). It's purpose is to promote and enhance commerce and economic development. The Port District has the authority to issue tax free bonds for long-term, fixed rate financing as an attractive incentive for new or existing businesses to relocate or expand within the Port District Authority of Jo Daviess and Carroll Counties.
Opportunity Zones
Established by the Federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Opportunity Zones are an economic development tool designed to spur economic development and job creation in distressed communities by providing tax benefits to investors.
On April 20, 2018, Governor Bruce Rauner submitted the allowable 327 of the 1,305 qualifying census tracts to the federal government for inclusion in the Opportunity Zone program. The zones selected in Jo Daviess County (Stockton, IL) and Carroll County (Savanna, IL) are two of 327 Opportunity Zones approved in the state.
Opportunity Zones present opportunities for private, tax-free investment in low-income areas with economic need, benefiting residents living in those areas, as well as private investors. The Opportunity Zone program encourages long-term investment by allowing investors to re-invest unrealized capital gains in designated zones.
- Investors can defer tax on any prior gains until the earlier of the date on which an investment is sold or exchanged, or December 31, 2026, so long as the gain is reinvested in a Qualified Opportunity Fund.
- If the investor holds the investment in the Opportunity Fund for at least ten years, the investor would be eligible for an increase in basis equal to the fair market value of the investment on the date that the investment is sold or exchanged.
- Further rules and regulations will be available summer 2018.
Read more here: NW Illinois Opportunity Zones Press Release
Savanna Depot ParkThe Jo-Carroll Depot Local Redevelopment Authority (LRA) shall be the community's point of contact during the reuse/redevelopment process. As we seek economic development at the depot, the LRA shall manage, market and promote early and long-term job creation and land utilization. Our long term goal is to provide economic growth, quality employment and improve property values in consideration of the surrounding environment for Carroll and Jo Daviess counties in Northwest Illinois.
Incentives available at Savanna Depot Park include the following:
Foreign Trade Zone #271
Located at Savanna Depot Park (2,950 acres of land and buildings) operated by Illinois International Trade Centers - http://jo-carrollftz271.com
Foreign Trade Zones (FTZs) were created in the United States to provide special customs procedures to U.S. plants engaged in international trade-related activities. Duty-free treatment is accorded items that are processed in FTZs and then re-exported, and duty payment is deferred on items until they are brought out of the FTZ for sale in the U.S. market. This helps to offset customs advantages available to overseas producers who compete with domestic industry.
Goods entering FTZs are not subject to customs tariffs until the goods leave the zone and are formally entered into U.S. Customs Territory. Merchandise that is shipped to foreign countries from FTZs is exempt from duty payments. This provision is especially useful to firms that import components in order to manufacture finished products for export.
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Incentives include: Investment Tax Credit; Sales Tax Deduction - EZ Machinery and Equipment Sales Tax Exemption for qualifying business; Utility Tax Exemption; Jobs Tax Credit; Property Tax Abatement; and Dividend Deduction.
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Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States (U.S.) on a full-time basis. The ACGME will not provide employment sponsorship for this position (e.g., H-1B Visa or other U.S. employment authorization).
Title: Administrative Assistant, CLER Operations
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I went for a Canada Day walk through Wascana Park today, with Marc Maron's interview with Neil Young in my ears. If I was going to ignore the cover bands playing in the park, I figured I should at least listen to a Canadian interview.
They were talking about love and art. Neil said the key was to be fearless. If you're fearless, you open yourself up to real love. You can't make art, or make love work, if you're hiding.
I turned 50 two days ago and this morning I caught myself, once again, worrying about everything. Money, time, and the lack of both. Fear of being rejected or worse yet, ignored. Yet again, being afraid to write and to work and to live.
Enough! I'm 50 years old for crying out loud! What, am I going to be afraid till I'm 60? 70?
If not now, then when?
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Intel Chief Talks About Education
In a Nov. 6 interview with Education Week, Craig R. Barrett, 62, the chief executive officer of Intel Corp., the world's largest maker of microchips and a leading sponsor of educational initiatives in many countries, discussed some of his views on education with Staff Writer Andrew Trotter.
Q. What does Intel gain from its education initiatives?
A. Because we're a high-tech company, we probably get two indirect benefits. People get excited about the technology and use the technology. And people who get excited about the technology tend to major in the technology and become [Intel] employees.
Q. You want to raise the academic standards in America's schools. Why focus on areas that are not directly related to technology?
A. I travel to about 30 countries a year and see people's attitudes, governments' attitudes, around the world recognizing the importance of education—particularly science and math education—particularly science and math education.
I don't see the same urgency and necessity here in the U.S.—maybe because we have the benefit of a very strong background in technology, a strong economy, a strong standard of living, and therefore people are relaxed at the steering wheel. They're not being aggressive about what's necessary to maintain that standard of living.
Q. Is the so-called "digital divide" a serious problem?
A. The obligation of parents, government, business, schools, whatever, is to provide every child with the educational opportunity to allow them to fully develop as a person. You can make a clear argument that you do not need a high computer density per classroom to get that.
Just look at the United States, which has the highest density of computers and Internet connections of any country in the world—and look at where the U.S. ranks in terms of math and science comprehension. They are disparate—at the top in one, the bottom in the other, unfortunately.
There are lots of ways you can give youngsters access to good education and to computers, without having a computer for every child.
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Independents may be much more likely to have trouble paying for health care or medicine than Republicans are, and Democrats may have almost as much trouble paying for care.
Dan Witters and other analysts at Gallup, Princeton, N.J., have published data supporting that conclusion in a summary of results from Gallup surveys of 400,000 U.S. adults conducted from Jan. 2, 2011, through March 31, 2012.
The analysts found that Republicans generally reported having an easier time paying for the necessities of life than Democrats or independents reported, and that independents reported having the most problems.
Only 13.9% of the Republicans told pollsters they had struggled to pay for care or medicine, compared with 19.6% of the Democrats and about 21.2% of the independents.
Just 11% of the Republicans said they were uninsured, compared with 15.3% of the Democrats and 21.7% of the independents.
Similar gaps showed up when Gallup asked about access to food: 12.7% of the Republicans said they had trouble paying for food. Paying for food has been a challenge for 20% of the Democrats and 21.4% of the independents in the sample.
Some of the basics access gap may be due to the fact that Republicans tend to have higher incomes than other U.S. adults, but the Gallup analysts say they believe the gap has to do with more than obvious demographic differences.
"Even when controlling for income and other demographic factors, Republicans still maintain an advantage over Democrats and independents, possibly suggesting a more robust social support infrastructure of family and friends," the analysts say. "Still, the direction of the relationship between party identification and access to basics isn't clear. It is possible, for example, that the noted relationship between a Republican political identity and basic access could go in the other direction — that people who have ascertained a lifestyle that ensures them of meeting their basic needs are more likely to identify with the ideological and political orientation of the Republican Party."


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Freegal (Music)
Freegal offers access to about 8 million songs, including Sony Music's catalog of legendary artists, and over 15,000 music videos. In total the collection is comprised of music from over 28,000 labels with music that originates in over 100 countries. There is no software to download, and there are no digital rights management (DRM) restrictions. Access to Freegal is limited to patrons of subscribing libraries. Patrons can download 5 songs per week, and the songs are theirs to keep. Patrons are also allowed 3 hours of streaming from the site per day. Click the Freegal button above or scan the QR code below to get started!


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Reintroduce recycling of plastic bags to the Rotorua district
Plastic bags do not break down, they fill up our landfill and end up in our water ways contributing to a global issue of pollution that is killing our marine life. Up until late last year we had plastic bag recycling in the Rotorua district and the removal of this service is a huge step backwards for our community and the clean green image that New Zealand presents to the world. Other district councils support the recycling of plastic bags and our council needs to resolve this serious problem.
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This is a classic French hotel situated in the heart of the fortified town of Sisteron. The family run hotel is clean, well-maintained and has recently been fully refurbished.
The bedrooms are spacious and comfortable. Each bedroom is equipped with a TV and a Wi-Fi connection. All the bedrooms are ensuite with toilet, basin and either a bath or a shower.
There is a large bar and restaurant downstairs where you can buy drinks and food. The restaurant has a buffet style continental breakfast served in the mornings, which can also be ordered to your room. There is a large terrace in front of the hotel where you can taste some of the local specialities in the evenings.
From June to October, this hotel makes a great last leg stopover for mountain bikers on our famous Alps to Provence MTB tour, and it is a great place to finish your trip. The fortified, medieval town is spectacular and is really worth a visit. There are also a wide selection of bars and restaurants in the town. There is also a swimming lake just minutes from the hotel.
Facilities and equipment included:
, Baby Cot, Bar, Flat Screen TV, Sheets, Towels, Wi-Fi
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On-Site Restaurant, Private Parking
Holidays are priced on a room only basis
Breakfast is a buffet style continental breakfast and the restaurant offers local specialities in the evenings.
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Outdoor Education
Curriculum Camps
Experiential outdoor education provides a stimulating adjunct to the traditional classroom environment. From Year 2 to Year 11, all students are involved in curriculum camps, where residential-style experiences are conducted in a sequential learning program in a wide range of environments throughout New South Wales.
Redlands Curriculum Camps embrace the outdoor model aiming to enhance student's perceptions of their abilities, improve self-confidence, add to essential life skills, and develop a deep respect for the natural environment.
Outdoor Education allows for the extension of knowledge gained in the classroom into safe, yet challenging and adventurous experiences under the expert guidance of the Outdoor Education Group (OEG) and other external providers, together with appropriately trained Redlands staff.
The program demonstrates a logical sequence of activities offering a progression of physical and mental challenges which are skills based and experiential, and build on the previous years' experiences.
The Curriculum aims to develop:
- Group dynamics and living skills
- Awareness of oneself and needs of others
- Positive decision making and use of practical initiatives
- Confidence communicating with others
- Leadership qualities
- Increased self-esteem
- Opportunities for physical and mental achievement
- New recreational interests and skills
- Physical fitness through exercise
Curriculum Camps are held at a variety of locations in New South Wales, including the Royal National Park, Kangaroo Valley Region, Myall Lakes National Park, Canberra, Galston Crosslands and Redlands High Country Campus outside Jindabyne in the Snowy Mountains.
Outdoor Education epitomizes the diversity of the Redlands Curriculum, enabling each child to 'shine' in their strengths as well as explore new interests and reinforce group dynamics and living skills.
Duke of Edinburgh Award
All students from Year 9 onwards have the opportunity to participate in the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme. This is a balanced, non-competitive program of voluntary activities that encourages personal discovery and growth, self-reliance, perseverance, self-responsibility and service to the community.
Each year approximately 60 Redlands students participate in the Bronze level, 20 students the Silver level and 20 students the Gold level.


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The book
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Competing risks and multistate models are an extension of standard survival analysis to more complex event histories. Survival analysis studies the time until some endpoint. The endpoint often combines different event types, like different causes of death or disease occurrence and death without prior disease, into one single endpoint. Competing risks distinguish between different endpoint types. Multistate models allow to model quite complex event patterns as transitions between different states over the course of time. These models have applications in fields such as medicine, biology, economics, demography, social science and reliability theory.Survival analysis is based on hazards. Hazard-based analyses are still available for competing risks and inhomogeneous Markov multistate models. However, the interpretation becomes more challenging, as there are as many hazards as there are possible transitions in the model.
This book explains hazard-based analyses of competing risks and multistate data with R. Special emphasis is placed on the interpretation of the results. A unique feature of this book is that readers are encouraged to simulate their own data based on the transition hazards only, which are the key quantities of the subsequent analyses. This simulation-based approach is supplemented with real data examples from studies in clinical medicine where the authors have been involved.
Competing risks are approached from a multistate perspective throughout. The multistate approach disposes of the difficulties that arose from the more classical competing risks model based on hypothetical risk-specific event times. The competing risks multistate model also serves as an intermediate link between single endpoint survival analysis and more general multistate models.
This book is aimed at data analysts with a background in standard survival analysis, who wish to understand, analyse and interpret more complex event histories with R. It is also suitable for graduate courses in biostatistics, statistics and epidemiological methods. The real data examples, R packages, and the entire R code used in the book are available on this website.
The authors are affiliated with the Institute of Medical Biometry and Medical Informatics, University Medical Center Freiburg
and the Freiburg Center for Data Analysis and Modelling, University of Freiburg, Germany. Jan Beyersmann is Senior Statistician and serves on the editorial board of Statistics in Medicine. Arthur Allignol is Statistician and one of the maintainers of the task view `Survival Analysis' at the Comprehensive R Archive Network. Martin Schumacher is Professor of Biostatistics and director of the Institute of Medical Biometry and Medical Informatics, Freiburg. He has been involved in theoretical developments as well as in practical applications of survival analyses and their extensions over many years.


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I have searched the web far and wide for the perfect Christmas guide suitable for anyone you have on your Christmas list this year. Whether it's a new boyfriend or girlfriend being your first Christmas together, your family or that one friend that slays at life – I have the guide for you. Some of these items are on my personal Christmas list and others I have already bought for people (sssh don't tell them!)
Let me know in the comment box below what's on your Christmas list this year!
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Another One Won't Hurt....
How many times have you been 3, 5, or even 12 cookies deep and had this same thought? Kind of like, "well, you've already screwed the pooch. At this point, what does it matter?" or even better, the all-time winner of the self-defeatist thought, "I am such a loser, I can't believe I can't control myself!". I have to confess, these self conversations have happened one too many times for me, smothered with a heap of guilt, shame and anger.
What is the worst part of all of this? An empty cookie jar, a tummy ache or a scale that keeps creeping up? None of these options. It's the fact that you have already decided that you don't have any control, and that you are going to allow the cookies to win - again.
When people talk about willpower with eating, being successful at something or being something to start with, so many have already killed their success by telling themselves that they can't do what they want to. That they can't be what they want to be. And what you tell yourself, you believe. If this happens even a little bit at the conscious level, it is happening a lot at the subconscious level. Your conscious /subconscious mind is like an iceberg. What you see above the surface is your conscious mind (the things you consciously think and the things you say) which is just a tiny part of the huge chunk of ice that lies beneath the surface- your subconscious mind- the subconscious mind that fuels the thoughts in your conscious mind.
Until you build an awareness of the chatter going on in your mind (both below and above the surface), you will remain at the center of your self-sabotage. And as long as you ignore your inner dialogue and don't learn how to change your thoughts, you will continue to be right about never being able to do X, that you have no willpower against those perfect little hand-held bits of crumbly, crunchy heaven (Ummmm... again, I outed how deep my own issues run) and you will remain stuck in the same place.
If you recognized some behaviors in yourself above, start to change your inner dialogue. There are so many ways to start - from self-affirmations, to meditation and beyond. But the first step is recognizing the behavior, accepting it (and not beating yourself up about it) and boldly exclaiming what you WANT and the power that you DO have to make the change. Once you start to believe, you can achieve!
So when you see me having a conversation with a tray of cookies, I haven't lost it- I'm just reclaiming my power and telling the cookies that it's over.
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Three recruits of the Indian branch of the dreaded terror outfit ISIS have claimed in statements made to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), accessed by the Times of India, that they were asked to infiltrate the students' agitation that swept the country after the arrest of JNU student union president Kanhaiya Kumar, to create further chaos and mayhem.
The three -- Ashiq Ahmad, Mohammad Abdul Ahad and Mohammad Afzal -- have told NIA that ISIS's Ahmad Ali, believed to be Shafi Armar, the head of ISIS in India who was allegedly killed in a recent US drone strike, asked 19-year-old Ashiq to infiltrate the movement and "burn vehicles and oil tankers using petrol", the TOI reported. This happened during Kumar's incarceration in the Tihar jail in the national capital on sedition charges.
The 28-year-old left-wing student leader's arrest had triggered massive demonstrations in universities across the country. Even at the hearing in a lower court, lawyers chanting nationalist slogans had barged into the compound and roughed up Kumar, on his way to court. The arrest came after Kumar and other students marked the anniversary of the hanging of Afzal Guru, who was convicted of an attack on Indian parliament in 2001.
"He told me that a student movement is happening in the country and that we should enter and put vehicles, oil tankers on fire," Ashiq said, quoting Ahmed Ali, who contacted him on February 19 through his ID on Trillion app, according to the paper.
He told me that a student movement is happening in the country and that we should enter and put vehicles, oil tankers on fire.
In a sweeping, nationwide operation, the NIA captured Ashiq, a student of a private poly-technique college in Durgapur in Burdwan district, on February 25 from his mess near Panagarh military base, according to reports.
He was operating under the alias Raja Das and wanted to set up a unit of ISIS in West Bengal.
"When I asked Ali for a pistol and sent him a picture of a temple near my place (in Hooghly) where we could have carried out a blast to impress him, he told me that we will not do anything small," TOI quoted Ashiq as telling the NIA. Ashiq said he was drawn towards "jihad" after breaking up with his Hindu girlfriend, according to the paper.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A new massive federal study says the world in 2012 sweltered with continued signs of climate change. Rising sea levels, snow melt, heat buildup in the oceans, and melting Arctic sea ice and Greenland ice sheets, all broke or nearly broke records, but temperatures only sneaked into the top 10.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Tuesday issued a peer-reviewed 260-page report, which agency chief Kathryn Sullivan calls its annual "checking on the pulse of the planet." The report, written by 384 scientists around the world, compiles data already released, but it puts them in context of what's been happening to Earth over decades.
"It's critically important to compile a big picture," National Climatic Data Center director Tom Karl says. "The signs that we see are of a warming world."
Sullivan says what is noticeable "are remarkable changes in key climate indicators," mentioning dramatic spikes in ocean heat content, a record melt of Arctic sea ice in the summer, and whopping temporary melts of ice in most of Greenland last year. The data also shows a record-high sea level.
The most noticeable and startling changes seen were in the Arctic, says report co-editor Deke Arndt, climate monitoring chief at the data center. Breaking records in the Arctic is so common that it is becoming the new normal, says study co-author Jackie Richter-Menge of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers' Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory in Hanover, N.H.
Karl says when looked at together, all the indicators show a climate that is changing over the decades. Individually, however, the story isn't as simple.
Karl says surface temperatures haven't risen in the last 10 years, but he notes that is only a blip in time due to natural variability. When looking at more scientifically meaningful time frames of 30 years, 50 years and more than 100 years, temperatures are rising quite a bit, Karl said. Since records have been kept in 1880, all 10 of the warmest years ever have been in the past 15 years, NOAA records show.
Depending on which of four independent analyses are used, 2012 ranked the eighth or ninth warmest year on record, the report says. Last year was warmer than every year in the previous century, except for 1998 when a record El Nino spiked temperatures globally. NOAA ranks 2010 as the warmest year on record.
They don't have to be records every year, Karl says.
Overall the climate indicators "are all singing the same song that we live in a warming world," Arndt says. "Some indicators take a few years off from their increase. The system is telling us in more than one place we're seeing rapid change."
While the report purposely doesn't address why the world is warming, "the causes are primarily greenhouse gases, the burning of fossil fuels," Arndt says.
The study is being published in a special edition of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
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Welcome! Hope you've been enjoying the wonderful projects the Reverse Confetti Design Team and special guests have been sharing with you today!
For my card, I cut Rose cardstock using the Diagonal Stitches Cover Plate and adhered to the card base. I layered up a background using one of the Lacy Scallop Circles die cut from Premier White cardstock and the Grid Stitched Tag cut from Midnight cardstock. The tag tab was cut from shiny gold cardstock and I added a seam binding ribbon bow.
The pretty hearts were created using the new Patterned Hearts stamp set and coordinating dies. How sweet is this little bear?!! She's from the new Heart Pals set and coordinating dies. The sentiment from the Patterned Hearts set was stamped on Stormy cardstock.


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James Corden, Emily Blunt, Chris Pine and Anna Kendrick go Into the Woods – first look
Add Meryl Steep and Johnny Depp and these fairytales have got a seriously star-studded makeover...
Once upon a time Disney wove together the familiar fantasy stories of the Brothers Grimm and gave them a dark and twisted makeover.
Stephen Sondheim's hit Broadway musical Into The Woods is being transformed for the cinema screen, with the help of Disney, as well as Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp, James Corden, Emily Blunt, Chris Pine and Anna Kendrick (among many, many others…)
The first pictures from the film have been released, and show Kendrick playing Cinderella, while Pine play's Prince Charming. Corden and Blunt star as a baker and his wife, Johnny Depp plays The Wolf and Streep is The Witch, while plenty of other famous faces bring the stories of Rapunzel and Jack (the one with the beanstalk) to life.
But will it be happily ever after in fairytale land? More like happily never after.
Disney's new fairytale film has a much darker (and funnier) edge to it than the animated tales we know and love, picking up after the merry endings of the Brothers Grimm's stories.
The film follows the Baker and his wife who discover they have been put under a curse by the Witch, rendering them forever childless, so they embark on a life changing adventure into the woods to seek out items needed to lift the curse…
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Saturday, January 9, 2010
Vintage belly dance costumes and antique stage accessories are a personal passion of mine …to look at, to own and to wear. Fascinating in their staggering variety, they can run the gamut from clumsily constructed home-made affairs to Egyptian, Lebanese and Turkish couture costumes, to ethnic pieces that were not made for stage use, but to be worn as real clothing, for every day use or as ceremonial or bridal wear.
Many of the most well-known belly dance costume designers have been in business for years, and like top street clothes designers, have had different designs concepts and in many cases, full collections for every season. Older Oriental dance costumes were made by hand, and constructed to last literally, a lifetime. Of course, there have always been the cheapie 'airport special' costumes, basically souvenirs for tourists- but even those used to be constructed much better than they are now!
More recently, there has been an explosion in belly dance costuming, due to the sheer demand for it as the world-wide popularity of belly dancing grows, as well as the age-old concept of "making a buck". There is now a wide mid-range of costumes that is not couture, but lacking in the detail and construction of higher-end pieces. Kind of like the stuff you'd find in a designer knock-off shop, which highlights trends, but does not offer quality. This takes many faces- the stones may now be acrylic instead of crystal- and glued on as opposed to sewn on; beading and fringe are done with less workmanship and inferior threads; sizing may be off, etc.
As with vintage designer clothing, most of the professionally made older costumes are fabricated with much more care than their counterparts today. Compare this trend to what's happening in the world of retail clothing, or even cars, house wares, electronics, heck, you name it… mass production has it's drawbacks! Though it makes items affordable, the quality in design and craftsmanship is not usually there.
Lately there has even been a trend among belly dancers to return to the glamour and over-the-top design of the older style costumes…. fringe dripping from every possible area on the item. It's no secret that many older items of belly dance costuming can be had for a song and be made beautiful and serviceable again, through a little loving care.
If you are planning on washing a vintage belly dance costume, or a costume that has been fabricated from antique textiles, mirrored fabric, or one that is hung with heavy coins proceed with care. Many older cabaret costumes were never stored properly-or ever washed, for that matter- and because of the accumulation of sweat or skin oils from the previous owner(s) as well as fabric deterioration due to normal wear and tear or in some cases, exposure to sunlight, the fabric itself may be compromised, and this is especially true of velvets and brocades.
Older professionally made costumes from Egypt, Syria and Lebanon, even after a number of years, are almost indestructible. This is great because they withstand the test of time, but in some cases, the costumes were constructed of so many layers of heavy, thick materials that they may be nearly impossible to alter- even getting a needle through them is tough. And because of the copious amounts of beading, anyone intending to cut into or remove parts of the costume needs to be a cracker jack at re-beading so that the alteration matches the rest of the costume. Lebanese and Syrian costumes especially used a lot of chunky beads and big pearls on the fringe- and if fringe is missing in spots, it may be impossible to find an exact match. You will either have to bead your own with similar-looking beads or replace it entirely. Older synthetic pearls have chipped or flaked or lost their luster, due to shaking and rattling against each other. You can actually paint them with nail polish to make them look new again, but this is a very lengthy and intricate process.
Vintage Turkish costumes are also tricky to restore- many had wires inserted into the tops of bra or on the belts, to reinforce shapes, and these wires may have rusted or poked through the material that anchored them. Turkish fringe, through beautiful in appearance, was never constructed as well or as sturdy as it's Egyptian counter-part, and may have to be replaced. Turkish costumes from the 1950's- 1970's were very fragile, hand-beaded and with many cut-outs, including cut-outs on the brassieres that, as the style of the day dictated, were totally open to show the skin! This spider-web effect is stunning, but because there are no actual bra cups, just an overlay of beads meant to be worn against the breast, they may be impossible to salvage, unless the entire piece is cut apart and carefully placed over a bra-cup.
Non-professionally-made vintage cabaret costumes were often made by hand, with the bra constructed from a regular lingerie bra. This is not to say that some of the homemade jobs weren't spectacular, or well made. Many of them are simply amazing. But once ten to forty years go by, the older fabric of the base-bra itself may be breaking down and losing its shape. Appliqué designs may be fraying or coming off; coins may be missing due to wear and tear on the threads that fastened them, metal snaps, hooks and closures may be rusted, and the costume's straps my be stretched out or actually coming off the costume. These older costumes were often hand-beaded by dancer who wore them, and sometimes the beads, fringe and loops were not knotted securely, or the knots themselves have frayed due to time. In many cases, if one piece of fringe falls apart, it will create a chain reaction in the entire row of fringe. Older sequins may have lost their color and sheen and have a clear appearance; some decorative crystal stones may be missing.
As for custom made ethnic or Tribal costumes, many of the fabrics used in their construction are serious antiques. Dancers hunt far and wide for textile treasures to make their costumes special, and though some of the fabric finds are still gorgeous, they are very fragile. Even older cotton pieces may be delicate in condition and have some dry rot, especially if the material was exposed to the sun, dust or elements- think pieces originally used by nomadic desert-based tribes like Berbers, Kuchi or Bedouins. Also, the more lavishly a piece of older material was decorated with embroidery, variously applied metallic strips, buttons, mirrors, or sewn-on appliqués, the weaker it will be, due to age and deterioration of the fibers. This is especially true of antique Assuit, a traditional Egyptian hand-made cotton mesh fabric embellished with designs created from small strips of real silver hammered by hand into the mesh. Coming from the Egyptian village of the same name, the new Assuit is mostly mesh fabric, with silver designs, while the older type of Assuit was mostly hammered silver (with the designs left in the color of the mesh) which made it extremely heavy. Lengths of vintage Assuit are usually astronomically expensive, because the sheer mesh base fabric has become so heavy from the silver decorations, it is prone to rips and tears, plus the fact that as the silver oxidizes due to age, which also can weaken the base fabric.
Other vintage ethnic textiles may have been constructed by hand, embroidered with metallic threads, and large beads or pearls; or hung with decorative shells, beads, bottle caps, buttons, small mirrors or bells, all of which will weaken the fabric due to weight. Many ethnic fabrics were woven by hand or embroidered with material threads that were not commercially dyed, and therefore are not colorfast.
Dry cleaning for antique pieces is NOT recommended- however; careful hand washing, in most cases, should be OK. Make sure to use lukewarm water, and a very mild soap. I myself use baby shampoo. When rinsing, do it thoroughly- any soap residue left in the garment will put the natural deterioration process on fast-forward. When drying your costume or costume piece, roll and pat the item carefully in a towel, then lay it flat to air dry on a fluffy towel. Do not hang it up or the fabric may stretch out; never put it in a dryer, the heat and tumbling action is the kiss of death!
Have a serious look at your antique or vintage costume pieces, maybe do some research on the Internet or ask a costumer or antiques dealer if you can and try to assess the fabrics used on your costume, it's age and durability. You may ultimately opt not to wash them.
If you have a costume decorated with coins that have tarnished and you want them shiny again, you can clean them individually with jewelry polish (not commercial brass or silver cleaner) applied with a Q-Tip. This is a painstaking process, but will shine up the coins and if you apply the polish carefully, will not stain the rest of your costume. If the coins are sewed on in rows, you can take a piece of heavy paper or cut a length of plastic off a shopping bag, lay it underneath the row of coins, and polish them that way, protecting the material they were mounted on. This works well for both real coins, and manufactured costuming or trimming coins.
Actually, a handy trick I learned from an antique dealer who dealt in estate jewelry is to clean any older items using plain old toothpaste, as opposed to any sort of polish. This works much better for rhinestones and crystals- I use it on all my antique tiaras…and believe me, I own a lot of them!
It works just as well for jewelry made of pot metals or "paste" (vintage faux jewelry) as well as Kuchi jewels or ethnic items made from low-quality silver or mixed=metal alloys. The toothpaste is less acidic and much less abrasive than even jewelry polish, and will remove dirt or tarnish without damaging the patina of the item. I usually apply the toothpaste by hand and gently rub it with my fingers, but you could also use a soft child's toothbrush to do this. After you've shined up the item, rinse it off with tepid water, and pat it dry with a soft cloth.
Care for your vintage costumes and accessories properly and lovingly, and should be able to restore them to their previous beauty, as well as raq them proudly onstage!
Pictured: A 1960's era Turkish costume bra, owned by Zahra Zuhair. This bra was constructed by hand, of glass bugle beads, with the neck-halter made of bugle beads hand sewn onto a thin length of grosgrain ribbon. The bra cups are made totally of beads, it was the Turkish style for these to be worn over bare skin.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Aswan, Egypt in 1991 was a sleepy little village. Few of the streets were paved except the Corniche El Nile, where the festive hantour carriages clipped by, their brass decorations clanking merrily in time to the beat of the horse's hooves. I looked on enviously as they carried tourists to the felucca sailboats docked on the banks of the Nile. It was the middle of the afternoon, about 115 degrees, and the baking heat was making shimmering mirages along the Cornniche. The feluccas looked breezy and cool with little tents for shade set up on their decks, but all I could do was stare at them.
I was on such a tight, limited travel budget that I could only afford spending money on the barest of necessities. For weeks, I had been existing on bottled water, tamiyya (falafel) and pita bread, saving my funds to visit tombs and antiquities. The one pair of jeans I had was caked with mud on the bottom because I had no extra money for laundry and did my own hand-washing. I had taken the overnight train from Cairo, and couldn't even afford First Class, which in those days was only about ten bucks and merely meant a train car with regular seats that was air-conditioned. Even taking a short hantour trip for a few piasters wasn't something I could splurge on.
Instead, I wandered on foot down the dusty road that lead towards Kom Ombo Temple, where there was a makeshift covered market. I figured that would be a fun-and free- sightseeing opportunity. Under woven canopies, Nubian natives and Bedouin nomads sold beaded handcrafts and embroidered cotton robes. Bored-looking camels were tethered nearby, their reins and wooden saddles festooned with colorful woolen tassels, coins and bells. I wended my way past gaily painted parked wooden carts heaped high with sugar cane and melons. The donkeys harnessed to them dozed with half-closed eyes, flicking flies away with impatient twitches of their tails.
Oblivious to the heat, flocks of ragged, barefoot children raced around, chasing each other and playing tag in the sand, shrieking and giggling happily. When they spotted me, an obvious tourist, they clustered around me like an urchin mob, begging for pens and candy, tugging at my clothes.
A little girl of about six insistently grabbed my hand.
Pushing her tangled hair out of her eyes, she said, in perfect English,
"Water for you, lady!"
In the intense heat, it was a great idea, and I let her pull me along down the wagon-rutted road to a small, windowless mud and brick building, it's façade painted a glaring turquoise, like a public swimming pool out-building. The entrance was decorated with crude, cartoon-like hieroglyphics, splashed on haphazardly in red house paint.
As we stepped through the doorway, it was so black inside that I couldn't see a thing.
"Maya!" the little girl cried, using the Arabic word for water.
Seconds later, I felt the welcome cool of a plastic bottle make it's way into my hand.
It took a few moments for my eyes to adjust to the dark, but then I saw whitewashed plaster walls hung with crumbling, musty-looking papyrus paintings. Everything was covered in a thick layer of dust, as though nothing had been touched-or cleaned- in years. Makeshift wooden shelves held carved soapstone souvenir statuettes; the obligatory busts of Nefertiti and Tutankhamen, fat scarabs, tiny figures of Isis and Osirus.
"See anything you like, lady?" asked a man in a full Saidi galabiyya, a Western-style winter scarf wrapped around his head like a turban.
As I dug in my purse for change to pay for the water, my eyes fell upon a picture on the wall, near a door that lead to the back. It stuck out from the cheesy papyrus schlock, it looked shiny and spiny and wonderful. Even though it, like everything else in the shop, was completely covered in sand, it was a riot of color.
"I like that thing," I said, pointing at the psychedelic wall hanging, "What is that?"
In broken English, the man explained that it was not for sale; his daughter had made it, years ago, when she was very small. He pointed at the child that had brought me into the shop, indicating that his daughter had been about that age when she made it.
He gestured towards her and said,
So, apparently, he was the little girl's grandfather.
"Well, it's the best thing here!" I declared, stepping nearer to examine it more closely.
The picture appeared to be a faded cardboard lobby card from a film. The two girls pictured, one a blonde, the other brunette, both had late Sixties or early Seventies style upswept hair and heavy eye make-up. The girls were staring off to one side, looking worried or concerned, but still fabulous. The photo was sewn onto a frame made of rolled-up, printed foil, which I immediately recognized as Arabic candy and ice cream wrappers.
"Movie star!" the man said,nodding at the picture,
"Women movie, very famous!"
Without thinking, I suddenly blurted out,
"I'll buy that! How much is it?"
The man laughed incredulously, telling me again it wasn't for sale. He tried to interest me in a tiny Horus figurine, but I waved it away as graciously as I could .
"Please tell your daughter she is an artist," I said sincerely, getting ready to leave.
The man held up his hand in the international signal for "wait a minute", and disappeared into the back of the building, coming back with his daughter, a middle-aged woman, her plump-cheeked pretty face framed by a purple beaded headscarf.
She smiled shyly and cast her eyes down but looked modestly pleased when I asked again to buy the picture.
When father and daughter realized I was serious, we began negotiating a price, but not in the determined way one would when haggling over a commercial souvenir. It was clear that though they thought I was crazy to want the item, they were flattered that I did… but also that they hadn't even remotely considered it something of value, and hadn't put a price on it-ever.
For my part, I knew that whatever I was going to pay for it meant foregoing food for a day or two, but I didn't care. I had to have it!
We finally decided on a fee fair to both parties- equal to four American dollars, and I trembled inwardly with the thrill of possession. The man pried the picture off the wall, where it had been nailed down for years.
On a scrap of paper, the man wrote painstakingly in jumbled, block-lettered English:
I carried the picture back to my tiny, three star hotel room, and cleaned each point of the candy wrappers painstakingly, with a Q-tip. It took a long time.
During the cleaning process, I noticed that the needle, which was used to sew the photo onto the foil, was still embedded in it, stored there carefully. You can actually see it if you look closely on the left of the picture, at the level of the blonde girl's ear. Also, barely visible at the bottom left corner of the photo, there is still a nail left attached, that had held the picture to the wall of the souvenir shop.
Before I departed from Upper Egypt back to Cairo, I carefully slid the picture into some cardboard I cut from the side of a Canada Dry soda box. Once I got home, I saved up to have it framed, spending far more than the amount I had actually paid for it!
For years I have tried to find out what film this still photo came from, as well the correct names of both actresses. I have Googled many spellings of the girl's names, both as the man wrote them and in other variations. The closest match I can find is an Egyptian actress named Samara Ahmed, but when I see her picture on line, there isn't really a facial resemblance and I don't think she is old enough to have been in whatever movie this picture was from.
But even if I never find out that information, I still enjoy this artifact every day. Along with a Bedouin hamsa that had a red plastic 1950's gumball machine charm of a cowboy wired to it- purchased for virtually nothing on the same trip- this picture is my favorite Egyptian souvenir ever!
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First day of the last monthTuesday, December 01, 2015
of 2015, already.
What do you remember the most of this year, so far? I remember the wines and aperitifs with friends, the weekly runs in preparation for the half marathon, the sunny days around Europe with family, the train rides going to and coming from places, the cold cuddly days inside, the packing, the unpacking, and repeat..
The rest of the month will be spent thinking of and thanking the people who has made my 2015 special. Then on how to make the nearing 2016 an even more meaningful year. I'm expecting heaps of sunny days, as ever the optimist.


text: Robert Ames Bennet (1870-1954), who also wrote as Lee Robinet, was an American western and science fiction writer. Several of his novels were made into films. He was the author of: Thyra: A Romance of the Polar Pit (1901), For the White Christ (1905), A Volunteer With Pike (1909), Out of the Primitive (1911), The Forest Maiden (1914), The Bowl of Baal (1917), The Blond Beast (1918), Bloom of Cactus (1919), The Two-Gun Man (1924) and Caught in the Wild (1932).


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Meet your Principal
The mission of Kessler Elementary School is to teach and guide students in gaining academic competence and to prepare them to be responsible and contributing citizens.
To ensure learning at Kessler, the following guidelines have been established to create a safe, orderly, learning environment. Kessler Keys to Success: Every person at Kessler has the right to feel Safe, Supported and Valued. In our school community, learning is our most important job. So, we will: Be safe, Be Responsible and Be Respectful.
Principal update
Fall 2019 message from the principal
Take The Five Day Challenge
Even as young as kindergarten, too many absences can cause children to fall behind in school and make it harder to learn to read. We encourage you to take the five (or fewer) day challenge. Students will earn weekly brag tags for perfect or improved attendance, or for arriving on time. The brag tags will fit on a ring that students will have on their cubbies here at school. At the end of the year they can attach them to their backpacks (that way they don't get lost). Here are some suggestions for helping improve attendance:
- Set a regular bed time and morning routine.
- Lay out clothes and backpacks the night before.
- Don't let your child stay home unless the child is truly sick.
- If your child seems anxious about going to school talk to the teachers, school counselor, or family liaison for strategies to help the child feel comfortable and excited about learning.
- Avoid medical appointments and extended trips when school is in session.
- Develop back-up plans for getting to school if something comes up.
We are excited to have your student as a member of the Kessler School Family!


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Join Us: June 23- Elder Writers Workshop Reading- "Siloam at 170: Remembering a Brooklyn Institution"
The Center for Black Literature, at Medgar Evers College, CUNY In partnership with Siloam Presbyterian
This workshop is geared toward Elder African Americans.
The Elders Writing Workshop is "intended to preserve the memoirs of African-Americans whose lives span a major part of the twentieth century and beyond." The writing workshop began as the Writing Project for Older African-Americans with the purpose of gathering information from older Black Americans whose history is likely to be distorted or lost for lack of original documentation. The specific purpose of the writing workshop is to encourage older African-Americans to recall the past and to help them turn their recollections into inspirational memoirs and stories. Many African-Americans of older generations, some descendants of enslaved Africans, made huge sacrifices, such as leaving their families and migrating to other parts of the country with the hope of a better life; others faced challenges in the forms of discrimination, racism, and segregation during their journey and even after they were settled. Their stories, in turn, become our history.
To date, the workshop has produced four (4) published anthologies and is presently working on it's fifth theme- based volume of "Tales of Our Times".
This workshop is located at Siloam Presbyterian Church, 260 Jefferson Avenue Brooklyn, NY
(at the corner of Marcy Avenue) and runs from October through May each Academic Year. There is generally a one time registration fee for each individual participant.
If you would like to enroll in this workshop, please contact us at 718-804-8883 or email@example.com.
Sponsored by the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College, CUNY;
the John Oliver Killens Chair; Amazon Literary partnership; and Poets & Writers.
The Center for Black Literature, at Medgar Evers College, CUNY In partnership with Siloam Presbyterian
"Tales of Our Times" Elders Writing Workshop Fall 2018/Spring 2019 Siloam Presbyterian
Tales of Our Times: An Anthology – Spring/Summer 2018 Crossing Many Waters: Travel Memoirs from
14th National Black Writers Conference Gathering at the Waters: Healing, Legacy, and Activism in Black
"Tales of Our Times" Elders Writing Workshop Fall 2017/Spring 2018 Siloam Presbyterian Church 260
Education Week Reading Please Join the Ladies of the Elders Writing Workshop Of the Center
Tales of Our Times: Anthology "Black Women Writing Memory, Writing Fate" Reading & Signing
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Metro Phoenix Communities
Greater Phoenix encompasses 2,000 square miles and more than 20 incorporated cities, including Glendale, Scottsdale, Tempe and Mesa. Maricopa County, in which Phoenix is located, covers more than 9,000 square miles. Phoenix's elevation is 1,117 feet, and the city's horizon is defined by three distinct mountains: South Mountain, Camelback Mountain and Piestewa Peak.
Desert character. It can't be conjured, landscaped or kindled with twinkling bulbs. John Ford knew that. So did Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis L'Amour. Spend a few days in Greater Phoenix and you'll understand, too. America's sixth-largest city still has cowboys and red-rock buttes and the kind of cactus most people see only in cartoons. It is the heart of the Sonoran Desert and the gateway to the Grand Canyon, and its history is a testament to the spirit of Puebloans, ranchers, miners and visionaries.
This timeless Southwestern backdrop is the perfect setting for family vacations, weekend adventures or romantic getaways. Each year, 16 million leisure visitors travel to Greater Phoenix. They enjoy resorts and spas infused with Native American tradition, golf courses that stay emerald green all year, mountain parks crisscrossed with trails, and sports venues that host the biggest events in the nation.
One of the fastest-growing regions in the nation, Greater Phoenix has a population of nearly 4.49 million. Greater Phoenix's population increased by 39 percent from 1997 to 2005 (compared to the national rate of 12 percent). In 1950, Phoenix proper had a population of about 100,000; today its population is more than 1.6 million, making it the sixth-largest city in the U.S. The average age of Greater Phoenix residents is 34, making it the fifth-youngest metro region in the country.
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Aluminum has become very popular in the construction industry because of its lightness and corrosion resistant properties. Aluminum does not burn and hence the fireproof aluminum panels have attracted the attention of all major industries.
We shall look at some advantages and applications of fireproof aluminum panels during the course of this article.
The biggest advantage of using aluminum alloys in the construction industry is that they can resist huge fires. Aluminum alloys can melt at temperatures exceeding 650oC. However, they do not release harmful gasses that pollute the atmosphere. In addition, you can recycle aluminum products. This proves the economic viability of using fireproof aluminum panels.
These fireproof aluminum panels are corrosion free. They have a special quality whereby they form a protective oxide layer over the surface. This oxide layer protects these panels from rust and corrosion. Hence, these fireproof aluminum panels have great use in constructions in areas having excessive humidity. Such areas can include bridges, offshore projects, swimming pool roofs, and hydraulic structures.
Another advantage of these panels is that they are extremely light. Transportation of these fireproof aluminum panels is easy. Therefore, you can find a use for these panels in construction of sewage crane bridges and moving bridges.
Aluminum is renowned for its versatility. Molding them in any shape is possible. On one hand, you have huge structures having aluminum as its main construction material. On the other hand, you have thin aluminum foils for preserving perishable items such as food.
Aluminum is a great conductor of electricity. It is significantly lighter than copper. Therefore, you can have more wires for the same weight. The electrical transmission towers today use aluminum structures instead of copper fittings. The fireproof qualities of aluminum play a great hand in this choice.
Aluminum does not require much maintenance. Hence, it has use in construction of structures having special purposes like antennas and lighting towers.
Aluminum has a very special quality. Recycling aluminum is easier in comparison with production of new aluminum from bauxite. There are no environmental hazards when you attempt to recycle aluminum. This makes it the favorite of the civil engineering fraternity.
These fireproof panels have the quality of reflecting light and heat in good measure. Therefore, they have use in the interiors of modern buildings. This makes these panels conserve huge amounts of light energy. They can keep the cold out by preventing the heat inside the room from escaping.
These were some of the advantages and applications of fireproof aluminum panels.