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Ok I have to admit I'm a complete planning geek. I love planners, journals, sketch books – you name it I've bought it. As I was starting to think about this next year I realized part of my problem was all these different books. I had a book for tracking fitness, a separate book for running, my phone, my wall calendar and a desk calendar/planner. Ugh no wonder I totally lost focus last year – I couldn't keep up with it all. I think I need to make big goals with smaller supporting ones to help keep me moving in the right direction. Be more deliberate with my time and focus on what's important.
As I have been thinking about 2016, I've been posting about goal thoughts and sharing my work on my own personal planner. When I started creating a planner for myself I looked at many others that were out there, asked friends what they used and were pointed to many great planners. However, each one was great for one thing but lacking in another space. For work appointments, doctors etc. I will still use my outlook calendar on my phone. But for the rest of my life – my creative work in my sewing/design room, my exercise and meal planning and my goals – I wanted something to write on – something personal to journal in and hopefully something that will keep me focused and on track.
I knew there were several things I wanted to be deliberate about; Goals, Eating Healthy, Being Active and Being Creative. So I powered up publisher and started drafting a mock up of how I want to track things.
For goals – I liked the idea of a mind map, brainstorming and then concrete SMART goals. I also wanted a place track and celebrate accomplishments. These pages turned out this way and are at the beginning of my planner. They should be my compass all year. I also created monthly and weekly goal pages for smaller supporting goals.
Each area on my mind map should prompt me to consider goals. Looking back on my goals last year they were very narrow. I'm hoping to expand my goals this year into many fulfilling areas.
I plan my meals leveraging information from my registered dietician, the 21 day fix, macros and all my amazing cookbooks. With each workout program I attempt from Beachbody it comes with a recommendation on calorie intake dependent on your size, and a food plan. All this information is something I'd like to pay closer attention to as my body is changing and I need to make sure my approach is working. Each month I decided to track my measurements, take progress photos and capture food info.
I think your measurements and pictures are far more accurate than the scale when it comes to fitness goals. Don't you?
Next I thought about what I want to track – monthly, weekly and daily. I decided that a page per day was way more than I wanted to have. I wanted to look a week at a time so I could stay focused on goals per week. I can easily get lost in a day.
Monthly View: Starting with my goals every month will allow me to map out how my bigger goals filter into smaller goals and tasks. I also have routine stuff I do each month, and like to track the RunDisney races. One year I'd like to do them all! A little seriousness and a little fun should help me take each month on.
Weekly View: Setting my goals weekly and looking at my last week should set me on a good path every week to stay focused. I also want to be sure to celebrate my progress and check my goals. On my weekly page you can see my 5 meals and spaces for activities during the day. Personal development, Workout plans, planning crafting projects, blog posts or designing new garments can easily be planned for. My weekly running distance and YTD distances are also tracked as I have goals to improve my Running this year. A motivational quote or two for some positive vibes always helps keep a positive attitude. I also added my water tracking – which I'll talk about in a bit.
I had some Levenger products already and noticed that Staples had a similar line called Arc. Both products work well together and it gave me a lot of options for additional sheets, fillers and discs. I decided to create my own covers and sew my own elastic band to keep it all together. I purchased the grid pages, doodle pages, lined color pages, pockets, tabs and clear covers all from Levenger. The discs, list inserts that I'm going to use to track my spending and arc punch all from staples. I printed it myself booklet style which worked out great to give me a smaller (purse compatible) size that I can take with me.
Here is what the front and back looks like. They are two great views of the castle I printed, glued to card stock and laminated.
I'm excited to get to it now that I have it all put together. I wanted to share as many of my friends have been asking about it. I'd love to hear about what works for you so I can continue to improve!


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Fiestas de los Diablitos
Translated to mean Festival of the Little Devils, this event takes place in two indigenous communities, Boruca and Rey Curre, in December and in February, respectively. The villagers don masks and costumes representing ancestral spirits, and then reenact a victory over the Spanish conquistadors via dancing. They also drink chicha, a fermented corn beverage, out of hollow gourds.

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Economic Growth and Social Capital in Asia
NBER Working Paper No. 5470
The paper reviews the growth performance of different groups of Asian economies, confirms the role of openness as a key factor explaining the growth differences among the Asian economies, and undertakes a preliminary investigation of the role of social capital and institutions. The role of openness in explaining growth differences among the Asian economies appears to be if anything greater than has been established in global samples. Various measures of social capital and institutional quality were not found to add explanatory power, perhaps because of the shortage of comparable data for the Asian economies. It is conjectured that the prospects are good for the technological catchup that has taken place in South-East Asia to be repeated elsewhere in Asia, and especially South Asia, partly in response to recent increases in openness. The role of social capital and institutions in facilitating this catchup remains to be established.
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Metroplex is an Autobot titan whose alt-mode is a city itself. In other words, don't make him angry.
- "Optimus to Metroplex."
- ―I ask you.. no, I order you! Help us in this dire time of need.
- "Metroplex answers Optimus."
- ―Metroplex heeds the call of the last prime.
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Metroplex responds to Optimus Prime's desperation during last ditch effort to repel the Decepticon siege of Iacon and leads the Autobot Leader to his spark chamber to be activated. He is a towering Autobot that is covered from head to toe in heavy artillery weaponry.
He is the last line of defense for the Autobots and will respond only to the commands of the last Prime. This also allows Optimus to sync with Metroplex's targeting systems and mark targets for Metroplex to destroy. Examples include Metroplex launching artillery strikes from his shoulders, swatting dropships out of the air, or even wading into the battlefield and stepping on the poor Decepticons.
In the mission "Metroplex Heeds the Call", Metroplex is called on to destroy the three Decepticon Warp Cannons that are firing on the Ark. Along the way Metroplex aids Optimus in many ways from stomping on Decepticon troops firing on Optimus, forming a bridge with his hand for Optimus to cross, and punching a trio of Decepticon Leapers that had cornered Optimus.
As Optimus makes his way through the ruins of Iacon, he and Metroplex are able to destroy two of the three Warp Cannons firing on the Ark. The third and final warp cannon is able to fire off a charged shot that temporarily incapacitates Metroplex. This forces Optimus to try and disable the cannon manually which ends in Optimus walking into a Decepticon ambush lead by Starscream.
Optimus is then brought before Megatron. But before Optimus can be executed, Metroplex, now back online, interferes and tears the roof off of the building that Megatron is in and proceeds to pound the Decepticon Leader into oblivion.
With the siege of Iacon broken, the Autobots venture out in order to gather more energon to power the Ark. Metroplex stays behind to protect it.
After the final reserves of energon on the planet are taken from the Autobots, Metroplex offers his own energy in order to fuel the Ark. As the Ark lifts off from Cybertron, Metroplex makes one last statement "'Til all are one."
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My name is Skye Elizabeth Danler. I'm a homeschooler, age 12. I live in Maine, right by the ocean. My favorite subject is science, more specifically biology. I want to be a marine biologist when I grow up. I've watched and read a lot about marine animals. Which leads me to the question: What is my favorite animal? My favorite animal would definitely be the sea turtle. This is the most fascinating animal that I have read about so far. I think it's cruel that many turtles have died from oil spills and swallowing photodegraded and non-photodegraded plastic. We need to help our environment, not kill it.
My favorite activities are acting, photography, and walking around Boston with my family. Although I'm a homeschooler, I am enrolled in Drama Club at Saco Middle School. Out of the characters that I have played, I enjoyed my part as the Cheshire Cat in "Alice" the most. For my 12th birthday, my dad gave me a camera. Ever since, I have enjoyed taking many pictures and buying many prints. I even bought a photo album this year and have been putting all of my pictures in it, writing the date and place for every one. My favorite activites to with my family in Boston, are going to the Museum of Science and the New England Aquarium.
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Happy last day of Con! Take it easy, go get all that sleep you missed over the weekend, and have a safe journey home. See y'all next year!
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Hi, dear.
I like shelter.
Ever since I was a little twerp. We'd dig tunnels in the snow Unidentified former liquids frozen on the tips of our noses. Pausing halfway through to go home to try to warm frozen hands. Tracking snow into the house en route to the mitten basket to grab a dry pair. And when we finished our tunnel excavation, we'd climb in. ALWAYS feet first, in case of collapse or the opening getting covered somehow. I'd just make it big enough for me to fit in. And since I was really young, I was probably only 6'1″. (Kidding. Mostly.) I could stay in there for hours. It was warmer. It was quieter. And I could just watch the snow fall, loving that it wasn't landing on me. Knowing that hot chocolate was waiting for me at home. Soon. But not yet.
Living right on the Atlantic, as I do, I've always loved finding places out of the driving wind. Hills. Walls. The gusts are howling nearby, but they can't get me. As a teenager, before I got my driver's license, I knew the calmer shortcuts home. You know, back when kids walked places. Like pimple-faced Jacques Cartiers we could read the winds and know the route to plot. Dressing cool never keeps you warm.
Walking home from classes (and bars) during college. Occasionally looking for shelter from the torrential rains. (Nowadays it would also be shelter from flying bullets.) The one cold rain drop that somehow makes it way through whatever you're wearing and makes it's way down your spine. Standing in doorways, wishing for romantic moments, long before I was willing to admit I'm a romantic.
When I watch Survivor Man, my favourite part is always always when he builds the shelter. I study closely the methods he uses, based on the locales. I get stressed when I watch the episode where he built his fire too close to his shelter. Rookie mistake, dude! I half believe that if you drop me off on the plains of south Africa, I could survive for days. Unless I got to the point where I had to drink my own pee. I'd like to avoid that, you know, if at all possible.
My favourite Bob Dylan song is "Shelter From The Storm."
One of my top 17 or so favourite Rolling Stones songs is "Gimme Shelter." (What? They have SO MANY awesome songs, future wife!)
I like shelter.
When things get crazy, I want to find someplace where I am safe and secure. Where my back is covered.
I have that with you.
I love that.
I appreciate it so very much.
And I hope you know I'd lop off a toe to keep you sheltered from the storm.
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Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010
Updated 1:11 PM
By Tracy MyersCSNChicago.com
The Chicago Blackhawks had to adjust earlier this season when Marian Hossa was sidelined with an upper-body injury. Now theyre going to have to do it again.
Hossa is likely out 2-3 weeks after suffering a lower-body injury at practice on Monday, coach Joel Quenneville said Tuesday as the Blackhawks prepared for the St. Louis Blues.
The Blackhawks right wing collided with defenseman NickBoynton at practice on Monday. Hossa had to be helped off the ice and put little to no weight on his right leg.
Quenneville said this injury was independent of previous lower-body injuries. Hossa suffered a right MCL sprain during the Stanley Cup playoff run last year but he did not miss any games.
Hossa missed five games in late Octoberearly November with an upper-body injury. He had four points in his last four games, including three assists in the Blackhawks 7-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Nov. 20.
Even when the offense isnt there with Hossa, the threat of it always is. He obviously draws interest from the opposition, freeing up other Blackhawks. Quenneville said Hossa was getting closer to form in recent games.
I thought since he came back from the (upper body) injury he was progressing; he played a real strong game against LA, played a lot of minutes, he said. Hes useful in so many areas. Obviously theres a void there but at the same time youre always going to be missing players. Its something youve got to adapt to.
Patrick Kane said, I felt worse for him the first time around because he had such a great start. You never want to see that happen to a player, especially in practice. Thats just really bad luck. Hopefully hes back sooner rather than later. I dont know. (The lineup) feels more complete when hes there, but more are going to have to step up.
Hossa has 19 points (12 goals, seven assists) in 24 career games against the Blues. He was pivotal against the Blues at the United Center on Oct. 18, scoring twice en route to the Blackhawks 3-2 overtime victory.
The Blues wont be changing their plans despite Hossas absence.
"Its still a dangerous hockey club, Blues coach Davis Payne said. Hes a very dynamic player, a big body with big skill. Hes a world-class player but theyve still got a lot of firepower.
Morin recalled
The Blackhawks called up Jeremy Morin on Tuesday to replace Hossa. Morin, who looked strong coming out of the Blackhawks training camp, was on the right wing with Troy Brouwer and Patrick Sharp at Tuesday mornings skate.
This is Morins second stint with the Blackhawks this season. He played two games in early November, logging more than nine minutes of ice time in each. Morin said that early trip proved beneficial.
To get those first two games and get my feet wet was beneficial for me and think Ill be better the second time, said Morin, whose time in Rockford has helped him adjust to the pro game.
Just playing it night in, night out definitely helps, he said. With the speed of the game, you have to be consistent to be an effective player in the NHL. Ive tried to incorporate that into my game and I think Ive done a pretty good job of that.
Quenneville said Morin, can handle the puck, he makes plays and goes to the net strong. He had a couple opportunities early and Im sure hes going to get stronger as he learns the game a little bit more. Theres upside there.
Fernando Pisani (upper body) is out of tonights game. Quenneville said hes day to day.
Corey Crawford will get his third consecutive start tonight.
Tracey Myers is CSNChicago.com's Blackhawks Insider. Follow Tracey on Twitter @TramyersCSN for up-to-the-minute Hawks information.


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According to Bravewords.com, Euroblast Festival 2013 – The Ninth Coming is scheduled for October 11th – 13th at Essigfabrik in Cologne, Germany.
Acts on the bill for the festival include: MESHUGGAH, TEXTURES, THE OCEAN, THE AGONIST, THREAT SIGNAL, MONUMENTS, EVER FORTHRIGHT, CIRCLES, TWELVE FOOT NINJA, THE ALGORITHM, HACRIDE, SKYHARBOR, XERATH, BENEA REACH, BEAR, HYPNO5E, FEARED, SYQEM, ALIASES, POMEGRANATE TIGER, THE OMEGA EXPERIMENT, NO CONSEQUENCE, LIFEFORMS, DEATHEMBER, ARSIS, DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT, HUMANITYS LAST BREATH, CYCLAMEN, [TRAP], DAWN HEIST, HORD, OVERDOWN, TARDIVE DYSKINESIA, HEIGHTS, KARTIKEYA, INVOCATION, GRANDEXIT, NEXILVA, THIRD EAR, ARECIBO, CAMBION, EMPATHEA, plus a secret act, to be announced. Complete details at this location.
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Funso Adegbola is the Executive Director and CEO of Vale College Ibadan Nigeria. Interestingly she is the daughter of 2 lawyers, a lawyer herself and the mother of two lawyers. She was recently given an award by the French Government for services to academia and in her own words, despite having reached these heights in her life, she is a work in progress with the best days yet to come. Having met Funso recently I was really impressed and inspired by her apparent devotion towards education and mentoring young people to fulfil their potential. This is what she had to say when we spoke
TDK: Tell me about your early life.
My early life was idyllic- I grew up in a close-knit and loving family home. Both my parents ( Bola and Atinuke ige) were lawyers and I was their 1st child and only daughter. My parents were intentionally committed and I grew up with a lot of love, positivity and a healthy self- esteem. I passed the secondary school entrance exams with flying colours at the age of 8+. I started Form 1 at age 9yrs and 2 weeks.
TDK Tell me about your early career.
I graduated from Essex University in 1983,with a degree specialising in Modern Languages-French, Spanish and Linguistics. I then went on to study law at the University of Bristol and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1987. As was customary I served my National Youth Service in Oyo State and worked in my father's chambers Bola Ige and Co until 1994 when I founded The Vale College- a private Christian-based, co-educational, boarding and day secondary school in Ibadan, Nigeria.
TDK: How and why did you go into education?
I wanted to make a difference in secondary school education. I had a great and successful educational sojourn that started Nigeria and continued in the UK over a period of 12 years and I wanted to give back all which God and my parents had given to me – the very best holistic education possible. Whilst working as a barrister at my Father's law practice, I was an active member of my old school Alumni, and I found that there were numerous complaints about the standard of education the girls were receiving therefore, I volunteered by giving French and English tutorials to students in my lunch break,
TDK: Did you keep a diary as a child?
My dad was a wordsmith he and my teachers quickly identified my gift for self-expression. My first diary was a 5th birthday gift from my Dad.and I would record my activities daily. At 13, I got a diary with a padlock so I started writing more confidential events and thoughts. I also used to write stories and poems by then so I got Journals as well as diaries from then. When I finished School Certificate in Nigeria, I went to Westonbirt School in Gloucestershire, there I kept my diary and journal daily and more faithfully. On Sunday afternoons we had letter-writing time and I would fill at least 2 aerogramme letters every week- my journal and diary being my 'aide memoire' and also to set academic and achievement goals for myself.
TDK: Do you still keep journals?
In fact I keep several which I fill simultaneously. In some I write my goals- spiritual, relational, professional and material/physical goals. Others I write my life's lessons and my a-ha moments! Lol! I must also not forget my gratitude journal I also keep prayer journals where I record my prayer points and I look back on them for testimonies of God's faithfulness and goodness in my life and family. Of course this is all assisted by my love of stationery, and not being able to resist a lovely leather bound book or two.
TDK:What are the benefits of keeping a journal?
It helps me to express myself, vent my emotions and plan for the future. I also use it as a tool for self-assessment and evaluation. Also many of my life's goals are first committed in writing and it becomes a covenant between me and God. Seeing the actual physical manifestation of these goals is exhilarating, especially when I go back and see the date when I first recorded the thought, goal and plan in my journal.
TDK: Tell me about the recent award you received from the French Government.
I was given the award of Chevalier de L'Ordre des Palmes Academiques for my outstanding contribution to French language and culture. I am the first Nigerian to get this French national honour. I studied French, lived and worked in 2 Parisian Secondary schools from 1981-1982 there I discovered my passion for young people. I am the current President of the Alliance Francaise in Ibadan. The Consul-General of the French Embassy decorated me with the medal on 20th January 2016.
TDK: What is the greatest Lesson you have Learnt?
Is knowing I'm a blessed and highly favoured child of God. He loves and cares for me with an everlasting love and carries me in his never-ending arms delivering me from ALL my afflictions. My joy and strength is in Him.
TDK: What are you learning now?
I am a work in progress, my best days are ahead of me. Life is a journey and not a destination. When I was younger I tended to focus only on the outcome but with experience and as my son always encourages me to enjoy the moments that make up the journey too. Carpe el diem- seize the day!
TDK: How has Failure shaped your Life?
The first time I failed anything was in Form 3, when my grades fell below average. I was to progress to the next class on trial but my parents insisted I should repeat. I cried for days but my parents encouraged me that I am not a failure and this was just an opportunity to improve myself. With Hindsight I know that i learnt further insights into what I was good at and I am grateful that this was learnt early. From then onwards, I saw failures as stepping-stones and not obstacles as an opportunity to learn how to do better the next time.
TDK: Who do you know whom I should know?
The Lord Jesus Christ, have a growing relationship with him.
TDK: What have you read that I should read?
I read a lot of personal improvement, management and business books and magazines. I also like reading autobiographies. I loved reading Valorie Burton's 'Successful women think differently' and have shared it with many girlfriends and colleagues
TDK: What have you done that I should do?
Nothing that I can think of as I believe we all have different journeys, purpose and life paths. However, I attended a Women in Leadership Course at the Harvard Business School which I will highly recommend.
TDK: Tell me about he most life changing event in your life
The most life-changing events in my life are deaths of my loved ones. My immediate younger brother died in his sleep, 6weeks before his 31st birthday. My father was assassinated in his Ibadan home and my mother died of a broken heart, 16 months after my dad's murder!,
These deaths affected me deeply. I went through the gamut of emotions, anger, bitterness and even hatred. It made me depressed and melancholic. Getting over the depression took some time but I have been helped by my faith and trust in God as well as the deep love and outstanding support of family and friends. It has helped me to value relationships even more and also to comfort and counsel others who are bereaved. I am over the worst now and I thank God for His healing balm of Gilead.
TDK: Which of your achievements are you most proud of?
My proudest achievements must be raising 2 successful children and hundreds of non-biological children at The Vale College and The Vale Tutorial College- as well as several students, including physically challenged who I give scholarships up to university level.


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This recognition is significant because paramedics who recognize patients with symptoms of severe stroke bypass other hospitals to get to comprehensive centers. Patients are cared for quickly, limiting the possibility of permanent deficits resulting from major strokes.
Providence Little Company of Mary Torrance learned this week it had received The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Heart-Check mark for Advanced Certification for Comprehensive Stroke Centers. The Gold Seal of Approval and the Heart-Check mark represent symbols of quality from the respective organizations.
"We remain our community's leading center for stroke care having met the very difficult requirements set forth by The Joint Commission to advance treatment for patients," said Garry Olney, the hospital's chief executive. "This is a team effort, led by neurologists, nurses, therapists and especially those EMTs in the field who are trained to identify critical symptoms and rush stroke patients to the best possible care."
With this certification, the hospital joins an elite group of health care organizations focused on highly-specialized stroke care. To be eligible, hospitals must demonstrate compliance with stroke-related standards as a Primary Stroke Center and meet additional requirements, including those related to advanced imaging capabilities, 24/7 availability of specialized treatments and staff provided with the unique education and competencies to care for complex
"By achieving this advanced certification, Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance has thoroughly demonstrated the greatest level of commitment to the care of its patients with a complex stroke condition," says Mark R. Chassin, M.D., president and CEO, The Joint Commission. "Certification is a voluntary process and The Joint Commission commends this hospital for successfully undertaking this challenge to elevate the standard of its care for the community it serves."
Established in 2012, Advanced Certification for Comprehensive Stroke Centers is awarded for a two-year period to Joint Commission-accredited acute care hospitals. The certification was derived from the Brain Attack Coalition's "Recommendations for Comprehensive Stroke Centers" (Stroke, 2005), "Metrics for Measuring Quality of Care in Comprehensive Stroke Centers" (Stroke, 2011)and recommendations from a multidisciplinary advisory panel of experts in complex stroke care.
Stroke is the number five cause of death and a leading cause of adult disability in the United States, according to the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. On average, someone suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies of a stroke every four minutes; and 795,000 people suffer a new or recurrent stroke each year.


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8.110661 - CHOPIN: Polonaises (Selection) (Rubinstein) (1934-1935)
Artur Rubinstein plays Chopin Polonaises
When Artur Rubinstein died in 1982 at the age of 95, a last great link to the golden age of pianism had finally been severed. In a career that lasted three quarters of a century, Rubinstein transcended the changing fashions and philosophy of performance practice without losing artistic relevance or compromising his basic musical personality. Although born in the 1880s, Rubinstein's playing owed little to the 'romantic' tradition that surrounded him. His was an eclectic approach. As a musician he rejected the excesses of his older colleagues, but retained their emotional warmth and combined it with modern concepts of textual fidelity and objectivity. These qualities help explain Rubinstein's reputation as a supreme exponent of Chopin and why his recorded performances continue to hold their place in the catalogue.
Artur Rubinstein was born in the provincial Polish City of L'odz in 1887, the seventh child of middle class Jewish parents. Like many of the great pianists, Rubinstein's natural musical gifts manifested themselves early. The boy had large, perfectly formed hands; an infallible memory and an accurate ear enabling him to recognise any note or chord played on the piano. Such precocity at first delighted, and then bewildered his family, who sought advice from the great violinist and colleague of Brahms, Joseph Joachim. Eighty years later, Rubinstein could still recall the meeting, which took place in Berlin in 1890. Back in L'odz the boy studied with a number of local teachers before travelling to Warsaw where he was placed with a Professor Rozyck. The relationship was hardly productive. According to Rubinstein, Rozyck slept through his lessons and he remembered his teacher without affection as a 'big, fat, old man, lazy and flabby'. In 1897 the family travelled to Berlin where Rubinstein again met Joachim who suggested the boy study with Heinrich Barth, a stern, distant man whose pupils included Ernest Schelling and later, Wilhelm Kempff. Barth was one of the finest teachers in Berlin, but Rubinstein grew to loathe his unbending Teutonic discipline. In truth, there was a clash of egos. The young Rubinstein needed musical sustenance and was unable or unwilling to submit to the dull, but necessary technical routine of scales and exercises. In spite of their differences, the boy progressed rapidly and in 1900 made his debut in the Great Hall of the Berlin Hochschule playing Mozart's A major Concerto under the watchful eye of Joachim.
Berlin at the beginning of the twentieth century was one of the great musical capitals of the world and Rubinstein absorbed the atmosphere like a sponge. The experience of hearing Busoni, Godowsky, d' Albert, Paderewski and Hofmann left a lasting impression, but in 1903 after six years with Barth, Rubinstein broke acrimoniously with his teacher and left for Poland. The failure to complete his formal education left Rubinstein with a deep sense of artistic insecurity that was only alleviated by years of applause and growing acclaim. From then on, he was on his own. He gave a series of concerts in Paris in 1904 and travelled to America for the first time in 1906. It was not an unqualified success. The audiences gave him a warm reception, but the critical response was far less ecstatic. Later Rubinstein would sum up the tour philosophically by explaining "I was not a prodigy any more, and I was not a mature artist. The critics were severe, much too severe. I thought I had lost America forever".
The years before the Great War were busy for the young pianist. He settled in Paris and developed important friendships with the artistic and musical elite, his charm and good looks ensuring that he became a favourite at aristocratic soirees. Although today remembered as an interpreter of Chopin and the great romantic composers, during these Parisian years Rubinstein became the darling of the avant garde. He championed and commissioned music by contemporary composers such as de Falla, Debussy, Ravel, Stravinsky and Szymanowski - works that would play little part in his active repertory after the 1940s. He appeared successfully in Berlin in 1910 and made his London debut at the Bechstein [now Wigmore] Hall in 1912. At the beginning of the War, Rubinstein was in London, but left for Paris to join the Polish Legion. He might have become one of the army cut down in the slaughter, but fortune intervened. The Legion had been disbanded and Rubinstein returned to London and secured a series of concerts in Spain. The Spanish tour was his greatest triumph to date and he returned in 1916 for a handful of concerts and stayed to give 120. In subsequent years, he repeated this success in South America, but artistically, Rubinstein had become dissatisfied with his playing. He admitted that these early concerts were littered with wrong notes, but such trifles were of little importance to his Spanish and Latin American audiences. This uncritical acceptance undoubtedly bolstered his self-confidence, but in the long term made him lazy technically, fostering a cavalier attitude to the music that he played. The 1920s were highly successful for Rubinstein. He was described in the 1924 edition of Modern Music and Musicians as 'one of the most celebrated pianists of our time? and at about the same time began his long series of recordings, initially on piano roll, and subsequently for His Master's Voice/Victor on flat discs. These early recordings demonstrate a pianist of remarkable temperament and personality, but one with occasionally fallible fingers and questionable musical judgement. His 1928 disc of the Chopin Barcarolle was poorly reviewed by Gramophone who complained that "the pianist completely ruins the piece by a most unnecessary rubato". The criticism was not entirely unjustified.
For years Rubinstein had lived out of a suitcase, basing his playing on temperament and natural facility but in 1932 at the age of 45 he married and began to take stock of his artistic achievements. The technical accomplishments of other pianists such as the young Vladimir Horowitz were capturing the public imagination and leaving Rubinstein far behind "Was it to be said of me that I could have been a great pianist? Was this the kind of legacy to leave my wife and children?" He withdrew from the concert platform and began working ferociously to acquire the technical control and accuracy that he felt was lacking. When Rubinstein re-emerged in 1935, he was - according to the American critic
Harold Schonberg - 'the giant he could have been from the beginning'. For the next four decades until his retirement in 1976, Rubinstein became one of the busiest musicians in the world, honoured by governments and lionised by an adoring public. He gave thousands of recitals and left a huge and representative legacy of recordings that continues to further his reputation and communicate his art to an ever-growing army of supporters.
Rubinstein's recordings of the Chopin Polonaises presented on this Naxos CD are the first and most spontaneous of his three studio versions. Recorded by HMV in 1935/6 on eight 12-inch double-sided 78 rpm discs, these glorious performances reveal Rubinstein in sovereign command of his technical and musical resources at the beginning of his artistic renaissance.
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Why We Support Ward 2's Jack Evans; His Strong Defense of Metro's Needs Applauded
Published: May 14th, 2016
Just as it was four years ago when we endorsed Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans for re-election, once again he faces no opposition in the Democratic Party primary election to be held early next month. Nevertheless, we still feel compelled to urge Ward 2 voters to cast their ballots for Jack Evans — particularly this time now that he is serving as the Metro board's chairman — so as to send a powerful message especially to those District of Columbia haters in Congress who are intent on bringing down our elected leaders so that they can haul out the old canard about us (and you know what we mean even if we are "PC" here) being incapable of governing ourselves.
Those who have missed out on the recent circus of a hearing conducted by Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.) of his subcommittee of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee should know that he treated Evans rudely, as heard by those attending as well as those listening to the evening news and others who read the April 13th account published in the on-line Washington Free Beacon. Evans had just concluded a well-stated, sober assessment of Metro's need for the federal government to join with DC, Maryland and Virginia in contributing annually to the operating funds budget. Mica's response was to blast out with this sugar plum:
"I'm telling you I am not going to bail you out. I am not going to support bailing out the District of Columbia." (Italics mine.)
Notice he was essentially blaming the DC government (which, of course, doesn't actually run Metro); no mention of threats to Maryland and Virginia. Naturally not; out there are vast numbers of potential Republican votes for Trump so no need to antagonize or insult them — but us here, well, it's obvious.
Jack Evans had presented Metro's case very professionally and with detailed specifics and reminded Mica that back in the early 1970s when the Congress authorized the building of the system and established what early on became obvious was a very disjointed arrangement for management and financing (and with no requirement for a stream of dedicated revenue as is the norm with every other big city transit systems), probably the primary factor in getting Congress on board was the recognition that the system would be of enormous value to ensuring the efficient access of federal workers, vast numbers who lived in Maryland and Virginia, to their work stations in the city.
By the end of the previous decade it had become apparent that the roads and streets were so clogged with traffic that federal workers were having great difficulty coming and going and that this was highly undesireable with respect to the work of the government's departments and agencies.
The point that Evans so accurately stated was that the feds had skin in the game — our words — and that joining with the three jurisdictions in providing annual payments for operations (separate from capital costs which are covered through federal transit programs available to all transit systems) was essential. He further reminded Mica that 50 percent of Metro's passengers are federal employees. Mica was not swayed; in fact, seemed to us that he couldn't care less.
What especially impressed us the most with the way Evans represented us federal (as if any member of Congress should have to be reminded) taxpayers, was how he refused to be cowed by bully boy Mica; he stuck to his guns and was not hesitant to tell Mica when statements or inferences he was mouthing were simply wrong.
Through it all, Evans was never rude, but he was firm. He never made excuses for the many past years of incompetent management & lack of proper financial control or for the inattentiveness of prior boards. Instead, he properly focused on the here and now with a dynamic and savvy new General Manager and a board that now has 11 new members out of 16. We are certain that his presentation and responses to nasty questioning were well received by many members of that subcommittee, both Republican and Democrat.
And it is this kind of advocate we need to ensure will continue fighting on our behalf. There is no doubt that with Evans being the Council's senior member and, especially, its long-serving and respected finance committee chairman gives him a stature with the feds — both in Congress and at the Department of Transportation and the Federal Transit Administration that no one else has at the present time.
And, so, if for no other reason — though as we wrote four years ago there are many excellent reasons — we need Jack evans to continue as a member of the DC City Council given his unique status and role in that body.


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What makes this Oldham pupil's achievement so remarkable is that she, like the other young musicians at this session, suffers from asthma. Little more than a year ago, she could barely hold a note for three seconds, was struggling in PE, and was regularly waking at night breathless. Now, as a result of the Bronchial Boogie club - set up jointly by Oldham Music Service and Oldham primary care trust (PCT) in Greater Manchester to deliver after-school wind instrument teaching alongside asthma education - she says she no longer wakes at night, feels more physically active, and clearly has developed remarkable breath control. Most important for her, she has emerged as a genuine musical talent, destined for Oldham Music Centre.
"I love it," she says, cuddling her cornet. "It's cool having an instrument when no one else has one. When I started at Bronchial Boogie I was rubbish at blowing long notes, but now I can and I do a lot more running around."
Emma, a pupil at Whitegate End school, is not the only Bronchial Boogie club success. The club has seen a 70% decrease in participants' night-time symptoms and a 58% cut in day time symptoms. Before joining the club, 35% of children took time off school because of asthma. This has since dropped to just 5%, and the number having trouble taking part in sports has fallen from 45% to 15%.
These results have been consistent since Bronchial Boogie began in Oldham four years ago following a chance meeting between Wendy Andrew, a trained singer and asthmatic who is Oldham council's music service's special projects coordinator, and specialist asthma nurse Lynn Daniel. "I had wondered for years how to get young children to learn breath control exercises," Andrew says. "As a child, we did not have inhalers, but I had done exercises and developed excellent control."
Daniel saw the need to deliver appealing asthma education, and between them they devised a free weekly session, involving a group lesson in cornet, trombone, flute or clarinet, alongside asthma monitoring, games and education.
Oldham PCT funds the nursing side, and the instruments and educational aspects are being paid for by the Children's Fund until the end of March 2008. According to Oldham PCT public health experts, the area has a 36% higher rate of respiratory disease than the UK average.
Wild game
It is clear watching the children at their Tuesday night Bronchial Boogie session at Whitegate End that they love it. After a drink and fruit, they answer questions about use of medication from nurses Dilys Proctor and Jo Gregory, and then a group of four boys are off on a wild game of football in the school hall. The same boys then compete to see who can puff the most by blowing cotton wool balls from one end of a table to the other with a straw.
Meanwhile, brass teacher Duncan Byers takes a group in a nearby classroom, incorporating exercises such as blowing music sheets off the stands as well as playing the music. "The aim is to improve their lung capacity," he explains.
While Bronchial Boogie had to be scrapped in one school because of lack of parental and school support, feedback from most teachers and parents is overwhelmingly positive.
A similar scheme operates in Colchester, Essex, and there have been inquiries from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, and even from Australia, about setting up clubs, according to Andrew.
For Jackie Pye, who has taken over Daniel's role in the project, the biggest measure of success is seeing the children themselves. "They do not see asthma as a disease any more," she says. "They feel special for doing something good that they enjoy. It is all about building their confidence."
· For more information go to bronchialboogie.co.uk


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The Hoboken Man Salon
11/3/2009 Review:
Occasional Hoboken411 guest contributor "JJ" submits his review of The Hoboken Man Salon, which opened up last month over at Maxwell Place.
The Hoboken Man – Guest Review
By JJ
"For a mile-square city, Hoboken is packed to the gills with good things, from the delicious pizza (Marisa's and Grande, I'm looking at you) to a great record store that really sells records (check out the vinyl at Tunes) – And while Hoboken already has its share of salons, barber shops, spas and boutiques, there's nothing quite like The Hoboken Man, which finally saw it's grand opening last month.
Located at 1150 Maxwell Lane, and billed as "The Barbershop at Maxwell Place," The Hoboken Man offers upscale grooming services for men. While they're adamant that this is a barbershop, not a "man salon," it certainly isn't like any barbershop I've seen. But semantics aside, the place is absolutely gorgeous. This is not an old school barbershop, and no doubt about it, the services are high-end. But don't think there's any Waterfront Condo/Hoboken Yuppie haughtiness about it, because the staff are sweet as can be and the space couldn't be any more inviting. There's a beautiful, spacious lounge when you walk in with big comfy easy chairs, and every wall has a flat screen televisions (always tuned to news or sports). One wall has framed old-school playboy covers, and there's coffee and refreshments as well.
The Hoboken Man offers haircuts and grooming (the standard cut starts at $39), shaving (hot towel, hot lather, straight razor), facials, manicures and more. Between the setting, the amenities and the little extras, the goal seems to be to provide not just a haircut but a full experience. To that end they also have some special deals and "membership" options that offer unlimited cuts throughout the year. Another nice idea is the father/son package that offers a kids cut (under 12) and an adult cut for one price.
Without a doubt, the place is beautiful, but do they deliver? I thought it might be a good idea to see what they could do with a bunch of different guys. So the staff gathered the men in their lives for a before-and-after photo shoot (included at end of gallery above). The idea was not to go for an extreme make-over or the usual photo shoot make-up, but for a more natural, clean, professional look that's practical for any man. The guys looked great, and the results should speak for themselves. The models in these photos all had haircuts, shaves and various facial treatments.
The real test for me came this week on grand opening night, as they offered complimentary services to all their guests, so I took advantage of a haircut with Donna, one of their stylists. According to their website, all haircuts include a "consultation," which at first seemed absurd to me, because I couldn't imagine what we could possibly consult about–all I wanted was a simple cut, not an extreme make-over. But Donna (and I suspect the rest of the staff from what I heard) was thorough beyond thorough, asking what products I use, how often I have my hair cut, even what kind of work I do (to see if I had to be conservative for a corporate job or if I could have a little more freedom with my style). The shampoo included a nice relaxing scalp massage, there was a second rinse-out after the first cut, and the cut itself was great and exactly what I asked for.
I'd love to say The Hoboken Man is for everyone, but the reality is that's simply not the case; some men will have no use for the high-end haircut, let alone a manicure or facial. But there's nothing wrong with a little pampering, even for guys, and no doubt The Hoboken Man is the place for it. For more info including their menu of services and a link to their Facebook page, check out TheHobokenMan.com.
9/25/2009 Update:
Man Salon aims for October opening
Here's a quick construction photo update for the Hoboken Man Salon coming soon next to the (also coming soon) PNC Bank branch at 12th and Maxwell Lane. Hoboken's only high-end salon dedicated for men, The Hoboken Man has everything a guy might want. Eight (or more) flat screen TV's (and all the sports packages – they'll be open 7 days a week), rich mahogany-like finishes, and more. You'll even be able to purchase "annual subscriptions" that allow you to get unlimited haircuts and cleanups, etc..
If you're at the Arts & Music Festival on Sunday – find their booth and say hello!
5/12/2009 Update:
Patience (and a good shave) is a virtue
The ladies (and men) at The Hoboken Man salon, which is coming this summer – wanted to update all the readers!
Set to be the premier salon for men!
The Hoboken Man, a full service salon for men, kicked off its promotional campaign recently at the Hoboken Arts and Music Festival. Despite the inclement weather, the salon's stylists, estheticians, nail technicians, and management distributed service menus and had over 200 people enter their gift basket raffle.
"Nowhere in Hoboken can a man get a quality cut and shave in an environment designed specifically for him– that's what we're doing at The Hoboken Man," said salon co-owner, Dan Hood. "From the positive feedback we got at the festival, this salon is something that Hoboken men need and want."
Services offered include precision haircuts, custom color, straight razor shaves, deep cleansing facials, spa manicures and pedicures, and waxing. Clients enjoy complimentary beverages, newspapers and men's magazines and while watching plasma TVs during their services.
"Think old-school barbershop with a modern, classy-casual twist," says Heather Sarrecchia, the salon manager. "Our services are first-class, our prices are competitive, and our staff has the personality, knowledge and skills to meet the needs of the casual to the most discerning client."
The Hoboken Man, scheduled to open at Maxwell Place (12th and Maxwell Lane) in late summer 2009, will feature products from The Art of Shaving, Dermalogica, and Label M.
As the opening nears, the salon will host a series of promotional events in Hoboken. Stay tuned to Hoboken411 to be notified about all salon events and promotions!
Some men might be better maintained this year
Guess what's coming to 1125 Maxwell Lane?
A dedicated men-only beauty salon – The Hoboken Man.
Judging by their website – they offer the whole suite of possible services for men (that are legal at least.) From haircuts and color, to all sorts of waxing and hair removal, pedicures, manicures and more. Seems like they'll have some sort of "membership" option for the seriously dedicated beauty-seekers (or should that be "manbership?")
They hope to open up this spring – no word on how much these services will cost.


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text: Visitor Information Pānui Manuhiri Opening hours Alert Levels 1 & 2 Daily 10am - 3.00pm. Old St Paul's is closed on Good Friday, Christmas Day and Anzac Day until 1pm. We also close for short periods during private functions. If you are unsure, please call us first to check that we're open. Admission Entry is by donation for individuals. Short introduction to Old St Paul's: $5 (please book ahead). Reservations are essential for all groups of 10 or more (including schools) and charges apply. Please understand that surcharges may apply to special events and exhibitions. expand/collapse Tours Brief introduction to Old St Paul's: $5.00 per person. Please book ahead. Guided tours for groups are available by arrangement, and may be customised to your requirements. Contact the Visitor Programme Co-ordinator to discuss your requirements and arrange a convenient time. Charges apply. Written information which takes you on a self-guided tour discovering the history, the chattels and the stained glass windows of Old St Paul's is available in English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese (donations are appreciated). Education programme Experience Old St Paul's is an education programme exploring the landscape, heritage and significance of this iconic place. Students will experience fun hands-on activities involving team work, problem solving, initiative and inquiry. Tailored to pupils in years 5–8. Contact the Visitor Programme Coordinator to find out more and to discuss your requirements. Gift Shop Visit our gift shop and all-year-round Christmas shop and take away a memento from our range of beautiful gifts, souvenirs and Christmas decorations. From quirky kiwiana objects, jewellery and retro toys to crosses, rosaries and religious medals to Christmas decorations, nativity scenes, advent calendars and Christmas cards. Specialising in locally made goods, there is something to suit every taste. All proceeds of the Old St Paul's gift and Christmas shop go towards crucial maintenance work. Wheelchair access Old St Paul's is accessible to wheelchairs. Some aisles may be narrow for motorised chairs. Toilets Public facilities are available. How to reach us Old St Paul's is centrally located. Walk - 2 minutes from Parliament buildings and the Beehive, or 5 minutes from Lambton Quay. Bus/Train - the bus interchange and Wellington Railway Station are 5 minutes walk away. Drive - straight off the urban motorway from the north or south, take the Murphy Street and Thorndon exits. Venue hire Old St Paul's provides the perfect venue for your celebrations and events.


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Resort Amenities
Packed full of luxurious amenities, your stay with us will be one to remember! Please see list below of the amenities we have on site at Little Arrow. You can also view where each amenity is located on our map.
- 24/7 Point & Feather Coffee Lounge that includes coffee, movie and book exchange, and kid's playroom
- Quiet Hiking Trail with beautiful view overlooking Townsend (0.3 miles if you start from trail entrance)
- In-Ground Pool with Splash Pad
- Cabana with TVs and bubbling rock
- Club House that is available for rent and includes a commercial grade kitchen, lots of seating, a large table, and projector
- Covered Pavilion that seats up to 125 people
- Dog Park
- Camp Store
- Playground
- Tipi
- 24/7 Laundry Facility
- Two Bath Houses
- Chat + Chill Community Fire Pit
- Community Garden
- Basketball Court
- Horse Shoe Pits
- Food Truck Area
- Firewood
- Ice
- Defibrillator
- Emergency Phone


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text: Home > Business Foreign traders say doing business more fun in PH By Mayen Jaymalin, The Philippine Star Posted at Sep 28 2012 07:44 AM | Updated as of Sep 28 2012 07:31 PM Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MANILA, Philippines - For many foreign investors, doing business is now more fun in the Philippines. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) yesterday reported that many foreign investors are now thinking of relocating their operations in the country. "The Joint Foreign Chambers of the Philippines believes the Philippines is in a sweet spot as foreign investors are seriously studying the possibility of relocating their manufacturing activities in the Philippines," Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said. Based on a JFC's 2011 Arangkada report, Baldoz said foreign investors now have a positive outlook towards the country's business climate. The JFC is composed of the American, Australian-New Zealand, Canadian, European, Japanese, and Korean chambers of commerce, as well as the Philippine Association of Multinational Companies Regional Headquarters, Inc. (PAMURI). Baldoz recently met the JFC members to discuss issues affecting the business climate and strengthen partnership between DOLE and the business group. The labor chief said the JFC stressed the need for the government to promote investor-friendly policies and environment. She said they also discussed recommendations meant to generate one million new jobs per year and enable the economy to cope in a highly competitive global business environment, and achieve higher inclusive economic growth. Every year, Baldoz said the JFC evaluates and rates government agencies, including DOLE, on their action and performance. The JFC rated the DOLE with six stars (completed) for allowing firms that provide same day services to overseas clients to give employees, who work on Philippine holidays, substitute days off with pay without holiday premium. "It gave the DOLE five stars for achieving substantial progress on the issue of maintaining the low level of labor disruption of business operations (and) allow(ing) self-regulation of companies," Baldoz said. The JFC also gave DOLE four stars for having "started" work/reforms on the following issues/recommendations: (1) make wage increases consistent with inflation and productivity, (2) modernize the 36-year old Labor Code to end the disadvantage it creates for the Philippines with regional competitors, (3) improve the speed and fairness of the adjudication of labor cases filed before the NLRC, (4) further narrow the skills-jobs mismatch by revising the curricula and training. Ensure that skills needed for the Seven Big Winner sectors are included in the curricula, and increase interaction between the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and the private sector. Overall, Baldoz said, the JFC gave DOLE a more than satisfactory rating. "While the evaluation was mostly favorable, the JFC believes there are a few more areas where dramatic improvements can be made," she said. Share Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Business,Top Stories,foreign investors,Department of Labor and Employment,Rosalinda Baldoz Read More: foreign investors Department of Labor and Employment Rosalinda Baldoz


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Mac OS - Snow Leopard Versus Windows 7 Icons
The new Windows 7 icons were introduced with Vista and many carry over to Windows seven. On the other hand Mac OS 10 has some icons that are extremely clear like the internal drive while on Vista and Windows 7 looks more like an external drive.
When it comes to beauty and form, both the Mac OS and
Windows seven icons
are running neck in neck. If you check them side by side, there are some differences of note, but the styles of the icons are both pretty and obviously convey a message of what they signal. Some of the key differences between the two start if you glance at the folder icons. While they both use folder shapes, Windows 7 sticks with the more normal yellow color which is closer to their real-world opposite numbers. Mac OS elects to employ a spotted blue color which more seems like a recycled paper than traditional file folder. This change took place in Leopard and was met up with some criticism.
Folder types are also different from Windows seven icons to Mac OS X with the second embossing an image on the icon and the former opting for an emblem sticking out of the folder. This sticking out blob of the side of the folder makes it more difficult to see what the folder means like it probably did in the days before Leopard which was essentially better to tell one from the other.
The new Windows 7 icons were introduced with Vista and many carry over to Windows 7. On the other hand Mac OS 10 has some icons that are extremely clear like the internal drive whereas on Vista and Windows seven appears more like an external drive. Windows doesn't lose its older icons either. If you look in the icons, you can still see things like the 3.5 and 5.25 floppy disk. Some differences with the rubbish bin is that on the Mac it looks expanded when full.
Windows seven has continued the
glass-like style
which it debuted in Windows Vista, there are several icons that have a newer style that steps away from the glassy look. One of them is Wordpad which in Windows 7 follows a totally different style. Also in Mac OS X, the TextEdit icon has text which ran in the'Think Different' television advertisement which Apple did in the latter 90s. There are lots more icons that have this playful touch than in Windows which has been known to present business like, practical icons which have carried over into Windows 7. Mac OS icons are known to have a more artistic bent.
This, of course, is directly tied to the branding of each OS : Windows is business-oriented and Mac OS is more artistically driven and private. While this isn't engraved in granite, it is something that has been long known in the bizz. The utilitarian approach to icons is more apparent in both systems System Preferences and Control Panel sections. The icons on both systems clearly convey their meaning without any room for bafflement. These 2
sets of icons
while engaging serve that purpose. Hopefully, the way icons are rendered in Windows seven will change with the following upgrade. They are now in .ico format which isn't the simplest to handle inside .exe and .dll files.
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- noun Date: 1705 1. a building equipped for bathing 2. a building containing dressing rooms for bathers
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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bathhouse — athhouse n. 1. a building containing dressing rooms for bathers. Syn: bathing machine. [WordNet 1.5] 2. a building containing public baths. Syn: bagnio. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bathhouse — [bath′hous΄] n. 1. a public building where people can take baths ☆ 2. a building used by bathers for changing clothes, as at the seashore … English World dictionary
bathhouse — UK [ˈbɑːθˌhaʊs] / US [ˈbæθˌhaʊs] noun [countable] Word forms bathhouse : singular bathhouse plural bathhouses a public building where people go to wash or have a health treatment using hot water or steam. Bathhouses are no longer common in the UK … English dictionary
bathhouse — [[t]bɑ͟ːθhaʊs[/t]] bathhouses also bath house N COUNT A bathhouse is a public or private building containing baths and often other facilities such as a sauna … English dictionary
bathhouse — pirtis statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas apibrėžtis Patalpa arba pastatas kaitintis, pertis ir maudytis; pėrimasis, kaitinimasis, maudymasis. Pirtys buvo populiarios senovės Graikijoje, Romoje. Lietuvoje minimos XIII a. Labai padeda… … Sporto terminų žodynas
bathhouse — /bath hows , bahth /, n., pl. bathhouses / how ziz/. 1. a structure, as at the seaside, containing dressing rooms for bathers. 2. a building for bathing, sometimes equipped with swimming pools, medical baths, etc. [1695 1705; BATH1 + HOUSE] * * * … Universalium
bathhouse — noun a) a building with baths for communal use b) a building where swimmers change clothes … Wiktionary
bathhouse — Synonyms and related words: bagnio, balneae, balneum, bath, bathroom, baths, caldarium, lavatory, mikvah, public baths, rest room, sauna, spa, steam room, sudarium, sudatorium, sweat room, tepidarium, thermae, washroom, watering place … Moby Thesaurus
bathhouse — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cabana, bathing hut. See receptacle, cleanness … English dictionary for students
bathhouse — bath|house [ bæθ,haus ] noun count 1. ) a public building where people go to wash or have a health treatment using hot water or steam 2. ) AMERICAN a building near a SWIMMING POOL or beach where swimmers can change their clothes … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English


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Bradie Tennell Figure Skated To A Song From 'Cinderella' & It Was Pure Magic
For one particular first-time Olympian and figure skater, going to the Winter Olympics is a dream she wouldn't have predicted three years ago. It seems fitting then that for Bradie Tennell's free skate in the 2018 Olympics, the 20-year-old chose music from Cinderella, the 2015 live-action movie. She wasn't the face or golden girl of U.S. figure skating for most of the years leading up to her Olympic debut. The tenacious skater had to overcome the odds — a career plagued by by injuries — and was a relative unknown until she was crowned the 2018 U.S. National Champion in January.
Figure skating commentator and two-time Olympian Johnny Weir has described "consistency" as Tennell's greatest strength. He may have been surprised then to see Tennell make an uncharacteristic fall in her short program at the women's individual competition. She would enter the free skate in 10th place, well away from podium territory.
"Dealing with this pressure, these expectations she's never, ever had to deal with before is really hard for such an inexperienced skater as Bradie at an international level," said Tara Lipinski, a figure skating commentator and Olympic gold medalist. "Sometimes it takes years for skaters at an international level to be able to handle this."
But Tennell, dubbed the Cinderella story by NBC, put in a cleaner skate on Thursday night and will still leave PyeongChang with the highest placement for Team USA's women skaters.
Tennell will also take home a bronze medal in the Olympics figure skating team event. The national champ had never been to a major international competition until this year's Winter Games. Then in her debut in PyeongChang, she skated a nearly flawless short program that helped the United States secure a third place finish in the team competition.
So how did Tennell, once considered an unlikely contender for the Olympic team, become the dark horse in U.S. figure skating? Six weeks ago, she was hardly a household name in the figure skating community, unlike Ashley Wagner, the most recognizable skater from the 2014 Sochi team.
Tennell, who hails from the Chicago area, began skating at age 2, but had a pronation problem that caused her to trip over herself and unable to jump on two feet, her mother, Jeannie, told Hollywood Life. Jeannie gave her daughter a jump rope so she could work on her coordination. And it must have worked: Tennell rose up in the figure skating ranks, all the way to winning the U.S. Junior Championship in 2015.
Before she could make her senior debut, Tennell suffered from stress fractures in her back that put her on the sidelines with a back brace. Her return to skating led to another stress fracture and another back brace. She began competing again in the 2016 season, but she struggled to return to top form after the break in her momentum.
Then, in 2017, her first year as a senior competitor, Tennell started propelling herself to Olympic team potential. She placed third at her first Grand Prix event. Then she won the U.S. National Championship, punching her ticket to PyeongChang.
"I get butterflies right before my music starts, but then when my music starts, I go on autopilot," Tennell said after her team event skate, reported USA Today.
Her fairytale journey still comes with a few tumbles. The skater who hardly falls botched her triple toe loop combination in the Olympics short program. Still, she came back with a better free skate, capping off her Olympic competition with a program set to the score of Cinderella, a film that features Tennell's favorite Disney princess. When she was 3 years old, Tennell would come home every day from ballet or ice skating lessons and put on her Cinderella Halloween costume, Jeannie Tennell told the Team USA organization. Jeannie recalled: "She had a little crown, the white gloves and she just loved the story of Cinderella and that she was a hard worker. She knew hard work gets your dreams."


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'Queen of Complaints' launches her first book in Brent
PUBLISHED: 13:13 01 April 2014 | UPDATED: 13:13 01 April 2014
Dieter Perry
A woman dubbed the 'Queen Of Complaints' held a launch for her first book at an independent store in Queen's Park.
Ingrid Stone signed copies of 'Letters of a Dissatisfied Woman' at Queens Park Books in Salusbury Road.
Her book catalogues the handwritten complaint letters she wrote to companies, and the author said of the book: "Every letter and response is genuine - including my first ever complaint letter written aged eight - and featuring everything from can-openers that should be re-named can't-openers to cocoa powder that tastes like bad breath."
The 40-year-old was given her regal nickname by a daily newspaper.
Joy Konyn, manager of the store, said: "The shop was full.
"She read out complaint number 14 about fairtrade hot chocolate and had everyone in stitches.
"It was a bit unusual for us as it was a very glamorous event with Ingrid and two photographers!"
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Working in partnership with other agencies
In addition to our core activities, we work with various partner agencies to ensure that the widest range of services is available to best match the needs of our clients.
None of this work is possible without the continued support from our local authorities, the local business community, trusts and individuals. As an independent charity we have no guaranteed income and each year we spend a considerable amount of time fundraising for the local bureau. Here are a few examples of organisations who have helped us with funding:
- Cambridge City Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Big Lottery Fund
- Help through crisis - Community Fund
Here are a few examples of successful partnerships that we have developed in recent years to meet local needs.
- Cambridge City Foodbank - to provide training and support to Foodbank volunteers to engage effectively with their clients.
- Cambridge Housing Society - a contract to deliver the Cambridgeshire Local Assistance Scheme Fund (CLAS)
- Help Through Crisis
We have been successful in securing a 5 year Help Through Crisis Fund Big Lottery grant. The grant is in order to support people experiencing crisis in an ongoing, holistic way. Our work previously has focused on holistic support for people's problems but in an ongoing way. The grant will help us to support clients to access other services that they need in order to manage their long-term issues and begin top gain the skills needed to better manage their lives in future. We are working with 7 key partners and at least 33 winder partners and the project started in the beginning of May.
- Personal Budgeting Support for Universal Credit claimants
Universal Credit Full Service was introduced into Cambridge on 17th October 2018. We are helping people to budget on the new benefit by taking referrals for people based in Cambridge City or South Cambridgeshire. You can also come and visit us directly (self-refer).
Under Universal Credit people will be paid money for different bills under one monthly sum. This goes to one household member. Currently, people get different benefits at different times, and different people in a household can claim them. Universal Credit is going to signify a big adjustment for some households to manage their money.
Additionally, you will have to wait at least 5 weeks before receiving Universal Credit after you have made a claim. We want to help people to budget during this time and avoid getting into significant debt.
For more information on Universal Credit go to the Citizens Advice website.
For online information on managing your money go to Online Information -> Managing your Money
- Advice on Prescription
It has been shown that good advice can improve health outcomes, which can save the NHS a lot of money. Good advice can help to improve people's living conditions, which can have positive effects on physical health (e.g. by helping people to obtain suitable accommodation or repairs to their property). People feel reduced stress once issues have been resolved or they find a way forward with a problem. This can improve mental health outcomes and reduce anxiety and depression. This, in turn, can remove barriers to engaging in healthy behaviours such as giving up smoking and exercising more.
Because of this, we have worked with Cambridge City Council and the NHS to set up an outreach advice service at East Barnwell Medical Centre (in the Abbey ward). It is important to provide outreach for people suffering with health issues, as they are less likely to travel to our local office for help because they may not be well enough.
Our Outreach Advice service at East Barnwell has been running since May 2015. It has become a busy and effective service that has seen some extremely positive outcomes for patients. Most clients have been referred for our support by their GPs and there have also been a large number of self-referrals. The most common enquiry areas that we have helped with have been houisng and debt.
The service has become so successful that we have been provided with funding to open outreach services at three more medical centres. The location of these centres is still to be confirmed.
- Energy Best Deal
We are providing one-to-one energy advice to help clients through our Energy Best Deal (extra) project. The project offers consumers one-on-one help in reviewing energy tariffs, dealing with fuel bills, debts and energy efficiency improvements.
The Energy Best Deal projects have been created through a nationwide partnership between Citizens Advice and major energy companies.
For more information, visit the Citizens Advice website.
- Helping Rural Energy Consumers
Cambridge & District Citizens Advice is part of the rural Issues Group. The Rural Issues Group is the umbrella body, which represent the 161 local offices who work across rural England and Wales.
The group is needed because living in a rural area can bring many different challenges, but this is especially true around the issue of energy. Rural communities often suffer disproportionately from lack of choice or access to services. Recent research by Citizens Advice central office found that the top areas with the coldest and unhealthiest homes (those with the lowest energy efficiency ratings) are all in rural areas. Fuel poverty is also a major concern with around 1 in 7 rural households in rural England struggling to pay to heat their homes.
Part of our work in the Rural Issues Group is to identify and highlight the issues around delivering advice to rural areas, and it's clear that there is a need for nuanced and tailored advice and support for rural consumers.


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1 year later
Strategic Plan puts more focus on collaboration and 'best practices' throughout archdiocese
One of the biggest benefits of the archdiocesan Strategic Plan announced in October 2010 has been something intangible but essential to strengthening local parishes and schools for the future, according to Father Peter Laird. archdiocesan vicar general.
It's a growing appreciation that Father Laird said he has noticed among priests and laity that the church is bigger than their own parish or school, and that Catholics are called to work together to benefit the local church as it is embodied by the 12-county archdiocese.
"One of the great gifts we have is parishes and identities of parishioners wrapped around parishes, and that's a great strength," said Father Laird. "It can also be a great weakness if we fail to appreciate this great sense of 'communio' [communion] we share with the archbishop and the universal church.
"I think October 2010 marked a new transition in our culture in the more collaboration, better use available resources and facilitating "a culture in the archdiocese driven by best practice, driven by consistency and standards, all at the service of the Gospel."
The plan to date
To mark the one-year anniversary, the archdiocese has posted a Strategic Plan update on the planning page of its website.
Among the summary's highlights:
- As of October 2011, nine parishes have merged with six neighboring parishes under changes announced in the Strategic Plan. Another merger between two Minneapolis parishes — St. Philip and Ascension in Minneapolis — happened outside the Strategic Plan. Four of the remaining nine mergers have been appealed to the Holy See. (To read more about these mergers as well as other planning-related stories, visit TheCatholicSpirit.com and click on "Archdiocese Planning Process.")
- The Strategic Plan identified 33 parishes to enter into new cluster relationships. As of July 1, 12 of those parishes either entered a new cluster or welcomed an additional parish to an existing cluster.
- The plan identifies 25 parishes for structured collaboration, meaning they are called to examine ways they could better collaborate with neighboring parishes, including more cooperation on programming and staffing. Many of these parishes may eventually move toward a cluster. These parishes will formally begin structured collaboration in 2012, but many have already begun cooperating on programming and in other areas.
- The effect of the parish structural changes, after implementation of all the announced mergers, including those pending appeals, is a total of 192 remaining parishes compared to 213 parishes in October 2010.
- With regard to Catholic schools, Archbishop John Nienstedt accepted recommendations Aug. 11 from the Catholic Schools Commission he appointed to promote best practices in four areas: governance, educational excellence, advancement and funding models. He also named inaugural members of the Archdiocesan Catholic Schools Advisory Council, which recently had its first meeting. The council will assist the archbishop in implementing the recommendations.
- At the school and regional level, many school leaders began engaging in a structured sustainability review process during the 2010-2011 school year. Ten Catholic schools in the archdiocese underwent urgent sustainability reviews in late 2010 due to critical issues facing their school communities. Local leaders at three of those 10 "urgent review" schools chose to close their schools at the end of the 2010-2011 school year.
- Shared resources discussions between neighboring schools in several regions began in early 2011. The goal of these discussions is to determine how schools in a geographic area can best work together for academic excellence while strengthening the schools' financial foundation.
Looking ahead
In the next year, parishioners will continue to see a reinforcement of the idea that area Catholics, while maintaining their membership in individual parishes, are all part of one local church that encompasses the archdiocese, Father Laird said.
The emphasis will be apparent when the U.S. church introduces changes to Mass when the new Roman Missal is used beginning on the first Sunday of Advent.
"As we all make a transition to a new missal, I think this idea of being open to change and finding the good in change is something that is going to constantly be manifest — certainly first in the missal, but also as we begin to make reinvestments in the archdiocese in terms of adult education and youth ministry and Latino ministry," Father Laird said.
The archdiocese has set up a vicariate structure with regional vicars to make parish visits, help with some administrative responsibilities, and facilitate better communication with priests and parishes. It has also created a Latino Ministry Advisory Council and Youth Ministry Advisory Council.
The archdiocese will continue to offer parishes assistance through the archdiocesan Parish Services Team to the extent parishes need help or request it, Father Laird said.
Lessons learned
From the beginning of the planning process, which was prompted by many factors, including changing demographics and a decline in the number of priests available for ministry, the archdiocese has sought to garner input from the local Catholic community.
Father Laird co-chaired, with Father John Bauer of the Basilica of St. Mary, the Strategic Planning Task Force that gathered information for a year and a half before making planning recommendations to the archbishop in July 2010.
During that process and after, the archdiocese garnered views from thousands of pastors, parish and school leaders, and parishioners in regional meetings held throughout the archdiocese and through comments made via email, postal mail and telephone.
Father Laird said among the lessons he learned from the strategic planning process is that one can never communicate too much. And no process is perfect, he added, noting that some parts of the local process may have deserved even more attention.
"We could always do a better job of reverencing and respecting the personal experience that people have had of their parishes and to appreciate the challenge that change brings," he said. "While that is a challenge, it also reflects an investment of the human heart in a particular place or in a particular way of doing things. And sometimes we could do better at reverencing that, even as we work toward bringing about the unity we seek."
The archdiocese continues to receive feedback about the Strategic Plan, he said, and has attempted to adjust accordingly as the plan continues to unfold.
"We learned some things," he said. "Maybe January mergers were not the best time to be doing mergers because you're in the middle of a budget cycle and you're at the middle of a liturgical season."
On the positive side, he added, many pastors and parishioners said the changes weren't as difficult as they thought they might be, and the plan has created "new opportunities for them in terms of the proclamation of the Gospel and the sharing of the faith."
Father Laird said the strategic planning process has renewed his appreciation of how the church is called to respond to "the signs of the times."
"We are making an investment now so that it can bear fruit for future generations," he said. "Just as people did in this archdiocese a hundred years ago, and 50 years ago, it's our responsibility and also our privilege to do that now. So, in that sense, we are part of a work larger than just the archdiocese. This is really the work of the church."
Watch for more stories about the ongoing implementation of the archdiocesan Strategic Plan in future issues of The Catholic Spirit.
Category: Archdiocese Planning Process


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Global smart homes market revenue expected to rise to up to US$35.3B by 2020 from US$4.8B in 2012, driven by rising energy costs, government initiatives, rising awareness; high upfront investment costs are largest growth constraint, finds report
March 7, 2014
(press release)
– Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/4hpjhm/global_smart) has announced the addition of the "Global Smart Homes, Buildings (Energy Efficient, Automated) Market Report 2013 - 2020" report to their offering.
The market revenue of $4.8 billion in 2012 is expected to grow up to $35.3 billion by 2020
This is attributed to rising energy costs and government initiatives. Some of the key government initiatives include regulations such as Commercial Buildings Initiatives (CBI) by the U.S. government aims at making all commercial buildings completely energy independent by 2025. This implies that commercial buildings should have facilities to generate onsite power. Energy efficiency has become the need of the hour as it is expected that energy demand would increase by 40% between 2010 and 2040. The key restraint for the growth is the high upfront investment that is required for well-integrated smart technologies. Perceived value versus the cost issue is still a concern that is impacting the adoption rates. Increasing smart homes and buildings with well-integrated and applied technologies will precisely lead to envisioned concept of Smart Cities.
The main drivers for the growth of the market are government regulations, rising energy costs and raising awareness with respect to environmental concerns. Energy efficiency has become the need of the hour as the global energy cost is increasing owing to the ever growing demand and environmental concerns of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission. The construction business is embracing the energy efficiency trend and using building automation system to meet the growing demand for energy efficiency in smart homes and buildings. The global smart, automated and energy efficient homes and buildings market report published by Allied Market Research discusses the in-depth analysis of this market which includes the drivers, restraints and opportunities for its growth.
Key Topics Covered:
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Executive Summary
Chapter 3. Market Overview
Chapter 4. Application
Chapter 5. Technology
Chapter 6. End-User
Chapter 7. Product
Chapter 8. Geography
Chapter 9. Company Profiles
- Cisco Systems Inc.
- Control4 Corporation
- Leviton MFG. Company Inc.
- Schneider Electric SA
- Siemens Building Technologies
- United Technologies Corporation
- Honeywell Scanning & Mobility
- Smarthome Inc.
- Emerson Electric Co.
- LG Electronics Inc
For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/4hpjhm/global_smart
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