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The "beautiful and haunting" (San Francisco Chronicle) tale of an orphan's search for love, for his unknown father, and for the key to the elusive riddle of his fate, from the author of the forthcoming 4 3 2 1: A Novel
Marco Stanley Fogg is an orphan, a child of the sixties, a quester tirelessly seeking the key to his past, the answers to the ultimate riddle of his fate. As Marco journeys from the canyons of Manhattan to the deserts of Utah, he encounters a gallery of characters and a series of events as rich and surprising as any in modern fiction.Beginning during the summer that men first walked on the moon, and moving backward and forward in time to span three generations, Moon Palace is propelled by coincidence and memory, and illuminated by marvelous flights of lyricism and wit. Here is the most entertaining and moving novel yet from an author well known for his breathtaking imagination.From New York Times-bestselling author Paul Auster (The New York Trilogy).
Irvin Yalom cleverly spins fact and fiction together in this utterly unforgettable psycho-philosophical novel.


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LOST GIRL NOTES (Lisa Berry, Linzee Barclay, Vanessa Matsui)
Allison Dawn Doiron (Amanda the Kitsune) was Elaine Henshaw, a member of a gang of thieves, in episode 8.14 of MURDOCH MYSTERIES (the one where Emily finally kisses Lillian). The title of the episode (Toronto's Girl Problem) may have been taken from that of a book: Toronto's Girl Problem: The Perils and Pleasures of the City, 1880-1930 (Studies in Gender and History) by Carolyn Strange, published in 1995, that discussed the impact of the industrial revolution on women.
Linzee Barclay (the handmaiden on the train in LOST GIRL season 4) has appeared in three episodes of the CW show REIGN as a prostitute maned Sharlene, and Rachel Skarsten will soon join the show's cast as the young Queen Elizabeth I. Others from LOST GIRL who have appeared on REIGN include Katie Boland & Shawn Doyle.
At the very end of an interview with Ward and Al on SiriusXM radio in Toronto, Zoie Palmer mentioned that she and Paul Amos are talking about doing theatre. Amos then tweeted that others involved in the project are Kris Holden-Ried and Greg Bryk. (In an August 2013 post, this blog reported that Amos would direct Palmer, Bryk, and Holden-Reid in the Harold Pinter play BETRAYAL in the Spring of 2014, but that production never materialized.)
Vanessa Matsui (Cassie the Oracle) and Kathleen Munroe will star in the webseries GHOST BFF, which will be a comedy about depression that follows two girls, one alive and one dead, across space and time as they struggle to find themselves and to right past wrongs. Munroe also has the recurring role of Rachel Braidwood in the ABC series RESURRECTION.
From the GHOST BFF TRAILER:
"This is a funny story. I killed myself and I"m in purgatory and I regret it. No, I swear, this is a funny story. I used to have a puppy and a life that was fine and my best friend Amy was just incredible. But she misses me now and she's getting married to fix how bad she feels and I can't move on because I've left something unfinished."
— The Ghost in GHOST BFF
Lisa Berry (Serena in LG epidode 1.7 Arachnofaebia) will be Fay and Robin Brûlé (Carla in Fae-nted Love) will be Verna Coburn in NO STRANGER THAN LOVE. In the film, an attractive and kind high school art teacher (Allison Brie) lives in the village of Spot Valley which is filled with men secretly or openly in love with her. As she is about to commence an affair with the football coach, he is swallowed up by an inter-dimensional hole in her living room floor.
Anthony Lemke plays Ryan the Realtor in the TV series GOOD WITCH (he's the good witch's best friend). The series premiered on 28 February, and is a continuation of the Hallmark movie THE GOOD WITCH'S WONDER, which aired last October. (Lenke wasn't in that.)
Lyndie Greenwood, one of the dark fae sisters draining the life out of travelling students in TABLE FOR FAE, will have an unspecified role in the film THINGS YOU MISSED WHEN YOU WERE GONE, which will star Soko and is due out sometime in 2016. Greenwood is perhaps best known for the role of Jenny Mills on FOX's SLEEPY HOLLOW.

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Reindeer leather 80 * 110 cm black
Reindeer hide black 1st sort. Naturally tanned reindeer leather.
Sizes: approx 80 * 110 cm thickness from 0.6 to 0.9 mm.
Made from naturally - Eco-friendly tanned leather
Kero leather products are crafted in Swedish Lapland above the Arctic Circle in Sattajärvi shoemaking.
Kero specialty is the naturally tanned leather which means that the skin is tanned with only natural substances. This method is known since ancient times and is the most environmentally friendly. Tanning agents from the bark is added in the process.


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How can you mine continuous data streams?
This week we look at mining streams of data in real time.
Imagine taking input from a sensor, or from a webcam, or from a Twitter feed. It keeps coming in, continually, inexorably – forever! And a data mining system must keep up with this, creating and maintaining a model that you can inspect at any time – but which changes continuously as new data comes in. There's no limit. This is bigger than big data: it's potentially infinite.
How can you deal with this? First, let's make clear what we will not be tackling. We won't be talking about how to connect sensors to a data mining program, nor how to deploy models that affect the world on a continuous basis. And we'll introduce algorithms that are real-time in principle, ones that update their models in a time that is independent of the volume of data already seen – but we won't concern ourselves with implementing them to work fast enough to keep up with the data produced by any particular sensor.
That still leaves plenty of open questions. For example, can you make a stream-oriented decision tree classifier? You could force J48 to work incrementally by re-running it from scratch as each new data sample arrives. But that couldn't possibly work in real time, because no matter how quickly it operates there will come a point where the volume of data overwhelms its ability to produce a new model before the next data sample arrives. And anyway, data streams tend to evolve as time goes on, so it's probably inappropriate to build a model of the entire stream right back to the beginning of time. And what about evaluation? Our trusty method of cross-validation won't work any more, because you will never have the full dataset. What can take its place?
Our end-of-week example is an application of data mining to bioinformatics. We focus on signal peptide prediction. What's the problem? And how can appropriate features be created from raw DNA?
At the end of this week you will be able to explain, at a high level, how decision trees can be modified incrementally, and compare the performance of incremental and non-incremental decision tree algorithms. You'll be able to use Weka's MOA (Massive Online Analysis) package. And you'll be able to use the MOA system itself, which not only contains stream-oriented implementation of many packages, but allows different evaluation techniques designed for incremental operation. You'll know the difference between holdout and prequential evaluation. You'll know about adaptive windowing and how to use it for change detection. You'll also have some experience of sentiment analysis using Twitter data.


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It gave me very mixed feelings. Because I was involved in a lot of that - one of the scenes I'm really proud of is briefly mentioned, where Corwin screams in with Daggerdisc to rescue everyone. I remember plotting that scene out with z_gryphon at The Shamrock House - it was, and still is, *extremely* vivid in my minds eye. I wish I had the dollars and skills to animate it. Scenes like that really stick in my head - I think I'm a frustrated action director - another one is the scene in Hopelessly lost where G.O.D. smashes through the aerodyne.
But it is mixed because I fell out of writing a couple of years ago. I'd already been kind of on the edges - working more on plotting and such with Gryph, and not as much actual writing - but over time I contributed less and less, and eventually stopped. It wasn't really intentional - just one of those life things. I started a new job and got really busy, Gryph moved to Maine and the synergy we had was disrupted by distance. I'm far more creative when he's around to bounce ideas off of. Gryph is really the one with the gift - I find it much easier to create when he's around to bounce things off of in real time. I've also never been good about sitting in the EPU IRC channels - and that's forbidden at work anyway, where i am most of the time people are talking shop.
I really miss writing. But I feel so out of the loop, and I don't want to be a spare tire either. I know it frustrates Gryph to have to pull people up to speed and play editor all the time, and he has enough shit to deal with. To be honest, I haven't even *read* the stories since the middle of the second Symphony. I don't know - it just bothered me in some way. I guess it was something I was part of that I recognized I wasn't any more, and it was easier just not to deal with it. I also dropped off the EPU forums at about the same time.
After reading the review though - I think I need to make some time and catch myself up. Who knows, maybe I can find a way to contribute again. I've cut out pretty much everything in my life other than work. I have no lover. I don't seem to read many books that aren't work related. I have dozens of unwatched DVDs just sitting there. I haven't written prose or poetry in a couple of years. All work and no play makes Zoner no fun.
I think Gryph was kind of a balancing influence in my life - when he was around it kept me from obsessing too much, and it always kept my creative spark lit. I need to stop being lazy and make an effort to do it for myself I guess.


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Job Description
Digital Strategist
LOCATION: Orlando, FL
REPORTS TO: Associate Director of Marketing
DEPARTMENT: Marketing
DIRECT REPORTS: Associate Developer
EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Exempt
HOURS: Full Time (40 hours)
Position Summary:
The Digital Strategist will work directly with the Associate Director of Marketing to implement and innovate digital tools and strategies that activate people for a hunger–free world. The primary areas of focus include, but are not limited to: managing web properties (frontend design and development, content creation, information architecture, SEO, etc.), overseeing app design and development, assessing analytics, contributing to Marketing team direction and elevating digital excellence throughout the organization.
Main Areas of Responsibility:
- Maintaining, improving, and building web properties
- Frontend design
- Frontend development
- Creating content for site pages and campaigns
- Assist internal partners with updating pages and posting content
- Ensure that our sites meet accessibility standards
- Developing digital strategy standards that guide the organization in digital excellence
- Feeding Children Everywhere Website
- US Hunger Website
- Fed 40 Website
- Fed 40 Application
- Classy
- Other domains
- Some social media content
- Assisting creative team in creating and planning campaigns and high level content that matters
- Managing Associate Developer in daily tasks and professional development
- Designing and creating our mobile applications
- Bringing creative and unique perspective to enhance existing and future platforms
Minimum Requirements
- YOU'VE GOT THE EXPERIENCE: 2+ years of relevant experience in creating digital tools
- Information Architecture means something to you
- SEO isn't just an acronym
- Ability to create flexible systems that grow and iterate with the needs of the organization
- Pattern Libraries/Style Guides; Clean, Extensible and Sharable Code
- YOU'VE GOT THE PROOF: Fluent in frontend design and development
- Adobe XD/Sketch prototyping, Photoshop
- YOU DON'T MISS A BEAT: Extremely attentive to detail, accurate and thorough
- YOU CAN JUGGLE: Ability to juggle multiple projects and organize many moving parts
- YOU TAKE CHARGE: Outstanding decision making abilities and leadership qualities
- BACHELOR'S DEGREE (Preferred)
Preferred Experience
- Craft CMS
- Git
- React Native
- MailChimp
- Foundation by Zurb
Work Perks
- Healthcare (85% Employer Paid)
- Dental/Vision Options
- 403b Retirement Plan with Match
- Long-term/Short-term Disability (100% Employer Paid)
- Life Insurance (100% Employer Paid)
- Generous Vacation Package, including 8 Paid Company Holidays and Your Birthday
- Merchandise Money
- Development Dollars


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Developed at Lucent's Bell Laboratories, Terranova Express allows even novice PC users to install software quickly and efficiently on their desktop PCs without technical support, officials at Lucent said.
The new service is designed to simplify the jobs of MIS professionals and reduce the cost of distributing and tracking software in big organizations. It also aims to benefit resellers by distributing software online, saving the expense of inventory and shipping.
With Terranova Express, due to become available this month, companies can establish storefronts on their intranets; when users want a new piece of software, they simply order it from their internal store. The Lucent service tracks and reports downloads and configures the new software on a user's PC.
"Lucent becomes a confidant for software resellers," said Noel Terranova, who designed the service. "When we put storefront on your server, we do not tell other software licensing agents [resellers]. If a customer buys software from our server, the record is sent that night to Lucent's data center, which transfers the record to the proper licensing agent." That sales data is not disclosed to other resellers.
The service also lets managers control application versions among employees, to help ensure that various desktops have access to the same software. Terranova Express also can distribute in-house, proprietary applications.
For its service, Lucent will pocket a $2 to $3 transaction fee for each software purchase. To set up the internal storefront, corporate customers must buy a Lucent Pentium Pro PC for around $11,795. Server and client software for intranet customers is free.
While electronic software distribution has become a hot topic among software publishers, discussion has been focused on distributing software over the public Internet. Lucent is among the first to target corporate intranets.
Lucent's scheme maintains existing relationships among software resellers and buyers, which may be one reason reseller Programmers Paradise (PROG) likes the arrangement. A corporation's existing resellers can set up shop in the internal store and get credit for sales made there.
"Terranova Express allows us to move in an entirely new direction for delivering software to our clients," Joe Popolo, executive vice president of Programmers Paradise, said in a statement. "Several of our larger customers have already expressed an interest in Terranova Express."
Although software publishers could use the Lucent system to bypass resellers and go directly to their customers, Paul Fillinich, marketing manager for Lucent's Software Solutions Group, said most publishers today still rely on the channel.
By focusing on intranets, Terranova Express avoids two sticky problems for Internet-based software distribution: security and bandwidth. Security concerns are minimized because the transactions take place over an internal network; bandwidth concerns are alleviated because most intranets can download far faster than standard 28.8-kpbs modems allow on the Net.
Lucent plans to partner with resellers to implement Terranova Express. It also will approach corporations directly about the program.


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Amenities & Useful info
The regular services are shown on the Our Church page. Whether you use the church or not, you might like to join the Friends of All Saints who run various social events and fund raising activities to support the fabric of the building.
Our vicar is the Reverend Hilary Campbell who is based at the vicarage in Cropredy – her contact details are shown here. All Saints is part of the Shires Edge Benefice so is linked with Cropredy, Mollington, Claydon and Wardington. You can see the church services for Great Bourton and the other churches in the Benefice here.
Littlegood Lodge
Littlegood Lodge at Littlegood Farm on Foxden Way, between Great and Little Bourton provides self-catering accommodation in a comfortable and cosy barn conversion situated away from the main farm house and surrounded by open countryside and farmland. The lodge is perfect for up to 4 people and a cot can be provided if needs be. The lodge holds a four-star accreditation from Visit England and is perfectly placed to visit attractions throughout Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and Northamptonshire. The main line train station is only a few miles away so daytrips further afield are easily managed. Visit their website for details.
Also at Littlegood Farm is a Farmhouse Room which sleeps 2 in a spacious twin-room with a TV and shared bathroom. A dedicated downstairs lounge, dining/TV room and free WiFi is included.
Barnstone's Caravan and Camping Park
If Camping and Caravanning is your preference, Barnstone's Caravan and Camping Park, Main Street, Great Bourton. Telephone (01295) 750289.
A popular site with a good reputation and many repeat visitors. Awarded 4 Pennants by the AA, who describe it as "well run by personable owner".
There are several accommodation options in the neighbouring village of Cropredy and Mollington and you can see these at www.cropredyvillage.info/villagedirectory.htm or http://www.oxfordshirecamping.co.uk/
These events will be publicised here and in the Broadsheet. If you are interested in attending the next training session, please contact the Parish Council.
There is a range of outdoor gym equipment located in the Little Bourton Playground you can see the equipment on the Little Bourton Playground Page.
Debbie runs Zumba Fitness on Thursdays at 6.30pm and a Pilates class on Fridays at 10.30am Village Hall in Great Bourton.
Also Personal training, one to one or with a friend for weight loss in your own home can be arranged and personal Pilates is also available. For details contact Debbie 07796427703
There are several fitness centres in Banbury and Spiceball Leisure Centre offers both a swimming pool and gymnasium.
Other local fitness clubs for all the family are listed on the Banbury Cross website.
Cherwell District Council's circular walks leaflets are also available to download free if you want to explore your local area.
There are many public footpaths for walkers and you can see them on the following websites: Walking – www.walkinginoxfordshire.co.uk offers a range of walks in Oxfordshire and elsewhere in England (www.walkinginengland.co.uk) where you can download thousands of walks for free and discover the countryside in this area or further afield.
Banbury Guardian
The Bourtons column in the Villages section of the Banbury Guardian is now being maintained by Kate Drummond . The content is mainly to let everyone know about forthcoming events and church services. You can contact Kate with anything you wish to add to the column via email – Information placed in the village column is free of charge.
Bourtons Broadsheet
The Broadsheet is delivered to every address in the two villages at the end of each month. Sue Ong is our editor and will be pleased to receive any interesting news from the villages. If you want to promote an event, feature your club, publicise a meeting or wish to advertise your company to the local people, please e-mail Sue. You can see the latest copy of the Broadsheet and previous editions here.
Banbury Library is based at the moment in Marlborough Road. Our News Page will carry any information about any developments regarding the library service.
See details of our local policing team here
The closest post office is located in Cropredy. It is currently run from the Church Rooms on Monday and Wednesday mornings only from 9.30 – 13.30.
There is also a post office at the Londis store in Middleton Cheney which has extended opening hours and also at the Ruscote Arcade Co-op Store which is open during office hours and on Saturday mornings.
You can find the nearest Post Office to you by visiting www.postofficesnearme.com
Here is the latest information about bus services to and from the Bourtons. The Parish Council are supporting local initiatives to provide some services to the Bourtons in the absence of a full bus service available from Stagecoach.
There is a good train service between Banbury and London Marylebone, Birmingham, Oxford and other destinations. Major train operators operating from Banbury include Chiltern Railways, and Cross Country Trains
The Bell
We are delighted to announce that the Bell is now under the new management of Rob and Jodie Gregory who will be opening their doors to visitors from mid-May, date to be confirmed.
The Bell Inn offers an inviting, relaxing 'home from home' setting serving award-winning Hook Norton Ales and locally sourced food supporting Oxfordshire farmers.
A warm and friendly atmosphere awaits you, whether you are visiting for a special occasion, a date-night, Sunday lunch, or just a pie & a pint after work. The comfortable and relaxed seating, spacious garden, and friendly staff will soon make this village pub your 'favourite place to be'.
Rob said in a recent statement "We are very excited to open the doors of The Bell and to meet all of our lovely customers!"
Please see the recycling and waste section of the Cherwell District Council website for guidance on what should go into the various bins.
The school runs a breakfast club and afterschool clubs which are most helpful especially for working parents and the head teacher will be happy to provide details.
There are a number of secondary schools in the area, with different specialist areas, which are attended by young people from the Bourtons. These include:
• Kineton High School in Kineton, Warwickshire
• Chenderit School in Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire
• Blessed George Napier, Catholic school in Banbury
• Banbury Academy
• The North Oxfordshire Academy (formerly Drayton School) in Banbury
There are also a number of independent schools in the area. These include:
• Bloxham School
• Tudor Hall School
• Carrdus School at Overthorpe
A place where people settle, and don't want to move, a place people come back to and a place with history – where some of the old families can still be found, their surnames connected to the village for centuries.
A small village in the parish of the Bourtons and within walking distance of Banbury. Some who have moved away, quickly returned the following year, because they missed this friendly community so much.
The church is on Main Street in Great Bourton and is easily visible with its unique Clock Tower which stands at the entrance. All Saints is part of the Shires Edge Benefice in the Oxford Diocese.


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Brunch at the Historic Ramos House
This is a review of "The Ramos House" a charming little restaurant set in an old wooden house in the historic San Juan Capistrano. Specifically the restaurant is located in the Los Rios district, the oldest residential street in California dating back to 1794. The structure of the building is made of weathered shingles, reminding you of a house along a lonely railroad track in a Clint Eastwood movie. Guests are seated in the central patio garden, which affords shaded natural light and views of the historic train depot. If you read my blog post about "The Vintage Steakhouse", it is located just across the tracks.
The sun was shining and there was a pleasant breeze coming in from the ocean, it was a nice day. The rustic setting is accentuated by their use of wood plank tables, mason jars for glasses and bunches of rosemary at the tables. The ambiance provides a feeling that you are away from the city.
We showed up on a Sunday, looking for either a nice brunch for my Mother's birthday. We were informed that on weekends, they only offer a set price brunch menu which includes your choice of a drink (including mimosa), starter and main course for $35. This price seemed just a little on the high side, but decied to give it a try. The next question, could the food WOW! me enough to make it worthwhile?
The food served at the Ramos House can be described as Modern American Comfort Food with a Southern flare. The Menu items are cooked to order and ingredients are seasonal. Based on the smells coming from the kitchne, I had really high hopes for the food.
Brunch Menu
The brunch menu includes a choice of starter, main course and beverage
Beverage (Choice of One):
- Coffee, Tea, Juice, Champagne, Etc
Starters(Choice of One):
- Small Plate of Smoked Salmon Lox w/ Herb Sauce & Toast Points
- Sweet Corn Hush Puppies w/ Sweet Pepper Jam
- Fresh Baked Huckleberry Coffee Cake
- Cinnamon Apple Bignets
- Caramelized Citrus Salad
- Small Soup or Salad
Main Course(Choice of One):
- Strawberry Basil Pain Perdu
- Wild Mushroom, Roasted Garlic & Sundried Tomato Scramble
- Smoked Bacon Scramble w/ Rocket & Caramelized Onions
- Smoked Salmon Lox w/ Herb Sauce & Toast Points
- Duck Hash w/ Wild Mushroom Eggs & Herb Sauce
- Flannel Hash w/ Fried Poached Eggs & Sour Cream Hollandaise
- Crab Hash w/ Bacon Scrambled Eggs & Sour Cream Remoulade
- White Bean Soup w/ Goat Cheese & Wild Mushroom Rillet
- Smoked Chicken Salad w/ Cranberries, Hush Puppy Croutons & Pumpkin
- Seed Buttermilk Dressing
- Mac n' Cheese w/ Smoked Veggies & Lemon Gremolada
- Duck Cakes w/ Baby Spinach & Warm Mustard Dressing
- Spicy Crab Cake Salad
What We Ordered
Cinnamon Apple Bignets
This bignet dish came with four bite sized dark golden brown bignets served with a sugar sauce and dusted with powdered sugar. When you crack open the bignet, you can see that there are small pieces of apple speckled into the fried dough.
When you bite into the bignet, the exterior is crispy from the quick deep fry; as you crunch down, the texture of the warm doughy interior erupts. As you chew further, you feel firmness and flavor of the baked apple chunks. The flavor of the bignet is sweet with a slight savory from the deep fry. The nose flavor is of baked green apples and fried bread. This was an extremely enjoyable dish and had a good balance of flavors.
The Fruit and Panna Cotta
This dish included grilled peaches slices, black berries, plums, blue berries and almond slivers – This was a simple dish but executed nicely as the low PH sweet cheese balanced well with the acidic berries and grilled stone fruit. A good light opening dish and was refreshing with eaten with the bignets.
Crab Cake Salad
The salad had a nice bed of mixed greens including arugula, mezzula, watercress and mustard leaves giving the salad a little bit of a peppery bite . The salad appeared to be tossed with a very light vinaigrette, just enough to add body to the salad. The salad was host to two medium-sized crab cakes. The crab cakes had a nice dark golden brown bread crumb crust and appeared to be relatively solidified together.The salad was then drizzled with a chipotle dressing
Crab Hash w/ Bacon Scrambled Eggs and Sour Cream Remoulade.
This dish was presented nicely, although the menu name does not match the actual dish. This dish is composed of scrambled eggs with bacon and stacked with two crab cakes (same ones on the crab cake salad), then covered in fried onions and a dollop of sour cream remoulade.
The eggs were cooked to perfection as they were fluffy and had a clean egg flavor that was accented by the salty bacon protein. The crab cakes had a great pan roasted crispiness on the outside and gooey softness on the inside.. The cakes were obviously made with real crab meat, although it appears that there was too much filler. This filler reduced the overall crab flavor of the dish.
The Country Fried Chicken Salad
This dish had the same salad base of the crab cake salad but instead topped with two chicken loins, deep-fried in a butter milk and corm meal beading (Southern home style). The chicken was well seasoned and crunchy on the outside and juicy flesh. The salad was then topped with a generous drizzle of butter milk dressing. The dressing had a sweet butter milk flavor that matched well with the peppery salad and savory chicken It was also served with two pieces of soft and fluffy corn bread.
My Final Thoughts
I though that this was a charming restaurant with lots of character and very good dishes. Although, despite the good quality of the food, the the brunch was over priced. The food just did not have enough WOW! factor to make me feel comfortable with the price tag. I give this restaurant a 3.5 out of 5, meaning it was a good dining experience and would come again, especially if I wanted to sit outdoors. Although, their set price on the weekend would act as a rate limiter for how often I dine with them. I would recommend this restaurant to family and friends, although I would explain to them what they should expect.
Some considerations before dining at the Ramos House
- Parking can be difficult, I suggest you park across the tracks at the AMTRAK parking structure
- This restaurant is not kid friendly (at all)- in fact they actively discourage families – If you show up asking for a kids menu, you are out of luck. Your 2-year-old will be charged $35 even if they just eat the scraps off your plate.
- Since this restaurant is located on a patio, it is subject to extremes of temperatures. For your comfort, blankets are available if cold and umbrellas help block the sun. Be sure to bring sun glasses.
- This restaurant is on the railroad tracks, so expect momentary noise when the AMTRAK passes
- The Brunch is expensive for what you get
- You should try the bloody mary and get the scotch egg topper
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text: A recording of a brass trio by Douglas Leedy, and three works for solo piano by Bruce Mather, David Chaitkin, and William Bolcom. These works, most all of which were composed in the early 1960s, were possibly recorded at a concert given around 1967. The exact identification of each piece is tentative, and perhaps represents various arrangements or otherwise obscure and/or early compositions by these mostly lesser known, but by no means, lesser talented composers. The first, and most substantial piece, is a 1962 Trio, for trumpet, horn, and trombone by Leedy, and it is representative of the sort of new music then being created by American composers in the mid-20th century. This is followed by similarly avant-garde piano compositions, Bruce Mather's "Mystras," "Three Studies" by Chaitkin, and "Five Night Pieces" by William Bolcom. The performers include an assortment of well respected San Francisco Bay Area musicians.


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Not too many years ago, it was rare to find a network power switch in a remote network equipment cabinet. Prior to the popularity of out of band management, many network administrators relied on an expensive service call whenever a network element at a remote site needed to be rebooted. But as the concept of out of band management has become more widely accepted, we're now at a point where it's pretty rare to find a remote network equipment cabinet that doesn't include a network power switch.
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A Network Power Switch with Monitoring and Alarm CapabilitiesWednesday, December 14th, 2011
A Quality Remote Power Switch Can do a Lot More than Just Remote RebootsMonday, October 10th, 2011
Most network administrators are fairly familiar with the concept of using a remote power switch to initiate a reboot cycle at a remote network equipment rack. Although the remote reboot capabilities provided by a remote power switch can be a lifesaver when a vital network element at a remote site suddenly locks up, a high quality remote reboot switch can usually do a heck of a lot more than just cycle power Off and back On again; a full-featured remote power switch should also be able to keep you informed about noteworthy conditions and events at off-site data centers and remote network equipment racks.
Remote Reboot with Monitoring and Alarm FunctionsWednesday, October 5th, 2011
Most network administrators are already pretty familiar with the benefits that are provided by a remote reboot. When a vital network element at a remote network equipment site suddenly locks up and refuses to respond, often, a simple remote reboot can take care of the problem and get the network device back up and running again. In fact, remote reboot capabilities are such a key element of most out of band management solutions, that it's becoming increasingly rare to find an off-site data center or remote network equipment cabinet that doesn't support the ability to remotely reboot servers, routers and other network devices at the site.
A Remote Power Switch Can Save Both Time and MoneyThursday, July 28th, 2011
When a critical network device in a remote equipment rack suddenly locks up and takes your network with it, in many cases, a simple power reboot is enough to get the troublesome network device up and running again. In a case like this, one solution would be to send a service team out to the remote equipment rack to reboot the malfunctioning device in person, but the only problem with that approach, is that it takes time to travel to the remote equipment rack, and when your network is down, often your entire business grinds to a halt. A better solution to this type of problem is to make sure that remote network equipment racks include a remote power switch, that allows network administrators to reboot critical network devices at the remote site without the expense an delays associated with a service call.
The Remote Reboot Switch – An Economical Way to Deal with Problems at Remote Equipment RacksWednesday, July 6th, 2011
Often, problems with many network elements can be solved with a simple power reboot. While a power reboot is a relatively simple task to perform when the network element in question is located nearby, it can be a whole different game if a malfunctioning network element at a remote equipment rack, miles away from your office, needs to be rebooted. It's wasteful and inefficient to send a service team on a long journey to reboot a network element at a remote site; in cases like this, the most practical solution is a remote reboot unit, installed at the remote equipment rack.


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The Department of Immigration repatriated 43 Cuban migrants to Havana, Cuba, over the past two weeks, officials said this week.
There are currently 64 Cuban migrants in immigration custody on Grand Cayman, including 41 males, 21 females and two children.
In a statement released Wednesday, officials said there were no longer any migrants being housed at the Bodden Town Civic Centre, as they have either been repatriated or relocated to the Immigration Detention Centre.
Some migrants had been held temporarily at the community centers after the detention facility in Fairbanks reached its capacity following the arrival of increasing numbers of Cuban migrants in Cayman.
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The Fall
Some details are unknown at this point and some are unknowable. In the early morning of Sunday, May 30 Nick was at a party in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. Somehow he fell from a roof top or wall or balcony. He fell 20 feet or so and landed wedged between a metal fence and some sort of large metal box, like part of an air system for a building. A vertical bar at the top of the fence pierced the back of Nick's skull and penetrated a couple centimeters into his brain. He was still conscious enough to start yelling. No one seems to have actually seen him fall. The site was up somewhere not visible from much of anywhere.
A neighbor heard the fall and heard Nick yelling afterward. He and some others who heard it also called 911. He showed police how to get up there. They called the fire department for help. The NYFD rescue guys cut out a piece of the fence still in Nick's head. It took them a couple hours. Then they got him onto a stiff flat board and carried him in through some apartment window, down through the building, and to the ambulance. When they got to Bellview Hospital a team of surgeons got the fence out, cleaned out the wound digging out fragments of skull bone, put in a piece of titanium to help patch the hole, and sewed him up. Sounds simple, but this took hours and was very delicate. The spike missed a major vein and a major artery by scant millimeters. The FD guys are astounded that he is alive. The surgeons are also amazed at his "luck". The cops and FD think Nick should start buying lottery tickets.
Heroes are all around us. The neighbor who raised the alarm, and convinced the cops to follow him. The cops for checking his story, even though it must have seemed odd, and for finding him. The FD and EMTs for doing the nearly impossible, cutting him loose and not trying to pull him off. They properly left that to the next bunch of heros at the trauma center and in surgery. His aunts and girlfriend who rushed to his side. The nurses and many others at the hospital. Nobody panicked. So many making such crucial decisions and acting, getting things done, being professional in the face of a horrifying accident.
This has been so hard. He has been in enormous pain for a week. He has been getting great care, but they can't just "knock him out". He needs to be conscious enough to be evaluated. We cannot "fly blind". This means he has to deal with a lot of pain. He's fighting like some kind of super hero. What a beautiful, strong, man. He is struggling to get control of his left side. Progress we are told is very good although it feels slow to us. Today, Thursday June 3 he ate for the first time. He had a smoothie and a Mango. How California is that? Talking to his brothers by phone shortly after surgery he had said "I had a spike in my head. How metal is that?" If you can believe it, he has managed to joke from time to time through all this. So although he lost some brain tissue, he has not lost his sense of humor. His personality seems intact. His speech is fine. He does not have any other injuries really. There's a bruise on his leg and some scratches on the back of his right hand. No other broken bones or anything. The part of his brain that was injured handles vision to his left. The doctors are optimistic about his recovering the use of his left arm and leg. As the brain heals and the swelling recedes he should improve. He might even get back some vision on his left side and he can see to his right and in front. Still he has a long road ahead. Rehab starts soon, maybe tomorrow.


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EDMONTON - Devan Dubnyk made 37 saves Monday and the Edmonton Oilers scored of all their goals on the power play to defeat the Colorado Avalanche 4-1.
Ales Hemsky, Jordan Eberle, Shawn Horcoff and Nail Yakupov, into an empty net, scored on the man advantage for the Oilers (3-2-0). Taylor Hall and Sam Gagner each picked up two assists for Edmonton, which finally got a strong start to a game after falling behind in each of its four previous outings.
P.A. Parenteau replied for the Avalanche (2-3-0), who have lost two in a row to start a four-game road trip.
Edmonton opened the scoring with five minutes left to play in the first on the tail end of a power play. Hemsky swooped in and swatted a puck past Colorado goalie Semyon Varlamov during a scramble in front of the net.
The Oilers added another power-play goal with two minutes left in the period as Eberle picked the top corner on a shot from the top of the circle for his third of the season.
Edmonton had 14 shots in the first while Colorado only managed three on Dubnyk.
The Oilers took a three-goal lead midway through the second period on yet another man-advantage opportunity as Hall's shot hit Horcoff's skate in front and squeaked past Varlamov.
Colorado had its best chance to that point of the game a minute later as Jamie McGinn had Dubnyk beat but rang a shot off the post.
Persistent pressure by the Avalanche in the third finally paid off eight minutes in as Parenteau fired a shot under Dubnyk's pads at the side of the net to make it 3-1.
Yakupov scored his third of the season on yet another power play with 30 seconds left and Varlamov on the Colorado bench for an extra attacker.
Varlamov finished the night with 23 saves.
Both teams return to the ice on Wednesday as the Oilers begin a three-game trip in Phoenix, while the Avalanche visit Vancouver.
Notes: It was the first of five meetings between the Northwest Division rivals. The teams split their six season meetings last season. ... The Avalanche were without captain Gabriel Landeskog, variously listed as out with leg and/or a head injury. Landeskog was levelled late in the first period by San Jose's Brad Stuart in Colorado's last game, but did return to finish the contest. ... The Avs remain without last year's leading scorer Ryan O'Reilly, who is holding out due to a contract dispute. ... Edmonton made one lineup change, pulling out newly-acquired defenceman Mark Fistric for Corey Potter. ... Injured for the Oilers were Ben Eager (concussion), Nikolai Khabibulin (hip) and Theo Peckham (hip), who are all out day-to-day. Ryan Jones (eye) and Andy Sutton (knee) are out indefinitely. ... The Oilers came into the game having been shorthanded 13 times in the first period in four games so far this season, the most in the NHL. They took two first-period penalties against Colorado.


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Milan are thought to be closing in on a low-cost swoop for Napoli and former Liverpool winger Andrea Dossena.
According to the Corriere dello Sport this morning, the Italian international will be released in the summer if Napoli sign Aly Cissokho instead.
The Rossoneri are ready to take advantage of the opportunity to snap up the 30-year-old for practically nothing.
Dossena would also be willing to reduce his wages, spreading the €5m over three years rather than two.
Meanwhile, there are also reports that contract renegotiation talks with Mathieu Flamini have hit problems, so the former Arsenal man could leave on a free transfer.
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Bringing vitamins/supplements (Brasilia)
Hello! I will be moving to Brazil from the US in about 2 weeks and have a question as I begin to pack. I have seen a naturopath here in the states and take several vitamins/herbal supplements each day. I would like to bring these with me, but am wondering if I will encounter any problems bringing them into Brazil? I plan to bring just one or two bottles of some until I can find a replacement in Brazil. However, I plan to bring Protected content of others that will likely be hard to find in Brazil. Is this ok? Will I encounter any problems at customs? I will be arriving on a work visa. Thank you so much!
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Why I'm Happy To Be An Outfit Repeater
OUTFIT REPEATING – what is the issue? I don't know how we got to this place that it was seen socially unacceptable to repeat your outfits! I mean, I don't think it's a bad thing but I'm definitely guilty for saying "I can't wear that, I've already posted it on insta!" Maybe it started back in the Lizzie McGuire days…View Post


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Bonus Episode - Cyber Security: What Does It Mean for My Business?
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Bonus Episode: Cybersecurity Symposium: "Cyber Security: What Does It Mean for My Business?" In case you could not join us on March 8, 2017, SATC Solution Center L3C hosted a cybersecurity symposium which included a panel of cybersecurity professionals including an attorney, Allison Adams of SATC, an cyber risk insurance professional, Mike Richmond, of the Horton Group, and a technical specialist in cybersecurity, Bruce Ward, of Peters and Associates. We hope you find this thoughtful discussion between experienced professionals helpful in protecting your business.
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The first episode kicked off introducing ourselves – who we are as critical care nurses – and why we care so much about preventative health.
Listen directly from the itunes app by following this link:
CCP Episode 002 – available as iTunes podcast
In this episode, we do our best to simplify the definition of preventative health and discuss simple lifestyle changes you can make to SIMPLIFY your daily life. Prevention should improve your overall health – without overcomplicating your life.
Here's the New York Times article that fueled this discussion, it's titled 'Preventive Care Saves Money? Sorry, It's Too Good to Be True' … We share our opinions around it within this episode. (( spoiler alert – we don't agree.))
Prevention starts with you.
You're responsible for your health.
We truly believe this.
Here are a few other facts we shared during the episode, sourced from NIH.gov
– 33.9% of adults 18 and older in the US are pre-diabetec
– by 2050 1 out of every 3 americans will be diabetic
– Serum Hemoglobin a1c of 5.7-6.4 is considered pre-diabetic
– Serum Hemoglobin a1c of 6.5 or greater is diabetic
– Serum fasting glucose less than 100 is considered normal
– Serum fasting glucose of 100-125 is considered pre-diabetic
– 2 in 3 American adults (70.2 percent) are considered to be overweight or have obesity
Thank you for listening.
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Buy to Let Landlords
In an area of ever-changing legislation, it is often hard to keep up with the obligations that landlords are required to meet, however, there are various websites which may assist with initial concerns you may have.
Below you will find links to some of the sites that we think may be of most use, however, if your questions remain unanswered please ensure that you contact Percy Hughes & Roberts Solicitors and we will be delighted to help you.
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As a kid, the stocking was like the icing on the cake. We would run out of our rooms to a stash of goodies that Santa left. Totally unwrapped, in front of the fireplace. It was a free-for-all. And so much fun! We'd follow this madness up with gifts from mom and dad that were individually wrapped and opened one at a time. And then came the stocking!
In our house there were a few predictable things in our stocking…always! My mom believed in putting "necessities" in our stockings. Practical gifts. Which we were always thankful for! Because who doesn't need a fresh pair of panties, or socks, or your favorite dry shampoo! Stuff that you hated to spend your own money on throughout the year! She would even put in a bottle of shampoo or conditioner or deodorant. Things that you will always need more of. And when we would run out, we were super thankful to have that backup bottle in the bathroom cabinet. And don't get me wrong, there was also ALWAYS candy and a few "for fun" items…and sometimes a little cash ?
And now as the person stuffing the stockings, I personally think its a TON of fun. There is so much you can do with a stocking. You can do a themed stocking. Or even stash a higher ticket item for a nice surprise!
If you're in need of stocking stuffers, Gordmans is the place to go! They have ALL of your bases covered. Fun gifts. Practical gifts. Affordable gifts. Luxury gifts. Small gifts. and big gifts. They've got it all!
Thanks to Gordmans, this is a sneak peek at our stockings…
Books – a book is a cross between a practical and a fun gift. What mom doesn't love to see her kids read.
Dolls – if you can find a small doll, this is the perfect place to put it. Hudson will be getting her first soft babydoll this year.
Girly things – hairbows, nail polish, chapstick, toy makeup. All of these things are fun little things to stuff in a stocking.
Practical gifts – everyone in our family will get socks in their stocking! (just going with tradition here ? But hats, gloves, and scarfs are a great thing to add to a stocking. And if you can find a cute one with ears, your kid will think its pretty cool too.
Toys – a toy is what every kid REALLY wants to see in their stocking. So I try to put at least one in there. Hudson will get a little noise making toy and Parker will get thee Water Wow books! They are our "go to" for restaurants and airports.
Ornaments – another tradition my mom started. Each year we would get an ornament. Which as a kid didn't mean much. But it was nice to have a box of ornaments ready for my first Christmas tree once I went off to college.
Practical gifts – I told yall…everyone is getting socks. ha ha. Socks and new underwear are the perfect thing to stuff in a dads stocking. If he's a business man, get him a fun pair of dress socks. In our case, this dad is getting a pair of warm wool socks for hunting!
Work related gifts – if your man is a business man, this is the perfect place to put a pair of cuff links, a new personalized money clip, or even a new tie.
Coffee mug – who doesn't love a LARGE coffee mug! Tom loves large ceramic coffee mugs. This or a travel thermos or water bottle makes a great stocking stuffer.
Favorite products – put some of dads favorite products in a stocking. Like his favorite hair gel, or shave cream. Or even a new pair of headphones. Its always nice to have a backup bottle of body wash or even deodorant. Things that he uses on a daily basis.
Luxury gifts – a stocking is also a nice place to stash a higher end gift. Typically someone isn't expecting it which makes it a nice surprise. A new wallet, a bottle of cologne, or a nice watch are all higher end gifts that fit nicely into a stocking.
Practical gifts – again…socks! Moms favorite sports bra or a pair of panties are also nice every day items to stuff into a stocking.
Beauty essentials – this is a great time to give mom all that she uses in her daily routine. Her favorite night cream, deodorant, dry shampoo. All of these things are nice to have extras of when you run out.
Relaxing gifts – give mom the gift of a bubble bath. You could put a new book and a set of bath bombs in her stocking.
Luxury gifts – mom would never complain to find a higher ticket item in her stocking. Of course a box of jewelry fits perfectly into a stocking ? but also perfume, a new leather wallet, or even a pair of nice sunglasses
And who doesn't love a stocking for your favorite furry friend! The best part is…they don't complain about what they get ?
Merry Christmas
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Chapter One: German Words Are Hard to Pronounce
There's this brewery located in the small town of Yellow Springs in Southwest Ohio. Creatively the owners named it Yellow Springs Brewery. I am going out on a limb here, but it's probably named after the town.
Tucked off a side street on a gravel lot, the brewery sits back near a bike path with surrounding beige industrial buildings. A few small Caterpillar dozers line one side while sedans and minivans line the other. The scene conjures a location you would go to fill up a truck bed with mulch for your garden.
Yellow Springs is unique to say the least. It's near a small liberal arts school that's always struggled to keep its doors open. Residents of Yellow Springs live in a separate world completely. The town has several small boutique shops where you can purchase anything from good luck stones to bongs of all shapes colors and sizes. If you happen to dabble in marijuana it is a cannabis enthusiasts' paradise. You can get it from just about any local with a pulse. Despite how primitive and different the whole town's culture is, there is clearly a sense of community.
Part of this community is the comedian Dave Chappelle. He lives on the outskirts of this town on a farm with a few goats. While attending a university a little outside Yellow Springs, I would hear students claiming they saw him at one of the local coffee shops cracking jokes with the local baristas or dancing at one of the dive bars in town. I actually didn't see him until two weeks before I graduated, but he was at Two Dollar Tuesday at Fox and the Hound in Beavercreek, a town a little west of the Springs. He was the only one smoking in the restaurant. You're not supposed to smoke at Fox and Hound but it was Dave Chappelle so everyone was cool with it. What is the wait staff going to tell Dave Chappelle? "Hey Dave, no smoking in here alright?"
I thought about saying hello to him but I wouldn't know what to say. I've hardly watched his stand up and he probably gets asked to take a picture with some joe blow every day. No one wants to be that guy in retrospect.
I played the scenario in my head.
"Hey Dave, I heard Charlie Sheen ruptured a hernia while laughing at one of your standups. How come my hernias are fine?"
I quickly stopped coming up with hypotheticals to introduce myself after that thought. I don't know what Dave would say or do to me after a comment like that but I'm a pretty small guy so I didn't want to entertain the idea any longer.
Enough about Dave.
A friend and I recently went back to this brewery in Yellow Springs. We'd been out of school for a little under a year and wanted to come back to the town. We ask the bartender for the Wobbly Wheel IPA but they were out that day so we had to settle for the Breaking Edge IPA. It wasn't as good but you can't get everything you want in life.
If you do get everything you want in life, you have really low expectations like the Danes or your parents have no self control and you only have friends because you have a boat.
The small interior seating area was crowded so we went out to the back deck. The deck was just as full, consisting of mostly thirty year-olds either donning Ohio State t-shirts or ill-advised placed tattoos and outdated man buns. One guy unfortunately met all of these requirements with a tattoo that looked like a tree growing behind his ear down his neck.
What led you to that decision? Why behind the ear? Why is the tree growing upside-down? Sorry, I just have so many questions. Mostly about the direction of the tree.
We stood near the wall and sipped our IPAs as we discussed our ever-changing, disoriented twenty-two year old, post-grad lives like we just returned home after fighting off Viet Cong and mosquitos in Nam.
It was a nice afternoon. 70 degrees. Someone said it was supposed to snow that weekend.
Only in Ohio can the weather shift fifty-plus degrees in a matter of a day. If you haven't experienced Ohio weather, you have probably been around a fifteen year old girl. It's very similar.
While sipping our beers, I started looking around. Surprisingly, no one was on their phones. They were all engaged. Actively conversing over drinks on a nice spring day.
My friend took note of this too.
"It's actually really interesting if you think about it", my friend said after surveying the group.
"That's gotta hurt."
"What?" He replied, confused at my seemingly irrelevant comment.
"Oh, sorry, nothing."
I was staring off at a local skatepark, beyond the bike path, watching a kid attempt a kickflip. His board got caught on a rail as he tumbled to the ground. I never attempted skateboarding as a child because, let's face it, you could kill yourself.
My friend got back to his point when I turned around.
"It's interesting, everything is retreating back to more primitive experiences."
"What do you mean?" I asked, still wondering how many times this kid would attempt this kick-flip/grind/manual I only would attempt on Tony Hawk behind the safety of an XBOX controller.
"Breweries for example. Before craft breweries were in every city, you would simply buy a six-pack at your convenience store and head to your barbecue. There's an experience now."
He continued as I wiped my hand on my jeans of the building condensation on my glass.
"Coffee shops are similar too. Coffee simply served as an intermediary between getting yourself out of bed and getting to the office. Now it's a social activity. There are countless ways to get your coffee brewed because people want more than just the drink. They want to see the process. They want to be involved. Everyone wants to be closer to the source."
He was right.
The more I thought about everyday activities as an intimate experience, the more I realized it was already apparent in so many facets of life.
Music has shifted in this respect.
When I graduated from college, my brother and cousin got me this pear-green, Crosley Cruiser turntable. It looks like a suitcase, but when you open it up, it's a record player. I went out and bought Death Cab for Cutie's We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes the very next day. No one wants to admit it, but records don't sound better than an MP3 recording on Bose speakers. So why are record players and vinyls selling like it is the summer of 1953? Because it's an experience. You can pick it up; hold it in your hands. You have to turn it over to listen to each side.
You have to interact with it.
You are no longer a spectator.
You are a participator.
You are closer to the source.
To some degree, we are all longing to find the source in the various facets of everyday life.
What I realized drinking out on the back deck that spring day is that the more and more we get connected on a technological basis, the more and more we get disconnected on a personal basis.
Before you think this is a sales pitch to throw away your phone and move to Lancaster to join the Amish community, I want to state that the technological advances we have made even in the past five years are truly incredible. With a click of a button and a question your phone can tell you where the best fish tacos are in D.C. (Taqueria de Plabano) or tell you the boiling point of tungsten all in a few milliseconds. It is a sunny 10,030 degrees fahrenheit if you were inquiring. However, because of this instant access we have at our fingertips we have come so dependent on our various devices to control our every decision and answer our every question. Gone are the days when we started a conversation with a stranger at a concert over our favorite songs because we are too busy picking our Instagram filters of the band that is right in front of us.
We are no longer present.
We have stopped interacting.
We have stopped participating in life and started spectating in it.
We have lost the source.
If we were honest with ourselves I think we would admit our proudest moments that stick out in our minds involved us being present. Being engaged. Participating. Maybe for you those moments are when you tried to launch that business when you were broke right out of school. Maybe it was when you summited a mountain after hiking for two days in the snow and rain, fighting off hypothermia. It might have been painful at the time, but the views from the top made the whole thing worth it. I don't know what your moments look like but I doubt you would think back to the times you were staring at the little screen in your hands thinking of a clever tweet.
Deep down inside our anima is a longing for meaning. I am not simply talking about having meaningful moments in our lives. Although meaningful moments make up a meaningful life, I am talking about something much deeper.
What I am talking about is the feeling for something that you would describe as a yearning. A pining. A longing. A craving. An intense missing. It is that feeling and desire to reach that goal of finishing school when you didn't grow up with the same opportunities as the other kids. Publishing your life's work. Achieving that thing deep within you that would capitulate the pinnacle of your time on earth. It is your life's longings.The Germans have a word for what I am getting after. What I am describing is your sehnsucht.
Pronounced " [ˈzeːnzʊxt]."
Oh, you are not an expert in German phonology? Sorry, I wrongfully assumed. I will write it out in my own phonology. It is pronounced "zanezookt," where "zane" is pronounced exactly like it should be and the double "o" sound is pronounced like the word "book." Now say all that in your best Christoph Waltz accent.
I should teach a phonics class. The class will be slightly different than the one you may have taken in elementary school in the sense that I'll make up my own rules and you have full autonomy to come or not to come to class because you are most likely an adult. We'll probably just quit the phonics thing by mid September and start watching Quentin Tarantino films or listen to our favorite records instead. Class is only offered in the fall. Don't ask for a syllabus.
Back to zanezookt.
I mean, sehnsucht.
Sehnsucht represents thoughts and feelings about all facets of life that are unfinished or imperfect, paired with a yearning for ideal alternative experiences. It is an individual's search for happiness while coping with the reality of unattainable wishes.
Notice how sehnsucht isn't the result of your life's longings. It isn't the goal. It is much more than that. It is the thoughts and feelings. It is the yearning. The doing.
The getting there.
Back when I was in middle school my family and my grandparents took us out West one summer for an entire month. We had this ginormous twelve passenger, dark green Ford van with a trailer that was obviously put together in the early 1980's. The trailer stayed intact for the most part, but by the end of the trip, we realized there was a colony of ants that were staking a claim on any food groups they could find. Have you ever seen a group of ants work on a sandwich? It is truly incredible. They all join together and attack the thing from all sides. All pitching in and carrying small chunks of sourdough bread and Hormel ham back to base camp. I am not a fan of communism but if you are an ant, you live and die by your community's output and work ethic for the common good of your group. Sometimes I wonder if Vladimir Lenin had an ant farm growing up as a child.
An ant farm to creating communism. No one saw it coming.
My grandfather taught earth science and geology for years. In fact, he even got a degree in geology. The study of rocks. Leaving from Dayton, Ohio, we ended up caravaning across the plains states to see some of the most serene corners of the United States. We experienced the quiet and calmness of The Badlands with its tan and pink desert hills stretching for miles, housing an array of bobcats and prairie dogs, all living in unison in one of the most arid regions of the country. We saw the majestic waterfalls and shooting geysers of Yellowstone. We conquered the peaks of the Rockies while elks and bison roamed in the wild as well as the roads, reminding families in Honda Odysseys how regal and powerful wildlife really can be.
During the trip my grandfather gave my brothers and I a notebook. During each stop at the various national parks we visited, he would teach us everything there was to know about the geology and topography in the area. At the time I was only interested in getting use out of my mountain bike that summer and eating pancakes and bacon for breakfast. During the first week as my grandfather would describe to us the compound structure of sedimentary rocks, I would zone out and start coloring in the states we had driven through. However, as the trip progressed, geology was actually becoming more and more interesting. I no longer wanted to gouge my eye out with my coloring pencil. It was truly amazing that my grandfather could give you the elevation change over the entire state of Kansas or provide you with the chemical composition of feldspar without blinking an eye.
Is it just me or does "Feldspar" sounds like a family-owned Jewish deli shop on the south side of Bronx?
"Hey uh Carl, let me get uh two heros on rye. Hold the mayonnaise this time alright? Sandys' all concerned because my doctah told me my low density lipoprotein cholesterol levels are too high. Not sure how somthin' that's low density can be high but I'm no doctah. I'm just hungry."
Feldspar, unfortunately, is not a deli in Bronx. However if it was, I would love to go. I am sure the Feldspars would make great sandwiches. They'd be open every day until 2 AM except for Jewish holidays of course. Which is like a quarter of the year. Sometimes I wish I was Jewish because they get so many holidays. I was raised a baptist so most of our holidays were just your standard American holidays. No one likes to admit it, but most of them honor slave-owning Presidents or explorers that slaughtered Native Americans.
Yeah I know, Christopher Columbus looks GREAT on paper until you are in high school and find out the real truth. It is a lot like finding out Santa Claus is just a creation by Hallmark to recover from poor summer sales on birthday cards. My brothers and I practically grew up knowing Santa was just a phony. I think my parents just didn't want to deal with tears later on so they just ripped the bandaid off before there was even a wound. Every year in our community in Northern Virginia, Santa would come down our street on a big red fire truck throwing out candy to children. We made it our mission as a six through ten year olds to let the other kids on the block in on the news. Soon my mother was getting calls from neighboring parents telling us they ruined their child's Christmas. We were indefinitely banned from attending Montclair's own "Santa's Ride."
One of my friends grew up in Long Island and he told me every Jewish holiday on the calendar was a day off of school for everyone. So even if you weren't actually a Jew, you would just skate by being whatever you are and get the whole day off. Being from Virginia, there were not enough Jewish kids to warrant a day off from school. We still had earth science class on Yom Kippur.
Feldspar is actually a rock-forming mineral. The word Feldspar, like sehnsucht, comes from the German word feldspat. Which means "a rock not containing ore that is from a field." My grandfather kept mentioning feldspar during the trip. What is the deal with feldspar? Well, I realized it's a pretty big deal in the world of geology. Feldspar happens to be over 60% of the Earth's surface. Not only that, but feldspar has hundreds, if not thousands of uses. It is a common raw material used in glassmaking, ceramics, and is even used in paint, plastics, and rubber. Millions of tiny mineral composites all coming together to make something useful. I am not a geologist like my grandfather, but feldspar seems pretty important.
Why am I giving you a detailed description of feldspar? Well, for two reasons. The first reason is that feldspar is the source of thousands of objects you use every day. The glass you are using to keep you hydrated while reading this book is made up of feldspars. Hopefully this section isn't THAT dry. Bear with me here. You can't see it, but it's woven in the thread of the formation of the glass. It is in a sense, the origin of the glass. It is the beginning. It is the source.
As humans we are naturally curious about our world. We are constantly discovering new insights about our planet every day. Another trait that makes us human is our desire to create. You might not think you are a creative individual, however you create stuff every day. Creativity isn't a trait only the Bob Dylans or the Pablo Picasso's received from the gods of art. It is a human trait that all of us possess deep down inside of our being. You really are creative. You are a creative. Creativity looks different for everyone. It is not simply an activity that involves a canvas or an instrument. You might create schedules and methods to help you finish projects at work. You might create activities for your kids to enjoy when they complain that there is nothing to do anymore. Isn't it amazing how children can come to the conclusion that they have completed every activity possible in their lives to stay entertained at such a young age? We are constantly curious and creative. I believe this is why we are on a mission to rediscover how things in life are made through everyday activities. To create something beautiful we have to discover the bare bones, the raw materials. We have to know what we are working with before we can create something of value.
The second reason I bring up feldspar is because it is a piece of my grandfather's sehnsucht. He is fascinated by geological formations. He wanted to know everything there was to know about our earth's raw materials so he could teach students how intricate and important it is to our physical universe they live in. He wanted to take high school students out West to give them a front row seat to feed their curiosity and creativity about our world. But he didn't get there overnight. He told me he would wake up at five in the morning so he could drive over fifty miles to make it to his geology classes on time. He would then drive all the way back home to go work. He was married with two children on the way so he would head over to a local dairy bar serving ice cream and cleaning out milk vats at night to put food on the table. All in all after six years of school and 12 hour work days he was finally ready to teach geology and physical science in the Dayton Public School System. He fell in love with the work and taught hundreds of students for over thirty years.
He was curious about life. He created one he could hang his hat on.
He found his sehnsucht.
After that trip, studying rocks wasn't so boring after all.
We all have a sehnsucht for something. The question is: what are we doing about it? Are we acting upon it or are we simply waiting around for someone to give us the end product?
We can recreate activities like beer and coffee and music to make them more intimate but that's just a mere taste of what I think we are really after.
Whatever you believe about science, the meaning of life, or how we got on this earth, there is a common thread woven in our DNA. At our barebones, we have few differences. That common thread is the feeling to contribute. To push ourselves to be a little better at whatever we do. To make our communities a little more complete spaces to live, work, and play. Not just through clocking and clocking out at our day jobs, but finding out our true passion in life.
By this point we were sitting on a wooden picnic table. Our glasses were empty. I looked back at the teenager skateboarding. He attempted another kickflip-grind. He tumbled off his board once more. I wondered what his sehnsucht looked like for him.


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We're crazy about Winter. Every year, we're mesmerized by Winter's countless facets. Whether the dreamy snowy landscapes, icicle-decked houses, frozen lakes, or magical twinkle of the lights against the dark – everyone can find something special for themselves in this especially cold time of year.
Naturally, Winter offers itself to a particular style of photography. We want to offer a few of our tips here, which we hope will help you with your photos:
Before heading out on a shoot:
Dress warmly! Warm clothing is the highest priority to enjoy photography in the Winter. Don't forget about your hands either! You'll be using them often and they are particularly susceptible to the cold.
Next, remember to pack not only your camera, but extra memory cards and battery packs! Try to pack your extra battery packs closely to your body, if possible in the inner pocket of your jacket, since they have trouble handling the cold. Your camera, on the other hand, should be OK. However, you should also pack paper towels to soak up the moisture formed by condensation, which will form as a result of the temperature extremes your camera will be exposed to and which certainly has no place on the inside of your camera.
Finding a motif:
- Keep an eye on the weather! Weather changes in Winter can create especially fascinating effects with clouds and lights.
- Keep moving! You don't have to be into Winter sports to keep active. Sometimes the most beautiful Winter landscapes only let their photogenic features and details be discovered from one particular angle.
- Don't be afraid to make close contact! Frozen water is more fascinating than it sounds. Macro photos of icicles, snowflakes, tree rings, or embedded forms in ice can take your breath away!
- Don't shy away from the weather! Even thick fog and heavy snowfall can work to the advantage of your motif and can add a picturesque effect to your photos.
While shooting winter landscapes:
Occasionally, you can't take your camera 100% at its word. That's the perfect time to start experimenting. You'll be quick to notice that Winter images typically all have a gray or blue tinge. In this case, you can manually configure the white balance on your camera to get a quick fix, or adjust these levels in a few quick steps while editing afterwards. However, if your Winter photos have lots of snow and seem too dark that's because the snow is much too light. Due to this, your camera thinks that it's a bright day.
In other words: underexposure. For this, choose the photo setting "snow". Alternatively, you could adjust the length of exposure to be longer than recommended. Whatever you choose, check after every photo to make sure that your settings are perfect.
Try to consciously add elements which help contrast and frame your pictures. These will also make your photos more interesting. Trees, ski lodges, footprints, cliffs, and even streetlights will keep your pictures from becoming monotone.
While editing your winter pictures:
You should not disregard editing your Winter photos! Not only is this step essential for making numerous corrections, but also for highlighting exciting details in your images. Try it out for yourself and you'll see that the options available to you in the editing phase are nearly endless. Your photos can take on an entirely new feel, if you wish. Perfectly suited for this task: Photo & Graphic Designer. The best part is, you can download and test out a free trial for yourself right now, if you like. 😉


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Sure I'd been to The Dream hotel in midtown Manhattan before, but I never ventured to the basement to visit the Chopra Center & Spa. Known for their dedication to the marriage of balance and nourishment of the mind-body, the spa uses Ayurveda, one of the oldest systems of natural health care from the ancient traditions of India, to awaken, heal and transform individuals according to their needs.
And they didn't let me down.
I began my adventure with a quick survey to discover my mind-body constitution; otherwise known as dosha. Through dosha, Ayurveda believes individuals can be categorized into three sections: Vata, Pitta or Kapha. Twenty minutes and a cup of warm tea later, I learned I was a combination on Vata and Pitta. One who is a mix of creativity, intellect and (sadly) irregular digestion. Based on my findings, my therapist used Abhy oil – a combination of coconut, sweet almond, jojoba seed and safflower oils – to begin my Shiroabhyanga treatment.
Chopra boasts an array of treatments, but its newest services are Shiroabhyanga, a therapeutic massage focused on the marma points (places of union for mind & body) throughout the head, and Padabhyanga, the process of applying herbalized oil to the lower legs and feet to thoroughly relax the body.
"The intention of Shiroabyanga is not only to reduce stress and relax the body, but also it aims at stimulating the body to heal itself and to prevent forthcoming diseases," says Dr. Thara Kodandaramachandra of Chopra Center & Spa.
As the herbal aroma filled my nostrils, my therapists told me Shiroabhyanga is a great treatment for fighting fatigue and headaches, nourishing dry scalps, stimulating hair growth and relieving mental and muscle tension. She couldn't have been more correct. My body never felt more relaxed and healed as she drizzled the warm oil over my tired skin. I instantly felt energized.
Shortly thereafter, I enjoyed the Padabhyanga treatment that combined customized rhythmic massage to heal, detoxify, and balance my entire being, both inside and out.
Needless to say, after my massages it was time for a nap and I wasted no time. I laid on the heated bed for an additional 20 minutes and simply marveled in the moment.
When I finally realized I had other things to do, I sluggishly got dressed. Why couldn't life just be one big spa treatment? Before leaving, I did however snag a bottle of Abhy oil to conduct a self-massage (known as Abhyanga) to achieve longevity, happiness and success on my own. I'll give it a whirl, but something tells me I'll more than likely return.
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This emobodies two forms of discrimination; gender bias, and bias against one form of Christianity (Catholicism) for another (Protestantism). It has been an embarrassment for quite a while for the United Kingdom that this inequality exists at the very top of the institution.
The government's plans to scrap this discriminatory law were abandoned after opposition from the Church of England [1]. The Church of England has vested interested in boths forms of discrimination as embodied by the Act of Settlement of 1701, as (especially in history) it embraces a theological patriarchialism whereby males are set above females, and, has benefitted greatly from State support as a result of historical battles between Protestant Christians and Catholic Christians. Hence why the Church of England has fought against this.
The UK's second chamber of government is called the House of Lords. 26 Anglican Bishops and Archbishops exercise an anachronistic right to sit in this legislative body where they are known as the Lords Spiritual. These particular Bishops have in recent generations played a persistent, active, aggressive and decisive role in battling against anti-discrimination measures against gays in the present time, and against blacks, slaves and women, in older times. This is where much of the effective opposition to government plans to remove the bias against Catholics and women comes from.[3]
So, the Queen herself accepted its effective abolishment at the Commonwealth level, above the government.
"The leaders of the 16 Commonwealth countries where the Queen is head of state unanimously approved the changes at a summit in Perth, Australia.
On scrapping the ban on future monarchs marrying Roman Catholics, Mr Cameron said: "Let me be clear, the monarch must be in communion with the Church of England because he or she is the head of that Church. But it is simply wrong they should be denied the chance to marry a Catholic if they wish to do so. After all, they are already quite free to marry someone of any other faith."
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond welcomed the lifting of the ban but said it was "deeply disappointing" that Roman Catholics were still unable to ascend to the throne. [...]
The royal author Robert Hardman said there had been 11 attempts in recent years by individual MPs and peers to change the succession laws.
The laws are not a matter for the 54-nation Commonwealth as a whole, only for the 16 countries which have the Queen as their head of state, known as realms.
These are Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Papua New Guinea, St Christopher and Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Tuvalu, Barbados, Grenada, Solomon Islands, St Lucia and the Bahamas.
BBC News (2011 Oct 28)
It seems that even today, Christianity is embroiled in its usual inter-denominational power struggles, and battles still against equality; a problem I look at much more fully in Legislation and Faith: Section 7.1: Bishops in the House of Lords.
[1] The Telegraph (2011 Apr 25) Alex Salmond calls for clarification on Act of Settlement. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scotland/scottish-politics/8472401/Alex-Salmond-calls-for-clarification-on-Act-of-Settlement.html .
[2] BBC News Girls equal in British throne succession (2011 Oct 28).
[3] Barnett, Hilaire Constitutional & Administrative Law (2004). 5th edition. Originally published 1995 by Cavendish Publishing Ltd, London UK. Page 438.


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(MADISON) The Madison Area Sports Commission (MASC) is pleased to announce that the 2015 International Gay & Lesbian Football Association (IGLFA) will be holding their North American Championships in the Greater Madison area August 9-15, 2015 at Reddan Soccer Park in Verona. The Madison Area Youth Soccer Association (MAYSA) is a co-host of the American soccer event.
The IGLFA North American Championships tournament will feature approximately 250 competitors and their partners/family members. Organizers are expecting teams from all over North America to compete. The estimated economic impact of this weeklong event is just over $333,000 according to MASC estimates. "We're excited to be hosting this North American Championship here in the Greater Madison area," said Jamie Patrick, MASC's vice-president. "Madison is the ideal destination to showcase this event as it dovetails perfectly with our affinity for soccer and our universal love of people that our progressive city embodies," he added.
"We are very excited to host the 2015 IGLFA North American Championship II at MAYSA's Reddan Soccer Park. IGLFA's mission and enthusiasm for soccer are going to make our facility a very fun place to be in the middle of August if you are a fan of The Beautiful Game" said Chris Lay, Executive Director of MAYSA and Reddan Soccer Park. The IGLFA was founded in 1992 in order to help promote and foster the growth of LGBTQ football worldwide. Since IGLFA's creation, more than 100 teams/clubs representing over 30 countries have joined and participated at IGLFA competitions. Each of these teams/clubs has played a vital role in helping IGLFA uphold its mission of "Equality through Football," according to co-president Kimberly Hadley.
"The International Gay and Lesbian Football Association) is extremely pleased to have the 2015 IGLFA North American Championship II hosted by one of the most progressive cities in the USA, Madison, Wisconsin. It's also exciting to know that Madison is one of the Top 10 sporting cities in the country so we should see a great local participation as well.
We are very excited to have the tournament hosted at a top quality venue and by experienced hosts who are working closely with our organization to put on a very enjoyable experience. We look forward to a fabulous tournament in a fantastic city!" she added.
The Madison Area Sports Commission (MASC) is the greater Madison area's official sports marketing organization. Launched by the Greater Madison Convention & Visitors Bureau in 2010, MASC is charged with elevating the recognition and awareness of the impact of sports tourism on the regional economy while serving the unique needs of the sports tourism business.


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Coffee drinkers have modestly lower mortality rates than people who don't drink coffee, two recent studies in the Annals of Internal Medicine have found.
One study followed more than 450,000 adults from 10 European countries for an average of 16 years and found that coffee was associated with a 12 percent reduction in all-cause mortality rates in men and a 7 percent reduction in women, with higher intakes linked to greater benefits.
The second study followed 185,000 U.S. adults, also for 16 years, and linked one daily cup of coffee to a 12 percent reduction in mortality rates—and two or more cups to an 18 percent reduction—across multiple ethnic groups (except native Hawaiians, possibly because of their small number).
Both studies found similar trends for regular and decaf coffee.
Previous research has linked coffee consumption to a reduced risk of many disorders, from diabetes and colon cancer to cardiovascular, liver, and Parkinson's disease.
Although the two new studies controlled for smoking and many other factors, such observational research can only establish associations, not causation. Thus, the accompanying editorial concluded that "Recommending coffee intake to reduce mortality or prevent chronic disease would be premature. However, it is increasingly evident that moderate coffee intake up to 3 to 5 cups per day or caffeine intake up to 400 milligrams a day is not associated with adverse health effects in adults and can be incorporated into a healthy diet."
For more about the potential health benefits of coffee, see Coffee and Your Health.