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Balancing Life, the Universe and Everything
Posted by joel in History of Art on November 24, 2018
So uni's a messy time at best. On top of our studies, we have work, societies, friends, partying, all that good stuff. Understandably, all of that can be overwhelming and it's hard to keep track of it all. So here's a step-by-step guide on keeping your life on track: Step 1: Make a list of […]
Posted in Studying | Tagged balance, Deadlines, Organisation, stress, student blogs, studying, Timetable, university of leicester
It's That Time of Year Again
Posted by Charlotte D in History of Art on September 10, 2017
No..not Christmas, although I'd forgive you for thinking that with all the chocolate tins already clogging the supermarket shelves. We're a mere two weeks away from university freshers, and a confusing game of Tetris, trying to make all your stuff fit into one car. So, this is a little post for all of you […]
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Random Acts of Kindness
Posted by Charlotte D in History of Art on May 23, 2017
I didn't think this would actually be my first post, but in light of recent events, I thought it was time to spread some positivity. I'm sure most of you are aware of the terrible attack that occurred in Manchester; my thoughts go out to anyone who has been impacted. Yet among everything, what struck […]
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Stress Relief at the University of Leicester
Posted by Katie in History of Art on May 13, 2016
I've just submitted three essays and had my first exam this morning. It's crazy to think that there's just a few more weeks left of exams and then graduation in July. It's a busy period for us all at the moment, so my apologies if this blog post is a bit brief! It's easy to get stressed […]
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5 ways to get the most out of revision
Posted by Katie in History of Art on January 11, 2016
Exam season is just about upon us. I've been having a lot of late nights and spending loads of time in the library recently. I'm not looking forward to the next two weeks when things start to get more intense. I managed to finish writing my essays but exams are a much more daunting prospect to […]
Posted in Exams, Stress, Studying, Uncategorized | Tagged Exams, leicester, stress, student blogs, university, university of leicester, UoL
Staying Sunny When The Weather Isn't
Posted by Charlotte in History of Art on November 18, 2013
Like most people, I get a bit fed up around this time of year. My heart might be yelling "Christmas!" but my head is definitely saying "cold/wet/windy/dark". Add to that the stress of assignments and general day to day pains-in-the-butt and you've got yourself a recipe for for a raging case of the Mondays. […]
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A recent draft paper by David Kimball, University of Missouri-Saint Louis, and Brady Baybeck, Wayne State University, found that, in the 2008 presidential election, large jurisdictions—those serving more than 50,000 voters—accounted for approximately two-thirds of the nation's voters.
The 4,893 medium-sized jurisdictions, serving between 1,000 and 50,000 voters, accounted for nearly one-third of all voters, and the 5,149 small jurisdictions, serving fewer than 1,000 voters, accounted for just more than one percent of all voters.
These size differences have a significant impact on election administration. For example:

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The ECJ has recently held that travelling time at the beginning and the end of the day to and from customers' premises should count as working time.
This case concerns a Spanish security company which employs around 75 mobile technicians. The technicians work from client premises, and do not go to office premises at all.
Their employer, Tyco Security, did not want to pay them for the first and last journeys of the day. This is in in line with the way many companies want to work at the moment, so that they can reduce head office overhead, simply sending staff from customer to customer.
In this case, the European Court of Justice applied the following tests:
- Was travelling an integral part of being an employee? They answered this in the affirmative: it was an essential part of the job that the employees travelled to customer premises.
- Were journeys subject to the authority of the employer? Again, they answered this in the affirmative as the employers could change the order of visits, cancel appointments, and generally dictate those journeys, some of which could be extremely long and of up to 100km.
- Was travel an inherent part of the performance of the work activities? The answer to this was in the affirmative, for the reasons set out in the "integral part" test.
This case could have profound implications for companies who operate mobile workforces, do not pay first and last journey time, and are paying variable hourly rates for work and/or near the minimum wage. Wages may need to be increased, and whether or not staff's working time exceeds the minimum average of 48 hours a week will need to be assessed.


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A walk through Satwa can sure cheer me up! The fabric shops are endless and the embellishment stores…well they are like a trip to the candy store for a child!
I have rounded up my favourite fabric shops
Tahir (for linen + knit + jersey + cute prints)
Najran (for adorable children inspired prints)
Regal (for silk)
My favourite embellishment shops
And believe me there are WAY more (these are just my top picks)
Oh one quick tip!
Park next to the mosque. Then you are central to all the good shops! (Mosque on one side & Emirates Post on the other-near Emirates NBD)
So once I have had a gander through the fun fabrics and let my mind race with all sorts of new craft ideas + sewing projects (sadly my fabric pile at home shows me that I need to get cracking on all the brilliant project ideas I have had over the years-oops!)
Today I was on a mission though! What I did set my mind to making today? A few chokers! They are SO easy and inexpensive to make. Why bother spending 30 + AED when you can make your very own. It's much more special don't ya think?
(I purchased everything I needed to make them at Nippur)
You will need roughly 1 meter of velvet ribbon or lace to make 2 chokers. If you only want to make one just request for half a meter!
Pick up some clasps & clamps (I wish I brought my sample necklace so I could have purchased the correct hardware) Get one meter of a fine chain & make sure the clamps are the same width of your ribbon.
You can find a nice array of beads, crystals and other bits and bobs to hang on your choker just like I did (check out the finished chokers below for inspiration)
- Cut your ribbon the length of one ruler as pictured above
- String on beads, pendants or glue on crystals
- Take your clamps and press them firmly shut with pliers (one on each end)
- Attach 7cm of chain to the left side
- Attach a clasp to the right side
Easy peasy right?
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We ask what it is about the 14-time major winner that divides people.
There's a quote attributed to the deceased American author Philip Jose Farmer which reads: "This story is about love, which means it is also about hate." It may as well be the tagline to the inevitable Tiger Woods movie.
Put simply, golf has no other character like Woods. The great writers of our time couldn't have conjured him and the most accomplished psychologists might lose their own mind deciphering why he generates such split opinion.
It's possible to read a comments section below an article about him and see both gushing prose about his vintage years and a vehement dislike.
You've seen the comments: "Tiger's back", "Tiger's finished", "Tiger's in limbo." There's only one thing that Tiger Woods definitely is and that's in our heads.
Let's begin by acknowledging the love.
A staggering 14 majors will do the trick. Most purists love the greats and Woods is certainly one of those. Just look at the following he had at the recent Wyndham Championship and the reaction to his opening birdie, made with a gorgeous flop shot. Did you spot the two adults high fiving each other afterwards? Nobody loves flop shots that much. You can be sure it was for Woods.
You can also be certain that someone, somewhere, was waiting, even hoping, for a re-emergence of his chipping disaster in Phoenix from earlier this year. But the question is why?
Why does Tiger Woods split opinion like no other?
No-one knows with absolute conviction. Not me, not Woods himself, not Jack Nicklaus, not even those aforementioned psychologists. Ask Siri and you'll have finally found something not even "she" knows the answer to.
We can, of course, speculate. Social media, television and the overall proliferation of news means stories that would have stayed hidden 100 years ago emerge. And, boy, do they emerge with vigour.
Woods' personal issues have become a club with which to beat him with by people who, rightly or wrongly, can't separate the golfer from the man. This article is not, by the way, an attempt to tell anyone how they should feel about Woods
One of the more simple explanations is that his success was so overwhelming that it makes for a better, and ultimately more interesting, story that his name is no longer feared. We love an underdog until he is no longer battling the odds. When athletes rise to a certain level, some think their downfall should be swift.
Others believe he's simply not a relevant part of golf's current narrative anymore and choose to cast him aside. Brief sparks of the Woods of old at the Masters and the Wyndham Championship raised hopes rather than expectation. His finishes of T17 and T10 were respectable, but yet more proof for some that his ruthlessness has all but gone.
Perhaps this dislike even comes from the realisation that Woods isn't the unshakeable, immovable hero he once seemed. Kids aren't interested or even necessarily aware of what athletes do in their personal lives; they just know that on the course or the pitch they're who they aspire to be.
Maybe it's the child inside that feels let down. Peeking behind the curtain to find that the superhero costume can't fit a human being all the time is one of sport's inevitabilities.


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Facebook apologizes for hate speech ad targeting
why is it that Facebook can't seem to go at least a week without having to apologize for something. If it's not massive data breaches and hacks, it's interference from foreign agitators. One has to wonder if there is a Facebook employee whose official title is Executive President In Charge of Public Apologies. Then again, the way Facebook has been going lately they may need an entire department for that. This week is no different as once again Facebook finds themselves having to apologize for something that had little to no oversight.
Last week I posted about how news outlets VICE and Business Insider were able to buy phony Facebook ads claiming to be from US Senators and Cambridge Analytica. This week is no different as over the weekend Facebook apologized for yet another advertising faux pas. Another news outlet called The Intercept was able to purchase an ad on Facebook that could be targeted at people who have anti-Semitic views. By using the term anti-Semitic I'm being rather generous as the ads could be targeted using certain phrases that decorum dictates I won't use here. Facebook blamed the ad category on Facebook's advertising algorithm for creating the offensive category, however, The Intercept claims that the ad had to be approved by a human moderator. The Intercept placed this ad in order to show just how easy it is for hate groups to be able to promote their vile messages on the platform.
This isn't the first time Facebook has been caught allegedly coddling extremist hate groups as Motherboard discovered back in September that ads for white supremacy are not allowed on Facebook while posts that advocate white separatism and white nationalism are allowed. These controversies are just symptoms of much larger and more disturbing problems. Either Facebook's own platform is grown so large it's out of their control or Facebook courts controversy in order to keep it's shrinking userbase engaged. Neither problem is better than the other but both show that Facebook wields more power in our society than they're capable of handling.


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This renovation project of an historic warehouse in the centre of Rumbeke was realised in cooperation with local architect Kristof Maes. The building provides retail uses on the ground floor level and an office for a landscape architect and his team on the 1st and 2nd floors. The new glazed roof extension serves as a meeting room overlooking the adjacent rooftops, surrounded by a 'green roof'.
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Arsenal will be out to banish the memories of their Stamford Bridge nightmare when they host Swansea City in the Premier League on Tuesday.
Instead of being cause for celebration, Arsene Wenger's 1,000th game in charge of the London club ended with a demoralising defeat as his side crumbled to a 6-0 thumping at the hands of Chelsea on Saturday.
They were three goals and a man down inside the opening 17 minutes as referee Andre Marriner mistakenly sent off Kieran Gibbs instead of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain after the England midfielder handled Eden Hazard's shot.
The nature of the defeat against the league leaders left many to suggest that Wenger's side are now out of the title race but they will be desperate to prove their doubters wrong when they welcome a beleaguered Swansea side to the Emirates Stadium.
The thumping leaves Arsenal seven points adrift of Chelsea but Tuesday's game in hand gives them a chance to reduce that gap to four.
They will take comfort from their strong home record in the league, which has seen them win 10 and draw three of their 13 fixtures since a 3-1 opening-day defeat at the hands of Aston Villa.
By contrast, Swansea have been in poor form on the road, drawing three and losing six of their past nine away matches in the top flight. Garry Monk's men have not won in all competitions since a 3-0 triumph over fierce rivals Cardiff City in his first game in charge on February 8.
Saturday's 3-2 defeat at Everton leaves them without a victory in eight games and placed precariously in 15th, four points clear of third-from-bottom Sunderland, with the Black Cats having played two fewer matches.
Arsenal won the reverse fixture 2-1 back in September thanks to goals from Serge Gnabry and Aaron Ramsey but Swansea will have fond memories of their last league visit to the Emirates in December 2012.
Two late goals from Michu earned them a 2-0 victory that day and the Spaniard will be hoping to play a key role once again as he continues his comeback from an ankle injury.
The 28-year-old has come off the bench in both of Swansea's last two matches after three months out and there was further positive news at Goodison Park as Jonjo Shelvey played for the first time in a month after recovering from a hamstring problem.
Oxlade-Chamberlain looks set to be banned after the mix-up over his handball on Saturday, while the midfield trio of Mesut Ozil (hamstring), Jack Wilshere (foot) and Ramsey (thigh) all remain sidelined.


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Sometimes, to get a little respect, you have to demand it.
Actress Taraji P. Henson is sitting pretty on the cover of this week's TV Guide alongside her 'Person of Interest' co-stars Michael Emerson and Jim Caviezel. But that cover did not come without some controversy.
Exactly a year ago, when the CBS drama series debuted, Taraji took to her twitter to blast the publication for leaving her out of a cover shoot with her castmates. She tweeted:
WOW!!!! TV Guide is NOT including me on the cover with my cast members…..I am the female lead of a 3 member cast and I'm not included on the cover!!!!!! Do you see the sh*t I have to deal with in this business…..I cram to understand!!!!"
Shortly afterward, the editor-in-chief spoke out about her decision to omit Taraji before deciding it wasn't worth the headache and pulling the cover altogether.
I made an editorial decision to do a story about the relationship between the two male characters on 'Person of Interest' and that's who I was going to put on the cover. That has been my decision all along, ever since I saw the pilot. We're certainly fans of Taraji Henson and her storyline on the show was never intended to be the focus of our cover story. I don't know where there was a misunderstanding about this, but it's been clear to everyone from the start. I don't make decisions on who is put and not put on the cover based on race or gender.


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A Guest Blog Post by Mike Ince
Photographer Mike Ince is back on the CG Pro Prints blog to share tips for beginners interested in getting started with Astrophotography. You first heard from Mike last year with his popular CG Pro Prints guest blog post A Beginner's Guide to Waterfall Photography. Luckily, Mike has many photography passions, and he was excited to share his Astrophotography advice with the CG Pro Prints audience. Continue reading to learn more about capturing the elusive Milky Way and creating gorgeous galactic shots of your own.
Hello again to the CG Pro Prints audience! Summer is upon us and for many photographers that means it's prime shooting season for astrophotography. The Milky Way's galactic core is finally ready for capture. To clarify, that's the part of the night sky you see so often in those glamorous astro-shots. Rest assured, after reading this blog, you will have enough information to capture the Milky Way with your own camera as well, so let's get started.
What Equipment Do I Need?
Camera Body: A DSLR body works best, full frame or crop sensor will work in the right conditions (and even mirrorless nowadays!). You may have slight noise issues on the crop sensor, but noise is much easier to combat with the technology available today. As long as you have a camera that shoots in RAW and allows for manual settings, then you are set for camera body.
A Fast/Wide Lens: Ideally you will want to be working with a lens that opens as wide as f/2.8 or faster. These shots require a lot of light to enter the lens. If you don't have something this fast, then you chould consider renting one for your shoot. You will be covering a pretty vast area so you will also want a wide lens. Something equal to or less than 24mm should give you some nice distance to work with.
Tripod: This is a must. The sturdier the better. If on soft ground, make sure the legs are dug into the ground slightly. Consider hanging some weight from the tripod if you need more support when dealing with windy conditions. While capturing these shots you will want to open the shutter and not touch your equipment for the duration of capture.
Flashlight/Headlamp: You will be in the dark so this should go without saying. Headlamps work to keep your hands free, but you can't go wrong with either.
Batteries: Long exposures can take a toll on your batteries so it's always good to have some extras on hand!
Optional: I'd recommend bringing a shutter release/remote, but this is not an absolute necessity. You can use the built in timer/intervalometer as well, if your camera body has these features.
I Have My Equipment… What About Settings?
Luckily this part is a breeze compared to set-up. Below are the settings to start with that will help you to capture some gorgeous astro-shots.
Aperture: Wide open. You want to allow as much light as possible to come in!
ISO: 3200 is an overall good point. There are a few extra things to remember about ISO though. Don't hesitate to crank it up. Noise reduction technology is only getting better and better and there's some great options currently available.
Pro Tip: When arriving in the dark to a location, crank that ISO up sky high! This way, you can see your surroundings and get your composition together. Once you have a better idea of what's out there, dial it back down to a reasonable level.
Shutter Speed: Most cameras will allow a 30 second shutter speed without the use of a remote. You can use this when you need the extra light. However, I'd recommend setting the shutter for 15-25 seconds. This way you avoid star trails, which can occur with a 30 second shutter speed due to earth's rotation and your shot will not look as sharp as it possibly can.
White Balance: You are safe leaving this on auto, and don't forget if shooting in RAW, you can adjust this to your liking in post. I tend to favor cooler temps in the area of 3500-4000 degrees.
Shoot in Raw: This gives you the most option in post processing and captures the most amount of data. RAW is also an ideal setting for sharpening photos later in post.
Manual Focus: This one is very important! The proper focus can make or break your shot. The infinity mark on your lens will not always be the infinity point. Verify this. Research it for the specific lens with which you'll be shooting. Alternatively, you can focus on a far off object if you're setting up during the daytime and note this spot until you begin shooting at night. If it's already dark you can focus on a bright street light on the way out to shoot. This will be enough to put you in the ballpark of where you're focus needs to be. Use your first few shots to fine tune focus as you go, making subtle adjustments as needed. Be patient with this step because these shots are only successful when tack-sharp! Zoom in on your viewfinder and make sure the stars are very fine pin points. The good news is that once you find the infinity mark, it will always be this spot on your lens.
What About Weather and Light Pollution?
Clear skies are of course the best skies when trying to capture the stars above us. So be sure to check weather conditions and cloud coverage before you head out to shoot. As for light pollution, the farther away from any light pollution, the better. Unfortunately, this is not always an option for many of us as most people live in or near metro areas. Luckily, there are still ways to deal with the light pollution.
The most obvious way is to drive away from it. Light pollution can be seen from even a few hundred miles away. At the very least, you need to get out of the city limits. Angle yourself correctly to try to shoot from an area where you can position the worst of the light pollution behind you and Milky Way in front of you. Also, the darker the sky the better. Shooting later at night can help because more lights in urban areas will be turned off as businesses close and people go to sleep.
What Role Does the Moon Play in These Shots?
Moonlight is also another factor. Ideally you will want to shoot when the moon is below the horizon or during a new moon. A perk of shooting during the new moon is you have the entire night (during summer at least) to shoot and not worry about the moon rising and affecting the lighting of your shot. Pay attention to the moon rising and setting times. If the Milky Way is up at 12 am and moonset is at 10 pm, then you are safe to shoot. The same applies if the Milky Way core is out early and the moon rises late at night, then you can shoot before moon rise.
Where Is the Milky Way?
Please note: location information pretains to the northern hemisphere as the author is located in North America.
Lastly, now that you know what you need to prepare, let's talk about when and where to find the galactic core of the Milky Way. Prime shooting of the core is done June through August. It's visible from March on, but be prepared for early morning/late nights if that's when you choose to capture it. The core can also be seen a bit after August, but it gets tricky as it rises early so the sky may still be too light.
Note that as the summer months roll on, the core rises earlier each day. Summer is prime season because there's a longer period of time in the night to shoot and the core can be seen throughout most of the night once it rises. You will look southward to view the Milky Way so remember my advice about light pollution. In this case, avoid light pollution by shooting south and position your back accordingly. The core rises in the southeast, swings around clockwise, and sets in the southwest.
Final Thoughts
Position and rise/set times can vary slightly depending on where you are located. Do some homework before shooting if you can. Now that you have some guidelines here, get familiar with them and then get creative! There are a lot of other websites and apps to help ensure you get the shot you want. I have assembled a collection of helpful tools and links on my website here:
Thank you CG Pro Prints and happy galactic shooting to all! I hope your shots are… out of this world!


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I wrote a new play. It's a comedy called One Bear Lake, and it started out as a ten minute play that I developed with the help of the good folks at South of Broadway in Park Circle through their Second Sundays at Seven playwright workshop, and it blossomed into a full-length play with the guidance of my friends at 5th Wall Productions in West Ashley via their monthly Writer's Bloc meetings. Writers helping writers. It's a beautiful thing.
If you are in the Charleston area, and you will be around this Sunday, I invite you to come to our first public reading of the play at 5th Wall Productions at 6:00 PM. What's the play about? It's a comedy about two things that aren't usually associated with laughs, cancer and carrot cake. Contact me on Facebook for directions and details.


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Braeburn Golf Club At WSU is a Semi-Private, 18 hole golf course located in Wichita, Kansas.
Braeburn Golf Club At Wichita State University began as the Crestview Country Club in the 1920's. In the 1960's, Crestview decided to move to east Wichita and construct a new facility. In 1968, WSU obtained Crestview which was adjacent to the campus and found itself operating a golf course. The clubhouse was opened as a private club, known first as "The Shocker Club" and then as "The University Club".
In 1994, the management of the WSU course adopted the name "Braeburn".
Braeburn is open to the public at public course prices, The course is located at 21st and Oliver on Wichita State University's scenic campus. The course provides an 18-hole championship layout that is challenging enough for advanced players, yet beginner-friendly for less experienced golfers and families.
The course is an NGCOA recognized beginner friendly facility and features one of the best practice facilities in Wichita. Our driving range, short range, and putting greens give golfers of all skill levels a chance to improve their game.
The Back Tees play to a par of 70.0, a distance of 6,427 yards, rating 70.6, and a slope of 116. The Forward Tee play to a par of 70.0, a distance of 4,972 yards, rating 68.7 and a slope of 116.
The course closed on November 3, 2014.
WSU will use the closed course for its Innovation Campus. As many as 20 new buildings are planned to be constructed on land that was once occupied by the golf course.
$16 (cart included), played on Thursday, May 2014 at 6pm
Great course to play! Price is reasonable, course is in good condition, and the staff is GREAT!
$21 (cart not included), played on Saturday, October 2013 at 8am
greens are always very good condition. fairways need until heat of summer to get good grass growth (bermuda fairways) new cart paths have been a big improvement. friendly staff and good practice areas. bunkers are inconsistent. some have good sand in them, others have areas in them where sand is very thin. good course layout and there is water on the back nine as well as large trees on several holes. challenging enough but not overly difficult. overall a fun course to play.
$21 (cart not included), played on Saturday, July 2012 at 6am
Tree lined fairways make this course enough of a challenge to keep your attention and greens are fair. Pace of play was good which is always nice on a Saturday morning.
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St. Bartholomew's Church, commonly called St. Bart's, is a historic Episcopal Church founded in January 1835, and located on the east side of Park Avenue between 50th and 51st Streets in midtown Manhattan. The original Byzantine architecture was designed by Bertram Goodhue. Completed in 1918, it is composed of a Romanesque structure using variegated salmon and cream-colored bricks and creamy Indiana limestone with with Byzantine decoration. The church also features a dome, tile-patterned on the exterior and with a polychrome Hispano-Moresque interior. The church has stained-glass windows and mosaics and a beautiful stained glass rose window over the balcony overlooking the pews. St. Bart's is known for a wide range of programs. It draws parishioners from all areas of New York City and surroundings. St. Bartholomew's is noted for its pipe organ, the largest in New York and one of the ten largest in the world. St. Bartholomew's Church and Community House was designated a landmark by the New York Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1967.
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church
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Stunning church Noel - you evoke so much atmosphere through your photos. The doorway shots are outstanding - I know I keep saying it but you have such a brilliant eye for textures, lighting, shading and pattern. It doesn't come naturally to all. I never ceased to be amazed. JanUK
- February 19, 2013 at 2:58 AM
- Noel Y. C. said...
You're very generous, JanUK and I thank you for visiting my photoblog always.
- February 19, 2013 at 8:40 AM
- Alice said...
Excellent job with the windows. Lovely.
- February 19, 2013 at 10:06 AM
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As I have said before I do not set resolutions in the New Year and there is a 90% that any personal goals set for me will not be met. I was given a pre-release copy of Jon Acuff's new book, Finish and had big hopes to improve my percentage, but, well, I never finished Finish. This is my life!
This year questions came to mind instead of goals. This year I have four questions that I want to answer. Pretty doable, right?
Ah, the continuation of my family research that has been sparked again by watching Coco in the beginning of December. I want to know who my ancestors were. What are their stories? What do future generations need to know? How can preserve the legacies from past generations?
Two: What is wrong with me?
Probably not a "mom approved" question to ask myself, but I am not seeing it as a search for the many imperfections of my life. I have, somewhat silently, struggled with some health issues this past year. And, honestly, transparently, I am avoiding finding the answer for one ailment because I really, really, don't want to change some habits or some coping in my life. I honestly don't want the searching for answers to prevent or stop the treatment of my ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder). That subject brings so much fear, seriously, more fear than not determining what is wrong with a part of my body. Yes, I am aware of the stupidity in that statement and I hear your mother voices as you tell me that I really, really need to see someone about this, but I am also painfully aware of my life when my condition is untreated.
Which leads me to the thought that I REALLY REALLY (I am aware that "really, really" is my go-to phrase for this post) want to be an expert on my condition. ADD effects so much of life. I want to know why and how I can do more to not be dependent on medication to get through what should be simple tasks.
While we are on the topic of expert knowledge, I want to also be at an expert knowledge level about Alzheimer's. You know the disease that runs so rampant in my family that it should be called, "He who should not be named". Sorry, Harry Potter has been a big topic in our house since Matt has been re-reading and I have been reading the series since Thanksgiving.
I can state the statistics of Alzheimer's up one side and down the other, but I need to know the facts, I need to know the studies, I need to know what "they" believe I should do. Should I eat kale? Should I run? Should I meditate? I don't know what God has planned for my life and I don't know if Alzheimer's is part of his plan.
And that statement leads me straight to question number three.
Three: Why do I believe in Jesus?
And honestly, what do I believe about God? Do I believe God gives people Alzheimer's? I want to live with a faith that is really truly faith and not just hope.
I don't feel as distant as I did before my healing process started over two years ago, but I am much more disconnected as I have been since. That disconnect has a ripple effect, you can see it in my husband, you can see it in my children and you can see it in my ability to write and create.
Which brings me to asks,
Four: How am I using my talents?
One thing I know for sure is my ability to share through the written word is God-given. It's a talent that has been here since I was very little. Besides English 101 at the community college in the Fall of '96, I have not been trained in this skill. Honestly, I probably could use a good course in grammar.
But where are my talents being used (or wasted)?
If I had to pick one of those life focusing words for 2018 it would be "purpose". How is this fulfilling my purpose? How is this helping my purpose? How is this keeping me from my purpose?
Shelby just walked in while I was writing this (in my journal), talked a bit and then said, "Okay, get back to your Jesus work."
Yep, that's what I need to do, get back to MY Jesus work. Remember to not neglect the purpose He has given my life, then plans He has for my talents.
I love questions. I love digging deeper, hypothesizing what could be. Again, grammar. I am not sure if I am even using that word correctly, but, eh, it works for me.
I am not sure what form this will take, I have no plans for question focused weekly blog entries because seriously my crazy mind would see that as a goal and you wouldn't hear from me again until 2019.
As always, I welcome your prayers as I walk through through these questions. And, I guess, I even welcome your motherly (or fatherly) lecturing about my health - bring it! (nicely, of course).


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A last minute cancellation means there are now two places available for this Friday's dinner (27th May).
We've now confirmed our summer dates in June and July:
Thanks very much to all the guests who came along on Friday evening. We enjoyed the evening very much and hope you all did too.
Planning a summery menu, we were delighted that the Berlin weather didn't let us down and the 1st April was, if not balmy, certainly a pleasantly warm spring evening.
We've been online "friends" for a while with Kelsie and Mel of Travels with my Fork, food bloggers and fellow supperclub hosts here in Berlin.
Thanks very much to our guests from last Friday night for helping make the event so much fun.
A friend recently brought this review from last year to our attention.
We're pleased to announce that Thyme Supperclub has been featured in ELLE Spain in their Nueva Cocina Clandestina supplement.
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It's that time of the year when you smell pumpkins everywhere; the roads are deserted, hulking and scary winds blowing through the dark windows. Frankenstein, zombies, witches, and skeletons have transpired the land. Children are peeking through the windows and holding their breath to the horrific blowing noises. It gets spooky as soon as it's the sun sets down and dark shadows take over it.
Halloween is the most celebrated festivals of North America. The houses are decorated with bones, spider webs, skeletons and so much more. After celebrating it for past so many years in Canada, we are now in Dubai.
While doing my research online, I came through Halloween celebrations at the Rooftop lounge at Royal Ascot Hotel in Bur Dubai. Just like my children, I was desperate to celebrate one of favorite festival Halloween in Dubai. We thought of checking it out last night, I was amazed to see the setup done by Rooftop Lounge, magnificent work done by the team. It was a bit spooky and gave us that feel of Halloween in Dubai.
I personally loved Rooftop lounge, quite a spacious space….perfect to chill out with friends while having shisha, drinks and some sumptuous delicacies freshly prepared by the chefs on site. The huge TV screen is so welcoming and is perfect to watch Soccer and cricket matches, obviously, it's more fun to cheer the team with the larger crowd. Not to forget the soulful music by the DJ…..it's a big party every night at Rooftop Lounge.
Rooftop has launched its 5th successful season recently and is very creative in entertaining their new and repetitive guests. Mr. Suneel Bhambani, the Owner of Rooftop lounge meets each and every guest with a smile and makes sure to get a feedback from them to ensure guest service and quality. The ambiance, the feel, the décor and space and the hospitality at Rooftop lounge, set it apart from the others.
Each night at Rooftop is a theme night; like Monday at Rooftop is now Manday, Tuesday is Ladies night, Wednesday is Karaoke and Thursday is a Bollywood Quiz night…..there are games available for the guests to participate. It is a perfect venue for corporates for their team-building exercise. We loved our time at the Rooftop lounge and is looking forward to visiting them again soon.


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We did not solve the waste problem in the village of Abusir. Nor did we fi1nd donors to pay for the cleansing of the contaminated canal. Instead this workshop kicked-off the 'cooking with Sabah' payed workshop sessions who bring expat women and Egyptian women at one table, co-designed marketing tools for small local businesses, prototyped panels with the CNC machine at icecairo's fablab, developed a dictionary in order to help 'university-smart entrepreneur' communicate to 'street-smart entrepreneur', showed kids how to make their own books and capture stories or taught them some first lessons about making biogas or recycling garbage. All of these was initiated by participants after watching closely, hearing focused and talking openly with end-user led by designerly way of thinking.
Some of the participants built up a Design Thinking community, give workshops themselves creating revenue for themselves and others whom they teach these tools, other went back to their institutions and infused the learned lessons in their daily work and
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Of all the new debuts at the Geneva Auto Show, this would probably be what I'd like to own the most; the Volvo V40 T5. With a 256 horsepower turbocharged 5-cylinder engine making 295 lb-ft , I'd have plenty of performance on tap, and the knowledge that Volvo's safety features would keep me unharmed when I inevitably did something stupid.
The V40 won't just be available in performance trim. A pair of 1.6L 4-cylinder engines will also be offered – with 1.6L diesel, which makes 115 horsepower and over 200 lb-ft of torque, emits less than 100 grams of CO2 per kilometer, an important number in countries where vehicles face an emissions tax. A more powerful diesel will also be available. A start-stop system, regenerative braking andVolvo's CitySafe collision avoidance system will be standard throughout the range. Other features, like a self-parking system, will be available on certain models. Volvo apparently won't be selling the V40 in the U.S., despite Mercedes and Audi offering competitive vehicles in the near future – maybe they'll have a change of heart?
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If the "official" start of this holiday shopping season is any indication, this year will be one for the history books.
From Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday, records were smashed. More than $3 billion was spent online, an increase of nearly 12% from the year before.
Two of e-commerce's heaviest hitters reported large mobile crowds: Amazon reported that 70% of its Thanksgiving Day web traffic was mobile, while Target pegged its mobile traffic at 60%, suggesting that a lot of folks were "multitasking" while eating turkey and watching football (in my case, the Pittsburgh Steelers).
Most importantly, spending patterns confirmed our very bullish outlook on e-commerce in general and mobile retail in particular; shoppers on both Black Friday and Cyber Monday forked over more than $1.1 billion each day, via smartphones mostly.
We've been recommending profitable e-commerce and mobile plays like Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) and PayPal Inc. (Nasdaq: PYPL) to my Private Briefing readers since soon after we started publishing in 2011. I "walk the walk and talk the talk," so naturally I'm more than comfortable spending money online, whether I'm on a PC or a smartphone.
But when it comes to planning how I spend, I take a decidedly low-tech approach. Every holiday season, you'll find me at my kitchen table with a very un-cutting-edge pen and paper, writing out a list of gifts I'd like to get my loved ones. I've done it for years, ever since I was a kid.
And, since I love making money as much as the next guy, I like to pick gifts that I'm sure will "keep on giving" to my friends and relatives.
I'm talking about some of the most powerful and successful money-making ideas of all time, of course…
This Holiday Gift List Has Something for Every Investor
"Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage of Wall Street," by Michael Lewis
With its focus on the junk-bond pollution of the 1980s, this book is about an earlier era, to be sure. But substitute in "Goldman Sachs" for "Salomon Bros.," "credit-default swaps" in for "junk bonds," and "housing bubble" for "leveraged buyouts," and you'll see that nothing ever changes on Wall Street. Plus, the book is flat-out hilarious.
"The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine," by Michael Lewis
Michael Lewis is a talent, as this second runaway hit proves. Just as "Liar's Poker" chronicled the Gordon Gekko "Greed Is Good" 1980s, "The Big Short" captures the absurdity and unavoidable wreckage of the credit-default-swap era. Indeed, this disturbing-but-informative view of the financial crisis shows us how Wall Street transformed the American Dream of home ownership into a full-blown nightmare.
"The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream," by H.W. Brands
This is a little something for the gold bug on your list. I'm picking up several copies of this one.
Brands is a popular historian of the same stripe as Stephen Ambrose. In this book, he pushes aside the deeply rooted myths of the California Gold Rush, a seminal and, as it turns out, misunderstood event in American history. Brands tells some incredible stories in fascinating detail. Gold investors and history buffs alike will love this one.
Now, as it happens, I'm recommending this book at the time a strange and potentially very lucrative "gold anomaly" is appearing in the markets for only the second time in the past 20 years. It may not stick around through the holidays, though – have a look…
"The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and Digital Money Are Challenging the Global Economic Order," by Paul Vigna and Mike Casey
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"Kosmische musik" redirects here. For the related record label also known as "Kosmische Musik", see Cosmic Couriers. For other uses, see Cosmic music.
Krautrock (sometimes called "kosmische Musik", German: "cosmic music"[8][9]) is a broad genre of experimental rock that developed in Germany in the late 1960s.[10] The term "krautrock" was originated by English-speaking music journalists as a humorous name for a diverse range of German bands whose music drew from sources such as psychedelic rock, the avant-garde, electronic music, funk, minimalism, jazz improvisation, and world music styles.[5]
Largely divorced from the traditional blues and rock and roll influences of British and American rock music up to that time, the period contributed to the evolution of electronic music and ambient music as well as the birth of post-punk, alternative rock and New Age music.[5][11] Important acts of the scene include Can, Kraftwerk, Neu!, Amon Düül II, Ash Ra Tempel, Tangerine Dream, Popol Vuh, and Faust.
Until around 1973, the word "Deutsch-Rock" ("German Rock") was used to refer to the new groups from West Germany.[12] "Krautrock" was originally a humorous term coined in the early 1970s by British disc jockey John Peel[13] or by the UK music newspaper Melody Maker, in which experimental German bands found an early and enthusiastic following, and ironically retained by its practitioners.[14] The term derives from the ethnic slur "kraut", and its use by the music press was inspired by a track from Amon Düül's Psychedelic Underground titled "Mama Düül und Ihre Sauerkrautband Spielt Auf" ('Mama Düül and her Sauerkrautband Strike Up').[15][16][17] According to author Ulrich Adelt, it should be noted that "kraut" in German can refer to herbs, weeds, and drugs.[18] Other names thrown around by the British music press were "Teutonic rock" and "Götterdämmer rock".[18]
Its musicians tended to reject the name "krautrock".[17][18] This was also the case for "kosmische Musik" ("cosmic music"), a marketing name invented by record producer Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser for krautrock bands like Ash Ra Tempel, Tangerine Dream, and Klaus Schulze.[18] Musicologist Julian Cope, in his book Krautrocksampler, says "Krautrock is a subjective British phenomenon," based on the way the music was received in the UK rather than on the actual West German music scene out of which it grew.[15] For instance, while one of the main groups originally tagged as krautrock, Faust, recorded a seminal 12-minute track they titled "Krautrock", they would later distance themselves from the term, saying: "When the English people started talking about Krautrock, we thought they were just taking the piss... and when you hear the so-called 'Krautrock renaissance,' it makes me think everything we did was for nothing."[19] West German's music press initially used "krautrock" as a pejorative, but the term lost its stigma after the music gained success in Britain.[18]
Krautrock merges elements of psychedelic rock, the avant-garde, electronic music, funk, improvisational jazz and world music styles,[5] and expands on the type of musical explorations associated with art rock and progressive rock.[20] Critic Simon Reynolds described the style as "where the over-reaching ambition and untethered freakitude of late '60s acid rock is checked and galvanised by a proto-punk minimalism ... music of immense scale that miraculously avoided prog-rock's bombastics."[5]
The key component characterizing such groups is the synthesis of rock and roll rhythm and energy with a decided will to distance themselves from specifically American blues origins, drawing on German or other sources instead. Jean-Hervé Peron of Faust says: "We were trying to put aside everything we had heard in rock 'n' roll, the three-chord pattern, the lyrics. We had the urge of saying something completely different."[19] According to Peel, the only American or British band to "clearly influence" the genre was England's Pink Floyd, particularly for their "spacey music".[21]
Some artists drew on ideas from contemporary experimental classical music (especially minimalism[22] and composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, with whom, for example, Irmin Schmidt and Holger Czukay of Can had previously studied) and from the new experimental directions that emerged in jazz during the 1960s and 1970s (mainly the free jazz pieces by Ornette Coleman or Albert Ayler). Moving away from the patterns of song structure and melody of much rock music in America and Britain, some in the movement also drove the music to a more mechanical and electronic sound.[11]
A common rhythm featured in the music was a steady 4/4 beat, often called "motorik".[23] The beat is characterised by a bass drum-heavy, pulsating groove, that created a forward-flowing feel.[23] The motorik beat was first used by Neu! on their debut album[24] and were later adopted by other krautrock bands. The motorik beat has been widely used in many different styles of music beyond krautrock.[25]
Kosmische Musik
See also: Electronic music
Kosmische Musik ("cosmic music") is an associated style of 1970s German electronic music that uses synthesizers and incorporates themes related to space and otherworldliness.[26][27] The term came into regular use before "krautrock", though it is now sometimes used synonymously.[26] The style was often instrumental and characterized by "spacy," ambient soundscapes.[27] Kosmische artists used synthesizers such as the EMS VCS 3 and Moog Modular, as well as sound processing effects and tape-based approaches.[26] They largely rejected rock music conventions, and instead drew on "serious" electronic compositions such as those of György Ligeti.[27]
The term "kosmische Musik" was coined by Edgar Froese in the liner notes of Tangerine Dream's 1971 album Alpha Centauri.[27] The following year, Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser's Ohr Records released the compilation Kosmische Musik (1972) featuring tracks by Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Ash Ra Tempel, and Popol Vuh.[26] Several of these artists would later distance themselves from the term.[26] The style would later lead to the development of new age music, with which it shared several characteristics.[27]
Background and origins
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By the end of the 1960s, the American and British counterculture and hippie movement had moved rock towards psychedelia, heavy metal, progressive rock and other styles that incorporated socially and politically incisive lyrics. The 1968 German student movement, French protests and Italian student movement had created a class of young, intellectual continental listeners, while nuclear weapons, pollution, and war inspired protests and activism.[28] Avant-garde music had taken a turn towards the electronic in the mid-1950s. The avant-garde minimalist music current emerged in the early 1960s with the works of Americans La Monte Young, Terry Riley and Steve Reich. They used drones and loops (often with synthesizers and tapes) in a kind of psychedelic and space-oriented music.[citation needed]
These developments influenced what came to be termed krautrock, which appeared at the first major German rock festival in 1968 in Essen.[29] Like their American, British and international counterparts, German rock musicians played a kind of psychedelic music. In contrast, however, there was no attempt to reproduce the effects of drugs. Their sound was an innovative fusion of jazz and the electronic avant-garde.[5][not in citation given]
1968 also saw the foundation of the Zodiak Free Arts Lab in Berlin by Hans-Joachim Roedelius, and Conrad Schnitzler, which further popularized the psychedelic-rock sound in the German mainstream.[30] Originally krautrock was a form of Free art, which meant that krautrock bands gave their records away at Free Art Fairs.[citation needed]
The next few years saw a wave of pioneering groups. In 1968 two former students of Karlheinz Stockhausen formed Can, adding jazz to the mix. (In that way the krautrock scene can be seen to parallel the Canterbury scene emerging in England at the same time.) The following year saw Kluster (later Cluster) begin recording keyboard-based electronic instrumental music with an emphasis on static drones.[citation needed]
Legacy and influence
Krautrock has proved to be highly influential on a succession of other musical styles and developments. Early contemporary enthusiasts outside Germany included Hawkwind and in particular Dave Brock who supposedly penned the sleeve notes for the British edition of Neu!'s first album [31] Faust's budget release The Faust Tapes has been cited as a formative teenage influence by several musicians growing up in the early 1970s such as Julian Cope (who has always cited krautrock as an influence, and wrote the book Krautrocksampler on the subject). The genre also had a strong influence on David Bowie's Station to Station (1976) and the experimentation it inspired led to his 'Berlin Trilogy'.[32][33]
Krautrock was also highly influential on the late-'70s development of British new wave and post-punk, notably artists such as Cabaret Voltaire, The Fall, Gary Numan, Joy Division, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Simple Minds and This Heat, and on Galloping Coroners' shaman punk. Kraftwerk in particular had a lot of influence on American electronic dance music of the 1980s: electro, house, techno and especially goatrance. Ash Ra Tempel was strongly influential on the later development of 70s ambient as well as post-rock.[34]
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1. … had included links to credible news stories that back up his point. (they're out there for anyone to read for themselves.)
2. …didn't adhere to the right/left paradigm. (we know Obama was a product and puppet of a corrupt machine going back at least a hundred years on both sides of the political isle.
America really did have a Manchurian Candidate in the White House
By L. Todd Wood– Sunday, July 1, 2018
Why did Obama and Hillary take down Moammar Gadhafi, who had already given up his nuclear weapons? Was it to destabilize Libya, where ISIS could gain another foothold? Why did Obama help install the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt? What was the agenda behind the so-called Arab Spring?
However, the coup-de-grace of anti-American activity was the JCPOA, or, to say it another way, the agreement to give Iran everything it wanted, including nuclear weapons and money — lots of money — which it immediately used to further destabilize the region, and existentially threaten the only democracy in the Middle East, Israel. To take it a step further, why didn't Obama support the opposition against the Mullahs in 2009 when there was an obvious chance for regime change in Iran? Why didn't Obama confront Bashar Assad's chemical weapons use? One of the main unanswered questions is what ties did Valerie Jarrett really have to the Iranian regime?
I won't go into why Obama ran up more debt for the United States than all previous presidents combined. I won't ask why he weakened our armed forces. I won't ask why he used tyrannical policies, like using the agencies of the federal government to go after his political opposition. I won't ask why he politicized our security apparatus in an attempt to frame President Trump.
What I will say is that there was a big fox in the hen house for eight long years. Eight long years for people like Brennan, Hillary, Kerry, Clapper, Comey and Jarrett to really hurt us regarding our safety and security. …


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Its variety of tourism opportunities is
equaled only by its biodiversity. The country has the largest percentage of protected
areas in the world, with more than 26% of
its landmass set aside as national parks or
reserves. These sanctuaries are home to 5%
of the world's biodiversity, including more
than 840 species of birds.
Since many in the wild kingdom are early
risers and I was in Costa Rica to explore the
Central American country's flora and fauna
and its ecotourism efforts, I grudgingly welcomed a 5 a.m. wake-up at the Lapa Rios
Eco Lodge on the Osa Peninsula courtesy
of the not-too-distant sounds of a troop of
howling monkeys.
The Lapa Rios, a 1,000-acre, private na-ture reserve in a tropical rain forest, has17 private bungalows similar to the well-appointed, high-end lodges familiar totravelers exploring Africa in style. After afascinating early morning exploration ofthe reserve's environs, thanks in part to thehowling monkeys, I joined a small group(of people, not monkeys) for a 15-minutecharter flight arranged by Costa Rican Va-cations to the Sirena Ranger Station in theheart of Corcovado National Park. Thepark, known for its biodiversity, is home tojaguars, pumas, ocelots, tapirs, sloths andall four Costa Rican monkey species: thewhite-headed capuchin, the Geoffroy's spi-der monkey, the Central American squirrelmonkey and my new friends, the mantledhowler. The flight is the most practical wayto make a daytrip to the heart of Corcovadofrom the Lapa Rios.After landing on the small, grassy air-strip, we ventured forth into the surround-ing jungle for a four-hour hike with guideextraordinaire Rudy Zamora. He pointedout one species after another, quickly focus-ing his tripod-mounted Swarovski spottingtelescope, which gave us the opportunity totake turns witnessing wildlife up close in itsnatural habitat.
The three lodges I stayed in during my
week in Costa Rica — Lapa Rios, Arenas
del Mar and Finca Rosa Blanca — served as
great case studies of ecotourism done right.
Finca Rosa Blanca, a coffee plantation and
boutique hotel in the highlands above San
Jose, has three master suites and villas and
11 junior suites. Among their recreational
activities is a Coffee Tour, which finishes
with a tasting. Coffee beans started being
planted in Costa Rica in the early 19th century and soon became the country's first
major export. Costa Rican Tarrazu, used for
making espresso, is considered among the
finest arabica coffee beans in the world.
Arenas del Mar, an 11-acre ecoresort
overlooking Manuel Antonio National
Park, is built up and down the cliffs along
the Pacific Ocean and has direct access to
two beaches. The property is an excellent
example of how a large-scale resort can offer world-class service while operating completely carbon-neutral.
All transportation on the property is by
electric golf cart. Solar panels are used to
heat water, coupled with energy-saving auxiliary water heaters. Energy-efficient lighting
is used throughout the property. Chlorine-free ionization systems are used to clean the
pool water, while nontoxic, biodegradable
cleaning products are used to keep the resort sparkling, and a vermiculture-based
compost system recycles organic waste.
All plants at Arenas Del Mar are native toCosta Rica and can be found growing natu-rally in this area of the country, eliminatingthe need for chemical fertilizers and pesti-cides.The country itself is a pioneer of ecotour-ism. Its progressive environmental policiesand aspirations include the goal of becom-ing the first carbon-neutral country by2025. In 2012, it became the first country inthe Americas to ban recreational hunting.Costa Rica's ability to focus on tourismis in large part due to its political stability:It has had an uninterrupted democracysince a brief civil war in the late 1940s. In1948, it abolished its military, becoming thefirst of only a few sovereign nations with-out a standing army, stating that it wouldbe replaced with an army of teachers. Theresults include a literacy rate of over 96%,with Spanish being the primary language.
The English translation of Costa Rica is
"rich coast." Whether it was first applied
by Christopher Columbus, who reached
its Caribbean shores on his final voyage in
1502 and reported the presence of natives
adorned with gold jewelry, or by conquistador Gil Gonzalez Davila, who landed on
the Pacific side in 1522, "la costa rica" is an
accurate description for its 800 miles of
But Costa Rica's most important riches
are not its gold reserves or pristine beaches
but its biodiversity, a treasure it is more
than willing to share with visitors. According to the Costa Rica Tourism Board,
over 1 million North Americans visited the
country in 2015.
Visit Costa Rican Vacation at www
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Tourism Board at www.visitcostarica.com.
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Fair and Conde Nast Traveler.
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Steel: Reduces Noise. And Mass. And Cost.
Although the material from Material Sciences
Corp. is named for one of its properties, what it can
deliver goes well beyond its quiet characteristic.
Quiet Steel, a product of Material Sciences Corp. (matsci.com), is a tailored steel, specifically engineered to attenuate specific vibrations, thereby reducing noise. It is a sandwich material, with a 0.001-in. viscoelastic layer bonded between two layers of cold-rolled steel; the steel can be coated as required by the specific application.
The material has had some notable, highly visible applications over the years. You may recall a TV ad for the Ford F-150 from a few years back where the use of Quiet Steel—for a dash panel—was cited as an advantage of the vehicle.
Among the applications that Cliff Nastas, Material Sciences CEO, ticks off as being prime application areas, in addition to the dash panel, are floor panels, wheel wells, and cowl plenums. And the steel is being used also for oil pans, transmission covers, and engine covers.
In some regards, this may seem like old news.
But Nastas says, "Over the last few years, the use of Quiet Steel in body structures has declined."
And the reason, he suggests, is the economic crisis that the industry went through. If you're looking at deadening sound, then there are a whole lot of ways that it can be accomplished, from using thicker carpet backings to using liquid applied sound deadener (LASD) and mastics. All of these are low-cost means to reduce cabin noise.
Times have changed in the last few years, and with them, requirements. Every vehicle manufacturer nowadays tends to tout the quietness of its new vehicles. There is certainly a customer expectation that they're able to hear their new infotainment system with a fidelity not marred by, say, engine noise, and that their voice recognition system will be able to understand their commands without road noise getting in the way. NVH (noise, vibration, harshness) is an area of particular concern for the OEMs.
Another change is that there is a greater proliferation of small and midsize cars. Which means that the occupants of the cabin are closer to the sources of noise than they would be in, for example, an F-150. What makes the smaller cars more challenging is that because they are smaller, there are packaging issues: OEMs are working
to keep the size of the cabins as large as possible and boast when they add half an inch here or there, so doing things like increasing the thickness of carpet backing isn't advantageous for that effort.
And what is perhaps the biggest change, is now that OEMs are facing increased fuel economy standards, mass reduction is becoming an essential undertaking. Taking weight out is essential, but it is not being done at any cost.
So the new argument for Quiet Steel, which is not old news, is that it, says Nastas, can "offer a substantial mass reduction and in many cases a cost-save" compared with using the less expensive (as in purchase cost) materials. "When you use Quiet Steel," he says, "you can eliminate other materials that weigh more without sacrificing the acoustical properties."
Nastas says there have been instances where they lost the business because the material had a cost premium of $2 or so for the application, but had it been used, it could have resulted in a mass save on the order of 6 lb. He goes on to say that as OEMs are spending about $2.50 per vehicle to reduce the weight by a single pound, saving 6 lb. for $2 makes economic sense: "If there is a mass save and a cost save, it's a home run."
Of course, in many vehicle develop-ment programs there are the people who are working NVH over here and the people concerned with mass over there and the people concerned with budgets up there. So the need is for a more systemic approach to dealing with these issues. What's more, Nastas admits that his company's material "is not the answer for every body part. It is predicated on the design of the vehicle, the infrastructure of the vehicle, and what they are trying to achieve."
According to Bilal Bizzi, MSC's Auto-motive strategic account manager for North America, if there is early involvement during the design phase of a program, "We can do CAE [computer-aided engineering] and predict where there is the best use of Quiet Steel panels so as to avoid weight and secondary operations like applying LASD."
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Burj Al Arab Hotel
Built to resemble a billowing sail, the stunning architecture of Burj Al Arab Hotel in Dubai makes it one of the most photographed in the world. All rooms are luxurious suites spanning two floors with state-of-the art everything and incredible views. And beyond the unique over-the-top amenities like the attached heliport and hovering tennis courts, there is a vast array of futuristic dining and nightlife options. Their guest care is also seriously intensive. Upscale extras include in-suite check-in, 24/7 personal on call butlers, and a chauffeur driven Rolls Royce fleet, all catering to an extremely well-heeled VIP clientele that often includes royalty.


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Although it may be connected to Antarctica by an ice bridge, the large land mass on the left side of the image is in fact an island: Adelaide Island, also known as Isla Adelaida and Isla Belgrano. The island is mostly ice-covered, and is 75 miles (121 km) long and 20 miles (32 km) wide. Parts of the island, in particular the Fuchs Ice Piedmont – ice covering a coastal strip of low-lying land backed by mountains extending in a northeast–southwest direction along the entire west coast of the island – are being affected by climate change. Scientists have reported atmospheric warming causing inscreasingly early summer melting on the island, leading the snow-covered surface of the ice piedmont to deteriorate over the years.


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It may not be something a lot of people spend their time thinking about, but your choice of wireless router has a distinct effect on the quality of Internet browsing people in your household experience. Despite this, the majority of people are happy to continue using the router given to them by their ISP (Internet Service Provider). So why should you be any different?
The truth is, you can have the best, fastest Internet connection in the world, but if you don't have a wireless router capable of handling it, you're losing out. For example, paying £50 for a 100mbp connection is a waste of money if the router you are using can only output speeds up to 50mbps. And you can be sure that your ISP will be happy with that situation!
Upgrade your wireless router is quick and easy!
Upgrading to a newer wireless router really isn't too difficult either. You can hugely ameliorate your Internet experience on all of your devices, just by choosing the right one. And with more devices than ever demanding their share of your precious bandwidth, now is definitely the time to consider upgrading!
To make it easier for you, we've assembled a Top 10 of 2019's best wireless routers for UK, Malta (or any other European country) so far, based on their technical specifications and ease of use – read on and take your pick!
Google Wifi 2019 Review
The tech giant's entry combines intuitive features with simple user experience.
Starting with the big boys. The latest wireless router offering from tech giants Google is very much in line with their other products such as the Chromecast – minimalist, unobtrusive, and user-friendly. Google have definitely adopted an Apple-like approach to both software and hardware in recent years, keeping things as simple as possible with features like step-based user onboarding, and limiting the amount of physical interaction with the device that is required.
Setting up is a snap – you simply plug the cylindrical wireless router into your modem using an ethernet cable, and scan the QR code on the wireless router with your smartphone. Right away, you are able to give your network that funny name you thought of ('pretty fly for a wifi' or 'FBI surveillance van' anyone?) and set the password. Just like that, you're online and broadcasting!
Onto features – the Google Wifi wireless router is easily as well-equipped as its competitors. Offering download speeds of just over 100mbps on its 5ghz band, it's not the fastest in the world, but makes up for this with its emphasis on coverage. Through use of its 'wireless mesh system', you will be able to ensure wifi coverage throughout your home or office without needing to resort to typically unreliable wifi signal boosters or extenders.
Another flagship feature for the Google Wifi wireless router is its automatic bandwidth prioritisation, which intelligently directs limited bandwidth resources to where they are needed most – so for example the games console running online multiplayer matches will be given priority over the iPad being used to browse eBay. The experience should be optimal on both devices, as they will both get the bandwidth they need (assuming your connection has enough bandwidth to go around).
Pros of Google Wifi
✓ Wireless mesh system means larger coverage area
✓ Easy to set up and configure
✓ Automatic bandwidth prioritisation
Netgear Nighthawk R700 Wifi 2019 Review
Big names usually mean quality products, and this is no exception.
As a highly trusted brand name in the wireless router industry, Netgear have a big reputation to protect every time they release a new product. They made their name by making fantastic wireless routers, and it is still by far the largest part of their operation.
The Nighthawk R7000 is certainly a worthy addition to Netgear's already large catalogue of excellent wireless router options.
Named for its cool, angular design which resembles a miniature, futuristic jet fighter plane, the Netgear Nighthawk R7000 is sturdy and doesn't look out of place, wherever you put it. It is on the larger side of the wireless router size spectrum, however that is not saying much when most routers are nowadays very small. Besides that, portability in wireless routers is rarely, if ever, an issue.
As well as being cheaper than the R8000, its big brother model, the Nighthawk R7000 is also lauded for being generally easier to use and not lacking in any crucial features. It boasts three antennas for improved signal amplification, although these are detachable, allowing you to remove them if you so desire. Built in parental controls come as standard thanks to OpenDNS.
The speed of this model is one of its crowning features. Devices able to tap into the 5ghz band are able to access massive speeds of up to 1300mbps, with the 2.4ghz band offering a still impressive 600mbps. It is important to remember however that wireless routers, even ones as impressive as the Nighthawk R7000, cannot create bandwidth out of thin air. Speeds like those advertised will be accessible only on the fastest connections provided by your ISP.
For the more technical-minded among you, the Nighthawk R7000 wireless router also provides DD-WRT support. This allows you to run Linux-based third-party firmware on your router – however this is only advisable if you are certain you know what you are doing! The Nighthawk R7000 also offers OpenVPN support.
Pros of Netgear Nighthawk R7000
✓ Lightning-fast download speeds
✓ Attractive and robust
✓ Easy to use with enough features for advanced users
Zyxel Armor Z2 AC2600 Wifi 2019 Review
Top choice for hardcore gamers and filthy casuals alike.
Looking like it has come straight from outer space with its cleverly designed fan vents and antennas, the Zyxel Armor Z2 AC2600 (let's just call it the AC2600 from this point on shall we?) is an excellent partner to have when taking on the world at online gaming. Whether you are an uber-competitive CS:GO fanatic, or a sofa-dwelling FIFA casual, or any combination of the two, no-one wants lag in their online gameplay.
The AC2600 has definitely got you covered in that respect, with its gigantic offering of over 2000mbps on the Quad- stream 802.11ac channel. Although the 802.11ac is still to be adopted on a number of devices, industry consensus tells us that it will become the standard sooner rather than later – good news if you are into future-proofing your hardware so it doesn't become obsolete within six months like most technology does!
But it's not like you'll need to wait to get to the top speeds; the more commonly accepted 802.11n channel still cranks out a whopping 800mbps. Ably assisted by its Streamboost feature which intelligently analyses traffic, allocating extra bandwidth where it is needed most, this should be more than enough to see you owning newbies on your game of choice to your heart's content.
Brilliant for gaming though it is, there is little doubt that the AC2600 is also a very solid all-rounder, and well worth the money even if you are not into online gaming or streaming 4k movies through Netflix. It offers an impressive FOUR ethernet outputs, and is superb and handling multiple devices which are concurrently downloading and uploading – also known as MU-MIMO. And thanks to the web-based interface and the 1.7ghz processor the AC2600 has under its flashy exterior design, the setup can be dealt with very swiftly.
Zyxel Armor Z2 AC2600 Pros
✓ Solid all-rounder, but ideal for gaming due to huge speeds
✓ Handles MU-MIMO really well; multiple devices uploading and downloading concurrently is no problem for this beast
✓ Streamboost feature, which intelligently allocates extra bandwidth
✓ Quad stream 802.11ac is wicked-fast and future proof, but not many devices use it yet
TP-Link Archer C7 Wifi 2019 Review
Entry-level model for the wifi connoisseur operating on a tight budget.
Another networking industry giant, TP-Link provide this wireless router in order to cater to the more budget-conscious wifi connoisseur. The router itself is large yet stylish in appearance, although the build quality is not perfect, being made exclusively from plastic. Despite being very much an entry-level model, the TP-Link Archer C7 is still a solid option that will do almost anything that is asked of it.
Able to simultaneously handle multiple large tasks with ease, and offering a superb top download speed of 1750mbps, this wireless router certainly offers great value for money when it comes to the important stuff. The TP-Link Archer C7 is dual-band, and sports six antennas; three internal and three external. This gives it a highly respectable range within which it can pump out those excellent top speeds.
Although extra features are lacking due to being an 'entry-level' model, this wireless router will still get the job done when it comes to streaming and online gaming. It can't compete with some of the other wireless routers on this list when it comes to pure technical specifications and sheer power, but then again, it isn't trying to. Regardless, the TP-Link Archer C7 will likely offer a significant upgrade on the router provided by your ISP at the time of installation.
Pros of TP-Link Archer C7
✓ Great value for money, entry-level router
✓ Can handle multiple large tasks with ease
✓ 1750mbps is a great speed for a device with such low-end pricing
✓ Good range provided by multiple antennas
Asus RT-AC88U Wifi 2019 Review
Asus have outdone themselves again with this fantastic offering.
As well as being known for making very solid, top of the line PCs, Asus are also well established in the high-end wireless router market. The Asus RT-AC88U is no exception; by all accounts it is considered to be one of the best options on the market right now if you are looking to get a high-quality, all-round wireless router that will handle anything you throw at it.
In terms of appearance, it is typical Asus; sleek and stylish with sharp angles. Again, like many of its fellow Asus products, this wireless router looks great in black, especially with the cool red accents on the antennas which give it a certain je ne sais quoi. It's so nicely designed and executed, the router would not look out of place in a lineup with some top-of-the-range gaming PCs.
Getting into the nitty-gritty technical specifications a little more, the Asus RT-AC88U boasts 8 separate gigabit LAN ports – all of which are capable of delivering extremely high Internet speeds without suffering anything in the way of performance issues. As a dual-band router with solid speeds on both the 2.4ghz and 5ghz bands, it can also act as Network-attached storage (NAS).
Setup is also a snap, thanks to the highly intuitive and extremely well-designed web interface which walks you through all the initial configurations your router requires. For those less interested in handling all the manual setups, there is also the Quick Internet Setup wizard, which will get you up and running in no time at all.
Pros of Asus RT-AC88U
✓ Well thought-out web interface and easy setup
✓ Appearance is cool and sleek
✓ Speeds are good on both bands
Netgear Orbi Wifi 2019 Review
Competitor to Google wifi, with comparable range and speed.
This wireless router is another entry into the 'wireless mesh system' category, resembling the Google Wifi in both specification and the way it works. In the box, you will receive two separate devices; one, the router itself which plugs into your modem and into a mains electrical socket. The other device is called a 'satellite' or a 'booster', and plugs into the mains at another location in your home or office. The two devices sync up very easily (simply by switching them on at the same time) and between them can provide greater coverage than one single device could.
Regarding the technical specifications on the Netgear Orbi, it offers just over 90mbps of download speed, which is plenty enough to support online gaming, movie streaming and cloud backups for any average household or small office. The speed is similar on both the 2.4ghz and 5ghz bands, which is good as it means you won't be limited to a vastly slower connection because of your choice which device to use. The router boasts 4 gigabit ethernet ports, 4GB or flash memory, and 512MB or RAM.
Simplicity is a key theme with this wireless router – its matte plastic, unobtrusive and minimalist design complementing the overall ease of use of the device. Setup and configuration is a piece of cake, thanks to the simple web interface, and the process of pairing the two devices is particularly user-friendly – just press the sync button and you're good to go!
Pros of Netgear Orbi
✓ Easy setup, simple configuration
✓ Unobtrusive, minimalist design
✓ Good speed and coverage
Linksys WRT 3200 ACM Wifi 2019 Review
The router of choice for those of you who really know their stuff.
This is the wireless router to get if you are knowledgeable about networking and want to get right into the nitty-gritty of configuring all of your own settings and features. A far cry from the plug-and-play nature of other routers such as Google Wifi, the Linksys WRT 3200 ACM is certainly more complex, but to the right person with the right knowledge, far more rewarding.
The aesthetics marketers have taken a backseat here, allowing the router to be much more focussed on packing in as many features as possible, underpinned by some impressive top-end specifications. The processor is a powerful 1.8ghz dual core CPU, and the router also boasts 512MB of RAM and 256MB of flash memory, making it thoroughly well-equipped. It also has 4 gigabit ethernet ports, and can reach speeds of over 2500mbps (thanks to the tri-stream 867mbps connection) on 802.11ac, and a still respectable 600mbps on the 802.11n band. Pair it with signal boosters to achieve the best connection experience throughout your home or office.
However, the biggest selling point for the Linksys WRT 3200 ACM has to be its almost limitless customisation possibilities and useful features. You can use the comprehensive web interface to set up all manner of configurations such as parental controls, guest connections, prioritisation of media devices, and more. There is even support for OpenVPN. And there's more – this wireless router supports open-source firmware from third-party producers.
This opens up possibilities where you can really push this wireless router to the limits of its potential.
- Speed: 802.11ac: 3x 867 Mbps, 802.11n: 600 Mbps
- 4 gigabit ethernet
- 1.8GHz dual core CPU, 512MB RAM, 256MB flash memory
- More focused on functionality and personalisation than appearance
- Open-source; Use whichever firmware you like
- Packed with features; openVPN, parental controls, guest connections, media device prioritisation
- Can be paired with signal boosters to extend range throughout your home or office
Pros of Linksys WRT 3200 ACM
✓ Unbeatable for functionality and personalisation potential
✓ Very well equipped, both in terms of features and specifications
✓ Open-source firmware
D-Link DIR 890L Wifi 2019 Review
Cast your net wide with this highly capable offering from a true industry mainstay.
From D-Link, a company very well-known for making some truly fantastic networking products, comes the DIR 890L. Its initial appearance is striking; looking like some form of hovership or alien spacecraft – the stylish and futuristic form complemented by the black casing and dark red accent. Six antennas complete the look, but that's not all they're for – the antennas are responsible for equipping this wireless router with one of the best ranges around.
As well as its impressive range and tri-band capabilities, which make it perfect for large homes and offices constantly running multiple devices, the D-Link DIR 890L wireless router also packs a punch when it comes to speed and functionality. It has 4 LAN ports, and can be equipped with an external hard drive in order to be used for NAS (network attached storage).
Pros of D-Link DIR 890L
✓ 6 antennas offer impressive range
✓ Tri band router, great for heavy users with multiple devices or commercial environments
✓ Stylish, futuristic appearance
Linksys WRT1900ACS Wifi 2019 Review
High quality mid-level router which lives up to its billing.
Networking solution veterans Linksys make their second appearance in our list, this time with the WRT1900ACS. The range and performance are both well worthy of the Linksys name, and it comes with a host of features and perks that, although you would expect it from such a big brand, still work hard to impress.
The Linksys WRT1900ACS wireless router is tri-stream, which puts it at a slight disadvantage against some of the quad-stream routers in this list. However, it will give you speeds of up to 1300mbps on the 802.11ac band, and 600mbp on the 802.11ac band. 5 gigabit ethernet ports and 2 USB ports (including 1 USB 3.0) are plenty for all but the most heavy users. Under the bonnet lurks a 1.6ghz processor and 512MB of RAM, which handle the extremely professional and slick software interface with ease.
Speaking of the software, as well as being very well-made and simple and fast, it also makes very light work of features which are crammed into this wireless router, which include a built in VPN and OpenWRT compatibility. The addition of LinkSys Smart Wi-Fi support puts the icing on the cake to make a highly polished all-round router.
Pros of Linksys WRT1900ACS
✓ Fantastic software interface
✓ Tri-stream; range and performance very respectable
✓ Built in VPN
Synology Router RT1900ac Wifi 2019 Review
The new boys have introduced a potential game-changer into the market with this one.
With all the other routers in this list coming from companies who are all well-established in the wireless router market, we thought we would finish off with a newcomer. Synology made their name in networking by providing NAS solutions, and have now applied that knowledge to create a wireless router with their own twist.
The features which truly make this router special are in fact inspired by Synology's early NAS solutions. The Synology Router Manager software is made in a similar style to the software that made their NAS products so popular – essentially a Linux-based software resembling the appearance and functionality (and most importantly, familiarity) of Windows. By combining this software with the Android or iOS app, and attaching an external hard drive via the USB port, you can use this router for shared storage support and access the files on your mobile device.
The technical specifications of the Synology Router RT1900ac are very similar to other routers of the same price range; it gives speeds of 1300mbps on the 802.11ac band and 600mbps on the 802.11n band; it has 5 gigabit ethernet ports; and it has 2 USB ports.
Pros of Synology Router RT1900ac
✓ Synology Router Manager: Windows style Linux-based software, easy to use
✓ Shared storage support, with supporting Android and iOS apps
✓ Good speed and range, but similar to others in this list
So – which is the best router of 2019 so far?
Obviously, that depends on what you need/want how you're going to use it! For pure functionality, customisability and all round techie goodness, we recommend the Linksys WRT 3200 ACM.
However if you just want to upgrade your current router to achieve better range and speeds with minimal hassle, then the Google Wifi is the way to go for you.


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Great Services
Our friendly, kind and professional staff, the true value of our hotel, will welcome you upon your arrival to the Baku, Azerbaijan! In the true spirit of hospitality, they ensure a personalized service tailored to your expectations and wishes with the aim of turning your stay into a myriad of memorable moments you will wish to relive again.
Airport Transfer
Our employee organizes for you a pick-up at the airport or at the railway station, in advance informing you the cost and confirming all the conditions of the meeting.
Room Services
Let yourself be pampered by our team with the room service and taste your meals in the privacy of your room. The RoseInn Hotel's Room Service accepts orders 24 hours a day. It serves traditional National cousine, hearty Western style meals, Japanese food, appetizers, soups, main courses, and desserts.
General Information
Rose Inn hotel is located 5 km away from Baku city center and 500 meters away from "Ganjlik "metro station which is also a major shopping center. The Caspian Sea can be reached within a 10-minute drive from the hotel. Heydar Alliev Airport is a 25-minute drive from the hotel.
Rose Inn hotel is equipped with modern and comfortable rooms, business facilities and free WI-FI available for its guests. All rooms of the hotel have new and modern air conditioning, bathroom toiletries, flat screen TV, seating and working areas. There are 5 types of light comfortable guest rooms. Smoking and non-smoking rooms are also available. We guarantee that our guests will receive a warm, friendly welcome and genuine hospitality from every member of our team.
- 24 hour front desk.
- 24 hour room service.
- Flat-screen Tv with cable satellite television
- High speed wireless internet
- Safe deposit box in rooms
- Coffee and tea making facilities
- Large walk –in rain showers and signature bathroom amenities
- Hair-dryer
- Mini-bar
- Plush bathrobes and slippers
- Baby cots and extra beds
- 24 hour concierge service
- Shuttle service
- Free parking
- Wakeup service
- Daily room cleaning service
- Free fitness center for hotel guests
- Laundry, dry cleaning and pressing service
- Elevators
- Conference hall (for 12 people)
Online Booking
Bar & Restaurant
A breakfast buffet is provided and the restaurant specializing in European and local cuisine. Drinks are served in the lobby bar with lounge seating. Rose Inn hotel friendly staff is always ready to welcome our clients efficiently & effectively.
Fitness Centre
Hotel "Rose Inn" takes care of your health. In our hotel you can use our fitness center, which is intended free for hotel guests. Here you will recharge with vitality and health. Take care of your health while traveling!