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Taking an active role in graduate student activities marked the beginning of LIM Ho Hup's long involvement in tertiary education, and thence to Singapore's early development from a trading post towards an industrialized economy.
Mr LIM had joined the University of Malaya in 1949 the year of its foundation in Singapore. Then, the character of university life was markedly different from today: his cohort (in the Science Faculty) then numbered about 100. For most of them, it often took an extra year to finish their first degree, because students came from all over the then Federation of Malaya. Not all schools had laboratory facilities for training their science students. Only two of that cohort completed their first degree by 1952 and Mr LIM was one of the two.
Graduate participation in university affairs was given extra frisson then with the existence of the Guild of Graduates, a statutory body to which the vice chancellor of the university would present his yearly progress report, and significantly, answer any questions put to him.
Mr Lim recalled an event that happened in 1954 when he was doing his masters degree:
"The then vice-chancellor, a well-established member of the British colonial establishment, said that the graduates did not care much for their alma mater. This remark was greatly resented by the graduates, who included myself, and led to the requisitioning of a special meeting which finally passed a resolution to formally censure the acting vice-chancellor for making of that remark."
With the Guild constituted as it was, the graduates had more clout in these matters. This meant greater cohesion and a sense of greater responsibility towards the running of the University. Even so, such action -- taking on the colonial administration even in a peripheral sort of way -- was remarkable for those times. We should recall that this was before the Suez Crisis of 1956, the event historians agree that made Britain finally decide that the Empire would have to end sooner or later. For many, it had seemed that the British would be here for ever and discretion might well be the better part of valour.
Mr Lim commented:
"Some of us believe that this went a long way towards making the graduates a more integral part of university life. Leading the action then were Dr Sreenivasen and Yong Nyuk Lin. These are unusual events before the 1966 Suez crisis, when it had seemed to most of us that the British colonialists were here to stay for long, long time."
Later, Dr Sreenivasen became the vice-chancellor, and Mr Yong became Minister for Education in the self-governing (and later independent) Singapore.
Mr LIM's further involvement in education followed later -- first as the secretary and then as the president of the University of Malaya Society, in 1958. He later also became a member of the university council as the nominee of the Guild of Graduates at the age of 29. By 1975 Mr LIM had served at the council level at all the key tertiary institutions in Singapore, namely, University of Malaya (University of Singapore/NUS), Nanyang University, Singapore Polytechnic, and the Ngee Ann College (later the Ngee Ann Technical College, the antecedent of the Ngee Ann Polytechnic).
During the transformation of Nanyang University to the now NTU, there was difficulty in finding a suitable vice-chancellor after Dr LEE Chiaw Meng had resigned as Minister and vice-chancellor. A committee of four was appointed to perform the statutory functions of the vice-chancellor, which included Mr LIM.
In parallel, Mr LIM also in those years played a key role in Singapore's development in his years as Director at the Economic Development Board in the 1960s, and later as the Director of the Technical Education Department at the Ministry of Education.
Speaking of his involvement then: "In 1961, the EDB was formed, with its main task to convert Singapore from an essentially trading economy to an industrial one. We had to transform the whole government system. In a trading economy, the government's function is regulatory. In an industrializing economy, the emphasis is developmental. We cannot wait for things to happen. Our task is to promote change and take action. A lot of innovations were necessary."
The EDB was in charge of developing the industrial estates like Jurong etc. It also promoted the development of industry-oriented research institutes, and provided industrial financing which commercial banks were not able to do. It spawned DBS and the JTC and started a whole gamut of skills-training programs. The Industrial Research Unit (IRU) evolved into SISIR. There were also several other innovations such as the promotion of the Institute of Management which was started with a subsidy from the EDB. After EDB, Mr LIM went into the private sector, and started the first petrochemical plant in Singapore in the 1970s. In the early 80s, he also became the first president of the ASEAN Finance Corporation, which was set up by the banks in ASEAN countries to promote cross border investments.
"We cannot wait for things to happen. Our task is to promote change and take action."


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Mark Chignell: It is with heavy heart, but happy memories that we offer up a few words on this sad occasion. Today we lay to rest a son, a friend, a colleague, a father, a husband and a very unique person. When I first met him he was a twenty-something electrical engineer from UCLA in my Human Factors class at USC and he had an opinion on everything. He was very clever and very intense. He moved to Toronto to work with me when I got a job there and I was honored to supervise his Ph.D. He was the backbone of my lab for several years and I can still remember the soulful trumpet of Miles Davis playing in the lab when he was working late.
Shumin Zhai: Thank you all for coming to this very special although tragic event. We all feel this should not have happened to someone who is so young, so full of ideas, energy and indeed life, someone with such a lovely young child Theo and a wonderful wife Jill, and loving parents, as well as many friends like us who admired his character, intelligence, and wit and viewed him as an important part of our lives. Like you I am still in shock and find it incomprehensible. But let's not dwell on the tragedy and let's remember what an amazing person Gene was.
Mark: Gene could be very stubborn, and he loved to argue. He was also a loyal and decent person who was devoted to his parents, as they were to him. I believe that Gene would have made an excellent university professor but his career led elsewhere. He had a very successful research career at FXPAL and it is fitting that FXPAL closed at 2pm today so that his colleagues could be here.
Shumin: As a close friend for 20+ years, many images and episodes come to my mind whenever I think of Gene. One of the first things that come to my mind is Gene's character. He is someone who I felt I could always trust and considered him a true friend in every sense of the word, and I am sure it is a feeling shared by many others. Because of his character I enjoyed every moment I fortunately had with Gene even when he was blunt and direct, or if we disagreed about something. Gene had my deepest respect because how sincerely he treated people and his friends and how loving he was towards his wife, son and the other family members.
Mark: We both admired Gene's great taste in the arts, music, photography, food and wine. Gene was also a chess player, and a jazz lover. He loved to make outrageous puns. As a photographer he was an artist, originally specializing in black and white but Jill persuaded Gene to switch to color for the sake of the baby photos after Theo was born. Gene was also a loving family man. My son Ken is the same age as Theo and when they were babies Gene gave me a copy of the lovely book Goodnight Moon, which I read to Ken many times.
Shumin: Gene was full of charisma, humor and wit. His witty remarks often stuck in my head for a long time, some for many years and some forever. (Shumin continues): Of course, a big part of Gene's life was about his work. Needless to say he accomplished a great deal in research, ranging from his pioneering work in creating unique tablet experiences, much of it is still to be adopted in the commercial world, to information retrieval with deep human factors considerations. He is one of the creators and leaders in a field now known as HCIR which combines Human-Computer Interaction and Information Retrieval. You can see Gene's wit in the acronym HCIR. In fact Gene is well known as HCIR_Gene in twittersphere.
Mark: Gene was an excellent researcher and he was extremely competent at many things. He could often finish a project in the time that most people would take to start planning it. In recent years he became interested in genealogy and not only did he research the family tree for his own family tree but also for Jill's. Shortly before his untimely death he was at a conference in Utah on genealogy, picking up tips that he could use in his own research on the topic. Gene never stopped living life to the full, right until the end.
Shumin: Gene's character also comes through in his research life. I have always been impressed by how well Gene could identify other people's good work and how he appreciated his colleagues' strength and capabilities, even if they were much less experienced. And indeed I have already read others making similar remarks on the web about how he easygoing and supportive he was towards graduate students and younger researchers he met at conferences.
Mark: Gene was more than a student and a colleague. He was also a good friend, and I'm sure many of you were also enriched by his friendship. Gene did not suffer fools gladly, and he probably wasn't the most diplomatic person you or I have met. But he had a heart of gold.
Shumin: Although his life was far too short, Gene had a great and remarkable life which will continue to inspire many of us in this world. This was what I told him last Thursday when I had a fortunate private moment with him in the last hour of his life. I told him he should be proud of his life.
Mark: We know that Gene had so much more to give, but we hope that in spite of the grief and the regrets that we can also celebrate Gene's life and find support and comfort in sharing our memories of him
Mark and Shumin: Gene, rest in peace. We will miss you.


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So four young women entered a local Wal-mart in Marshfield, Missouri for a bite to eat. Missouri is an "open-carry" state. It appears they are also getting their food at Subway inside Wal-mart. Apparently someone called the police to complain about them carrying their firearms. The owner of the restaurant didn't ask them to leave, but lo and behold the cops are on the scene.
What's most concerning about this event is the fact that several officers arrive and the first officer in the video starts asking for identification without even addressing why he needs it, even from a girl without a gun! You'll notice he also does not consider a passport or a weapons permit identification.
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He then seems to have a problem with the group videoing him and asks them why they are doing so. Apparently, he thinks he has a right to violate the Fourth Amendment of these girls, but takes issue with their First Amendment, as well as their Second Amendment rights.
The officer is not paying very close attention to IDs either. He looks them over and then asks the girls how old they are.
The officer then asks them to step outside, and once he steps outside discovers a young man walking up to see the girls and asks for his ID! Why does the officer need to see ID? No crime has been committed. In fact, the young man asks him explicitly, "Am I being suspected of something?"
The officer responds like Barney Fife, "I don't know, I just get a call, and that's the reason I'm here."
So he admits he doesn't know if anyone is suspected of anything. This officer needs to understand the Fourth Amendment because he is violating it all over the place. Here, let me help:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
The officer, by demanding their identification is violating their rights. Additionally, he has admitted that he doesn't even have probable cause to ask them for their identification.
The young man asks again, "Did I break the law?"
The officer, visibly frustrated, demands the ID, which the young man provides.
Upon providing the identification, the young man asks the officer, "Has the law been broken?"
"I don't know yet," the officer bellows. "That's what I'm trying to determine."
Then others arrived that have been traveling with the group and he wants to see their identification! Seriously, what is this Nazi, Germany?
He then asks about the young man filming him. The young man says that he has a First Amendment Right to do so, to which the officer seeks to demean him by asking him, "Is this what you normally do travel from town to town filming everybody?"
I guess the question would have been best asked in response to the officer, "Is this what you do, demanding IDs from people who haven't broken the law without any probably cause nor citing a reason for demanding identification?"
Then the officer told the young man that a business has the right to refuse them and ask them to leave, which the young man understood and complied with, but apparently, the young girls were never asked to do so.
There was also a follow up video as well, in which Marshfield Police Chief Doug Fannan, who at least carried himself in a more cordial manner than the previous one, attempted to talk about being pro-gun. However, the glaring problem that most people should see what he says is that if someone feels uncomfortable that you are exercising your right to carry your firearm, then you are creating a disturbance of the peace! I'm not kidding. Listen to him say it below.
Additionally, why do law enforcement officers not tell those that feel uncomfortable that they do not have the right to infringe on others' rights because of that? Why do they not educate those who do not understand the law? Could it be because they don't really understand it themselves? Could it be that they don't actually believe in the rights of the people? I'll let you be the judge.
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It took 10 days of overtime and almost half-a-million dollars extra, but the Kansas Legislature was able to pass a budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. Barely. The budget received the minimum number of votes needed to pass each chamber: 63 in the House and 21 in the Senate.
Yet pass it did, along with more changes to Kansas' tax code. Legislators were able to wrap up their business in the wee hours of Sunday morning.
There is no doubt there are any number of ways to look at what happened in the Statehouse. Given our concern for the state's future, we choose to look at the bottom-line numbers. They aren't pretty, particularly if you're a member of the middle or lower classes.
The state sales tax, which had been temporarily boosted during the recession and scheduled to expire at the end of this month, has been raised. Starting July 1 (or somewhere close to that as the state is required to give retailers a 30-day notice of such changes) instead of paying 5.7 percent state sales tax we will hand over 6.15 percent. During the next five years, that 0.45 percent will generate $1.12 billion for the state general fund.
For the budget to work, however, the state needed more than the billion-dollar-plus tax hike. It also reduced the standard deduction Kansans can claim to generate another $311 million, then partially repealed itemized deductions such as mortgage interest and property taxes to grab another $664 million.
Gov. Sam Brownback and enough followers to pass laws need that money for the redistribution program known as the Roadmap for Kansas. Taxpayers will send that $2.09 billion to Topeka to pay for the new income tax decreases passed by the Legislature. Those amount to just less than $1.2 billion for the next five years.
Most of the balance will be used to help pay for the massive income tax cuts passed last year, which eliminated state income tax for approximately 190,000 businesses and cut them significantly for high-income Kansans. Unfortunately, those cuts were so big lawmakers had to start hacking at state expenditures in 2014.
Regents universities received an across-the-board 1.5-percent cut. The K-State Extension Service was chopped 10 percent. Transportation had $300 million removed. The Department of Corrections was reduced so much Secretary Ray Roberts said: "The end result is that we will be spending far more than we save with the potential for increased victimization of Kansans due to an increased rate of untreated, unsupervised offenders in our communities."
K-12 public education spending was left unchanged. Of course, appeals still are being heard on the district court's ruling the Legislature is underfunding schools by more than $440 million annually.
Private health insurance companies will take over long-term, in-home services for the developmentally disabled. And the Department of Revenue figures show the state dropping below its legally required 7.5 percent ending balance as early as 2015.
But we do get cuts in our income taxes.
The governor boasts those cuts will be worth $4.6 billion during the next five years.
"We're starting to turn our state's economy around," Brownback said. "It will be not only the best in the country to raise a family but also the best to grow a business, and that's what we're after."
We do not doubt Brownback is sincere. He truly believes cutting 40 percent of the state's revenue will result in an economic miracle that will more than make up the difference. He has nothing but unproven theories, a cadre of rubberstamp legislators to move his case forward, and the implied consent of voters who put all these people in office.
The governor fully anticipates a couple of down years for the state before businesses and residents from other states move en masse into the Sunflower State. If it works out, Brownback has higher aspirations. In a Wall Street Journal interview earlier this year, he said: "My focus is to create a red-state model that allows the Republican ticket to say, 'See, we've got a different way, and it works.' "
We don't believe it will. We want to -- desperately. Kansas wasn't broken, and this "fix" will lead to a massive collision. Brownback and the barest majority of legislators just threw the Kansas train into high gear -- and there are no brakes.
"Now let's watch and see what happens," is how the governor summed up his plan in the Journal story.
Brownback can afford to watch the experiment unfold. The rest of us will have to live with the results.
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London, Johannesburg and Moscow, 18 December 2017 – Renaissance Capital, the leading emerging and frontier markets investment bank, has announced a consolidation of its Metals & Mining research franchise under the leadership of Johann Pretorius, Head of Metals & Mining Research and Head of Research for Africa, and his team.
Based in South Africa, Johann, a top-rated mining analyst with a wealth of experience in Africa and beyond, together with award-winning analysts, including Steven Friedman and Kabelo Moshesha, will be assuming responsibility for the coverage of Russian Metals & Mining stocks from Vladimir Sklyar, Director, Utilities, Metals & Mining Research.
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After years of experience with Mental health training within a workplace, Clearfocus professionals have noticed that it is commonly stated "that you are what you eat". The results of unhealthy eating is subjective to our mind and body, and therefore the evidence is as clear as the mood of the person who looks back at you in the mirror.
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6 of the best: tyre levers
Less faff wrestling rubber off the rim means more time riding
The humble tyre lever is a toolbox essential out on the trails, but which one does the best job when it comes to levering off your tyre to change that punctured tube? We put six to the test.
• Price (pair): £4.95 / $5
So good… These stiff resin levers feel sturdy, with their relatively deep section and wide tip, and come with a lifetime warranty.
The chisel-shaped tip has a large radius, which is easy to scoop under the tyre bead. Rounded edges and a slippery finish make it easy to slide the tyre off the rim with a single lever.
Their ergonomic shape means the Pedro's levers sit comfortably in your palm while wrenching a tight bead off the rim. They even come in a range of bright colours, making them hard to lose in the dirt.
No good… The tip is so long that it sometimes hooks under both beads.
Park Tool TL-4.2
• Price (three): £3.49 / $3.97 / AU$4.84
So good… Park Tool's plastic TL-4.2s have a wide tip with a precise edge that makes it easy to initially lift the tyre off the rim.
The broad lever body means there's no noticeable flex while working tight beads off the rim, and the double-sided spoke hook is easy to clip on. There's even a hole in each lever so you can hang them up for easy access.
No good… The angled tip can cut into the bead slightly, making sliding the lever around the rim more difficult.
A smaller cross section than the Pedro's levers means the Park Tool levers can't cope with as tight a bead.
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Specialized EMT Pro MTB
• Price (pair): £9 / $12
So good… The metal shank under the plastic coating of these futuristic-looking levers gives them a solid feel and means they should take some abuse. It's easy to slip the wide tip under tyre beads and lever them off the rim.
The spoke hook is easy to engage too. Unusually, the EMTs clip together using magnets — and have integrated bottle openers!
No good… The shape of the handle means the spoke hook digs into your palm. Because the plastic tip isn't as slippery as that of the Pedro's lever, it's harder to slide around the rim.
They're the heaviest and priciest levers here too.
Topeak Shuttle 1.2
• Price (pair): £5.99 / $8.95 / AU$10.49
So good… With the Shuttle 1.2, Topeak has combined a short lever, to initially lift the tyre bead, with a longer lever, to get the rest of the tyre off.
The short lever has a tight tip to catch the bead plus a spoke hook, while the long lever provides great leverage and doesn't flex noticeably.
No good… The plastic isn't as hard as that used by Pedro's or Specialized and marked on first use. Because the tip of the large lever is quite shallow, it can drop the tyre.
The short lever doesn't provide much leverage for initially lifting the bead off the rim.
• Buy it now from Chain Reaction Cycles
• Price (pair): £3 / $4
So good… These slim plastic levers from Cannondale are among the lightest on test and the smooth tip is easy to slide round the rim.
No good… The thin levers feel flimsy compared to the competition and flex when used on tighter beads, although we haven't snapped one yet.
Because the tip of the lever isn't very long, it can be hard to hook it under the bead of stiffer-walled tyres (there's not much space before you hit the raised top of the lever).
The small spoke hook is fiddlier to clip on than some of the others here, too.
• Buy it now from Hargroves Cycles
Minoura ATL
• Price: £13.48 (set of 3)
So good… Minoura's alloy ATLs are a modern take on the traditional metal tyre lever. Despite being the lightest levers on test they feel sturdy, with no noticeable flex when removing tight tyres.
No good… It's difficult to remove tyres with a single lever because the side of the tip digs into the bead as you slide it round the rim.
The tip's shallow profile can also make it tricky to hook under the bead, and we were worried about it nicking our tubes.
The spoke hook wouldn't fit around our 14g spokes. We'd be cautious about using metal levers on carbon rims too.


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My son has been getting his hands dirty this summer. He's been building sand castles, burying treasures and driving toy trucks around on mounds of dirt… right outside our back door, on the deck.
Our DIY Portable Sandbox has been his favorite outdoor activity this summer. I'm sharing how I pulled it together over at Beauty in the Mess, where I'm a Contributing Writer.
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If you've got a young child, it's a must-do. Not only does it keep my son entertained for hours, but it's a fairly mess-free way to play in the sand.
How so? Well, this DIY Portable Sandbox is made with a special type of sand that won't be in every nook and cranny of your child's body and clothing. Instead, it sticks to itself — which means the kids can get their hands "dirty" without mom having to worry that they'll be tracking sand throughout the house.
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But I'm enjoying this so much, doing lots & lots of 'slow stitching' and having fun thinking of all the different ways I could embellish those low volume squares. {see over here, here and here for earlier quilt details, progress photos & inspiration source}
There are some great videos over here, Jen Kingwell on handquilting, including her * 'cross' stitch quilting technique.
Wendy from wendysquiltsandmore has written an informative post all about her quilting thoughts with lots of wonderful photos too, well worth checking out. Oh, and the tutorial for a 'magic numbers' quilt is here by Katie over at sewkatiedid, #afunpattern.


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Von Balthasar presents one of the few serious studies available on the thought of one of the most important, and yet most neglected Fathers of the Church, Gregory of Nyssa. He was the most profound Greek philosopher of the Christian era, a mystic and an incomparable poet whom St. Maximus designated as the "Universal Doctor" and the Second Council of Nicaea declared him "Father of Fathers."
Less prolific than Origen, less cultivated than Gregory Nazianzen, less practical than Basil, Gregory of Nyssa nonetheless outstrips them all in the profundity of his thought, for he knew better than anyone how to transpose ideas inwardly from the spiritual heritage of ancient Greece into a Christian mode.


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Author: Michael Evans
If you are wondering whether to stock up on Kindle books or to wait for the iBookStore experience on your new iPad, here's a word to the wise from Jeremy Horwitz, editor-in-chief of iLounge. Jeremy looks in detail at the two main apps – Kindle and iBooks – and weighs up the pros and cons. But he also goes on to discuss two dedicated book apps where you buy the whole thing as a package. One is Alice for iPad, an illustrated, colourful rendition of the famous Lewis Carroll story; this doesn't do much for me, but then I'm probably not the target reader.
Much more exciting is a wonderful interpretation of Theodore Gray's The Elements: A Visual Exploration. It's a pretty boring subject for the average reader, but the stunning representation of all 118 elements shows just what can be done with electronic books. I'm about as interested in the subject as I am in flower arranging, but I can see my buying this app just for the visual effect. It's also wonderful iPad-bore material for a night at the pub.


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Bannister Academy is situated within Circulo Verde, a new residential community being developed along Calle Industria in Quezon City. It's one of the first buildings in the area, a state-of-the-art modernist structure. The subdivision was selected as an ideal learning environment that's both safe and convenient for students and parents
John-D Borra, the school's Headmaster, explains that Bannister gives parents three promises. "First, we focus on practical education," he says. "We want students to become street-smart, to be kids who can, figuratively speaking, be dropped in Divisoria and not only find their way back home but are also able to make friends with the vendors. Second, through our mentoring program, we keep pace with the kids, and we can be as crazy and fun as they need us to be. Third, we encourage parents to be involved with their child's education, to share the responsibility and help their child explore and develop their social intelligence."
"Social intelligence involves the ability to use your knowledge and adjust your behavior to a situation to achieve a goal," John-D says, adding that people with social intelligence become influencers, shapers, and builders of society. They can rally people around them to achieve a goal. It's not necessarily the smartest people who are able to do this. It's people who have the skill to analyze situations properly, understand the problem, and come up with solutions in order for as many as possible to benefit who are able to do great things.
"If there is one thing contemporary society has illustrated very clearly to us," John says, "it is that 'sharing' is a good way of making a living. Just look at Facebook."
To illustrate the value of sharing, Bannister is giving two deserving children the chance to a unique high-school experience through its scholarship program.
Please see mechanics below:
Bannister academy is giving out a 4-year full financial scholarship to deserving high school students. One (1) boy and one (1) girl will be selected.
Who is qualified?
· Anyone who is eligible for transfer to 1st or 2nd year high school*;
· Demonstrates good moral character;
· Has a strong drive to excel
*It is necessary to present supporting documents of eligibility
How many entries can be nominated?
· You can nominate only one (1) entry.
What should the entry contain?
All entries should include the following:
1. Your name and your relationship to the nominee
2. Basic Information of the student:
– Full Name
– Address
– Date of birth (date-month-year)
3. Contact details: Landline number, cellphone number and e-mail address
4. A 300-word essay by the student, answering the question, "How can I change the world?"
Where should I send my entry?
· All entries should be e-mailed to [email protected] on or before March 9, 2011.
When will candidates be selected?
· 10 finalists will be selected, 5 girls and 5 boys. The Names of finalists will be announced on March 11, 2011. They will be contacted personally and through their registered guardians.
· All finalists have to take an entrance exam and interview on March 14. Winners will be awarded on March 19, during the Bannister Open House.
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I'm starting to get questions on when we'll announce winners. Bottom line is that I hope to have the final 50 poems announced in the first weeks of August. Might be a little sooner; might be a little later. There are a lot of variables like the guest editor's time and availability, mail delays, verifying the final results--which all make it hard to give you a firm deadline. We stopped taking entries June 1, and if we email results by the first or second week in August, that's a pretty quick turnaround by litmag & contest standards, though I realize it won't feel as quick on your end of the process. We're doing what we can to finish it up as soon as possible.
This blog space is certainly faster than the old system, but I now realize it makes you sign on to provide comments. Sorry about that. Will look into a workaround. Did not mean to make it harder for non-Gmail users to post.
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We're the one anthology that cheers poets becoming ineligible for future editions ... because that means they've published their first book. This week's example is Kiki Petrosino's Fort Red Border from Sarabande. Excellent publisher, excellent poetry. Her prose poem, "You Have Made a Career of Not Listening" was in BNP2006.
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
Best New Poets Blog Is Moving
Our old blog host was proving unreliable, so I've shifted the Best New Poets blog to bestnewpoets.blogspot.com. Our readers have finished screening the manuscripts. All of your work should now have at least one reading. If it doesn't, let me know at editor [at] bestnewpoets.org, but I think we got them all.
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Multi-talented photographer Jacques Dequeker is used to interesting shoots, and in his new editorial for the upcoming magazine KRTL Collective, he is showing supermodels in 3-D. His colorful story entitled 'Angels' is more demonic than angelic, featuring twisted stand-up ponytails, horns and dark mysterious makeup.
Some shots even show a skull in half the model's face. Go grab your 3-D glasses, pick up KRTL Collective, and check out this creative shoot.
Implications - The Jacques Dequeker 'Angels' shoot for KRTL Collective will without a doubt transport you out of the mundane and into a dreamlike realm. These photos are a great example of what happens when talent and artistic vision combine. Have a gander for yourself and leave a comment below.
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Sunday, 31 July 2011
Sunday Review
After the shocking events in Norway, it was a brave Martin A. Bartels who took up the gauntlet to write about it. And his 'Epitaph' was a fitting poem, zooming in on a map from the broad sweep of global tragedies right into our own homes, where: The coffee mugs are always clean. / The muddled bedroom is empty.
Another brave poem was 'Of Somalia' by 'Anna' which powerfully denounces regimes that allow their people to starve for the sake of religious differences or political point-scoring. It reminds us of the importance of humanity amidst tragedy. The same is true of Charlene Langfur's 'Baghdad Morning in America' - the subtle rhythms and repetitions reminding us of the still-growing list of the dead: And the names are read quietly. Paced. A number. Another.
Also this week, we had some nifty wordplay from David Francis Barker in 'Debit' and further welcome 'relief' from new contributer David Bateman who took a 'wee' pop at the police in 'We Are Sorry (But...)'. We finished the week with Philip Challinor's Soldiers of Fortune which took a cynical look at politicians wanting old soldiers to 'spend a penny' too!
When choosing which poems to publish, we try where possible to get a variety of subjects and styles, light and dark - tricky sometimes when we have such a fast turnover! We want poems on the subjects everyone is talking about, and those little stories most people won't have heard of that capture the imagination.
We'd be interested to know what you think about the mix on Poetry24. Do we get the balance right?
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Yes, I think the balance is just about right. And, as you say, I also like the ones which deal with the lesser-known stories as well as the big stories.ReplyDelete
Yes I agree. I particularly like the occasional local stories.ReplyDelete
My personal choice would be for a smidgeon more of the lighter verse. I love the poems which highlight more local news. Unfortunately we have had a lot of very black news lately, and it absolutley right that these stories should be given prominence. Keep up the good work.ReplyDelete
It's really encouraging to get this kind of feedback. Thanks so much.ReplyDelete
Makes mental note - remind poets that some lesser-known/local stories can be just as inspiring as the 'headlines'.
I very much enjoy both the range of topics and immediacy of the poetry on this site. I can only guess at the amount of unsung work that must go into the planning and delivery of news-based poetry on a daily basis. Well done and thank you.ReplyDelete
Yes, perhaps a few more local stories and humour to leaven the the mix, and maybe even the occasional neo-con ode to oil if it turns up, just for a balance of perspectives.
One of the remarkable things about Poetry24, in addition to its diversity of topic and style, is the reminder that poetry (and by extension, art) is important and relevant. Here poetry moves beyond simply an expression to draw attention to events, challenge our perspectives, and sometimes make us laugh at ourselves. It doesn't get much better than that!ReplyDelete


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Its time to give thanks
Other changes have helped streamline our processes here in the building and resulted in better customer service. In the end, we're always striving to ensure the changes we make result in a better product for our readers. And it's in that spirit that we implement our newest change.
In recent years we have published thank you letters as letters to the editor only if they were about an item of public interest. They also needed to be written in general terms, rather than listing dozens of names of individuals and area businesses. But as of today, we will no longer require those types of letters be published as paid advertisements in our paper.
Like other matters we deal with, we have reviewed the issue of publishing thank you letters. After evaluating how we've been handling these letters and what other options might be out there, we've determined we can do a better job for our readers and the communities we serve. So, we are making a change.
We will publish all thank letters to the editor about items of public interest on Mondays. They will appear under the heading of "Giving Thanks" on the Opinion Page. Letters can list individuals and businesses, but they need to be 250 words or less. As with all letters, the author's name and hometown need to be published with the letter. And, we'll still need your phone number. Don't worry, we won't publish your number. But we need it so we can call and confirm you wrote the letter.
The Upper Thumb is filled with generous people. One of the ways residents show that generosity is through their support of benefits and fund raisers. Helping our neighbors is a way of life here. And we believe we're serving you better by making sure there's a spot "to give thanks" in our paper and reflect that generosity.
So, send your thank you letters and look for them Mondays under Giving Thanks on the Opinion Page. Thank you for reading, and thank you for writing.
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Commenter: Georgia Christian
Thank you Chris for this very informative article, I really enjoyed your take on it.
With Halloween pumpkins already pushing back-to-school notebooks off the shelves of your local big-box store, let us delve into the gloomy and vast world of the living dead. Of course, I don't mean zombies rising from the grave to feast on human flesh (admittedly, a more animated discussion, so to speak), but rather the living dead on your email list. Every marketer has them, but relatively few understand how to bring at least some of those dead emails back to life.
All too often, marketers get in the habit of looking at email on a campaign-by-campaign basis. This necessary first step helps reveal important strengths and weaknesses, such as which subject lines or offers perform best. However, this episodic view of email ignores a larger trend: Who interacts with the marketer's email over time?
Almost all email service provider platforms can perform some level of recency-frequency (RF) analysis. RF analysis sorts email addresses into tiers based on how often users open or click emails over a specific period, such as the past 10 emails. Most marketers will find in an RF analysis that a small percentage of users open or click nearly every email with increasing percentages interacting less and less. In fact, many marketers, especially volume-heavy retailers, will find that well over half of users may not have opened or clicked any emails in the measurement period.
Bear in mind that non-interactors exclude those with invalid email addresses, those who have unsubscribed, or those who have declared the marketer's email as spam. They simply don't open or click. The industry tends to refer to them as "silent unsubscribes," but for the sake of preserving the Halloween theme, let's call them "the living dead."
In the movies, the heroes generally fumble about until they can find the weapon that neutralizes the living dead, and that actually summarizes the approach that email marketers must take. Don't worry; dealing with the email living dead requires no chainsaws -- just some tried-and-true reactivation tactics. Unlike the heroes in the movies, however, email marketers may not depend on a single tool to help accomplish their goal.
First, marketers should return to the RF analysis mentioned above. Those tiers of interaction provide an initial clue for finding the right approaches. Looking at the tiers, marketers should come up with a definition for the living dead. Certainly, never-responders -- email addresses that have never opened or clicked an email -- belong on the list. But marketers should also include emails that once responded but have since stopped. Additionally, marketers may wish to include emails that respond below a given threshold, perhaps those who respond to 20 percent of emails or fewer. The cutoff depends on how much time and effort the marketer can put into reactivation.
Successful reactivation begins with creating relevant segments. Specifically, marketers should separate the never-responders from former responders and light responders. This segmentation approach allows the marketer to understand which tactics work best for each group. After all, these segments differ behaviorally. Former responders once found the email interesting, but no longer do. Never-respondents never did; perhaps they only supplied an email to take advantage of a specific offer. As a result, these different segments may respond to different reactivation approaches.
Next comes experimenting with the living dead -- better known as testing. Consider at least two different approaches for reactivation. We've seen significant differences in the success of offers, especially when comparing results between never-responders and former responders. Some offers include:
After testing, the most successful tactics will emerge. Of course, the definition of success depends on the marketer. While a retailer may judge success on purchases, other marketers may consider any click or open a success. In general, we prefer the broader definition of any click or open because it shows signs of life, if not a return to constant engagement. Resurrecting the living dead has to start somewhere.
One last thought centers on expectations. Marketers should not expect to reactivate every member of the living dead. Far from it. The most successful reactivation campaigns might reactivate 50 percent of the file, but those efforts involve high-value incentives for a highly targeted group. More realistically, marketers can expect to reactivate 5 percent of the living dead with modest efforts and up to 10 percent with more aggressive efforts.
So this Halloween, should a chalk-white zombie appear at your door, kindly hand him a mini Snickers bar and ask him nicely to start reading your emails again.
Chris Marriott is vice president and global managing director for Acxiom Digital.
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Thank you Chris for this very informative article, I really enjoyed your take on it.
Thanks Chris.
This article gives me the answer for when the client tells me that they are already maintaining their own list. I've had an answer that I've used, but adding this information makes it much more valuable to the client. I'll incorporate this into our presentations this week.
Great ideas, Chris. However, I'm surprised you didn't mention perhaps the most critical reactivation technique, that being to utilize an Email Change of Address service to help reconnect you with your customers' preferred email addresses.
More often than not, one's "living dead" email addresses are comprised of email accounts that people simply don't read, or hardly ever read anymore. The best RF analysis, segmentation techniques, and email strategies won't resurrect anybody if your emails are landing in "R.I.P." mailboxes.
An ECOA service can help you reconnect with 10%-15+% of your "living dead" on an initial pass and approximately twice that number if run quarterly over the course of year. That's like having your own personal "ghost whisperer" in your corner. :)
Hi Adam,
Thanks for your kind words regarding the article. And I agree with your perspective below regarding other means to stay in contact with consumers. The goal is to continue the conversation, the platform isn't important. I think your idea of inviting the "living dead" to stay in contact with you via other channels is an excellent one. I plan to use it!
Hi Chris,
Firstly, I like the ideas you shared in your article - thank you.
Secondly, another reactivation technique that might stir the 'living dead' is to invite them to follow you on Twitter, Facebook or subscribe to your blog.
I have learned that some people like to keep their inbox lean and mean, and would actually prefer to 'keep in touch' via social media.
Chris, would you agree it shouldn't matter if people choose to receive your communications via tweets, facebook messages or blog posts, instead of email?
Finally, I've heard what you called "The Interest Check" described as the "Break up email" - a phrase coined by an Aussie called Ian Lyons. I thought you might like it!
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Ontologies and datasets for the Semantic Web are encoded in OWL formalisms that are not easily comprehended by people. To make ontologies accessible to human domain experts, several research groups have developed ontology verbalisers using Natural Language Generation. In practice ontologies are usually composed of simple axioms, so that realising them separately is relatively easy; there remains however the problem of producing texts that are coherent and efficient. We describe in this paper some methods for producing sentences that aggregate over sets of axioms that share the same logical structure. Because these methods are based on logical structure rather than domain-specific concepts or language-specific syntax, they are generic both as regards domain and language.
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The Rams had first overall pick Sam Bradford working with the first string at this week's organized team activities, and although they won't declare him the starter yet, all indications are that he'll take the first snap of the season in September.
So it's good news for Rams fans that Bradford says he's already got a good handle on the offense.
"I feel very comfortable with everything we have in right now," Bradford told reporters Thursday. "I've said every time I've talked to you guys, the more I do it, the more comfortable I feel. Obviously having 13 or 14 practices and the minicamp, I've got a lot of reps, I've got a lot of experience with the plays. I feel good with everything we have, and I feel like the more I continue to do it, the more I study it, the more comfortable I'll become."
The Rams have concluded all their OTAs and minicamps, but Bradford says he won't be taking it easy until the start of training camp.
"I'm not going home for another two weeks," Bradford said. "We'll be around here, working out doing stuff. I don't have a break yet, but it will be nice to be able to slow things down a little bit, be able to look at film a little more detailed, get in the playbook and just talk through some things that we can spend some more time on."
The one thing that could get in the way of Bradford starting for the Rams in Week One is a lengthy training camp holdout. Bradford says he doesn't see that happening.
"I'm not concerned about it," Bradford said. "That's why I hired an agent [Tom Condon]. He's very good at what he does and I'm sure him and the Rams will come to an agreement before training camp and I expect to be here on time."


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SITTING at home on the Greek island of Lesbos, Juanma appeared to have the idyllic existence most people dream of. A luxurious lifestyle in the sun, a home, a car and good salary all provided by his club, Kalloni.
Yet deep down he was destroyed. Kalloni were holding him to a one-year pre-agreed contract extension and denying him a move to Hearts.
This was four weeks ago. Publicly, a statement on the Greek club's website stated an agreement had been reached that the striker would stay for another 12 months. Privately, he desperately wanted out. He had already met Robbie Neilson, the Hearts head coach, in his native Spain and was convinced he had to manufacture a transfer to Edinburgh.
Weeks of negotiations continued. Just when it looked like Kalloni would permit his exit, the deal collapsed. It took the player's brother, Joseve, and agent Clive Jagger to fly from Spain to Greece to restart talks. Eventually, officials at the Mytilene Municipal Stadium relented. They let Juanma go to Hearts for free, with a deal that he would pay compensation himself if he later reached the top level of European football.
The weight was lifted from his shoulders and, finally, the move to Scotland was on. He arrived at Edinburgh airport on Thursday morning and was a Hearts player by early afternoon. It brought an end to the most tense and anxious summer of the 24-year-old's career. His drive and determination to play in Britain had paid off.
"I was convinced this was where I had to be. This is where I had to come," explained Juanma, Kalloni's top goalscorer last season. "There was a lot of anxiety at one time when I thought the move wouldn't happen. We managed to get through it initially and solve it. I was very sad at one point when I thought I was going to sign a few weeks back but then something else came up. I tried not to show it."
After translating for his client, Jagger outlined more of the detail: "Myself and Juanma's brother jumped on a plane and went over to Greece. The only way we knew we would solve that is by going over there. The Greeks bark a lot more than they bite. It's a complicated deal. There was an agreement in place with the previous agent. I agreed to take over Juanma's contract six months ago because of my relationship with Craig Levein [Hearts' director of football].
"Juanma had a private pre-contract agreement that his previous agent had done. It was a crazy agreement that would've involved paying the agent money to hold the agreement. It would seem the document wasn't valid but it would've been a very long and complicated legal battle. We knew we had to reach a friendly agreement to avoid those complications.
"He [Juanma] has been really cool. He has not given any kind of negative thoughts about this or put me under any pressure. His brother has taken the whole load. He has never put any of us under any pressure."
The long-term aim is getting to England. Juanma believes his hulking frame and bustling style are ideally suited to British football and he hankers after the English Premier League. That move remains a distant dream for now as he must first endear himself to the Tynecastle public.
"I'm convinced I can get there, I just want to start playing and scoring goals. I have no doubt I can reach the very top," he said.
"How realistic is getting to England? It will be a process, game by game. I need to score goals. It's a long process and we have to see how things go. When I spoke to Robbie, he was so enthusiastic about me coming to the club."
Curiously, Juanma has already rejected the chance to play in England for more money. The Bristol City manager Steve Cotterill wanted the forward at Ashton Gate next season, but a newly-promoted Championship club did not appeal.
"In my view, it might be right in a year or two, if the offer is right for Hearts, to go to a top Championship club. That's a step further," said Jagger. "I'm putting all my confidence in him becoming a top footballer. We agreed this move to Hearts together – his brother, me and Juanma. He's going to get time to play and score goals. A forward who doesn't play or score is useless. That's what our decision was based on."
One template Juanma may aim to follow is that of Miguel Pallardo, a fellow Valencian. The midfielder's career was in danger of stalling when he left Levante last year until he arrived at Riccarton on a short-term deal. He is now an established member of Neilson's team and is idolised by supporters. "Miguel has done really well here. His career was off track last year and now it's right back on track," said Jagger.
Pallardo was one whom Juanma consulted for information on Hearts. The former Tynecastle winger Suso Santana was also asked for advice. "Myself and Suso have a mutual friend so I spoke to him about what it would be like at Hearts," said the striker. "The message came back that it was a great city and a great club, very professional. I also met up with Miguel a few months ago and he said it was a fantastic place to play.
"I never played with anybody who has gone on to become famous but at Levante I did play against the likes of Isco, who is now at Real Madrid. There were quite a lot of players at youth level who have gone on to do very well in their careers."
The player he idolised as a youngster was Fernando Torres, even though Juanma is a Real Madrid fan and Torres is a living legend at city rivals Atletico.
"I am very strong, I've got quality and I can score goals. Torres is someone I have always admired."
Standing in the rain at Tynecastle during his unveiling, the sunshine of Madrid, Valencia and the Greek islands must have seemed a million miles away for Juanma. But he gives the impression there is nowhere else he'd rather be.


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Take a beer adventure to remember at the 2018 Hops on the Mon Craft Beer and Food Festival! This is your chance to sample from more than 175 different offerings from 70-plus local, regional, national, and international breweries in the indoor comfort of the Ruby Community Center at Mylan Park. The 40,000 square foot Expo Center is the perfect setting to savor the best local, American, and European craft beer available—all rigorously selected based on product quality and style distinctiveness. And while you're here, try a tasty treat and cast your vote to help us determine the winner of our Motown Taco Throwdown presented by Apex Chiropractic & Physical Therapy, and make your choice for best brewery and the recipient of our coveted Hops Cup for 2018. So be a part of the largest gathering of all things beer held in West Virginia.
Hops on the Mon will take place on Saturday, October 27 from 2pm – 7pm at the Ruby Community Center at Mylan Park, 111 Mylan Park Lane, Morgantown, WV 26501.
Hops On The Mon Craft Beer & Food Festival aims to elevate the standard in beer. Each brewery has been carefully selected with only you in mind. We want you to have the best-tasting beer experience possible by offering you the best of West Virginia, the United States and the world!
Abolitionist Ale Works
Anchor Brewing Co.
Bad Shepherd Beer Co.
Bayerische Staatsbrauerei
Bell's Brewery
Big Timber Brewing
Bold Rock Hard Cider
Brasserie d'Orval
Brasserie d'Achouffe
Brasserie de Chimay
Brasserie de Rochefort
Brasserie Dubuisson
Brasserie DuPont
Brasserie Silly
Brauerei Aying
Brewery Ommegang
Bridge Brew Works
Brouwerij Boon
Brouwerij Bosteels
Brouwerij de Brabandere
Brouwerij Duvel Moortgat
Brouwerij Liefmans
Brouwerij Lindemans
Brouwerij Timmermans
Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck
Brouwerij Van Steenberge
Brouwerij Westmalle
Cascade Brewing
Chestnut Brew Works
Country Boy Brewing
Devil's Backbone Brewing Co.
Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales
Elgood's Brewery
Elysian Brewing Co.
Flensburger Brewing
Flying Dog Brewery
Foothills Brewing
Founders Brewing Co.
Great Lakes Brewing Co.
Greenbrier Valley Brewing Co.
Hawk Knob Hard Cider & Mead
Heavy Seas Brewery
Helltown Brewing
Lagunitas Brewing Co.
Morgantown Brewing Co.
New Belgium Brewing Co.
Omer Vander Ghinste
Oskar Blues Brewery
Parkersburg Brewing Co.
Radeberger Gruppe KG
Ruwet Cider
Rogue Ales
Samuel Smith Old Brewery
Screech Owl Brewing
Short Story Brewing
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
Southern Tier Brewing Co.
St. Feuilien
Stone Brewing
Stumptown Ales
SweetWater Brewing Co.
Swilled Dog Hard Cider
Terrapin Beer Co.
Thirsty Dog Brewing Co.
Traquair House Brewery
Tre Fontane
Voodoo Brewery
Weathered Ground Brewery
Weyerbacher Brewing
No large event operates well without committed and hard-working volunteers and Hops on the Mon is no different. We're seeking special people with an interest or passion for craft beer and food to join our team and help us stage a successful event. As a volunteer, you'll work Friday, October 26, or Saturday, October 27. In return, you'll receive free admission to the event, a free event t-shirt, and the opportunity to attend a special volunteers-only party complete with food and drinks. Plus, you'll have some fun! So, simply click the link to volunteer for Hops on the Mon today.
Motown Taco Throwdown
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Hey, Hops on the Mon isn't just about beer. Each year we'll have a different food competition based on a theme, with the winner decided by you! This year's theme is tacos and the Motown Taco Throwdown presented by Apex Chiropractic & Physical Therapy promises to be a battle as eight of the area's best restaurants put their creativity to the test for the top spot and bragging rights until next year. As a Hops on the Mon attendee you'll have a chance to purchase samples from each competing restaurant and then cast your vote for the people's choice award that goes to the winner, along with a $1,000 grand prize! Please note that all purchases on the day of the event will be cash only, so remember to come with real money to spend on tickets, food and merchandise.
Here's the list of participating restaurants …
Table 9
Tin 202
Ironhorse Tavern
Black Bear Burritos
Rambling Root
Chico's Fat
Let's Go Tacos
Stop by our merchandise booth and get your official Hops on the Mon t-shirt for just $20 when you attend this year's festival. Show you were here and remember, cash only please!
Community Partner
Hops on the Mon is proud to partner with Friends of Deckers Creek as our community partner for this year's festival. We're excited to join in their mission to improve the natural qualities of, increase the public concern for, and promote the enjoyment of the Deckers Creek Watershed. A portion of the proceeds from Hops on the Mon 2018 will go towards the important work being done by Friends of Deckers Creek. You can find more information about Friends of Deckers Creek at deckerscreek.org.
General: $45
(Includes admission to venue with sampling, and souvenir tasting glass.)
(Includes admission to venue with sampling, exclusive access to VIP area serving rare and specialty beer samples with complimentary food, and souvenir tasting glass.)
Designated Driver: $20
(Includes admission to venue only.)
Click the link above to buy your tickets online!
Contact Us
Things to know
Hops on the Mon is a beer sampling—not a beer drinking—event. With the large number of beers available no attendee will be allowed, nor should expect, to sample more than a limited number of beers over the course of the event.
Be aware that cash will be required for ticket, food, and other purchases during the event. Please come prepared. An ATM is available in the front lobby of the Expo Center but should not be considered a reliable source of funds.
Hops on the Mon is produced and managed by Top Tier Beer Group LLC.
Hops on the Mon reserves the right to refuse admission, remove, or request law enforcement custody, for any attendee who is visibly intoxicated, aggressive, or detrimental to the enjoyment of the event. No refunds will be issued in this case.
Ample free parking is available for all attendees at Hops on the Mon. Attendees are strongly encouraged to get a ride to and from the venue and leave your vehicle at home.
The use of taxi and ride-sharing services is encouraged for all attendees at Hops on the Mon. A taxi and ride-sharing station will be set up at the entrance to the Ruby Community Center. Please utilize this service as necessary. We strongly discourage drinking and driving. Play it smart, designate a driver who does not drink, or get a ride for your safety and the safety of others.
Designated drivers attending the event are encouraged to volunteer and save the cost of admission. Please follow the volunteer link.
Ride the shuttle
Take a free shuttle to Hops on the Mon and leave your car at home! A shuttle bus will be operating from 1:00 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. from the Courthouse Square on High Street, leaving and returning approximately every half hour.


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Is UHD Blu-ray Poised To Reenvigorate Home Media?
The next step in physical media for home entertainment is coming to a store near you. In fact, it may already be there. 4K UHD TVs are already available, and UHD Blu-ray-capable media players will soon be debuting. Growing consumer interest will inevitably drive desire, initially by first adopters and ultimately by ordinary consumers, to seek out the best picture and sound to make the most of their components. And that's where UHD Blu-ray comes in…
These new next generation discs are expected to emerge at the end of 2015 or into early 2016 and media players capable of handling them are already going on sale soon. 4K TVs themselves are also widespread enough on the consumer market for a substantial market need to develop for 4K Blu-ray discs.
If you're unfamiliar with this latest-and-greatest standard, Ultra-High-Definition television or UHDTV is twice the horizontal and vertical resolution of the 1080p HDTVformat, with four times as many pixels overall. With a resolution of 3840 x 2160, a UDH picture is delivered at a ratio of 16:9 or approximately 1.78:1 aspect ratio. This resolution allows a much sharper picture, but also presents a challenge for encoders and authors, who must still work within the Blu-ray specification. This has initiated the development of a whole new class of authoring software. Both Scenarist and Jargon Technologies, market leaders in authoring technology, have been working on advancements in this area. (More on that in future blog posts.) UHD Blu-ray is forecast to drive a new segment of the home video marketplace. The DEG has reported that 4K Ultra HD TV sales exploded by 494% in just the third quarter of 2015. This year, nearly 2M 4K TVs were sold in the US market, creating a 3M household user base ready to enjoy the highest quality in home entertainment. This number is only expected to grow as more and more households opt with the higher resolution TV when they upgrade. All those TVs will require content. While Netflix and Amazon are offering 4K streaming content, viewers choosing this option need to have consistently high-speed brandwidth to take advantage, and coverage of 20-25mbps broadband isn't common. If you don't live in an area where that's possible, this option isn't really an option. Thus, UHD Blu-ray remains the best option for a consistent high-quality experience, and an opportunity for content owners. The potential opportunity for content owners to benefit with premium-priced product is significant and while the major gains may not be felt for another year, this forcast gives content owners time to beef up their UHD offerings. We're already fielding interest from clients about Giant's UHD capability, and we're scheduling our production calendar now. Take a Giant step with us…into UHD!


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Stuffed Bacon Rolls
2 Cups seasoned bread cubes
1 Tbls chopped onion
1 Tbls parsley
salt and pepper to taste
1/4 cup milk
1 egg
10 - 11 slices bacon
Mix bread, onion, parsley, salt, and pepper. Mix egg and milk and blend into
bread mixture.
Cut each slice of bacon in half.
Roll mixture into balls and wrap with one piece of bacon each.
Secure with tooth picks.
Place on a wire rack in a baking pan.
Cook 375 for 30 - 35 minutes.
Serve immediately.
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Grebes, Cygnets, Badgers & more...
Great Crested Grebe, Burnham
It's been a little while since I've posted a blog, so I thought I would share a few recent images and experiences.
I have recently found a new love for the Great Crested Grebe; a wonderful bird that has adapted to living in reservoirs and small canals in and around urban areas. They have a tremendous grace about them that is equaled in both style and character. They wouldn't seem out of place in such countries as Africa with their vibrant orange heads and piercing bright red eyes - so it a truly wonderful thing that they are British birds.
I have had the incredible experience to get to work in close proximity with a family of Grebes in Cardiff, gaining their trust, which allowed me to be close enough, even to watch as one parent taught their young to fish only a metre or so away from the tip of my lens.
You have not been able to truly appreciate these incredible creature's splendor until you have not only witnessed their famous mating rituals, but also watched them catching fish in relatively clear water - clear enough to see the action!
More images of the Grebes and more below.
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Watch: Befikre First Trailer Out and It Promises to be a Crazy Ride
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Ranveer Singh and Vaani Kapoor enact a tale of the modern day love story with Paris in the background
For all those who follow Ranveer Singh on social media, especially on Instagram, there was no fresh updates on his upcoming romantic comedy Befikre shot in Paris. However, the filmmakers have just released the trailer of Befikre which is due to release on December 9, 2016. Sources said, the actor was nervous about the trailer release at Eiffel Tower.
Since the trailer has been released on Monday, it has received over 2,00,000,000 viewers in a matter of few hours. According to the trailer, Befikre, a Yash Raj Films production, is set in Paris and depicts the story of two youngsters who are looking to have a good time together without getting involved in the hassle of falling in love. This modern day love story, hints at engaging in a crazy ride with Ranveer Singh and Vaani Kapoor playing the lead roles. There is dance, there is fun, there is charm of youth but there isn't much sign of any drama or action. Seems as if a huge part of the story that has not been revealed in the video, and perhaps we will only know when the movie hits the screens in December.
Watch 'Befikre' Trailer here:
Here is some reactions from on he movie trailer on social media:
#Befikre is going to be such a BLOCKBUSTER! The youth is gonna go MENTAL on it! @RanveerOfficial @Vaaniofficial @patilashish LIKH KE LE LO! — Milap (@zmilap) October 10, 2016
Beautiful dp and header!KUDOS @befikrethefilm ??❤❤ — team 'shyra' kapoor❤ (@team_vaanik) September 30, 2016
And how could we leave out the highly regarded KRK's review of the trailer:
I know it's vulgar, but this is what Lukkha students want, so #Befikre will be a sure shot hit! https://t.co/2xtdFIuuol via @youtube — KRK (@kamaalrkhan) October 10, 2016
We hope the movie will be as good as its trailer...


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What kind of ID do I need to get in?
You need a valid picture ID that shows your birthdate. Valid ID includes a current Michigan Drivers License, State ID Card, or a passport. If you have recently applied for a new drivers license and have the paper attached to the old license this is considered valid if you have applied for it in the last week.
What is the dress code for club nights?
1- No Athletic Apparel Including Baseball Caps with Team Logos, Also Jerseys, Warm-ups, Velour Suits, ETC.(Whether it Has Team Representation or Not.)
2- All Pant types (i.e. Pants, Jeans, Khakis, ETC.) Must have Buttons and Zippers.
3- No White T-Shirts, Mens Athletic Ts, All T-Shirts Must Not Be Longer Than 7 Below the Hips
4- No Bandanas or Wave Caps. All Baseball Caps Must be Worn Forward Facing (While inside the Club).
The Dress Code Applies to All Patrons Men and Women, and is Enforced at the Discretion of Management.
Where do I get tickets?
Ticketmaster.com, Marshall Fields stores with TM outlets, or Record Time in Ferndale. We only sell tickets at Clutch Cargos the night of the show, if any are available.
Can I bring a camera?
The bands control whether or not cameras are allowed. If cameras are allowed, we recommend that you bring a disposable camera, as it is less likely to get damaged or turned away at the door.
Do we sell alcohol at concerts?
We will put a wristband on anyone that has valid ID showing them to be 21 or older. We mark the hands of anyone that is under 21. Our staff of bartenders and hosts knows that anyone with a wristband can be served alcohol. They also watch for anyone with a wristband giving drinks to underage patrons. When caught we usually will eject them from the building.
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Men Fashion Must-Haves: Spring And Summer Shoe Styles!
Most Vixens have a shoe fetish, so our masculine counterparts should understand the importance of a good shoe. With this gallery, VIBE Vixen and our amazing Fashion Editor (@AdrienField) present shoe must-haves for men! This spring and summer season, guys can kick it in some proferated Keds or take a comfy stroll in some Creative Recs. Whatever your style (or your guy's), the right shoe can be found in this gallery! Stick around a bit and peruse the photos to see which you'll be copping this sesason!
Photo credit: Bryan Warakomski
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Sundance Film Festival Audience Award winner Undertow / Contracorriente (Peru), which deals with ghosts, forbidden gay love, and social conformism.
"Undertow" is Peru's official selection for the Academy Awards, and I haven't seen any of the other nominations, but this is a terrific movie. It is kind of a combination of Brokeback Mountain and Dona Flora and Her Two Husbands. I don't want to tell you too much about it, because I want you to discover it on your own. But, it opens with a very charismatic man listening to his pregnant wife's belly about their unborn child. And, he has a lover. And, what happens — this is just — it is one of those movies, that will really engage you and make you think, and it's quite emotional. It's quite wonderful. It's quite beautifully shot. So, five stars.


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On Friday, chatter on the Street had everything to do with China and whether Beijing's latest move pulled the plug any hopes for a year-end rally.
Overnight, The People's Bank of China raised bank reserve requirements for the second time in two weeks and the fifth time this year, stepping up its fight to rein in prices, a move that could temper growth.
"Commodities are seeing some increased pressure on China's news because any attempt to tighten their policy is going to dampen their ability to grow," explains Michael McGervey, president of McGervey Wealth Management in a Reuters interview.
"Since China obviously uses a lot of resources, if their growth is tempered it will have a negative impact on demand for commodities and materials."
Although these developments seem rather bearish for stocks, the Fast Money desk isn't all that worried.
How come? What do they know?