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Despite the addictive buzz of city living, sometimes it's good to break away from the crowds and get some fresh country air. Here's our pick of the best day trips all accessible from London…
Seaside | Royal palaces | Instagram heaven | Historical spots
Oh we do like to be beside the seaside
1. Brighton
Visitors have flocked here for centuries, and it's not just for the beach and pier combo. The self-proclaimed liberal capital of Great Britain has an abundance of vegan restaurants, hipster cafés and massive celebrations for Brighton Pride. It's no surprise that Brighton is considered one of England's most forward-thinking cities.
Don't miss: Shopping for vintage clothes in the Lanes – a vibrant and historic quarter of the city full of retro shops, art galleries, boutiques, cafes and record shops.
Time from London: 1hr by train.
2. Margate
Often referred to as "Shoreditch-on-Sea" following the recent migration of East London hipsters to this seaside town, Margate has come a long way since its donkey rides on the beach days. You'll find the Turner Contemporary Gallery, a tangle of vintage shops, trendy places to eat and drink, and a cool retro amusement park, Dreamland.
Don't miss: Cycling along the 32-mile Viking Coast Trail. Explore the chalk cliffs and rural villages in this charming part of Kent.
Time from London: 1hr and 30min by train.
3. Folkestone
This up and coming town along the Kent coast has undergone a massive regeneration project recently. Expect to find art galleries next to vintage boutiques and trendy cafés in the cobbled streets of the Creative Quarter. Around the corner, the Harbour Arm is full of pop-up restaurants and street-food from all over the world.
Don't miss: The sandy beach – one of the closest sandy beaches to London. It's a perfect place to chill out on a warm summer's day.
Time from London: 1hr by train.
Crowning glories
4. Blenheim Palace
Set among lakes, water terraces and miles of sweeping parkland in the Oxfordshire countryside, this Baroque masterpiece is a UNESCO-listed site. The home of the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, it's also the only non-royal country house to hold the title of palace.
Don't miss: Exploring the cute nearby market town of Woodstock.
Time from London: 1h 30min drive, or the same by train and bus.
5. Hampton Court Palace
Technically in London, we do have good reason for cheating. Discover acres of riverside gardens, a world-famous maze, vineyard and resident ghosts thanks to Henry VIII's wife-swapping antics.
Don't miss: Walking there along the idyllic Thames Path from Kingston
Time from London: 50min by tube.
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6. Warner Bros. Studio Tour
Attention all wannabe wizards and witches! (So everyone then). Live the magic of Harry Potter at the world-famous Warner Bros. Studio Tour London. Walk through the forbidden forest, visit Dumbledore's office, step onto Platform 9¾, ride a broomstick against a green screen and drink a Butterbeertm.
Don't miss: Wandering through the wizarding shopping street of Diagon Alleytm stopping to pick up your wand. Question is, will you have the same one as Harry?
Time from London: 40min by train.
7. Leeds Castle
Firstly, Leeds Castle is not in Leeds, but in the heart of the Kent countryside. Secondly, surrounded by lakes and romantic green parkland, it's considered to be one of the loveliest castles in the world. And finally, its last Lady of the manor was something of a raver who allegedly had several notable party-goers including former US President John F. Kennedy.
Don't miss: Arrive early to see the hot-air balloons fly from here – or get in one yourself to see glorious countryside all around you.
Time from London: 1hr 20min drive.
8. Mayfield Lavender Fields
You could easily be mistaken for thinking this is in Southern France, but no, forget Provence, it's just a mere 1 hour drive from the city. You smell the aroma of lavender long before you see it. Wander through the rows of purple, as you snap the perfect selfie next to the iconic red telephone box.
Don't miss: The owners run a photography competition so if you think your shots are great don't forget to enter.
Time from London: 1hr drive.
9. White Cliffs of Dover
The famous White Cliffs of Dover are the first sight of England that visitors see coming by ferry from France. Make sure to visit the coastal path for impressive insta-worthy views and great scenery along the English Channel.
Don't miss: Dover Castle sits on top of the cliffs but there are miles of tunnels waiting to be explored that were built into the cliffs during the Second World War.
Time from London: 1hr by train
10. Bombay Sapphire Distillery
A quintessentially British tipple – a gin and tonic is almost as popular as a cup of tea. Go behind the scenes at the Bombay Sapphire Distillery to learn about the history and craftsmanship of this tasty drink. More importantly though, you do have a gin tasting after the tour.
Don't miss: Fancy making the perfect G&T cocktails back home? Take part in a Masterclass and learn to create cocktails with a specially-trained Gin Expert.
Time from London: 1hr 30min drive.
Time for a history lesson
11. Canterbury
Home to a magnificent cathedral and UNESCO World Heritage Site, travellers have been visiting Canterbury for centuries. Four reasons why you should too: Roman walls, tangled medieval alleyways, riverside garden strolls (and pubs!) and a thriving student-driven nightlife.
Don't miss: A visit to the St Lawrence Cricket Ground. A classic English pastime is either playing or watching cricket. It's not as confusing as you think!
Time from London: 55min by train.
12. Hellfire Caves
Deep in the sleepy village of West Wycombe something sinister lurks. Underneath this unassuming community lies a mile of tunnels where back in the 18th century high class gentleman (known as the Hellfire Club) would meet to practise occult rituals, read 'rude' books and drink heavily.
Time from London: 1hr by train.
13. Stratford-upon-Avon
"My kingdom for a horse!" and cue all other Shakespeare one-liners. The birthplace of the Bard, Shakespeare and Stratford go hand in hand. When you're not misquoting the world's most famous playwright, explore pub-lined Tudor streets, Anne Hathaway's house (no, not the actress!) and the Holy Trinity Church, the burial site of Shakespeare.
Don't miss: More bass and less Bard, see another side of Stratford at the annual Global Gathering Electronic Music festival.
Time from London: 2hrs by train.
Feeling inspired for a whole new adventure, all digestible in a day? It's only a short train ride/ drive away. Check out our BritRail and National Express deals and head on out beyond the Capital!


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Sometimes I think there are too many face masks designed for acne. At least if you search on the internet. You never know which one is actually good for something. So, you should know there are a few natural ingredients that are specifically focused on the job you want them to do. Hence, if you stumble upon a natural remedy for acne that contains one of the following, you're in good hands.
Also, you can try to prepare your own acne face mask. After all you know better what your skin likes and dislikes. Use the list below and have some fun!
What natural ingredients should you use for treating acne?
|· Aloe Vera
· Apple
· Apple cider vinegar
· Aspirin
· Baking Soda
· Basil
· Brewer's Yeast
· Grape seed oil
· Green Tea
|· Carrot
· Chamomile
· Cinnamon
· Clay
· Cornfrey
· Cucumber
· Egg white
· Honey
· Lemon
|· Mint
· Nettle
· Oatmeal
· Orange
· Oregano Oil
· Papaya
· Pineapple
· Red wine
· Rose water
|· Rosemary
· Sea salt
· Seaweed
· Strawberries
· Tea tree oil
· Tomato
· Turmeric
· Willow bark
You must have already noticed that most of these ingredients are already in your home. No need to buy expensive acne treatments with designer labels to treat your acne; it is possible to do-it-yourself!
Aside from making this list, I though of helping you with a bit of research in what are the best 10 homemade acne face masks. Here you can find the list.
P.S. Every single Acne Face Mask was researched and I made sure all of them have only the best references from people with real acne problems. If you have a favorite remedy that's not on the list, please send it to me so we can share it with others in need. Also, If you think one of them doesn't deserve to be here, write me so we can delete it from the top.
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NSA to shut down bulk phone surveillance program by Sunday
The U.S. National Security Agency is expected to end its daily vacuuming of millions of Americans' phone records on Sunday and replace the practice with more tightly targeted surveillance methods. Gavino Garay reports.
NSA to shut down bulk phone surveillance program by Sunday
The Obama administration says the NSA will end it's daily bulk surveillance of millions of Americans' phone records by Sunday and will replace it with more targeted surveillance tactics.
The NSA will, by law, end it's expansive surveillance program by 11:59 p.m. on Saturday. The White House says the scaled-back surveillance system will be in place by then.
A presidential review concluded the surveillance program did not lead to a single clear counterterrorism breakthrough.
The ending of the controversial program comes two-and-a-half years since it was exposed by NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
It is the largest pairing down of U.S. spying capabilities since they dramatically expanded after the nine-eleven attacks.
The move is a long-awaited victory for privacy advocates concerned over wide-spread surveillance, at a time when national security concerns are high in the wake of the Paris attacks.


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The Craft Shop Website written 9 years ago
For the past few weeks me n't the girl have been busy beavering away to create The Craft Shop website. It's been kinda pleasant for me to actually be back doing real web-stuff, and to have completed an entire (if tiny) website.
The content is all static HTML (due to constraints on the server), which I was initially very resentful to have to use, duplicating things like header and footer code on every page. It's not proven too tasking though, I only wonder how much effort it will be to update the Workshop Calendar in a few months! Using PrettyPhoto makes adding things like galleries and other swooshy things possibly without needing server-side code.


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Hillsborough Residence
This 12000 sf estate nestled in the Hillsborough hills was purchased by the client in un-finished condition. BCDA was tasked with the job of modifying the original plan and filling the residence with rich textures, lush fabrics and elegant furniture. The design team focused on sourcing unique pieces with masculine undertones to populate the great entertaining spaces of the home and included distinctive, unexpected touches in each room.
Designers: Bethe Cohen and Vivian Soliemani
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In order to meet the demand for Fishing Vessel Dockside Exams, the Coast Guard is conducting another week-long Training Academy for prospective Fishing Vessel Dockside Examiners. The training will be conducted from September 12th thru 16th and there will be over a dozen students here in Sitka from throughout Alaska learning how to conduct Dockside Safety Exams. The most beneficial part of the week will be to get the students aboard as many different fishing vessels as possible to learn how to conduct exams.
If you have a fishing vessel in Sitka, we would love your help. You can either schedule an actual Dockside Exam or you can offer your vessel for one (or more) practice exams. Vessels are needed on Wednesday afternoon and all day Thursday, September 14th and 15th. All trainees will be directly supervised by a qualified Dockside Examiner.
If you are able to help us out, please contact Steve Ramp in Sitka at 907 966-5620 or 907 738-7267.


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The Jerusalem Post reports: One month after passing a motion supporting a boycott against Israel, the Spanish municipality of Aviles distanced itself from that position and denounced it as discriminatory.
The northern city's council on Saturday nullified its January motion favoring the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, known as BDS, against Israel after a pro-Israel group initiated a discrimination lawsuit against the municipality in connection with that vote, the El Comercio daily reported Monday.
According to the pro-Israel ACOM group which filed the lawsuit, the reversal is the first of its kind and a "historic political and legal victory." The scrapping of the motion supporting the BDS movement came following settlement talks between ACOM and the municipality's legal department, according to El Comercio.
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And now it's time for a little
Paper Smooches
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Cute... hugs..xoxo
Hi Lalo~
Love all those cute green hearts... Such a sweet symplicity card... love it....
What a cute and fun card!!!
You are like me, copying the pattern of the inspiration photo. Looks good!
Visiting from Paper Smooches
Please stop by and say hello!
Cute card! Thanks for playing along with the SPARKS challenge! :)
What a cute way to use the SPARKS challenge! Nice!
What a great way to use that little heart, Lalo! Thanks so much for playing along in the Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge!
OHHH! What a great way to use that heart stamp--SO CLEVER! You rocked this challenge:) THANKS so much for joining in the fun and playing along with us over at the Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge:)
Awww, I gotta stamp more w/ my PS stamps! Your card is simply amazing!!! Love the heart flowers!


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Page Covers
This research homepage details my wife's paternal grandfather's lineage back to Colonial days in Virginia, and further into Ireland, Scotland, and Germany. The large majority of this research came from transcribing Annette Fisher Albin's The Albin's of Harrison County, Indiana, which includes data from The Virginia Albins by Ethel Winifred Albin.
Notable People
William Albin (b. abt 1710) was the first Albin ancestor to immigrate to Colonial Virginia from Ireland. He, and his neighbor John Bruce, were among the first settlers in the Shenandoah Valley.
John Bruce (b. 1690) was another early settler in the Shenandoah Valley, possibly under the guidance of Jost Hite's son. He founded Brucetown, Virginia. The Bruce ancestry has been traced to 11th Century Scotland.
Revolutionary War soldier George Albin (b. 1758) served in the Commander-in-Chief's Guard, a special group of body guards for General George Washington.
William Bruce (b. 1776) founded Bruceville, Indiana, fought at the Battle of Tippecanoe, and may have hosted a young Abraham Lincoln at his home.
Albin Ahnentafel
This chart shows a five generation sample my Albin relatives who were early Colonial settlers in Virginia. You can browse browse an interactive ahnentafel here.
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Coast Guard Cuts
Canada's New Democrats are speaking out on behalf of British Columbians who oppose the Conservative government's decision to shut-down the Kitsilano Coast Guard Station, as well as the MCTS centres in Comox, Tofino and Vancouver.
Experts agree that closing the Kitsilano Coast Guard Station is a bad decision. Response times will increase. The number of officers on watch will be reduced. Even a Canadian Coast Guard internal report warned this "may lead to increased casualties".
After the decision was first announced in 2012, I co-hosted a Town Hall Meeting with NDP Defense Critic Jack Harris. We heard a variety of perspectives, and all were in agreement that the Conservative government is neglecting their mandate to protect British Columbians. I agree this reckless cut will put people at risk and endanger lives.
I have stood in the House repeatedly over the past few years, demanding the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans reverse this government's short-sighted, reckless decision.
It's important that Canadians continue to speak up and let this government know that it must change course and save our Kits Coast Guard Station.
Make Your Voice Heard
Download a petition, which I can table in the House of Commons. To date we have received thousands of signatures in support of reversing the government's reckless cuts to our Coast Guard services.
In the Media
- Press Release - UBCM Rejects Conservative Plan to Close Kits Coast Guard Station (Sep 26, 2012)
- Press Release - Leaked Report Confirms Fears about Kits Coast Guard Closure: Donnelly calls on Ashfield to reverse proposed closure (Sep 7, 2012)
- Open Letter to Minister Ashfield - Don't Shut Down the Kitsilano Coast Guard Station (Jun 7, 2012)
- Press Release - Kitsilano Cut an Unacceptable Risk for BC: Donnelly (May 22, 2012)
- Press Release - Conservative Cuts Threaten Marine Safety (February 26, 2015)
- Press Release - VANCOUVER SPILL REINFORCES NEED FOR BETTER OIL SPILL PREPAREDNESS (April 9, 2015)
- Press Release - CONSERVATIVES' FAILURE TO PREPARE FOR OIL SPILLS PUTTING CANADA'S COASTS AT RISK (April 10, 2015)
- Press Release - NEW DEMOCRATS RAMP UP CAMPAIGN TO REVERSE HARPER'S COAST GUARD CUTS (April 14, 2015)
In Parliament
- Question Period (Oct 1, 2012)
- Question Period (Sep 17, 2012)
- Speech - Debate on Motion to Reverse Closures to Coast Guard Stations and Cuts to Marine Services (Jun 6, 2012)
- Press Release - Cuts to Coast Guard Station Put British Columbians At Risk (May 31, 2012)


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If you are travelling abroad and intend to find work overseas, it is very important to make sure that your travel insurance policy will cover you in the workplace. Many policies do not, they are only intended to cover leisure travel and will not pay if you have an accident whilst working.
It is relatively easy to find cover for office and clerical work or working in bars and restaurants and many insurance policies will cover light farm or agricultural work such as fruit and vegetable picking on a casual basis.
It is much more difficult to find working abroad travel insurance that covers manual labour or construction work, working with machinery or tools, agricultural farm labour with tractors, combine harvesters and other machinery or working with animals.
For instance, our Silver, Gold & Diamond policies are only really suitable for clerical work, bar and restaurant work, fruit/vegetable picking, light farm work, voluntary and charitable work using hand tools etc. They will also cover working with small domestic animals in a supervised environment.
If you need cover for more potentially hazardous work, such as working with machinery, larger animals including wild animals in an animal sanctuary or refuge, using power tools and other manual labour, you would be better choosing our Standard Longstay or Navigator Plus policies. These have a few specific things that they don't cover, such as working above two storeys on ladders/scaffolding, lifting weights in excess of 25kg and working underground, but other than these, they cover a remarkable range of employment, including working with agricultural machinery, wild animals in sanctuaries/refuges etc.
There are always conditions attached, such as insurance cover being dependant on you wearing any recommended safety clothing and equipment and rigidly following all recommended safety advice and precautions on site.
It must also be emphasised that none of these policies will cover Personal Liability claims arising in the workplace. So, if you cause injury to someone else or damage property whilst working, these policies will NOT cover any claim against you that might arise. Similarly, you cannot usually claim additional compensation for Death, Loss of Sight/Limb or Disablement for work-related accidents. Benefits such as Income Protection in the event of injury are also NOT provided on these policies. Please note that the baggage cover on travel insurance will not adequately cover expensive tools and equipment, these should be covered separately. Travel insurance cover is only your medical costs for ambulance, hospitals, doctors, air ambulance and repatriation etc, rather than additional compensation. These exclusions apply to all types of working, whether paid, unpaid, volunteering or charitable work.
When looking for travel insurance for working overseas, remember that not all policies for extended trips allow you to return home mid-term and remember to check what cover can be offered for claims arising from pre-existing medical conditions.
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Fleet-level Reliability of Multiple Repairable Units: A Parametric Approach using the Power Law Process
Volume 10, Number 3, May 2014 - Paper 01 - pp. 239-250
JAN BLOCK, ALIREZA AHMADI, TOMMY TYRBERG and UDAY KUMARDivision of Operation, Maintenance and Acoustics, Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87, Luleå, SWEDEN
(Received on May 05, 2012, revised on Sept. 09, 2013 and Jan. 13, 2014)
The application of parametric reliability analysis methods for repairable units, such as Power law process, is quite clear and straightforward for a single repairable unit. However, in practice, the analyst needs to know the reliability characteristics of units at a fleet level. The application of parametric reliability analysis methods at the fleet level, even if it is limited in scope, is quite complex. The aim of this paper is to describe the use of the power law process for multiple repairable units with differing reliability characteristics, to predict the expected number of failures at fleet level. The empirical data used in the paper are based on field data gathered during the operational life of two types of multi repairable units used in the Swedish military aircraft system FPL 37 Viggen from 1977 to 2006. The paper performs the trend test using TTT-based MIL-HDBK-189 and Laplace tests, and assesses the equality of shape-parameters for the intensity function of the power law process for multiple units. Estimation of the scale- and shape-parameters using maximum likelihood estimation is also performed. The parametric approach using power law process was found to yield relatively accurate estimations of number of failures, compared to empirical data.
References: 12
Click here to download the paper.
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Vegan, Low Protein (PKU), Gluten Free and Dairy Fre
Total Protein Count: 0 g Protein
Making your own Vegetable Stock is easy and so much more healthy for you. Once you've made it once, you will never buy the store packaged stuff again. Homemade vegetable stock makes soups and dishes taste fresher and heaps less salty.
On those visits to the farmer's market, grab some extra bunch of veggies (they don't have to be pretty) and make a big batch of stock. You have extra veggies from your home delivery? Perfect! Your veggies are starting to turn? Use them up in stock.
Once you've made a batch, fill up an ice cube tray and freeze. They make great single portion sizes that will keep for up to a month. Super simple and so worth the effort.
1 Tbsp. olive oil
2 brown onions, peeled and quartered
3 carrots, diced
4 celery sticks, chopped
1 leek, washed and cut into large dice (white and light green parts only)
3 L / 12 cups cold water
10 whole black peppercorns
1 bay leaf (you can dry your own in the oven under low heat)
Heat the oil in a stockpot or large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the onions, carrots, celery and leek and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until brown.
Add the water, peppercorns and bay leaves and bring to a boil. Use a fine-slotted spoon or fine metal sifter to remove any scum that rises to the surface. Reduce heat to low and simmer, uncovered, for 2 hours, skimming the surface every 30 minutes. Remove from heat. Set aside for 30 minutes to cool slightly.
Place a fine sifter or muslin cloth over a large heat-proof bowl. Carefully strain stock through the sifter. Discard contents of sifter. Cool to room temperature.
Divide the stock into your preferred container and place in the fridge for up to 5 days or into ice cube trays and freeze.


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A Fort Collins Woman Just Won $1,000 From Dunkin' Donuts Because of Pumpkins?
It's another sign that summer is all but kaput. Dunkin' Donuts surprised a Fort Collins woman with $1,000 because they want it to be fall.
Dunkin' Donuts is gearing up to get you in there with your sweatshirts and winter coats, by bringing out the Pumpkin and other fall flavors... in August.
Oh, joy.
Apparently, they are 'Pumped for Pumpkin. They actually started selling some of the fall flavors in select cities, but they'll all be on board August 29th.
Come on! I'm not ready! Next thing you know-- it's Christmas!
Speaking of Christmas, to bring even MORE hype to it all, they've been out giving away money! Imagine the surprise when this woman went into Dunkin' Donuts in Fort Collins and ended up winning $1,000!
I'd have to imagine, that if buying a pumpkin flavored drink or munchie wasn't needed to be eligible to win, she DID get one after she won!
Furthermore, I'll venture to bet that her $1,000 certificate smells like-- pumpkin.
I'm going to the beach.


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The new show, with music by Stephen Sislen and a book and lyrics by Ben H. Winters, follows the "handsome, charismatic Adam" on his "quest for one-night stands in the East Village and around the world", according the production notes. At left, Murney and York are seen above cast members Andy Karl and Jenn Colella after the show. Below, Karl and co-star David Josefsberg live it up at the opening night party for Slut at Kevin St. James, located at 741 8th Avenue in New York City.
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Overview\nDisney's All-Star Movies Resort is a Disney Value Resort hotel featuring giant icons that salute classic Disney films—including Disney·Pixar's Toy Story, Fantasia, The Love Bug, The Mighty Ducks and One Hundred and One Dalmatians.\n\nLocation\nDisney's All-Star Movies Resort is located near Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park and ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. It is a smoke-free Resort; smoking is permitted only in designated outdoor smoking locations.\n\nRooms\nRooms are medium in size and decorated in a music theme. All guest rooms at this resort feature either two double beds or one king-sized bed, an in-room safe, a table with chairs, a vanity area with sink and a separate bathroom. Some have views of the pools and themed courtyards.\n\nFood & drink\nThese 5 movie "marquees" feature fresh and quick food, from omelets to pasta, served in a setting that resembles a grand movie theater lobby.


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The stock market may already have seen its best gains of the year.
The March CNBC Fed Survey finds that market participants on average think the S&P 500 will be mostly unchanged through June and rise only 2.3 percent by December 2012 from current levels.
The good news may be that the 67 respondents, including economists and equity and fixed income managers, at least see the market holding onto its 11.7 percent gains year to date, with a bit more to run. And there are some who are more optimistic.


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At Blind Tiger Comedy, we strive to create and support outstanding comedy. One of our favourite ways to do that is our House Team program. Students who have completed the fourth levels of our Long Form or Sketch programs may be invited to join or audition for one of our house teams, which are directed by BTC faculty members.
House Teams typically perform the first Friday of every month at Little Mountain Gallery, though you may also see them at festivals in and outside of Vancouver, and guesting on other shows around town. You can see the upcoming house team show schedule here. If you haven't seen these teams yet, change that: these hilarious comedians represent the future of Vancouver comedy.
If you are currently in a class and wonder how you might someday make a team, know this: keep having fun and striving to improve, the rest will handle itself. We are open to adding new teams as time goes on and new students complete the training program.
The Blind Tiger Comedy House Teams are stacked. Behold:
Denea Campbell
Graeme Achurch
Meredith Hama-Brown
Vanessa Lever
David Manuel
*Directed by Devin Mackenzie
Get to know the members of Blind Tiger Comedy's House Teams below!
Graeme Achurch
Graeme is a writer, improviser, sketch comedian, and self-described "flustered young boy." Besides performing with Blind Tiger, you can catch him at comedy shows all over Vancouver, including a bi-weekly improv show out of a donut shop with his group Pretty Much, which is honestly kinda awesome. Graeme also co-writes and produces the monthly sketch show, Soda Fountain, at Little Mountain Gallery.
Ryan Anderson
Ryan is a filmmaker, improvisor and sketch comedian performing regularly with Blind Tiger Comedy and Instant Theatre.
Aside from co-hosting an improv-based radio program, he also performs with Weekend Boys, Roomboy and Forever Ring, both at home and in other cities across North America. He plays for keeps. Sometimes castles and dungeons but always fortified medieval structures.
Maarten Bayliss
Maarten is an improvisor, sketch comedian, and musician. Not only has he been working with Blind Tiger, but also Proud of You, a sketch group consisting of members who all met via Blind Tiger. In addition to this, he has also appeared on such shows as The Hero Show, Weird Al Karaoke, and Paul Anthony's Talent Time.
Racquel Belmonte
Racquel Belmonte is a sketch comedian, improviser, voice actor, baby enthusiast, nap aficionado, and pasta queen living in Vancouver. When she's not performing with her BTC Houseteam Reynolds, she's performing in her comedy duo Carmelahhh, with the all-female comedy troupe Nasty Women, a variety of Instant Theatre shows as a Guest Artist, and on her lonesome in other cool shows around the city! She's performed frequently in the Vancouver International Improv Festival, in the Del Close marathon in New York, and at Ryan Stiles' Upfront Theatre in Bellingham. Find out what she's up to next by following @carmelahhhduo on all of the social medias!
Denea Campbell
Denea is a sketch comedian and improviser who is proud to call Blind Tiger her comedy home. As a pre-teen, she once drew on a moustache and performed Monty Python's Dead Parrot Sketch at a talent show to zero laughs. She was scarred for a few years , but thanks to much therapy she's doing okay. Thanks for asking.
In addition to Blind Tiger, you can see Denea performing around Vancouver with Proud of You and duo The Garbage Sisters.
William Dunn
Will has been improvising with Blind Tiger since 2014 and performs every month with house team Szyslak at Little Mountain Gallery. He also does sketch, is a guest cast member at Instant Theatre Company, and sits on Little Mountain Gallery's board of directors.
Meredith Hama-Brown
Meredith Hama-Brown is an actor and writer/director from Vancouver, British Columbia. Her work as an actor has screened worldwide at various festivals, and she has accumulated two 'Best Actress' awards, one for the Leo Awards and one for the New Renaissance Film Festival (Amsterdam). In the past couple years she has studied comedic improvisation at Blind Tiger Comedy, where she has recently joined the House Team. She also took part in the experimental improvisation collective, Brio, which performed in January 2018.
Daniel Jeffery
Daniel Jeffery?Daniel is a filmmaker and actor from Calgary, AB. As a young boy he used to watch Loose Moose Theatre with his dad, and knew that one day he wanted to try improv. Fast forward to today, Daniel is living his dream as a Blind Tiger certified improviser and is asking for your kind donations.
Vanessa Lever
Vanessa is a comedy nerd, in the nerdiest sense of the word. After completing the Theatre Arts program at MacEwan University (Edmonton), she fooled around with some sketch comedy and theatre, was seduced by Vancouver, hooked up with some stand up comedy, and is has now found herself bumpin' uglies with improv. Saucy.
She writes funny stuff. Sometimes she draws funny stuff. Other times she does funny stuff. Depends on the day really.
David Manuel
David Manuel is an improviser by night. By day he's a filmmaker, photographer, and writer. By night he improvises with Blind Tiger Comedy, Off Key: The Improvised Musical, GRUMPY!, and Second Storey Theatre. He's been performing for four years and is chasing those sublime little comedy moments that only improv can make.
Stacey McLachlan
Stacey McLachlan is an improvisor, sketch comedian and writer who edits magazines by day and won't shut up at night. She trained at Blind Tiger and is now lucky enough to perform with her favourite weirdos regularly: her sketch group Proud of You runs a monthly show at Little Mountain Gallery, while her improv duo Garbage Sisters offers the opportunity to do weird voices with comedy soulmate Denea Campbell. She tried standup for a while, but this is more fun.
Malcolm McLeod
Malcolm McLeod is a Vancouver born and raised improviser, actor, and writer who has been improvising since 2013. He's improvised all over North America from the Del Close Marathon (New York) to the Upfront Theatre (Bellingham). He's taken Blind Tiger classes from the start. He can be seen regularly doing shows with the Blind Tiger Comedy, VTSL's Rookie League and occasionally The Fictionals.
Jenny Rubé
In October 2013, Jenny Rubé packed up all of her Edmontonian possessions and moved to Vancouver to live the life of an actor and comedian. This is something she's come to love more and more everyday. Along with Blind Tiger House Team shows, Jenny can be seen in various comedy staples around town. She has also had the pleasure to perform at Ryan Stiles' Upfront Theatre in Washington and at the Magnet Theater in New York for the Del Close Marathon. You can follow Jenny on Instagram and Twitter @jroo16.
Geoffrey Walter
Geoffrey Walter took his first improv class with Blind Tiger Comedy in the spring of 2014. He was so impressed with the passion of the staff, and the quality of the community that he devoured through the entire curriculum in a year and a half. He's taken what he's learned at Blind Tiger to stages across Vancouver, and to New York City at the 2015 Del Close Marathon. He proudly represented Blind Tiger Comedy at the 2015 Vancouver International Improv Festival. Geoff can be scene performing with The Blind Tiger House Team, National Anthem, Instant Theatre Company, and The Noise. As always, Geoff gives a shout out to his Mom.
Featured Alumni
We have had some outstanding comedians featured on our house teams over the years. To wit:
Drew Clarke
Drew Boy Clark received his improv training from Blind Tiger Comedy, Instant Theatre and Vancouver TheatreSports League. He has performed at/with the Del Close Marathon in New York, the Vancouver International Improv Festival, the VTSL Rookie League, and of course, Blind Tiger Comedy.
Ronald Dario
Ronald Dario is a sketch comedian and improviser from Vancouver and an alumnus of Blind Tiger Comedy's improv and sketch house teams. He is also a cast member at Instant Theatre. Ronald has performed at JFL NorthWest, the UCB Theatre's Del Close Marathon (New York), the Vancouver International Improv Festival, and the Vancouver Sketch Comedy Festival. He also regularly performs at local shows like The Hero Show, Sidekicks, and Weird Al Karaoke.
Catherine Veitch
A long-time Ontarian, Catherine Veitch made the move to Vancouver in 2014. She currently works in arts marketing, but previously trained in acting at Queen's University before studying Meisner with The Impulse Company in London, England and Acting with Passion with the brilliant Niki Flacks. Catherine has been training at Blind Tiger Comedy for the past two years doing improv, and is thrilled to be joining the Blind Tiger House Team with some of her favourite people. She is looking forward to having more opportunities to perform and (hopefully) make people laugh at Little Mountain Gallery.
Kerri Donaldson
Kerri is an improvisor, sketch writer, comedian and silly human lady. She has recently joined the inaugural sketch house team with Blind Tiger of which she's super proud and definitely didn't have to look up the word 'inaugural' because she's an English Major.
She's also on the cast at Instant Theatre of which she performs regularly and is also a member of local comedy cuties National Anthem. She has performed at the Vancouver International Improv Festival, at the Del Close Marathon in New York, the Seattle Festival of Improv and the Vancouver Sketch Comedy Festival. In her spare time, she enjoys being a twin.
Shane McLean
Shane is an improviser, actor and sketch comedian. He performs with Blind Tiger Comedy's sketch house team. In addition to this, he is also a member of Little Mountain Improv, Instant Theatre, and not one but two all male comedy trios: Weekend Boys and Roomboy. Shane has also wormed his way onto local shows such as Weird Al Karaoke, Sidekicks, Rapp Battlez, The Hero Show, and Comics on Comics.
Amy Elderkin
Amy has been doing theatre, music and dance since she was a wee tot but was always sensing that something was missing. In 2013 after watching an improv show in Toronto, she decided that comedy was calling her name. Amy's worked her way through all of the Blind Tiger since 2014 and continues to train at the school. You can see her perform with the Blind Tiger House team and at other shows around Vancouver.


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Draconian ISP Copyright Enforcement Coming Soon To Your Computer
Greg Sandoval writing for CNet:
After years of negotiations, a group of bandwidth providers that includes AT&T, Comcast, and Verizon are closer than ever to striking a deal with media and entertainment companies that would call for them to establish new and tougher punishments for customers who refuse to stop using their networks to pirate films, music and other intellectual property, multiple sources told CNET. The details... Participating ISPs are given plenty of leeway to choose how to proceed. They can select from a "menu" of responses outlined in the plan, such as throttling down an accused customer's bandwidth speed or limit their access to the Web. For example, a suspected pirate may be allowed to visit only the top 200 Web sites until they stop illegal file sharing. The subscriber may also be asked to participate in a program that educates them on copyright law and the rights of content creators. And the part that really pisses me off: In addition to the NCTA, the White House was also instrumental in encouraging the parties to reach an agreement, the sources confirmed. President Obama has vowed to step up the fight against piracy and counterfeiting, and his administration has lobbied Congress the past several years to pass new pro-copyright legislation while instructing federal law enforcement to make antipiracy a priority. Not why I voted for you, Mr. President. It's becoming more and more clear to me that both political parties are the enemies of consumers & technology.


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|L-R: Draculino / Alberto Crane / Orlando Sanchez / Barral
"How's the leg? You 100%?" asked Draculino.
"Absolutely one hundred! I suffered but I wasn't gonna let one muscle stop me from competing here," smiled Barral.
"So if you are at 100%, listen to me: no one is gonna stop you this year. Tell me this: why do you practice Jiu-Jitsu?"
"Why, because I like it a lot, and besides –"
"Stop right there, that's all I need to hear. If you love this, get in there and crush whoever's in your path!"
There is so much that goes into a champion on both ends of the coaching spectrum, but what I love about this dialogue is that the first thing out of Barral's mouth is that he likes BJJ, and that is all Draculino cares to hear! That is all that is important at a certain level... passion. Why are any of us on the mat any given hour of any given day? Money? Fame? Women? HA! We wish!
Plain and simple, if you aren't having fun and enjoying every moment you are blessed with on the mat then you need to re-evaluate some things in your situation because that isn't living.
Something must have worked.... Romulo took gold in the medium heavy division!


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The enhanced new version of ePost software is ready for release. The main features of new version are given below for all the three types of users (Retail, Prepaid and Corporate):
a) Multilingual feature has been added in the Text editor where Operator type the message in the Text box in the desired language. 11 languages have been provided for in our system – Hindi, Tamil (Ambili, Karthika, Revathy), Malyalam, Orriya, English, Assam, Gujarat, Konkari, Sanskrit, Marathi, Manipuri.
b) *.Pdf file Upload
c) Many to One-Many Senders sending message to One person/recipient.
d) Pre-Paid Cash module - On line registration and then payment of CASH at the ePost – Post Office counter to get the account activated
e) Re-Printing of ePost message-here operator send a request to Circle, once gets approved by the Circle ePost coordinator the message printout could be taken by the operator.
f) Creation of ePost centre and its user ID at the Circle level, creation of Region user ID, creation of Division user ID at the Regional level, creation of PM user at the Division level and re-setting of pwd by the circle of it's region/division as per their hierarchy.
g) Download of MIS – Report etc. in. pdf, excel format.
h) Auto Corporate Bill generation and its's delivery on the corporate user e-mail account.
i) eGreetings-Uploading of greeting by the directorate and provision for sending of eGreetings has given to Retail, Prepaid and Corporate user.
j) Circle can change the mapping of the pincode.
k) Corporate user have been given privilege to create Template using Multilingual feature, they have been also provided Scan, Text, PDF option for sending ePost.
Feature for APS Users:-
l) Corps Mapping incorporated into this new system
m) FPO Pincode-Display of FPO pincode only while booking of ePost, no name of the centre will come now onwards – this is as per instruction from APS Directorate.
n) Debit Army ePost option provided.
o) Now all the data pertaining to APS would reside at APS on their server at their location at 1CBPO – ePost centre.
p) Now on the main ePost system i.e. central server data will have the record of message send from or to APS.
q) Communication between central server and APS server would get established through Web services.
2. Corporate Customer have to be informed by their respective Postal Circle that they would be losing all their created templates and have to create new template in the new version of application s/w using Multilingual font feature3. The new version of ePost software will be released on 12th December 2012
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Every Wednesday, Terry Jaworski and other volunteers hand out diapers for two hours out of the former Sullivan's Food Store on Elm Street in McHenry.
Volunteers, wearing coats because the building doesn't have heat, have shelves with different sizes of diapers on each.
When an order comes in, they go to each shelf and grab the requested amount. Sometimes, partner agencies ask for more than is in stock, and the volunteers have to do what they can to give them part of the requested amount.
The adult and child diapers eventually go to needy families.
"You really feel good about ... helping them in a trying situation," Jaworski said.
Jaworski, a Harvard resident, is a volunteer with the Diaper Bank of Northern Illinois.
She helps distribute diapers to organizations that help families with young children.
The diaper bank was started in December 2009 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in McHenry.
"They asked for volunteers to help stack some diapers," Jaworski said. "I went over there and with some other women and we were doing that."
Jaworski said when her daughter was 2 years old, she had lost her job and her husband's business had failed.
"Our daughter was still in diapers, I know the feeling," Jaworski said. "That's why when this started it was appealing to me. We would be helping mothers and babies who were under the same stress I had been under."
The diaper bank works with four to five groups every Wednesday, and gives out 16,000 to 20,000 children and adult diapers every month. In total, the diaper bank has 14 partner agencies, including the FISH of McHenry Food Pantry, Faith in Action, Senior Service Associates and the Grafton Township Food Pantry.
"Many times, people that pick up diapers also receive them," Jaworski said.
She said she has met clients who have had to use diapers from the diaper bank.
There are times people don't have time to go to a food pantry and pick up diapers.
"Some people fall through and can't get diapers," Jaworski said.
It can be especially stressful around the holidays.
"Like at Christmas when you need diapers right then and there, we give them so many diapers to last them until they can get to some place," Jaworski said.
When a family needs diapers, it can be difficult.
"A kid in a wet diaper, the kid is crying, there's enough stress as it is," Jaworski said. "You don't know how you're going to keep them clean."
Jaworski said the diaper bank is able to stock its shelves because of financial donations, which allow the organization to purchase diapers.
There also are drop-off sites, and people from time to time hold diaper drives.
Alan Robel, who is a part of St. Paul's Episcopal, said Jaworski is the "driving force" behind the diaper distribution to the partner agencies.
"She is the person that makes sure that all our partners get the diapers they so desperately need," Robel wrote in an email to the Northwest Herald.


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I feature a lot of heavy hitting dubstep/electro but this is more on the beautiful side. It has that funky disco electronic in a more Madeon - Pop Culture uplifting feel. This track put simply hits the spot for me. Disco Wobblez!
Be sure to check out the rest of the EP here. There are six tracks altogether that were released today.
Timo Juuti & Hector 87 - Disco Wobblez // Out now on Beatport! by Timo Juuti & Hector 87


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China has confirmed plans to establish a new company next month to build its next commercial airliner, the 105-seat ARJ21-900. Shareholders will likely include the China Aviation Industry Corp. I (AVIC I), AVIC II, state-owned investment companies and domestic airlines.
The new aircraft will be assembled in Shanghai, with the nose, fuselage and tail sections manufactured in other cities, according to AVIC II vice president Liang Zhenhe. Next month should see the appointment of a director and chief research engineer for the new company.
AVIC I Commercial Aircraft (ACAC) has developed the recently rolled out ARJ21-700 at a cost of $825 million, and is holding talks with Canada's Bombardier to initiate research to build the bigger version. "Talks with Bombardier are going smoothly, but the final design of the new jet is still under discussion," said Wang Weiya, head of AVIC I's civil aviation department.
Meanwhile, preliminary work has also begun on building an 80,000-ton die-hydraulic press forge in Deyang, in Sichuan province, which will cost $205 million. All of China's existing press forges are of less than 40,000 tons capacity and therefore not fit for making key parts of large airplanes.
In December, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited the AVIC I factory, which is building the ARJ21, and gave a speech emphasizing the priority that the government is now giving to the manufacture of large jetliners. According to Gu Huizhong, deputy general manager of AVIC I, the government plans to merge AVIC I and AVIC II to better equip them for the task. Both companies have experience supplying components to Boeing and Airbus.
ACAC has scheduled first flight of ARJ21-700–called Xiang Feng (Flying Phoenix) in Chinese–for next month. The company has received 171 orders for the 2,000-nm-range aircraft, including two from Lao Airlines and several from leasing companies. It plans to deliver the first aircraft to domestic launch customer Shandong Airlines in September 2009. "The ARJ21 makes us part of the global aviation industry but it still faces a new journey to become successful financially," said general manager Lin Zuoming.
Although it has yet to secure a Western customer, ACAC plans to certify the airplane to international standards with the help of U.S. Federal Aviation Administration's office in Shanghai. ACAC deputy chief designer Chen Yong said the aircraft will go through more than 170 tests before it gets the certification.
The ARJ21 cabin is 123 inches wide, which is 15 to 25 inches wider than Bombardier's CRJ700 and CRJ900 jets, and Embraer's 170 and 190 models. The seat is almost an inch wider than that of the Boeing 737. "It's one of the amplest cabins of any regional plane in the world," said Chen. "We aim to provide regional air passengers with the service comparable to trunk line airplanes."
Liu Daxiang, a vice president for AVIC I, said China has set a target of completing designs for a large aircraft by 2010, with production starting by 2020, which will help the country secure market share from foreign aircraft makers.
China believes that developing a large aircraft will help it to master core technologies and reduce its dependence on foreign technology. Some 40 percent of the ARJ21's components came from overseas, including its General Electric CF34-10A turbofans and Rockwell Collins Pro Line avionics. AVIC I plans to begin mass production in 2009 and expects to realize an annual output of 30 ARJ21s within two years. At present, China uses foreign-made Boeing, Airbus, Bombardier and Embraer models on its domestic airline routes.
The Chinese believe the ARJ21 can take up to 60 percent of the domestic market for mid-size regional airliners over the next 20 years. Official forecasts predict a need for at least another 800 to 1,000 regional jets by the year 2020.
Bombardier Counts On Chinese Connection
Bombardier's involvement in China's ARJ21-900 program would result in Avic I becoming a risk-sharing partner in its own proposed C Series airliner, due for industrial launch some time this year. The Canadian airframer's schedule calls for first delivery of the C Series in 2013, while AVIC I has set its sights on 2012 for service entry of the ARJ21-900.
Although a memorandum of understanding signed between Bombardier and AVIC I during last year's Paris Air Show centers on the ARJ21-900 and C Series, the final agreement would cover any number of projects associated with the 90- to 149-seat market segment. Apart from Bombardier's engineering help, the MOU calls for the Canadian company to contribute $100 million in plant and equipment investment related to the ARJ21-900, while AVIC I unit Shanghai Aircraft Co. gains status as the Tier 1 supplier of the C Series' aluminum lithium and composite fuselage.
Bombardier has sent some engineers to work in Shanghai with engineers employed by AVIC I on the ARJ21-900. Now in the so-called joint technical assessment phase, the program will move into the more advanced joint concept definition phase over the next few months, at which point Bombardier would begin sending more people to join in engineering work.


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The Toast of San Jose
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Well, my second run of WFOTCN is tonight in San Jose. I have two "critic's picks" from the SJ Mercury News (for some reason they ran the NY Times pic of me from the master cleanse article) and the Metro News. I can't believe how good the press has been to me up here.
Running myself ragged plus the stress I do so well at giving myself, plus doing this show in my hometown has made me really sick this week.
I'm taking all sorts of medicine but what I need the most is some good old fashion sleep. My family was giving me a hard time about staying in a hotel in Berkeley and San Jose when I could just stay with them in San Francisco for free but it's really stressful doing three hours of driving everyday in addition to the responsibilities of this show. Last night I finally got a hotel room to myself and it was the first night of peace I had in months.
But all night I had nightmares about not waking up in time to feed the meter outside and getting a ticket on my car.
I am actually looking forward to when this show is over tomorrow. I almost feel my body screaming, "Please stop! Before you become chronically ill!" I'm so absolutely exhausted. I want to spend the next few months taking care of myself again. Eating well, exercising and having some leisure time. A lot of my family and artists guilt trip me for paying people to help me out or staying in hotels or things that are quite standard, or should be, in this profession. It's really irritating because they are the same people who tell me to take care of myself. What the heck does it look like I'm trying to do here?
If my next show is about guilt, it's going to be several days long.
I wish people would understand that what I do is a real profession and just like other professionals, I need to delegate my work out, and do professional things like stay in hotels and not on people's floors. I'll say it once and I'll say it again– I refuse to romanticize the term "starving artist." So much of being a Creative Capital grantee has taught me about how artists subject themselves to so much self abuse and end up getting sick or quitting or going bankrupt.
I'm really trying to alleviate my workload and make my life easier next year. Already there are some amazing things in my queue. And despite the absolute irritation reeking in this blog post, I really feel like my life is coming along, right where it needs to be!
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Sam and Jim // pre-wedding shoot
Sam and Jim and their families came down from Joburg before their wedding in Franschhoek and had a dinner together at Rhodes House on the most beautiful Boschendal Wine Estate. I took a few photos of the family together the night before their wedding, including their most gorgeous little girl, Sydney. It was a great way to get to know their families before their wedding and to have a chance to take more relaxed photographs.


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Cypress's TrueTouch® and CapSense® Controllers Drive Capacitive Touchscreen And Buttons and Sliders
Cypress's TrueTouch®and CapSense®Controllers Drive Capacitive Touchscreen And Buttons and Sliders in Sleek Interior of 2013 Toyota Avalon
Interior Navigation and Air Conditioning Control Systems Designed by DENSO Corporation Replace Resistive Touchscreen and Mechanical Buttons
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NAS: CY) today announced its TrueTouch® and CapSense® controllers drive the capacitive touchscreen, buttons and sliders in the new 2013 Toyota Avalon. The TrueTouch-based 7-inch capacitive touchscreen delivers very clear images and highly responsive multi-touch performance for the navigation system and infotainment control. The stylish, simple-to-adjust IntelliTouch™ capacitive buttons and slider controls for the audio and climate control systems are based on CapSense. The touchscreen and CapSense controls replace a resistive touchscreen and mechanical buttons respectively, dramatically improving the look and functionality of the Avalon interior. The control systems were designed by global automotive supplier DENSO for Toyota Motor Corporation.
"DENSO and Toyota are world renown for unmatched quality," said Hassane El-Khoury, executive vice president of the Programmable Systems Division at Cypress. "We are pleased that they have chosen to implement our leading touch technology inside the interior of the Avalon. We look forward to working on future projects as we establish Cypress as the world leader in capacitive touch solutions for the automotive market."
"The engineers at DENSO and Toyota have delivered an elegant and innovative touch-based user interface working with our team in Japan," said Kazuyoshi Yamada, Vice President of Japan Sales. "This is a testament to the excellent quality of Cypress's automotive offerings."
In addition to TrueTouch and CapSense solutions, Cypress offers USB and memory products for the automotive market. To learn more about Cypress's automotive solutions, visit www.cypress.com/go/automotive.
About TrueTouch
Cypress's TrueTouch technology provides the industry's best noise immunity, highest signal to noise ratio (SNR), fastest refresh rates, lowest power consumption, and world's best accuracy and linearity. The flexible TrueTouch solution allows customers to rapidly develop leading-edge solutions without having to buy turnkey modules. They have a choice of using touch sensors (glass or film) and LCDs from preferred partners, and can develop innovative mechanical designs ranging from flat to curved surfaces of varying thickness. Additional TrueTouch information is available at touch.cypress.com.
About CapSense
Cypress's CapSense touch-sensing solutions have replaced over 4 billion mechanical buttons in mobile handsets, laptops, consumer electronics, white goods, automotive applications, and virtually any system that has a mechanical button or switch, making Cypress the industry touch-sensing leader. The CapSense portfolio, the industry's broadest and most integrated, enhances industrial design and reliability with the most noise-immune and water tolerant capacitive touch-sensing interfaces, including proximity sensing where direct touch is not required. CapSense proximity sensing provides power savings by activating an interface only when needed while further enhancing industrial designs by only exposing interfaces when necessary. Learn more about CapSense online at www.cypress.com/go/capsense.
About Cypress
Cypress delivers high-performance, mixed-signal, programmable solutions that provide customers with rapid time-to-market and exceptional system value. Cypress offerings include the flagship PSoC® 1, PSoC 3, and PSoC 5 programmable system-on-chip families and derivatives, CapSense® touch sensing and TrueTouch® solutions for touchscreens. Cypress is the world leader in USB controllers, including the high-performance West Bridge® solution that enhances connectivity and performance in multimedia handsets, PCs and tablets. Cypress is also the world leader in SRAM memories. Cypress serves numerous markets including consumer, mobile handsets, computation, data communications, automotive, industrial and military. Cypress trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol CY. Visit Cypress online at www.cypress.com.
Cypress, the Cypress logo, PSoC, TrueTouch, CapSense and West Bridge are registered trademarks of Cypress Semiconductor Corp. All other trademarks are property of their owners.
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Behind the Scenes of 2012
I can hardly believe that I am almost half way through my 2012 wedding season! Often times I feel like I am right there with my Brides, anticipating the wedding, planning the little details and preparing for the big day. The wedding day is always such a blur and comes faster than I can ever anticipate for. And while I do get to "relive" the day again and again as I edit and prepare the images for my couples, I can't help but be a little sad that the day is over.
That's why I'm so grateful for photographs. They help us remember life as it flashes by. They capture experiences that we sometimes forget. They help us keep our life still, even if just for a moment.
Throughout this past season my second photographers have taken a few images of me at work. And just like my couples, who count on me to capture their day, I'm so grateful for the ladies who stole a few pictures of me doing what I love.
Here's a short behind the scenes look at the 2012 season so far. Crazy red hair and all.


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How delightful it is going to Kauai whether for perfect surf or shooting an amazing destination wedding like this one with Lindsay & Nico coming all the way from Florida. They were such an adventurous and fun couple who … Continue reading
How delightful it is going to Kauai whether for perfect surf or shooting an amazing destination wedding like this one with Lindsay & Nico coming all the way from Florida. They were such an adventurous and fun couple who … Continue reading
I love working with other artist, Paul is a musician and a wood worker and Caiti works in the fashion industry. Both very talented in and out of the water. You can see some of Paul's wood working skills at … Continue reading
i loved photographing this local wedding. The incredible food, entertainment, and all the friends and family create the kind of atmosphere that makes Hawaii so special. Leiau and Lance had an amazing wedding on the beach just outside of … Continue reading
It was so fun to photograph Michelle and Scott. They stopped here on Oahu on their way to Maui to do a quick shoot with me. Amazing couple, they run a banner and sign company it California that makes banners … Continue reading
I had a great time photographing Candice and Sam's wedding. They came all the way from New Zealand with their families for an intimate destination wedding here in Hawaii. It was a beautiful day to have a wedding on the … Continue reading
Had a super fun trash the dress session with Mimi and Steve. We started by jumping off Waimea rock, and then headed over to Sunset beach for some underwater shots. It was one of those perfect Hawaii days, empty beaches … Continue reading
Wow, where to start. Katie contacted me about doing engagement photos and mentioned that she and Nic are scuba divers. My mind started going crazy with ideas. I had been to Chinaman's hat the week before and knew I wanted … Continue reading
This couple is a match made in heaven. It was so much fun photographing Sara & Isaac. They are both talented surfers and we had a great engagement photo session in the water together. We were lucky to find some … Continue reading
I had a lot of fun taking Stacey and David's engagement photos! They were very out going and fun to photograph. As we were coming in from shooting some underwater photos at Waimea Bay, I almost stepped on a turtle, … Continue reading
I photographed Silvia and Matt's destination wedding last year on the big island of Hawaii, you can see their wedding pictures here. Stunning bride and groom. I was so excited when they contacted me about doing a trash the dress … Continue reading
Rochelle and Ivan came all the way from Alaska to have their destination wedding in Hawaii. The day turned out to be amazing even though we had a little rain that day on the North Shore. I really enjoyed photographing … Continue reading
As I arrived at this engagement shoot on the North Shore, the rain started and I thought for sure Tanya and Adam would want to reschedule, but they were troopers. I'm glad because it ended up being a fantastic photo … Continue reading


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November 15, 2005
Dog and pony show
Total People in Discussion: 2
I attended a glitzy presentation this morning for Aztar Corp.'s plan to create a Lehigh Valley Tropicana casino at the Agere site in East Allentown.
I'll comment specifically on the plan in a future column. But the event got me to thinking: What are the origins of the expression "dog and pony show?" I've attended a lot of dog and pony shows, in the modern sense, but none of them featured either dogs or ponies.
To get the answer, I went to the Web site World Wide Words, which includes an amazing index through which you can check just about every old expression you can think of.
As for dog and pony show, the site's answer man, Michael Quinion, wrote: "To find the origin, we have to go back to the small towns of the middle west of the USA at the end of the nineteenth century. Around 1890, reports start to appear in local newspapers of the arrival by rail of small travelling troupes of performers billed without any hint of sarcasm as 'dog and pony shows.' The earliest example I can find is from the Decatur Daily Republican, Illinois, dated March 1889: 'A small audience saw the last of the Johnson & Lovett dog and pony shows last Saturday night.'"
Quinion continued, "The most famous was that run by 'Professor' Gentry (actually four brothers), but many others existed, including those of Sipe & Dolman, the Harper Brothers, Stull & Miller, and the Norris Brothers. They were in truth small circuses, many of them running on a shoestring, with no more than a band and a ringmaster in addition to the animal acts, which did consist only of dogs and ponies. The Gentry operation was bigger than its rivals and around 1894 it had some 40 ponies and 80 dogs in each of two troupes (later it would grow into a full-scale circus).
"It was in the 1950s," he wrote, "that the term began to appear in print as a metaphor for some event that was more pizzazz than substance, like the tinsel and glitter of a circus ring ... I suspect the pejorative sense was helped along by the suggestion that the participants were like the performing animals at a circus; it's likely that the expression putting on dog also had some influence on its popularity."
This, of course, aroused my curiosity about "putting on the dog." So I looked that up, and found, in part, "It has been suggested that it developed out of the rise in popularity of ladies' lap dogs in the period after the American Civil War. Such animals were presumably pampered and beribboned, and this might have suggested that to put on the dog was to show off. This has the ring of a story made up after the event, but it's the only explanation I've come across."
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Malaak: Angel of Peace, written and illustrated by Joumana Medlej and published in Beirut, is Lebanon's first superhero comic. Though set in an alternate reality, it is heavily inspired from the author's own experiences growing up during a seemingly endless war, during which life carries on as best it can. The comic can also be read online on its official website http://www.malaakonline.com, although the author herself encourages us to read it in print as well.
The Plot:
Part I
In an alternate reality, Lebanon is trapped in an unending, incomprehensible war. As chaos is reaching a peak, a mysterious child is found in a cedar forest. Not until she is grown does an otherworldly encounter unlock both the memory of what she is, and powers beyond her understanding - powers which she will need to discover the source of the war, and to end it once and for all...
Part II
Having joined forces with the Citizen Defense Brigade, Malaak earns a place in the hearts of the people, who call her the Guardian. The Jinn don't stand a chance against her growing powers until a more serious adversary arises, one against which she seems to have no power at all. As an enigmatic stranger enters the scene, it becomes clear that things aren't as simple as they seemed...
Part III
The series takes a darker turn as Nryz, a sinister red-haired woman, starts wreaking havoc and picking off characters, and once more Malaak finds herself unable to combat this new menace. Malaak is forced to enter a world of dreams to find help in fighting the new threat.
Part IV
Through recurring flashbacks, we are told the story of a young Phoenician man who had a nasty encounter with the Jinn. Meanwhile, in the present, the Jinn are up to no good...
This series contains examples of:
- Action Girl: Malaak, obviously.
- By that logic, Nryz also fits this and the Dark Action Girl moulds.
- The Call Knows Where You Live: The hippocampus.
- Deadpan Snarker: Adrian.
- Evil Redhead: Nryz.
- Evil Twin: Female sniper Nryz is practically the Jinn answer to Malaak.
- Fictional Document: All newspapers and book titles are subversions of the existing ones.
- Grand Theft Me: Some Jinns pull this off in order to get physical bodies and enter the denser plane, like they did to Barkshamash (turning him into Amer) and to whoever Nryz was.
- Impossibly Cool Clothes: Lampshaded, as they were designed by Adrian.Malaak: AARRRGHHH... MEN!! I can't show myself in this!! Where'd he get my measurements, anyway?!
- Limited Wardrobe: Adrian is only seen wearing a long-sleeved white shirt and a blue scarf. Justified in that they serve to hide the scars from his first encounter with a Jinn.
- Only averted when he goes out to help Malaak with the Jinn: he decks himself out in typical urban guerrilla attire.
- Marked Change
- Mysterious Waif: Malaak starts as one, before she gradually discovers her purpose in this world.
- Photographic Background
- Puberty Superpower
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: In the Jinn.
- Sealed Evil in a Can
- Secret Identity: Though the title isn't necessarily an indicative of this. When she's in costume, Malaak dubs herself the Guardian.
- As of part V, it's possible her identity will go public, since she had to be unmasked to be given medical attention after her second battle with Nryz.
- Secret Keeper: Adrian, mainly because he's gone through something like this before.
- Later, Amer and Tareq too.
- Shown Their Work: And how! This ranges from Phoenician history to the origin of modern words.
- The Stoic: Adrian
- Weirdness Censor: Apparently, most people see the Jinn as humans.


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Nirrimi Hakanson is not your average fashion photographer. She is a sixteen-year-old aspiring photographer aching to take the world by hurricane, thunder and rainstorm. Photography took her hands and led her to a personal paradise at only age thirteen, and ever since she has been self-taught and seeing life through a lens. She has a peculiar vision of beauty- and wants to be shooting for Vogue before she's and adult. Photography is as much a part of her as breathing. She has already shot three editorials and been published and two clothing campaigns, so we can only wait to see what is in store for this incredible teens future.
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Krachap Lips: Lip "reduction" in Thailand/
For most patients it would be unthinkable to want to have smaller lips. Not so in Thailand.
Plastic surgery in Thailand is cheap (which makes it popular). It's also pretty dangerous, with little to no regulation or oversight of services.
A fashion trend in Thailand is for women to
Lip reduction is an uncommon procedure in the US, but its counterpart, lip augmentation, is a common procedure, with two options in doing so. One is surgical lip augmentation, while thither is through dermal fillers. So far, the only available option in reducing lips is to treat it surgically.
A lip reduction would need to remove skin or excess tissue along the dry-wet line of the lip. The stitches remain to form a "new" lip line (where they either disolve or are removed manually).
In Thailand, they call it "krachap lips" wherein they reshape the lips as if they were buffalo horns with very pronounced curvers. (Removing distal portions of the lip along the vermilion border to achieve an exagerated 'bowed' look.) Lip reduction has been linked to Thai's superstition of having smaller lips to good fortune explaining why many opt to undergo the procedureThe lips are modeled after actor Patcharapa "Aum" Chaichua. The procedure's common and immediate side effects are redness, pain, bruising, and swelling. According to some websites, a lip reduction surgery costs anywhere from $800 to $2000 (US).
Despite botched consequences for other patients, it doesn't stop some other potential patients undergoing the knife for the procedure. Presently, there are no significant studies about lip reduction.
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It's the big question for us girls: What should I wear to…?
So it's not surprising at all that exactly that question terrifies us when it's time to go to the long awaited hens party:
Ahhhhh, help…what can I wear to her hen's do? (with the secret comforting thought…I could always pretend I was on my deathbed and unable to go).
And your deepest fear is that everyone will turn up spectacularly dressed…
….except you. ( Yes, we've all been through this LOL)
Looking good is important if people are judged by what they wear. So everyone makes an effort to look their best.
But choosing the right hen do outfit is a major challenge if you're out with
– girls you don't know
– in a city you may never have been to before.
That's why we've created this short guide to help. It will give you lots of ideas to make sure you can keep your individual style and stand out from the crowd without looking out of place.
Do you need to travel to get to your hens party?
The key to travelling to your hen party destination is simple: Comfort.
Wear clothes that can be relaxed in – you don't want anything digging in or rubbing when you may be travelling by plane, train or car for many an hour.
Dark colours are good too – means you don't see the stains you got on the way!
Try to put on a few layers so you can add or take away depending on the temperature. It might be freezing in Tasmania, but when you arrive at that the Adelaide airport on a heat wave day you're bound to be in for a shock.
Wear comfortable shoes – travelling can mean walking around airports or stations or city centres looking for the right hotel.
Take a handbag that zips up or wear clothes that will let you safely store travel documents and your precious belongings. Tourists in any can be easy prey for robbers.
If you want to impress the other girls then take a quick change of shoes and top in your hand luggage or some fun accessories to spruce up your outfit.
Is your hen's party a hen's day?
Similar to travelling, comfort is if you need to get up early and are out all day.
Think about what you'll be doing. If you're off to the CBD to do some lingerie shopping then smart casual is fine.
If you're doing something sporty then ask the organiser if to suggest any special clothing you may need. Don't forget to take a change of clothing if what you're doing will have you end up wet or dirty.
Is the hens party going to be a Fancy Dress Do?
This is probably the most challenging part of any hen night. Some girls are fine with dressing up but others can't handle it at all.
Sometimes it can be better to avoid fancy dress. Why?
- It puts pressure on people who may not want to take part
- City centre bars and restaurants are clamping down on it so you're more likely to be refused entry to places
- It easily identifies you as a hen party, making you more likely to end up in trouble or a victim of crime
If the hen's friends and of course the hen herself love taking the challenges then we suggest the following:
- Call the clubs and pubs and let them know you will be coming in fancy dress to avoid any problems
- Same goes for restaurants
- Don't spend heaps on fancy dress outfits and wear other appropriate clothing underneath so you can take the fancy dress off if things change.
- Never humiliate the bright – you may think dressing the bride up as a giant penis is hilarious but Saturday afternoon shoppers won't, and the hen might just not like that hot idea either.
If you don't want fancy dress but do want something to make your hens feel special you could always try a theme based hens party.
You could always choose hens party theme!
A theme is a big nifty idea if you want your hen party girls to have something in common but don't want to be totally obvious as a hen party.
It also gives the girls much more freedom in how they interpret it. Let's say you choose the colour 'orange' as your theme. Then your hens can go all out with pink outfits or just choose to add some orange jewellery accessories. This is guaranteed to make everyone feel much more comfortable.
One great idea is to match the theme and the hen. Does your bride to be have a favourite colour? Or does she have a favourite movie that you could pick a theme from?
What about a clothing style: like a 60s hens night?
Or perhaps you've chosen a hen's party package such as sketching a nude male model
Draw The Man, Life Drawing Hen's Night Party
Or you've decided to dance to the rhythm of Bollywood
For life drawing or painting you might want to bring along a big T-shirt to cover your dress. The Bollywood dancing you need to wear clothes you can move in.
Are you going to a hens night party?
Even if none of the above applies to you, you still will face the challenging task of choosing an outfit if you're off to a hens night. Here are some hot tips for your hen night party:
- Out of touch with the latest style? Then pick up a couple of glossy magazines. You can get them for free from your local library.
- If shopping is part of your hen party then get input from the other girls. But make sure you bring a back up just in case in case you don't find anything!
- Make reservations at clubs and pubs. This beats queueing for ages any day or night.
- Check out online photo galleries of the venues you'll be visiting. That will give you a feel for what the style is.
- Take a range of outfits from mild chic to full on glamour so you can be sure you've got all bases covered.
Last but not least, the most important thing about the hen night is to enjoy yourself!
Yes, what you wear is important but celebrating with your friends is what a hens party is all about.
If all this doesn't help and you're still in dire straits with regard to what to wear then contact us at Hens Party Ideas Adelaide and we will solve your problem ;-).


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Sometimes when I take photos, I feel as if I am walking through a surreal world. I get lost. This was one of those times.
The incline car was somewhat off the beaten path in a train graveyard of sorts. However, many of the rail cars in the rail yard, are undergoing rehabilitation. This old incline car on the back of the lot has been forgotten about - or so it seems.


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The Neighbourhood's Female Robbery appeared online back in January without any fanfare. This was followed two months later by Sweater Weather, which was Radio 1's Zane Lowe's record of the week.
In April, clearly bored with the mystery, they appeared on Nylon's website in all their glory and, while the world kept turning, it's always nice to put a face to a song. They've since rerecorded Female Robbery with Lana Del Rey producer Emile Haynie (you can hear his influence on the intro) and have made an excellent, Hitchcock-inspired monochrome video, premiered here. While the song rumbles along, all low-end bass, chilly guitar crescendos and lines such as "don't let the police know anything", the video tells of a young girl who, caught between a drunk dad and an unhappy mum, is dragged to what looks like her own funeral, but all is not what it seems.
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Air Force veteran Denerius Moye is living the dream.
As the property operations manager at the Boca Raton Resort and Club, a Waldorf Astoria Resort in Boca Raton, Fla., Moye relies on the knowledge he gained from his associate degree in mechanical and electrical engineering to keep things running smoothly at this upscale resort in south Florida.
"I utilize my associate degree every day in numerous tasks ranging from resetting a circuit breaker to a significant task of overseeing the proper installation of industrial grade HVAC and electrical equipment," Moye says.
His degree helped Moye, 26, land an interview with Hilton Worldwide – which owns the resort – even while he was driving cross-country from Minot AFB. From there, his dazzling personality took over.
"It took me no more than 20 seconds to recognize the passion DJ has and see his radiant personality," says Kurt Graham, director of property operations at the resort, knowing his colleague had already checked out Moye's job history. "The fact that he is an Air Force veteran was an absolute bonus and something I am sure shaped his personality."
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We bought the book this past weekend and I love it! Each spread is waaayyyyy cool, but I thought I'd share a few of my favorites. By few I mean several. It was hard to narrow it down.
Rob Hunter (This one is in my top two favorites.)
Sarah Young
Meg Hunt (I really like her animal drawings.)
Kellie Strom
Jack Hudson (Second of the top two favorites.)
Lab Partners (It's cool to see these guys in a book with illustrators and cartoonists. I like it when the worlds of craft, illustration and comics come together.)
Jill Green (Another paper goods illustrator!)
Bjorn Rune Lie
Laura Carlin (Laura Carlin is one of my favorite illustrators. This pattern spread is so beautiful, but also funny.)
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The second installment of Los Nefilim is coming on November 3. If you are a newsletter subscriber, you have received the code, which will unlock this page. There, you will find an author's foreword and the first two chapters of Without Light or Guide.
The sneak preview page is only up for a limited time, and when I take it down, chapter one will be available for preview.
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