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The Peninsula builts its reputation on the finest traditions of service and hospitality, while the 30-storey extension that opened in December 1994 has since combined the hotel's heritage with the very best in modern facilities for the business and leisure traveller.
The tower rises from within the site of the original hotel in an area that was previously the rear podium. The extension added 132 rooms and suites making a total of 300, and it includes 10 floors of prime office space; shops and a range of hotel facilities, among them a swimming pool and the sun terrace; the state-of-the-art Fitness Centre; The Peninsula Spa; a business centre; banquet and meeting rooms; and Felix, a rooftop restaurant with panoramic views of the city created by renowned French architect and designer Philippe Starck.
On the roof of the tower, twin helipads offer hotel guests quick and easy access by helicopter to the airport and destinations around the territory. This facility is served by a seperate elevator and features The China Clipper, a private lounge with a reception and communications centre. The Peninsula takes pride in being the only hotel with this exemplary service.
Located on Salisbury Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, overlooking the glamorous Victoria Harbour, The peninsula is right at the heart of Kowloon's business, shopping and entertainment districts. Access to Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway subway system is less than a minute's walk from the hotel, enabling guests to travel around the city, the New Territories and into China. The Star Ferry, a more leisurely way to reach the Island, is a mere five-minute walk from the hotel, and Chek Lap Kok International Airport is only a 40-minute drive away.
The tower benefits from the raising of the former height restriction on the Kowloon peninsula. Thus, all tower rooms and suites have wholly unobstructed views of either Hong Kong Island and Victoria Harbour to the south, or the city and mountain ranges of Kowloon to the north. In the original building, five guest floors contained a total of 141 guest rooms and 27 suites, while the tower featured 11 guest-room floors comprising 105 guest rooms and 27 suites.
Completing the HK$450 million room-enhancement programme that began in January 2012, these rooms showcase bespoke luxury, detailed craftsmanship and a timeless, clasically modern aesthetic that melds the distinctive design touches. Each of the bedside panels in the rooms and suites feature 11 languages to suit the needs of its guests.
Moreover, The Peninsula has an in-house research and development team to ensure guests are treated to phenomenal service. Other than its fabulous establishment in Hong Kong, The Peninsula Paris recently opened in August 2014.
The Peninsula Spa offers a deeply personalised spa experience that cannot be found anywhere else in Hong Kong. The 1,116-square-metre spa occupies two floors offering sweeping views of Victoria Harbour, plus 14 state-of-the-art treatment rooms, making for an oasis of calm in the city for guests to renew themselves in mind, body and spirit.
The Peninsula Spa has recently launched Sattva by Simply Peninsula, which is a brand-new spa programme featuring Vedic Aromatheraphy treatments. Meanwhile, Margy's Monte Carlo is a results-driven anti-aging facial treatment that is exclusive in Hong Kong and available at The Peninsula Spa.
The technologically advanced Jacuzzi, saunas and steam rooms are also some of the facilities available at the Thermal Suite, within The Peninsula Spa.
The Peninsula's swimming pool on the eight floor has been designed to offer swimmers uninterrupted views of Hong Kong skyline, while a retractable glass screen can be closed over the front elevation of the entire pool area to allow year-round use. The pool is 18 metres long, 1.5 metres deep, and is modelled on a classical Roman theme with columns, friezes, statues, and niches to create the feeling of a palatial setting.
The pool is linked to the sun terrace and Fitness Centre, which extends out over the west wing of the original building and covers an area of approximately 1,600 square metres.
Guests have access to services such as valets, concierge, messengers, money changers, babysitters, interpreters, translators, secretarial and administrative services, a house doctor on call and nursing cover for non-clinic hours. Car hire, sightseeing and tours can also be arranged on request.
For those who are keen to explore Hong Kong's exclusive shopping scene, an extensive shopping arcade comprising more than 90 shops offers guests a wide selection of luxury and brand-name items, including fashion and tailoring, jewelery and leather goods, while The Peninsula Boutique, featuring artisanal chocolates made by the Chocolate Room, is led by the hotel's award-winning Maître Chocolatier Marijin Coertjens.
A fleet of chauffeur-driven Rolls-Royce limousines (including 14 Rolls-Royce Extended Wheelbase Phantoms and one 1934 Rolls-Royce Phantom II) and two MINI Cooper S Clubmans are available for airport transfer or private hire. Meanwhile, the hotel offers helicopter "flight sight-seeing" tours and luxury airport transfers, which can be arranged through the Concierge.
Culinary expeditions at The Peninsula include nine food and beverages outlets providing guests the opportunity of choosing from a wide range of cuisines, including French, Cantonese and Japanese.
The "Culinary Journey" commences from The Lobby, followed by two courses at Spring Moon, two courses at Gaddi's and is completed with desserts at Felix. With its precise touches of sophistication and finesse, The Peninsula Hong Kong is sure to provide guests with an unforgettable experience.
The Peninsula Hong KongSalisbury Road, KowloonHong Kong, SARTel: +852 2920 2888Website: hongkong.peninsula.com


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Spencer Locke
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Best known for playing a character who survived two of the "Resident Evil" post-apocalyptic horror films, Spencer Locke has a fresh, bright look that make her appealing equally across comedy, drama and horror. After taking acting classes and appearing in commercials in her native Florida, Locke--then just 11--convinced her family to move to Los Angeles in order to give her the opportunity to have an acting career. Within a year, Locke had succeeded in being cast in small roles in the series "Without a Trace" and the Adam Sandler dramedy "Spanglish." Locke soon scored a recurring role on the teen series "Ned's Declassified Survival Guide." After more guest appearances on television shows, Locke made an impression providing the voice for a major character in the critically acclaimed animated feature "Monster House" in 2006. Just a year later, Locke took the role of K-Mart in "Resident Evil: Extinction," co-starring with Milla Jovovich and numerous zombies. After recurring roles in the series comedy "Twentysixmiles" and comedy-musical "Big Time Rush," Locke reprised her character in 2010 in "Resident Evil: Afterlife," before taking a regular role in the popular comedy series "Cougar Town." On the big screen, Locke joined an ensemble cast for the comedy horror "Detention."


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By SANDRA BLAKESLEE
Published: April 21, 1987
ETHICISTS have warned about the quandaries genetic testing would produce since the time about 20 years ago when doctors were first able to learn a child's gender before its birth, or determine whether it had Down's syndrome. Now a fast-growing battery of tests that can spot genetic susceptibility to an ever longer list of ailments is forcing doctors, ethicists, prospective parents and others to face divisive and complex choices.
In time, everyone may have to grapple with these uncomfortable new issues. ''Every healthy person carries four to eight harmful genes,'' said Dr. Aubrey Milunsky, director of the Center for Human Genetics at Boston University School of Medicine. ''We are all polluted.''
Until prenatal testing became available, some people whose relatives had a genetic ailment remained childless rather than risk having children with the disease. For them, and for women facing the uncertainties of pregnancy late in life, genetic screening has been a boon.
But the aborting of fetuses with severe defects has already caused controversy and heartache. And as scientists learn to discern hereditary defects with lesser or uncertain implications for health, ethical dilemmas become more intense. Among them are questions about who should be tested, who can require tests of others and who should have access to the results. Experts say knowledge of a person's genetic ''profile'' could become a tool for massive discrimination by employers and insurers.
Scientists can detect evidence of a small but burgeoning number of the 4,000 diseases known to be caused by a defect in one or another single gene, including Huntington's disease, cystic fibrosis, Tay Sachs disease, two types of muscular dystrophy and retinoblastoma, an eye cancer.
Scientists have recently also identified genetic ''markers'' that in some families signal susceptibility to Alzheimer's disease and manic depression, conditions that may result from a combination of genetic and environmental factors. Further, researchers are increasingly able to identify some individuals with a genetic predisposition to more common disorders including atherosclerosis, arthritis and diabetes. Heredity, environment and life style seem to be at play here too. A Genetic Profile
''One can imagine a time when your entire genome could be mapped at birth,'' said George Annas, a professor of health law at Boston University School of Medicine. ''Your genetic profile could be used for the rest of your life to determine who you marry, what jobs to apply for and for insurance companies to decide if you are a good risk.''
''Every time science finds a new way to label people,'' he added, ''there crop up more ways to discriminate.''
Soon, it will be possible to screen everybody and there will be pressure to do so, according to Margery Shaw, a professor of health law at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in Houston. California already requires doctors to offer a kind of prenatal screening to all pregnant women. 'It Was All Talk, Talk, Talk'
When genetic counselling began in the late 1940's, physicians could only explain the odds of having a child with a given birth defect, said Dr. Shaw. ''It was all talk, talk, talk.''
Over the years, she said, many techniques that sample maternal and newborn blood and urine were developed to identify genetic diseases. Then in the late 1960's, a scientists developed amniocentesis, a technique for examining fetal cells obtained from the amniotic fluid in the uterus. The test is performed after the 16th week of pregnancy, most often on women who are over 35 or who already have a child with a genetic defect.
More recently, scientists developed a technique called chorionic villus sampling using tissue from the placenta. It tests fetuses for birth defects after nine to eleven weeks of pregnancy but is not yet widely available outside of research hospitals.
Now added to these screening techniques are so-called gene probes or genetic marker tests. These are tests that search for a targeted sequence of genes that is inherited in families with a genetic defect. The marker is not the faulty gene itself but appears with it. It is this technique that is producing the continuing explosion of genetic findings.
The tests are about 95 percent accurate, said Dr. Shaw. ''You can't be dead sure you have the gene but you are close.'' Test for Huntington's Disease
One of the tests is a gene probe for Huntington's disease, a degenerative brain ailment that strikes around age 40. The gene is dominant, so a person whose mother or father has the disease has a 50 percent chance of developing it. To find a probe, many family members had to donate blood and cooperate with one another.
About 20,000 Americans have the disease and about 200,000 of their siblings, children and grandchildren are at risk for developing it, according to Dr. Jason Brandt, director of the Huntington's predictive testing project at Johns Hopkins Medical School in Baltimore. A second project operates at Massachussets General Hospital in Boston.


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I personally believe that interbreeding KDE with GNOME is a real headache, because I you do that, for every program you'll need some abstraction layer from the used toolkit. Probably it'll take 2 month until someone invents the GNOME/KDE abstraction lib (gekalib). GNOME supports a total different view of things opposed to KDE, just take the difference between C++ and C. (just take a look at the STL) Personally I don't like both KDE and GNOME and I'll intend to write yet another GUI-lib. (However I will not name it yaguilib) However the zen circle of gfxlibs contains some truth. You forgot to mention that downloadable rpms and srpms are just a waste of time.
A tool for securing DNS communications between a client and a DNS resolver.
A polyhedral extraction tool (PET).


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I received an iPad as a gift. How can I tell which generation it is?
- Asked by Carol E from Floyds Knobs
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Yes you can. just look at the serial No on the back of your iPad - For instance Model A1432 is an iPad Mini . You can then do a search for iPad Model Numbers online and find out which Gen it is.
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Our patient education series are videos for patients dealing with Erectile Dysfunction (ED) produced by Katelaris Urology and feature Dr Katelaris as well as patients who have experience prostate cancer and erectile dysfunction.
This video features David Sandoe OAM and Pam Sandoe OAM, who survived prostate cancer surgery and decided to have a penile prosthesis to restore their Quality of Life as a couple. David is a former National Chairman of Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA) and Pam Sandoe OAM is a former PCFA Prostate Cancer Support Group Co-Leader at Sydney Adventist Hospital, this is their ED story.
David and Pam talk about what a penile implant feels like, what it looks like on the outside and the differences between having a penile implant compared to sex before experiencing Erectile Dysfunction
How does it feel to live with a penile implant?
Want a confidential and open discussion about erectile dysfunction, penile implants and whether they are right for you? Contact Katelaris Urology for a second opinion today.


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Fiesta Inn Leon
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Fiesta Inn Leon
About the hotel
Property Location
Located in Leon, Fiesta Inn Leon is minutes from Centro Max Shopping Center and close to Poliforum Leon Convention and Exhibition Center. This hotel is within close proximity of Explora Science Center and Leon Stadium.
Make yourself at home in one of the 160 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with separate bathtubs and showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones and safes, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities
Take advantage of recreation opportunities including an outdoor pool and a fitness center. Additional features include complimentary wireless Internet access, gift shops/newsstands, and tour/ticket assistance.
Enjoy a meal at a restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the hotel's 24-hour room service. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include a business center, express check-in, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Guests may use a roundtrip airport shuttle for a surcharge, and free self parking is available onsite.
Hotel Facilities
- Porter/bellhop
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Number of floors - 3
- Express check-in
- 24-hour front desk
- Bar/lounge
- Restaurant
- Total number of rooms - 160
- Free WiFi
- Fitness facilities
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Elevator/lift
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Outdoor pool
- Free self parking
- Laundry facilities
- Business center
Room Facilities
- Private bathroom
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"Spinal Tap" Leaving Netflix June 1
Among the many films and TV shows that are going bye-bye from Netflix on June 1, one stands out — "Spinal Tap".
If you haven't seen it recently, or if you haven't watched it with your kids yet, and you want to do so via Netflix, hurry up.
Just for fun, here is Spinal Tap's awesome Live Earth performance of "Big Bottom", featuring a ton of bass players, including the Beastie Boy's MCA (RIP).
Source: Netflix Additions and Losses for June 2017 | The Mary Sue
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Meet Fidget Spinners
Source: Fidget spinners, the latest distraction craze, explained – Vox
More Possible Evidence Of Life On Other Planets
Here's more possible evidence of life on other planets. Space news!
(Note: the above photo isn't the planet in question, but it's a cool picture.)
From CNN:
NASA has new evidence that the most likely places to find life beyond Earth are Jupiter's moon Europa or Saturn's moon Enceladus. Enceladus particularly has almost all of the key ingredients for life as we know it, researchers said.
New observations of these active ocean worlds in our solar system have been captured by two NASA missions and were presented in two separate studies in an announcement at NASA HQ in Washington.
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Kids Can't Play Catch, Parents At Fault
Source: They Can Hit 400-Foot Homers, but Playing Catch? That's Tricky – The New York Times
Beverly D'Angelo on Mutt & Stuff
The always fabulous Beverly D'Angelo will appear on Sid & Marty Krofft's Mutt & Stuff, Friday March 17 at 9:30am on Nickelodeon. Sid & Marty Krofft are, of course, the geniuses behind your childhood faves H.R. Pufnstuf, Land Of The Lost, and The Bugaloos. They've been working their way into the imaginations of a new generation with Mutt & Stuff. Today Beverly D'Angelo joins the party by playing a mermaid.
Here's the episode description:
Mutt & Stuff "Doggy Mermaid Island"
Tune-in Information
Friday, 9:30 am est/pst on Nickelodeon
"Doggy Mermaid Island" episode synopsis
Beverly D'Angelo make a surprise appearance as a mermaid in the premiere week finale episode for Sid & Marty Krofft's hit preschool series, Mutt & Stuff. In the episide D'Angelo plays Coral, a mermaid who is trying to bring Pearl – a half dog, half fish who is very shy – out of his shell. The class comes to Doggy Mermaid Island to help Pearl overcome her first?day?of?school jitters.
C'mon. "Doggy Mermaid Island"? Beverly D'Angelo as a mermaid? The Krofft brothers have still got it. Check out Mutt & Stuff on Nickelodeon.
DEADPOOL 2 Teaser Trailer
Deadpool 2 Teaser Trailer. Enjoy it, you will.
Here is a link to the original YouTube post on Ryan Reynolds' account. Just in case you want to watch without any distractions.
Fun little tidbits:
Description from Reynolds' video: Wade and the other girls from the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants plan a trip to Cabot Cove. This is funny because (a) it's funny and (b) Reynolds' wife Blake Lively was in Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Cabot Cove is where Murder She Wrote is set. I don't know if either of these things are the reason Reynolds posted these bits of text. I'm more certain of the first one than I am the second.
On the outside of the phone booth, there is graffiti that says "Nathan Summer Coming Soon". That refers to Cable, a character that Wade/Ryan/Deadpool said would be in Deadpool 2 in the post-credits scene.
On the inside of the phone booth is the word "Hope". BUT I think this probably refers to Hope Summers, a fun (if confusing) character from Marvel comics. That would be extra fun.
Basically, this lil' video continues the fun that the first Deadpool movie started. Excelsior!
7 Earth-Sized Planets Discovered
Ohhh snap. Check out this space news (via CNN):
(NOTE: the photo above does not depict the planets in question. It's just a cool photo of planets.)
Astronomers have found at least seven Earth-like planets orbiting the same star 40 light-years away, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. The findings were also announced at a news conference at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
This discovery outside of our solar system is rare because the planets have the winning combination of being similar in size to Earth and being all temperate, meaning they could have water on their surface and potentially support life.
The seven exoplanets were all found in tight formation around an ultracool dwarf star called TRAPPIST-1. Estimates of their mass also indicate that they are rocky planets, rather than being gaseous like Jupiter.
"Ultracool dwarf star" is my favorite phrase of the day.
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zuLive is home to musings from the zuCrew, photos, and generally anything that interests us. Don't expect anything too polished, this is where we let it all out.
Day Two of The Gathering 2016By Bonnie & Molly on
Brand is not owned by you, it is co-created with everyone who encounters it.
After another packed day of invaluable insights, Brian Solis' keynote on brand experience was a great way to wrap up the conference.
Moments that your customers experience with every facet of the business ultimately defines your brand. Have you ever gone to a website that was so cluttered and hard to navigate that you didn't know where to begin to look for what you needed? Or have you filled out a form and had to retype the date several times because it was unclear what format was required? Those seemingly innocent things can leave a customer with a bad taste in their mouth, and ultimately chip away at your brand.
Have you measured or optimized your service journey lately? Talk to front line people...
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Over the last two decades, we've grown, shrunk, failed, and won on many occasions. Maturing as a business was especially hard. In the early days, because of our industry and geographic location, there were very few examples to model ourselves upon. But here we are. We've made it through some interesting times, and can now look back at some of the bigger lessons learned:
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Every business, government and non-profit organization shares a basic, fundamental equation; they possess a core internal group of individuals who provide some type of good or service to an external audience. Traditionally, these two groups are brought together through the efforts of marketing. To be an effective marketer, an organization will divide consumers into market segments and, through research and statistics, will create one-way messages that can be delivered to targeted audiences. Most often this is in the form of advertising. 40+ years ago this was an extremely efficient way for an organization to communicate to audiences. Media consumption was far more predictable, and a well-placed 30-second television spot could reach wide swaths of a market segment.
Unfortunately for...
Writing In Plain EnglishBy Laurence on
While attending the Annual CIRI Conference in Banff, I was introduced to the practice of writing in plain english. Since the conference, I've noticed plain english writing coming up in news articles, in conversations with friends, and internally from our design team. I tried the concept on a recent document and, while it seems simple, in practice I found writing in plain english very challenging.
The workshop
At the conference, I attended a few sessions offered by Michael Sider, Assistant Professor, Management Communications, Ivey Business School. Sider stressed the importance of crafting compelling, personalized communication for brands and businesses, and used a few case studies to illustrate the do's and don'ts of effective writing.
I really connected with the session material...
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With more than half of all website traffic in North America now originating from a mobile device, such as a smartphone or tablet, the way people browse the Internet has evolved enormously in recent years. There's also growth in the mobile-only user, who accesses the Web exclusively from a mobile device, illustrating the trend that tablets and phones are fast becoming the main personal computer for consumers everywhere. With these changing browsing habits, web designers, developers, and digital marketers absolutely must be able to accommodate mobile devices by offering an optimized user experience and responsive web design for the small screen.
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Before reading a recent report published by The Economist Intelligence Unit, and commissioned by a leading marketing automation solution, Marketo, I was blissfully unaware of the battle that is being fought by many marketers in their small to medium sized organizations. The epidemic, it seems, is that marketing tends to be seen only as a cost centre, and not the demand-generating, funnel-fueling, shareholder-pleasing center of intelligence that it...


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What is your pets name?
(named such because she is blind as a bat)
How old is your pet?
8 months (born around June 2010)
Where did you get your pet?
We live on a remote Greek island and Dutch tourists found her at their hotel the day before they were flying back home. The owner didn't want such an unsightly thing around his hotel and was glad when they left with the kitty in a cardboard box. They showed up with her at our volunteer clinic. Back then she had a fungal infection on her skin and much of her fur coat was missing. We could tell she was not able to see. (My husband Alf and I end up with most of the dumped kitties on our island. There is no animal shelter here. Also no vet. )
What is your pets physical challenge?
The fungus was cleared. She's blind in both eyes (due to early cat cold)
What is your pets favorite thing to do?
Batty loves chasing a jingle bell on a string back and forth across the kitchen floor and she can do it until my arm hurts. She enjoys sitting on my shoulder/back of my neck when I'm at the computer. She often sleeps that way. She's very verbal, so I'm aware if she's awake or not! We have three dogs and 24 cats in our family and Batty has a few kitty friends she can cuddle with on a chair and all the dogs adore her and lick her. Her dog friendships formed immediately, but the cat friendships take a little longer.
What is your pets favorite thing to eat?
Kitty food beef or rabbit.
What do you love most about your pet?
She spends more time near her humans, sitting on our laps or on the back of my neck, than most of our other critters.
What has your pet most taught you?
Because my husband's sister Martina, who is a veterinarian in Germany, has two blind cats I knew before meeting Batty how blind cats navigate a room - walking close to the wall. Before Batty, I'd never been around completely blind animals, so this has been a learning experience for me.
Anything else you'd like to share?
If you'd like to link to my husband's recent video of Batty playing in our garden and courtyard, you're welcome to do so.
We have a few pets (cats and a dog, Opi) with one eye functional, so I've been introduced to blindness. I have a great interest in the general subject of disabilities in pets and am proud to be a contributing author to Almost Perfect: Disabled Pets and the People Who Love Them (http://www.wordforgebooks.com/almostperfect/index.html).
Note: Roberta, Batty and Opi's Mom, writes for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer if you'd like to read her stories.
To read about Opi, you can visit his story on Best Friends Network.
Thank you for sharing Batty and Opi with us! So glad they have you, Roberta to take care of them.
***If you care for a special needs pet and would like your pet featured, please email me through my website contact. Send a photo and I will forward the questionnaire for your pet to be featured in an upcoming post.***


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Job description
Botswana Family Welfare Association (BOFWA) is looking to fill the following position:
Counselors (2 Kanye, 1 Gaborone)
Main purpose of the Job:
To provide comprehensive counseling services to OVCs and their Caregivers in each district and to link them to care, in line with the goal and objectives of the project.
Responsibilities and duties:
- Mobilize OVC (communities, adolescents, youth and young mothers) to access care services
Support Community Health Providers to conduct comprehensive family care assessment among communities
- Conduct home visits to provide comprehensive SRHR services
- Link clients to health and socio-economic care services
- Together with the project teams and other Implementing Partners working in the area, identify and map the community's needs
- Together with project teams and other Implementing Partners working in the area, facilitate community conversations
- Together with the project team, other Implementing Partners and communities link OVC to care services
- In coordination with the community leaders, and together with the Technical Officers, participate in engaging communities in healthy conversations.
- In coordination with the project team (Social Worker), plan and document targets reached and maintain clients data and submit reports in collaboration with the project team
- Participate in identification and set up of the training venues, including the logistical aspects for the same
- Provide written and concise reports for all training and community outreach activities undertaken
- Provide weekly monthly reports to the M&E and project officer
- BGCSE and Minimum Certificate in Counseling
- Excellent communication and report writing skills
- People skills/interpersonal skills
- Highly professional, Self motivated and innovative
- ICT skills
- Timely delivery of set targets
- Teamwork
- Experience in community mobilization approaches
- Working knowledge of the respective language of the communities
Company profile
Botswana Family Welfare Association (BOFWA) is a National non-governmental organization (NGO) and member of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) BOFWA working to provide comprehensive sexual and reproductive health information, services and advocate for the rights of adolescents/youth, orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC) and Key Populations.
Overall Project mission
In 2016 BOFWA entered into an agreement with PCI International, to implement a PEPFAR funded OVC Project PCI led partnership in two of the seven PEPFAR high priority scale-up districts – greater Gaborone and Southern (entailing Gaborone, Moshupa, Kanye, Lerolwana, Selokolla, Gasita ). The overall mission of the project is to improve the health and social status for vulnerable adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), children and adolescents living with HIV, and HIV-exposed infants, especially infants of young mothers, contributing to the UNAIDS 90-90-90 goals for Botswana. The OVC Project seeks to provide targeted, evidence-based and comprehensive OVC care and service interventions that empower families, strengthen community support structures to identify and protect OVC.
Closing date and application instructions
Interested candidates send your CV, cover letter indicating education and experience to:
The CEO
PO Box 00100 Gaborone
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Or hand deliver plot 23789 Phase 4 G/West
Closing date: 11th November 2016
Location :Kanye & Gaborone


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The two funds would direct investments by Japanese retail investors into Indian equity and bond markets, Nippon and Reliance Life said in a joint statement, while welcoming Modi on his first official visit to Japan as Indian Prime Minister. Nippon Life said it is committed to a partnership with the Indian business conglomerate for setting up Reliance Bank under an appropriate category of licences to be issued by RBI.
The announcements coincided with Modis first official visit to Japan as Prime Minister, during which he invited Japanese investments into India and said that businessmen from the two countries can give a direction to world economy. The Prime Minister's visit to Japan reinforces the strategic focus of global partnership between India and Japan.
As a good role model of business partnership between Indian and Japanese corporations, Reliance Group and NLI will actively further expand their collaboration, which will contribute towards strengthening the relations between India and Japan, Reliance Group managing director Amitabh Jhunjhunwala said.
Nippon Life Insurance president Yoshinobu Tsutsui said, Reliance Capital is planning to set up its own bank which will cater to individual customers and small and medium enterprises all over India. Among the two new mutual funds announced for Japanese retail investors, India Equity Selection Fund would allow Japanese investors to directly invest in Indian companies with long term potential.


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Ham Throws Out Family Cat
By K5KVN, on the scene BEEDEVILLE, Md. -- Morse, the family cat at the Muester household, is now fending for himself outdoors. The cat was given its name after Samuel Morse, the i ...Read More »
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First of all, I have scoured these forums for info and appreciate everything I have learned and now feel it is now necessary for me to seek advice.
My sister and I and our two teen children are heading to Ireland for 8 days at the end of March. I was in Ireland 15 years ago and escorted my grandmother for a week when I was pregnant with the child who is now returning with me. We rented a manual transmission car then and that was quite an experience for me who did all of the driving. We flew in and out of Shannon and stayed at a very low budget B&B in Killarney the entire time and did a few day trips. I LOVED Ireland so much and am so excited to be returning. This time we are flying in and out of Dublin. I've got a somewhat skeleton of an itinerary and I would appreciate any input. One thing that I know has changed is the rigamarole with renting a car. I had no issues way back then and didn't have to pay extra for insurance. That has freaked me out a bit especially after reading every single thing I can on the forums about car rental experiences. So anyone who has recently been and cares to share their experiences would have my gratitude. We've booked flights and a couple nights of lodging but are holding back on the car rental so far. It's kind of thrown our very limited budget into a tailspin.
Anyway, we are arriving into Dublin and picking up whatever car we decide to rent. I'm torn about what to rent because my sister has never traveled internationally before and is hesitant about packing lightly. My concern with the car is the 4 of us renting a compact and not being able to get our luggage into it. I pack lightly and so does my daughter. Any input on the luggage and care rental please? So, she wants to get a bigger car that can accommodate more luggage because everyone says free upgrade and I am thinking that might not be the best idea. I was even thinking maybe we should rent two really tiny cars for our travel days and then pile into one when we do our day trips. Any input would be great.
We are flying into Dublin and then heading to Bunratty for two nights. I picked Bunratty because it is not a long drive from the airport and there are a few things to do there including the Castle and Folk Park and Cliffs of Mohr.
When we leave there we will head to Dingle Peninsula because the forums seem to suggest this is a better way to spend our Day than the Ring of Kerry. We will spend two nights in Kenmare and perhaps go to Muckross House and explore Killarney.
After our second night there were were going to head to Cork via the coast and take our time. I'm not really sure what to see along the way but I know it is a gorgeous drive. My daughter really wants to see Blarney Castle.
We don't know if we should stay two nights in Cork/Blarney or just one and then spend a night somewhere heading back to Dublin. Our last two nights are in Dublin at a hotel that I was able to book with airline miles. The other six nights are at B&Bs but all are not booked.
So, breakdown of itinerary
Day 1 - Fly into Dublin, drive to Bunratty and maybe visit Limerick? Bunratty Folk Castle?
Day 2 - Bunratty -- Cliffs of Mohr
Day 3 - Head to Dingle Peninsula and stay in Kenmare
Day 4 - Explore around Killarney and stay in Kenmare
Day 5 - Head to Cork and explore countryside? Stay in Blarney/Cork?
Day 6 - Cork? head to Dublin and stay somewhere else? Sleep in what town?
Day 7 - Head to Dublin and go to many attractions recommended on Forums? Overnight in Dublin
Day 8 - More exploring in Dublin and overnight in Dublin and head home on Day 9
I would so appreciate any input.
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First of all, I have scoured these forums for info and appreciate everything I have learned and now feel it is now necessary for me to seek advice.
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Just time for a quick comment . . . It is nearly 150 miles and 3+ hours to Bunratty. Very bad idea to drive that far (or at all) after an overnight flight.
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OK. Land Dublin. bus into the City and catch the M7 express to Bunratty or to my taste Ennis. No need to drive the 1st day 2nd day rent a car from Shannon airport.
Or get the express bus to Cork on arrival at Dublin. rent from Cork airport day 2.
Using option 1 and knowing it can be flipped.
Arrive Bunratty and check into accommodation. have a look round Bunratty castle and folk park meet fellow tourists in Durty Nellies maybe catch the Banquet (probably not on a tight budget) get a good nights sleep. Wake up have breakfast and bus to SNN to collect rental car or bus to Limerick have the day there another evening in Bunratty! (not sure I personally like that idea)
Or. Arrive Ennis walk 200yards to Grey Gables B&B grab lunch in Poets Corner of the Old Ground Hotel. look round Ennis grab a bit of Sleep. Meal in Brogans night out around Ennis Day 2 either collect car from Shannon or take a Burren/Cliffs tour.
Day 3 if you haven't already collect car from Shannon (dooley, easytourireland, budget) aim for Dingle via Listowel (ok you are tourists via Adare)over the Connor Pass. Check into Accommodation walk round town grab a bite to eat. early evening do the Slea Head drive. night out in Dingle trying to avoid folk comparing Rick Steves guide books.
Day 4 Drive round the Ring of Kerry (Clockwise with the heavy traffic not against it) take a couple of detours see a bit off the main road. end in Kenmare.
Day 5 over the Healy pass and down towards Cork maybe quick stop in Kinsale (just to say you've been) over the ferry to Cobh for a walk around (Titanic experience?) end the day in Blarney.
Day 6 Driver drops the car at Cork airport (bus back to Cork) and the group catch the bus back to Dublin. Or using option 1 you can drive back to Dublin calling at Cahir and Cashel or other options.
Option 2 the reverse of option 1.
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I like Tony's plan, given your wish list.
If your daughter is 'INTO' Castles, try to take time to also visit Ross Castle, in Killarney, Barryscourt Castle, near Cohb and the Rock of Dunamase, along the M8/M7 route to Dublin.
As to car hire, I've rented over 20 cars in Ireland since 1999, from a variety of companies -- Budget, Hertz, Dooley and more without any serious problems. The key is to deal directly (rather than through consolidators like Priceline, AutoEurope, etc., and read and understand ALL the 'Terms and Conditions (and ASK, if you are uncertain)--BEFORE you show up at the counter.
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All the above is great advice. You don't want a three hour drive after an overnight flight
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Thanks so much for the input! I appreciate it. Tony, do you think the bus idea will save us money or will it save us not having to drive after an overnight flight? I'm super comfortable driving a standard and had a very small learning curve the last time I was there. I figured we would stop at some towns along the way and kind of take our time. But, your bus suggestion is definitely something I will look into. Regarding Dingle, if we just picked one (Dingle or ROK), which would you suggest/prefer? And, are there things in Dublin that any of you would definitely recommend? Would we be ok getting rid of our rental car there (two days before we leave) and get to the airport and around the city without it?
These forums are so helpful!
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Driving, the bus option might save some money but the main concern is how long you have been travelling before you even get to the hire car.
If you want to drive straight off your flight take the route over Lough Derg and use Birr for the overnight. Clonmacknoise is handy and you can call off at one of the Distilleries on the way there. The grounds of Birr castle are excellent but the castle is rarely accessible.
Don't ask me about Dingle!! two weeks into the year and I feel like I've been dragged around the place by a tractor the amount of "got to go because I've been told I have to" posts on a number of forums, feel like going onto the Rick Steves forum just to hear less about the place!
Rant over Beara always wins the south west peninsula stakes in this house, The Ring of Kerry needs the time to get off the main drag
You definitely don't need a car in Dublin the Hopper bus's have 2 day tickets that will get you to all the main sights.
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Beara sounds like an interesting choice so I will look into that. I'm also going to check out your route suggestion as I am thrilled for any sort of recommendation -- I don't need to reinvent the wheel as to a good itinerary! And is getting to the airport via bus from our hotel (near Croke Park) easy. I've traveled internationally many, many times, but my companions have not. If I don't have to pay for a car for two days, that would be great.
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Croke Park to the airport is probably a walk to get the 700 bus from Drumcondra? probably 1/2 hour ride from there, but the Dublin experts will advise better on that.
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Oh, I loved Beara as well. Unspoiled and gorgeous. I went on a random walk through the woods and ended up on the top of a mountain with two stone circles!
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Taxi for 4, with luggage from Croke park hotel to Terminal 2 should take under 15 minutes and cost between 20 - 30 Euro.
The Bus would cost around 30 and take longer.
You don't need -- or want -- a car IN Dublin.
Personally, I would stay closer in than Croke Park.
What's your budget?
Also: In April of 2012 three, US sized adults traveled in a Ford Focus. We had 'excess' baggage as we were there to attend a wedding. In addition to suits, dresses and dress shoes, we also carried presents. We pretty much filled the entire 'boot' (trunk), but everything fit in.
When we have traveling companions I limit them to one checked bag per COUPLE and one carry-on, per person. It's rather undemocratic of me, but I'm the one the rents the car and does all the driving.
My car -- my rules.
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I have free rooms for two nights at Croke Park Hotel which is why we are staying there are last two nights. A couple friends have suggested daytrips from Dublin to:
"**Newgrange is worth the trip – Stonehenge type rock formations and druid site
**Dun Loaghaire (pronounced – Dun Leery) is an awesome short day trip from Dublin and is a historic fishing town"
If you all recommend we do those things, should I hang on to the car OR keep it to drive to those places.
Too many places to see and too little time. I've glad we have 8 full days at least!
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Itallian_Chauffer : >>When we have traveling companions I limit them to one checked bag per COUPLE and one carry-on, per person. It's rather undemocratic of me, but I'm the one the rents the car and does all the driving.
My car -- my rules. <<
Heck - you're a pushover
When I take folks I limit each to one carry-on-sized rollie bag and a handbag or very small carry on. Yep. My Car -- My Rules
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Sorry, catch the ferry from Dun Laoghaire but other than that? Howth would be a better option for a small fishing village, especially Sunday for the Fisher/Farmers Market. Your friend might know something I don't. The Bray Head Walk is an option if it's a nice day https://fatstevewalks.wordpress.com/walks-by-busrail/walks-by-busrail-bray-head-walk/
Newgrange, Hill of Tara tours are an option http://newgrangetours.com/ as is the Glendalough, Wicklow option http://www.wildwicklow.ie/
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janisj: "Heck - you're a pushover "
THAT'S what I tell my people! Don't know why they don't believe me?
mms_mom O.K. I know a lot of hotels in Dublin, but I can't beat FREE! I would STILL for-go the car and use public transit. It likely will be a 'wash', cost-wise, but you can't put a price on the relaxation it affords by giving up the car.
Were it ME, I would do either Newgrange OR Wicklow and use the second day to avail of the Hop-On-Hop-Off Bus to see the many Dublin sites.
That same day, you could also ride the DART to either Howth or Bray. If the walk seems to daunting, the DART follows the Cliff Walk Path into Greystones -- giving you much of the same views, without all the walking.
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Thank you for the advice and links. We are making progress. A question about food: How much should be plan on per day if we have breakfast covered? And I was considering purchasing online tickets for Cliffs of Moher, Blarney Castle, etc. Anyone have thoughts as to pros/cons of this?
Also, based on comments on other threads in this forum, we have a couple nights booked at O'Donnabhain's in Kenmare. I had initially booked us out of town a bit but there were a few reviews on Trip Advisor and comments on this that made me rethink being out of town. Also, any ideas for a cheap but decent B&B in Blarney or Cork. And would it be better to stay in Blarney OR Cork for a night. The goal is to see Blarney Castle and maybe the Woolen Mills.
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Breakfast at a B&B is a huge deal. I am usually not hungry until 2 or 3 pm - at which time, some pubs may be closed. Pubs, I've found offer decent value for the money, though I'm also a fan of roadside food. Food is a little more expensive than a comparable meal in the states, but not horribly so. $10 will get you a fancy burger with chips.
Have you looked into a Heritage Pass? It might save you some money if you visit many sites. http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/Info/HeritageCards/
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The only time that I stayed in Kenmare, it was here:
http://www.kenmarehousebandb.com/ It was very nice, with gracious hosts, just out of town, but there is a nice, paved footpath that provides a handy 'Short-cut' into town center.
As GreenDragon says, a B&B breakfast will usually get you through to early afternoon. Pricing of meals usually changes about 5 PM, so often, a 4 PM dinner will save you a few Euro over an 7 PM one.
Blarney is a tourist mecca during the day, but makes for a nice overnight, once the tour buses leave. Some friends just stayed here, for two nights, last October:
Here's what he said about it (and some details on food prices!):
" Had booked the White House B&B for 2 nights, the first of mostly 2 night stays. It was a nice facility, helpful friendly owner/ operators and was 170 euros total 2 nights triple. . . . headed on foot downtown about 7:30 to Muskerry Arms Pub for supper. GD learned about "chicken goujons" which chicken strips or chicken nuggets are often times referred to on menus in Ireland. Just a mere 10 minute walk downtown with raincoats in hand, just in case. DW had the bacon wrapped stuffed roast chicken, and I had leg of lamb. The food here was outstanding as was touted on TA and suggested by our B&B host. Also shared a slice of our first banafi pie and yum,yum! Along with beverages, total bill was 52 Euros. The entrees were about 13 euros, kids menu ave 7-8 Euros, but along with 3 pints and soda it really adds up. But then, we are on vacation (holiday)......"
Balance of his report: http://ireland.activeboard.com/t59260202/14-days-of-high-adventure/
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http://www.meadowbankblarney.com/ or either of the hotels in Blarney if they have decent offers, Medowbank is a good option though
Pre booking tickets saves a little, not sure if you are planning on anything on the Heritage Card? http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/Info/HeritageCards/ You would have to work out if one would make sense savings wise? They used to do a free pass which gave discounts but not anymore
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Buying online tickets -- unless they are discounted -- won't really save you any time. The ticket booth at Blarney is pretty quick and efficient - unless you happen to arrive just AFTER a Tour Bus disgorges!
At the Cliffs, you pay for everything at a Drive-Up window in the Car Park. When we were there this past June, it probably only took 2 minutes.
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FYI -- In concurrence with Tony (NOT that his opinions require any validation) -- here's a link to some photos of Healy Pass, on the Beara:
They appear about three rows down on page 1. There are more, on Page 4, as well. Toward the bottom of Page 2 are pix taken of the drive between Kenmare and Killarney, and the Stone Circle located in the center of Kenmare.
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Because of the feedback I have received, I have thought about changing the itinerary a bit to not drive so much the first day. I would appreciate input:
Day 1: Arrive Dublin and stay in Ballymore Eustace (because I was able to find a nice B&B). I figured we could explore on the way and see what is around there. Suggestions for what is there?
Day 2: Blarney overnight and Blarney Castle with Cahir and Rock of Cashel on the way.
Day 3: Head to Kenmare via Mizen Head Peninsula and maybe Beara Peninsula? Too much for a day or OK? Overnight Kenmare.
Day 4: Explore Killarney area and overnight in Kenmare.
Day 5: Head up to Cliffs of Moher? Stay overnight somewhere in Doolin?
Day 6: Explore around Galway or other scenic areas by Cliffs of Moher? Not sure what is best.
Day 7: head to Dublin and drop car off and spend the night in Dublin Day 7 and 8.
Day 9: home
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One more try -- advice please!
Day 1 - Overnight in Cashel (Rock of Cashil, Hoare Abbey)
Day 2 - Overnight in Blarney (Cahir Castle,Blarney Castle, Cobh?)
Day 3 - Mizen Head Peninsula, maybe some of Beara, overnight in Kenmare.
Day 4 - Beara Peninsula, overnight in Kenmare. (doing these two instead of ROK and Dingle).
Day 5 - Killarney National Park area and head north and stay in Listowel, Ballybunion, or Kilrush (after taking ferry).
Day 6 - Cliffs of Moher and area and overnight in Ballyvaughn.
Day 7 - Head to Dublin, drop off car and explore in the evening. Overnight Croke Park.
Day 8 - Dublin and overnight in Croke Park.
Day 9 - Airport and home
Input? Please?
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Not much in Ballybunnion bar the Golf Club, nice as the location is. Listowel always gets my vote but if you do cross the Shannon Kilkee rather than Kilrush. As I have probably indicated Kinvara is my personal preference over Ballyvaughan.
Other than that it looks fine.
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Thank you! Do you think it is better to cross the Shannon at the end Day 5 or at the beginning of Day 6? Only picked Ballybunnion and Listowel because of close proximity to the ferry. Any recommendations for a place to stay in Kilkee? And I will look at Kinvara instead of Ballyvaughan.
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http://www.bayviewkilkee.com/ is a good central option as is http://watersedge.westclare.net/
http://www.kilkee-ireland.com/ & http://www.loophead.ie/
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IMHO, The Killarney National Park is the nicest chunk of the ROK. Gap of Dunloe is beautiful - I've walked it and done the touristy pony trap part
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GreenDragon, I read your old posts last night and liked your FB page. Your trips sound fantastic and you are a very talented photographer. Have you been down to the Mizen Head station (I'm not sure which peninsula that is). We are wondering if that is worth a drive because it looks beautiful. There is so much to do in so little time and I am cutting things left and right. I will definitely be back!
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Oh, thank you! I've not made it down to Mizen Head, yet, more's the pity. It is definitely on my list, though! I'm sure Tony2Phones has been there, though.
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You have Mizen down for Day 3? Been a long time since I was down there, looks like it's been all done up for the Wild Atlantic Way photo shoots.
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Yes, we decided to do that on our way to Kenmare on Day 3. I'm thinking of making a day of it and going along the coast. THoughts?
Also, if we were only to do one or two things in Cork for half a day, what would anyone suggest?
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The English Market in Cork - an indoor food hall. Neat place!
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Tickets for the Los Angeles exhibit will range from $6 for school groups to $30 for adult weekend tickets.
Exhibit organizers defended the price of tickets, noting that most of the money will go toward preservation of artifacts in Egypt. Tickets averaged about $12 for the 1970s exhibit in Los Angeles, which was significantly smaller than the current show, said Tim Leiweke, president and chief executive of AEG.
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This photo has a wide range of colours. the light blues, in particular, are going out of gamut for sRGB.Examining various points in the history stack, it appears my processing has made things slightly worse, but not significantly so. Export setting was perceptual intent. Is there any solution, or is sRGB too limiting?
You can certainly try and shift the colors back inside the gamut, but sRBG is small; I usually just let it clip!
How do you let it clip?
Clipped as it happenend in your example I guess. In your case the blue channel is clipped. Maybe you can try different settings in the input color module like turn on gamut clipping or other RGB profiles?
You just export it as is.
Is that absolute colorimetric intent?
Is there any solution, or is sRGB too limiting?
As far as I know there is no sane way to display colors that are outside of a (convex) gamut, using colors inside of that gamut. What you can do is to compress the range of colors so they are inside of sRGB by reducing the saturation of the image a bit.
However, to me the artifacts in the blue areas of the image don't look like it's not just the gamut clipping.
If you haven't read this yet, it might help in understanding the problem at hand.http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/color-space-conversion.htm
Thanks. That was helpful.
I'm assuming you are using the darktable built-in sRGB profile. This is a bog-standard matrix profile. It doesn't have a perceptual intent table. I suspect that if you export your file using all four "intents", you'll produce four identical files.
Cambridge in Colour is a wonderful website and the referenced article is excellent. However, the output profiles that he's talking about are Look-Up Table printer or CMYK profiles with four intent tables. The sRGB profile is a matrix profile and doesn't have any intent tables at all. Without intent tables, you will never have perceptual intent or saturation intent as actual choices, instead you'll get relative colorimetric intent.
Regarding absolute vs relative colorimetric intent, yes, matrix profiles in theory support both of these intents. But in a V4 workflow such as what darktable uses, converting between matrix RGB working spaces uses relative colorimetric intent even if you ask for absolute colorimetric intent. This was a major point of disagreement in the change from V2 to V4 ICC profile specifications.
Figure 4 in this article shows what an actual absolute colorimetric intent conversion in a V2 workflow looks like:http://ninedegreesbelow.com/photography/srgb-profile-comparison.html#whitepoint
In either case, V2 or V4, and relative or absolute colorimetric, the conversion to sRGB does clip out of gamut colors. There's no gamut compression even if you choose perceptual intent, because the sRGB matrix profile (and AdobeRGB, ProPhotoRGB and all other standard RGB working space profiles) are all matrix profiles, which means no tables, which means the only available intents are relative and absolute colorimetric.
And in a V4 workflow, unless your image editor provides a special chromatic adaptation slider (I don't think darktable does this, GIMP doesn't, Krita does but I've never used it), asking for absolute colorimetric intent when converting to an RGB matrix working space profile actually gives you relative colorimetric intent. Asking for perceptual gives you relative colorimetric. And asking for saturation also gives you relative colorimetric.
You might find this article helpful, though I'd recommend reading the Cambridge in Colour article first:http://ninedegreesbelow.com/photography/icc-profile-conversion-intents.html
If you read the above article, I'm still trying to figure out what happens when the source profile has all four tables (this is mostly only relevant when converting for example from a printer profile back to an RGB matrix profile working space, or between two printer profiles), and I'll update the article if I ever get this somewhat unusual (well, I think it's probably an unusual thing to do) type of conversion figured out.
As far as sRGB being "weak" or having a small color gamut, yes, it really does have a small color gamut compared to colors that can be captured by today's digital cameras, displayed on today's wide gamut monitors, and printed using today's high-end photographic printers. sRGB is particularly weak in blue-greens, greens, and yellow-greens, exactly the colors in the dragonfly image.
This article explores the question of which colors that can be captured by a digital camera are out of gamut with respect to the sRGB color gamut:http://ninedegreesbelow.com/photography/srgb-versus-photographic-colors.html
This tutorial has diagrams showing the relative size and shape of various ICC profiles your image might encounter along the way from camera to output: http://ninedegreesbelow.com/photography/pictures-of-color-spaces.html
AdobeRGB will probably easily hold all the colors in the dragonfly image (which is a very pretty photograph, I love the dragonfly's blue, green, and orange-red colors in front of the out-of-focus background greens). But putting an AdobeRGB image on the web is risky - if your viewing audience is composed of photographers, hopefully most of them have calibrated and profiled monitors, and are using a properly color-managed browser. But for most people even today, color management is not well-implemented on their various viewing devices. So for posting images to the web, sRGB is still the safest choice.
Which as @paperdigits notes, leaves reduction of the saturation of the out of gamut colors before export, and/or allowing the out of gamut colors to simply clip, as the only viable solutions. Personally I try to bring colors back into gamut before exporting to sRGB. But for bright colors, if clipping doesn't produce any visible artifacts then usually I just let the colors clip.
Thank you. That was very helpful.
I conclude:
1) Changing the intent in the darktable export module won't help me.2) Using a wider gamut such as AdobeRGB won't help me because: a) My monitor does not have that wide a gamut (99% of sRGB is all that it claims - profiling and calibrating seems to back up that claim) and b) I am publishing either to the web for general consumption (not specifically photographers) or for my personal printing on a printer that has a gamut smaller than sRGB.3) So my options are to live with what I'm getting, or to try to push the colours back into sRGB within my current workflow (darktable). The latter is beyond me at present (I don't know how to go about it). So I'll stick with the former for now.
What about this video tutorial by @RileyB:
Not seen it before. I'll take a look.Thanks.
I didn't know that. I expected them to be derived from the matrix if that's all that's provided but clearly that's not true. Thanks for the clarification!
It helps. Thanks.But doesn't completely eliminate the problem.
That's an interesting idea, sort of a "smart" color management for constructing perceptual intent tables "on the fly", perhaps based on the image's actual colors and the color gamut of the intended output profile. So maybe the software would make an intermediate LUT profile to compress the source colors to fit into the destination color gamut, and then convert from the image to the LUT profile, and then from the LUT profile to the output profile. Various ideas for "smart" color management have been tossed around, I think this is one of them. Though I'm not sure I like the idea of my color management software making artistic decisions for me (like what to do with an out of gamut color).
What a lot of people don't realize (well, I didn't realize it until I started experimenting with making LUT profiles using ArgyllCMS) is that making a LUT profile does require having a source color gamut (an image or an RGB working space) and also the destination color gamut. So any colors in the image that exceed the colors in the source color gamut (that was used to make the destination LUT profile's perceptual intent table), are still clipped.
My apologies, the above is a bit of a mis-statement in that using the chromatic adaptation slider (which is a feature in LCMS2, but not a required feature for V4 color management implementations) isn't the same as requesting absolute colorimetric intent. But functionally it works in somewhat the same way, except it allows for partial chromatic adaptation. This is something that I don't have any personal experience using and I'm not sure what the use case would be in a normal photographic workflow.