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The Joseph Swan Vineyards is an interesting piece of history and an example of a winery that is a winery first and a tasting room second. Located 20 minutes west of Santa Rosa, Swan is in a cluster of wineries that make up the western cluster of Sonoma wine country. To the east are the wineries around the town of Sonoma (and towns of Glen Ellen and Kenwood); to the north are the wineries around Healdsburg and the Michelin-starred restaurants around that area. Sebastopol and Forestville feel a bit more off the beaten path, less geared for tour buses and bachelorette parties. It still has a couple world-class places, like Merry Edwards and Iron Horse. But it still feels like an area where the business is farming not marketing.
Joseph Swan was one of the early pioneers of California pinot noir. He bought an old Zinfandel vineyard in the cool climate of the Russian River Valley and replanted it with pinot in the late 1960s. His plantings thrived enough that cuttings from his vines have been planted all over California as "Swan clones." Swan was one of the early California winemakers that strove for a French, specifically a Burgundian, sensibility, with minimal intervention and a sense of terroir.
While Joe has passed on, his stepdaughter and her husband carry on the legacy.
Turn into the winery and its tiny parking lot and you see things set up for the business of winemaking, not for greeting a horde of tourists.
The vineyards here are not for show, but are the original plots of land Swan bought in the 1960s.
The tasting room is spare and utilitarian. Barrels are stored high because they need the storage space, not because they want to create ambiance. There's no Italian marble here; just a basic wooden barn/shed with a simple counter for pouring.
They have a fairly large stable of wines — four pinots, three Syrahs, four Chardonnays, and a couple surprises. I found them a little challenging to drink when new because they tend to run high in alcohol. I think this is at least in part because Swan worked hard to make his wines suitable for aging. But I'm sure it is also a style-thing.
The wines are a great value, with nothing over $40 and their single vineyard pinots at $35 and $38. The Trenton View pinot is probably the signature bottling, as it is where the "Swan clones" cuttings have been taken. I found it too aggressively grassy and hot. The Great Oak Vineyard pinot is a bit more balanced to me. The productions are tiny — less than 200 cases of the Trenton and the Great Oak — so unless you're planning to visit the winery, you'll probably only come across the Cuvee de Trois, which is made at about 1600 cases.
The folks in the tasting room were very nice. Except for maybe the busy season, the winery has something like 4 full-time employees, so whoever is pouring for you probably also works the forklift and helps sort grapes. They were glad to pour through most of the lineup and talk about the various vintages.
This is what Napa and Sonoma must have been like 30 years ago, when wine was not big business and the tasting rooms were just a hobby for the winemakers. Next time you're planning a Sonoma wine trip, it's worth taking a left and visiting Swan.
Joseph Swan Vineyards
2916 Laguna Road
Forestville, California 95436


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This book has two aims: to introduce the reader to philosophical ideas that have shaped and are still shaping our world, and to suggest ways to get more out of movies than mere entertainment.
The two aims are related. Philosophical ideas are sweeping, abstract, and seemingly remote from real life. The embodiment of philosophical ideas in stories, characters, and visual presentations insures that these ideas have concrete and specified meanings, and that their relevance to real life situations is in view. Movies show what philosophers are talking about.
Philosophy, in turn, brings out the depth and inner meanings of films. It is easy to become absorbed in the often brilliant elements of cinematic creation--dialogue, acting, sounds, camera work, and so forth. Such absorption, however, may prevent viewers from seeing the over-all significance or deeper meaning of films. Good production values may distract from the fact that films can be substantial contributions to the understanding of significant problems. Philosophical interpretations of films focus on the comprehensive statements and ultimate implications of works, and they connect films to the more universal thoughts and aspirations that artists as well as thinkers have developed in their attempts to make sense of their lives and the world.
Philosophy is, of course, a rather wide field. The present book takes its lead from "Educating Rita." The heroine of that film sets out to get an education—in order to "find herself." Finding herself defines her philosophical journey. The films discussed in the following chapters all deal with aspects of what it is to find one's self. They clarify and develop a conception of human existence that has guided Western thought from Socrates to Existentialism and beyond: that a person's true identity is not based on such external and inherited institutions as class, nationality, cultural tradition, organized religion, or race, but on an independent individuality that shapes itself through critical reflection and transcending imposed definitions. Self-determination, one might say, is the philosophy to which this book is devoted.
Jorn K. Bramann
From: Jorn K. Bramann: Educating Rita and Other Philosophical Movies
Philosophical Films: A Special Topics Course

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Tall Ship takeover: the historic ships coming to Sutton Harbour Marina this month
Throughout the year Sutton Harbour Marina welcomes a number of historic tall ships which open to the public so people can enjoy exploring them. The ships moor in the marina alongside Quay Road, providing the perfect location for visitors to climb aboard. Having these amazing vessels in Sutton Harbour Marina also brings our maritime history to life and transports us back to how the harbour once looked.
As Britain's Ocean City, Plymouth has an extensive marine history, with Sutton Harbour being the site where the legendary Mayflower set sail for the New World in 1620 – an occasion which will be marked next year for the 400th year anniversary and the Mayflower 2020 celebrations. The Mayflower Steps commemorate the voyage of the Pilgrim Fathers, as well as the Mayflower Museum, which explores the historic journey across three floors, so you can easily find out more.
This month two historic ships are visiting Sutton Harbour – The Tectona and The Grayhound.
The Tectona
The Tectona will be moored along Quay Road in Sutton Harbour until Sunday 14th April. The vessel was built in 1928 on the beach of Calcutta in India – with the help of a few elephants it is believed. She measures 23 metres in length and weighs 75 tonnes.
The Tectona has some links to Plymouth, as throughout the 1960s, the vessel was used by the University of Plymouth to train students on their navigational courses. The ship was bought by Dr Robert Crabtree in 2009 with the vision of providing sail training for those in recovery from addiction. Today, the crew continues his legacy.
Sailing Tectona CIC is a non-profit organisation that provides sail training for people from all backgrounds, including youth groups, disadvantaged young people and adults in recovery from mental health problems and substance misuse. Sailing Tectona is supported by The Tectona Trust which provides funding for Recovery and Mental Health Voyages.
Sail training can help people develop life skills such as working as part of a team, self-confidence and leadership skills. Studies show that psychological wellbeing is also linked to physical health, with sea air and exposure to sun helping to induce a relaxed state and reduce the feelings of stress.
For more information on Tectona and their sail training, visit their website www.sailingtectona.co.uk.
The Grayhound
The Grayhound is a replica of an 18th century Customs Lugger and is sailing into Sutton Harbour Marina on Easter Sunday (21st April) for a week-long visit.
The three-masted ship was built by husband and wife, Marcus and Freya, between 2010 and 2012. She measures 180 feet in length, a slightly smaller replica of the original which was built only a few nautical miles west of Plymouth, in the village of Cawsand in 1776. The vessel worked as a Revenue Lugger patrolling harbours in a bid to catch smugglers.
The historic ship is a regular visitor to Sutton Harbour Marina, as she has berthed in the marina during the last two Plymouth Pirate Weekend celebrations – and is returning for this year's Pirate Weekend – and has previously delivered goods by sail to restaurant venues in Sutton Harbour, as part of eco-friendly initiatives.
The Grayhound hosts voyage experiences for members of the public who want to see what life was like on board an 18th century ship. Visitors can try their hand at being part of a cargo crew, transporting organic French wine and West Country ale across the Channel.
For more information in the Grayhound and their voyage experiences, visit their website https://www.grayhoundluggersailing.co.uk/.
We very much enjoy having beautiful ships like The Tectona and The Grayhound moored in Sutton Harbour Marina and welcome interest from other tall ships who may like to visit. The ships are always a crowd pleaser, making everyone's day out along the harbour that extra special. Historic ships remind us of the importance of our maritime history and shows us how 18th century Sutton Harbour would have looked.


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Elements to Think Through on Custom Buttons
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To ensure that you have realized the intended objective when it comes to the use of custom buttons, there is need to provide that you think through some details. To elucidate on the matter, here are some of the element to think through when considering the use of custom buttons.
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The Big Picture High School, Bloomfield Public Schools
Bloomfield, CT
Grade(s): 9 - 12
Scenario: Laptop Carts
Purpose: Supplement
Time Spent in ALEKS: 2.5 hours per week, 25 hours per term
ALEKS Course: Foundations of High School Math, Algebra 1, High School Geometry, Algebra 2, PreCalculus, Trigonometry
Julie Christianson, Advisor
I feel very positive about the experience with the students.
What challenges did the class or school face in math prior to using ALEKS?
Students have many different skill levels, and there was very limited structure for the math courses.
How many days per week is class time dedicated to ALEKS?
5 days per week.
What is the average length of a class period when ALEKS is used?
30 minutes.
How do you implement ALEKS?
Students work independently in ALEKS 30 minutes every day.
Do you cover ALEKS concepts in a particular order?
How do you structure your class period with ALEKS?
We do not have class periods. Students have a set time to work on ALEKS every day.
How often are students required or encouraged to work on ALEKS at home?
I encourage my students to work on ALEKS at home when they get behind on their time, or when they choose to work ahead to move through the course at a faster pace.
How do you cultivate parental involvement and support for ALEKS?
We notify parents at student/parent learning plan meetings three times per year.
Is ALEKS assigned to your students as all or part of their homework responsibilities? If so, what part of the total homework load is it?
Homework is only assigned if they have not completed it in school.
How do you incorporate ALEKS into your grading system?
We do not use grades at our school.
Do you require students to make regular amounts of progress in ALEKS?
We encourage 3 percent growth per week; however, students work and learn at their own pace. All growth is appreciated, no matter the size.
Learning Outcomes
Since using ALEKS, please describe the learning outcomes or progress you have seen.
All of my students have made progress since beginning ALEKS. The students like seeing their pies grow, and I'm happy to see that the in progress area of their percentages have been mastered on their assessments.


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320sqm House, Herzliya
Photographs: Shai Epstein
Planing and interior design of 320sqm three floor house, situated on a half dunam lot on one of Herzliya Pituach's older streets.
The house was designed as two boxes connected by a "traffic artery" which begins at the iron fence at the entrance to the lot, continues through a long and high space that transverses the boxes along the inside of the house, and ends at the staircase, which creates the connection between the different floors and the boxes.
Inside the house, the traffic artery between the cubes continues to the roof and at its highest point it is covered by a light roof made of zinc combined with wood and glass (a skylight) on steel construction.
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This guide is for users to show how to update Fluentd to v1.0 from v0.12 or earlier. For plugin developer, see Updating plugin for v1.0 from v0.12.
There are something to be considered:
Plugins which uses v0.12 API is supported in v1
Configuration which uses v0.12 style is supported in v1
Fluentd v1 updates dependent ruby and gem versions. For example, Fluentd v1 requires ruby 2.1 or later so you need to check your ruby version first.
To install v1, type
gem install command. Now v1 will be installed:
$ gem install fluentd
Configuration style is same but Fluentd v1 adds several sections for core features. For example, v1 uses
<buffer> section for output's buffer parameters.
# v1<match pattern>@type foodatabase db1apikey foobarbaz# buffer parameters<buffer>@type filepath /path/to/bufferflush_interval 10s</buffer></match># v0.12<match pattern>@type foodatabase db1apikey foobarbaz# buffer parametersbuffer_type filebuffer_path /path/to/bufferflush_interval 10s</match>
This separates configuration parameters into fluentd core features and plugin-specific features. See "Configuration" panel in the left menu for each section details.
Note that Fluentd v1 automatically converts v0.12 style into v1.0 style during startup phase, so you can reuse v0.12 configuration with v1. See compat_parameters article for correspondence table between v1 and v0.12 parameters. Of course, v1 configuration is better for using full v1 API features.
Some popular plugins have already used new v1 plugin API. v1 API based plugins support useful features like flexible chunk keys, placeholders and etc. So we recommend to use latest plugin for Fluentd v1.
Fluentd v1 supports old v0.12 plugin API so you can use older plugins with v1 without code update.
td-agent 3 includes Fluentd v1 serise. If you want to use fluentd v1 with td-agent package, use td-agent 3 instead of td-agent 2.
You can upgrade td-agent 2 to 3 by executing install script for td-agent 3 when you use deb/rpm package.
For more details about install script see following articles:
And then you must reinstall gem packages that you've ever used with td-agent 2.
You should update your td-agent.conf to use Fluentd v1 configuration as soon as possible. For more details see Configuration style.
Fluentd v1 changes buffer mechanism for the flexibility. New buffer consists of buffer content and metadata. v0.12 buffer doesn't have metadata so new API based plugin can't handle old buffer files. You need to flush existing buffer files before update fluentd.
Log forwarding from v0.12 to v1.0 is no problem but Log forwarding from v1.0 to v0.12 has a problem due to timestamp change. See in_forward's FAQ
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The Alternative Camp, where you are welcomed as you are!
by Songül Kayabasifrom CIM https://youtu.be/NL2OPCvmUUY
Our solution
Integration of refugees into the local community should be holistic; a healthy living environment is as important as productivity. The Alternative Camp serves from green living area until market and future market needs (tech) workshops with a tight link to local, regional and int. businesses. The Alternative Camp is the place where refugees and locals share spaces/topics and happiness. Relationships' are built on a constructive and inclusive approach, language of love and positive encouragement
What's the business opportunity for host and refugee community
Corporate leaders, city councils and civil societies in Ruanda and in the region are called on to provide inclusive job training, employment opportunities, and direct assistance. In order to create responsibilities of the businesses the workshops in the Alternative Camp should be set up in cooperation with businesses to educate and train their own future employees. Multi partnerships assess the competencies and skills of participants (participants are from refugee and host communities).
How has it been implemented and what impact it had
Bringing cross sectors together, such as Local authorities, private companies, NGOs, Developmental organizations (UNDP, GIZ etc.) will make the structure of the vocational training workshops at the Camp strong and sustainable. The Alternative Camp should be governed by a system of direct participatory democracy, where the individual (refugee and host community) can directly influence issues and events regarding the Camp. Int. and local volunteers are also foreseen in the implementation process.
Our Skills and Experience
"Alternative life association" held many social integration camps emphasizing on inclusion, equality and accessibility in different cities of Turkey with int. volunteers for 20 years. This experience comes with a set of skills such as organizing, communicating and cooperating with the local communities and authorities on site in order the project to be sustainable and impactful. "Ayder" set the standards and know-how of voluntarism in Turkey and now scaling up to serve globally.


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A regional summit called to defuse tension over Bolivia's plans to nationalise its natural gas industry ended in uncertainty on Thursday when the four leaders present failed to reach agreement on proposed price increases and instead announced the expansion of plans to build a controversial gas pipeline from Venezuela to Argentina.
The meeting followed Bolivia's announcement on Monday that it would take control of all concessions and installations operated by foreign companies in the country. Hydrocarbons companies including Petrobras of Brazil, Repsol of Spain, Total of France and BG and BP of the UK have invested about $3.5bn in Bolivia and Petrobras has spent an additional $2bn on a pipeline delivering Bolivian gas to Brazil and Argentina.
The companies have been given 180 days to negotiate new contracts.
Following the meeting, President Néstor Kirchner of Argentina said the price of Bolivian natural gas would be discussed in a "rational" manner and set at a level that would make investments viable. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, president of Brazil, said prices would be discussed "in the most democratic manner possible".
Bolivia has threatened to increase the price it charges for its natural gas by more than 50 per cent. Petrobras said it would take legal action to prevent any price rise and resort to international arbitration if necessary.
The statements left industry leaders in Brazil concerned that prices could soon be increased.
"We simply cannot accept higher prices," said Saturnino Sérgio da Silva of Fiesp, the São Paulo state federation of industry. "Many industries migrated to natural gas to become more competitive and cannot afford an increase." He said Brazil must get tough with Bolivia to keep prices down.
The four leaders also agreed to work together to make possible a so-called "Southern Pipeline" stretching more than 9,000km between Venezuela and Argentina. The project is as controversial because is expected to cost about $23bn and would cross some environmentally sensitive areas.
Hugo Chávez, president of Venezuela, who travelled to the meeting together with President Evo Morales of Bolivia, said Bolivia would join Venezuela, Brazil and Argentina in making the pipeline possible. Bolivia had previously dismissed the project as impracticable.
"The nationalisation of Bolivia's hydrocarbons industry has allowed us to speed its entry into the project," Mr Chávez said.
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Tips for Los Angeles County Museum of Art
27 Los Angeles County Museum of Art Tips
Street parking is sometimes available. We were lucky.
Wear comfortable walking shoes! Lots of walking!!!
LACMA is free for LA County residents after 5:30.
Or if you want to set the mood for early LACMA try Barny"s Beanery
To get in the mood for decontructing art try The Apple Pan on Pico
If the kids sign up as members (free) you don't pay an entrance fee at all to the museum
Parking at lot across the street from the museum is hassle-free option
Make sure to use a correct entrance - NOT the one with all the lamps.
Parking at museum is $10 or across the street. Either is fine
The restaurantMeals by Genet is located on Fairfax just minutes away from LACMA.
The restaurant Meals by Genet is located on Fairfax just minutes away from LACMA.
Had Ethiopian cuisine for the first time at Meals by Genet. Enjoyed the whole experience.
We went to The Grove for dinner.
You can pre-pay your underground parking fee at the ticket box.
Basically, don't expect to eat when going to the museum!
Wear comfortable walking shoes
Too expensive, and the cafeteria staff were just plain rude.


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Being happy and healthy is the greatest gift you can ever have in life. There are certain things that you must do to ensure that you are healthy and comfortable.
Falling sick and regularly going to see the doctor is really intimidating and frustrating.
The following are things you need to do to take care of your health for your mental and body well being.
5 Essential Tips for Taking Charge of your Health:
1. Have a Health Insurance
Having a medical insurance is an indicator that are really mindful of your health and wellbeing, as well as your financial security. With a health insurance, you will receive high quality medical services, which is part of taking care of your health.
If you have a medical emergency, it will affect both your body and mental health if you do not have enough resources to take care of the medical costs. Having a health insurance is very important.
You can always search the internet and learn about subjects like this if you don't understand them enough. There are countless sources of information. Get more information about health insurance here.
2. Eat Healthy Food
Eating healthy and a well balanced food is where you must begin in living a healthy life. You need to avoid eating out. If you want your body to stay healthy, avoid eating processed foods, high sugar foods and fast foods.
If you are cooking your own food you have more control of what you are adding and what you cook. You can avoid some serious diseases such as heart diseases, diabetes or obesity by just eating right.
Ensure you are eating enough vegetables and fruits on a daily basis. Take plenty of water. It's essential for your health and it will refresh your mind as well as your emotional state. Try to drink at least 8 glasses per day.
3. Exercise
To maintain a healthy weight, you need to work out your body on a regular basis. Get yourself involved in any kind of exercise that you enjoy the most. You do not have to go to the gym. You can ride a bike, take a walk, do yoga or swim. Exercising also ensures that your mind is fresh and active at all times. Focus on exercising at least for 30 minutes every day.
4. Go for Check Ups
You can schedule for a health check-up every once or twice in a year. During the check up and the medical examinations, have the doctor check your glucose levels, blood pressure, cholesterol levels and weight. Get the medical examinations such as the Pap smear or breast examinations. The benefits of this routine check is, if anything is detected in its early stages, it will be more treatable that in its later stages. Take the health supplements or medications that have been recommended to you by your doctor.
5. Quit Smoking and Alcohol
You have probably heard it so many times already. Smoking is not good for your health. It has numerous negative effects in your body. It causes lung cancer and other respiratory problems. Excess drinking of alcohol is not safe either, which is why quitting alcohol for even a short time can be beneficial. You need to reduce your intake of alcohol or give it up completely.
For the sake of your well being and living a healthy life, you must adopt practices that promote a good healthy life. With all these factors, practice gratitude and positivity for a long healthy and happy life.


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Female Fertility and Laptops: Is There a Connection?
Many women wonder if using a laptop can lead to female infertility. Our fertility specialists provide an answer to this question.
How Smoking Affects Male Fertility
Smokers are twice as likely to have problems with sperm, leading to low fertility rates. Quitting greatly improves chances for a successful pregnancy.


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Curmudgeony Cat on a Leash
The final treat of my bike ride today was seeing this fluffy chinchilla on a leash on a walk with its owner. The cat's face is hilarious. I had a good chuckle when I rode past. Then I had to … Continue reading
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The City of Claremont, NH
Claremont is a popular city in the state of New Hampshire with a total of 12,970 residents living there. Claremont is ranked as the ninth most populated city in New Hampshire and the 2099th most populated city in the United States, and is located in Sullivan County. The largest nearby city to Claremont is Keene, approximately 27 miles from the city center.There are several family restaurants in or near Claremont, including China Moon Buffet, Nelly's European Kitchen, Dusty's, Mcdonald's Restaurant and Giant Pizza. For a larger selection of Claremont restaurants select our Restaurants tab above. Visitors and residents can enjoy nearby Claremont Ski Resorts, Golf Courses and/or Museums, including the Arrowhead, American Precision Museum, Eureka Schoolhouse, Cornish Colony Museum and Newport Golf Club. For a more complete list of attractions in or around the city of Claremont please click on the Attractions tab above. The following 3 airports are located in or near Claremont:
- Keene Dillant-Hopkins Airport (EEN)
- Lebanon Municipal Airport (LEB)
- Springfield Hartness State Airport (VSF)
Claremont, New Hampshire Climate and WeatherIn the month of July, Claremont experiences an average high temperature of 82 degrees Fahrenheit. Low temperaturs in July are usually about 55 degrees with an average rainfall of 3.88 inches. The seasonal climate varies in Claremont with daytime temperatures averaging 77 degrees in the summer, and 32 degrees in the winter months. Visitors can also expect Claremont to receive an average of 3.37 inches of rainfall per/month during winter months and 3.95 inches of rainfall per/month in the summer months. The temperature has been known to get as high as 98 degrees in the summer and as low as -38 degrees in the winter so visitors planning a vacation to Claremont should check the weather forecast to determine proper attire prior to departure. Spring and Fall bring average daytime temperatures of 57 degrees, and nighttime lows of 33.
Claremont, New Hampshire Attractions
1American Precision Museum - , Windsor,
American Precision Museum founded by Edwin Albert Battison in 1966 is located at 196 Main Street, Windsor, Vermont in a building which was once home to the Robbins & Lawrence Armory company. The museum is home to the largest collection of historically significant machine tools in the US. The Robbins & Lawrence building itself is an outstanding example of New England mid-19th-century mill architecture and in 1966 was placed on the National Register of Historic Places and is also on the ASME list of historic mechanical engineering landmarks.
2Angus Lea Golf & Tennis Club - Hillsboro,
The Angus Lea Golf & Tennis Club is a 9 hole public golf course in Hillsborough County New Hampshire. Built in 1961, this Hillsboro course designed by Ed Bedell is open apr 4 to nov 1. Tee times are accepted up to 2 days in advance and the pro shop phone number for reservations is 603-464-5404. The golf course dress code is as follows: No tank tops or cutoffs.
Address: 126 W Main St, Hillsboro, NH 3244
3Arrowhead - Claremont,
Arrowhead Recreation Area is located in and owned by the city of Claremont, New Hampshire, in Sullivan County. Activities offered include alpine skiing, snow tubing, and skating during winter months.
4Ascutney Mountain Resort - , Brownsville,
Ascutney Mountain was a ski area that can be found on the western side of Mount Ascutney in Brownsville, Vermont. It opened in the winter of 1946 under the ownership of Catharine Cushman. Most recently, it was owned from 1993 until summer 2010 by Steven and Susan Plausteiner.
5Black River Academy Museum - , Ludlow,
Black River Academy is a historic academy on High Street in the village of Ludlow in Vermont.
6Carter Country Club - Lebanon,
The Carter Country Club is a 9 hole public golf course in Grafton County New Hampshire. Built in 1922, this Lebanon course designed by Donald Ross is open apr 1 to nov 1. Tee times are accepted by calling the pro shop at 603-448-4483. The golf course dress code is as follows: Shirt and shoes required.
Address: 257 Mechanic St, Lebanon, NH 3766
7Cornish Colony Museum - , Windsor,
The Cornish Colony Museum is a museum that is situated in Windsor, Vermont. It is an art museum and educational institution, dedicated to displaying and teaching about the creative individuals who lived and worked in the Cornish Art Colony. The Cornish Colony Museum is operated by The Cornish Colony Museum of Windsor Vermont, a 501(c)3 non-profit educational corporation.
8Country Club of New Hampshire - North Sutton,
The Country Club of New Hampshire is an 18 hole public golf course in Merrimack County New Hampshire. Built in 1930, this North Sutton course designed by Wayne Stiles & John Van Kleek is open apr 1 to nov 30. Tee times are accepted up to 7 days in advance and the pro shop phone number for reservations is 603-927-4246. The golf course dress code is as follows: No dress code.
Address: Keasarge Rd, North Sutton, NH 3260
9Crotched Mountain - Bennington,
Crotched Mountain is a small, isolated mountain in western Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, in the US. The 2,066-foot summit of the mountain is in the town of Francestown, while the western slopes of the mountain rise in the town of Bennington, and a long southern ridge of the mountain is in Greenfield. The mountain was named for its appearance. Early settlers thought its V-shaped peaks resembled the fork or "crotch" of a tree.
Claremont, New Hampshire Hotels
1Rodeway Inn Claremont
24 Sullivan St
Claremont, NH 03743
2Common Man Inn And Restaurant
21 Water Street
Claremont, NH 03743
3Claremont Motor Lodge
16 Beauregard Street
Claremont, NH 03743
4Yankee Village Motel
5380 Route 5 North
Ascutney, VT 05030
5Holiday Inn Express Springfield
818 Charlestown Rd
Springfield, VT 05156
6The Inn At Weathersfield
1342 Route 106
Perkinsville, VT 05151
7Holiday Inn Club Vacations At Ascutney Mountain Resort
485 Hotel Rd
Brownsville, VT 05037
8Ascutney Mountain Snow Dance
Route 44 Box 699
Brownsville, VT 05037
9Ramada Hotel North Springfield
3281 Northfield Drive
Springfield, IL
10Dexter's Inn
258 Stagecoach Road
Sunapee, NH 03782
Claremont, New Hampshire Restaurants
This is a list of Claremont Fast Food Restaurants with addresses and phone numbers, including Fast Foods & Carry Out and Pizza Restaurants. Happy Dining!
143 Pleasant
Claremont, NH 03743
93 Pleasant Street
Claremont, NH 03743
97 Pleasant Street
Claremont, NH 03743
255 Washington Street
Claremont, NH 03743
231 Washington Street
Claremont, NH 03743
38 Pleasant Street
Claremont, NH 03743
200 Washington Street
Claremont, NH 03743
226 Washington Street
Claremont, NH 03743
1Nelly's European Kitchen
143 Pleasant
Claremont, NH 03743
3China Moon Buffet
93 Pleasant Street
Claremont, NH 03743
4Giant Pizza
97 Pleasant Street
Claremont, NH 03743
5Kentucky Fried Chicken
255 Washington Street
Claremont, NH 03743
6Mcdonald's Restaurant
231 Washington Street
Claremont, NH 03743
8Hullabaloo Coffee CO
38 Pleasant Street
Claremont, NH 03743
9B J Brickers
200 Washington Street
Claremont, NH 03743
10Bistro Nouveau
226 Washington Street
Claremont, NH 03743
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If you have been to Claremont and visited nearby attractions, restaurants, or hotels we would love to hear about it! Families everywhere will benifit greatly from your experiences!


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It can move almost as fast as a speeding bullet and packs a punch powerful enough to break aquarium glass. Mantis shrimp aren't your average cocktail shrimp — technically they're not even shrimp.
The approximately 400 species of mantis shrimp are divided into two groups, the spearers and the smashers. The difference is the kind of formidable claw they use to catch their prey. Both types of these often colorful crustaceans are excellent hunters, but the smashers are a lot faster. They lie still waiting for a snail, crab, clam or oyster to come within range. Then, the mantis shrimp pound their prey with an acceleration up to 10,000 times the acceleration of gravity, reaching speeds up to 50 mph in as little as 2.7 milliseconds! Though not the mantis shrimps' usual meal, even octopus and larger fish can be stunned to death by the shrimp's smasher claw.
The secret to this power and speed is a saddle-shaped structure in their arms which acts like a spring. It's compressed when the arm is "cocked" under the shrimp. When the shrimp is ready to pounce, this spring mechanism releases its stored energy in a burst that propels the claw out, similar to a catapult launching its goods.
But the claw's power also takes a toll. During its punch, the claw's speed heats up the surrounding water, causing a pressure drop that forms bubbles, which then immediately implode when the pressure normalizes — a process called cavitation. Cavitation is so destructive that it can wear down boat propellers, and it wears down the heel of the smasher claw. So, the smasher mantis shrimp molts every few months. Each molt provides it with a brand new claw surface, ready to pulverize its next meal.


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As a result of the disposal of its two principal and operating subsidiaries in China to White Horse Holdings Limited, revenues in Q3 2015 were down to 9.7 million Euros (Q3 2014: 28.2 million Euros). In the first nine months 2015 revenues of ROY Ceramics decreased slightly by 4.5 per cent from 74.0 million Euros to 70.7 million Euros. With regard to ROY's two product segments, the segment "Ceramics Products" accounted with revenues of 28.1 million Euros (9M 2014: 42.6 million Euros) for 39.8 per cent of total revenues. Revenues in the second segment "Non-ceramics accessories" increased significantly by 35.3 per cent to 42.6 million Euros (9M 2014: 31.5 million Euros) representing 60.2 per cent (9M 2014: 42.5 per cent) of total revenues. The very positive development in the "Non-ceramics accessories" segment reflects ROY's strategy to shift the focus from lower margin core ceramics products to more value added non-ceramics accessories such as intelligent toilet seats with advanced automated features.
Gross profit went down by 45.7 per cent to 15.8 million Euros from January to September 2015 (9M 2014: 29.2 million Euros) representing a gross profit margin of 22.4 per cent (9M 2014: 39.4 per cent). Besides the sale of the operating subsidiaries, toughening market conditions in the PRC, which necessitated ROY to provide discounts on prices, caused the decrease in gross profit and gross profit margin. Due to the loss on disposal of subsidiaries amounting to 12.1 million Euros and the closure of the Beijing factory in the third quarter 2015, also EBIT dropped to -9.8 million Euros (9M 2014: 16.3 million Euros). Adjusted for the negative extraordinary effect of the disposal of the two operating subsidiaries, ROY's EBIT reached 2.3 million Euros in the first nine months 2015.
Relocation of the production from China to USA
The sale of the two Chinese subsidiaries at a purchase price of USD 80.0 million which took place in October 2015 lays the foundation for the relocation of the production of ROY Ceramics from China to the USA. The buyer, White Horse Holdings Limited, has to pay the purchase price until 30 June 2016. The bulk of the payment from White Horse is expected already by 31 December 2015.
The new state-of-the-art production site will likely be relocated to Houston, Texas, because of energy, transportation, raw materials, climate, labour cost, and tax advantages. In order to sustain the production during the transition period whilst the new factory in the USA is being built, arrangements with a reputable ceramics factory in Thailand have been made to have access to OEM ceramics products manufactured according to ROY's production and design know-how. Non-ceramics accessories will continue to be produced by ROY's existing suppliers in Italy and China.
Adjusted full-year outlook
The planned relocation of the production will likely adversely affect ROY's business in China in the fourth quarter of 2015: As a consequence, ROY Ceramics had to adjust downwards the full-year outlook for operating profits given in the half-year report. The Management does not expect further revenues in the fourth quarter 2015 until such time as the OEM facility in Thailand is operational. Furthermore, EBIT for Q4 might be adversely affected by the cost of moving plant and machinery from Beijing to Thailand and the USA. Thus, a net loss is expected for Q4, which is mainly driven by operational overhead costs. The ROY Group will proceed with the next step of its restructuring process when the first tranche of the funds has been received from White Horse Holdings Limited, which is expected by the end of December 2015.
About ROY Ceramics SE
ROY Ceramics is one of the 10 leading players in the Chinese sanitary ware market. The Group develops, designs, produces and markets high-end quality ceramics sanitary ware bathroom amenities and accessories. Roy Ceramics leverages on German technology and offers product quality unrivalled amongst domestic manufacturers in the PRC. The ROY brand is targeted in particular to luxury hotels, high quality houses, official and commercial buildings, property developers, retail outlets, architects and design houses. ROY Ceramics sells its products via a well-selected distribution network of self-owned flagship showrooms, franchised outlets and distributors.


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Evaluating the effectiveness of a clinical weight loss program
In this study, I analyze a dataset of a 12-month clinical weight loss program to find out:
what factors affect the 12 month weight loss results;
whether an intervention was effective in increasing weight loss.
The dataset contains 234 participants of the weight loss study, and for each participant, we have information on his/her age, race, type of treatment, and the weight change 12 month after the treatment. All relevant biological information has been condensed into one variable called biomarker. The data has been processed to ensure privacies of the participants.
This project was a final project for the statistical modeling class (graduate-level) at UT Austin, Dec 2014.
The data
I plotted every parameter against each other to have a quick look at the relationships between different parameters. The age, race, biomarker variables are self-explanatory, and the other two variables are
- wtch - 12 month weight loss in kg
- treatment - 1= control, 2 or 3 = intervention
We can see the biomarker seems to linearly correlate with the age of the subject. The total numbers of samples are very small in race 2 and 4, and the race 3 seems to have a younger population than race 1.
Frequentist Analysis
A quick look
First, let's contruct a full model with all data points and all avaliable variables as covariants.
This model does not fit the data very well. The R-squared value is 0.099, which means only about 10 percent of the variations in the data is explained by the model. However, the model is still significant. With a p value of 0.001, we can safely reject the null hypothesis of no relationship all all between the weightloss and all the variables. Race 3 is the most significant covariant with a p value of 5.64e-5, and age is the second most important covariance with a p value of 0.113.
Considering the median of the weight loss is -9.89, the residuals are very large for this model, but we don't see any strucutre in the residual vs. fittet plot. 10 points show very large leverage. This could be a problem because these 10 points can have too big influence on our accessing the model fit. We may want to exclude those data point, lower their weights, or use a different cost function.
Adding Interaction Terms
To see if including interaction terms between different variables will imporve the model fit, I construct a series of expanded models:
|Full model with race and treatment as factor variables
|Same as 1-1 but without the treatment as a covariant
|Add dummy variables for race to include interaction terms between age and race
|Same as 2-1 but without the treatment as a covariant
|Include dummy variables for both race and treatment
The BICs and R-squared of the full model and models with interaction terms are shown below. Models with interaction terms have larger BICs and smaller R-squared compared to the full model, which means they fit the data worse than the full model. So I decided not to include the interaction terms.
Reduced models
As seen in exploritory analysis, biomarker has the largest P value, and it seems to correlate with age. We did a simple linear regression model for biomarker ~ age, and found R squared to be 0.4651. This means age predicts the biomarker reasonably well, but the two are not exactly the same. However, since those two variables are not independent of each other, including biomarker will greatly inflate the variance. I decided to examine a few reduced models.
|Model Specification
|Reduced model without biomarker as a covariant
|Same as 4-1 but without the treatment as a covariant
|Same as 4-1 but without the two outliers
|Reduced model with only age and treatement as covariants
|Reduced model with only age as the covariant
We can see models without race doe not fit the data well (5-1 and 5-2, with larger BIC and much smaller R- squared compared to other models). On the other hand, excluding the two outliers can significantly improve our model fit (with BIC 27 smaller than the model including the outliers). So we pick model 4-1 c, the reduced model without biomarker as a covariant and without the two outliers for our analysis.
Judging from the expectaion and standard error, we are 68 percent confident that the treatment increases weightloss (a smaller wtch value). Treatment 3 has slightly larger effect than Treatment 2, with a expect (1.722 - 1.348 = 0.374) increase in weightloss.
Bayesian Approach
Model Comparison
We added dummy variables for the factor variable race and treatment, and constructed a series of models in JAGS. The general form of the model is: wtch ~ N(mu, tau) mu ~ BX
Since we don't have any prior knowlege associate with the weightloss, we simply choose diffuse normal priors for all the betas in all of our models. We use a diffuse gamma prior for all the taus.
The covariances and DIC for each model is shown in the table below. We are using penalized deviance from dic.samples as our measurement.
|age + bio + race + treat
|age + race + treat
|age + race3 only + treat
|age + treat
|age + race
In model 1, the 95% interval of all the covariance includes zero, therefore we can't constrain the importance of parameters with great confidence. In model 2, we are 95% confident that the age is a significant factor. Since we have very few samples in race 2 and 4, we decided to try only including race 3 as a covariance. As expected, excluding biomarker imporves the variance in the model parameters. In model 3, both age and race 3 are proved to be significant at 95% confident level. We tried models with no treatment, with no race as covariants, and the model only with age as the covariants. All of them have larger DIC then model 3, and they do not provide any further insight of the data. Therefore we chose model 3 for our inference.
We should note that in the frequentist approach, we included all the races in the model. However, in the Bayesian approach, we only include one dummy variable for race 3. Since we eliminated two variables that are closely dependent on existing variables (race 2, 3, and 4 are not independent of each other), the model significance is improved.
After a few experiments, we decided to thin the data by 100 to improve the mixing. We run 2 chains with 100000 sample each, so we have 2000 samples after thinning. The thinning does not change the modeled coefficients very much. The output parameters of model 3 are (in the order of 'Inter', 'race3', 'age', 'treat2', 'treat3'):
Judging from the coefficients, we are 68% confident that treatment 3 can increase weightloss (with am expected value of -1.69). Treatment 2 is likely to increase the weightloss, but we can't say it with 68% confidence. On the other hand, race 3 have significantly larger weighloss compared to other races, and the weighloss decreases as age increases. 10 years of increase in age leads to a decrease of 2.2 in weightloss.
Samples for betas and the PDFs of betas are shown below. We can see the mixing is generally well, and we have tighter constrain on treat 2, and treat 3 compared to other variables.


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Giant dinosaurs find berth in University Circle
Posted June 08, 2015 in Articles
Author: James Ewinger
The largest animals to walk the Earth are in residence in University Circle for the remainder of the year.
These are the biggest of the dinosaurs and an exhibit on them opens today at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
As a group, they are called sauropods. They thrived for 140 million years. The hulking herbivores died out about 66 million years ago, said Michael Ryan, the museum's curator of vertebrate paleontology.
The exhibition, assembled by the American Museum of Natural History in New York, draws on the latest scholarship about how these animals lived, ate, breathed, ran and related to their environment.
Ryan, an internationally recognized expert on horned dinosaurs, said the sauropods were contemporaries of the predatory theropods, which included the dreaded Tyrannosaurus rex. But the sharp-toothed meat eaters posed little threat to adult sauropods, Ryan said, because the predators were half the size of the largest foliage munchers.
"Even if they accidentally stepped on a theropod, they (the sauropods) could do a lot of damage," Ryan said.
The largest could weigh more than 100 tons and be 150 feet in length, he said. The only thing larger that is alive today is the blue whale, which can reach 200 tons, according to some accounts.
Original Article: http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2015/06/largest_dinosaurs_find_a_berth.htmlBack to News


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Your daily selection of the latest science news!
According to Live Science
Health officials have reported the first death in connection with a nationwide E. coli outbreak tied to romaine lettuce.
The death occurred in a California patient, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Overall, the outbreak has sickened 121 people in 25 states since mid-March, and 52 ill people have been hospitalized.
But how exactly does E. coli kill?
Although many types of E. coli are harmless, the strain involved in this outbreak — known as E. coli O157:H7 — is "not just an ordinary type of E. coli," said Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security. What's special about this strain, Adalja said, is that it produces a toxin known as Shiga toxin.
"That toxin is really what's responsible for the severity of illness that we're seeing" in the outbreak, Adalja told Live Science. [Top 7 Germs in Food that Make You Sick]
The toxin destroys red blood cells, and these damaged blood cells can block the kidneys' filtering system, leading to a condition known as hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Among the 52 people who have been hospitalized in the current outbreak, 14 developed HUS.
HUS can lead to kidney failure, which itself can be fatal. However, people don't usually die from kidney failure anymore, because it can be treated with dialysis, Adalja said. (Dialysis is a treatment in which a machine takes over the role of the kidneys and filters waste from the blood.)
Instead, most deaths occur from other complications of HUS, such as bleeding problems (due to the toxin interfering with blood clotting), stroke or brain swelling, Adalja said. In addition, since an E. coli infection causes diarrhea, it can also cause a tear (perforation) in the colon, which allows fecal matter to leak into the body, and this could also be deadly, he said.
In some cases "what you end up having is multiple organ failure" due to the condition, which leads to death, Adalja said.
Still, today, most patients survive HUS. In the 1950s, prior to dialysis, the death rate from HUS was around 40 percent, but now it's about 3 to 5 percent, Bill Marler, an attorney who specializes in foodborne-illness cases, wrote on his Marler Blog.
The current outbreak is tied to romaine lettuce from Yuma, Arizona, although health officials have not pinpointed a particular grower, supplier, distributor or brand connected to the outbreak. Consumers are being advised not to eat or buy romaine lettuce, unless they can confirm that it is not from the Yuma area, the CDC said.
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Is it possible? I'm not sure... My head says, "Yes, you have to accept it." My heart says, "No, there is always hope." You may be wondering what I am talking about. Well. Let me tell you...
Earlier this spring, I had a painful emotional experience with someone I've come to realize suffers from Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Of course they've never been officially diagnosed with this disorder, since most people with this affliction never are, due to their narcissistic tendencies. I came to this conclusion myself, as a means of coming to terms with the emotional pain that was eating me alive. And I ran across an article (you can read it for yourself by clicking here, in case you are interested in narcissism) which greatly helped me understand the situation I found myself in. We all have narcissistic tendencies, but the difference between a "normal" person and someone afflicted with narcissism is that normal people have compassion - narcissists have none. And until I learned this useful bit of information, none of my coping skills gave me relief from the emotional turmoil I was experiencing.
Truth be told, I still have emotional pain regarding this particular situation - I probably always will. And that's okay, because it means I have the ability to care about people other than myself. That's a blessing!
The whole mess started a few years ago when this person hurt me deeply with some hateful words. Whoever said "words can never hurt me" must not have ever been the target of verbal abuse. I'll take sticks and stones over hurtful words any day. Anyway, I managed to get by on anger and resentment for a while, but I gradually came to see forgiveness. It might take me a little time, but I can always come to forgive. I know resentments only hurt the one who harbors them, and whenever I find myself struggling with the concept of forgiveness, I remember a homily one of my favorite priests gave. This Father said, "God commands us to forgive. He doesn't tell us to forgive if we want to - he commands it." He went on to say how hard this is for us as humans and that it does take time, but ultimately, we must forgive. Granted, I have a lot of character defects, but holding resentments isn't one of them.
In reaching my state of forgiveness (don't think I believe I'm perfect - I know I had a part in the whole mess, but in this instance, I can honestly say I walked the high road), I made the mistake of reaching out to the one who had hurt me. Four times, I reached out. And my efforts were met with complete resistance and, worse, contempt and criticism. Let me tell you, when you make a heartfelt effort to reach out to someone, and they essentially make fun of you for it, it hurts. Like I said, I'll take the sticks and stones, thank you very much.
In my state of heartache, I remembered something Dr. Drew said on his show, one time. He said there is no hope for narcissists, because they always think they are right, and no matter what you say, they will never relent from their position or change their mind, nor will they ever take responsibility for their actions. I remember Dr. Drew clearly saying there is absolutely no help for this kind of person.
This memory of Dr. Drew's comment inspired me to look narcissism up, and thus, I found the article I referenced above. As I read the piece, everything about the person I have been dealing with came into focus and made sense. All the craziness and mind boggling behavior finally made sense. The way I was feeling as a result made sense. And finally, for the first time in years, I felt emotional peace. Everything about the situation came into focus. I was able to look at things that had happened in the past with this person and understand what had really transpired.
I can't say learning about NPD (Narcissistic Personality Disorder) has completely healed the hole in my heart. It is still a bitter pill to swallow. But viewing the behavior of this person as coming from a sick, damaged person is much healthier for me than trying to find a way to get through to the heart of this person, or to beat myself up trying to find a way to reconcile. That is the hardest part for me -accepting the fact there will never be a reconciliation, because narcissists are incapable of changing or of caring about anyone other than themselves. That might sound immature of me to say, but if you read about NPD, you'll find it is the hallmark of the disorder. Narcissists only care about themselves, and they will do whatever it takes to make sure they come out on top of every situation. In their minds, at least.
For now, my mind is at peace. My heart still carries an ache, and I suspect it always will. But at least I'm not wracked with unbearable emotional pain. And at least I have some insight and understanding. And maybe you, like me, have someone in your life who suffers from NPD. And if you do, I hope this information will help you, too.
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Accepting Narcissism
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Annually on the third Thursday of November, the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health leads National Rural Health Day, an annual day of recognition for those who serve the vital health needs of nearly 60 million people residing in America's rural communities, estimated to be one in five Americans.
We are pleased to announce the Adventist Health Ukiah Valley Infusion Center has been recognized as a "Community Star" this 2018 National Rural Health Day for its quality and individualized care in our community.
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Tao Li, Professor of Space physics.
BS in Physics, Anhui Normal University, 1996
MS in Optics, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, 1999
PhD in Physics, Colorado State University, 2005
Prof Li did his postdoctoral research in the NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratory at California Institute of Technology between 2006 and 2008. He was selected as a member of CAS Hundred Talents Program in 2009 and joined the school of Earth and Space Sciences since then. His research currently focuses on the middle and upper atmospheric dynamics, and development of high spectral-resolution lidar system and other passive optical remote sensing instruments. He already published more than 20 SCI papers on the international renowned journals.
Li, T., T. Leblanc, I. S. McDermid, P. Keckhut, A. Hauchecorne, and X. Dou, Middle atmosphere temperature trend and solar cycle revealed by long-term Rayleigh lidar observations, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D00P05, doi:10.1029/2010JD015275, 2011.
Li, T., T. Leblanc, I. S. McDermid, D. L. Wu, X. Dou and S. Wang, Seasonal and inter-annual variability of gravity wave activity revealed from long-term lidar observations over Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D13103, doi:10.1029/2009JD013586, 2010.Li, T., T. Leblanc, and I. S. McDermid, Interannual variations of middle atmospheric temperature as measured by the JPL lidar at Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii (19.5°N, 155.6°W), J. Geophys. Res.,113, D14109,doi:10.1029/2007JD009764, 2008.
Li, T., C. -Y. She, H. -L. Liu, and M. T. Montgomery, Evidence of a gravity wave breaking event and the estimation of wave characteristics from sodium lidar observation over Fort Collins, CO (41°N, 105°W), Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L05815, doi:10.1029/2006GL028988, 2007.
Li, T., C. -Y. She, Bifford P. Williams, Tao Yuan, Richard L. Collins, Lois Kieffabar, and Alan Peterson, Concurrent OH imager and sodium temperature/wind lidar observation of localized ripples over Northern Colorado, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D13110, doi:10.1029/2004JD004885, 2005.


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Sharron-Idol loves to communicate; with her fans, other artists, other geeks, and many more people…
(This article was adapted from an article which was originally written in 2012 on the old website.)
Apart from having her own piece of internet real-estate in the form of this website, Sharron-Idol also has a presence on social-media, particularly Facebook and Twitter. You're most welcome to join in with her in social-chit-chat as well joining in with her promotions, announcements, and also – bearing in mind that she's a tech-geek as well as an artist – getting into geeky conversations about aspects of electronics and computing if you so desire.
There are two places that you'll find her on Facebook: The first is at her personal-page, which has already been linked. The second is at her music page at http://www.facebook.com/sharronidolmusic . On this page she announces developments related to her music career only, including releases, performances, relevant chat, promotions, etc.
– But Sharron-Idol isn't limited to Facebook, Twitter, and other social-media sites: You can find details of Sharron's awesome releases on her CD Baby page, her page on Amazon, and her iTunes page too.
There are plenty of other links on Google, a number of pages of them, that are about or related to Sharron-Idol too; so why not check them out?
Sharron-Idol isn't "aloof and unreachable" as an artist; she's just incredibly busy and doesn't have a lot of time on her hands.
– By her very nature she loves to share her work and her interests. – She likes to be very much a part of the online-community, and provided that the community consists of reasonable people, the offline community too. She loves intellectual discussion and to share her many talents. She loves to help to entertain you in the main, as well as to help you to solve your tech-related issues to a limited extent. She loves the limelight, as well as the people who power it.
Yes the pictures on this page are fairly old, and Sharron has slightly shorter hair that was still damp from washing – swept back over her ears and behind her head.
– There is something not quite right with communicating on social media.
Social media is a tiny piece of webspace, loaned to the user by the company which owns the site, and governed by their rules. It can only be customised to a certain extent, and it can be withdrawn from the user by the company at any time, for any or no reason. – So at the end of the day it's all very well communicating on social media; but I never know whether I'll still have an account next time I attempt to sign in. – Neither do you. With such massive uncertainty to be accounted for it's surely much safer to develop a fanbase on a piece of webspace that I own – such as this site for instance. – a site that I do own and can use as I wish. Social networks are here-today-gone-tomorrow. – Look at MySpace.
Facebook's day will come soon enough, and probably Twitter too perhaps. (Although I originally wrote that last sentence in 2012. It's now 2016 and both have grown significantly since.) The others seemed to come and go as fads in 2012. Some have survived and stuck around from those days; such as Snapchat and Pinterest for example. I'm still here too, after starting my career in earnest in 2012. My old website outlasted many a social network, and this new one which you're reading now, and which I officially launched on New Year's Day 2016 will last a while yet.
I'll tell you what I want – what I really really want..:
I want you to come back to this site; because there's loads of info for you to peruse, because there's often something new published here… That auto-linked, because it's the title of a recent release of mine. – So I'll leave the link where it is and you might like to click it and hear some of my recent music. Whatever the case I'd like you to return to this site: This site is a part of my career, I need as much traffic as I can muster, and I need to maintain an online presence. I need to give you a reason to return.
So the way we do this, as is the generally accepted method online, is I set up a mailing list – which I've already done – and you join it. I'm supposed to give you something for free for your trouble, so how does almost half an hour of instrumental mix grab you? Look for the opt-in below this article thingy. (I'm allowed to say 'thingy' now, as well as 'dubries' or 'doobries' or however you spell it – I am middle-aged, so I plead impending geriatricity ( Yes that's now a word.).) – You'll get a long musical mix for opting in.
As a result of opting in we'll stay in touch, and I'll send you details – sometimes in advance – of my latest offers, releases, and anything else of interest – be it selling, buying, achievements, or just general chit-chat. That makes sense to me and I think you'd agree.
So do join my mailing list and we can stay in touch and I hope to see you back here presently.
Let's use this internet-phenomenon of the 21st-Century to its fullest and communicate!
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April 21st, 2006
Plot A secret service agent is framed as the mole in an assassination attempt on the president. He must clear his name and foil another assassination attempt while on the run from a relentless FBI agent.
Release Year: 2006
Rating: 6.0/10 (28,690 voted)
Critic's Score: 48/100
Director: Clark Johnson
Stars: Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Kim Basinger
Storyline Special Agent Pete Garrison is convinced that a Neo-Nazi Aryan Disciple has managed to infiltrate the White House. When a White House Agent is murdered, Garrison is framed and blackmailed over an affair with the First Lady Sarah Ballentine. He is relieved of his duties, but Garrison won't stop in trying to prove his innocence, and save the life of the President. While attempting to uncover the person behind it all, he comes into confrontation with his protege, Agent Breckinridge.
Writers: George Nolfi, Gerald Petievich
Cast: Michael Douglas - Pete Garrison Kiefer Sutherland - David Breckinridge Eva Longoria - Jill Marin Martin Donovan -
William Montrose Ritchie Coster -
The Handler Kim Basinger - 1st Lady Sarah Ballentine Blair Brown -
National Security Advisor David Rasche -
President Ballentine Kristin Lehman -
Cindy Breckinridge Raynor Scheine -
Walter Xavier Chuck Shamata -
Director Overbrook Paul Calderon -
Deputy Director Cortes Clark Johnson - Charlie Merriweather (as Clarque Johnson) Raoul Bhaneja -
Aziz Hassad Yanna McIntosh -
Teddy Vargas
Taglines: In 141 years, there's never been a traitor in the Secret Service.... Until Now.
Official Website: Twentieth Century Fox [France] | Twentieth Century Fox [United States] |
Release Date: 21 April 2006
Filming Locations: Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, USA
Opening Weekend: $14,367,854
(23 April 2006)
(2822 Screens)
Gross: $36,279,230
(23 July 2006)
Runtime:108 min | Philippines: 107 min (cut)
Trivia: In the behind-the-scenes featurette, the Secret Service consultant for the movie stated that 'Eva Longoria' far surpassed the other actors in "shooting school". In fact, he remarked that her score would beat about 90% of members of the Secret Service. Longoria mentioned that when she was younger she often accompanied her father to the gun range, so being around and handling guns wasn't new to her.
Goofs: Errors in geography:
When traveling to the school, the street signs are black and white. DC street signs are green and white.
Quotes:David Breckinridge:
Pete Garrison was my best friend. Until he slept with my wife
Michael Douglas and Kiefer Sutherland go down a well worn road in a good movie that really should have gone straight to cableRating: 6/10 Michael Douglas is a secret service agent framed in a plot to kill the
President of the US. Kiefer Sutherland is the agent on his tail.Its not a bad movie its just been there done that with form over
content film making. There is no real tension because the actors are in
roles they've played a dozen or so times before (Sutherland in 24 each
week)so you can pretty much walk them through whats happening.Thats the
problem here, its all been done before, better.The real question is: Do I really need to pay 10 bucks a head to see
whats a essentially a big screen TV movie? I think not. As I said its
not bad, its just not worth running out to the theater to see. Wait for
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