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I have been dying to get myself some Laura Mercier make up products especially their primer which most of my friends have been recommending. So when I got invited to the Laura Mercier new collection launch, I was rather keyed up and jumping for joy ! Laura Mercier is here to launch their
Laura Mercier Spring 2014 Colour Story Spring Renaissance Collection !
A new day. A new beginning. A new you.
The Inspiration of this new collection is to reinvent yourself with shades that deliver radiance, colours that cast a happy, youthful glow. The cheeks are celebrated in fresh, peachy, coral and peachy pink that inspire instant bliss and enlightenment. Infusing everything with a sense of purity and innocence. Renewing your spirit and celebrate all that you are with this joyful colour collection.
To launch such colourful collection, Laura Mercier has invited the global makeup artist, Luis Soto to do a on the spot demonstration for us with the new collection.
Luis Soto - Laura Mercier Makeup Artist
If you are wondering who Luis Soto is, he is actually Laura Mercier make up artist and he has also done make up for popular celebrities in Hollywood. You can never doubt his passion for cosmetics because you can literally see his eyes brighten up as he talks about fashion and make up, and how delicate and dedicated when he applies the make up on the model, he doesnt even allow a bit of room for flaws.
After - The Effortless Make Up
Seeing Luis make up for the model, it does look effortless but I am sure if I was to try it, it will takes hours and hours to re-create such effortless look. LOL After a short make up demonstration session, we get to mingle around to try out other products by Laura Mercier, even the latest Colour Story Spring Renaissance Collection too !
This Spring Renaissance Collection are featuring all the rather nude and pinkish tone to bring out the current favourite makeup trend which is the nude makeup look. Lipstick wise, Laura Mercier has the New Limited Edition Shades Rouge Nouveau Weightless Lip Colour (RP RM 89) - Pure & Play.
And as for the Eye & Cheek Palette, a New Limited Edition Enlightenment Eye & Cheek Palette (RP RM 209) that comes with Pink Blushing, Beige Angelic, Pure Glow, Grace, Innocence and Awakening. The Eye & Cheek Palette definitely took my heart away with all the beautiful lovely shades, how I wish I get one for myself ! =D
Here are some of the Laura Mercier existing cosmetics that might you might splurge yourself with after looking at it. Well I do have the rush of getting all of it, and lucky thing my friend was there to stop me. Haha
Laura Mercier : Luxe Colour Wardrobe Dual Decker Colour For Eyes & Cheeks
Laura Mercier : Petite Baked Eye Colour Bonbons - Multi-Finish
Laura Mercier : Lip Colour Collection
Laura Mercier : Lip Glace Collection
Laura Mercier : Body & Bath Travel Quartet
Oh gosh, it was my first time trying their perfume and guess what I have fallen in love with it immediately ! Yup "first scent love". The scent was neither too strong nor too mild with a hint of sweetness to it that will not overwhelm your senses, it was just the way I like it. I dont remember the name of it, but its the one on the most right on the picture. If you have the opportunity to give it a try ya.
Luis Soto and I
Last but not least, a photo with the global makeup artist, Luis Soto ! He was so nice in person. * excited like a fangirl *
P.S. Those were the day I still have my blonde hair with me. How time flies..
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Five Fast Lessons From New Orleans Investment Conference - Albert Lu , Sprott Thoughts(19/11/2018)
Nov 19,2018
When Lloyd Blankfein asked Guy Adami to join J. Aron & Co. — the fixed-income, currency and commodity group at Goldman Sachs — the young trader asked for time to think about it. Blankfein's response is something Adami remembers well: "Guy, you have all the time you need. I just need an answer before you leave this room today."
"I was being tested," Adami recalls. He took the job and never looked back. "I trusted my instincts … I think we're all born with great instincts."
The trader and TV personality has come a long way since then. His experience at Goldman Sachs eventually led him to CIBC World Markets and, from there, to CNBC where he landed a role as one of the original cast members of "Fast Money," the trader-centric program now in its 12th year.
The move from commodity trader to TV personality was challenging. When pressed by his employer to choose between his day job and an unproven television gig, Adami once again went with his gut. "I was in my early 40s, three kids, mortgage, the whole rig, and I said, 'I think you're making a mistake, but if you're asking me to choose, I choose CNBC — I quit.'"
The trader, who had been making a living trading commodities, made his biggest trade ever — he traded careers.
"Don't allow people to define who you are" was the message he delivered to a packed room at the 44th New Orleans Investment Conference earlier this month, where he and an impressive cast of industry experts gathered to tackle key challenges facing U.S. and global investors.
"Rich Dad Poor Dad" author, Robert Kiyosaki, urged attendees at his presentation to "learn from real teachers, those who do what they teach, not fake ones."
Sounds like good advice, so, in case you missed the event, here are my five fast lessons.
Brien Lundin, president and CEO of Jefferson Financial, delivers the welcoming address at the 2018 New Orleans Investment Conference.
Government spending is out of control. Perhaps this is not news to you. However, upon closer inspection, the numbers are rather shocking.
In his opening address, conference host Brien Lundin outlined an inescapable web of government largesse and central bank meddling that, in his calculation, will surely send the gold price higher.
In particular, Lundin points to the gross federal debt: "It is too large right now to be managed by any other means other than some significant degree of depreciation of the dollar."
"We can't grow our way out of this debt. It's crushing."
According to Lundin, the federal debt is growing much more quickly than people realize in part due to off-budget spending. "[The] federal deficit for 2018 is projected to come in at only $793 billion. Yet, federal debt for fiscal 2018 [has] grown $1.2 trillion over the previous year because of $400 billion to $500 billion in off-budget spending."
"If you and I decided to do off-budget accounting like this in our business, we'd go to jail."
Extrapolating the current trendline, Lundin estimates the federal debt will reach $30 trillion by 2022 — his point being, the federal debt is already out of control.
But the situation is not without precedent.
"Back in ancient Greece there were probably Peter Schiffs and Rick Rules and James Grants walking around in their robes, saying, 'Debt is out of control! Spending is out of control!'"
Yet time and time again, these warnings fall on deaf ears.
Lundin points out that, by the government's own measure, the U.S. dollar has lost roughly 87% of its purchasing power since silver was removed from coinage in 1965.
"Over the wide sweep of history, when the dollar goes down, gold goes up."
Second Foundation Partners Co-Founder Ben Hunt speaks at the 2018 New Orleans Investment Conference
This, according to Ben Hunt of Second Foundation Partners, is the bubble of everything. "As a country, you can't be richer than your economy grows."
Mike Larson of Weiss Ratings calls it "the Uber Bubble" and points out that, this time, the range of affected assets is much broader. As proof, he points to Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi," which reportedly sold for approximately $450 million, and NFL franchises, which, he notes, are up 146% in the last quantitative easing period.
Not surprisingly, Peter Schiff, president of Euro Pacific Capital, agrees — and goes one step further. When asked about the new bearish tone on Wall Street, he responds, "I still think those warnings are too tepid; they're just not nearly bearish enough."
"They don't appreciate the severity of what is about to happen. They look back at 2008 as some kind of reference point, like that's as bad as it's going to get."
If you believe Schiff, things are about to get much worse.
"We have an abnormal amount of debt. Because [interest] rates were kept so low for so long, everybody borrowed more money. It can never be repaid. In fact, it can't even be serviced if interest rates even approach normal."
So, what will pop the Uber Bubble?
Hunt thinks surging inflation is a possibility. "It has to be something that undermines market global confidence and the ability of central bankers to bail us out … to rescue us."
Mike Larson, senior analyst at Weiss Ratings, speaks at the 2018 New Orleans Investment Conference.
Larson suspects the correction is already underway. "We've gotten more defensive. I think the process of unwinding some of this is already beginning."
"There are so many possible pins," says Schiff. "When you're in a bubble, it's hard to see the pin."
"There were a lot of pins that were pretty obvious in 2006 and 2007 … There are more pins now. It's more obvious now that we're heading for a train wreck."
But while the panelists agreed on the problem, they diverged on what investors should do to protect themselves.
Larson gravitates to the liquidity of cash and the security of boring domestic stocks. "It's important to be domestic rather than overseas. It's important to be boring versus extravagant."
Buy foreign equities and stay away from dollar-denominated bonds was Schiff's conclusion. "The bond bubble, for my money, is a bigger bubble than the stock market. So, why would you want to take refuge from one bubble by participating in an even bigger bubble?"
Hunt disagrees. "We have to live in the real world. In the real world, we have stocks and bonds … we have government-rated instruments. Most of us can't step back for five years waiting for the popping of 'the big bubble.' We have to play the game."
James Grant, founder of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, speaks at the 2018 New Orleans Investment Conference.
According to James Grant, founder of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, money is not humanity's best subject. And although our body of scientific knowledge grows with each passing year, when it comes to financial matters, he points out, we somehow keep stepping on the same rake — that inescapable pattern of financial boom and bust.
Thirty-seven years ago, when U.S. bond yields hit their peak, Grant could not imagine a situation where a speculative-grade corporate issuer such as Telecom Italia could borrow below 1%. Yet, that time has arrived. Perhaps we have not learned the business cycle lesson well enough, or at all.
The facts suggest we haven't:
- Today, $7 trillion worth of bonds are priced to yield less than 0% to maturity
- Federal Reserve leverage (assets/equity) has grown from 24 (2007) to 107 (today)
- Assets of the four major central banks have grown by 200% to $14.5 trillion over the past 10 years
- Chinese bank assets as a fraction of world GDP have grown from 12% (2007) to 48% (today)
- The ratio of BBB to speculative-grade debt has jumped from 1:1 (2007) to 2.5:1 (today)
The key, according to Grant, is to resist the temptation to extrapolate based solely on our recent experiences in asset prices. "I have come to believe, through observation and experience, that great highs and great bottoms — extremes in markets — are typically punctuated by levels of valuations that, in retrospect, quickly seem to be preposterous."
Citing the peak in U.S. Treasury yields in 1981 and the trough in 2016, Grant suggests that the bond bull market has finally given way to a new trend.
"I invoke these facts to build — at least a working hypothesis, certainly not a forecast — a hypothesis that … a bond bear market, perhaps of generation length, began in 2016."
Rick Rule, president and CEO of Sprott U.S. Holdings Inc., speaks at the 2018 New Orleans Investment Conference.
In the broadest sense, mineral exploration is very seductive and very unprofitable, explained Rick Rule, the president and CEO of Sprott U.S. Holdings Inc.
"There are over 2,000 publicly listed junior mining companies in the world. If you merged every one of those into one company, the resultant company — we'll call it Junior Explore Co. — in a good year would lose $2 billion, [and] in a bad year would lose $5 billion. So, what is the industry worth? Is it worth six times losses? Nine times losses? Fifteen times losses? What is the correct price-to-loss ratio?"
It's true the numbers don't lie. So where's the seduction?
"Five percent of the listed issuers, that is 5% of 2,000 companies, generate so much wealth that they add legitimacy (and even luster) to a business that, in a good year, loses $2 billion."
Hence, Rule believes the way to beat the poor odds is to seek out and align with "serially successful explorers." In particular, he is partial to a subgroup of explorers known as prospect generators — those who focus on developing exploration theses as their primary value proposition.
"When you begin to think of exploration as a research and development business … like software or biotechnology … then you begin to understand the essence of exploration."
Prospect generators focus on the intellectually intensive side of the mining business, as opposed to the capital-intensive side that most investors associate with the industry. By formulating solid exploration theses, and methods by which to test them, the teams create opportunities to bring in joint venture partners, who fund the exploration and advance projects. In this way, the owners of prospect generators dilute their interests only at the property level, not the strategic or intellectual level.
"I have invested [over the course of 35 years] in approximately 65 prospect generators … I've participated, now, in 24 economic discoveries and 22 takeovers."
That's an extraordinary record if you consider that, according to Rule, only 1 in 3,000 mineralized anomalies becomes an economical mine.
"If you look at a success rate of 22 out of 65, rather than 1 in 3,000, you understand the efficacious nature of this style of investment."
Adrian Day Asset Management Founder Adrian Day, second from left, speaks during the Global Investing Panel in New Orleans.
On the global investing panel, CNBC personality Guy Adami found himself in unfamiliar territory as the most optimistic person on stage. Nevertheless, his concerns were apparent.
"There's geopolitical risk right here at home," he said, in concurrence with fellow panelist Doug Casey.
"Doug mentioned he's a permabear. I think in this environment we find ourselves in … it actually might be the right view."
In a wide-ranging discussion that spanned the demise of the Roman Empire to the current troubles of the European Union, the panelists explored the intimate relationship between crisis and opportunity.
"The U.S. dollar is a fiat currency, and every fiat currency in the history of mankind, starting with the Roman Empire, has ended in disaster," Adami added.
"As you know, most opportunities come when there's danger … I think the whole eurozone is going to break up between north and south," said Adrian Day of Adrian Day Asset Management.
Regarding seeking opportunities abroad, Doug Casey remarked, "Before 1971 everything abroad was dirt cheap. Even backward countries are not values anymore."
"I used to make a habit of visiting third world stock exchanges. One of the more interesting ones I visited was the Makati exchange in Manila … and there were only two guys standing around smoking cigarettes. That's how active that exchange was in those days. There was real value in the Philippines in those days."
But what about today?
According to Adami, "heightened volatility is coming," and the recent market swings seem to validate his point.
"Recessions are necessary and will be 10 times worse if not allowed to naturally occur," he said, before adding, "Central banks globally are in a race to torch their currencies … that can't end well."
So where is opportunity?
According to Casey, commodities are the place to look.
"The only thing in the world that's really cheap today is commodities … In particular, if you don't have a bunch of gold, make sure you do."
"Gold is not a story until it's a story," admitted Adami, before adding, "Wow, I want to go get a Scotch now."
I say, great instincts.
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Having to register where you live, or having an ID number, are not at all the same thing as having an ID card. Make no mistake, they WILL become compulsory to carry at all times - if you believe the government's statements to the contrary you were obviously born yesterday - see their assurances about no tuition fees etc. - for 3 reasons, (meaning that in effect one requires permission from the State to leave one's house): 1. This invariably happens in countries that introduce ID cards (most recently The Netherlands, where I lived for many years.)2. Within what limited logic there is for ID cards as an anti-crime and particularly an anti-immigration tool, they cannot work unless they are carried at all times. 3. A majority of the public are in favour of it being compulsory to carry them, and New Labour was never reluctant to do what opinion polls tell it, save only when the US tells it to do something else. Sadly, ID stands subconsciously for Immigrant Detection in the minds of the majority, and that is why, the majority being suspicious of foreigners in all countries, ID cards are popular, with only their cost telling against them in these xenophobic minds. Of course as we know, while there may be a majority in favour, for the pros it is not a big deal, while us antis feel passionately. It is for this very reason that Blunkett made the penalties civil - he knew we would fill the jails to bursting if refusal to cooperate were a criminal offence. Instead, they will seize your bank account or goods until they've got their £2500 fine, and there's nothing you can do about it. In fact, you would actually suffer a lesser penalty for committing a proper crime as a protest against ID cards than for refusing to register for an ID card. To put off the evil day as long as possible, you could try getting a new passport even if the old one has not run out (happily I've just renewed mine anyway) and not bothering to get a new driving licence when you move - a minor illegality, I've only been asked to produce mine once in this country in the 25 years since I passed my test. Sadly, if your job requires you to travel or drive (mine does both), refusing to cooperate with the ID scheme will make you unemployed unless you do such things - £10 is neither here nor there in comparison. .Philip Nice, 15 years ago.


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More Strategies for making Wildstar gold
As a level 23 character,I just successfully purchased my first free month of game-time in Wildstar last week with a buy order of 2.25p.you might be wondering how I did this. In no particular order, here are some of my gold-making methods:
1)Sell all the decor. I've gone over this before, but you should also get a feel for what's on the AH in addition to vendor price. For example, one of the things that put me over the top was a 25g sell order for an Ikthian Holding Tank. I have no idea what that is other than the fact(s) that it vendors for 1.83s, I won it from a Housing Challenge, and there were none on the AH. In retrospect, perhaps I should have put it up for 1p and seen what happened.
2)Selling Dyes. Specifically, selling the Dye Collections (e.g. don't open them) you can get from Housing Challenge rewards. This actually might be on its way out as a strategy on my server; they used to sell for 5g apiece all day long, but are now approaching 1g. That can still be a lot of money, just like with the nerfed-but-still-75s-apiece Challenge rewards I talked about a few weeks ago. The one that seems to still retain its value on my server is the Ikthia Collection, which hovers around 6g.
3)Abusing Buy/Sell Orders. This isn't so much "abuse" as it is "profit-extraction," but it basically entails noticing when a wide gulf exists between Buy and Sell Orders. For example, many AMPs have a Buy Order of 10s (below vendor price even before fees!) and a Sell Order of 2g or whatever. So I come in, create a Buy Order for 15s out of the goodness of my heart, then turn around and sell any that people inexplicably dump on the AH, for less than the best Sell Order. It's passive, it's not guaranteed, and it takes up a lot of your ridiculously limited Trade Orders (25 max)… but it works often enough that I'm on the lookout for such opportunities.
4)Vendor everything else. Ever complete a Challenge and then get wildly disappointed by randomly getting the Salvaged Loot bag? It's not actually a disaster: each of the random crap items you receive sells for 5s or more apiece. The last loot bag I opened actually had 45s worth of "vendor trash." That's, you know, almost half a gold right there. Also, if you find yourself looking at regular quest rewards and not seeing an upgrade, make sure to pick the one that vendors for more; it's almost always the Heavy Armor piece. It all adds up eventually.
5)Runes. I only recently discovered this opportunity, and right now it's both low-demand and low-competition on my server. Basically, Runes are the equivalent of Gems in WoW but, bizarrely, everyone can craft them. All you need are the mats and some idea of which ones are selling high.
6)Level Up. Although this is clearly not the route I have been taking, gold is easier to come by the closer to the cap you get. At level 50, you earn Elder Points for each full XP bar you earn, up to a certain weekly cap. Beyond that? All extra XP is converted to gold. This is on top of gold from daily quests, mob kills, vendoring level 50 loot, and so on. Worst comes to worst, you could vendor the tier 4/5 mats you get from mining (etc) to the tune of 50s+ per node.
So there you have it.you should not really have any trouble getting a comfortable level of wealth in Wildstar.Have fun!


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No marriage equality for pensions (Part 1)
The result of the marriage equality referendum added to Ireland's reputation as a country concerned with securing basic rights for the family unit in all its forms. 20 years after the divorce referendum however, the State still sanctions discrimination against divorced couples in the area of pensions.
Couples who separate or divorce typically have their matrimonial assets split by way of a court order. As an example, the future ownership of the family home may be settled under a Property Adjustment Order.
In a similar fashion, pensions may be split by way of a Pension Adjustment Order re-allocating pension benefits between the parties. This means that a spouse who is not a member can acquire rights to a pension which during the marriage was built up by the other spouse.
It seems natural to us in a case where the family home has been transferred to one of the spouses following separation or divorce, that the Revenue should recognise that spouse as the rightful owner. This is indeed the case: that owner can now avail of the various tax reliefs relating to the family home and that owner is now liable for the local property tax.
While such an approach may seem natural, Revenue does not recognise separation or divorce in relation to pension schemes. In the area of tax relief on pension contributions the Law completely disregards the fact that some or all of the pension may belong to the estranged spouse This can have devastating consequences for the divorcee who wants to make provisions for a new family:
Joe is 60 and member of a defined benefit pension established by his employer. Joe has been making regular pension contributions and his fund is worth €800,000 which is the maximum benefit he is allowed under Revenue's funding rules. At current annuity rates this will give an annual pension of €28,000 on retirement.
Joe and his wife, Jane, have recently divorced. As part of the divorce settlement a Pension Adjustment Order granted 100% of the value of the fund to Jane.
As Revenue doesn't recognise the divorce, Jane's benefit is regarded as still being part of Joe's fund. Thus Joe cannot make any further provision for himself as he was already at the maximum limit before the Order was granted.
The inequity in this becomes clear if you assume both Joe and Jane remarry and, as the sole breadwinners in their new families, they wish to make provision in their pension funds for their new spouses.
Although Jane has a pension benefit worth €800k this does not negatively impact on her ability to build up a new fund. Joe on the other hand has no further pension funding available. He is not entitled to fund for a pension for his new family.
The Pensions Authority have produced a user-friendly free Guide to the Pension Provisions of the Family Law Acts (pdf). This booklet contains information on pension adjustment orders, dependants retirement benefits, what happens if the dependent spouse remarries, etc. If you would like further information on this topic please contact Tommy Nielsen by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Fathom Events, Turner Classic Movies, Studiocanal and Rialto Pictures are celebrating the 50th anniversary of "The Producers" by bringing the classic movie to select cinemas nationwide for a special two-day event on Sunday, June 3, and Wednesday, June 6.
The 1967 satirical comedy film stars Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn and Kenneth Mars. The film was Mel Brooks' directorial debut, and he won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. In 1996, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
Once the King of the Great White Way, Max Bialystock (Mostel) is reduced to romancing old ladies to finance his next flop show. But when nervous accountant Leopold Bloom (Wilder) surmises that more money could be made from a flop than a hit, the next step is to produce the Busby Berkeleyesque musical "Springtime for Hitler" and to cast stoned-out Flower Child "LSD" (Shawn) in the lead. A surefire flop, or is it?
The special screening also features an interview between TCM host Ben Mankiewicz and Brooks.
Participating movie theaters in our neck of the woods include AMC Loews Stony Brook 17, 2196 Nesconset Highway, Stony Brook at 2 and 7 p.m. on both days; Farmingdale Multiplex Cinemas, 1001 Broadhollow Road, Farmingdale on June 3 at 2 p.m. and June 6 at 7 p.m.; and Island 16 Cinema de Lux, 185 Morris Ave., Holtsville on June 3 at 2 p.m. and June 6 at 7 p.m. To purchase your ticket in advance, visit www.fathomevents.com.


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In the devotion from Devotions for the Beach we learn about spending time with God and enjoying the peace of His presence. "Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written." — […]
Day: October 25, 2018
I Am Third – FaithGateway
In the introduction to his book The Chicken Runs at Midnight: A Daughter's Message from Heaven that Changed a Father's Heart and Won a World Series, writer Tom Friend powerfully and poetically describes the role of a third base coach… and one World-Series-winning third base coach in particular, Rich Donnelly. God can work in the […]
Love Anyway – FaithGateway
Wherever we find hard-to-love people, may we open our hearts wide to receive God's love, and then may we be quick to share His love. May He empower us to love anyway! Read more from The Better Mom Devotional by Ruth Schwenk. In Christ, God loves us anyway. — Ruth Schwenk Source: Love Anyway – FaithGateway
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Source: Scattered Preachers – October 25, 2018 – WELS
Bible reading John 6:41-71. Source: Through My Bible Yr 1 – October 25 – WELS
God's Word is full of difficult teachings. And when we decide to apply them to our lives, we will get to where we're going! Be encouraged to keep moving forward. Source: Do Not Be Offended by the Truth – Part 1 – Joyce Meyer Ministries TV Podcast


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A recently published article by MIT's Technology Review says that today's "big data," that is, enormous data sets, is forcing researchers to find new techniques for knowledge discovery and data mining. Twenty years ago, big data and the motivation to try to process them were of interest mainly to the scientific community, Usama Fayyad, the executive chair of the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (and former chief data officer at Yahoo) is cited in the article as saying, ahead of the ACM's 17th annual conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining.
The Internet, of course, "changed everything." Businesses started amassing huge volumes of data about their customers (and their behavior) as they shifted more towards online. As the power of data mining became clear, Fayyad is cited, so did economic motivations to invest in the field.
It's become clear that Internet giants, the article says, make their profit from the information they collect about their users and the insights into how to grow their business they glean from it. Today's data, however, comes in network, rather than a tabular, form; most often, it arrives in gigantic graphs.
Dealing with graphs of that size and scope, and applying modern analytic tools to them, calls for better algorithms and other innovations. Whereas 20 years ago, the scientists had their data sets in structured form, today's data is "an unstructured mess."
And, above the cloud…
The Charleston Gazette says West Virginia's Office of Technology has been in talks to start utilizing cloud computing in order to deliver subscription-based software, document management and data storage services to state government agencies.
The move could save the state millions of dollars and increase worker productivity, state government leaders are predicting. Better still, using cloud computing services would not lead to job cuts, "although many state workers would have to sign up for training to learn new software and data management systems."
As the state considers this move, the article points out that companies and organizations that buy cloud services "must be careful that they don't lose control of their data when they terminate cloud service agreements or transfer the information to another cloud service provider," Kyle Shaffer, the state chief technology officer, is quoted.
He adds about the precautions: "Cloud customers must be careful to include data ownership, security and audit requirements when negotiating contracts for cloud services."
The federal government and other states have already adopted cloud computing services.
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There are three levels of Reiki, each one unique to a specific level of mastery and meaning. Esme offers classes in three levels of Reiki, the third of which is traditionally considered the teacher's level, giving the individual the qualification to attune new Reiki practitioners.
Reiki Level I
No prior qualifications are needed to achieve Reiki Level I, but it is helpful to have experienced a Reiki treatment yourself before beginning your training.
The focus of Reiki Level I is to open the channels between energy and new Reiki practitioners. Training at this level is for self-healing and well-being, and use for friends and family. You will also learn ways of using Reiki to benefit animals and plants.
Level I covers:
• Initiation;
• Hand positions; and
• How to treat yourself and others.
Level I also includes an introduction to and history of Reiki and the five Reiki principles, an introduction to the seven Chakras and practical information on giving and receiving Reiki.
Cost: £120
OMH Therapies
1a Randolph Crescent, Edinburgh EH3 7TH
Training last one full day from 10am to 5pm and a shorter half-day session from 10am to 1pm. To continue practice, monthly Reiki shares are organised. To find out when the next session is, click here.
Reiki Level II
To attend Reiki Level II classes, you must have a Reiki Level I certification.
The focus of Reiki Level II is to attune participants to a higher level of Reiki energy and have them practice Reiki on others while expanding on the opening of energy channels. The five Reiki symbols are also introduced, allowing a deeper connection to the universal energy.
Level II covers:
• Reiki symbols and how to use them;
• Different methods of distant healing; and
• Meditation.
Cost: £250
Training lasts two full days of 10am to 5pm sessions. After two months of practice sessions, certification is achieved.
Reiki Level II can be completed in either One-to-One sessions or in small groups.
"Reiki has helped me in only two sessions. I suffer from a severe mental health illness and take heavily sedating medication each day. It is difficult for me to function in day-to-day life. When I first started Reiki, I didn't know how I could feel better from it. After the first session, I didn't feel the miraculous happiness, I thought I would but the day after, the day after that and then the day after that… things started to get better in a way that I felt balanced – not superficial happiness but in the middle where I felt content. Thank you, Esme." – Ella Paul


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For centuries mankind has encountered herbs and spices and discovered their assets. Their earliest uses were to make bland and downright awful food taste better. Limited resources and difficult travel made getting foodstuffs not grown locally nearly impossible. Regions of Asia, India and Africa were limited to rice, beans, grains and wild meats. Spices and herbs made all of this more palatable and thereby became a tradition in certain regions. This is where cuisine came from. Also all regional cuisines are based upon the native foodstuffs enhanced with exotic herbs and spices.
Another use for herbs and spices was in reducing offensive odors. In the days before toilet paper and ready potties, people wore herb necklaces to reduce the fecal odors. The lack of available plumbing kept people from taking regular showers and places like France developed perfumes based on Lavender, which was and still is a profuse crop of the countryside. You've heard the term "French Bath"? This came from the practice of "showering" with a heavy spritz of Lavender water in leiu of soap and water. Perfumes were actually developed for this purpose and not actually for attracting sexual interest. Although there is no doubt that the ability to eliminate or at least cover over body odors would be more encouraging towards sexual contact than the offensive smell of dirty flesh! And hence Perfumes, made from herbs, were attributed with the wonderful qualities of an aphrodisiac.
But how do Herbs and Spices make you healthy? Well, actually this knowledge has only come to mankind in the past few centuries and is still an evolving understanding. Mostly accepted and used among folk rather than the "straight and narrow" Medical community, these uses for Herbs and Spices were mostly passed along from mother to daughter in the small towns and villages of every country and every race. Whether this idea of Herbs being of healing ability is accepted by one or not, whether it is considered mainstream or foolish, whether it seems to make sense to one or not, there has been many individuals, too many to dismiss, in fact, that attribute cures and downright miracle healing to the simple use of Herbs and Spices. I personally beleive that these plants were part of God's plan. They were meant to help us in our lives on Earth.
Some of the more mainstream and accepted uses of Herbs towards healing includes the use of Cinnamon in reducing blood sugar. This has been proven by the common folk time and time again and is now being investigated and even touted by mainstream doctors. You must take it in high doses for it to work and over a short period of time. You should not take Cinnamon medically for long periods. It is hard on the digestion. On the converse, the Spice most commonly used for the digestion is Ginger. It is known to reduce stomach upset and to quell the urge to vomit. In medium doses, it can eliminate dizziness and is used by herbalists to stave off motion sickness. If you have a stomach problem and a tendency towards dizziness or nausea, then try drinking real Ginger Ale. If you can't find Ginger Ale with real Ginger in it, then buy Ginger Root and chew it raw when the need arises. Don't swallow the root. Simply chew the liquid out of it and then spit it out.
There has been a long history of using herbs and spices to affect the body and mind. Most modern drugs, both pharmaceutical and homemade, have their roots in plants. Narcotics are made from Poppies, Cocaine from Cocoa leaves, Marijuana is a herb. There are other more natural, safer and legal means to acheive similar effects… giving the body energy or calming it down. Herbs like Ginseng and Gotu Kola are famous for their energizing effects on the body. Take care in using these plants as they can very strong and in high doses very unpleasant, even dangerous. Other energizers include Betal Nuts and Kava Kava, which is often used as a substitute for Coffee. On the other hand, there are many herbs useful in calming the body down, relaxing and releasing stress. These are far safer, on the whole, than sleeping pills or tranquilizers. Herbs like Chamomile, Lobelia, Lavender, Camphor, Frankincense and Melissa are all known to reduce anxiety and allow the body to relax.
Herbs like Gingko Biloba have acheived fame for their effects. This herb is known for increasing blood flow to the brain and therefor creating alertness and helping with memory. Mint is known for waking up the senses and for rubbing on the body to releive muscle stress. Dandelion tea is a long respected and often used diuretic. Eucalyptus, as a tea or linament, is regularly used for breaking up congestion in the lungs. Peppermint tea should be taken hot and will shut down a headache. Black Pepper, chewed or added to food, will help catarrh by encouraging mucus flow. Lavender oil, rubbed on the skin, will help reduce and releive Eczema and Dermatitis. Chew Fennel Seeds for gas. Bergamot oil will help acne. Make a decoction of 1% oil to 99% water and rub it on daily.
Gargle with Clary Sage and water, infuse Eucalyptus and inhale it or drink Lemon Tea hot to help with a sore throat. Peppermint oil rubbed deeply into the skin will help releive nerve and joint pain. A strong whiff of Neroli Oil has been known to calm a panic attack. If you overdo it and everything hurts, climb into a hot bath dosed with Lavender oil. Just don't fall asleep! Cloves and Clove oil is famous for killing tooth and gum pain. It can also work for earaches and surface pain like cysts and bruises. Just rub it on. Try liquid Benzoin for Arthritis. Rub it deeply into the joints. Also effective for joint pain is Cinnamon, Peppermint, Eucalyptus and Pepper. Pine oil is effective against Asthma and many forms of Lung disease.
In many future posts, I will publish recipes for remedies for all sorts of human malady. I have a wealth of information in this area and will enjoy sharing it. In the meantime, meditate! Nothing helps the body and mind more than a little quiet time for the brain! Next post to come: Cooking With Herbs.
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1600 Se 15th St 511, Fort Lauderdale
Plaza 15 is a small Fort Lauderdale Condominium that offer a great package of ammenities for the owners of Plaza 15 Condo in Fort Lauderdale. Plaza 15 has recently recieved numerous updates, including a new lobby for the owners of Plaza 15. The healthy lifestlye of Fort Lauderdale Condo living gets an extra boost at Plaza 15 with it newly updated gym.
Plaza15 has seen inventory drop dramatically as the Fort Lauderdale Real Estate market turned around and the short day on market prove that the best publicity for this building is the owners who live there few of whom are selling their condos. Plaza 15 is a great spot for the person who wants a boaters vacation in a location where can you easily rent a boat, or keep one safely at a local dry stack, its about entrenching yourself it the boaerts lifestyle of the City of Fort Lauderdale. Thinking about a less expesnvie great vacation spot in Fort Lauderdale, think Eric Miller and Associates first and let us show you Plaza 15.
Plaza 15 has always just been a cool building to live in surrounded by a boaters lifestyle. With real etstate starting to boom againe in the Fort Lauderdale real estate market , one of shrinking inventory, properties such as Plaza 15, with a superior location will certainly benefit. Read more about Plaza 15 Condos in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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Plaza 15 is located just north of the 17th Street Causeway giving it great accces to the beach area and many new businesses that have started to surface throughout this main route to the beach. Built in 1974 and is a smaller builder which features as one on its ammenites great dock spece. Dock space is handled through the dock master and as leased at a bargain rate to owners when available. Just a reminder you must be an owner at Plaza 15.
Plaza 15 sits on a very busy waterfront, filled with many of Fort Lauderdale's beautiful yachts so if this is the scenery you have on your wish list, this Fort Lauderdale Waterfront Condo may just be the righ spot for you. From sunrise to sunset views at views at these Condominiums for Sale in Fort Lauderdale are always a reminder that Plaza 15 is a boaters neighborhood.
Plaza 15 has completeed many updates thorughout the property but the single biggest feature about this Fort Lauderdale Condominium is its location. Close to the areas of Rio Vista, and Lauderdale Harbor. This Fort Lauderdale Condo is close to shopping, downtown, the airport and the beach.
Many owners have started to renovate and are installing hurricane resistant windows, new kitchens and baths further adding to the appeal of Plaza 15.
At Eric Miller and Associates, "We're here to help" with your next Plaza 15 purchase or sale. Contact us directly at (954) 383-8170.
Just starting your search for a Fort Lauderdale Beach Condo, here are some other properties you may find of interest.
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Let us purge the throwaway cultureLet us purge the throwaway culture
Dec 14, 2018
Dear Editor,
I gazed with horror upon the sight of a dumpster within the church compound. It was full of items that could have been reused, recycled, or repurposed.
There were two mobile whiteboards which could have been used by one of the many refugee schools. There was an overhead projector, a digital LCD projector, speakers and other electrical items thrown inside that could have been used by the migrant ministry for teaching and refurbishing purposes. There were large amounts of chinese new year decorations thrown higgledy-piggledy within the dumpster, including gorgeous chinese silk cloths, all of which were not the least bit faded.
All these things were thrown out in the open so all were COMPLETELY soaked and warped from the daily thunderstorms over the last two days. Except for some of the plastic decorations, NO ONE could use these items because they were completely ruined. It was totally BER, or Beyond Economic Repair.. Laudato Si? NOT EVEN!
What is the point of organising and attending multiple retreats and talks, when the fruits are not practised within the ministries of the parish?
I find it annoying when people complain yet give no suggestions. Therefore, I would like to suggest that all Catholics seriously heed our Holy Father's call to responsible stewardship for the care of our common home:
1. Think before you throw and consider the waste that will be generated before buying anything.
2. Paper and plastic can be recycled.
3. Non biodegradable items can be stuffed into 1.5L plastic bottles and fashioned into eco bricks. 3. Large items can be placed under a covered area with a sign allowing people to take what they want. And the ones that are left can be brought to Tzu Chi Buddhist Society because their recycling efforts far surpass ours. Ironically, the founder of Tzu Chi was inspired by the Infant Jesus sisters...
4. Finish the food on your plate! As Pope Francis said, wasted food is like stealing from the poor. An apt quote since November 18 was World Day for the Poor.
We need to purge this THROWAWAY CULTURE today! It would be so amazing if our clergy and religious could take the lead in this aspect and truly be "a gift to the Church" as St John Paul the Great mentioned in Vita Consecrata. Nonetheless, the laity form the bulk of the Church, so it's time for us to STAND UP and make a difference. Otherwise there won't BE a tomorrow to speak of... #ZeroWasteToday
Dr Melanie
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By Jacqueline Thomsen, The Hill
President Trump claimed Saturday that public opinion has "turned strongly against" special counsel Robert Mueller and his probe into Russian efforts to meddle in the 2016 election.
[post_ads]Trump tweeted that the public has turned against the "Rigged Witch Hunt" because they understand "that there was no Collusion with Russia."
Trump's tweet came a day after his attorney Rudy Giuliani argued in a New York Times interview that public opinion over Mueller's probe is moving toward Trump "big time."
"Nobody is going to consider impeachment if public opinion has concluded this is an unfair investigation, and that's why public opinion is so important," Giuliani told the newspaper.
The attorney also told the Times that Trump would only agree to an interview with the special counsel if Mueller had proof that the president had committed a crime.
Public opinion has turned strongly against the Rigged Witch Hunt and the "Special" Counsel because the public understands that there was no Collusion with Russia (so ridiculous), that the two FBI lovers were a fraud against our Nation & that the only Collusion was with the Dems!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 7, 2018
The president and his GOP allies in Congress have claimed that Mueller's probe is biased against him, and Trump has repeatedly slammed the investigation as a "witch hunt."
Mueller has spent more than a year investigating possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia in the 2016 presidential election.
A Politico-Morning Consult poll last month found that 36 percent of voters viewed Mueller's probe in a negative light, an all-time high. Twenty-three percent viewed the investigation negatively in a July 2017 poll.
The latest barbs against Mueller's probe came as prosecutors working for his office issued a new filing on Friday claiming that the special counsel will present evidence that a bank executive allegedly helped Paul Manafort, Trump's former campaign chairman, obtain more than $6 million in loans as the executive attempted to land a position in the campaign.


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The Rocky Mountains stretch 3,000 miles from British Columbia south to New Mexico, and five states hug the range's severe slopes and soaring peaks along the way: Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and Utah.
Whether it's spotting mountain goats on the summit of Lone Peak in Montana, enjoying views of the Grand Tetons' granite faces in Wyoming or climbing otherworldly red spires in Colorado's Garden of the Gods, these mountain resorts offer meeting planners and attendees plenty of function space, impressive activities and amazing vistas.
Big Sky Resort
Big Sky, Montana
Big Sky Resort in Montana, about an hour's drive south of Bozeman, is one of the few places where you can summit an 11,000-foot mountain without ever having to climb.
Groups start by taking a scenic ride on a ski lift higher up the mountain and then board custom-built off-road trucks for a tour of Lone Mountain's upper alpine terrain. Finally, an aerial tram glides guests to the 11,166-foot peak.
While Lone Peak Expedition is the resort's signature activity, groups can also go whitewater rafting, horseback riding, mountain biking and zip lining, as well as skiing and snowboarding in the winter.
Big Sky has more than 55,000 square feet of meeting and conference space, most of it housed in the Yellowstone Conference Center. The 8,000-square-foot Missouri Ballroom can be divided into three separate rooms and is the resort's largest and most-used space, said Brandon Bang, senior director of sales.
Four accommodation options make up the core village: the Huntley Lodge, the Shoshone Condominium Hotel, the Summit at Big Sky and the Village Center. Huntley, Shoshone and the conference center are all under one roof.
Indoor and outdoor function space is sprinkled throughout the property. The 2,600-square-foot Talus Room in the Summit has tall windows, and the Peaks Restaurant and adjoining terrace have a splendid view of Lone Peak and are available for summertime events. The Lone Peak Pavilion is a tented grassy pavilion at the base of the ski area.
Everett's 8800 is a high-end, log cabin-style restaurant that sits at the top of Andesite Mountain. The restaurant can seat about 90 people inside, but paired with its massive wraparound deck, which delivers views of Lone Peak, the restaurant could host up to 200 guests, Bang said.
"To be staring from the restaurant right across to the peak is just incredible," he said.
Coeur d'Alene Resort
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
National Geographic named Idaho's Lake Coeur d'Alene one of the most beautiful lakes in the world, which may be why business magnate Duane Hagadone chose to build the Coeur d'Alene Resort on its banks.
If the lake is the crown, the resort is the jewel, with 338 guest rooms, five — soon to be six — dining options, including a floating restaurant, and 32,000 square feet of event space, along with a golf course, a spa, a marina and a fleet of cruise boats.
The resort just started the process of renovating all its guest rooms, said Todd Gillespie, director of sales and marketing, and the conference center just completed a renovation in October that included new carpeting, wall coverings and lighting system, as well as new furniture and artwork.
There, a 15,000-square-foot hall can be used as one large space or be broken into six smaller bays, one of which can also be halved. Across the conference lobby area, the Bayview Rooms offer 3,900 square feet of lake-view meeting space that can also be split into three smaller rooms.
A few years ago, Hagadone invested $10 million to build the 7,000-square-foot Hagadone Event Center, with soaring glass walls that look over the infinity pool to the beach and lake, as well as the golf course's renowned 14th hole, the Floating Green. A private garden can be used for high-end board meetings, lunches or receptions, Gillespie said.
Groups may also gather on one of the resort's five full-service cruise ships, which can hold 149 to 350 passengers. During downtime, meeting attendees can kayak, paddleboard, hike or even arrange for seaplane rides.


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Most Calif. Small Businesses Say ACA Has Neutral, Positive Effects
The Affordable Care Act has had a neutral or positive effect on nearly two-thirds of small businesses in California, according to a survey by California Bank & Trust, the Silicon Valley Business Journal reports (Baumann, Silicon Valley Business Journal, 5/6).
More than 680 small business owners in the state responded to the survey, which was conducted in April.
It found that about 63% of respondents believed the law had affected their business in a neutral or positive way (California Bank & Trust release, 5/6).
In a release, Tory Nixon, executive vice president of small business lending at California Bank & Trust, said small business owners "are shrugging off these regulatory changes" and are "quite optimistic about the future growth of their business"
The survey also found that:
- 63% of respondents anticipated that growth in their business will increase over the next 12 months;
- 92% of respondents planned to hire one to 10 additional employees this year; and
- 84% of respondents planned to continue or increase investments in technology over the next year (Silicon Valley Business Journal, 5/6).


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Are you looking for GED® testing in Roscoe MO? The GED® test is only offered in person and not online. Typically to be able to sit for the GED® test the test taker must be over 17 years old. The GED® testing fee in the state of Missouri typically ranges from $40 to $90.
The exam consists of five topics: language arts (reading), language arts (writing), mathematics, science and social studies. Each part of the test gives a score between 200-800. Many states require students to get a score of 410 on each of the five tests and an average of 450 for the GED® test to pass.
Numerous GED® testing in Roscoe MO is offered at:
- Roscoe High Schools
- Roscoe Community Colleges
- Roscoe Independent School District
- Roscoe Adult Education Centers


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Sterling Blue Morpho Ring
Sterling Blue Morpho Ring
A real Blue Morpho butterfly wing is handcut and encased in a marquis silver ring. The wing is permanently preserved and waterproof.
All my butterflies and moths come from preservation farms and lived a full life. An info card about the species and preservation farm process will be included to learn more.
This product will be sent with the USPS and takes 3 to 5 days to arrive domestically or 7 to 10 business days for international shipments.
Asana Natural Arts uses all real butterfly wings and nature items to create one of a kind art pieces, thanks for looking!


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There are several solutions/ workaround to getting this done. I just want to share my thoughts on some of them
1) Print to OneNote : This method works pretty well for single page/ small pdf files. A major disadvantage though is the loss of page demarcation as printing just puts them all together. All together a clumsy solution if the PDF is more than a few pages. Also printing large pdf files takes a very long time.
2) PDF Annotator : Great for filling out forms etc. since it opens the PDF file directly. No need for conversion. It however takes a serious performance hit for large files with frequent errors. It's better than OneNote since it atleast retains the formatting but fails when it comes to annotating large PDF's. I also find the double scrollbar really irritating.
3) Windows Journal : I just discovered it yesterday 🙂 I assume most users neglect Journal in favor of OneNote. However the minimalistic nature of Journal is simply great for marking up PDF's. I printed a 600 page pdf to journal in less than a minute. Journal also gave each page in the PDF it's own page. In my opinion it beats OneNote and PDF Annotator for annotating PDF's. PDF annotator has the advantage that it can work directly with PDF files, but Journal coupled with PrimoPDF ( free PDF printer) can achieve the same effect. So if you have large PDF files ( e-books) which you want to mark up, give Journal a try. Note: There is a loss of quality when using the Journal Writer. Thus if the PDF is not of high quality, you are better off using PDF Annotator I think.
Sample Renderings of a PDF Page
1) Adobe Reader
2) OneNote
3) PDF Annotator
Along with the frequent error message
4) Windows Journal
Does anyone have a better solution? Feel free to comment on how you mark up those PDF's.


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The Former General Director of Roads for the period 2008-2013 Andy Toma and his successor Dhashamir Xhika, who stayed in office until September last year, and left the office after the party that appointed him, the SMI, went to the opposition, is arrested for allegedly abusing with the funds for the construction of Elbasan-Gjinar road.For the same issue, are arrested Rexhep Tarba (works supervisor), along with three others, administrators of two construction companies, Agron and Kujtim Hysa of "Vëllezërit Hysa" company and Rezarta Bokçiu of "Arifi" company, which is left in house arrest. Five other persons are being pursued in a free state.
The procedures for the construction of this road started in 2009, but has shown numerous problems with soil slides and damages. According to the prosecution, "from the investigations conducted, resulted that these citizens, according to the duties and functions they had have committed unlawful acts, which resulted in the misuse of public funds amounting to about ALL 5 billion, given by the state budget for the realization of "Paving, Asphalting the 'Gjinari' Road", but the object is not realized."
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DTMF stands for dual tone multi-frequency. DTMF is a signaling system for recognizing the keys or number dialed on a telephone keypad. The first telephone systems use pulse dialing signaling. Later the system was swapped by multi-frequency (MF) dialing. DTMF is a multi-frequency tone dialing system used by the keypads in telephone and mobile phones to deliver the number or key dialed by the caller. DTMF has allowed the long-distance signaling of called numbers in voice frequency range over telephone lines. This has removed the need for telecom operator between a person calling and the person receiving a call and changed automated dialing in the telephone switching centers.
At Plivo we support only one type of DTMF:
Incoming stream delivers DTMF signals out-of-audio using RFC-2833 mechanism, independently of codecs – in this case, the DTMF signals are sent separately from the actual audio stream.


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Petfest Was For the Dogs
And cats and birds. Pets and their owners descended on Summerfest for fun, education and music.
Imagine the chaos of Summerfest, but with dogs added to the equation. That's Petfest in a nutshell.
The Fromm Petfest 2015 — sponsored by Fromm Pet Food — was held on Saturday at the Henry Maier Festival Park. The free event encouraged pet owners of all kinds to enjoy the festivities with their proverbial best friend. All kinds of pets are allowed at the fest, from dogs to cats and even birds. Yet dogs were by far the most prominent pet.
Many activities were present to get dogs' tails wagging and owners smiling. Many different kinds of commerce were available on the south side as well as in kiosks around the fair, offering treats, apparel and more. The lure course allowed pooches to run at breakneck speed as they chased a plastic bag attached to a pulley. An agility course was there to provide dogs an excuse to show off their new tricks. A variety of veterinarians and trainers gave informative presentations. There was even some live music performances, including one by Milwaukee-based Anthony Deutsch, and a costume contest.
Dock diving, where dogs would compete to see who can jump into a pool the farthest, was an especially popular event. While some of the dogs were skittish, most dogs were more than willing to take the plunge. Though why anyone would want to get their dogs any wetter and smellier on an already drizzly day is beyond me.
Accidents are bound to happen at an event like this, but luckily for me they weren't of the, ah, "messy" kind. One bin of doggie treats at Peppy Puppy Cookie Co. dumped over on the ground. No dogs scrambled over to the treats, however, which speaks volumes about their discipline. Other accidents were a bit more serious; the exit ramp for the dock diving gave way, stranding a dog in the middle of the pool. The owner was able to drag their dog out of the pool, no harm done.
While I enjoyed my time at Fromm Petfest 2015, the chaotic nature of the fest can get a bit draining, especially if you have your own excited pooch like my father and I did. And the drizzle put a damper on things. For a smaller, free event such as this, I would love to see it happen more times in the summer, preferably on days that are less likely to be rainy. Nevertheless, I still had fun. For dog lovers, it's a treat.


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Spinach and parmesan gnocchi
A hearty bowl of Italian deliciousness.
- Serves 4
- Less than 30 minutes
- 2 packets (300g each) English spinach, wilted, chopped and drained
- ¼ cup (60ml) water
- 4 (about 820g) potatoes, cooked and mashed
- ¼ cup (60ml) plain cream cheese
- ¼ cup (60ml) grated parmesan, plus extra for serving
- ½ tsp (3ml) ground nutmeg
- Grated peel of 1 lemon
- Salt and milled pepper
- 1 ½ cup (375ml) flour
- 1 egg, whisked
- 1 punnet (200g) vine tomatoes, roasted
- Fresh basil, for serving
- Blitz spinach and water together to create a smooth paste.
- Combine warm potato mash and spinach.
- Add cream cheese, parmesan, nutmeg and lemon peel. Season.
- Add flour and egg and mix to create a dough.
- Knead dough on a lightly floured surface until smooth.
- Divide dough into 4 balls.
- Roll each ball out into a 55cm-long log.
- Slice each log into 2cm pieces.
- Make an indent on each piece of dough using your thumb.
- Bring a pot of salted water to the boil.
- Cook gnocchi in boiling water for 2-3 minutes, working in batches.
- When they rise to the surface, remove gnocchi with a slotted spoon and place in a lightly oiled bowl to prevent sticking.
- Serve gnocchi with roasted tomatoes, basil and extra grated parmesan.
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Got Viking?
Maybe the culture and life-style have changed… a little… but, the DNA of the Norse raiders persists to this day. Yes, they walk among us, and some — my, oh my — walk so much better than others.*
Their group name has changed also. Instead of the terror-inducing "Viking," they are now called Scandinavian. Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland are today's caretakers of that once-feared genetic pool.
As their culture morphed, so did their method of captivating the world. Instead of heading out in those wondrous, fabled long ships to terrorize the world into giving up its wealth, the new Vikings have softened that approach — now, they invite the world to stuff its wealth into its wallets, board those modern, sumptuous cruise ships and head for Scandinavia where they can be delighted with the quaint, the modern, and some wonderfully dreamy scenery amid the haunting echoes of history. (Those in a hurry to hand over the goods can fly via Viking Air… well… maybe that's Scandinavian Airlines).
The Viking heirs still get the world's money, but, now, in total reversal of methodology, the world hand-delivers it willingly to the Viking homeland without fear of losing a hand… or any associated body parts.
Responding to this kinder, gentler approach, the world welcomes Viking travelers. In times past, coastal cities being visited and not pillaged insisted that those ruffians come ashore only in small groups while the rest waited off-shore in their ships. A small group's rowdiness could be easily contained, but, there was the fear that a large group might try to paint the town red (a la Freddie… Jason… Lizzie Borden.**) Today, they simply blend in with everyone else on the travel conveyance and are permitted to off load without fanfare… unless they are celebrity, of course… or brandishing an Ulfberht.
I, personally, have much enthusiasm for the blue-eyed, gentler Vikings… those not named Olaf, Dolph, Karl, Hans or other such. I favor name types such as Brita, Anne, Annelie, Katarina, et al, complete with appropriate attributes.* True, in my adolescence, I romanticized those Viking warriors, but, at some point I woke up and appreciated the fact that warrior glory came at a horrific price for those falling to that ethic. Besides, I was too short to effectively wield a long sword… hmm! I had the same problem with golf clubs… spent a lot more time replacing divots than swinging at the ball.
Through 300 years or more, these seafarers explored, pillaged, and colonized; the New World and the Old have benefitted from their legacy. Yet, in my little world, the fingers on one hand are far more than needed to tally personal encounters with it… although… I did spend about five months with one Dagmar from Denmark. The most memorable thing about that relationship was, if you failed a test, you kept taking it until you got at least a "D" on it. She practiced the slogan "No Child Left Behind" long before it became politically chic… I got out of Latin I with a long string of D's and a fuzzy recollection of the ablative case.
Ironically, given my adolescent crush on all things Viking, I had no clue she was a DANE possessing the very genetic heritage I then romanticized. Mrs. Dagmar Root (Latin teacher, Sam Houston Senior High, Houston, Texas a very long time ago), belatedly, I thank you for that close encounter with living history.
Rare and to be treasured are these Norse encounters. I could use another one. This is an open invitation to a tall(er) blue-eyed Dane (not named Olaf or such) to share lunch over Viking fare (with emphasis on sea food***) sometime in the near future (a few days… weeks… a month? I'm very patient.) Since I surmise that the rewards for such an encounter would be heavily weighted in my favor, I will throw in the long ship pictured above to help balance the scales.
Honest! …the whole ship.
According to the ancient Nordic time wheel (which I just now invented), it is my turn to buy.
*I'm a guy and still breathing; would you expect less?
**Freddie and Jason are fictional; Lizzie and the Vikings of old were the real deal.
***I am open to other preferences expressed by the lucky lunchee.
In apology to all things Viking, I include the following unsolicited commercial plugs to help funnel money into Scandinavian banks:
- Viking River Cruises, www.vikingrivercruises.com, 1-800-304-9616
- Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), www.flysas.com/


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Announcements/Annonces : Rural Opportunities Network Launched
Source: Royal Roads University.
The Rural Opportunities Network website has just been launched to help grow small and medium-scale natural resource-based businesses. The network is an open, bilingual nation-wide network of people and knowledge, focused on raising awareness and creating opportunities for businesses engaged in the sustainable use of natural resources.
You can use the network to share information and ideas, connect with individuals and organizations across Canada and learn from the growing collection of resources and tools. Topics covered range from agroforestry and special forest products to e-marketing and social media.
The network's National Buyer's and Seller's Directory provides the opportunity for you to advertise (for free!) your business or services. Building on the success of "BuyBCwild" and "From Our Atlantic Woods", this new national Directory lists suppliers of a wide range of natural resource products, from fine furniture to maple syrup. An interactive map shows the location of each listing allowing you to find businesses in your area. This can help you determine what products or services are needed locally that you might want to market.
The Tools and Resources page provides links to written information and other websites as well as giving you the opportunity to share your expertise. Be sure to check out the fact sheets in the Rural Opportunities Collection along with the guidebooks, business plans and case studies in the Guidebooks and Toolkits section.
Gary Backlund a BC woodlot licencee is featured in videos on aspects of woodlot management including small scale sawmilling, native plant nursery management and niche product creation. Betty and Ken Foote demonstrate how to make floral greenery products and Eric Whitehead from Untamed Feast shows us the best way to process wild mushrooms.
Fact sheets in the Rural Opportunities Collection provide easy to read advice on using social media and e-marketing, greening your business and many other topics. Guidebooks to help you assess the tourism potential of your area and publications on community forests, mushroom harvesting, essential oil production are featured in Guidebooks and Toolkits section. You can find advisors to help you grow your business and see what events are coming up that you won't want to miss by checking out the Network page.
The website was developed by the Center for Livelihoods and Ecology at Royal Roads University in partnership with Biopterre, the Institute for Culture and Ecology, FORREX, INFOR, Untamed Feast and the Canadian Model Forest Network. Funding was provided by the Canadian Rural and Cooperatives Secretariat and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Public Outreach and Dissemination portfolio.
Let us know what you think! You can help build the network by sending links to information and sharing your expertise. Contact us at email@example.com or at http://ruralnetwork.ca/send-us-your-feedback
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Catholic Register Editorial
The Catholic Register's editorial is published in the print and digital editions every week. Read the current and past editorials below.
Editorial: Another betrayal
The soul-crushing case of former cardinal Theodore McCarrick is yet another example of one of God's shepherds doing the devil's work in a Church failing still to wash away what Pope Benedict XVI called the filth of clerical sexual abuse.
Editorial: Listen to parents on sex ed
It's probably a safe bet that Ontario's new premier has never read Pope Paul VI's encyclical Humanae Vitae, which reaffirmed the Church's teaching on marriage, parenthood, procreation and contraception.
Editorial: Pot-ful of trouble
Canada's bishops typically are cautious when passing comment on public policy. So they grabbed our attention when, in the first paragraph of a recent press release, the bishops predicted Canada's new marijuana law will have "disastrous effects" on society.
Editorial: Stop the madness
If mercy and justice prevail, by the time this editorial is being read the American government will have reversed its immoral practice of separating migrant children from parents and sending children to separate detention centres.
Editorial: A game changer
Sport is a pervasive phenomenon of 21st-century culture. Therefore, asked the Vatican, "how could the Church not be interested?"
Editorial: Good sense prevails
Last month Pope Francis had Catholics worldwide scratching their heads after he seemed to suggest German bishops would have his blessing if they reached a group consensus to circumvent Church teaching and make it easier for some Protestants to receive Communion.
Editorials: Selfies blur reality
Pope Francis often cozies up to young admirers as they raise their smartphones to snap selfies. But it seems he may be having second thoughts about humouring the selfie generation.
Editorial: Assault on dignity
They are desperate, poor and usually forgotten until violence erupts and the world takes note of them burying their dead.
Editorial: Time for kindness
As spring turns into summer, Canada is about to face a test of its generosity.
Editorial: Return the money
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Having finished Person of Interest some weeks back, we finally decided to try our next series on a friend's recommendation – the detective mystery Castle.
It's a Nathan Fillion vehicle where he's still playing Captain Mal Reynolds – sure, now he's a wealthy, respected and popular Mal Reynolds, but he's still just Mal Reynold.
And it smells like chicken wings.
I took this picture last night, while we paused the show to get our supper ready. And the funny thing was that the kitchen smelled like chicken wings, and this was the subtitle in that scene from the show.
We watch things with subtitles. We like it because sometimes one can miss dialogue due to noise, or accents, or a quiet speaker (or maybe just because we're old and can't hear well). I can remember a time when I found subtitles distracting; or, at least, I have a memory of such a problem, but I can't remember when I shifted over.
This practice used to irritate my eldest son, Floyd (or David, depending on usage) and he gave us grief about it when he was over at our home in Phoenix watching movies.
Now Floyd watches movies with subtitles.
Our young friend Grant, local here in Whitefish, really thought it was strange that we watched movies with subtitles. Grant now watches movies with subtitles.
Our Netflix and Amazon Video accounts default to the use of subtitles – and if we crank something up and we don't see them, then we jump back to the menu to find out what happened. It's a practice that became a habit and has now become a dependency – movies that we own on DVD that don't have subtitles give us pause, and sometimes we won't bother to watch if they don't.
Funny how things like that sneak up on a fellow – something that seems a non-issue, or even a bother, can become a convenience, and then become a necessity.
Watched any standard-definition TV shows lately? It's amazing just how awful they look 🙂 I had a friend in Park City who had an HD TV as early as 2001 or so, while we didn't make the switch until about 2006. Until we changed, I couldn't see any reason to do so – once we changed, I couldn't stand to see the old stuff.
I used to hate running on treadmills – I couldn't stand them. I seemed to get tired on treadmills quicker and couldn't run as fast or far.
Then I spent a winter in Vermont.
By the next year, when we moved to Utah, I ordered a top-end treadmill to put in my basement; I couldn't imagine going back out in the Wasatch Mountain winter and trying to run, in that weather, on those surfaces.
Then I found that I could control my pace better on a treadmill than I could on the roads, and that a treadmill allowed ME to decide where the hills were, and how steep. Now I rarely run on the roads, at all.
My email signature carries this quote –
"The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a
guest, and then becomes a host, and then a master." — Khalil Gibran
It's a reflection of just how quickly we can become used to things that before seemed to be unnecessary, and then became normal, and then became addictions.
There's a quote out there, somewhere – I've lost it, and I can't find it, even with Google. But I'm sure that it exists, because I can't come up with anything that wise on my own. It's something along the lines of "Human beings have a certain dreadful adaptability". We can get used to anything – and can become dependent on it.
Once upon a time, I had a cot in a barracks room (and could sleep on an M-1 Abrams main battle tank) I could dig a hole and poop in it, and I didn't have a car.
Now I've "progressed" to the point where I can't sleep without my Marriot mattress, quilt, and bedside fan; we have more bathrooms than bedrooms, and my current vehicle actually cost more than my first house.
When I was newly sober, I read a Grapevine insert that said something along the lines of "The real test of a man's wealth isn't what he has, but what he can do without". Apparently, I can't do without much.
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The Cost of Cutting Sleep
An hour shaved from shuteye here, twenty minutes there. What are the dangers of insomnia? The cost might be larger than you think. When a team at the Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar evaluated the sleep patterns of over 500 participants over the course of a


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The New Democratic Youth of Canada rejects party leaders' uncritical support of Israel's ongoing war crimes in Gaza, demands that Israel "be held accountable for its actions."
Canada Politics
Harper's Attack on Supreme Court Chief Justice McLachlin Unacceptable
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's dictatorship-style attack on Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin is an attack on Canadians and Canadian democracy.
Ukraine Crisis: The Harper Conservatives Are NOT Canada
The Harper Government's inflammatory talk and militant actions in response to the Ukraine crisis only confirm that the Harper Conservatives are not Canada.
New Conservative Ad Reveals Stephen Harper's Fear of Justin Trudeau [VIDEO]
The possibility of "waking up in 2015 to Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister" of Canada unnerves Stephen Harper and the Conservatives.
Justin Trudeau: "I'm Here To Serve" (VIDEO)
Canada, meet Justin Trudeau, the new leader of the Liberal Party of Canada!
Full text: Justin Trudeau's speech for the Liberal leadership showcase
I stand before you a son of Quebec. A grandson of British Columbia. And a servant of Canada. These Canadians you just met are a few of the thousands I've had the honour to meet, to talk with, and to learn from over the past 6 months. Their stories are remarkable. Remarkable, because they are so common in Canada. With hope and hard work, every day Canadians live the values that unite this…
Canadians growing weary of Harper's "Economic Action Plan" propaganda
Canadians now say Harper's "Economic Action Plan" propaganda ads, with which they've been bombarded in the last four years, are annoying, propaganda and a "waste of money".
At Last, Marc Garneau Challenges Justin Trudeau To Talk Policy
At last, Marc Garneau challenges Justin Trudeau to talk policy, distinguishes himself from the perceived front-runner, and dares Canadians to chose ideas over a famous name.


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Houses with natural timber exteriors are usually either stained or oiled. Stain and oil are not the same thing... they are both effective but both work very differently when treating your timber:
- Wood oil prolongs the good looks and weather resistance of your Cedar by penetrating deeply into the Cedar, replacing the natural oils lost over time.
- Traditional stains sit on top of the timber and act as a barrier to the elements without replacing the lost oils.
- Modern stains act both as a barrier and like an oil, yet not with the same penetrating effectiveness as a pure wood oil.
What you need to know is that both treatments require regular recoating for adequate Cedar protection.
A TimberTECH technician can quickly assess what options will work best then it's up to you to choose colour and type of treatment.
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West Campus Gala is March 28
Save the date--and sign up to help
Save the date! Our school's biggest fundraising event of the year is happening Saturday, March 28, from 6-10 p.m. at the Sacramento Turn Verein, located in East Sacramento. All West Campus families and their friends are invited to this fun adults-only event. Stay tuned for ticket prices and details!
Bid on auction items and enjoy great food and drink while you visit with old and new friends from our campus community. Every dollar raised at the gala pays for programs and supplies that our school budget is unable to cover.
We need you!
Planning for our most important fundraiser is underway now. Please consider lending your time and talent to this effort. The next gala planning meeting is Tuesday, January 7, at 6 p.m. at Cafe Dantorels in Curtis Park, 2700 24th St. 95818.
Can't make the meeting? No problem. Reach out and let us know how you'd like to help. All ideas welcome! We are looking for event sponsors, auction donations, and parent volunteers for planning, decorating, and most importantly to help promote this great event.
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Artebella Gallery
|I have small work like this on display in Artebella
|Another piece at Artebella Gallery
Oak Hollow Gallery
Though Oak Hollow Gallery, between Wrays and Inklings in the Chalet Place Mall, is now under new ownership, I still have work in their regular sales gallery section. Stop by to purchase some cat mugs before Christmas.
|Cat mug, like the ones I have at Oak Hollow Gallery
YVC Clay Sale
Speaking of holiday pottery, the Fall Clay sale at YVC is coming up in November. This year the Thanksgiving holidays fall early, which means we've moved the clay sale time back a week to November 29.
|The only official clay sale photo I can find (from home, because I forgot to photograph the new poster at school)
Not only that, we've also extended the time of the sale. Stop by Palmer Martin (Building 20) on the Yakima Valley College campus anytime between 11am and 7pm on November 29 to stock up on pottery made by current and former YVC students and faculty. Proceeds from sales go to support studio operations.
|Palmer Martin hall (which we now are supposed to call 020)
We can take cash, checks, or credit card and while you're on campus, stop in and see our beautiful clay studio!
|The clay studio, pre-students