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Small Things!
There are a lot of things going through your head when you leave a city for the better part of your career. Your friends, enemies and peers become a distant memory in the memory pool; all playing roulette in the casino of your heart. There is an exaggerated sense of nostalgia that washes over you for a prolonged moment and then floods your cheeks like the Niagara Falls with splashes of red and orange on the side. In the hustle of such unchartered emotions, you always remember the small things. They are the corners of every memory block; the defining pieces of the structure.
For me, it didn't go the same way. There were no tears, no nostalgic outbursts, and no bouquet-laden farewells. After all, it was the end of Engineering; not my life. I don't know how to say goodbye. I don't know what to say while saying goodbye. I don't know why to say goodbye.
I never look at things from the perspective of how they will end. I rather believe of what we can do with those things once we create a bubble around it. How we can jump and bounce around! How we can learn to expand that bubble! But I never know how to burst that bubble. It's like keeping a promise but never fulfilling it because you don't know what comes out of it: good or bad?
From the most distinctive memories of my journey in the past 24 hours, I still revel in the simplicity of one of those. I believe you can relate.
My journey from Mumbai to Delhi, there was this Gujrati family which was sitting in the compartment when I boarded the train. I took a deep breath when the AC blew hard on my sweaty face and pushed my luggage towards my seat. I had a total of 4 bags to carry. A guy helped me put the baggage underneath his seat. I thanked him and sat on mine.
I have a habit, I confess! I observe people. I can't not just ignore the fact that someone sitting right in front of me might have an untold story. I observe his gestures, movements and any other distinctive thing about him that might yield his life story. So, I am sitting relaxed in my seat and I look up. I see a middle-aged guy with an aquiline nose sitting cross legged in front of me. He was wearing a pair of faded jeans and a similar red T-shirt. I assumed he was married by the way he stole glances to the woman sitting right next to him. You can never miss that protective glare husbands pass to their wives while travelling publicly. It's like 'You never look up, you just look at me, just you and me'.
I saw a group of three girls frolicking on the other side of the compartment. I still thought we were giving due notice to 'Hum do, hamare do!', but you never know. Rearing children can't always be God's will. I knew I was missing something but I continued on my observation. In the six-passenger seat, I was joined by two women and three men. It wasn't difficult for me to recognize the second couple. They made a face whenever they looked at each other. Definitely married!
I drank a cup of tea and eased in a bit into my seat. Something is missing! I checked my bags again.
Well, I didn't had my backpack. I panicked and asked around. The two ladies made a face like I had just told them their children were lost, not my bags. They repeatedly told me I brought just three inside with me. I rushed back outside and checked the aisle of the train. And voila! My bag was still there. I walked back in and animatedly showed it off like a trophy I had just received. And believe me when I say this, the two women actually looked more satisfied and happy than my sad little face. There was a moment of acknowledgement between me and the two ladies and I sat down again, much relived this time.
'Hi, I am Prakash and this is my wife, Sarla.', the guy sitting next to me said pointing towards the lady who made a face when he looked at her but smiled politely when I introduced myself.
'This is my younger brother Rajiv, his wife Malini and their daughter Gunjan'
In my head, I am like;
'Hi, I am Kartik. I know you hate your wife and probably want to kill her. But hold that thought and tell me if you have any daughter I can spoil in this train journey because I don't have no daughter and no wife.'
So after a few introductory conversations, I came to know that I was travelling with a joint family of 7. The elder couple had a daughter and was travelling with a friend of hers. The younger couple also had a daughter. They were on a trip to Akshardham Temple in New Delhi.
A train ride in India is when your five senses are working perfectly. If they don't, you are in for a treat. I, personally, like to get engaged in the stories people have to offer (as you might have already come to know of). If there are elderly people sitting next to you, you will never get enough of politics and incessant ramblings on how inefficient the Indian government is. If it is individuals from different walks of life, that journey might be the longest journey of your life. Ideally, I was in a situation where there was guaranteed food and family banter. But what we guys usually crave for is to sit next to a hot female and at least get her number by the end of the journey (turns out one of my friends did).
In the midst of the journey, I realize that they stay in Sion, Mumbai and this was there first time visiting Delhi. As a seemingly pompous Delhite and an eager host, I extended my little knowledge of the city I grew in. I told them a few scenic destinations they could visit and travel trivia. In exchange for kindness, I got food. Hardly a surprise!
What impressed upon me the most is the impeccable sense of understanding that family had. They were like package full of goodwill ready to be delivered at any doorstep. They had a bag full of eateries with plastic spoons and Styrofoam plates. And their courtesy never ended. I had a tummy full of Dhoklas and Theplas that night.
It was almost too gratifying. It occurred to me that in the past four years of my engineering, there are a plethora of eventful nights I remember. Nights when I was living bigger than life; when freedom was scaled to its limit and sanity was just another variable that could be changed. But none of the made an impact any way closer to yesterday. It's not like I never had food at friend's place or enjoyed a meal while travelling. It's the fact that kindness, in its simplest form is contagious and leads to a better lifestyle.
That family had a new destination in place. I was headed back home. The juxtaposition startled me. It was like life again throwing that clichéd phrase at me- 'I go on!' I thanked them for their courtesy and agreed to accompany them to their destination.
For what it was worth, they made the journey worth it!
It's always the small things!


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Review: Ryan Coogler's 'Black Panther' Sets a New High-Bar in the MCU
by Jeremy Kirk
February 16, 2018
Meanwhile, back in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, director Ryan Coogler is schooling everyone on how it's supposed to be done. The Oakland-born filmmaker made waves, huge waves, right out of the gate with his feature debut, Fruitvale Station (2013), and then again with the Rocky spin-off, Creed (2015). There's a natural apprehension anytime an up-and-coming filmmaker steps in to take on a blockbuster project, but Black Panther, Coogler's first endeavor into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, defiantly puts any doubts to rest. The film successfully sets a new bar for not only comic book movies, but also action movies as a whole. Smart, stylish, and with a ton at work under the surface, Black Panther is an exhilarating addition to the MCU and one more indication that Coogler is a filmmaker worth taking note of.
Set directly following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Black Panther quickly drops us into the world of Prince T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman), heir to the throne of the African nation of Wakanda. The country, hidden away deep in the vast continent, is home to a precious metal, vibranium, which many will remember has a strong presence elsewhere in the MCU. Wakanda has vibranium in abundance and utilizes the alien metal to create a highly advanced civilization, but the people of the country, uneasy of the world outside their own borders, keep the metal and its possible uses to themselves. After T'Challa's father, King T'Chaka (John Kani), perishes during the events of Civil War, it is up to T'Challa to take his father's throne as well as his moniker of Black Panther, protector of the proud nation of Wakanda.
The world outside is growing aware of what T'Challa's country has to offer, though, and there are those who will stop at nothing to obtain the vibranium deposits for their own uses. Enter Erik "Killmonger" Stevens (Michael B. Jordan, also seen in Creed), a forgotten son of Wakanda who believes himself to be the rightful ruler of the powerful nation. With the help of nefarious arms dealer Ulysses Klaue (Andy Serkis), Killmonger makes his presence and intentions known to the world, and it falls on T'Challa and the people of Wakanda to stop the villains from succeeding in their diabolical plot.
It's taken a number of years for a Black Panther film to come to fruition, which shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who knows the long history of the character even getting his own comic book line. Nonetheless, Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole, with whom Coogler co-wrote the screenplay, bring the character to cinematic life with an ease rarely seen with this type of film. More so than the Black Panther character, Coogler and Cole utilize the idea of Wakanda and its use of vibranium to create a fantastic and beautiful world. The nation is a highly advanced one, and the resulting technology and styles give the film a sci-fi edge over the other Earth-based films in the MCU.
Black Panther's suit, weapons, and gear are all vibranium-based, and the gadgets give the character more than a little spark of James Bond. It doesn't hurt that T'Challa is surrounded by strong and dangerous women: Letitia Wright as Shuri, T'Challa's younger sister and designer of his gadgets who shares more than a few similarities to James Bond's Q; Okoye, played by Danai Gurira, head of Wakanda's all-female special forces and private security; and Lupita Nyong'o as Nakia, a spy for the nation who has a long and close history with T'Challa. The women in Black Panther are all impressively realized and suitably badass, one more indication of the film's advanced level of storytelling.
Black Panther is not all just impressive gadgets and kick ass characters, though. Coogler and Cole's desire to create something more than a standard, comic book movie comes to light in nearly every aspect of the film. The most remarkable of these is in the story of the antagonist, Killmonger. He is the primary antagonist of the film due to his butting of heads with T'Challa, the film's hero, but you would be hard-pressed to consider Killmonger an out-and-out villain. Coogler and Cole take the character's motivations and run with them, ultimately creating an antagonist with whom you not only understand and agree with, you begin to find yourself rooting for him.
It helps that the character is brought to life by an actor as gifted as Michael B. Jordan, who has collaborated with Coogler on all three of his films with outstanding results. Boseman is commendable as the film's titular hero, but Jordan steals every scene in which he finds himself, never going over the top but always in complete command of his presence. I would say Jordan steals the whole show were it not for the presence of Gurira and her security guard character of Okoye. She gives every last action sequence an added level of excitement, particularly a heart-stopping chase scene through Busan, South Korea that marks an impressive feat by everyone involved.
Add to the mix an outstanding soundtrack headed by Kendrick Lamar and Black Panther ends up being a remarkable accomplishment in modern-day filmmaking. Coogler has already been a talented filmmaker who impresses, but, with three works of art already under his belt, you would be hard-pressed to remember another director who came onto the scene this quickly with as much effortless talent as this. With the idea of isolationism and the prejudices of the modern world well in mind, Black Panther is not only an outstanding work in comic book filmmaking. It is an important film with undeniable messages well in hand. Like the nation of Wakanda itself, Black Panther is working on a whole new level and marks a new standard when it comes to Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Past Shek O. You will see the roundabout that has the sign for Big Wave Bay on it. You can walk from this roundabout, but it is kind of long.
DistanceTake a car
WalkShort walk (5-15 mn)
Easy to find?Easy to find
Public access?Public access
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Wave qualityNormal
ExperienceAll surfers
FrequencyDon't know
DirectionRight and left
BottomSandy with rock
PowerFun, Powerless
Normal lengthShort (< 50m)
Good day lengthNormal (50 to 150m)
Good swell directionSouth, SouthEast
Good wind directionNorthEast
Swell sizeStarts working at Less than 1m / 3ft and holds up to 2m+ / 6ft+
Best tide positionAll tides
Best tide movementRising and falling tides
Week crowdFew surfers
Week-end crowdUltra crowded
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A fun wave, if you are just learning. Best in winter when it is consistent 2-4ft, also there are no damn shark nets getting in the way. You can see how big it is by looking at the small manmade island straight out to sea. If there is a lot of whitewater around it there is waves, if not, it is flat. A nice beach by Hong Kong standards, and not crowded on weekdays. Go early and you will have it all to yourself. I went at 9 and was usually the first in the water.
Full of kookdogs. Just go early and you will have a good time. When it is 3-4 ft there are two spots. One is a left, breaking right next to the hill on the left side(looking out to sea) of the bay. The other is a left and right breakning to the right of the right side swimming markers. There is also an occasional wave breaking right infront of the rocks on the right side of the bay. Go when it's big, but watch out for the rips.
Fun wave, I learned to sponge here. Good place to learn, and fun, but forgiving when big.
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By lilongyue , 14-12-2009
BWB - I just surfed here about two weeks ago. Wave size changes regularly, and quickly. On days when it got big, the waves went from waist to head high suddenly, so you really have to watch carefully, or you'll get caught inside and sent through the washing machine. In my week of surfing at Big Wave Bay, most of the waves were closed out, especially the big ones. I didn't have any problems with the Hong Kong locals, but did with a Aussie kid.
Getting there is easier than anyone has described so far, since there are minibuses running straight from the MTR station to Big Wave Bay. Take the MTR island line, and get off at Shau Kei Wan, use the A2 exit, and take an immediately left. There are minibuses that run straight to Big Wave Bay, and cost $9-10 HKD. You don't need to take the number 9 bus to Shek O, then a taxi. I was able to take my shortboard on the minibus, too. You can also take the minibuses back from Big Wave Bay to the MTR.
By DivaDiver , 24-08-2008
Windsurfing at BWB? - Yo dudes, I'm gonna be staying in HK for 6 months come Jan 09. Can pp windsurf at BWB? Are there shops renting out windsurf equipment?
By bam , 24-10-2007
hiring - in reply to the person below me, there is a shop at bwb called surf 360, impossible to miss on the way down, they do many boards. Ask for nelson or waterman, he should tell you when the best day to go is.
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Do You Hold Foreign Bank Accounts? IRS Deadline to File - June 30th!
Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) Deadline June 30th
Did you know the deadline to file foreign bank and financial accounts (FBARs) is coming up soon? June 30th is right around the corner!
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From the IRS website, "If you have a financial interest in or signature authority over a foreign financial account, including a bank account, brokerage account, mutual fund, trust, or other type of foreign financial account, the Bank Secrecy Act may require you to report the account yearly to the Internal Revenue Service by filing Form TD F 90-22.1, Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR).
The FBAR is required because foreign financial institutions may not be subject to the same reporting requirements as domestic financial institutions. The FBAR is a tool to help the United States government identify persons who may be using foreign financial accounts to circumvent United States law. Investigators use FBARs to help identify or trace funds used for illicit purposes or to identify unreported income maintained or generated abroad."
Important Reporting and Filing Information- Deadline June 30th
From the IRS website, "The FBAR is an annual report and must be received by the Department of the Treasury in Detroit, MI, on or before June 30th of the year following the calendar year being reported. While FinCEN strongly encourages individuals to electronically file FBARs, the form can be mailed to one of the two addresses below, provided that the mailing is received by June 30, 2013."
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By: Howard Epstein, CPA, Director, International Tax
Opening a new front in the U.S. crackdown on offshore tax evasion, federal investigators have won court approval for a summons on a Caribbean bank, to turn over account data for wealthy American clients. This is just the latest of several overseas banks served with similar demands from the IRS, in an effort to identify federal tax evaders who have assets and income hidden offshore. This comes in response to the IRS leniency program (or Voluntary Disclosure Program), in which Americans can disclose previously secret foreign accounts to the IRS to avoid tax liens and pay back taxes.
The fact that the IRS is using John Doe Summons and other data mining means to flesh out non filers of FBARs provides further proof that they are steadfast in their resolve to find people committing tax fraud. The unfortunate part is that honest people that simply don't know the law are being compromised at the same time. It is important that those innocent people come forward under the current programs available before the IRS taps them on the shoulder and such relief is not available.
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John 6:48-51 King James Version (KJV)
48 I am that bread of life.
49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
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Recommended recordings: Ballet DVDs
24 January 2014
Recent releases include the Royal Ballet programme featuring Tamara Rojo's final performance with the Company, and a duo of Sadler's Wells recordings.
The Dance of Death: In art, ballet can be very bad for your health
10 January 2014
The association between dancing and death stretches well beyond Hilarion's horrifying demise in Giselle.
Listen: What makes Frederick Ashton unique?
1 September 2013
As a The Royal Ballet releases an all-Ashton programme on DVD, we publish an Insights event about the choreographer's early career.
Tickets now available for the ROH Summer Cinema Season 2013
12 July 2013
Opera and ballet screenings include Rigoletto, La fille mal gardée, Macbeth and The Royal Ballet dances Frederick Ashton.
Cinema screenings of The Royal Ballet's Frederick Ashton Mixed Programme confirmed
5 April 2013
UK audiences can relive Tamara Rojo's final ROH performance on 15 July.
The Royal Ballet dances Frederick Ashton in cinemas during summer 2013
23 February 2013
As our mixed programme comes to an end on stage we look ahead to a release in cinemas and on DVD.
'One really was the clay': What it was like being in the studio with Frederick Ashton.
18 February 2013
Fascinating insights from ballet greats into the creative process of The Royal Ballet's Founder Choreographer.
Your Reaction: Ashton Mixed Programme
13 February 2013
Tweets from the opening night of The Royal Ballet's programme of works by Frederick Ashton.
A guide to Sir Frederick Ashton
21 June 2012
We look back at the career and legacy of the founder choreographer of The Royal Ballet.
Insights: What's the difference between Ashton and MacMillan?
1 February 2012
Dame Monica Mason and Christopher Carr examine the similarities and differences of the two choreographers


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A married high school teacher was accused of having sex with four different students, including two on the same night, The Daily Caller reports.
Former art teacher Jessie Lorene Goline was taken into custody by authorities on Wednesday following an investigation into her alleged sexual romps with teenage boys.
The investigation was sparked by one parent who accused the 25-year-old Jonesboro, Arkansas native of having sexual relationships with several students.
The former Marked Tree High School teacher's sexual escapades happened over the course of four months from January to April 2016.
She would talk to the students through text message, in which the conversations would increasingly turn sexual. She would then send pictures to them wearing only panties.
Faced with pressure after the parent's complaint, Goline finally admitted to the school's principal, "We had sex." She's now facing one charge of first degree sexual assault, because one of the boys was under 18 at the time.


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Exactly one year after Haiti's epic earthquake—this past Jan. 12—Asheville locals Martha Skinner and her husband Doug Hecker launched their new nonprofit, 10^10 – an inspiration born out of Haiti's destruction.
Martha Skinner at the HATCH Haiti Panel. Photo by Jorge Raedo.
"In a matter of minutes there were over one million people homeless in Haiti. This led me to think about the 'Powers of Ten,'" said Skinner, former architecture professor at Clemson University. "All our questions were framed thinking about scales. We were dealing with the solution in real-time as the people in Haiti were in the rubble."
"Powers of Ten" is a documentary short released in 1968. Opening with a man and women enjoying a park picnic, the film depicts the scale of the universe in factors of ten, starting large with the observable universe (1024 meters) before zooming-in to the couple's protons and atoms (10−16 meters).
For Skinner, the film was a visual representation of Haiti's new, and sudden, housing crisis.
"How do we understand the needs of an individual, or one family, and also help thousands quickly?" Skinner said.
Already, Skinner was working on a progressive housing idea – creating homes from shipping containers, readily available and unused in many developing countries. Like so many inspired to action in the earthquake's aftermath, Skinner began a brainstorming project with her architect students at Clemson.
Skinner knew this idea was bigger than academic wishful thinking, and began immediate action on implementing shipping-container housing as a solution for the thousands of newly homeless Haitians.
Inside the container house.
The architect couple was immediately thrown into the trials and tribulations of the non-profit endeavor in Haiti. From fundraising to networking and collaborations, stabilizing the 10^10 project in Haiti was no easy feat, especially in the aftermath of the earthquake.
Before long, Skinner, Hecker and their daughter Sophia, had relocated to Asheville, which they fell in love with during HATCH-Asheville 2010. Here, the couple felt supported and inspired to continue their new soul-project.
A year after the earthquake, Skinner understood that 10^10 needs to be "an organization about simple design ideas that would have exponential effects on the environment and humanity."
The Haiti housing project, dubbed SEED_Haiti, became the inaugural project and exponential idea of the new venture.
The SEED_Haiti team had a kick-off meeting in Washington, D.C., this March for a 250-acre project site in the St. Michele region of Haiti, which will become an eco-village with SEED shipping-container housing, along with agriculture and manufacturing, established in partnership with SG Blocks and Volunteers for America. The project was featured at this years HATCH-Asheville Haiti architect panel. The long-term vision is to expand the site to 20,000 acres.
According to the group's mission statement, 10^10 "propagates and executes simple and beautiful design ideas that have humanitarian and environmental impact, while exploiting contemporary communication media and building technologies to provide smart-design system solutions to pressing global problems."
10^10 projects "harness the power of the individual within the collective for culturally sensitive local effects that spread globally," with Haiti's housing being only one of its many planned endeavors.
The couple will travel to Haiti in July to recruit a displaced family to take possession of the first SEED_Haiti home.
While shipping-container housing remains a controversial human rights topic in Haiti, I have met quite a few Haitians, now living in tents, who are more than open to the idea.
Skinner's energy and commitment are infectious and inspiring, and the couple's local and environmental concerns make the 10^10 organization a good fit for Asheville.
Here's a video by Brian Miele about 10^10 and the SEED_Haiti project.
10^10 / an interpretation of The Powers of Ten! from fieldoffice on Vimeo.


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Sterling Organics
Manufacturers of fine chemical intermediates for the pharmaceutical and agro-chemical industries.
When, in 1995, the management of Sterling Organics heard that their business was about to change hands, they looked for backing from Montagu, having been advised of our experience in the fine chemicals sector.
Sterling manufactured fine chemical intermediates for the pharmaceutical and agro-chemical industries and was based in the North East at Dudley near Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
The company sourced raw materials from bulk chemical producers and manufactured fine chemicals using a wide range of chemical processes. These processes were performed under stringently controlled conditions in reactor vessels. The company had the ability to upscale a chemical reaction from experiments in the laboratory involving a few grams, to pilot plant facilities, which were much like those used by world class pharmaceutical companies.
Only three months after the Management Buyout had been completed, Sterling was in negotiations with the US pharmaceutical company SepraChem, with a view to a merger to form ChiRex. The merger gave management the opportunity of enhancing the long term future of their business by broadening the company's product base. Montagu had expected to remain a long term investor in Sterling, but, like management, believed the ChiRex merger looked too good an opportunity to miss. ChiRex Inc. was subsequently listed on Nasdaq, at a value of US$146 million (€234 million)
Few deals are realised this quickly. However, in this case the merger and subsequent flotation secured a strong future for the company and its management, and resulted in outstanding returns for the investors.


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Adventures of Zora Nobleaura
Cover Reveal of Adventures of Zora Nobleaura
Zora Nobleaura, the fawn.
A religion called humanity amid tough times.
Waste-to-Resource industry: Best CSR option to create wealth
An article by Harsha Sheelam published in The Hans India.
Journal of Hospitality Application and Research
Authored by Harsha Sheelam. Published December 2019.
Here's a quick flashback to 2018 on a guest post I did for Lens Feathers. It's about travelling, exploring, monuments, history, and more! The article is on Lens Feathers, a website started by Kaina from Algeria and her friend, Nimz. Find the article here- Lens Feathers
Industry Slowdown
Published in The Hindu Business Line.
Exit the economy to prevent the company from debt
Published in English Daily newspaper, The Hans India's website.
The Valley
By Adnan Shafi, hailing from Tral area of Kashmir valley.
Indian middle-class products and companies are not really middle-class
The middle-class consumer is said to be rational and practical.


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Founder's Day
2019 - cancelled due to weather.
2018 Highlights
Senate Medals
2017 Highights
Cooking Contest Winners
2016 Highlights
Celebrating WI Founder's birthday, Adelaide Hoodless
Various topics, various speakers
Finalist in the Youth Cooking Contest
2015 Highlights
PEI Potatoes Martini Reception
Lovely crafts were made!
Agriculture Youth Cooking Contest Winners
2014 Highlights
Barb Dunphy (middle) and Katie Beck-Bowser (right) along with Founder's Day Chair Carol Connick kick off the 2014 Founder's Day. The day included several sessions inclusive of creating collages, yoga, marketing and topics dicussed at the recent Georgetown Conference attnded by Dunphy and Beck-Bowser.
2013 Highlights
2012 Highlights
Executive Director Ellen MacPhail led a session on passion and goal setting from her recent achievement of a British Yachtmaster level. The interactive session including the illustration of putting on one's
thinking cap to develop and achieve goals.
thinking cap to develop and achieve goals.
Members adorned numerous hats in a fun interactive challenge to discuss and develop goals.
The day also wrapped up the Heart Challenge with a presentation to Susan Spriggs-Doiron.
On hand for the Open House was Glenn Younker, PEI WI Provincial Board Member (righ), Minister George Webster, Past President Carol MacLellan, and President Doreen Cole.


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Main Material : silver |
Other Materials : paper and plastic |
One of a Kind : No |
Hallmarked : No |
Length (inches) : 18
Beautiful buttefly necklace.Two butterfly charms hang asymmetrically on a 45cm silver chain.
Designed and handmade by Scottish jewellery designer Grainne Morton.
Gently rub with a silver polishing cloth. Store in box provided.
For the perfect accompaniment.
Butterfly Stud Earrings by Grainne Morton
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Monthly Archives: August 2014
Shopping and Bargain Hunting? Visit Egypt's Best Souks!
'Souk' is the term for a traditional outdoor marketplace, sometimes referred to as a bazaar. Many different places in North Africa and the Middle East contain these markets such as Dubai, Morocco and Syria and these popular markets come in
A Holiday in Atlantic City
Atlantic City is one of the cities associated with casinos. This resort city is famous for its beach, casinos and board walk. I recently took a week's action in this beautiful city. A resort city is never low on accommodation
How to get good deals while you travel
Over the years I would like to think that I have mastered the art of upgrading my travels and am constantly learning how to save more. I want to visit as many cities as possible, but with limited finances, I
My Wonderful Trip To The Dutch Capital- Amsterdam
After a busy year at work my family and I decided to go on a holiday to a beautiful place. When we were in dilemma about which place to visit, a friend suggested Amsterdam. I have never been to this


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Below in red is Andy Lewis response to my questions in the discussion we were having In an earlier topic. Andy raises a number of valid points which the chiropractic profession has struggled with in recent years (clear identity, definition of what chiropractors do, subluxation, wellness, etc etc. There are four associations in the...
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The Pittsburgh Steelers provide more than opponents. Their most recent confrontation with the Broncos, Dec. 20 in Pittsburgh, frames the Denver season.
On an unseasonably warm afternoon at Heinz Field, the Broncos showed alarming prowess. They scored four consecutive first-half touchdowns and made the Steelers a one-dimensional offense, limiting them to 8 yards rushing. For those 30 minutes, the Broncos looked like they could beat anyone in the NFL. But over the next 30 minutes, they looked like they could lose to anyone, converting only one third down and squandering a 14-point lead.
"It was the only game I just knew we were going to win that we didn't," said Denver defensive end Antonio Smith.
The 34-27 loss created a crisis that might ultimately benefit the Broncos. They approached their final two games as must-wins, avoiding becoming the first team to start 10-2 and miss the playoffs.
A month later, the matchup remains intriguing but different. The top-seeded Broncos (12-4) are healthy. And the sixth-seeded Steelers (11-6) are not. Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is dealing with a sprained throwing shoulder, and star wide receiver Antonio Brown remains in the league's concussion protocol.
WATCH: Wild weekend in the NFL Playoffs; previewing Broncos vs. Steelers
It's not that simple, of course, but the injury report indicates why Denver will enter Sunday's playoff game with confidence.
For starters, Peyton Manning is starting again. He looks as healthy now as he did two months ago. And after his extended absence and successful relief appearance Jan. 3, he appears ready to embrace a complementary role. He doesn't need to carry the Broncos. They are built on a barbed-wire defense. Manning fits his assignment if he accepts it: Take care of the football, make a handful of critical passes and provide an inspiring presence.
Manning can't consistently function as an independent force anymore. With balance, he is dangerous. Two glaring, if not correctable, issues surface when diagnosing why the Broncos lost at Pittsburgh. They abandoned the run in the second half. They had 88 yards at halftime on 17 carries. They finished with 104 on 25 carries. They learned from this mistake in subsequent wins over Cincinnati and San Diego.
Why run the ball? Because it helps Denver's maddeningly inconsistent offensive line. When the Broncos are predictable, the grunts up front can't hold up to a relentless pass rush. The ground game tames defensive aggression.
If the Broncos run the ball well, they will win. That, and tackle better. That was the other issue at Pittsburgh. Picking out flaws with Denver's defense is like grousing about Cindy Crawford's mole.
The Broncos do everything well, except when they didn't against the Steelers. They failed to tackle, which can be traced to the absence of safeties T.J. Ward and Darian Stewart. Defensive coordinator Wade Phillips wasn't bothered by the passing yards — Roethlisberger required 55 attempts to reach 380 yards — but by the missed tackles after the catch.
No other NFL team features a wide receiver trio as dangerous as Brown, Martavis Bryant and Markus Wheaton. The Broncos counter with arguably the league's best secondary. Brown had his way with the Broncos last month. Cornerback Chris Harris has never posted back-to-back poor games against a wide receiver. If Stewart is healthy, the Broncos can rely on man-to-man coverage. It is their identity, but a few well-disguised moments of zone wouldn't hurt.
The AFC remains wide open. There are no easy games at this point, the margin for error slight. The Broncos won multiple games this season they could have lost, if not should have. They lost one at Pittsburgh they felt like they should have won.
Sunday's game will offer an opportunity for revenge. At home. Against a Steelers team that is compromised by injuries, just as Denver was three weeks ago at Pittsburgh.
Troy E. Renck: email@example.com or @troyrenck


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Whilst we're hearing a lot about that 'kind of a big deal' festival called Coachella, we thought we'd do a bit of three degrees of separation to get you to a pretty epic British festival that won't leave you homeless or in debt trying to reach it… let's travel 10.5 hours away from California to Boston (which is partly the name of where this festival is located.) Never heard of Boston Manor Park? Ok neither had I until a few years ago but it is located in Brentford (home of the Kurupt FM mandems..) ohh sorry they're not playing by the way but we're getting closer to this mystery festival! To Kurupt is to manipulate and that's something that this festival won't do- there's no shorts sets, no plastic tents and no VIP, which means a like minded lot of ravers and absolutely no pretentious motives. So without further adieu, I can reveal this Electro festival is none other than Junction 2 Festival.
Welcoming the likes of Ibiza's sweetheart Carl Cox, Adam Beyer, Maya Jane Cole, Dixon, Nina Kraviz, ÂME and Jay Orbison! This isn't your average festival, head over to the borough of Hounslow for rambling rivers, woodlands, green fields and under the bridge havens on Saturday 9th June.
Take a peek at what went down last year and discover something less about how you look but more about how you feel.
Tickets are on sale from £37.50 here: https://bit.ly/2GyfE2V
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Lionel Messi Feels Neymar's Absence Already, Advices Barca To Sign Paulo Dybala As Replacement
Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi has reportedly told the Spanish club to sign Juventus forward Paulo Dybala as a replacement for Brazilian star Neymar.
Neymar has been given the chance by Barcelona chiefs to complete a mega million move to French side PSG in which the deal will make him the highest paid footballer in the world.
Messi who has for years enjoyed superb partnership upfront with Neymar now wants his countryman Paulo Dybala to leave Juventus for a move to Barcelona.
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Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi and Barcelona's Brazilian forward Neymar da Silva Santos Junior react prior to the 48th Joan Gamper Trophy football match FC Barcelona vs Santos at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on August 2, 2013.
According to the report, the 23-year-old Argentine has also told the Italian club that he would love to play with Lionel Messi at Spanish side Barcelona.
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At Rideau Dental Centre, We are Concerned About Every (Bad) Breath You Take!July 16, 2012 | Posted in Education
Most of your friends would probably never tell you if you had bad breath. After all, it can be a rather embarrassing topic to bring up, even though they may be doing you a favour. Of course, if you have small children, you can probably count on them to let you know! Kids are not too shy and we all know how they will just say what is on their minds.
However, if you do suffer from bad breath, you may already be aware of it. The question is what can you do about it?
In most instances, bad breath is caused by poor oral health practices. If you do not brush your teeth and tongue at least twice a day and floss at least once, you are likely leaving behind food particles between your teeth and along the gum line. The same can be said if you are brushing too quickly or just not doing a thorough job.
Unfortunately, you are not the only person who likes the food you eat. Bacteria also love it! Colonies of bacteria will be attracted to remaining food particles. They can be particularily good at accumulating around the gum line and on your tongue! Trust us when we say that this bacteria does not smell good! In fact, it is what causes most instances of bad breath, and bad breath is not the only problem that may result. Left untreated, the bacteria in the mouth will turn to plaque. It can continue to spread under the gum line and may result in your developing periodontal disease.
If you have bad breath, treat it as a warning sign that you need to improve your oral health practices! The first step that may be necessary is a visit with us at Rideau Dental Centre. Plaque is not always easy to remove with just a brush and floss, particularly if it is below the gum line. We can provide the professional cleaning you need to remove that plaque and, quite literally, give you a "fresh" start!
After that, brush your teeth and tongue morning and before bed time. You should also bring a toothbrush to work so you can brush after lunch! And do not forget to floss at least once per day. Don't forget to change your toothbrush every three months. A dirty toothbrush cleans your teeth as well as dirty water cleans your dishes!
If you continue to experience bad breath despite your improved oral health regimen, come back to visit us. If you seem to be in good oral health, you may actually have another health concern that is the cause of your bad breath. For instance, bad breath may be a sign of undiagnosed diabetes! You may have to discuss this matter with another medical practitioner to determine the cause of your problem.
For most people, however, good oral health practices will solve their battle of the breath! So take the time to brush and floss properly as that is your best defense. Defending against bad breath is a healthy habit…and healthy habits lead to healthy lives.
Dr. Bao Nguyen
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Attacking the Broken Shore – Alliance
My boys wanted to both record their experiences on the broken shore, so I went ahead and let them. No need to record my own if both sons are eager to record theirs. Special note, TJ, playing Wolfcrawler is a … Continue reading
How to Play Your Shipyard
This tongue and cheek take on the shipyard was highly appreciated so I thought I should share it. After dispatching my first ships I haven't gone back to see if they were destroyed yet. Honestly it's been something to cause … Continue reading
6.2 Trailer: Fury of Hellfire
Are you prepared? All I need right now is to explore Frostfire and then gather my reputations to fly. My item level is ready to step right into the citadel and heal in looking for raid. -FF
Tanaan Reputation Guides
So now that we've despaired regarding the means of gaining flight let's take a look at the reputations we'll be banging our heads into the keyboard for. Wowhead has some guides up and running for the reputations.
Returning to the Air (Blizzard Further Fractures Community)
Blizzard has now announced we will be returning to the air! Here's the rub: It requires the meta-achievement "Draenor Pathfinder". So what's required for this meta? exploring Draenor's zones collecting 100 treasures in Draenor completing the Draenor Loremaster achievement completing the … Continue reading
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The WoW Token becomes available today so it seemed appropriate to share the information on how it works. In my opinion, 30k is a good starting point, but it's not a point that I will buy gold for $20. I'll … Continue reading


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My husband and I have been married for going on three years now. Earlier on in the relationship, I could bottom more frequently than I can now due to health issues. He also bottomed some early on (and enjoyed it). Now we're at an impasse. I can't bottom very often and he refuses to bottom at all. His excuse is that it hurts and he doesn't like it, though he's admitted in counseling it has a lot to do with the "macho-complex" his father enforced on him as a child. Anyways, fast forward to now, we tried the polyamory thing where we'd get a mutual boyfriend (essentially to use a bottom — but also be an actual boyfriend). That hasn't bared many fruit. We also tend to have drastically different tastes in guys which makes that difficult. So, now we've decided to start sleeping with guys separately or possibly finding our "own boyfriends." Though, neither of us like the latter idea out of fear of either falling in love with the new bf. (continued in first post)November 28, 2017 at 8:06 am #157543
Anyways, we started sleeping with other guys. My husband had a rule that there be no friends, nobody we deem-ed "off-limits," and no exes. I agreed. Well, literally first night we did it he slept with a friend of his who is in love with him (I was off on my own date at the time, so I didn't know until after). I'm talking crazy in love with him. He said he just wanted to have sex with the guy, but the guy was verbally on my "no" list.
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The other part of me value that old fashioned concept of two people in love, committed to one another. But he will not break on the bottom thing. And since I can't bottom THAT often for him (like 1 week mostly), then he needs to top other guys….
Any advice? Related experiences? Help. I'm honestly confused and don't want my marriage to either be ruined or "saturated."
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The area of futuristic games has always been in demand. The new player on this arena is known as Horizon Zero Dawn. This is an action with elements of RPG. You play as a girl named Aloy who lives in the era of machines that rule the world. She needs to eliminate them in different ways in order to survive.
The game was planned to come to the world market in 2016. Nevertheless, it was cancelled to the fans disappointment. The publishers want to release Horizon Zero Dawn along with PS4 Neo. It sounds as a reasonable advertising campaign though. In the meantime, you can expect that the new game by Sony will be available in 2017 only. U.S. gamers will see it on February 28 while European market will start selling it on March 1.
Also read about the Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 release date
When launching Horizon Zero Dawn you are offered to play as Aloy. She lives in a distant future where robots have taken control over Earth. You play from third perspective and have opportunity to use firearms to protect yourself. In addition, there are various knives and daggers at your disposal. All of them can be upgraded to bring more damage and save more ammo. What is more, you can use your stealth skills which will give you more bonuses.
Since this game has RPG elements there are a lot of bonuses and improvements you can make. Aloy needs electricity and different types of metals to survive in her world. You can get them by destroying your mechanical enemies. Another opportunity which Horizon Zero Dawn new gameplay offers is interaction with other characters by the means of dialogues where you can choose variants of answers. Among your fighting skills there are such opportunities as setting traps, shooting arrows, hide and attack tactics as well as melee combat. The game is set in open world. You can explore it between missions finding more bonuses and weapons around. The weather as well as day and night are changeable and you tactics may depend on this factor. What is more, it is claimed that there are no loading screen in this game.
After the first cinematic trailer of Horizon Zero Dawn was published there were a lot of guessing around this game and how beautiful it was going to be. You can watch it right now.
However, now that Sony has released a new trailer which shows the real game world we can see more of its features as well as its physics.


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Exactly one year has passed since a tragic, preventable fire occurred at the Anderson Guest House, taking 11 lives. It is a subject that has been addressed numerous times in this blog. I have noted the shortcomings of the media, and most especially the state government, in the continued ability of convicted felon Robert Dupont to continue to run group homes in Missouri.
As happens many times following times of tragedy, we see what our state legislators are made of.
Much praise has been given to Rep. Kevin Wilson, R-Neosho, and he deserves every bit of it, for his bill requiring group homes to install sprinklers.
Unfortunately, as Rep. Wilson and others have battled to make sure that those who are least capable of caring for themselves are protected, other legislators have stood in the way of legislation designed to make group homes and nursing home safer...and one of those legislators is from this corner of the state.
In my recently published book, The Turner Report, I noted the extraordinary steps taken by Rep. Bryan Stevenson, R-Webb City, to throw a roadblock into reforms that were passed during the 2006 legislative session. This passage is taken from the book:
As some legislators were pushing for Kevin Wilson's bill, efforts were already underway to undercut safety requirements for nursing homes and group homes that were passed in 2006, only this time the efforts were taking place behind closed doors.
Fortunately, for the public and for those who cannot take care of themselves and must rely on the kindness and compassion of state legislators, one elected official saw what was going on and leaked the information to David Catanese of KYTV in Springfield, author of the KY3 Political Blog.
In his Jan. 22, 2007, post, Catanese wrote about the backdoor machinations of Rep. Bryan Stevenson, R-Webb City:
"Stevenson is pushing a motion in a committee to strip close to two dozen Department of Health and Senior Services rules from legislation designed to regulate the residential facility industry.
"Stevenson, the vice-chair of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR), said his motion, 'in no way reflects his opinion of the legislation.'
" 'Our committee has a very narrow focus, and that is to ensure rules and regulations fit within our guidelines. There were 120 pages of regulations. A few went beyond statutory limits allowed,' Stevenson said. 'They didn't fit in the framework of the statute.'
" 'But this is not a policy debate. If a Representative or Senator wants to introduce legislation to allow these changes, that is a different story," he added.
"Stevenson's motion includes stripping language requiring background checks for workers in facilities, specific responsibilities for workers during an emergency, immunizations for residents and staffing provisions."
Catanese's exposure of Stevenson's gambit saved the regulations as the Webb City Republican backed down and cast his vote in favor of the changes, but the question remained. Why would Stevenson try to throw a monkey wrench into regulations that would improve safety and perhaps save lives?
Perhaps Stevenson is simply a stickler for detail, but there could be another explanation. An examination of campaign finance documents filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission shows Stevenson has an extremely friendly relationship with the nursing home industry.
That is evident in the disclosure report filed eight days before the 2006 general election. In this report, which was issued when campaign contribution limits were still in effect for Missouri candidates, Stevenson received maximum $325 contributions from the Missouri Health Care Association, the most powerful group representing the nursing home industry, District C of the Missouri Health Care Association, and Cornerstone Healthcare, Rogers, Ark.
Even more telling were nine contributions, totaling $2,275, received by Stevenson on Oct. 20, 2006. These included $325 contributions from the Health Care Association Good Government Fund, Missouri Assisted Living PAC, Residential Care Facility PAC, MORESPAC, Burlington Northern Railway, and the Rural Telecommunications PAC. Two hundred fifty dollars contributions were received from the Missouri Pharmacy PAC and the Missouri Community Pharmacy PAC.
Many of those names are not associated with the nursing home industry, but they have one thing in common- they are represented by one of the most powerful lobbying firms in Missouri- Gamble & Schlemeier, headed by William Gamble and Jorgen Schlemeier.
All of those contributions came one day after Gamble & Schlemeier signed the Missouri Health Care Association as a client. One of the major skills of the lobbying firm over the years has been its ability to deliver large number of bundled contributions for its biggest clients through the use of its apparent minor clients.
Two months after receiving more than $3,000 in contributions that can reasonably be connected to the nursing home industry, Bryan Stevenson, behind closed doors, made a considered, though unsuccessful, effort to gut nursing home reform.
Fortunately, Stevenson's attempt to gut much-needed legislation was unsuccessful, but as long as the nursing home industry continues to pour money into lobbying legislators and continues to pour big bucks into political campaigns, it is a sure bet the care and safety of residents of group homes and nursing homes will continue to be compromised.
More information about The Turner Report book, including how to order it, can be found at its website. A book signing is scheduled for 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, at Hastings Books, Music and Video in Joplin.)


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Banganarti and Selib in the 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 seasons
with appendix 1: Pottery from Selib. Preliminary report (2013/2014 and 2014/2015 seasons), by Aneta Cedro
with appendix 2: Osteoarchaeological analyses of skeletal material from Selib 1 and Banganarti (2013/2014 and 2014/2015 seasons), by Magdlena Bury
The Polish archaeological project excavating at the Nubian sites of Bangnarti and Selib concentrated on uncovering domestic architecture: the northeastern and southwestern districts at medieval Christian Banganarti and selected houses of Meroitic date at Selib 2. The conservation and restoration program put finishing touches on the Raphaelion church in Banganarti and did substantial work o the remains of the earlier churches. The oldest church from Selib 1 was investigated and dated to the 6th–7th century based on a study of a well stratified ceramic assemblage. Pottery from the northern and southern refuse dumps ranged in date from the 9th to the 12th/13th century. A group of liturgical vessels, containing mostly small juglets and chalices, was distinguished in this assemblage. Exploration of the earlier Northern Building revealed pottery contemporaneous with the earliest phase of the church on site. Anthropological research was carried out on skeletal remains from the medieval cemeteries of Selib 1 and from individual graves at Banganarti. The results of ceramic studies and of the anthropological examination are reported in separate appendices to the main report.
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Rachael Taylor (born July 11, 1984) is an Australian actress. Taylor has appeared in a number of US Telemovies, her most well known roles in horror films Man-Thing and See No Evil.
Like many Australian actors working in North America, she normally adopts an American accent in order to land roles, Transformers being among the small number of productions where she has used her natural Australian accent.
She is glad to not be part of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and is instead taking career advice in the from of script dialogue spoken by Bill Pullman, or something. Okay then.[1]
Transformers (2007)
Convention appearances
- BotCon 2007 (She appeared briefly before the movie premiere but her introduction by Hasbro boss Brian Goldner was drowned out by the crowd demanding Tyrese Gibson to bring it.)
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The carefully optimized 19-element crossover achieves nearly perfect 4th order acoustic slopes and remarkably flat frequency response and impedance across the audio spectrum. Capacitors are Clarity Cap polypropylene except for the woofer-circuit capacitor, which is a Solen Fast Cap polypropylene. Resistors are Mundorf noninductive. All inductors are air core except for the woofer circuit, where the transmission line tuning requires the very low resistance provided by steel laminate inductors. Although we do not encourage upgrades in the standard crossover components, purchasers may specify premium capacitors or resistors for the difference in our acquisition cost.
Cabinets for the Philharmonic 3 are made to order domestically with the customer's choice of veneer. Pricing for the Philharmonic 3 starts at $3,500 a pair in standard veneers such as cherry or maple. More expensive veneers are available at additional cost. A slightly revised cabinet with a sloped front baffle and 1.25" chamfered edges is available for $3,700/pr.
The custom Phil 3's shown above, in walnut burl and pepperwood, were ordered by a Grammy-award-winning recording engineer for use as his reference monitors.
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The Philharmonic 3 has been designed to deliver as even a frequency response into the room as possible. The sound you hear is determined both by the on-axis response, which is the first arrival of sound to your ears, and by subsequent delayed arrivals from reflected sound. In order to provide a smooth and focused sound field across the sound stage, the combined on-axis and off-axis response of the speaker should form a flat "power response." As the following frequency response measurements illustrate, the Philharmonic 3 demonstrates exceptionally flat response both on axis and off axis. This is due to careful crossover design, the very broad horizontal dispersion of the RAAL tweeter, and the shape of the upper cabinet module, which minimizes diffraction effects.
If you study the on-axis response carefully, you will see that it is slightly depressed in the region between 1500 Hz and 2500 Hz. This contouring compensates for a small increase in the output in this region beginning at 45 degrees off axis. The various curves sum to produce a virtually flat overall response that is free of the peaks and dips that characterize most speaker systems.
The following measurements are "anechoic" and are restricted to the region above 200 Hz. The test signal that produces these plots is very short, and the subsequent measurements are free of the thousands of reflections that would otherwise produce a jumble of peaks and cancellations from these reflections. The plots thus measure the inherent response of the speaker system. Because the measurement "window" is so short, it is impossible to capture the longer sound waves of frequencies below about 200 Hz. The following section, "Woofer Enclosure Design and Performance," addresses the predicted response of the Philharmonic 3 below 200 Hz.
On-Axis Response
15 Degrees Off Axis
20 Degrees Off Axis
30 Degrees Off Axis
45 Degrees Off Axis
The following plot shows the "reverse null" of the Philharmonic 3, which uses a "Linkwitz-Riley 4th Order" crossover. For this type of crossover, the drivers should be precisely in phase with each other where they overlap at the relevant crossover frequency. If this goal has been achieved, then reversing the connections to the midrange driver will throw it fully out of phase with the woofer and tweeter, and a deep null should develop at the crossover frequencies as the output between the woofer and the midrange, and the midrange and the tweeter cancel. As the plot demonstrates, this in fact occurs at the crossover frequencies of about 640 Hz and 2800 Hz.
Reverse Null
The last plot presents the impedance measurement for the Philharmonic 3. Impedance is practically flat above the Transmission Line tuning region and should present no problems to any amplifier capable of stable output into a 4 ohm load.
Complex Impedance
Woofer Enclosure Design and Performance
The Philharmonic 3 utilizes a ScanSpeak 22W8851T00 "Revelator" 8-inch woofer in a mass-loaded transmission line (ML-TL). The line length is 66 inches, with a net volume of almost 80 liters. A rectangular mass-loading port is located near the end of the line, exiting through the top of the woofer enclosure at the rear. For a better understanding of an ML-TL, see "What's an ML-TL?".
Based on a 2.83-volt input, the following modeling graphs show the expected performance of this woofer in its TL.
System bass response (red line):
Due to this woofer's high performance, F3 models at 27 Hz, F6 at 22 Hz and F10 at just below 20 Hz. These are anechoic projections, and do not take into account room gain, which will significantly increase bass output.
Woofer (red line) and port (blue line) responses:
Impedance characteristic (red line):
Woofer excursion (red line):
Port air velocity as a percentage of the speed of sound:
With this input of 2.83 volts, the port's air velocity peaks at 0.8% of the speed of sound, or 2.7 m/s.
Increasing the input to 40 watts into this nominal 8-ohm load:
System output (red line):
This 40-watt input causes the system to generate ~105 dB SPL from 30 Hz on up.
Woofer excursion (red line):
The ScanSpeak woofer has a rated Xmax of 9 mm Peak. Allowing an additional 15% excursion increases that to 10.4 mm Peak, and converting that to mm RMS gives a value of 7.3 mm, which is shown in the above graph as being reached at both 34 Hz and just before 20 Hz, then exceeding that below.
Port air velocity percentage:
The port's air velocity reaches its peak of ~4.3% of the speed of sound (14.7 m/s) at 23 Hz.


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Dr John Dargavel
Research interests
- Forest history
- History of forest science
- History of Australian wood collections (xylaria)
- History of forestry education
- Biographies of foresters
- Political economy of forest sector
- Labour history of forest sector
- Arboreal remembrance
John Dargavel is actively engaged in several aspects of environmental and forest history research.
He has forestry degrees from the Universities of Edinburgh and Melbourne. His doctorate from ANU presented a radical analysis of the development of the Tasmanian wood industries. He worked as a forester in government and industry for twenty years, and spent a year researching and teaching in the University of Georgia before moving to ANU in 1982. He has researched and taught in the areas of forest economics, planning, politics and history.
He is the author of over 70 papers and has editied 10 books covering forest science, management, industrial and labour history, trade, environmental politics, and cultural aspects of landscape and remembrance.
His book on Australian forest history, Fashioning Australia's Forests (Oxford University Prss) was published in 1995 and his biography, The Zealous Conservator: a Life of Charles Lane Poole (University of Western Australia Press) was published in 2008. His most recent book on the history of forest science over the last three centuries was written with Elisabeth Johann, Science and Hope: a Forest History (White Horse Press) was published in 2013, followed by a German edition Die Geschichte der Forstwissenschaft – eine Geschichte der Hoffnung in 2018.
Researcher's projects
Environment in everyday life
I am currently investigating the paradoxes of how the environment appears in a variety of aspects of everyday life. Canberra as 'the Bush Capital' provides many examples, of which the fences at Mulligans Flat nature reserve are one. Dust from which the universe and us was created, and which appears annoyingly in our houses each week is another example.
The lives of Australian foresters
I investigated the lives of Australian foresters in a collaborative project in National Centre for Biography with the Australian Forest History Society and the Insitute of Foresters of Australia. An initial inventorywas prepared with 186 obituaries and 20 entries in the National Dictionary of Biography. It covers the period from 1900 to 2015.
History of Australia's wood collections (xylaria)
In collaboration with Gordon Dadswell (University of Melbourne) and Phil Evans (University of British Columbia) I am investigated the history of Australia's wood collections.
These were created in the states from the 1880s and nationally from the 1920s and together constitute the scientific infrastructure for wood anatomy. Several of the collections are falling into disuse and their future conservation is problematic. A particular case is the collection held at ANU that was originally started in 1928 by the Commonwealth Forestry Bureau.


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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Publication: Property Rights and Climate Change Mitigation
IFPRI's 2020 Vision Initiative approached leading experts around the world to share their views on the key negotiating outcomes that must be pursued now in order to effectively put agriculture on the climate change agenda.
In particular, Brief 10 on The Importance of Property Rights in Climate Change Mitigation will be of interest to CAPRi members.
Tags: publications, CAPRi


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Taking into consideration the above factors, it is advisable to identify the areas which interest you, as well as your aspirations, potentials and personality in a scientific and objective manner. This will enable you to narrow down the various 'fields and options', 'courses and careers' you are most suitable for. This will help you understand yourself and choose fields that are appropriate for you, given your Interest and Personality profile; A correct career choice will lead to job satisfaction and motivation to excel in the field you have selected.
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2014 is shaping up to be a banner year for LGBT representation. I may not call it the New Queer Television, for reasons I outlined just a few weeks ago, but it's still worth pausing on the number of shows and films that feature LGBT characters and storylines. From the seductive allegory of Stranger by the Lake and the real-life story of Pride to the quaint marital drama of Love is Strange, from the San Francisco boys of HBO's Looking and the family at the heart of Transparent to the various women at Litchfield in Orange is the New Black, LGBTQA* folks have been handsomely represented this year. Expand the field, and you find funny dramedy The Skeleton Twins (with Bill Hader offering a nuanced performance far from his Stefon caricature), The Circle (focused on the eponymous gay publication in 1940s Zurich), 52 Tuesdays (about a mother's gender transition), Lilting (which focuses on gay grief), Yves St Laurent & Saint Laurent (two films focused on the fame designer), and Ryan Murphy's adaptation of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart. Even when not at the center of their shows/films, LGBT characters made an impression; think of Dr Alvar in Jane the Virgin, Ronny in the McCarthy's, Kenji in Red Band Society or Dorian Gray in Penny Dreadful (Film, as GLAAD's latest report shows, is still far behind). Of course, these representations have not come without its attendant issues; Jared Leto may have won an Oscar this year for playing a trans character in Dallas Buyers Club but character and portrayal (let alone the press thereafter) garnered plenty of ire and criticism from a community that continues to be represented through the eyes (both behind and in front of the camera) of straight artists; How to Get Away with Murder may feature a gay series regular, but the constant bottom-shaming courtesy of Jack Falahee's Connor has been widely discussed, while Oscar hopeful The Imitation Game found itself dodging necessary questions about the downplayed issue of Alan Turing's homosexuality.
Thus, while we continue to make strides, there are plenty of hurdles as we aim for equitable (if not for that solely positive) representations. The debate over what and how gets represents continues to be a stalemate between those (like GLAAD) who'd like for all representations of LGBT characters to be positive ones (the argument being that for too long these characters have been vilified and better representations will inevitably lead to more awareness and more inclusive tolerance) and those who acknowledge the pitfalls of negative representations, but who understand how closely issues of the sort can veer into censorship. I've said it before when discussing Looking, we don't need better representation; we just need more of it as to avoid putting the burden of representation in every single LGBT character in mainstream fare.
This got me thinking about the various ways LGBT characters are depicted on screen. To do this, I narrowed by purview by focusing on gay men. This was motivated by the way gay men continue to be the most visible members of the LGBT community when it comes to mainstream fare and thus have been at the center of many of the breakthrough films that get cited as representative of the community at large. Note, for example, how 9 out of the top 10 films in AfterElton's Top 100 Greatest Gay Movies are centered on gay men with the sole outlier being The Rocky Horror Picture Show which still leaves lesbians and transexuals very much outside of the conversation altogether.
And so I set about creating a montage of the various ways LGBT characters are represented by mainstream fare.
Gay Men on Screen: A Place for Us (Supercut) from Manuel Betancourt on Vimeo.
A couple of things to note:
– We're still back in Vito Russo's world; the many categories represented in the montage date back to his breakthrough book and film The Celluloid Closet, from the mincing queen, to the villainous queer, from the sex-crazed homo to the AIDS victim.
– So many white men! This is indicative of the current state of representation: as GLAAD notes, 76% of LGBT characters in mainstream films in 2013 were white, while of the 65 LGBT regular and recurring characters on broadcast networks in the 2013-14 season, 26% are people of color. These are rather troubling numbers even as they index larger racial biases in the industry. That said, I welcome suggestions as to what key films/shows were left out, especially in terms of depicting a more diverse slate (I wasn't trying to be exhaustive but it's always helpful to identify my own inadvertent blind spots).
– While a number of out actors are represented here (Ian McKellen, Jim Parsons, Jonathan Groff, Andrew Rannells, Nathan Lane, Sean Hayes, Rupert Everett, Ben Whishaw), most of the higher profile performances come from straight actors (from Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Matt Damon, Sean Penn, Jim Carrey, and Ewan McGregor — who has three films throughout the piece!)
– The same could be said about the people behind the cameras. Ang Lee, Jonathan Demme, Alfred Hitchcock, Mike Nichols, Sam Mendes, Steven Soderbergh and Baz Luhrmann may be amply represented but a number of out directors and writers (Bill Condon, Todd Haynes, Ryan Murphy, John Cameron Mitchell, Xavier Dolan, Pedro Almodóvar, Tony Kushner, Greg Araki, Gus Van Sant, Andrew Haigh, among others) make up a significant portion of the montage.
– There are close to 90 films and television shows represented, from The Maltese Falcon (1941) to American Horror Story: Freakshow (2014), with key films making a requisite appearance (Milk, Brokeback Mountain, Velvet Goldmine, In & Out, Rent, Angels in America, The Normal Heart, Six Feet Under, Brothers & Sisters and Looking).


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In more than 12 years as a professional, Cris Cyborg faced few moments of adversity, she has reeled off a 18-fight unbeaten streak, winning 16 of those fights by knockout, with nine finishes in the opening round. Cris Cyborg, widely recognised as the greatest [and the baddest] female mixed martial artist of all time, finally captured a UFC title when she beat Tonya Evinger via TKO back in July.
The UFC closes out 2017 with UFC 219 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on December 30 [early hours of 31st December in the Middle East]. In the main event of the Pay-per-view card, UFC women's featherweight champion Cris Cyborg faces former UFC women's bantamweight champion Holly Holm.
UFC president Dana White recently said on FOX Sport's Undisputed show that if Holly Holm manages to beat Cric Cyborg, she will be considered the greatest female combat sports fighter of all time, that may well be the case as Holly Holm is a 13 time boxing world champion, multiple time kickboxing champion and beat Ronda Rousey (who was then considered "unbeatable") to become the UFC world champion.
"I have no comment on what Dana said, but it would be something to hear Dana White call me the greatest female combat sports fighter of all time though" said Cris Cyborg in an exclusive interview with The Sports Journal.
Triple H who is the Executive Vice President of Talent, Live Events and Creative for WWE has said a few times publicly that they are in talks with Ronda Rousey to sign her to the WWE. Cyborg pursued that fight against Ronda relentlessly in the octagon and she is open to fight her in the WWE.
"I think everyone fights for their own reasons. For Ronda she didn't want to make this fight. I will never know her reasons. If she is retired from MMA then it would still be fun to give the fans this match even if it had to happen in the WWE.
"I never chose my fights, but all the MMA fans will always want to see me fight Ronda."
"I am interested to go to the WWE after my career in MMA is over. I would love to be a tag team partner with Gabi Garcia"
Earlier this month, Sasha Banks and Alexa Bliss of WWE, made history with the first ever women's wrestling match in Abu Dhabi. There has never been a female MMA world title fight in the Middle East before, Cyborg who has been to Abu Dhabi as an ambassador for the Brave event back in March this year, would love to empower women and help pioneer the sport in the Middle East.
"I love empowering women to go after their goals and dreams. I enjoyed my time in the UAE very much and would love the chance to come back to the country and help pioneer combat sports. I would be honored to be the first women fight in the Middle East, but there are many talented Muslim women who deserve that groundbreaking recognition. Inshallah the day will come."
The sport of MMA is very popular in the Middle East, but when it comes to local promoters in the region, it has been a tough journey as the major sources of revenues [TV rights and gate] has been non-existent.
"Dubai and the Middle East has a unique culture when it comes to live events. The culture of paying for a ticket is much different than in other countries. For the sport to grow promoters must be sensitive to culture and maybe start looking at television or other streams of revenue to make their promotion and the content they produce to make it profitable."
When not preparing for competition Cyborg walks around 175 pounds. Getting down to the required weight is nothing short of an excruciating task. The rigors of Cyborg's weight cut forced her to hire a full-time nutritionist in George Lockhart previously and now she has brought back Rob Emerson [her old nutritionist] for this fight, she even took birth control pills in past fights to help with fluid retention that helped her with the weight cut.
"My weight cut is going really well, I have incorporated a new iPhone app called Better Human, which has really helped me track my micro and macro nutrients better. I have also brought back my nutrition coach Rob Emerson for this fight. I am ahead of schedule. I feel fast and strong and the weight cut should be smooth. I will start it tonight to be ready for tomorrows weigh-ins."
Holly Holm is one of the best counter punchers in women's MMA, what strategy would Cyborg go in with, would she enter the octagon and run through Holm with her ruthless combination of power and aggression or will she fight in a much more calculated manner?
"If Holly wants to win the belt she has to take it from the champion. If she wants to run for 25 minutes I have a lot of tools, which can finish the fight. I can wrestle, bjj, Muay Thai, and box. I will be patient and find a way to win."
If Cyborg is victorious against the 'Preachers Daughter' who is heading up a weight division, Cyborg says he 'owes' Megan Anderson a fight at 145 and isn't interested to fight Amanda Nunes next, because you have to earn a title in a new weight class.
"Amanda Nunes was the one who left 145lbs. I am the champion of that division. I am glad to see another Brazilian female as world champ at 135 and respect her for that. If she wants to return to Featherweight I think it would help establish the division.
"I think once she has fought at 145 she can return to that divisions ranking. I owe Megan Anderson a fight at 145 and in order to build a real sport we need to respect the world rankings, I can't just keep fighting girls coming up from 135 as the number 1 contender just because they are popular, that takes the sport out of competition."
Holly Holm rebounded from a three-fight losing streak with a stunning head kick in June against Bethe Correia, and with a lack of contenders at 145 pounds, she gets a chance to upset the odds once more and become the UFC's first female two-weight champion and according to Dana White, become the "greatest all time female combat sports fighter".
It promises to be a display of technique and counter striking of Holly Holm and the power and physicality of Cris Cyborg, styles make fights and this fight would be a hell of a stylish fight.
Tale of The Tape
Cyborg is unbeaten in 18 fights.
Cyborg has won 16 fights by knockout.
None of Cyborg's fights have gone the distance.
Cyborg lands 7.83 strikes per minute.
Cyborg absorbs 1.82 strikes per minute.
Cyborg's striking accuracy is 51 percent.
Cyborg's striking defense is 63 percent.
Cyborg's average fight time is 6:54.
Holm has won eight fights by knockout.
Holm lands 3.00 strikes per minute.
Holm's striking accuracy is 35 percent.
Holm absorbs 2.53 strikes per minute.
Holm's striking defense is 61 percent.
Holm's average fight time is 17:14.
Stats are via FightMetric.