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Somewhat hidden as an addendum to the Unitary Plan is information about where and how Auckland will sprawl over the next 30 years to accommodate the 160,000 dwellings (larger than Wellington or Christchurch) planned for outside the current urban limits. There are three main greenfield areas where the bulk of this growth will be located – the south, the northwest and the north.
In the south, there are a number of different options being looked at for where growth could occur – an expansion of options presented late last year. Here's the most recent range of options being looked at: Perhaps the most interesting addition to this map from its previous version is what I've highlighted in red – a connection between Karaka and Weymouth. This is the first time we've seen this connection in any of the Council's plans – it doesn't come up in the transport network map in the Auckland Plan or the Integrated Transport Programme.
The main reason for the inclusion of the possible future project in the maps seems to be a few paragraphs in the engagement report about the earlier options, which highlight feedback from Auckland Transport and NZTA:
Preliminary feedback from Auckland Transport (AT) and the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) highlights some key concerns about the impact of growth on the function of the transport network (particularly State Highway 1) in the southern area. AT and NZTA recognise the need for significant areas of greenfield development and recognise that a significant amount of transport investment will be required to support this growth. Locating and sequencing growth in a way that promotes employment self‐sufficiency, makes best use of existing infrastructure where spare capacity exists, encourages the use public transport, discourages long distance car journeys and avoids attracting local trips onto strategic transport routes (i.e. SH1) is encouraged by AT and NZTA. AT and NZTA are particularly interested in mechanisms to control the release of land for development so that it can be linked with the provision of transport infrastructure.
Preliminary transport modelling by AT and NZTA of the residential and employment growth proposed shows substantial congestion on SH1, SH22, Hingaia Road and at Drury, even with Mill Road and rail network upgrades and greater public transport trip share and local employment rates. This would cause significant trip suppression from congestion and impact on the inter‐regional connection and freight corridor functions. In order to retain the functionality of State Highway 1, a major new north-south corridor (most likely a Karaka to Weymouth bridge connection) will be needed to accommodate the levels of growth proposed for the south. While areas east of SH1, close to Pukekohe and close to existing infrastructure of the rail network are preferred to more distant areas, it is likely that the need for additional transport connections will remain the same no matter where the RUB is located.
In a way this result is unsurprising. Planning for so much growth to the south of Drury, when the natural landform of the harbour inlets creates a number of bottlenecks is always going to result in huge pressure on the existing routes across those bottlenecks and increase demand for additional links. As the feedback summary above notes, the main issue seems to be having most growth to the west of State Highway 1 whereas the additional planned Mill Road corridor is to the east of the motorway. And while it is advantageous and utterly essential to have the railway running right through the middle of the growth area, the sheer scale of growth seems like it overwhelms the transport network – creating pressure for this new connection.
Of course, such a link would hardly be cheap. Let's take a look at just the bridge crossing itself – which seems most likely to follow roughly the alignment shown below:That is one pretty long bridge we're talking about here – even if a small amount of the southern end could be constructed as a causeway. If you push the bridge to the next landing point to the southeast (to keep a straighter road) then it's about 1.2 km in length – longer than the Auckland Harbour Bridge!
In addition to this, the road would need to be linked back to the existing road network at both ends in a sensible way. The earlier map suggested on the southern side this would be around the corner of SH22 and Glenbrook Road – resulting in over 9 km of new road/expressway/motorway needing to be built through to the southern abutment:
At the northern end it seems likely the existing roads would need to be widened – both Weymouth Road and Roscommon Road. For Weymouth Road in particular, which is currently a pretty quiet road serving a pretty quiet local community, the impact of the widening and the vast increase in traffic flows would be huge. Looking at the aerials it seems like widening would be required in the area shown below at the very least:
Fortunately along the western side of Weymouth Road there seems quite a large setback, so the widening would be possible without having to acquire a huge number of properties (looks like this connection has been planned for a very long time!) Even so you're probably looking at a lot of cost and certainly a lot of impact on the local community as it seems likely this would be a very busy road. An earlier study, with lower growth projections, showed that the bridge would be used by a very large number of vehicles per day.
The issue of this bridge highlights the conundrums which occur when you plan for so much growth through urban sprawl. Don't build this bridge and State Highway 1 is likely to become increasingly clogged up, unable to perform its important inter-regional connection role. Roads like State Highway 22 – which really needs to change its function to more of an urban arterial over time – would be so incredibly busy the road engineers will end up wanting it to be six or eight lanes wide. The transport network as a whole would also not be very resilient – extremely vulnerable at pinch points around Drury and Takanini.
But build the bridge and for a start you have the simply massive cost (my rough guess is that the whole thing including southern and northern approaches would probably be close to a billion dollars, as in 2006 it was costed at $650 million. You then have the potential environmental impact on what seems to be a fairly sensitive environment – from reading through other specialist input on the growth options in the area – which may curtail attempts to put any of the bridge onto a causeway to save costs. Then you have the community impact on Weymouth as their quiet little peninsula will end up having a hugely widened and massively busy expressway right through the middle of it. And then there's the question of where all this traffic actually goes. Straight onto State Highway 20 to clog that motorway up? Back across to State Highway 1 to clog it up again? Inevitably with road building it seems like we find ourselves "shifting the problem" rather than solving it.
I struggle to see the benefits of the Karaka-Weymouth connection outweighing its costs – the financial, environmental and social costs. But if the level of growth in the south is dependent upon having this connection built does that mean the growth numbers need to be revisited if the 'powers to be' decide they really don't want to see this project happen? That seems like the big elephant in the room question that needs to be answered.


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OKLAHOMA CITY — A 63-year-old Oklahoma man has been arrested after police said they found bomb-making materials and a copy of "The Anarchist Cookbook" in his hotel room.
Oklahoma County jail records show Richard Paul Holt of Marlow was booked Tuesday on complaints of making a bomb threat and drug possession. He's being held on $8,000 bail. It's unclear if he has an attorney.
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The cute little child of two and half yrs was the center of attraction in the big joint family..
It was the time for the Little One to grasp, remember and speak out the names of his Mom, Dad, Grand Parents, Uncles and Aunts of the family.. Every one was fascinated by his talk and how he pronounced their names and with all keenness, each was correcting his / her name in the best way..
The Mom asked, "Dear! What's my name?"
The child paused but with no difficulty repeated his dear Mom's name so nicely.. The Mom's happiness was unlimited and she instantly hugged the child tight..
Next she asked, "What's your Dad's name?"
The child tried his best but made a small change which his Dad corrected gently and helped him out..
Next was the turn of young Aunts and Uncles around..
Each one started their own questions, the Little One was steady, never got confused, slowly spoke out their names so cutely and it was all fun for a while.. The young Aunts and Uncles were a bit aware of the child calling them different as they felt little embarrassed when others made fun of them and consciously each tried his / her best to correct own names in such a way that the embarrassment had gone and the new names looked more appropriate to their personalities..
Then it was the turn of Grand Ma..
The lady took the child, hugged him and sweetly asked what he should call her.. The Little One with a great amusement seen on his face said aloud her name.. She was instantly happy and said she liked him calling that way but softly taught him how to pronounce her name better.. And the Child did it in no time to the astonishment of all as that pronunciation, they never expected the boy of that age to make..
The last was the turn of Grand Pa.. The Grand Mom asked,
"Dear! What do you call your Grand Pa?"
The child being told his short name which too looked quite complicated, said some thing quite odd which made every one laugh aloud.. The Grand Mom said,
"What dear? You call your Grand Pa like that who buys you everything and carries you all the time? It's funny.... Say...."
she helped him out.. The child tried that pronunciation twice or thrice but failed, never wanted to accept that and with a big smile pronounced his name as xxxxx hearing which every one around burst into a big laughter as that straight away conveyed a meaning of what an ugly man was the grandfather..
The Mom instantly said,
"Hi! Do you call your Grand Pa like that? No.. He is a big man.. He did many things for our family.. He gives you anything you want...You should....."
Suddenly the Grand Pa sitting little away, instantly came forward with a smile stopped his daughter, took the Little One into his arms and said softly,
"Yes! Dear! You call me like that only from now onwards.. I like it very much.. I give you everything you want.. You are the dearest to me.. Never change this my new Name.. I really love it.. It's such soothing musical note on my ears which I've experienced for the first time in my life.. Thank you very much for calling me like this baby!"
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Cape Town - Organisers of the 2018 Two Oceans Marathon have confirmed that this year's race will go ahead despite the current water crisis affecting the Western Cape.
Reports circulated in recent weeks that the 56km race, as well as the ever-popular Half Marathon and trail runs, were in jeopardy as Capetonians deal with the water shortage gripping the city and surrounding areas, with 'Day Zero' currently set for Thursday, April 12, 2018 - only 12 days after the scheduled running of the 49th Two Oceans Marathon.
However, on Thursday, organisers issued a press statement confirming the race remains on track and will proceed as planned - albeit with a number of water-saving changes...
After over a year of planning, the 2018 Two Oceans Marathon is set to take place on Saturday, March 31.
And as one of the City of Cape Town's premier events on the calendar, the ongoing severe drought has presented a harsh reality for the event, our stakeholders and participants.
We are aware of the concerns voiced by worried citizens, and we take saving water - and the event's overall water impact on the City - incredibly seriously.
We have been, and are currently working closely with the City of Cape Town and their disaster management team, as well as our sponsors, to put the appropriate provisions and solutions in place for the 49th Two Oceans Marathon event as part of a very comprehensive water management plan.
We can confirm the following solutions in the meantime:
- No municipal water will be used for any of our events.
- There will be no showers at the finish.
- There will be refill stations available for hydration pack users – and we encourage all runners to be as self-sufficient as possible
- We are reducing the number of refreshment stations, while still being well within the range - more than the limit, in fact - of IAAF / ASA water point regulations
We understand that Capetonians are worried, especially because approximately half of the entry field are from outside of the Cape Town Metropole.
However, we are also required to consider the economic boost for the city (over R675 million, together with thousands of jobs being created during this time) and the charities that partner with the event (over R3 million is raised every year).
It is also important to consider that Cape Town welcomes thousands of visitors from across the globe on a daily basis - not just during major events like the Two Oceans Marathon - who play a vital role in the economic growth of the city.
A formal announcement detailing all our interventions will be made as soon as we have concluded our agreements with the relevant role-players.
While we are working hard behind the scenes to finalise these details, we as fellow Capetonians remain fully committed to saving water and use less than our allocated 50 litres per person per day.
Through our close collaboration with the city and relevant stakeholders, we pledge to host the event responsibly and not impact negatively on our scarce resources.


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Has anyone noticed that we have a drug, pill, or some type of medication that we can take for almost any symptom out there? I find it disturbing that we can go out to the pharmaceutics industry and find a poorly regulated industry that is sucking and ruining the live's of so many Americans.
We have people struggling every day with addictions, along with the heart break, crime and every day violence that comes along with this painful prescriptions. We want to even give the addicts a pill for their addiction… If that makes sense?
More kids are typing from over doses than ever before. I personally am not a fan of pills, I understand it helps some clients in real pain. However, I believe it gets to a point where we have to walk a fine line with what we are feeding and pumping into society.
Most normal folks don't understand most doctors get a referral or kickback "money" off of writing you a prescription. Of course the Doc has to feel comfortable prescribing that prescription How can we tell when a doctor is just wanting to push a prescription through?
Hopefully you trust your doctor…
I mean I wouldn't sit here and complain if this wasn't the 11th Consecutive year that the death rate has gone up. I was speaking to an officer the other day that works in West Valley City about homicide.
I asked the officer what do you see most deaths related to here in Utah?
He said "just this other week in February 2013 he had 3 dead bodies to investigate over alcohol mixed with prescription drugs or synthetic heroin "oxy's". It's sad that we are shoving death pills down our society!
We should really take a loot at the pill problem that America has as should be a much larger concern than it is right now! Many innocent lives are being ruined by the "pill abyss"


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More than 3,000 public and private schools re-open today across Catalunya with the start of a new school year, with around 1.3 million pupils between the ages of three and 18 expected to attend classes (read article in Castilian here, El Periodico). If the number of children who have already started at nursery school and those pupils who will be starting the 'ciclos de grado superior' next Monday, the total number of students in schools this year is 1,280,000, which is the highest of the past 22 years. However, despite this and the additional 30,000 pupils in classrooms this term, the number of teachers has been frozen. Changes that have been undertaken in the education sector include the removal in 75 percent of schools of the sixth hour of teaching, which was introduced by the previous Catalan government, and an increase by one hour in the amount of teaching that teachers have to do each week. Budgets to schools have been cut, as have grants for extra-curricular activities and money available for the substitution and replacement of teaching assistants. The return to school this year has also been overshadowed by the ruling by the Catalan Superior Court that public schools must use Castilian as a 'vehicle language' (rather than just teaching it in classes of Castilian literature and language as currently happens), although it seems unlikely that the Generalitat will introduce this change this academic year.
The Generalitat is planning to substitute the majority of grants that up to now have been provided to small businesses to allow them to make investments in their companies, with a new line of guarantees that aim to provide easier access to credit for these firms, and which can be used both for capital and investment (read article in Castilian here, La Vanguardia). This is one of the main changes in the new policy of financial aid as produced by the Consorci de Comerç del Departament d'Empresa i Ocupació, which will come into effect this autumn. Another new feature will be that of a series of grants as 'permanent loans': the money (€1,500) is supposed to motivate the reopening of businesses that have closed down, a measure that aims to mitigate the negative, demotivating effect that occurs when people see businesses on main streets with the shutters down due to closure, explained the director general of Comerç, Josep Maria Recasens. A focus on local commerce in rural areas is going to be another one of the main features of the new policy regarding financial aid.
The lengthy economic crisis that Spain is suffering has caused a rise in the phenomenon of unemployed people with no sources of income (read article in Castilian here, El Periodico). The situation is starting to cause alarm amongst trade unions and governments in the face of the growing number of people without access to any kind of financial aid, including the €400 supplementary benefit provided to those whose main unemployment benefit has finished, because the fixed time periods for receiving the money have expired in these cases. In Catalunya, according to information from the UGT trade union based on employment statistics, in November 2009 there were 86,247 unemployed without access to financial aid, while in July of this year, that number had almost doubled to 161,262, which represents just over 28 percent of all those out of work who are registered with an unemployment office. Before the summer, there was a slight fall in these numbers, but both unions and administrations said that this was a seasonal feature and the August figures backed up their claim with a new rise. In June 2008, the number of people who had been out of work for more than 12 months was around 70,000; however, now, following four years of crisis, the figure is around 210,000. In addition, according to the union's HQ, "the total number of people in a situation of long-term unemployment is 46.77 percent (97,885 people) who have been more than 24 months on lists of those out of work."


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SEOUL -- Singer Sung Si-kyung will release a winter-themed duet song with singer-actress IU next week.
SK Jaewon, the 40-year-old's agency, said in a statement on Thursday that Sung will release "Because it's the first winter" (working title), a duet song with IU on December 9. It is the second collaboration work between Sung, 40, and IU, 26, who san "It's You" together in 2010.
Sung debuted in 2001 as a ballad singer and released hit songs such as "You Touched My Heart", "On The Street" and "You are My Spring". He has hosted various TV talk shows.


text: Rob Dweck is an award winning photographer whose photographs have appeared in books and magazines. After spending most of his life on the east coast, he fulfilled his dream of moving to California in 2000 and settled in the San Francisco Bay Area. Rob soon developed an interest in photography, which quickly became a passion and an ongoing fascination with light. You can see more of his work at robdweck.com


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Ultrasound (US) can noninvasively activate intact brain circuits, making it a promising neuromodulation technique. However, little is known about the underlying mechanism. Here, we apply transcranial US and perform brain mapping studies in guinea pigs using extracellular electrophysiology. We find that US elicits extensive activation across cortical and subcortical brain regions. However, transection of the auditory nerves or removal of cochlear fluids eliminates the US-induced activity, revealing an indirect auditory mechanism for US neural activation. US likely vibrates the cerebrospinal fluid in the brain, which is continuous with the fluid in the cochlea via cochlear aqueducts; thus, US can activate the ascending auditory pathways and other non-auditory regions through cross-modal projections. This finding of a cochlear fluid-induced vibration mechanism challenges the idea that US can directly activate neurons in the intact brain, suggesting that future US stimulation studies will need to control for this effect to reach reliable conclusions.
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Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda) is not deterred until the 2019 MotoGP ends. Marquez won the final series of the season, the 2019 Valencia MotoGP. An additional 25 points made Marquez set a new record.
Marquez recorded the most points in a season by collecting 420 points. The previous record was held by Marquez's teammate, Jorge Lorenzo with a collection of 383 points. The record had actually been broken since the Malaysian MotoGP 2019 but the results of the race at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit made it clear Marquez's maximum points this season.
With these points, it is certain that Marquez will remain in the first position in the 2019 MotoGP final standings. Meanwhile, Andrea Dovizioso (Mission Winnow Ducati) holds the second position with a collection of 269 points. Dovizioso could not add many points from MotoGP Valencia because he only finished in fourth position.
Then in third place is Maverick Vinales (Monster Energy Yamaha) with a collection of 211 points. Vinales who initially appeared inconsistent was able to rise in the second half of the season. In the last six races, Vinales won four wins. In the 2019 Valencia MotoGP, Vinales finished sixth behind Alex Rins (Suzuki Ecstar) and Dovizioso.
As mentioned earlier, Rins finished fifth in the 2019 Valencia MotoGP. An additional 11 points from the Ricardo Tormo Circuit made Rins carve his best achievement since rising to MotoGP in 2017 by ending the season in fourth position with 205 points.
Then complete the top five positions of the final standings there is the surprise maker, Fabio Quartararo (Petronas Yamaha SRT). Quartararo which is a debutant this season appeared so neat that he was finally able to seal fifth place thanks to his collection of 192 points. This achievement also made Quartararo win the 2019 Rookie of the Year title.
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Repsol Honda rider, Jorge Lorenzo claimed not to regret the decision to retire after the 2019 MotoGP mat.
The Spanish-born rider claimed to be happy with his decision. He said this when undergoing the last Valencia MotoGP series 2019 at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit on Sunday (10/17/2019).
"I'm really happy," said Jorge Lorenzo as reported by Crash, Monday (10/18/2019).
Even though he did not regret the retirement decision, the racer nicknamed X-Fuera still appeared not to match expectations in Valencia MotoGP.
Jorge Lorenzo again failed to appear fast with a Honda RC213V motorbike. He was only able to finish 13th.
While his team-mates, who have secured the 2019 MotoGP world title, Marc Marquez looked stunning by winning the victory podium.
After finishing the race, there was no sad expression from Jorge Lorenzo. He had a chance to celebrate his trademark, namely plugging a flag with a picture of his personal logo.
"I feel a lot of happiness. I feel free. I leave this sport healthy, young, and with the possibility to enjoy a longer life," concluded Jorge Lorenzo.
Jorge Lorenzo retired at the age of 32 years. Throughout his career, the former Ducati rider has won five world titles. Two in the 250 cc class and three in the MotoGP class.
Lorenzo retired because of the many injuries that have engulfed him in recent years. The worst, occurred in the first free practice session at MotoGP Assen on June 28, 2019 ago.


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This is especially important because I have some questions where users are just shown one set. Here the survey shows "1 of 1 sets". How can I remove this?
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Add the following code to the CUSTOM CSS section of your current style template:
You can learn more about customizing the style template in the SurveyGizmo documentation:
Hi Jim,
thanks a lot, that works perfectly. Just one more question: I have several MaxDiff questions in my survey and while I want to omit the counter for some of them (those with only one set) I want to show it for others? Is it possible to specify that in the CSS, too?
Regards, Christof
You can apply custom CSS to specific questions. The process is easy but there are a lot of steps. There is an article in the SurveyGizmo template that explains the process – http://help.surveygizmo.com/help/article/link/css-class-names
There is an another, shorter artcile which is simply a step-by-step example – http://help.surveygizmo.com/help/article/link/textbox-right
Hi Jim,
Thanks again. However, I don't get it working, when I specify a class name called nosetcounter in the question's layout tab and put the following into the CSS Editor:
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Where have I gone wrong?


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Dawn Eden Goldstein: Sunday Will Never Be the Same
I heard someone use the word "blogosphere" the other day, and it sounded a little quaint. It's been some time now since blogs were the happening thing on the internet. Back when they were, roughly fifteen years ago, Dawn Eden's blog, The Dawn Patrol, was a popular one for a certain sort of Catholic, a sort which included me. Besides the fact that it was a lively and interesting blog, we (I think I can say "we") found her an intriguing person: Jewish by birth, bohemian pop-music fan/expert by interest, and Christian by conviction and baptism. (She has since begun using her full name.)
At the time I first started reading the blog, she was more or less an evangelical Christian, and as I recall not much inclined toward Catholicism. So her readers were able to watch in, so to speak, real time, the change in her views that resulted in her being received into the Catholic Church. That, and any number of other events, such as the time she got fired from her job editing copy and writing headlines for the New York Post because she made a change, truthful but illicit in her position, in an article about in-vitro fertilization.
By 2008 she had begun studying theology. Having finished a Master's degree, she continued, at the urging of Fr. Francis Canavan, S.J., to a doctorate and is now a theology professor--well, until yesterday. The seminary which employed her has just laid her off ("budget cuts"). But I have great hopes that she will soon land somewhere else.
The book is fascinating. I did, as I say, know the basic story, but the book fills in a great many details, many of which were surprising to me. Chief among the surprises, I think, is the fact that prayer had been a part of Dawn's life from childhood. Somehow I had always assumed that at least by the time she was in her teens she was a typically a-religious late 20th-century young person, and that she had to become pretty desperate before she could consider the possibility that God is real. Well, that's partly true, I think, at least in the intellectual sense. But even in her disbelief she maintained a regular habit of praying before she went to sleep. This is important. I don't think you could find a clearer instance of the truth and efficacy of the Lord's admonition: "Seek and you shall find."
The story opens with a moving vignette of five-year-old Dawn standing outside her house in Galveston, brooding about her parents' impending divorce and pondering the nature of God:
God is real. The world I experience is real. But God was before everything else.... So God must somehow be more real than everything else.
Pretty good philosophical realism for a five-year-old. Or for that matter a sixty-five-year-old. This does however touch on a minor reservation about the book: every incident has a precise date and time stamp, and I wonder how an adult can place such a moment at precisely the afternoon of March 9, 1974. It doesn't really matter, and perhaps some of the later episodes can be dated that way from a journal kept at the time. But I did wonder.
Because I'm lazy, and because I see no sense in repeating what others have said (and because I'm a little pressed for time), I'm not going to write a full-fledged review, but instead give you some links that will cover the facts, and most of what I would have said:
Of the reviews I've read, I think this one by a nun (at a blog called...NunBlog) is my favorite, even though she does not get the music stuff at all:
An interview with Dawn at Crux, and another at Catholic World Report
And maybe most useful, an excerpt at New Advent
The one significant thing that I felt was missing was a sense of just how the music which was so important to her made her feel, and of why it had that effect. It seemed to me that the book spent more time discussing the artists than the music itself. This is of special interest to me because I also have been greatly influenced by popular music (using the term very broadly). She does discuss this, of course (and see the not-random 45--surely a rarity--on the cover), but I'd like to have heard more. That's a fairly small reservation, though, about a fascinating and moving story.


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~A surprise ladybug in late season dahlias.
~A baby bonnet and a new skill - making I-cord! I have avoided any project with I-cords because I thought it sounded scary. Oh, silly me, it is SO simple! The pattern is the Feathers Bonnet, but I couldn't figure out the feathers pattern for some reason, so I decided to make this heart pattern instead. The pattern is clear and simple to make; I am ready to start one for my own bigger babe.
~Homemade yogurt from local raw milk. Thanks to the husband and to the farmer.
~Pictures from a blustery picnic day. We left the normal path and ran down the far side of the dam. The grass had just been cut, it was sheltered from the wind, and apparently the hill was begging to be rolled down.
~Ladybug love.
All good things. I have fallen out of the Thankful Tuesday routine, so let's call this a belated Thankful post for this week. What are you thankful for today?


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Futurebrand works on Shanghai Olympics exhibition
Futurebrand is designing an exhibition about the Olympics for the Shanghai Expo UK pavilion, as part of its role as branding consultant for the 2012 games.
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games appointed Futurebrand as its brand consultant in May last year.
'Futurebrand's major work is on the look and feel for gamestime, encompassing how the venues are dressed and what branding appears in and around the venues,' says a Locog spokesman. Titled the 2012 Legacy Corner and located in the base of the Heatherwick Studio-designed pavilion, the Shanghai exhibition will tell the story of the Olympic site over three illuminated panels, displayed against a backdrop of deconstructed 3D Union Jack flags.
The event spaces and corridors in the base of the £25m pavilion are being designed by Troika, which was appointed in December 2008 after Casson Mann left the project (DW 10 July 2008). A website, www.ukshanghaiexpo.com, launched its second stage earlier this month, with design by digital and marketing group Profero, which was founded in London and has a Shanghai office. UK Trade & Investment appointed Profero last summer following a public tender.
A spokeswoman for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office declined to reveal details of the design tenders. 'We would not give information on individual pitches. The process was transparent and the panels chose the best applicant in terms of deliverability and price,' she says. The website features Red Stone's branding for the UK pavilion. The consultancy was appointed after a tender in July 2008. The website will feature a range of marketing campaigns rolling out before and during the expo.
The campaigns are being created by Profero with the Consulate General, and will make use of social media platforms including Facebook.
The first campaign asked the public to think of a nickname for the pavilion, which is being constructed out of 60 000 7.5m-long Perspex rods, each containing plant seeds and a light source that will illuminate the building at night. The winning nickname is 'dandelion'.
At the end of the expo, the pavilion will be dismantled and the heads of the rods, containing the seeds, will be distributed to schools across China.
The pavilion's programme of events will see one week dedicated to the creative industries, during which Little Dipper founder Christine Losecaat will run the UKTI creative seminars at the pavilion. 'There is unsurprisingly quite a big focus on design at the pavilion,' says Leigh Gibson, Expo Team director of content and programmes.
Heatherwick Studio – exterior
Red Stone – logo and branding
Profero – website and marketing
Middle Earth – banners, visual backdrops and signage, VIP area
Futurebrand – Olympics exhibition
Troika – corridors and interior spaces of base
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Black's School of Martial Arts, run by Master Clair Black (above, right) and Master Karen Black, has expanded its class schedule heading into 2017. The new schedule (bottom of article) is already in place and registration is being accepted for new. continuing, and returning students.
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Black's School of Martial Arts has been located in Dushore since 1978. It was started by Master Clair Black after he earned his first Degree Black Belt in 1977 (below) from Instructor Joe Brague of Goshin Jutsu Karate Association of Williamsport.
Goshin Jutsu Karate was brought to the United States by Grand Master Gerald Durant in the late 1960s. He passed away in 1991. A karate system can have only one grand master at a time. Upon the Grand Master's death, another master is bequeathed the rank of 10th Dan in his will. The highest attainable rank is 9th Degree Black Belt Masters Rank.
Clair first met Karen at a karate class in Williamsport in 1979 while she was attending Lycoming College. They were married in 1982.
Karen earned her first Degree Black Belt in 1987. Clair attained the rank of Master in 1987 and now carries his current rank of 9th Degree Black Belt.
Karen achieved her Masters rank in 1999 (below) Her current rank is 6th Degree Black Belt.
Karen joined Clair in teaching and, together, they have instructed more than 450 students. Many of their students (below) have gone on to capture state titles at the Keystone Games each year and, collectively, have won an mountain of trophies at competitions over the years.
Besides basic martial arts skills like self-defense and sparring, the Blacks teach weaponry, forms and meditation and have developed classes for flexibility and core strength that can be taken by anyone, regardless of physical limitations.
Teaching martial arts is more than a job and more of a lifestyle, Karen relates. "It is a privilege to pass on what we have learned to enrich and empower people in their own lives. Our students – even if they were there for only a short while – are like family to us. We now instruct children of the children we taught many years ago."
As opioid use, robbery, and home invasions have become more frequent, questions of personal safety are coming to the forefront, she explains. Blacks School of Martial Arts is meeting the challenge head-on. The Blacks' mission is to bring confidence and self-awareness to those who are in harm's way and to help people feel less afraid.
"We have been expanding our martial arts and self-defense classes to meet the needs of families, students and citizens of all ages," she notes. We have designed and taught self defense courses at local high schools, as well as self defense courses for many organizations like victim services and scouts."
Black's School of Martial Arts accepts students from 5 years of age and up and also has students who begin in their 50s or 60s who have achieved their black belts. "Its always a terrific mix of ages and genders, which helps the young and old alike understand and interact with everyone politely and with honor," says Karen.
The Schedule:
Beginner classes for every age are held Mondays from 6:30 to 7:30 pm
Advanced classes are on Wednesdays from 7 to 8:30 pm.
Master Karen teaches Women's Wellness classes on Tuesdays from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. On Wednesdays, from 4:30 to 5:30 pm, she teaches stretching, balance exercises, and self-defense.
For more information and to register for classes, interested readers may call 570-928-8872 or send an email to email@example.com.


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The Round Barrows
The visitor to Stonehenge has only to turn his back to the Friar's
Heel, as he stands on the Altar Stone, and he will see a typical
group of Round Barrows, seven in number. Let him remember, then,
that Wiltshire boasts of two thousand similar sepulchral mounds; and
that he can, within an easy distance of Stonehenge, find three hundred
of them, while in the same radius he will only encounter two Long
The proportion, therefore, of round to long is considerable, viz.
1:150. The figures of round and long for the entire county are
eighty-six Long to two thousand Round Barrows, or 1:24. In other words
there are five times more Round Barrows in the Stonehenge District,
than there are anywhere else in Wiltshire, taking Long and Round
Barrows together. This disproportion in distribution cannot altogether
be the result of accident; it must bespeak a special attraction for
the spot by the builders of the Barrows, and from the very fact that
Stonehenge was erected at a time when these people were first arriving
on Salisbury Plain, it does not seem extravagant to claim that they
had some reason for wishing their remains finally to rest within easy
distance of what must have been to them a sacred spot.
As already noted, these Round Barrows can be divided into three
classes: 1. The simple Bowl-shaped Barrow, that most frequently
encountered, having a diameter of from twenty to sixty feet, and a
height of from three to five feet. 2. The Bell-shaped Barrow which
reaches its highest development on the plain round Stonehenge, and is
more common and more beautiful in Wiltshire than in any other part of
Indeed, the Stonehenge Bell Barrows are the very crown of the
Sepulchral Mound on Salisbury Plain. Unlike the Long Barrow, they are
entirely surrounded by a circular ditch, from which material for the
Mound has been excavated; within the ditch is a circular area level
with the turf, from which the mound rises from five to fifteen feet in
a graceful conical form. The diameter will be upwards of one hundred
feet, so that the entire structure is considerably larger and more
impressive than the Bowl Barrow.
3. The Disc Barrow, so named by Dr. Thurnam, the great Barrow
expert, from its resemblance to a flat dish surrounded by a deep rim.
It consists of a circular area, level with surrounding turf, having a
diameter of about one hundred feet. This circular area is enclosed by
a ditch with a bank on the outside, both usually very regular and well
constructed. Within, at the centre, is a mound not more than a foot
high containing the sepulchral deposit. Occasionally there are more
than one of these minute mounds, which often escape notice by reason
of their insignificance.
It is very significant that the Disc Barrow is more plentiful around
Stonehenge than in any other part of Wiltshire. Elsewhere they are
comparatively rare.
In the Round Barrows it is not uncommon to find that the body has
been cremated before interment. In the Bowl and Bell types, about
three out of every four bodies have been so disposed of. In Dorset the
relative interments, by cremation or otherwise, is four out of five,
while in Cornwall cremation is almost universal.
Almost without exception, however, the Disc Barrows contain only
cremated remains. The existing impression is that these three forms of
Round Barrow were in use at one and the same time, but that the Bowl
Barrow was the earliest, followed by the Bell, and that the Disc is
the latest form of all. From construction, if for no other reason,
this hypothesis seems perfectly tenable.
The Barrows on the Plain were built of the materials most easily
accessible, mould, chalk, and flints, with occasional fragments of
Sarsen. As has already been recorded, fragments of Foreign Stone from
Stonehenge have been found in one of those forming the group which lay
immediately south-west of the circle, but now destroyed by
cultivation. The method of procedure was simple. A grave would in many
cases be dug sufficiently long to contain the body if buried by
inhumation in a crouching position. This grave would vary in depth
from a few inches to six feet. Sometimes blocks of Sarsen would be
built over the body to protect it. The crouching posture is specially
noteworthy. The knees are drawn up to the trunk and the legs bent on
the thighs, while the arms are closed towards the chest, and the hands
over the face. There has been some speculation as to the significance
of this particular attitude. Some have seen in it that of an unborn
infant, others the natural position in death, others again have
maintained it was the primæval posture of sleep. It seems quite
possible, however, that the position may be due to mere utilitarian
motives as being more compact for the purpose of burial. The lie of
the inhumed skeleton is usually with the head to the north; exceptions
show that the east, south-east, and south-west, have sometimes been
selected, but never due south. Interments with the head to the west,
as in Christian burial, are very rare.
When burial by cremation took place, it is evident that the actual
rite of burning took place elsewhere, and that the calcined remains
were brought to the plain for burial. In some cases the ashes were
conveyed to the spot wrapped in skins, or possibly in some rude form
of cloth; more frequently in Wiltshire they were deposited in cinerary
urns. The proportion of urn burial is as three to one. This method of
conducting the cremation at one spot, and the subsequent removal of
the ashes to another, generally considered sacred, is not uncommon,
even at the present day.
The urns were sometimes placed upright, at others they were inverted,
the latter being the more common custom. The mouths of these urns were
frequently stopped with clay, or closely packed flints. The urns vary
in size considerably from nine inches to fifteen in height, and from
about a pint to more than a bushel in capacity. A veritable giant
rather over two feet high, the largest of its kind hitherto found in
Wiltshire, is preserved in the Salisbury and South Wilts Museum.
Another only two inches less in height was recovered from a Barrow
within a third of a mile from Stonehenge.
In most cases various objects were found associated with these
interments, such as drinking-cups, food vessels, incense-cups, weapons
and ornaments.
The fictile vessels are all of a very primitive nature, being entirely
moulded by hand, and showing no trace of the use of the potter's
wheel. The body consists of a mixture of clay mixed with fine pebbles,
or pounded flint, and sometimes ground chalk or shells. For finer work
sharp sand has been employed. The firing is most primitive and
imperfect. After drying in the sun the vessel was probably baked in
the ashes of a fire of brushwood piled over and about it. The
decoration, like the other processes, bespeaks a simple culture. It is
usually in the nature of lines, or dots, varied now and then by thumb
marks, many exhibit the impress of the thumbnail. A pointed stick
would produce lines on the soft body of the vessel, so would a twisted
cord, while a rude comb of points inserted in a stick, gave a fine
dotted line. Circles, animal forms, or arabesques do not appear at
The Cinerary Urns and Incense Cups were strictly sepulchral; the Food
Vessels and Drinking Cups seem also to have been reserved for funeral
rites, as they are not found apart from the Barrows, and placed beside
the dead ceremonially, to contain provision for the Spirit in its
voyage to the distant land to which it had departed. Both Food Vessels
and Drinking Cups are rare in Wiltshire. Two were presented to the
Salisbury Museum in 1915, both of which came from Hampshire. A similar
vessel was found at Bulford in 1910, and is in the same collection.
The finds in the Round Barrows are not, however, confined to
pottery. Weapons, some of stone, some of bronze, and occasional
ornaments of gold and amber shed further light upon this departed race
of Salisbury Plain. Although this people has been referred to as a
Bronze Age people, it does not follow that their weapons were made
exclusively of that material. In all ages there is a perceptible
overlap from the former culture. In much later days the bow and arrow
lingered on long after the introduction of fire-arms; so, too, in
these early times, the stone implement was used side by side with the
more recent metal one. Axes both perforated and unperforated have been
found, but it is distinctly significant of an advancing culture, that
the perforated axes outnumber the older form. Several of these stone
hammer-axes have been found associated with bronze daggers and celts,
showing that the use of stone and bronze was contemporaneous.
Dagger blades of flint have also been found in barrows, though not
commonly. Four such blades, which might perhaps have been javelin
heads, were found in one barrow at Winterbourne Stoke. They represent
a very high standard of workmanship, and elegance of form and finish.
Three are of a delicate leaf-shape, while the fourth is
lozenge-shaped. Flint arrow-heads when found are always finely barbed.
The bronze objects, however, are in excess of those of stone, thus
showing that the new bronze was displacing the older flint implement.
Moreover, all the bronze weapons are of an early type. This is of some
considerable importance, since it would seem to indicate that the
Barrows were erected very shortly after Stonehenge, which it will be
remembered has been referred to an early period of the Bronze Age.
Certainly only a very short interval separates the completion of
Stonehenge and the building of the Barrows; or to put it in other
words, before Stonehenge was built there only existed two, or perhaps
three, Long Barrows upon the Plain; but when it was finished, Barrows
to the number of three hundred grew up around it, and all these
Barrows, from their contents, belong to a period almost identical with
that of the Stone Circle itself.
No other Barrows in Wiltshire have been so productive of bronze
daggers as those about Stonehenge. In some cases it has been possible
to recover portions of the ornamental sheaths in which they lay. Their
handles were of wood, strengthened occasionally with an oval pommel of
bone. In some cases, gold pins have been hammered into the wood to
form a zig-zag pattern.
Personal ornaments also occur among the Barrow finds; more usually
they are of amber, sometimes of gold, and occasionally of bronze.
Ornaments of amber have been found in thirty-three barrows; the
quality of the material is usually red and transparent, though
sometimes a paler variety has been employed. These ornaments are
mostly necklaces, either of beads, or of graduated plates perforated
and strung together. One found at Lake consisted of nearly two hundred
beads and plates, and when worn must have extended halfway down to the
Ornaments of gold were found in seven barrows. Many of these were
built up upon a wooden mould, the gold being hammered on, and fastened
by indentation.
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"Self Composting Toilet" or "Bucket and Chuck it"
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 5:03 pm
Just wish to know opinions and reasons, I have no choice as I live in a Caravan (she called it a mobile home before she left) but I am in the reality of life, I have a bucket and chuck it system. Once a week said bucket is tipped into a 45 gallon drum (Quite distance from the van, I must add) along with veg peelings, paper, cardboard and any other stuff that will rot down.
Am I doing it right or is there an easier way
Am I doing it right or is there an easier way


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Heading into Monday's session, the S&P had gone for 34 consecutive trading sessions in which it hadn't experienced an intraday move greater than 1%: according to the WSJ's Market Data Group, this was the longest such streak going back over two decades, to 1995. And, following the Monday close, the market made history when it ended yet another day by being confined to a 1% trading range. This made it 35 consecutive sessions without an intraday move of 1% or more. With Tuesday's somnolent market action and virtually unchanged close, the streak extended to 36 consecutive sessions – the longest streak in history.
This post was published at Zero Hedge on Feb 7, 2017.


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When Bob Marley announced plans to hold a concert in an attempt to quell the violence. Politicians from both parties were hoping to capitalize on Marley's support. While Marley remained neutral, many viewed him as tacitly supporting Manley and the PNP.
At 8:30 pm, on December 3, 1976, two days before the Smile Jamaica concert, seven men with guns raided Marley's house at 56 Hope Road. Marley and his band were on break from rehearsal. Marley's wife, Rita, was shot in the head in her car in the driveway. The gunmen shot Marley in the chest and arm. His manager, Don Taylor, was shot in the legs and torso. Band employee, Louis Griffiths took a bullet to his torso as well. Astonishingly, there were no fatalities.


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by Mike Benson
He was faithful in his attendance.
He was a top student—the kind every Bible school teacher longs for. He was a gifted and disciplined pupil. As a boy he managed to memorize all of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John and could quote all four accounts, without a break, in one sitting.
Little Nikita regularly made his way to Sunday school in his home town of Kalonovka, Russia. The local priest offered him candy as an enticement to not only attend, but memorize.
Decades later, as the leader of his country, he continued to cite those very same passages he had once repeated in his youth, but this time from an entirely different context.
The once ardent Bible wiz-kid quoted the Scriptures out of avarice and with a spirit of atheistic reproach. Sure, he quoted the Bible, but not because of his love for the mind of God, but because he needed fuel to attack anyone who espoused faith.
Yes, that pug-nosed, rambunctious little boy who learned the Word was none other than the former Communist dictator, Nikita Khrushchev.
THOUGHT: It is one thing to be able to quote the Scriptures—even Satan could do that (cf. Matthew 4). It's another thing entirely to have a strong desire for that which the Word teaches.
"Now all the people gathered together as one man in the open square that was in front of the Water Gate; and they told Ezra to bring the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded Israel… Then he read from it in the open square that was in front of the Water Gate from morning until midday, before the men and women who could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law" (Nehemiah 8:1, 3).


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Alert system for failing nuclear plant pipes uses thin films and sound vibrations
Oct. 24, 2019—A failing pipe can be tough to spot. It may cause a puddle, produce another sign of damage, or simply burst before detection. A flooded kitchen or laundry room is messy and inconvenient, but the stakes are much, much higher in nuclear power plants – which on average contain many miles of pipeline. As concern...
The 'shine' in gold particles has a new use – finding defects
Jul. 10, 2018—Researchers have developed a technique of infusing tiny gold nanoparticles into plastic polymer used in 3D printed materials. With this method, the gold nanoparticles "light up" and can find defects.
Spinach protein and blackberry dye give juice to biohybrid solar cells
Feb. 23, 2018—Combining a natural dye from blackberries with photosynthetic proteins extracted from spinach leaves increases the voltage of biohybrid solar cells by a factor of 20.
Mood ring materials – a new way to detect damage in failing infrastructure
Nov. 21, 2016—"Mood ring materials" constitute a new type of smart sensing technology that could play an important role in minimizing and mitigating damage to the nation's failing infrastructure.
Search committee seeks nominees for dean of the Graduate School
Sep. 10, 2015—A committee comprising faculty and graduate students will conduct the search for the next dean of the Graduate School.
Spinach power gets a major boost
Sep. 4, 2012—Vanderbilt researchers have combined the photosynthetic protein that converts light into electrochemical energy in spinach with silicon, the material used in solar cells, in a fashion thatproduces substantially more electrical current than has been reported by previous "biohybrid" solar cells.
Vanderbilt honors top graduates during Commencement
May. 11, 2012—Top scholars from Vanderbilt University's undergraduate and professional schools are being honored with Founder's Medals during Commencement on Friday, May 11.
Senior design team wins $90K EPA grant for spinach-powered solar cell
Apr. 25, 2012—At the Eighth Annual National Sustainable Design Expo, a team of Vanderbilt engineering seniors won the Marketplace Innovation Award, Student Choice Award and a $90,000 Phase II grant from the EPA for a biohybrid solar panel that substitutes expensive silicon wafers with a protein derived from spinach.
Engineering team demos spinach-powered solar cell at EPA competition
Apr. 20, 2012—Five Vanderbilt engineering seniors will be on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., April 21-23 to demonstrate a solar panel that uses spinach to capture and convert the sun's energy to electricity.
Discoveries show value of federal support
Oct. 13, 2011—An update on federally funded projects at Vanderbilt and their impact on efforts to improve education, protect people from disease and meet our nation's energy needs.
Stamping out low cost nanodevices
May. 31, 2011—A team of Vanderbilt engineers have developed a rapid and low-cost imprinting process that can stamp out a variety of devices that have unique optical, electrical, chemical and mechanical properties.
Kane Jennings: Solar Energy Conversion Inspired by Nature's Engineering
May. 17, 2011—Watch video of G. Kane Jennings, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, speaking at the Commencement 2011 Faculty Seminars. He received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Auburn University in 1993, his M.S. in Chemical Engineering Practice from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1996, and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute...


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THREE years ago, when Connie Steensma and Richard Prins discovered they were going to have a baby after 15 years of marriage, they made the usual series of phone calls. First they called their parents. Then they called their architect.
''We wanted light and space, and we wanted to stay here 40 to 50 years,'' said Ms. Steensma, whose company, Accel Communications, trains executives in public speaking. Her husband is a partner at the Manhattan law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. Both are 39 years old.
Their architect, Patricia Sapinsley, transformed their four-story Upper West Side brownstone into a bold juxtaposition of fragility and indestructibility. The renovation exemplifies a new direction many architects are taking, retaining the industrial-inspired design elements and imagery of the last decade, but softening them. It is a style that might be dubbed ''silk and steel.''
The architectural elements - the steel staircase, exposed steel beams and curved steel wall - are hard-edged, delineating space in no uncertain terms. The gray terrazzo floors throughout are stark, tough and childproof. Each of the four floors measures 60 by 19 1/2 feet, and a 50-foot-high stairwell topped by a skylight cuts through the center of the structure.
''The idea of exposing the steel, of exposing the building material, was partly economics,'' Ms. Sapinsley said. It was cheaper, she pointed out, to put in a steel support system and leave it exposed. Even so, gutting the 10 small rental apartments into which the building had been carved, installing a new electrical system and a central air-conditioning system and furnishing the house from scratch cost $500,000.
What softens the 5,000-square-foot space is a lavish and inspired use of fabric. Windows are covered by 20-foot lengths of peach muslin swagged over white muslin curtains. A piece of hand-embroidered Moroccan silk is casually draped over a marble shelf. Moroccan and Turkish rugs are scattered throughout the house, sometimes alone, but often overlapped in groups of twos or threes so they stand out against the vast expanses of terrazzo. The rugs, shawls and tapestries are all part of Ms. Steensma's collection, which she has gathered all her life.
Even the front door, which is made of wrought iron and glass, is curtained in draped white muslin. After one enters, what first attracts the eye is the glint of steel. A large curved steel wall, which screens off Ms. Steensma's study, leads into the formal living room on the first floor. Sunlight pours down through the skylight, making the steel sparkle.
The house is flooded with light, but the quality of light changes according to the weather and time of day. ''Most brownstones get no variation of light,'' Ms. Sapinsley said. At night, the skylight, which measures 6 by 12 feet, is spotlighted from underneath.
At right angles to the fireplace, whose curve echoes that of the steel wall, there are French doors, which Sayzie Carr, a Manhattan stylist and painter, draped voluptuously in peach and white muslin.
Peach walls add yet more warmth to what could have been a cavernous house. First, a coat of white plaster was applied over the Sheetrock walls. Mr. Prins, who created the color scheme, mixed red watercolor paint with lots of water, and did the same with yellow paint. Then he washed the wall with a soft badger brush, painting red in one direction, then painting yellow in another. The result is a slightly dappled effect of broad streaks of peach, with glimpses of white underneath.
The staircase, which is made of the same stainless-steel grating used for commercial buildings, looks tough, industrial and perhaps even dangerous for a house with two small children: Richard, who is 2 1/2 years old, and Mark, who is 10 months old. But it is childproof. Ms. Steensma's father, Arthur, a retired engineer who lives in Wyckoff, N.J., bought sheets of clear plastic and clamped them to the railings. The plastic provides an almost invisible barrier that prevents the children from tumbling off. But when the children get older, it can be unscrewed, Ms. Steensma said. Guard doors were added at the top of each flight of stairs.
The first-floor living room, with its gray-suede Eileen Gray sofa and grand piano, is consciously elegant. The second floor, the family floor, is more informal; it includes another living room, the dining room and the kitchen. The sofa and easy chairs, which were designed by Alan Buchsbaum, are overstuffed and oversized. The chairs, covered in a white, peach and celadon cotton geometric print, are so wide that an adult and a child can nestle side by side in one. The windows at either end of the floor have the same peach and white muslin curtains and window seats covered in beige raw silk.
There is also a granite-sheathed bathroom dividing the living and dining areas. To contrast with the granite, Ms. Steensma hung a gold and white hand-embroidered Moroccan robe. A marble counter jutting out from a wall of the bathroom is draped with a piece of gold silk, on which sit a collection of pewter vessels.
The wrought-iron Art Deco dining room table and chairs, which were designed by Jean Michelet, date from the 1930's. ''You can rock back on the chairs and think at first you might tip over, but you don't,'' Ms. Steensma said. This is where she cradles her children when they wake up in the middle of the night.
On the third floor, there are two bedrooms, both with window seats, and two bathrooms, whose design departs radically from the rest of the house. ''It's noisy and lively,'' said Ms. Sapinsley, who designed a red, blue and yellow geometric-tile pattern in the white-tiled bathrooms that suggests the designs of Russian Constructivist artists.
The top floor, with three more bedrooms, is unfinished. Rooms are unfurnished, walls unpainted. But even among the sparseness, there is a little magic. ''At night,'' Ms. Steensma said, ''if you're up here and look at the skylight, you can see the stars.''


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What is a Silver Wolf? A Silver Wolf is Voracious.
What is a Silver Wolf? A Silver Wolf is Voracious.
There is nothing wrong with trying something that didn't end up working. There is something wrong with failing to change it. Learn from this John Wooden quote.
Every stage of life requires a different approach. Which stage are you in?
While there are many times that require careful thought, moments of opportunity can happen in an instant. In those times, take this Andrew Jackson quote into account.
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I've had a love hate relationship with shorts.
I have always loved the idea of them. They look phenomenally chic, keep you cool in the heat, and are super easy for pulling on over a swimsuit after a day at the beach.
Yet shorts have rarely loved me. I'm a 5ft10 woman with thunder thighs and big hips. My butt, more often than not, has eaten the shorts turning them into little more than a thong. That or they've rolled up around my thunder thighs and caused painful chaffing.
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This project holds an insight into the feelings and emotions I felt everyday as a teenager in denial of my sexuality. I wanted to explore ideas of frustration, obsession and shame.
People in the closet live in constant shame of who they are, being careful of what they say or how they act - in fear of being found out.
I share this documentation of personal images and self-portraits in hope to educate others with no understanding of the internal suffering I faced, and many others face right now. To the ones in the closet,
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Plimsoll Building
Description of Plimsoll Building
Plimsoll Building is a residential building in King's Cross, London N1.
The Plimsoll Building is set alongside Regent's Canal overlooking Gasholder No 8 park.
Most of the apartments have a balcony or terrace and many have beautiful views through the gasholder guideframe towards the canal, or out over the heritage buildings at the heart of King's Cross.
- 24-hour concierge
- Private gardens
- Private dining space
- Business lounge
- Residents' gym
178 private apartments and 77 affordable rented homes were available at the Plimsoll Building. The affordable homes were being provided in partnership with the Dolphin Square Foundation.
The Plimsoll Building is named in honour of Samuel Plimsoll, an important politician and social reformer in Victorian Britain.
Next to Tapestry Apartments building.
April 2015 - Show apartment designed by Studio Ashby opens.
14. March 2014 Freshwater phase launched with 40 private flats. Prices for private sale started at £430,000 and were available through agent Knight Frank.
TransportThe nearest tube, train and bus stations.
East-midlands-railway, Southeastern, Thameslink
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Open House at Plimsoll Building 23rd March 2017!
The Plimsoll Building - Stay home for the best of city life.
When it comes to an address, King's Cross has it all - right at the heart of London. Unbeatable connections, the historic Regent's Canal, beautiful parks, gardens and squares, education, shopping, eating, culture, its very own Everyman Cinema and Paris in just over two hours.
Two and three bedroom apartments from £995,000.*
Visit the show apartment and marketing suite Monday to Friday by appointment. For sales team contact details please visit plimsollkingscross.co.uk.
SES Engineering Services has marked the culmination of its mechanical and engineering (M&E) contract on a landmark development at one of the most significant new parts of central London.
Working alongside main contractor Carillion, SES has successfully provided full M&E services to more than 255 apartments across 10 floors of The Plimsoll Building in King's Cross.
This innovative project, which saw SES utilise its industry-leading 'build before you build' approach, has attracted widespread praise from the engineering industry.
The Plimsoll Building project saw SES utilise world-leading off-site manufacturing and pre-fabrication techniques to design and install 255 service cupboards, one for each apartment, which incorporated all essential mechanical and electrical plant and equipment.
These installations - including a heat interface unit, heat recovery unit, underfloor heating manifolds, consumer unit, BT Home Hub and space for a washing machine – represent a major efficiency and safety innovation. Created off-site, these units would otherwise have required multiple trades on site working in a congested area, representing a major logistical and health and safety issue.
In addition, the PRISM facility has delivered all of the main service risers covering seven riser shafts each extending over 50m incorporating 3km of finished and tested pipework, ductwork and electrical containment. Each was designed specifically with pre-fabrication in mind to deliver valuable efficiencies at every stage of the build.
Tim Cunningham, Regional Director for London and South East at SES said: "This has been a challenging project but our site team have all worked exceptionally hard and remained positive to ensure that the project was handed over on time.
"Our PRISM facility is at the forefront of M&E installations, meaning we can offer the most effective solutions to even the most technically complex projects, adding real value to our clients.
"The client team is delighted with the end result and we look forward to completing other projects in the area."
Mr Cunningham adds that the pioneering manufacturing and pre-fabrication techniques to design and install more than 250 service cupboards have resulted in a significant reduction in the forecasted construction period as well as a safer workplace.
Source: Wates www.wates.co.uk
The show apartment designed by Studio Ashby was unveiled last week, reports City A.M. - A vision for the future of King's Cross: Show apartment is unveiled at The Plimsoll Building http://www.cityam.com/214407/vision-future-king-s-cross.
Final release of two and three bedroom apartments at The Plimsoll Building in King's Cross!
Spectacular views across the Regent's Canal and the capital; with terraces and balconies around a landscaped courtyard. Dedicated concierge , private gym and residents' rooms, and a rooftop conservatory and gallery space.
Prices for two-bedroom homes start from £1,060,000.
For further information, availability and prices please visit www.plimsollkingscross.co.uk.
Via Homes & Property, Evening Standard, 1.10.2014
On Friday the 14th March an initial collection of 40 contemporary homes are released in the Plimsoll Building in King's Cross.
More information is available at: www.kingscross.co.uk/plimsoll.
*DISCLAIMER! Information on this page is for guidance only and remains subject to change. Buildington does not sell or let this property. For more information about this property please register your interest on the original website or get in touch with the Connected Companies.


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EDITORS NOTE: For the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, indieWIRE will be publishing interviews with filmmakers in the Discovery section of the festival, which TIFF describes as a showcase for new and emerging filmmakers from contemporary international cinema.
Having its International Premiere in the Discovery section of the Toronto International Film Festival, Eva Sorhaug's "Cold Lunch" follows the paths of five characters who intersect in the Oslo district of Majorstua. TIFF describes that after one character, Christer, "disconnects a main fuse in his building in an attempt to save the rent money he mistakenly placed into the laundry, he sets off a chain reaction of consequential events that will change the lives of a caretaker and his daughter, and a new mother and her child." Sorhaug spoke to indieWIRE about "Cold Lunch," and her hopes for Toronto.
What initially attracted you to filmmaking and did that interest evolve while making your film?
Escapism. I grew up in the suburbs of Oslo with a small local cinema and a VCR player. I used to watch the same movie three times in a row at night. Afterwards I would hurry into bed so I could continue to dream my way inside the universe of the film before going to sleep. The world seemed so much bigger and more exciting than the one I was living in. When I became older it was the idea of mastering the art of storytelling with moving pictures that appealed to me.
Now, after having completed my first feature, I'm hungry for more. I feel I haven't even started to be honest. It was a great relief to do Cold Lunch. Translating my thoughts and ideas onto the screen and seeing how it works, was extremely exciting. So a definite YES, my interest evolved while making the film.
Please discuss how the idea for your film came about…
Both the writer, Per Schreiner, and I are fascinated by people's reluctance to change, and how that can be very self-destructive. So on this project I challenged Per Schreiner, to write scenes on the topic that would last for a minimum of three minutes in one shot. It is a continuation of our earlier work together. We have done several shorts in the past. He wrote some brilliant scenes, and we developed that into a feature screenplay.
We have also tried to go against as many traditional film conventions as possible within a certain degree. Like portraying characters that don't change, play with open structure where you don't get any answers at the end, leave out the background stories of the characters. Making unlikable characters come across as sympathetic and vice versa.
Please elaborate on your approach to making the film, including your influences as well as your overall goals for the project.
I wanted to create a beautiful visual universe where ugliness evolved. I focused on a cast with experience, but casted them in roles that are unlike their previous characters. Without extremely good acting I would not have a movie worth watching, particularly since most of the film is wide shots that last forever, I could never edit around the acting.
I composed the shots so that the audience felt that they where in the room as an observer, leaving them with no way out. I wanted people to feel the atmosphere and situations creep up on them. I paid close attention to art direction and wardrobe. Since the movie doesn't spell out who these people are it became very important to convey the characters through their personal style and living environment. Every little detail that could point in any direction as to who they were, I needed.
My overall goal was to make an art movie that didn't feel like one. To make it accessible to as many people as possible, without compromising the story and my artistic vision. I looked to several different directors while preparing for this film, some of them are: Tarantino, Altman, Kubrik, T. Anderson, Bergman and Baz Lurhman.
What were some of the biggest challenges you faced?
Editing. I ended up spending time trying to intercut between the scenes, when the movie was directed and intended to let the scenes be played out in full. I ended up with a really bad screening before I managed to get back onto the horse and continue what I had started.
What is your next project?
I am not sure. I am trying to write a crooked Christmas story. But I am open for new exciting projects.
What are your goals for the Toronto International Film Festival?
My goal must be to get as many as possible to see the film, sell it and generate more work. And of course enjoy the festival.
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Are you planning to give your bathroom a small bath makeover? There are different advantages and disadvantages of doing it.
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(Reuters) - Europe's home appliance maker Electrolux ELUXb.ST said on Tuesday that it will report a smaller loss for the second quarter of 2020 than previously anticipated, with operating income estimated at about 100 million crown.
The Swedish company, a rival of U.S. appliance group Whirlpool Corp WHR.N said the reason for the report of smaller loss for the second quarter of 2020 was due to sales growth in June and successful cost mitigation actions.
Net sales in the second quarter are estimated to be approximately 23.5 billion crowns, a decrease of 17% organically, the company said.
In June, the company had organic sales growth of 3% year-over-year, it added.
In its first quarter interim report, the company said that it expects a significant second-quarter loss due to the impact of the coronavirus and saw sales plunge 30% in April.
As lockdown restrictions in its major markets have been gradually lifted, the company said markets in Europe have developed more positively than expected in the latter part of the quarter.
The maker of brands such as Frigidaire and Anova reported first-quarter earnings in May well above expectations, but said the impact of the coronavirus affected operations with an increasing force towards the end of the quarter and into April.
Electrolux said all the figures are preliminary and unaudited.
The company will publish its second quarter 2020 results on July 17.
Reporting by Sabahatjahan Contractor in Bengaluru; Editing by Nick Zieminski
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José Mourinho, former head coach of Manchester United, Chelsea, Real Madrid and Italian Inter will work on TV.
In March, the Portuguese specialist will host a show on RT channel. Mourinho will make predictions for the matches, as well as will express expert opinion on the Champions League playoffs, RT said.
"Covering the world championship for RT was a great experience for me, and I am happy to continue working with this wonderful team," Mourinho said.
The 56-year-old Portuguese coach left Manchester United in December after heading it sine 2016. During that time, the football players of Manchester United won the FA Community Shield, the EFL Cup and Europa League.
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The issue of human rights is still problematic as it is still open to interpretations by the countries who have signed the Human Rights Treaty. Ironically, the governments who abuse human rights most are those who defend their records on respecting them. They accuse those seeking their rights as trouble makers or as a threat to national security.
Many countries are ruled by despotic regimes, with leaders seeking all means to stay in power by silencing their opponents through death, torture and imprisonment.
There are two countries in the news today which are an example of the violation of human rights: Zimbabwe and Burma. In Zimbabwe, there were many reported incidents of people victims of cruel physical assaults following the general elections. The government seemed to be doing nothing about it, by for example, opening an inquiry. In Burma, people hit by the cyclone are left exposed to hunger and disease for more than three weeks because of the military regime, despite the enthusiasm of the international community to help them.
These two cases show the impotence of the international community to intervene to put things right. There are sometimes political calculations. The West and other big countries like China and India turn a blind eye to the abuses of the human rights by regimes as long as they serve their interests.
What pressure can be put on governments abusing human rights to respect them? Are economic sanctions effective to make abusive regimes change their policies?
There are many illegal immigrants crossing to Europe mainly from Africa. What rights do these immigrants have to seek a better life?
My third question is about the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state:
On the Algerian territory, there are displaced people from Western Sahara who live in camps. They have been there since 1975. Many want to return to their homeland, but they are prevented by the Polisario Front fighting Morocco over this territory. Anyone caught trying to escape is subject to torture and imprisonment. Shouldn't there be international pressure on this front to allow these people the freedom to live where they want to regardless of the differences it has with Morocco?


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NHRC Chapter News Update August 2019
Category: General
I hope you all enjoyed your summer. Now it's time for back to school, preparing for fall and the remainder of the year. We have some great PDE'S scheduled for the rest of this year. In addition, the feedback we have received from several members is to offer PDE's at the start of the workday. I am happy to announce that our September PDE is a morning session and our November PDE will be held in the late afternoon.
Upcoming Events:
- August 15th, DuPage SHRM is hosting a Health and Wellness Fair from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. at Connor & Gallagher OneSource, 750 Warrenville Road, Suite 400, Lisle, IL. This is a free event for all NHRC members to attend. They expect to have 20 plus exhibitors and will raffle some amazing prizes. Attendee's will earn 1 SHRM and 1 HRCI Credit. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to: [email protected]
- NHRC's September 12th PDE Topic is: Mitigating Workplace Violence and When Terminations Go Wrong This PDE will be held from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM at Gallagher's office at 2850 Golf Road, Rolling Meadows. Our speaker is Larry Lindenman a Retired Illinois State Police Lieutenant and SWAT team member.
- September 18th is NHRC's next Young Professionals Network Group meeting. Our plan moving forward is to meet every other month. Meeting place TBD.
- September 22 – 24th ILSHRM Conference & Exposition will be held at Drury Lane Theater in Oakbrook, IL. For your convenience, there's a registration link on our website to sign up for the conference.
- October 3rd is our next HR Roundtable that meets at 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM. Topic is: Illinois Salary Ban. Location TBA.
- NHRC's October 10th PDE Topic is: A TED Talk session regarding Benefits, Compensation and Employee Engagement to be held at Chandlers at the Schaumburg Golf Club in Schaumburg, 11:15 AM - 1:30 PM.
- NHRC's November 7th PDE Topic is: An interactive session on Respect in the Workplace to be held at Assurance Agency's new offices in Schaumburg at 3:00 PM followed by a social networking event.
As always, please let us know if you have any questions.
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The trailer of X-Men Dark Phoenix is officially released on 13th May 2019. It is a movie produced by 20th century fox. Dark Phoenix movie official release date is 5 June 2019.
Cast and Crew of Dark Phoenix movie
Sophie turner who is popular for her role as Sansa stark in Game of thrones is being featured as the dark phoenix.
Dark Phoenix features top notch actors. Listing a few of them below:
- Sophie turner as Jean grey
- Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique
- Jessica chastain as Smith
- James McAvoy as Professor X
- Michael Fassbender as Magneto
- Tye sheridan as Cyclops
- Alexandra shipp as Storm
- Kodi smit McPhee as Nightcrawler
- Evan peters as Quicksilver
- Olivia munn as Psylocke
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On unique continuation for nonlinear elliptic equations
On unique continuation for nonlinear elliptic equations
Luis Silvestre, University of Chicago
Fine Hall 314
We will discuss the following issue: if two solutions of a nonlinear elliptic equation coincide in a small ball, do they necessarily coincide everywhere? The problem is fairly well understood in the linear setting, but it is open for most interesting nonlinear elliptic equations. We will analyze the difficulties of the problem and prove a result in arguably the simplest case in which one cannot linearize the equation a priori.