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Yes, the dancers said the same thing about bebop* needless to say... in a sense they were right... jazz like tango nuevo and Bossa nova became an art music. (Desifinado's Portuguese lyric is a response to how people said Jobim destroyed the samba with his 'wrong notes')
Just like Bach...
(Although I have heard stories of enthusiastic English eccentrics dancing the sarabande at Bach cello recitals. Not sure how I'd deal with that haha. I like people dancing at my gigs though.)
* I'm aware many boppers would contest this including Barry, but there's no doubt jazz declined as a social dance music after the war.
Bossa Nova lives!
Indeed it does
Last week I replied in wrong thread. Why on Earth two similar threads with similar titles and similar content? Now I post my one week old reply here instead:
"No styles of music are dead. They need each other to survive. Bossa nova is samba music dressed in jazz clothes. Without jazz music, bossa nova would've been just samba music. Like someone other said, there's no danger of mixing apples and oranges. It's still music, right?"
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Originally Posted by JCat
Hi, J,
I don't think Dizzy would agree, nor would I, with your assessment of the trumpet players chops in the first video in comparison to his playing. Her playing was cold, lifeless and academic, in my opinion. However, Stephanie's guitar playing, in the second video, is first-rate. She plays with great style, feeling and execution. What's the deal with the all-girl orchestra in the first video? Who are they? Good playing . . . Marinero
Originally Posted by Marinero
My purpose was to highlight the fusion between classical music and jazz, here represented by the composer Astor Piazzolla, and the sound when interpreted on lead trumpet.
"Jazz" means a whole lot of different things to different people. We often like to associate it with improvisation, but there are many genres that contain improvisation that neither qualify, nor claim to be jazz. And I bet there's jazz without improvisation. Parts of a solo, or even the entire solo, could be written and rehearsed (i.e not improvised). Most of the time the audience couldn't tell. -When does it matter and to whom? I guess that Tine's solo is written and rehearsed, that would be the common classical approach. The solo is performed with precision, yet soulful and lyrical.
I'm influenced by Dizzy's compositions, the sound of the music he wrote. He didn't bop with a silencer all the time. Con Alma was written 1954, incorporating Latin rhythm in jazz a few years ahead of the Bossa Nova craze:
Originally Posted by JCat
Jazz musicians played with him, like Barney Kessell, but his music has one foot in the concert hall. A classical take on it is appropriate. He wrote scores.
Bit of course Piazzolla was also a tango musician through and through....
Originally Posted by christianm77
Piazzolla erases the boundaries between "jazz" and classical music. I love it. And it reminds me of the great Broadway composers who were educated in classical music and wrote the evergreens that later became Jazz standards. It makes me wonder about the differences, if there are any differences and if so, what these may be....drums and base? vocals/lyrics? instrument settings? solos/impros? venue? freedom? or just the scores? (Big band Jazz is documented in scores too)... After all, "Jazz" may just be a marketing/target segment pop concept.
I also realize that Libertango has become a "new" standard even though It was written recently, just 45 years ago
Yeah I mean ultimately there's just music, right?
But I never feel comfortable describing various Latin American African diaspora musics as jazz, and certainly not tango, Nuevo or otherwise. Tango predates jazz for one thing...
there is certainly a jazz influence in Piazolla (night in Tunisia in the bridge of Libertango anyone?) but it is a jazz influence brought into tango, just as jazz musicians might bring a tango influence into American jazz.
And would US jazz musicians get the feel of Piazolla's music right away? No... they need training and even then it will never be like a musician born in Argentina.
from interviews it seems Piazolla was always balancing the limitations but authentic feel of tango musicians against the virtuosity but lack of tango feel of classical and jazz players. The former could get the feel and understood the ornaments and effects, but couldn't deal with the complexity; the latter vice versa.
I'd feel equally uncomfortable describing Choro or samba as jazz... or ragtime for that matter. Or show music of the early 20th century....
Bossa obviously again has that jazz influence, and overlaps.. but I don't feel it is jazz itself.
Originally Posted by christianm77
"Autumn Leaves" one of the most popular standards around here was composed by Joseph Kosma of Hungary. Nothing Afro-American about that.
So, these composers got associated with Jazz because Afro-American musicians played their songs in a certain fashion and people got dancing feet and did the Jive.
Tango is music associated with the Tango rhythm, Bossa is music associated with the Samba rhythm and every dance that got hip got its own music, Rumba, Mambo, Square dance, Line dance, Minuet, Wiener Walz, Disco dance etc...
From the 20s and on the Afro-Americans did Swing dances like Jitterbug, Lindy-hop and Jive. The music was called Jazz. Now we're stuck with Hip-hop for the last 30 years. Ain't nobody dancing no more... save for the pole dance.
Stan Getz promoted the Jazz-Samba. He was an American with Ukrainian roots. Piazzollas grandfather moved from Italy to Argentine, Astor moved to NYC, later he stayed in Italy for a while and wrote Libertango. The mix of influences make things happen.
Hi, Jcat,
My only point in regards to Helseth's playing was that she's not a Jazzer . . . she's Classical, ergo to compare her playing to Dizzy is not a good comparison. And, it has nothing to do with improvisation but rather her "sound." I am both a Jazzer and Classically trained musician. Her sound is clear, consise and her technique flawless. However, when comparing the warmth of trumpet players like Miles, Chet Baker, Randy Brecker, Roy Hargrove and, of course, Wynton Marsalis--a true hybrid, she exists in another world. No big deal but I thought using her as an example didn't work other than that she played the music. Most average classical players, in my opinion, lack the warmth and personality of an average Jazzer. I think it's in the head . . . since they(Classical) usually are better trained technically. But . . . music is more than black dots on paper. Interesting videos, though J. Thanks. Good playing . . . Marinero
Originally Posted by Marinero
Point taken, Like Christian I hear "A Night In Tunisia" in "Libertango". Then I associate to the composer; Dizzy Gillespie. It's actually hard not to when Libertango is played on Trumpet. Other than that I really like Tines tone.
Here's Dominick Farinacci with a slightly more a jazzy approach for you. There's a Vibraphone too, and some nice improvisations.
Originally Posted by JCat
Rock & Roll killed Bossa Nova and I got proof:
Elvis is jumping the shark
I think there is a great harmonic compatibility between jazz and bossa-nova, this without diminishing Jobim's contribution. Rhythmically, it's a different matter, and in jazz-bossa, we are often far from João Gilberto, except when he is present, of course, with Getz
bossa-nova fashion in jazz is accompanied by a reduction in the playing of bassists who no longer has anything of the rhythmic charm of Latin American music in general. The problem with Afro-Cubans is sometimes found. Fortunately Dizzy went through this, with Chano Pozzo...
I had a trio with saxophonist and a Colombian percussionist. It was quite difficult to get along rhythmically, the sax and I on binary themes, the percussionist on the ternary swing of jazz
later I worked the djembe in a group of African percussion and congas. The rhythmic setting, like that of the bass (Cachao type), is very different from jazz
I recently re-listened to a Grant Green album, The Latin Bit, with a Cuban rhythm with the excellent Willie Bobo to the drums Carlos Potato Valdez at congas. From the guitarist's point of view, the record is far from being his best, accumulation of his bluesy licks, but in terms of binary groove, it is very good and better than ternary swing
to return to jazz and bossa nova, I think a little-known source is Bud Shank's recordings with Laurindo Almeida, in the early 50'. From the point of view of the atmosphere, it's pretty close to the bossa that will come with Jobim and jazz
Originally Posted by Patlotch
Hi, P,
The first was a "potboiler," the second lacked something?, but the third was a nice sound with Shank's alto reminiscent of Getz's ground breaking Bossa albums. Bossa is not Jazz and Jazz is not Bossa. It has its own feel, it has a strong tradition of, in my opinion, a dream-like melody accompanied by mellifluous accompaniment. Ergo, tunes like: Girl from Ipanema, Meditcao, One Note Samba, Corvocado, Desfinado, etc. etc. Bossa is its own genre. It has its own traditions. And, when played well . . . it is not a step down from Jazz. Here's Vinicius de Moraes And Maria Creuza in the Bossa Classic: "Eu Se Que Te Amar" in a very artsy rendition with some very tasty guitar. Good playing . . .Marinero
Originally Posted by bossa
Remember, Jobim was himself controversial: Some Samba purists and the poor from the favelas said his music was watered-down Samba played by and for the middle class living around Ipanema...
Originally Posted by djg
as for finding it one of Grant Green's best records, each his opinion. The own of afficianodas is often to be unconditional. This one is full of licks and cliches, certainly its trademark, but for me, it does not support to be re-listened several times, it quickly becomes boring. I actually listen to this records for Patato Valdez of which I am a fan
Hey 2bop is that a picture of Wes? I can't tell?
the other "White Album"
we talked a lot about Jobim, but without João Gilberto, no Bossa-Nova
Originally Posted by Patlotch
Originally Posted by joelf
I became aware of this peculiarity by playing with a Colombian percussionist inspired by music of African origin, and working the djembe and drum in a West African music group. Even Elvin Jones was surprised when he went there in the late 1970s I think. It has to do with the perception of beat and polyrhythm. Between Gilberto's singing and guitar there is a subtle polyrhythm
In fact the bossa nova is based on a clave (batida) 3/2 or 2/3, which, most of the time, disappears in bossa-nova-jazz, including changes of chords on the 4th beat. We find the same problem when we compare the Afro-Cuban rhythms of Cachao or Bebo Valdés for example and Afro-Cuban in a jazz context. Afro Cubans play on different versions of clave, while jazzmen play on the 4/4. The perception of the beat is different from the start. It seems to me that it is only later that the osmosis is successful (Tânia Maria, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Michel Camilo...)
With that, there is the relationship to spoken language, Brazilian Portuguese is quite far from English
Moreover, Gilberto was very jealous of his guitar chords, which he tended to hide. I don't know how he adapted Jobim's piano...
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And, here's Los Maestros with the sound that brought Bossa to America. Good playing . . . Marinero
Originally Posted by Marinero
you can clearly hear the bossa's clave, it's very clear at the start of the tune. They're all stuck on it, except maybe Getz, but it doesn't matter, it hovers, on a great rhythm in this record, which I didn't know. Thanks
personally, I did not have too much problem to play the clave by tapping the foot in two, or to spot the different claves by listening to music: 3/2 or 2/3, son, rumba, Brazil, in 4/4 or 6/8. I learned that with Latino musicians, and worked a little congas
see Clave (rhythm) Wikipedia
it's much harder to play comping or improvisation on the clave, forgetting the 4/4 or 6/8 beat
LOL back in early 70's when I gigged with Brazilian musicians... they all wanted to play funk and jazz.
Originally Posted by Reg
in Paris in recent years, Cuban and Puerto Rican percussionists have been breaking salaries in gigs and concerts. I have excellent friends Colombian percussionist who have lost their place in orchestras for this reason
I remember visiting Brazil a few years back, it was really difficult to find places to hear Bossa Nova music. All my Brazilian musicians friends more or less said the same thing, that bossa nova in Brazil is not popular, and it is the music of the elderly. And that most internationally known names mainly tour abroad basically. For youth, it was Rock, Pop, Hip hop etc..
Originally Posted by Marinero
Originally Posted by Alter
Originally Posted by Patlotch
What was the cnt movement?
" Here again the Brazilians in the room knew all the songs, some even wouldn't stop singing the whole show, it got almost annoying." m_d
Hi, m_d,
Sometimes we need to remember that music began with early man singing around campfires, while on the hunt or working a planted patch in a seasonal camp. It expressed their feelings of love, sorrow, loss, happiness and remembrance of times past in a simple but profound way. How wonderful, for me, to have moved an audience in such a way. Perhaps, one day I will be so fortunate. Good playing . . . Marinero
Originally Posted by m_d
They have their reasons---and I also suspect among the poor it's partly resentment of the middle and upper classes. Bossa was hated bourgeois music of the idle rich to them. Hate people and you hate everything about them. Sad, but that's the way a lot of people are. They can't see past their pain...
this was one of my first records, in 1967. You can enjoy on some tunes Kenny Burrel on nylon acoustic guitar, and the majestic sound of the Bean, very different from Getz, Tommy Flanagan's delicate piano, and a very discreet rhythm section (Major Holley - bass, Eddie Locke - drums, Ray Barretto - congas), swinging even if it is not very "brezilian""
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Originally Posted by Jim Todd
My experience is Brazilians here in London, like to hear it played, they know all the songs, maybe like I know the Beatles and my mum knows show songs....like a romantic version of home I guess.... homesickness is a powerful emotion.
that and Chorinhos...
I've avoided this thread up until now because of fundamental problems with the title.
I have to be able to define jazz, define bossa nova and define "kill". I guess I'm okay with "did".
According to the first generation of artists associated with bossa nova, American jazz influenced them, particularly chord voicings. They talk about having passed around an album Barney Kessel did with Julie London and lifted voicings from that.
One well known Rio musician says that Bossa Nova was an era, not a musical style. He says the style is samba. Or, a samba variant, among many samba variants.
If you ask an American to play a bossa nova beat, the American can do it and it will sound familiar. But, if you ask a Brazilian, the answer you may get is a laugh and "there is no bossa nova beat; every song is different".
Bossa Nova is no more dead than bop or swing. Joyce remains a vibrant artist (Christian, thanks for posting that terrific clip of Feminina). Rosa Passos is another. Google lists many others, of different ages. American jazz players play bossas as part of standards gigs all the time. etc etc.
Bossa was a craze about 60 years ago. Of course things have moved forward. But, like swing and bop, it continues to be influential and continues to be played.
Originally Posted by rpjazzguitar
in a way, rock more killed jazz than jazz killed bossa-nova
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I've lived with high-impact chronic pain for 35 years, and founded For Grace to help women in pain more than 15 years ago. During this time, my biggest issue and the one I hear most from people in pain is that no one cares about us. Our voice is lost and unheard among the din of healthcare professionals, scientists and researchers.
On September 22nd, that changed.
For three years, For Grace has been planning a Change Agent Pain Summit – our goal is to implement the NIH's National Pain Strategy in California and be a model for the rest of the country. The Strategy touts integrative care as "best practice" for people in pain, and this model of care has helped me battle CRPS along with a dozen other auto-immune conditions. I'm not alone here as the majority of people in pain who reach out to us say that integrative care has made all the difference.
When For Grace assembled our Summit Design Team, we interviewed many healthcare and legislative thought leaders who were possible invitees. We got a lot of great feedback, but the idea that stood out most was that pain patients and their caregivers were not being given a voice… once again. That resonated deeply.
We decided then and there to break our Summit into two parts. For Part One, hosted in downtown Los Angeles in September, we gathered men and women in pain and their caregivers. It was a big focus group as everything we gleaned from our in-person and worldwide webcast attendees will be shared with the luminaries who attend For Grace's 2018 Summit: Part Two.
To present our problem statement, our morning began with a panel of real-life people in pain and a caregiver. These passionate people spoke loudly and articulately about their pain stories and everyday barriers to care. The attendees sat up with attention.
We then moved on to possible solutions. Our wonderful keynoter, Dr. Bob Twillman, Executive Director for the Academy of Integrative Pain Medicine, caringly taught us about the National Pain Strategy, integrative care and how they work together. The attendees hung on to Bob's every precious word as they yearned to learn.
I then had the distinct honor of presenting our annual award to Dr. Susan Samueli, a former woman in pain who's made it her life's philanthropic mission to bring integrative care into mainstream medicine. Besides Susan sharing her story of hope and courage, she announced that she and her husband Henry had earlier in the week given a gift of $200 million to UC Irvine to build a national integrative care and research institute.
Susan also spoke about how the Samueli Foundation worked closely with the Obama administration to include integrative care in the Affordable Healthcare Act. Susan's words were pivotal, rousing attendees out of their chairs with a standing ovation.
After lunch, everyone was juiced with empowering enthusiasm. Change agents with capes, if you will. Tables were covered with paper so every thought could be scribed and saved. Our Summit architect, the mind-blowingly awesome Mindy Meyer, facilitated a World Café-style afternoon where key questions were asked about barriers to care and possible solutions.
People bonded as they moved from table to table, and at the end of each round, table hosts shared the major themes of the conversation. There were no wallflowers in this room as all had such a wealth of wisdom to express and were encouraged to do so. I've never seen such passion in my life, as these extraordinary people with pain finally found a place where their thoughts and words were heard, valued and recorded.
These Change Agents are my heroes – and we have them to thank for being the voice for all of us. When the National Pain Strategy gets implemented, it'll be better than the one originally drafted. Better because the voice of the pain patient and caregiver will be deeply embedded.


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I'm researching a lecture on digital magazines that I will be giving at Glion University in Switzerland in October. As a result, I've been talking to a lot of people in the area – and looking at a lot of magazines on my PC. The result is that I want a bigger screen!
Magazines such as Dazed & Confused are luscious in print but look even more so on a PC. They draw the eye in – real pornography (even without the naked bodies). Plus, you can blow the images up so they more than fill the screen. Take a look at the free sample of Dazed and the other titles available on the Exact Editions website if you haven't done so already – there are 45 to choose from.
And the range of titles available from Exact Editions is impressive – from the Catholic Herald to AnOther Magazine to Press Gazette and The Spectator. As well seeing the actual page, Adam Hodgkin tells me you can subscribe to several titles and do searches across the lot!
And then there's the Ceros platform. It's best known for Dennis's digital-only eMag Monkey but also does medical journal The Lancet (what biggest contrast could there be?) and is working on the soon-to-hit-the-streets free lad's mag Shortlist (don't you just love the fact that Beano publisher DC Thomson has put money behing it!).
The big question is, though, is there any money in it? Nat Mags recently closed its digital-only teen test bed Jellyfish. NatMags boss Duncan Edwards told the Guardian Jellyfish had failed to demonstrate a sustainable business model. But there were two big problems with this one any way. First, the bottom has dropped out of the teen market (and the fact that CosmoGirl! closed showed NatMags didn't know what to do about it). Second, the launch was messed up because the email-only mag was blocked as spam by the likes of Hotmail over problems with the mailing list.
There are two business models being tried – free, advertising-based (eg Monkey) and subscriptions titles (eg Dazed is £20 a year).
No-one is giving any numbers away (apart from Dennis coming in with an ABCe figure of 209,612 copies a week). But Ceros MD Dominic Duffy makes a good point – 'After all, in what other online medium is a reader happy for half their screen to be occupied by an advert?'.
For many titles, from Dazed to Private Eye, the ads are part of the joy of the magazine and I can see the new medium encouraging better advertising to earn its place on the screen.
The medium certainly looks to have a better future than the CD-Rom magazines of the late 1990s. And while I'm on that topic, does anyone have any screen shots from Dennis's Blender or IPC's Unzip I could use in my talk?


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Jobs boost in borough as 30 new jobs created for Bexley residents
PUBLISHED: 09:59 14 December 2015 | UPDATED: 09:59 14 December 2015
The jobs are part time and full time
Bexley residents have a received a financial boost ahead of Christmas as 30 new jobs were created at the Broadway Shopping Centre.
Full and part time jobs have been created for a store at the Bexleyheath Shopping Centre.
The store opened on November 20, just in time for the Christmas rush.
Manager at the store, Nicky Corbett hinted their could be more jobs coming.
He said: "We're doing really well and exceeding expectations already, which is a great sign.
"We're a really close-knit team. The staff trained together in our Bluewater store and have been working closely for three weeks now – they're all working exceptionally hard and I'm really pleased.
"Currently we've provided 30 new jobs but are possibly taking on more.
"It's very important to us we have the appropriate staffing levels during Christmas. It's a big boost for the economy.
"The people we've already hired are all very local including the junior management team so we've provided a lot of opportunities in the local area."
Peter Sedge, centre manager at Broadway shopping centre said: "This is a great brand and will appeal to our younger fashion conscious shoppers.
"It's great that they've been able to open in time for Christmas, we're very pleased to welcome the store and all their new staff to Broadway shopping centre."
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27th July 2017
The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force in May 2018, which will radically change the way organisations and businesses have to look after personal data. Failure to comply to the new rules could lead to huge fines, yet many businesses are far from ready.
Here we give you the low-down on everything we know, so far, about GDPR and what it will mean for your business.
The GDPR explained
GDPR is the new EU regulation governing how organisations and businesses can handle personal data of EU citizens, and what they need to do to protect it.
Organisations will need to keep records of all their customer's personal data, and be able to prove that they obtained consent to use it. Businesses will need to be able to show their customers where their data is going, what it is being used for, and how they are protecting the data.
Personal data has been defined as anything that can identify a person online – from a computer IP address to social media comments, or as detailed as genetic make-up.
How the GDPR will affect your business
Many large organisations have already been working hard behind the scenes getting ready for the new laws to come into force. They have created new data-related jobs within their structures, to ensure they are compliant with the new regulations.
Those that are not ready once it comes into effect will face huge fines – as much as 4% of their global turnover or up to 20 million euro, whichever is greater.
In 2015 the UK telecoms company, TalkTalk was fined £400,000 for failing to prevent the 2015 customer data breach, but under the new regime fines could be many multiples of this.
GDPR & consumer consent
The new regulation will build on the UK's existing data protection law, the Data Protection Act, but will strengthen the rules around customer consent. Under the new laws, consumers will have the right to withdraw their consent for businesses using their personal data, at any time.
Currently, UK consumers have the right to see what personal data organisations hold on them - and can make what's called a "subject access request" for free. They can demand that such data be rectified or deleted under the "right to be forgotten".
New data sharing rules
Under the new legislation if you want to share your customer's data with a third party you will need their consent to do this. Businesses will be required to sign contracts with subcontractors outlining how the third party will keep the data they are privy to, safe, secure and protected.
Controller and processor businesses
Whether your business is deemed a 'controller' - an organisation that processes personal data, such as a bank, or it is a 'processor' - a company that stores, digitises, and catalogues all the information produced by the controller, both are accountable and must handle the personal data of their customers responsibly.
This means the controller will have to demonstrate compliance with the principles relating to processing of personal data such as: lawfulness, fairness and transparency, data minimisation, accuracy, storage limitation and integrity, and confidentiality of personal data.
Processors are required to process personal data in accordance with the controller's instructions. They must guarantee to implement appropriate technical and organisational measures that will meet the requirements of the GDPR. Processors wanting to sub-contract work will have to obtain written consent from the controller before doing so.
GDPR & Brexit
The GDPR will replace the UK's Data Protection Act 1998 from 25 May 2018 and the government has confirmed that the UK's decision to leave the EU will not change this.
For more information and advice on the GDPR visit the UK's Information Commissioner's Office website and The European Union's GDPR website.
ORM's view
The imminent introduction of GDPR means there's work to be done for many of our clients. If your business transacts online, then your users will need to have an area where they can view their data, the details you have on them and what is stored. We will work with our clients to help them to deliver even more transparency to the end customer. We will help them to audit their log of interactions and acceptance of communications across preferred channels, and we will help them detail the data they store and record.
For clients who don't transact online, but still have client preference centres, we will need to do the same. We will help our clients to comply with the Privacy by Design, Privacy by Default principles that are incorporated into any registration forms and data collection points.
We will work with our clients' and their Data Protection Officers to create new processes and data management flows that will allow their customers to easily request to remove their data - a process that currently is cumbersome and clunky, especially as the customer data might reside over a number of different platforms.
Come and talk to us about how we can help you to become GDPR compliant.
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A break from the binoculars while we enjoy a picnic style lunch under a shady billabong during the heat of the day. To further our bird watching prospects, we venture into the nearby Atherton Tablelands for the last couple of hours. Locations such as Lake Barrine and Yungaburra have afforded our customers amazing birdlife encounters and opportunities for photographs over the years.
The diverse range of birdlife and wildlife include 6 different Quail species, Magpie, Geese, Black Swans, 11 different duck species and three different Grebes, Darters and Cormorants, Pelicans, Crakes, Rails, Swamphens, Moorhens, Coots, Herons, Egrets, Bitterns, Ibis, Spoonbills, Storks (Jabiru), Cranes including Brolga, Sarus Crane, Bustards, Sandpipers, Godwits, Common Greenshank, Stints, Jacanas which thrive on the water lilies, Curlews, Stills, Avocets, Lapwings, Plovers, Dotterels & Terns.
Birds of Prey including Osprey, Kites, Hawks, Eagles, Harriers and Falcons. Five different pigeons and doves have been recorded and of course the famous Red-Tailed Black Cockatoo.
We have great sightings of Black Cockatoos at the Wetlands and on the road into Mareeba Wetlands. Parrots including Lorikeets, Rosellas & Red Wing Parrots. With 9 different varieties of Cuckoos, Keels and Coucals not to mention a great location if you wish to see owls; five different species, 3 different Frogmouths and Night jars.
One of the most beautiful birds to see are the Kingfishers especially the Azure Kingfisher, a delight to see around the lagoons. Both the laughing Kookaburra and Blue Winged Kookaburra are regularly seen. Bee eaters, Rollers,Tree Creepers and Pardalotes are well represented as well as numerous Honeyeaters, Robins, Bee Eaters, Thrushes, Monarchs, Magpie Larks, Fly Catchers and Wagtails are seen throughout the Wetlands.
One to look out for is the fascinating Great Bowerbird, a delight to watch. The open savannah and eucalypt habitats within the Mareeba Wetlands give great opportunities to observe Finches, Fairy Wrens and Manikins. The Wetlands is also famous for the Gouldian Finch program.
* NOTE - Each private tour can be tailored to suit certain species found throughout the Tablelands and Savannah region.
Group Size: 7 guests
Pick-up and Drop Off Point: Cairns/Northern Beaches/Port Douglas
Pick-up and Drop-off Time: Cairns 6:30am, Drop off approximately 4:30pm
As part of our commitment to sustainability we have developed a Code Of Practice relating to our wildlife interactions which is available for your reference. Our river affiliates are using only solar powers vessels, clean, quiet and zero impact on the environment during wildlife cruises.
As our way of contributing to the local wildlife community, we are heavily involved with FNQ Wildlife Rescue. Our organisation attends rescues and is active in sharing stories that may help educate our guests on safe and helpful practises for supporting injured or orphaned wildlife.
"While visiting Australia I did five different tours and this one was by far the best. To say that James is a knowledgeable guide is to put it lightly. He is a legend. Our tour was packed full of information, and the sights we saw were top notch. I can't recommend it enough. If I'm ever in Cairns again, I will certainly be looking to take another tour with James." - Jake, Colorado
"What can I say, other than if you're a lover of all things nature and have a love of photography, then DO THIS day tour with James. He has a wealth of knowledge and has such a passion for nature that makes the trip incredibly fun and educational. We all had such a wonderful time, and got to see so many amazing things (flora and fauna) that we'd have all missed out on, had it not been for James. Thank you for giving us one of the best days in FNQ yet! It's a day I will treasure forever." - Jessica, Sydney
"James was a really terrific guide, bringing enthusiasm and knowledge that really enhanced our day. He clearly loves what he does, and that made for a great day for our group of five. We learned a lot, and had a truly fun and relaxing time. Doesn't get better than this!." - Dianne, New York City
"If you want personal service from a passionate and professional guide then you must book James. I was travelling with two teenage boys and from the moment they stepped into his vehicle they had a smile on their faces and I knew I made the right decision booking him. He is like an encyclopaedia of animals and plants... Because of James expertise, we saw things others before us walked or drove past. Lizards, birds, crocodiles, plants - he knows them all and what an incredible photographer....I doubt you will find a better tour in the Daintree." - Nickle 27 - UK


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I'm starting to take on some work again. For now it will be basic repairs and mods. I'm hoping to be back 100% by summer.
I've relocated to Charlotte, NC and gone back to working on cars to get on my feet down here and buy a house. Once I get into a home and have a place to work on amps I'll be taking on work again. At the beginning I'll just be doing repairs and basic mod work, no crazy labor intensive jobs that will take a long time. I'll be updating my site and social media accounts as thing progress. Thanks to everyone that's reached out to me and hung in there while I start my new life in the south. I'll be back!
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A Bath that Floats
Italians have long been Known for their distinctive designs and styles, this bath is stunning and exceptionally innovative in its design. The Fly bath can literally be suspended in the air, it is described in the brochure as 'pure volume', suspended in the void. A bathtub characterized by a cleanliness of form and design which, thanks to a special base, seems to be floating as if by magic. It can be placed in the center of the room, along a wall or integrated into a niche. Just like the basin that goes with it.
The bath tub and Basins are made of Pietraluce, a high quality material similar to ceramic but resistant to chemical agents and aging.


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Thank you so much to everyone who came along to our assembly on Friday morning. We enjoyed sharing our learning with you all.
I have learned lots of facts about owls. E MacK
I liked preforming in front of the whole school. ES
We all worked really hard to learn our words. LM
I liked singing the Owl song. HM
We really enjoyed maths week. We now know so much about fractions.
I made a fraction wall. It shows halves, quarters and one whole. LF
I made a pizza showing halves. I put peperoni on one half and cheese on the other half. WS
I divided my pizza into quarters. I put cheese on one quarter, mushrooms on one quarter and peperoni on one quarter. I'm going to put peppers on the last quarter. EC
Most of us thought that the Mysterious Maths Menace was Miss David!
We enjoyed the visit from our families on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs Wilson is looking forward to seeing everyone again at Parents Night.


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I know what you're thinking, "not another COVID-19 blog." Understandable, though as industries across the nation face impending challenges due to the pandemic, these unprecedented times call for unprecedented measures to remediate further business interruptions.With economic impacts intensifying across the nation, the real estate industry has been quick to make changes and adapt to current...
The market of buying and selling homes is evolving, with consumers mindful of sustainability and the environment. At the same time, our homes are evolving and new technologies and practices are becoming increasingly prevalent in the real estate market. These technologies and practices make a home far more energy efficient than the housing stock to which we are accustomed.
Here's a hypothetical situation (perhaps a strictly hypothetical one if you're a millennial like me):
The energy-efficient home market in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic continues to grow at a steady pace. The market penetration of high-performance homes in the United States reached $36 Billion in 2013 and is projected to hit $72 Billion by 2016 (Source, McGraw Hill Construction). Consumers are seeking green and energy efficient features, and builders are striving to meet the demand.


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So out of curiosity, where is there an image of an SPRO in the description of the Sync Up?
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His 2005 Oscar Acceptance Speech Will Live On
Unfortunately, the news is true. After initial reports surfaced that one of the greatest actors of our generation has died, the tragic loss has been confirmed by the New York Times and the Associated Press: Philip Seymour Hoffman is dead. The 46-year-old star of film and stage was found dead in his Manhattan apartment Sunday morning around 11:15 a.m. from an alleged drug overdose. Reportedly, he was found with a syringe in his arm. Most fans remember Hoffman for his roles in Almost Famous, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Boogie Nights, and Hunger Games: Catching Fire, and of course, no one could forget his Oscar-winning role as Truman Capote in Capote.
The film, which came out in Sept. 2005 to coincide with Capote's 81st birthday, was a biographical account of the author as he wrote his "non-fiction novel" In Cold Blood. Hoffman's performance of the titular character received praise from audiences and critics alike and his somewhat method approach — he didn't break character between scenes nor during breaks — ultimately paid off. Hoffman won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2005, beating out fellow nominees Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain), Terrence Howard (Hustle & Flow), Joaquin Phoenix (Walk the Line), and David Strathairn (Good Night, and Good Luck).
When presenter Hilary Swank announced Hoffman had won, he looked pleasantly surprised as he made his way on stage to deliver a touching and personal acceptance speech. In the short minute and a half, Hoffman showed off his graciousness and, well, his love and respect for his mother. He spoke from his heart and shared with everyone what matters most to him: "I love, I love, I love, I love."
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Writing and painting. Writing and drawing. What are the links between them? What can one creative activity learn from the other?
A week or so ago I was in the house of Henri Matisse in the south of France for an experimental Dark Angels course. Our aim was to explore questions like those above with a group of writers – not through earnest discussion but through a series of joyful writing exercises inspired by Matisse and other visual artists.
It worked wonderfully well. There was the privilege of being in the house of a great artist, imagining his presence. We were just five minutes from the chapel in Vence that Matisse, towards the end of his life, had designed in every detail from the stained-glass windows to the priests' vestments. That was an extraordinary demonstration of 'brand identity' but also a spiritual experience, perhaps especially for the non-believers like me.
Often inspired by artists' words (starting with 'drawing is a dot taking a line for a walk' – Paul Klee) we created portraits, self-portraits, landscapes and still lifes using words. Our words were stimulated by our senses; colours intensified in the light of the studio where Matisse had worked.
Perhaps, for me, the crucial quotation was Matisse's 'C'est en rentrant dans l'objet qu'on rentre dans sa propre peau' – 'It's by getting into an object that you get into your own skin'. So we observed everything around us, including market day in the old town of Vence, and we saw that details become universal. Most of our writing was a combination of the individual and the collective, so we created and shared pieces that spoke for the whole group. It was Dark Angels in spirit, taken to an even higher level.
Fortunately for me too it was an inspiring input to my own fiction-writing. I am now two-thirds through the writing of what I hope will become my fourth novel. I'm calling it Painting Paris. It's set in France, a story about painters in the early 20th century. Everything is connected.
I'll leave you with a final poem I wrote on my return home after the flight from Nice.
Angel dust
Home, unpacking my suitcase
and emotions, I find
everything covered in fine grey dust
like ashes.
Soon I realise that my razor,
under pressure of flight,
has expelled its weeklong shavings
like ashes.
So I bring home a grey
handful of dust, not fear,
from the Cote de Gris.
If we offended Matisse,
in any way, we return his penitents.
But I think he taught us to see,
even in the blanching of grey,
all the bright colours of the world.


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Baked Sweet Potato Deluxe
"I downsized the original recipe for this spicy side dish and adjusted it a bit for my husband and me," writes Sarah Gottschalk of Richmond, Indiana. "It's such a nice change from the usual baked potato...and healthier, too!"
Total TimePrep: 5 min. Bake: 40 min.
Makes2 servings
- 1 large sweet potatoes, peeled
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 2 teaspoons maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon minced jalapeno pepper, optional
- 1/2 teaspoon lime juice
- 1/8 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
- Dash salt
- Scrub and pierce sweet potato. Bake at 400° for 40-45 minutes or until tender.
- In a small bowl, combine the sour cream, syrup, jalapeno if desired, lime juice, hot pepper sauce and salt. Cut sweet potato in half; top with sour cream mixture.
Editor's NoteWear disposable gloves when cutting hot peppers; the oils can burn skin. Avoid touching your face.
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Delicious! Since I don't care for hot peppers I left it out.
Aug 5, 2009
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The first Muslim police captain in the city of Boston has been placed on leave according to several reports. "It's an active investigation, it's an open investigation, and it's an anti-corruption investigation," said Boston Police Department Commissioner William Gross, according to Creeping Sharia. The Boston Globe said that Haseeb Hosein "commanded the Area B-3 station, which covers Mattapan and parts of Dorchester." He was reportedly appointed to that position in 2014, and has spent 30 years on the force. The investigation is being handled by the department's Internal Affairs unit. Hosein was also Boston's highest-paid city employee in 2018, raking in a salary of $366,232, including over $100,000 in salary to work police details. This is not the first time Hosein has faced scrutiny for his ethics. "Hosein served a four-month suspension after an internal investigation in 2007 concluded that he and two other officers abused the department's paid-detail system," The Globe reported. "An audit revealed that he engaged in untruthful reporting of hours, performed details that conflicted with a scheduled tour of duty, and received details through unauthorized means." Despite that stain on his record, he was still promoted to captain, which the police department readily admitted was about diversity, not merit. "This promotion speaks to the promise both Mayor Walsh and Commissioner Evans made to diversify the BPD's Command Staff," BPD said in a press release at the time. "We wish Haseeb — who will be assigned to District B-3 (Mattapan) — nothing but the best of success in his new position!"
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No-one could ever dispute Mason Rack's work ethic. Sometimes driving 2500km in a weekend to get to gigs, this man knows what it's like to be a full-time musician – something he's been for more than 15 years.
He was a bricklayer before that – and "not a good one" in his own words. But once he found music, and he was able to throw in the trowel [sorry J], he never looked back. Although that simplifies Mason's story somewhat. Because in the mix, there's also Mason's early drug addiction and hopelessness, prison and violence and finally recovery and long-term sobriety.
"I'm 17 years sober," he tells me, sitting at the Dust Temple in Currumbin.
"I attended 12-step groups and that gives me the foundation to be OK anywhere, with anything, anytime," Mason said.
"I still go to meetings, even when I'm on the road. But if I'm somewhere and someone gives me some kind of contraband, I gradually accept it, smile and say thank you and then give it to others."
The life of a touring musician is hard enough without throwing recovery from addiction in the mix.
"You get no sleep and you just do gig after gig after gig after gig, and they're all free pub gigs, which is great and fun and it pays the bills and it gets us overseas, but that's all it can do," Mason said.
And that line of thinking is the catalyst for what I feel is going to be some kind of Mason Rack rebirth. When we speak, he's been spending time in the studio with Brad Hosking (Blind Boy Studios) on his first new music in two years. Mason's first ever single, called 'Time Again' and due for release 9 February follows six full-length albums, two of which are live and two DVDs, one of which Mason says was "terrible".
He's looking strategically at how and when he gigs, where he tours and how he markets his music. Big moves for a very hands-on and grassroots musician. Mason is also pretty excited about how different this single will be from previous releases.
"I want to make something that lasts forever, so it needs to be the strongest that it's ever been," he said. And when he says strong he's talking about all of the song's elements – songwriting, instrumentation and also the quality of the studio it's recorded in.
"It's about very little compromise, and not having a strict timeline to finish."
Previous Mason Rack projects have been recorded under time and financial constraints and Mason says he's spent a lot of time saying "that will do", something he just can't bring himself to accept any longer.
"I'm tired of that," he said. "It kills a little bit inside of me. My musical genie inside goes 'ohhhh, another stab to the heart.' I say it will do and my heart says 'no it won't'."
While the three-piece spend most weekends driving up and down the Bruce / Pacific Highways playing free pub gigs, they've also made a massive name for themselves outside of the Gold Coast. They've played a heap of big festivals in Germany, Italy and Canada and delivered six headlining tours of Europe and Canada. Not to mention their Australian festival roster which includes Byron Bluesfest, Blues on Broadbeach, Gympie Muster, Adelaide International Guitar Festival, Woodford and regional festivals in Caloundra, Airlie Beach Queenscliff, Bridgetown and the Big Pineapple. 2018 will see the band tour Canada again for the first time in five years.
If you haven't seen the band perform live, you should know that Mason Rack Band are infamous for their live drum duels, onstage antics and signature stage show which includes a percussion extravaganza on beer kegs.
"The show is very left of centre," Mason explained.
If you're a jazz person, you're going to like some of the songs, if you're a country person you'll like some of them, if you're into blues or rock, you'll like some of them, it's a kaleidoscope of musical fun.
Which goes some way to explain how the Gold Coast band has been booked for blues, country and folk festivals – sometimes in the same year.
It's a far cry from Mason's previous life, but not totally unexpected. Mason's father Billy Rack was also a well known Gold Coast musician.
"He performed a lot of stuff over the years," Mason said, "contemporary lounge to jazz – he started out on drums when he was young in Melbourne and played bass guitar and sang."
"I started playing with him in a little restaurant in Palm Beach called Ron Romans on 8th avenue. There was a puppet show down there – an amazing variety show – just run by one person – kids were entertained for the whole night without their parents being worried about where they were or what they did and come 9.30 they'd line up three chairs and the kids would fall asleep at the table and then dad would play 'kissy kissy' music for the mums and dads, who'd have a smooch and a slow dance on the dance-floor. The place was booked out for seven years."
"During the day dad ran a surf school and surfboard hire at Greenmount beach – I started surfing when I was four and playing percussion when I was five. So Greenmount and the surf was my babysitter."
"I dropped my wife and kids at beach just now, to come here, and I can remember what my dad would have done. He would have said 'listen for the whistle' and he'd come down to pick me up and he'd whistle and I'd come running."
"He was a super beautiful person, and kind-hearted to a fault – he'd literally give you the shirt off his back, take people off the street and give them a meal and a job if he could. I lived on his floor for years sometimes when I was going through stuff. The bedroom had people in it who were worse off than me and the fridge was usually empty but everyone got a meal. He was an incredible person," Mason said.
Mason's connection to the Gold Coast runs deep. A previous Surfers Paradise State School and Miami High School student, he fondly remembers those venues of old – Playroom and The Patch in particular – and holds a special place in his heart for Blues on Broadbeach.
"I think I've played every one except last year [2016]," he said. "It's a really special event. It's free and yeah, the crowd, I wish the same crowd just came and saw us at our normal gigs."
We have so many people all around Australia who say they saw us at Blues on Broadbeach.
"We could be in bum fuck nowhere, and they'll say they saw us at Blues on Broadbeach last year and we say 'will you be there next year' and they'll say yeah, we'll see you there."
And the highlight of Mason's entire career "apart from my beautiful children and wife" is playing on the main stage at Blues on Broadbeach before Eric Burdon.
"That guy," says Mason with a big grin on his face, "I had his tape before I was playing live properly and I tried to learn every song and two of the songs we still do in our show. It just so happened we did the gig just before Eric Burdon."
"I used to fantasise about stuff that's now come true… like making a CD, making a living from music, touring internationally, touring at all… Europe and festivals and Bluesfest, these sorts of things were out of the box drams – they felt a long way away, they felt a lifetime away."
So what comes next for Mason?
"I have a new daughter, she's 19 months old and stupid amazing, it's just ridiculously utopic, she's the core of my universe," he said.
"And then the next level is concentrating on songwriting and delivering monster success through that – meaning hits – being able to tour six months of the year (globally) and the other six months of the year helping my wife with her idea for an animal rescue retreat and drug and alcohol rehab centre," he said.
"The music is great and I don't think I could ever stop playing music – particularly for people. But, all said and done, my life goal would be for music to provide us with an animal rescue and drug rehab centre – we just need 100 acres at the back of the GC."
"The other thing for me that's super important is our dreams – our dreams need to be our fuel – our dreams propel us. It's easy to just sit in comfort and have a latte and watch the Simpsons – that's easy. But getting up and having a crack at having the biggest dream you've ever had, why not? I don't want to get at the end of my life and think 'what if?', I want to get there beaten, battered and bruised saying 'yeah I gave it a good crack and gave it everything back'."
And what does Mason think would have happened if he didn't get sober?
"I'd probably be dead," he said.
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Mason's first ever single 'Time Again' is out 9 Feb prior to a show at Cooly Hotel on 11 Feb. Mason Rack Band appears at Blues on Broadbeach and a new album recorded with Brad Hosking is out soon. Mason also is happy to hear from other musicians who feel the need to reach out, for any reason. They can contact him through his FB page.
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Learn what it's like to be a cosmetology student and how you can be successful in the beauty industry. See life at The Salon Professional Academy through the eyes of a student during our interactive event. Bring a friend and join us November 7th for our Crash A Class event!
During Crash A Class you will get to:
- Learn directly from your peers why they chose The Salon Professional Academy for their education
- Get hands-on experience in the classroom, watch demonstrations, and meet the Educators
- Learn more information on class start dates and tour our beautiful salon inspired campus
- Gain insight to the beauty industry
- Enjoy refreshments and take home a TSPA swagbag
Remember to mark your calendar for November 7th, 2018 from 5pm – 7pm.
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Texas Patty Gives Head Before Getting Nailed
Texas Patty loves to dress-up for her lover and her sexy lingerie and thigh high stockings set his head to spinning. They embrace and he runs his hands all over her succulent curves, feeling her soft flesh while his cock gets harder. Baring her pussy, he licks her sweet cunt juices until she cums, and then buries his dick deep in her hot hole!


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Just 10 days earlier I had marveled at the pyramids of Giza, one of those rare sights that live up to their tremendous expectations. The pink city of Petra, immortalized in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, stands to the same test. And our first impression of it, on a dark, starry night and lit up by hundreds of candles, was magical. I definitely recommend planning your trip to make sure that you can enjoy Petra by Night, which runs only certain days. Make sure to get there early (they let people in way before the official 8:30pm start time), and don't let the high price (17 JD, ~S25), the hordes of tourists, the organizational chaos (if too many people come they just sit them in front of the first row, blocking the view), and the tacky show ruin it for you.
Freezing in Wadi Rum
Maybe we should have done a bit of research before deciding to go to Jordan over Christmas. Or at least think about it for a minute, and we would have realized that the desert in the middle of the winter is bitter cold. But maybe it was blissful ignorance, because a couple of days later I've pretty much forgotten how cold we were, and we still managed to do everything we intended to 😉
Destination guide – Egypt
- The pyramids of Giza
- The temples and tombs around Luxor
- Diving in the Red Sea, especially the Thistlegorm wreck
A great diving liveaboard in the Red Sea
Egypt is a classic diving destination, maybe not as epic as Australia or Malaysia, but probably on par with Indonesia or Belize. And the best way to enjoy it, like all these, is on a liveaboard. We did the King Snefro 3-day trip and it was fantastic!
Cruising the Nile from Luxor to Aswan
A cruise on the river Nile between Luxor and Aswan, stopping in several ancient sites, is a classic in any Egypt itinerary. We arrived in Luxor on a fairly comfortable overnight train from Cairo, and embarked on a 4-day cruise southbound. The word cruise is a bit of a misnomer, since these it's rather floating hotels; all the boats do the same itinerary, and travelers from different groups get on them for sleep, food and the limited transit that actually occurs on the river, and are picked up by their respective guides at each stop. We got a pretty good deal through Imperial Egypt ($360 all inclusive); our guide was fantastic and private (absolutely recommended to really immerse yourself in the culture and history), while the boat we were put on, the Liberty, and the food on board were quite crappy. Below a quick recount of the places we visited.
Checking off a major bucket list item: the pyramids of Giza
It must have at some point in elementary school when I saw a picture of the pyramids and heard about the ancient Egyptians for the first time. I knew I wanted to go there one day, and I'm sure most people have felt exactly the same way. Few places on earth have this magnetic power, maybe The Chinese Great Wall, Peruvian Machu Picchu, and to a lesser extent, the Greek Parthenon, the Roman Colosseum, and the Cambodian temples of Angkor.
The pyramids of Giza are surprisingly right in the city of Cairo, about 30 min south west from the center. Our Uber dropped us off at the east gate, which is only used by individuals, mostly locals, so we avoided the large tourist groups. It was right after opening time (8am in the winter), and we barely saw anyone as we walked in on the right side of the Sphinx, the pyramids in the background. Wow, it was as amazing as I had imagined.
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DIY tour of Cairo
Cairo was the first stop in our Egypt + Jordan trip. Before hitting the pyramids, we had a day to explore the hectic capital, daunting with its 22 million people and crazy traffic.
We started the day at the famous Egyptian museum, where we tried to arrive around 8am (opening time) to avoid as much of the tourist crowds as possible. The ticket was 350 Egyptian pounds (~$20), including the mummies and camera (and I wished I had brought my student ID, because it gets you 50% off pretty much everywhere). The museum is not as massive as e.g., the Hermitage, but there is a ton of stuff and it's not particularly well organized nor digestible. It took us over 3 hours to see just the highlights and wander around a bit. My favorites were the large sarcophagus in the old kingdom rooms, the intricate pieces in the Amarna room, all the Tutankhamun treasures, the cute dioramas of regular life in rooms 27 and 32, the creepy mummies, the matryoshka-like sarcophagus of Yuya and Tuya, and the papyrus in the eastern galleries.
Swimming with humpback whales in Tonga – EPIC!
3 years ago, I went to Tonga for one of the most epic experiences of my travel life – swimming with humpback whales – and I ended up suffering my biggest disappointment – there were no whales to be seen. I still had an amazing time in Tonga, exploring its gorgeous landscapes and unique culture, and I promised myself I would come back one day. A couple of weeks ago, when I saw that the whale swimming season was in full blow, I didn't think it twice, and I booked a flight to Vava'u over Labor Day weekend. As I fly back home, I can't erase the smile from my face, it's been such a dream come true.
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Destination guide – New Zealand
- Waitomo glowworms
- Tongariro Crossing hike
- Abel Tasman beaches and hike
- Cook National Park hike and the views from Lake Pukaki
- Road trip, and stop in so many great spots: lush hills in the North Island, Huka Falls, Punakaiki pancake rocks, Blue Pools, Lake Tekapo, etc.
Best things to do in and around Queenstown
At the end of our 2 week road trip around New Zealand, we spent 3 days in Queenstown. To be honest, it was one of the least impressive parts of the trip, it just couldn't compete with the natural wonders of Tongariro, Abel Tasman or Mt. Cook. But it was a good point of entry/exit, and there was enough to do to keep us entertained, so sharing our favorites here:
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QVC.com — my account cancelled by qvc
DO NOT BUY FROM QVC.com-I was a loyal customer for 15years at least. Have a lot of jewelry, household products, clothing products
etc spent tens of thousands over the years. Then I order garden plants a few years ago. They all arrived dead. I called customer service and offered to send all these dead plants shipped way earlier than they should have been. Customer service told me that they don't accept perishable items back to just throw them out. Shockingly, I ordered a different type item in Spring on was told my account had been suspended for too many returns of perishable items. I explained that these items arrived dead and I would have been happy to return them for evidence if necessary. It was a pain to have all these boxes to bundle up and dead plants in the garbage.
Then about a week later I got a letter from QVC Headquarters telling me I will permanently be bared from shopping with them.
I was angry, but never looked at there shows again. A few weeks ago (after 3 years) a friend of mine, a Jewelry designer had her showing on QVC. I called customer service and ordered a very special piece. They opened a new account for me and gave me a new customer member number. The next time I looked at my order status I couldn't access my account (account suspended was written across the top of the screen). I had also order a small item that I did receive and naturally was billed for. So, when my friend was on again I ordered an item no longer available for my birthday present. The order went through and I put a few other items on a wish list.
The next day I went to check when my item might ship. Once again, Account Suspended!
So much for self proclaimed Great Customer Service. How can you have a double standard. Items are returnable with no questions asked thirty day guarantee for some customers not all. SHAME ON YOU, QVC are thieves.
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- QVC - screwed me twice
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Agri Aware are a not-for-profit industry body who raise the profile of the agri food sector in Ireland. They are responsible for communicating the positive impact that the agri sector has on Ireland and its people.
We started the campaign with a small piece of prose that would ultimately form the script, which you can read by scrolling below...
We have farmed this land for generations. Custodians, nurturing our seedlings into crops. Caring for our animals, their produce; our nourishment.
With our neighbours, our agriculture has created our towns, unique in the world, green and clean, attracting visitors, sustaining communities.
We feed our cities, restaurants and hostelries, the gift of our precious land, continually revealing its secrets, fuelling our commerce beyond our shores.
It is our past, our present and our future. Our legacy, our identity.
I am a custodian.
Welcome to my land, your land, Ireland.
The above prose piece formed the essence of all the messaging. This appeared as advertising in the national press. From here the campaign went "on the road" with activations at Bloom, The Tullamore Show, Electric Picnic and The Ploughing Championships, including everything from cookery demonstrations to tattoos.
The campaign was launched with a sustainable garden unveiled at Bloom and from there it has gathered considerable momentum, engaging with the target audience, both in the agri food sector and at key events (Tullamore/The National Ploughing Championships), and more broadly with the urban population; making the connection between the food and beverages consumed in the bars and hostelries in Dublin, Cork etc. and where they have come from.


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Here's what you need to know before Brexit
The United Kingdom is withdrawing from the European Union at the end of March 2019. This decision has consequences not only for everyone in the UK, including those working in the chemical industry, but also for companies in the remaining EU Member States and EEA countries doing business with the UK. We walk you through the most important issues so you can be prepared.
The EU and the UK have announced a draft Withdrawal Agreement.
If the agreement is ratified, it may contain a transition arrangement, which would give companies a longer period to adapt to the consequences of Brexit.
However, based on the information currently available, we are providing advice to help companies prepare for the UK's withdrawal taking full effect on 30 March 2019. How the withdrawal affects you depends on the role your business plays in the supply chain. If your UK-based business is connected to one of the remaining 27 EU Member States (the EU-27) or one of the three EEA countries, you will face some changes.
But it's not only UK companies that need to pay attention – companies in the EU-27 and EEA doing business with UK companies will also see things change.
The following examples highlight some of the changes, and you can find more explanations and support from our updated web section on the UK's withdrawal.
Registrations will cease to exist
If your company is based in the UK and you have registered a substance under REACH, your registration with ECHA will no longer exist after the withdrawal.
If you are a manufacturer, and you plan to continue doing business in the EU, you can appoint an only representative to manage your registrations. You should make sure that the only representative is knowledgeable and experienced enough to handle the information related to your substances, and that they are located within the EU-27.
If you are a UK-based importer, the non-EU manufacturer or formulator can appoint an only representative, located in the EU-27. Another option is to move the part of your business related to the registered substance to a legal entity within the EU-27. Remember though, that responsible staff will need to be physically present at the EU-based address – setting up a company in the EU-27 on paper only will not do.
What about REACH authorisations?
REACH authorisations granted to UK-based companies will also no longer exist after the withdrawal. This means that if you are an EU-based company relying on such authorisations, you will have to find a new supplier that has a valid authorisation in the EU-27 or EEA. Alternatively, you can apply for an authorisation yourself, but remember to reserve enough time to do so.
If you are a UK-based holder of an authorisation, you can transfer the authorisation to an only representative in the EU-27. The transfer can be made after the withdrawal but you can already now prepare and make a formal agreement with your intended only representative.
Based in the EU-27 or EEA?
Companies based in the EU-27 or EEA that do business with UK-based companies will also face changes. For example, if your company is a member of a joint submission that has a UK-based company as the lead registrant, the lead registrant will need to transfer the lead role to an EU-based company.
Classifying and labelling your products
If you are a UK-based company, you will no longer have to comply with the CLP Regulation after the withdrawal unless you export to the EU-27. In this case, you will still need to classify and label your product in accordance with CLP.
When placing a substance, that has not been registered, on the EU market, it needs to be notified to the Classification and Labelling (C&L) Inventory. This needs to be done within one month. Notifying to the C&L Inventory will no longer be your task, but needs to be done by your EU-based importer.
Manufacturing or supplying biocides
To be included in the Article 95 list of substances and suppliers, suppliers of biocidal substances or products need to either be based in the EU-27 or have an appointed representative there. If you are a UK-based supplier, you therefore have to appoint an EU-27 based representative before the UK's withdrawal to avoid being removed from the Article 95 list.
If you want to apply for an active substance approval or product authorisation, the application needs to be submitted in R4BP 3 to an EU-27 Member State or an EEA country.
Remember also that UK-based companies can continue to request active substance approvals and renewals, but after the UK withdrawal, biocidal product authorisations can only be granted to EU-based companies.
Follow the developments
The status of the UK's future chemicals legislation is uncertain. At the outset, the UK intends to transpose the EU legislation into domestic legislation. If there is a transition period, UK-based companies will still have obligations under EU legislation for an additional time. To stay up-to-date, follow the publications issued by ECHA, the European Commission and the UK authorities as well as the further developments of the withdrawal negotiations in the coming weeks and months.
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Further information:
ECHA's web pages on the UK's withdrawal from the EU
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San Chez is opening a second restaurant in downtown Grand Rapids. Roam by San Chez (250 Monroe Ave. NW) is yet another effort to bring something new to the city, this time taking inspiration from street food all around the globe, with items from Canada, Turkey, Sri Lanka and many, many more.
Pho On The Block (1301 Portage St., Kalamazoo) is bringing Vietnamese, Korean and other Asian cuisine to Kalamazoo — more specifically the Washington Square area. You can probably guess one of the menu items, but you'll also find Banh Mi, bulgogi beef, Vietnamese chicken wings, and Kimchi Fries, something I never knew I needed until right now.
Russo's International Market (a.k.a. G.B. Russo & Son) is taking over the recently shuttered downtown Bagger Dave's Burger Tavern at 241 W. Fulton St., Grand Rapids. The grocery store has been around for more than 100 years at its original location and now hopes to serve all the new apartments and whatnot popping up all over the city. Expect delivery, curbside pickup and even a restaurant, on top of all your specialty grocery needs.
Rower's Club (616 Fulton St. SW) just opened on Grand Rapids' west side, across the street from Adobe. The new concept from Rowster Coffee is pretty similar to the original store, offering specialty coffee, Fast Coffee (which is what it sounds like), and some snacks. But the centerpiece of the cafe is a large table made out of a chunk of the Mackinac Bridge, which is pretty neat.
Green Well Rockford (8 E. Bridge St. NE, Rockford) opened doors last month. The restaurant, originally from Eastown, is serving up hearty sandwiches, BBQ Pork and Polenta, housemade fries, and much more food, along with specialty cocktails and craft beer. Enjoy a view right on the river, by Rockford Brewing Co.
At long last, City Built Brewing (820 Monroe Ave. NW, Grand Rapids) was finally approved to open over Memorial Day Weekend. The brewery has had plenty of time to perfect its craft already, and is hitting the ground running with beers like Amore Estivo, a lemon basil saison; TKBY, a kettle sour saison; and Flower Power, a green tea chamomile pale ale. The food is not your typical brewery fare, being inspired by cofounder Edwin Collazo's Puerto Rican heritage. You'll find tacos, tortas, bori balls (rice and beef croquettes with peppers and onions, deep fried and served with sofrito cream sauce) and much more.
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Hot Must Have Accessories and Gadgets For Tablets
Headphones & A Remote Control
When you don't want to share what you're listening to with the rest of the world, you'll want a good set of earphones. Many models also have an inline microphone and audio controls, so you can use the earphones as a headset for your smartphone as well as for your tablet.
Did you know you can also use your tablet as a master remote for your home theater system? Although some smartphones and tablets come with remote functionality built in, Logitech has a solution that gives your tablet even more, as we'll how you in just a bit.
Etymotic hf3 headset + earphones
Etymotic claims the hf3 headset + earphones are "The world's most accurate noise-isolating headset + earphones under $200." That's quite the claim, but it's one we feel the company lives up to. The sound quality of these headphones is very good, but what makes them stand out among the competition is the Awareness Pro application which you can download for your tablet or smartphone. A free version of the app is available, but we chose to upgrade to the Pro version to enjoy all of the features available.
With Awareness for Etymotic Pro, you get programmable noise isolation which lets you control how much outside noise is heard through the earphones. This is especially handy when you're on an airplane and need to be able to hear instructions from the crew but don't want to constantly hear the people chatting behind you. The app has a dB Noise Meter which helps you find the best settings to eliminate unnecessary outside noise while still hearing important announcements, the doorbell, or other important sounds. When the app senses the outside noise has exceeded the microphone threshold, it can automatically pause your music and amplify outside sound through the earbuds. The music will resume when the outside noise decreases below the threshold. Etymotic claims the hf3 headset + earphones can provide 35 dB - 42 dB of noise isolation.
The noise isolation functionality of the hf3 headset + earphones works great and the headphones themselves provide very clear audio with decent lows, mids, and highs. We didn't hear any crackling or distorted sounds while listening to music or watching videos. The hf3 headset + earphones feature a Kevlar-reinforced cable for added durability.
The hf3 headset + earphones come with a variety of ear pieces to provide a comfortable fit. During our tests, we were able to wear the earphones for extended periods of time without discomfort. A carrying case is also included in the box. You'll also find ACCU-Filter user-replaceable filters in the box that help protect the balanced armature drivers from ear wax.
Etymotic offers a few models within the hf series that have similar features. The hf3 headset + earphones is designed for use with iOS devices, providing a 3-button inline remote with volume controls and a play/pause/end/send button. Etymotic also offers the hf2 and hf5 earphones which use the same drivers and provide identical sound quality as the hf3. The hf2 provides more universal compatibility with Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Mobile devices and features a single button in-line remote which acts as an end/send button for calls and play/pause for music. The hf2 will also work with Apple devices. For users who don't require microphone capabilities, the hf5 earphones are a good option.
Logitech Harmony Smart Control
Logitech's Harmony line of universal remotes have attracted the attention of geeks for some time now. The company's latest edition to the line, known as the Harmony Smart Control, lets you use your tablet or smartphone as the remote. In the box, you'll find a Harmony Hub, remote control, IR mini blaster, USB cable, AC adapter, and some documentation. According to Logitech, Harmony is compatible with over 225,000 home theater devices.
The Harmony Hub works by turning Wi-Fi signals from your mobile device into IR and Bluetooth commands. As a result, you can control your home theater devices that are behind cabinets or walls. Technically, you don't even have to be in the same room to control them. You can use up to four tablets or smartphones with the Harmony Hub. The Harmony Smart Control can control up to eight devices.
Although there isn't much documentation included with the Harmony Smart Control, the setup is pretty easy—you simply plug in the Harmony Hub, download the Harmony app to your tablet or smartphone, and then follow on-screen instructions to get everything setup. If you want more detailed instructions, they are available from Logitech's website.
You'll need Internet access, Wi-Fi, and a tablet or smartphone with Bluetooth in order to complete the set up process from your tablet. You can also set up the Harmony Smart Control on your computer. If you have a Harmony One remote or another Logitech remote that was set up using Logitech Harmony Remote Software, you can copy the settings from your previous remote to the Harmony Smart Control.
During setup, you'll have the option to configure various activities such as watching a movie, listening to music, playing a game console, and more. You can also create favorite channels for easy access. Once configured, you can swipe or tap your tablet's screen to control various settings such as volume, the channel, pause, play, and more.
If your tablet or phone isn't handy, the included simple remote control can step in and do the job letting you change channels, adjust the volume, and much more. The remote has a few keys for favorite activities which you can customize during setup.
During use, it's possible one of your devices might get out of sync with the hub and remote software. Thankfully, Logitech has an easy solution that even non-geeks should be able to figure out. For example, if the TV did not receive the signal to power on when you told it you wanted to watch TV, the Help menu can bring up controls that will get things working again. It's a pretty easy to understand process that will get you up and running quickly.
During our tests, the Harmony Hub, tablet app, smartphone app, and simple remote control functioned well. We had no problem switching between activities changing the volume or channel, and powering our home theater system on and off.


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"What a strange and ordinary topic!" you might say! "Of course I send cards through the mail!" But I know from my younger family members and those of others that this practice is dying out quickly. All the more, then, am I drawn to send out more,
especially as Christmas approaches.
I am finding the necessity of finding stamps, return address stickers, addressing envelopes, choosing a card and then pondering what to write on a card - all a slowing and necessarily thought-provoking practice. The
part of me that sends/receives God knows how many emails a day, loves to post on Facebook and google answers to every immediate question that arises, knowing I will receive an immediate response ---these parts of me arise with hurry and impatience! I feel
the inner push. All the more then, do I try to pause and be present in this moment to the task at hand.
Often it isn't at all easy until I let go of the niggling impatience and focus attention on the person to whom I am sending this card. That's what
relieves the pushing pressure. When that person appears, I find an immediacy of presence, so that what I want and need to say to that person comes into my pen, into my hand, flowing from who that person is for me, and what I want to say to him or her in this
Writing cards has now become for me a gift of grace, a moment of connection with that wide circle of friends and family I have been gifted with over a long lifetime. I am blessed in the sending. Oh...and did I say I make cards also?
and you have gifted me with cards that were like visits!!
Laurie...I might have my copy and will look for it. Otherwise...order from Amazon.It is beyond inspiring. I will let you know. It's on kindle too.
Hi Brenda, I would like to read The Choice. Where would I find a copy?
Your imagery is intensely complimentary to the text deepening an infusion of wisdom. Thank you..
I am grateful, Brneda, for your generous encouragement based on your own experience and quests.