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Galway Film Centre and RTÉ have announced the team of Scriptwriter, Director and Producer for this year's RTÉ/GFC Short Film Commission.
Jonathan Hughes' script Mother will now be developed into a short film with director Natasha Waugh and producer Sharon Cronin. We at Scannain have been tracking the paths of these three over the past number of years, and they are beacons of hope for the future of the Irish film industry.
Jonathan Hughes is a screenwriter, currently based in Cork working on the new The Young Offenders TV series for BBC Three and RTE. He has recently completed a full-time MA course in Script Writing at Goldsmiths University Of London; where he received a scholarship to study. He completed his BA(Hons) in Film & TV Production from the National Film School of Ireland at IADT, Dun Laoghaire. He served as a production coordinator and script supervisor on Peter Foott's smash hit feature "The Young Offenders"; alongside his work as a Development Officer for Vico Films. For his writing, Jonathan was awarded Best Screenplay at Waterford Film Festival in 2014 for his short project, The Wake. In 2016, Jonathan produced two films for Goldsmiths University of London, winning a best screenplay award for his work on graduation film See You In Hell". In July 2016 he won the Filmbase/RTE Short Shots funding award for his script Acorn, with a score recorded by the RTE National Concert Orchestra, the film will premiere at the upcoming Galway Film Fleadh 2017.
Natasha Waugh co-founded Fight Back Films in 2013, and has, to date, directed four short films (Food Fight, Running Commentary, Lag, and Terminal) and co-directed (The Betrayal) with filmmaker Kamila Dydyna. Her most recent short film, Terminal, inspired by the women affected by the 8th amendment, won Best Short Film at Indie Cork 2016, and Director's Choice Short Film at the 2017 Irish Film Festival, Boston. It has received other nominations for Best Short Film at the Dublin Feminist Film Festival, Irish Film Festival London, and played in competition at Manchester International Film Festival 2017. Terminal picked up other prestigious nominations for Best Short Film at the 37th London Film Critics' Circle Awards, and at the 2017 Irish Film & Television Academy Awards (IFTA). Natasha has also received a nomination for Best Short Film Script by the Writer's Guild of Ireland, at this year's Zebbie Awards. In April 2017, Natasha collaborated with Julie Ryan, producer of The Young Offenders, on a pilot for a new series for RTÉ. Natasha directed the pilot and was involved extensively in the development of its screenplay.
Sharon Cronin is an award-winning film producer and produced her first feature film, Poison Pen written by Eoin Colfer, in 2014. It premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh and went on the screen at over 20 international film festivals. It has screened to an international audience on UTV and is currently available on Amazon Prime. In 2016, she produced the award-winning LGBT short drama Lily which was awarded the Tiernan McBride Award for Best Short Film at the Galway Film Fleadh 2016 and Best Short Film at Dublin International Film Festival 2017 and Santa Fe Film Festival. It also received a nomination for Best Short at the 2017 Irish Film and Television Award. Sharon latest short film Acorn was funded by the RTÉ/Filmbase Short Shots scheme will premiere at the 2017 Galway Film Fleadh. Sharon also works as a production coordinator on feature films, has spent 7 years working for the Cork Film Festival and holds an MSc in Digital Feature Filmmaking.
We were very impressed with the standard of applicants this year. The calibre of the directors in particular was really strong with some really talented people at the early stages of their career with already some extremely accomplished short films under their belts. What was particularly strong this year was the intellectual rigour that all the directors applied to the story and their approach to getting at the essence of the script was really impressive. We look forward to seeing the results.
David Crean – RTÉ
We had a great process this year. From nearly ninety script submissions we whittled it down to three very strong scripts and sent them out to directors and producers to come back and pitch for one of them. Jonathan Hughes' Mother came through as the winner which is a really funny script. Natasha Waugh really impressed the interview panel with her pitch and interpretation of the story and then the talented Sharon Cronin came through as the producer. It's only the second year of us selecting like this and so we're delighted to have arrived at such a great team.
Declan Gibbons, Manager – Galway Film Centre


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Eco Action Update
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Friction destroys instrument resolution. Friction destroys control quality. Nip controls on many machines have much more friction than, say, load cells or temperature readouts.
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Airport - Colombo - Kandy - Nuwara Eliya - Ella - Hambantota - Airport
Airport > Colombo
On arrival at the Bandaranaike International Airport, you will be met and assisted by our chauffeur at the arrival lounge. Thereafter you will be transferred to The Hilton Colombo where you will stay the night. First day after check in, you may spend leisurely in the hotel
Approx. journey time: 1 hour drive
Colombo > Kandy
After having breakfast, transfer to play Golf at Royal Golf Club Colombo.
The Royal Colombo Golf Club is the oldest golf club in Sri Lanka. Established in 1880. The scenic landscape and a glimpse of the rare species of flora and fauna on the course all contribute to this pastoral environment set within its 96 acre former model farm.
After the play you will be transfer to Kandy
After breakfast you may proceed to play golf at Victoria Golf Club Kandy.
In the evening enjoy a city tour taking in many of the most popular sites around the Kandy Lake built by the last Sinhala king Sri Wickrama Rajasinghe in 1807 and visit the Temple of the Tooth, which houses the most sacred religious relic, the tooth of the Lord Buddha.
Kandy > Nuwara Eliya
After breakfast set Journey to Nuwara Eliya, where you will be visiting the Ramboda Falls and Bluefield Tea Factory on the way, The beautiful town of Nuwera Eliya is set in the heart of Tea country and situated 1890 meters above sea level, where the British succeeded in creating and English countryside. At your convenience commence a sightseeing tour of the city. Visit the Nuwera Eliya Town, Market Place, Golf Course, the Hill Club, and drive around this hill station viewing Lake Gregory.
Nuwara Eliya
Both days will be spending by playing golf at Nuwara Eliya Golf Club. In the evening you can enjoy the chilling weather & relax in the hotel with a cup of tea.
Nuwara Eliya > Ella > Hambantota
After breakfast leave for Hambantota via Ella and do some sightseeing in Ella area including Ella rock visit & Nine Arches Bridge
Approx. journey time: 3 hours
Both days will be spending by playing golf at Shangri-La Golf Ground. In the evening you can visit Yala National park for a jeep safari or relax in the beach.
Hambantota > Airport
The tour concludes in Sri Lanka this morning as you transfer back to Bandaranaike International Airport for flight back home. If the time permits with your flight schedule you may do a city tour in Galle on your way


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Welcome to day 29 of my 31 Days of ReSharper.
Working with interfaces is, traditionally, pretty frustrating. You need them when you're writing testable code, so you can fake the filesystem and pass in null objects, but they're a pain when you're trying to follow what the code is actually doing.
ReSharper has several features that make it much easier to work with interfaces. I've already covered two, Navigate to Inheritor and the Type Hierarchy view.
Today I'll cover another ReSharper feature that's handy when you're working with interfaces: the "base method" prompt.
If you apply a refactoring — for example, a rename — to a method, and that method is there to satisfy an interface, ReSharper will ask if you want to apply that refactoring to the interface instead.
This dialog box kind of klunky — it disrupts the flow of my thinking, and it's not the easiest question to understand. It just doesn't work the way I think. Unfortunately, I don't have any suggestions for improving it.
That said, I do love this feature. If I decide to rename a method, ReSharper will automatically jump in there and ask if I want to rename it on the interface as well. Usually the answer is yes, because that'll keep the code compilable. (Sometimes the "yes" is preceded by "Oh yeah, that method is from an interface, isn't it?").
This also applies to Find Usages. If you try to Find Usages on a method that implements an interface, you'll get asked "did you mean the method here, or the same method when accessed via the interface?" In this case, you may have to do the search twice to really get all the usages of that method (although if you're diligent about only using the class through the interface, then you could just answer Yes and only do the search once.)


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When one of Felix G's newest design customers decided that they were officially unhappy with their current web-agency, another company's loss was his gain.
His first assignment was a simple one - remove the code that displayed the website's creator credits (something like 'developed by xyz') from an external website.
What he found was the code below:
<?php include ('js/parse/simple_html_dom.php'); $html = file_get_html('http://nogood-crookedwebsite.com/links/index.php'); foreach($html->find('div#CustomerName') as $e) { echo $e->innertext; }
Basically, it would go to the original web agency's site, looking for the div with the customer's name (yep, this website was a list of their customers). Felix updated the site to include an ordinary link to his own site instead and made a note to add this site to his online portfolio.
After all - there's nothing wrong with a little self-promotion.
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Why greater Trust can have a positive impact on our Health and Happiness
Last month we highlighted the positive impact of reducing expectations you set for yourself and for others along with increasing your levels of self - acceptance. We proposed that doing this could offer you one way to reduce feelings of pressure and perceived stress, which you might be experiencing at certain stages of your life.
This month we would like to introduce another self help reflection topic and that is : Trust.
Evidence emerging from trust research provides interesting insights into the fact that besides being a quite complex subject it is also a multidimensional one.
What we mean by that is that the degree to which we trust ourselves, others and situations we are confronted with, can relate not to one but several dimensions :
a) a combination of our personality and unique life experiences
b) our perception of the trustworthiness of the ' other'
c) the degree of perceived 'risk' involved if we go ahead and trust the person(s) or situation
d) physiological processes
For example a recently completed research conducted over several years ( Zak et al 2017) showed that production of the neurological chemical oxytocin , which our body produces when bonding with others, is inhibited by high levels of stress. This means that the more stressed we feel the more our relationships and interactions with others might suffer. Since correlations between trust and higher levels of oxytocin have been demonstrated , there might be an argument, that the more stressed we are the more mistrustful we might tend to become.
In essence: more stress might affect the degree of trust we feel towards others and towards ourselves but trusting little or not at all can in itself become a stress factor.
If we consistently don't trust ourselves enough and frequently doubt our own capacity we end up not feeling up to 'the task most of the time'. Not feeling up for the task on a regular basis undermines our self confidence and resilience, hence makes us more vulnerable to 'perceived stress'. To the same token, if we consistently do not trust others, we might end up with the 'I better to it myself' syndrome creating additional work for ourselves, delegating little, not asking for help and ultimately feeling isolated and overwhelmed...Therefore one thing seems apparent: if we do lack trust consistently across situations and towards people around us, we might be at risk of creating a more stress prone context for ourselves.We are then our own worst enemy in this vicious circle…At this point some might argue: is it not actually much more stressful to trust too much or trust the wrong people and then risking to being let down than trusting too little and at least feel more protected? Clearly moving to the other extreme of the 'trust vs suspicion spectrum' is not helpful either. As with most things finding the right balance is what we want to aim for. This requires some effort on our side - surely for the sake of improving our personal and emotional well-being and ultimately our happiness it might be worth it?
What if we would attempt to create just a slightly higher level of self-awareness so that we step out of whichever our own unique 'automatic trust pilot mode' is into consciousness? What if instead of believing that the person, colleague or team member at work who contradicts us or disagrees with us in public is simply wanting to put forward a different approach and is in actual fact not badly intentioned against us? What if our boss or our client asks us to take on a new work project, which we never did before and we feel pretty ill equipped for? Instead of feeling a slightly 'familiar' feeling emerging of lack of trust in our own ability, we could instead just for this one time decide to react differently and trust ourselves that we will instead be able to pull this off...What if for just one day we consciously try out something different ? For example: we could approach this new unknown project by asking ourselves what are we actually afraid of. Shifting from a perspective of 'fear' into one of curiosity, could make us feel surprisingly empowered and with a greater sense of perceived power and control comes less stress…Let's consider it a game, called 'Personal Trust Challenge'.
For just a moment or over the course of a day, we decide that no matter what difficulty is thrown at us, we will do our best to try and believe this might be a'good or a doable' thing.
In other words, we intentionally 'let go' for just a day of trying to 'protect ourselves' or to 'control' situations, which we find ourselves in that make us feel uncomfortable...
We instead simply choose to believe that despite our 'usual tendency' something good or at least nothing bad will come out of it...
About the Author
Natalie Schürmann is the founder of Badiliko, a consultancy, which offers collaborative, customised coaching and development solutions to promote leadership excellence, positivity, well-being and fulfilment.
Badiliko is a valuable learning partner and social entrepreneur for people and organisations across the world, nurturing authentic, balanced and purpose driven leadership for a more fulfilled workforce and a happier world.
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I first met Brad Contrucci of Tooling System Sales, Inc. at the United Grinding booth during the 2006 IMTS show in Chicago. His knowledge of the United Grinding machine lines and especially the Blohm grinding machines convinced me I needed him to stop by our plant to discuss our critical grinding need for aerospace tooling. After learning our process and need, he along with the grinding specialist from Blohm presented the perfect machine for us. The first one worked so well we purchased a second one the very next year. If I need a form grinding machine Brad is my first call.
We purchased our first United Grinding product (Walter Grinder Mini Power) in 1998. As our business grew we have added many other Walter Grinders for our manufacturing needs and have been completely satisfied with the quality and durability of their products. Their Continuing improvements in their machines and software innovations keeps them on the leading edge of technology. With our latest purchase of their Mini Automation Machine with its interface with a Fanuc loader, United Grinding has solved our latest challenges in grinding, and their service department is second to none. If I had the budget to buy just one tool grinder to put on my shop floor, it would be A Walter grinder. By the way, our first machine is still running 2 shifts every day.
My first experience working with Brad was approximately ten years ago. We were looking to purchase a used machine as funds were tight at the time and that appeared to be our only option. Brad was able to work out a deal for a new machine and show us how much more productive we would be. We now have four Studers on our floor and are very happy with the machines and the service. Conditions change quickly in our industry and we can be a very demanding customer. Brad is ultra-knowledgeable, responsive, respectful of our time, and really great to work with.


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Vietnam Hanoi and Ha long Bay December
There was about 2 weeks to decide where to spend my holiday. After all, my next trip was Vietnam, Hanoi and Ha Long Bay. In brief, Hanoi is the capital city since the reunification of North and South Vietnam in 1976. It is the country's second largest city lies on the right bank of the Red River. Due to the time constraint, we have decided to get local guided tour to Hanoi and Ha long Bay.
Day 1 : Singapore – Hanoi
From Singapore Changi Airport (Terminal 3) to Noi Bai International Airport (Vietnam Airlines) Generally, it took about 3 hours to reach Hanoi International airport from Singapore. Hanoi International airport is the largest airport in the north of Vietnam and about 30-45 minutes drive from the city center.
Changi Airport Terminal 3
Lunch on Flight
Upon arrival at Noi Bai International Airport, it took me quite some time to get my luggage.
Next, meet up with our tour guide and go for dinner. The December in Hanoi was cold weather.
Dinner at 5 Spices Vietnamese Food restaurant.
In brief, 5 Spice is a real authentic Vietnamese Food located at 33 Chau Long, Hanoi (Across the street at Bookworm). Overall, the food was fine and the decor of the restaurant was nice. Beside, the place is clean and tidy.
After dinner, check into Golden Cyclo Hotel
Good and simple hotel to stay. The Hotel is located in the central part of old quarters, very close to night market (Weekend only) and other local shopping areas. Overall, the room is clean and nice. In particularly, good customers services and friendly staffs. Beside, it provided with fast and free Internet. However, my room is facing to the street at second floor. Therefore, a bit noisy before 12.00 am.
Golden Cyclo Hotel : 36 – 38 Ha Trung, Hang Bong, Hoan Kiem, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi
End of Day 1
Vietnam Hanoi and Ha long Bay Travel December 2013
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Ahoy mateys, and welcome to the Ship Wreck, a playhouse from Kids Crooked House that's perfect for your business! The Ship Wreck playhouse is designed specifically with businesses in mind; with plenty of deck and cabin space, the Ship Wreck will have more than enough room for all the little swashbucklers to play around in. Not only will the kids be happy, but parents will be ecstatic they've found somewhere they can look forward to taking their children. With two slides and evidence of past cannon fights, the Ship Wreck will help your business stand out from your competitors while giving families a reason to keep coming back for more!
Hand-applied Maine cedar roof shakes combined with cedar flooring and supports give the playhouse unmatched construction that will stand the test of time and the rigors of childhood play while the hand-painted exterior and customizability make the playhouse fun for all customers.
Despite its past of pirate battles and hardship on the high seas, the Ship Wreck is kid-tested and, most importantly, safe. As with all Kids Crooked Houses, the Ship Wreck is entirely Maine-made with the most environmentally friendly materials we could find; sustainably harvested wood and low VOC paint that will make both Mother Nature and your little visitors happy. Get families excited to visit your business and send them home with memories that will last a lifetime.


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Animal Protein vs. Plant Protein and Climate Change
More on the global impact of your chosen animal protein, plant protein, or other protein in just a moment. The foodservice industrial complex in the United States has made it incredibly cheap to consume two of the three sources of energy—fat and carbohydrates. Of course, those also happen to be the two that decades of conflicting dietary fads have been determined to limit.
Outside those suffering kidney or liver disease, however, protein is rarely the target of dietary restriction. It also needn't require consumption in large, expensive slabs.
Protein Impact on The Planet
Deriving most commonly from meat, protein typically requires tons of feed, megaliters of water, and hundreds upon thousands of road miles to transport, contributing to its cost. In fact, according to PETA, it takes over 11 times as much fossil fuel to yield one calorie of animal protein as it does to yield a calorie of plant protein.
To give you an idea of what a typical protein costs, organic chicken breast registers at about 8¢ per gram of protein and is likely only rising, with drought, disease, and supply shortages driving up the per-pound cost of livestock nationwide.
But those trying to maximize protein on a budget have options. Behold these nutritional cheat codes for working more protein into your diet on the cheap, courtesy of Team Beachbody.
Rye Berries
The collard greens of whole grains, rye seeds can be tough to cook with, but are loaded with additional nutrients, including magnesium, iron, and fiber. Historically regarded as "the poverty grain" for their durability on poorer soils, rye berries don't taste like rye bread, the flavor of which actually comes from caraway seeds. They're an incomplete protein, though, so boil them up the way you would rice alongside the next entry on our list.
- Where to buy them: Two dollars gets you a pound of them at Whole Foods, or you can order five pounds online for about four bucks.
- Value: 3.5¢/gram of protein
Exceeded in protein among all legumes by only soybeans and hemp, lentils are also high in folate, fiber, and, well, flatulence. Red lentils boast the shortest cooking time of the bean's six varieties but, like rye berries, lentils are an incomplete protein requiring the consumption of complementary foods within 24 hours for proper synthesis. You'll get a lot of carbs in the process, but fewer than in a helping of rice and beans, with almost three times the protein.
- Where to buy them: A one-pound bag of house-brand lentils at Wal-Mart costs just over a dollar.
- Value: 0.8¢/gram of protein
As high in protein as any vegetable (8 grams per cup), green peas are also rich in vitamins B1, B6, and K, phosphorus, and dietary fiber. Available in three forms—fresh, dry, and frozen—they can be cooked, tossed into salads, or popped like nuts.
- Where to buy them: A two-pound bag of generic frozen peas can be purchased from just about any grocery store in the known universe for less than $2.50.
- Value: 5.4¢/gram of protein
Keep in mind that rye berries, lentils, and peas are primarily carbs. So when you eat them, that's what you're getting the most of, but they're "good," fiber-dense carbs, making these foods nutritional multitaskers.
It's no surprise to see eggs on a list of protein sources, but it may surprise some to see them among the cheapest. One carton yields 72 total grams of protein. The per-egg amount drops to 3.6 grams when separated, something the saturated-fat-conscious should consider. Hormone- and antibiotic-free organic eggs typically run about a third more, but are still a (healthier) protein bargain.
- Where to buy them: One carton of conventional eggs averages $2.12 according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, and is among the most ubiquitous foods in America.
- Value: Approx. 2.9¢/gram of protein (conventional), 4.2¢/gram of protein (organic)
Parmesan Cheese
Low-moisture hard cheeses are customarily high in protein, and Parmesan is the highest. Nearly 40% of its total composition is protein. However, almost another 20% is saturated fat. Still, you can shake several servings over salad or pasta to boost the protein content of a meal.
- Where to buy it: A five-ounce tub of Grana Padano Parmesan at Trader Joe's runs between $3 and $4.
- Value: 5.8¢/gram of protein
Light Tuna
Meat (along with substitutes like tofu, tempeh, and seitan) is ordinarily among the most expensive sources of protein, but canned tuna is the exception. Lower in mercury than solid tuna, light (or skipjack) tuna is still generally not recommended more than once a week.
- Where to buy it: Whole Foods carries a soy-, salt- and pyrophosphate-free version within its 365 line for around $1.50.
- Value: 5.4¢/gram of protein
Fage 2% Plain Greek Yogurt
Greek (or strained) yogurt is notoriously high in protein—and price. But when it comes to protein content Fage's low-fat offering is high even for Greek yogurt, making it a relative bargain. It can obviously be enjoyed on its own, but also as a substitute for mayonnaise, sour cream, or cream-based sauces.
- Where to buy them: Major grocery stores often offer the 35.3-ounce size on sale for around $6. When they do, stock up!
- Value: 6¢/gram of protein
1% Cottage Cheese
A punch line leveled at dieters for many years, cottage cheese isn't just a protein powerhouse. It also provides roughly 15% of the daily recommended intake (DRI) of calcium, and half the vitamin B12 and phosphorus. Steer clear of additives like carbon dioxide, various gums (guar, xanthan, locust bean, etc.), and carrageenan.
- Where to buy it: A 16-ounce tub can be purchased for around $2 at most grocery stores.
- Value: 3.6¢/gram of protein


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A Valentines Day table for two or twenty, no matter the number, you can still make it cute! Whether you are with your significant other or hosting a fun dinner party with a theme, we have some serious styling inspiration for your February feels! Our designer created a stunning DIY woven heart to use either as a place card holder for guest(s) or just a place to hold all your sweet treats! Step-by-step instructions are listed below:
To create the above look, you will need the following items:
- Multiple colors of felt fabric – We obtained a couple of yards inexpensively from Joann Fabrics!
- Felt stickers, jewels, and candies – We purchased these from a local craft store.
- A bowl for measuring the diameter
- Tacky glue works well holding felt fabric together
- A pencil and ruler to measure things
- Ribbons and twine for candy bags or added detailing
- Finally, scissors to cut the fabric heart shape


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"We assumed that kind of trip was out of reach for us for at least 20 years and we won it!"
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Don't forget to follow me on Facebook or Twitter!Welcome to the next interview in our interview series where travel bloggers share their insights on having Big Travel with Small Money!
Miles & Points Interview: Heels First Travel
Tiff writes for the Heels First Travel blog, and shares her travel views as a parent.How and when did you start collecting miles and points?
I started collecting miles and points when I used to fly on Delta a lot for work back in the early 2000s. I was also able to take advantage of some of their double and triple miles bonuses post 9-11 to get elite status with them.Why did you start your blog? What's special about it?
We travel a lot as a family and I've had many people tell me "I wish we could travel like you guys do." So I asked Jeanne and Keri if they'd be interested in some guest posts on their blog about traveling economically for families to show people travel is more accessible than they think it is.
I know there are a lot of mommy travel bloggers out there already, but I wanted to focus more on using points to afford a "normal" vacation for a family of four (or more) and less on flying first class or using points to get suites, etc. Not that those things aren't awesome, but my goal was to reach that other group who just want to be able to travel with their kids.What's the one single thing people can do to get more miles?
If you shop or make reservations online use shopping portals. I started using www.evreward.com to figure out which portals to use to maximize points by everyday shopping. I always stress to people, don't buy anything you wouldn't normally get, but if you're going to shop online anyways, this is a great way to easily get double points (or more)!What's your most memorable travel experience?
This is a really hard one for me. I have to pick just one? I would have to say the time my husband and I went on a pilgrimage to Israel. We assumed that kind of trip was out of reach for us for at least 20 years– and we won it!
It was such an amazing experience and something we definitely want to do again.What do your family and friends think of your miles & points hobby?
I think they admire it? No one has said anything negative to me about it at least.Is there any tool or trick which you've found especially useful in this hobby?
Know what credit cards get you extra points for certain purchases. For example some of our cards give us double points for gas, some don't. We make it a point to use the cards that are going to get us the most points for certain purchases.What was the least expected way you've earned miles or points?
The Delta SkyMiles dining program. I registered us for it but there are not too many restaurants that we regularly go to on the program. We went to dinner one night in Cocoa Beach with my family then a few days later I received an E-mail saying "Thank you for participating…" I had no idea the restaurant we went to was part of it.What do you now know about collecting miles and points which you wish you knew when you started out?
The shopping portals. I was uncertain about using them at first, and now that I've been doing it for a while I've been kicking myself for not doing it from the very beginning.What would your readers be surprised to know about you?
I was an aircraft maintenance officer in the Air Force for eight years before I left active duty to be a stay-at-home mom.Any parting words?
Don't worry about having to use every trick in the book to get points. If you can only do one or two things, do that, and then go from there. For example, sign up for a hotel or airline's loyalty program the next time you stay or fly with them. Every little bit helps and you may be surprised at how many points you can accumulate.Tiff– Thanks for sharing your thoughts on having Big Travel with Small Money!
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The annual Cycle4Haiti has introduced an inter company challenge and is looking for Irish businesses to enter a team of four for the Dublin to Galway cycle for the Soul of Haiti Foundation taking place over the May Bank Holiday weekend of 3rd and 4th May 2014.
This is the fifth year of the cycle that was founded by Michael Dawson of One4All and has raised a significant sum for relief of poverty and suffering in Haiti.
The Cycle has always had a strong business network at its core, with many of the finalists from the EY Entrepreneur of the Year taking part and getting to know each other in a way that would never otherwise be possible.
Special Bond
"When you are feeling the same pain in your legs as your colleagues that creates a special bond which carries through into wanting to do business together," said Michael Dawson, who was also a key player in introducing the Bike to Work Scheme in Ireland and who remains a keen cyclist himself.
The Inter-Company Challenge is made up of 10 tests each team will face along the way including a slow bike race, obstacle courses, king of the mountain and more with spot prizes available along the way.
Each person participating is asked to raise €500 of which €120 covers all of their food, accommodation and transport costs with the balance going to the Soul of Haiti Foundation.
Contact firstname.lastname@example.com if you are interested in entering a team for the challenge or get more of a flavour of what the cycle involves by visiting www.cycle4haiti.com or watching the video below.


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Embassy BOSA brings urban living to Calgary
Yulu's launch of the "tipping point" messaging with an Embassy BOSA project announcement in Calgary's East Village made news impact across all major media in the Calgary market.
The Challenge
In the summer of 2014 Yulu was engaged by Embassy BOSA, a large Calgary condominium developer, to support their overall vision as a developer that creates sustainable urban communities with a long-term commitment to the growing Calgary marketplace. Yulu was tasked with developing messaging highlighting the substantial growth of Calgary's housing market and the progressive evolution from suburban sprawl to proactive urban planning and design, with Embassy BOSA aligned with the City's future goals.
The Solution
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Olivier Messiaen (French: ; December 10, 1908 – April 27, 1992) was a French composer, ornithologist, one of the major composers of the 20th century. His music is rhythmically complex; harmonically and melodically it often uses modes of limited transposition, which he abstracted from his early compositions and improvisations. Messiaen also drew on his Roman Catholic faith for his pieces.
He travelled widely and wrote works inspired by diverse influences such as Japanese music, the landscape of Bryce Canyon in Utah and the life of St. Francis of Assisi. He said he perceived colours when he heard certain musical chords (a phenomenon known as synaesthesia in its literal manifestation); combinations of these colours, he said, were important in his compositional process. For a short period Messiaen experimented with the parametrisation associated with "total serialism", in which field he is often cited as an innovator. His style absorbed many exotic musical influences such as Indonesian gamelan (tuned percussion often features prominently in his orchestral works).
Messiaen entered the Église de la Sainte-Trinité in Paris in 1931, a post held until his death. He taught at the Schola Cantorum de Paris during the 1930s. On the fall of France in 1940, Messiaen was made a prisoner of war, during which time he composed his Quatuor pour la fin du temps ("Quartet for the end of time") for the four available instruments—piano, violin, cello and clarinet. The piece was first performed by Messiaen and fellow prisoners for an audience of inmates and prison guards. He was appointed professor of harmony soon after his release in 1941, and professor of composition in 1966 at the Paris Conservatoire, positions he held until his retirement in 1978. His many distinguished pupils included Quincy Jones, Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Yvonne Loriod, who became his second wife.
He found birdsong fascinating, notating bird songs worldwide and incorporating birdsong transcriptions into his music. His innovative use of colour, his conception of the relationship between time and music, and his use of birdsong are among the features that make Messiaen's music distinctive.
Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen was born December 10, 1908 in Avignon, France, into a literary family.[1] He was the elder of two sons of Cécile Sauvage, a poet, and Pierre Messiaen, a teacher of English who translated the plays of William Shakespeare into French.[2] Messiaen's mother published a sequence of poems, L'âme en bourgeon ("The Budding Soul"), the last chapter of Tandis que la terre tourne ("As the Earth Turns"), which address her unborn son. Messiaen later said this sequence of poems influenced him deeply and he cited it as prophetic of his future artistic career.[3]
At the outbreak of World War I, Pierre Messiaen enlisted and Cécile took their two boys to live with her brother in Grenoble. There Messiaen became fascinated with drama, reciting Shakespeare to his brother with the help of a home-made toy theatre with translucent backdrops made from old cellophane wrappers.[4] At this time he also adopted the Roman Catholic faith. Later, Messiaen felt most at home in the Alps of the Dauphiné, where he had a house built south of Grenoble where he composed most of his music.[5]
He took piano lessons having already taught himself to play. His interest included the recent music of French composers Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, and he asked for opera vocal scores for Christmas presents.[6] Around this time he began to compose. In 1918 his father returned from the war and the family moved to Nantes. He continued music lessons; one of his teachers, Jehan de Gibon, gave him a score of Debussy's opera Pelléas et Mélisande, which Messiaen described as "a thunderbolt" and "probably the most decisive influence on me".[7] The following year Pierre Messiaen gained a teaching post in Paris. Messiaen entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1919, aged 11.[8]
At the Conservatoire, Messiaen made excellent academic progress. In 1924, aged 15, he was awarded second prize in [10] After a year studying composition with Charles-Marie Widor, in autumn 1927 he entered the class of the newly appointed Paul Dukas. Messiaen's mother died of tuberculosis shortly before the class began.[12] Despite his grief, he resumed his studies, and in 1930 Messiaen won first prize in composition.[10]
While a student he composed his first published works—his eight Préludes for piano (the earlier Le banquet céleste was published subsequently). These exhibit Messiaen's use of his modes of limited transposition and palindromic rhythms (Messiaen called these non-retrogradable rhythms). His public début came in 1931 with his orchestral suite Les offrandes oubliées. That year he first heard a gamelan group, sparking his interest in the use of tuned percussion.[13]
In the autumn of 1927, Messiaen joined [16] He also assumed a post at the Schola Cantorum de Paris in the early 1930s.[17] In 1932, he composed the Apparition de l'eglise eternelle for organ.
He married the violinist and composer Claire Delbos also in 1932. Their marriage inspired him to both compose works for her to play (Thème et variations for violin and piano in the year they were married) and to write pieces to celebrate their domestic happiness, including the song cycle Poèmes pour Mi in 1936, which he orchestrated in 1937. Mi was Messiaen's affectionate nickname for his wife.[18] In 1937 their son Pascal was born.[19] The marriage turned to tragedy when Delbos lost her memory after an operation and spent the rest of her life in mental institutions.[20]
In 1936, along with André Jolivet, Daniel-Lesur and Yves Baudrier, Messiaen formed the group La jeune France ("Young France"). Their manifesto implicitly attacked the frivolity predominant in contemporary Parisian music and rejected Jean Cocteau's 1918 Le coq et l'arlequin in favour of a "living music, having the impetus of sincerity, generosity and artistic conscientiousness".[21] Messiaen's career soon departed from this polemical phase.
In response to a commission for a piece to accompany light-and-water shows on ).[24] He also wrote the extensive cycles La Nativité du Seigneur ("The Nativity of the Lord") and Les corps glorieux ("The glorious bodies").[25]
At the outbreak of World War II, Messiaen was drafted into the French army. Due to poor eyesight, he was enlisted as a medical auxiliary rather than an active combatant.[26] He was captured at Verdun and taken to Görlitz in May 1940, and was imprisoned at Stalag VIII-A. He met a violinist, a cellist and a clarinettist among his fellow prisoners. He wrote a trio for them, which he gradually incorporated into his Quatuor pour la fin du temps ("Quartet for the End of Time"). The Quartet was first performed in January 1941 to an audience of prisoners and prison guards, with the composer playing a poorly maintained upright piano in freezing conditions.[27] Thus the enforced introspection and reflection of camp life bore fruit in one of 20th-century European classical music's acknowledged masterpieces. The title's "end of time" alludes to the Apocalypse, and also to the way in which Messiaen, through rhythm and harmony, used time in a manner completely different from his predecessors and contemporaries.[28]
Shortly after his release from [32] The Greek composer Iannis Xenakis was referred to him in 1951; Messiaen urged Xenakis to take advantage of his background in mathematics and architecture in his music.[33]
In 1943, Messiaen wrote Visions de l'Amen ("Visions of the Amen") for two pianos for Yvonne Loriod and himself to perform. Shortly thereafter he composed the enormous solo piano cycle Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus ("Twenty gazes upon the child Jesus") for her.[34] Again for Loriod, he wrote Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine ("Three small liturgies of the Divine Presence") for female chorus and orchestra which includes a difficult solo piano part.[35]
Two years after Visions de l'Amen, Messiaen composed the song cycle Harawi, the first of three works inspired by the legend of Tristan and Isolde. The second of these works about human (as opposed to divine) love was the result of a commission from Serge Koussevitzky. Messiaen stated that the commission did not specify the length of the work or the size of the orchestra. This was the ten-movement Turangalîla-Symphonie. It is not a conventional symphony, but rather an extended meditation on the joy of human union and love. It does not contain the sexual guilt inherent in Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde because Messiaen believed that sexual love is a divine gift.[26] The third piece inspired by the Tristan myth was Cinq rechants for twelve unaccompanied singers, described by Messiaen as influenced by the alba of the troubadours.[36] Messiaen visited the United States in 1949, where his music was conducted by Koussevitsky and Leopold Stokowski. His Turangalîla-Symphonie was first performed in the US in 1949, conducted by Leonard Bernstein.[37]
Messiaen taught an analysis class at the Paris Conservatoire. In 1947 he taught (and performed with Loriod) for two weeks in Budapest.[38] In 1949 he taught at Tanglewood.[39] Beginning in summer 1949 he taught in the new music summer school classes at Darmstadt.[40] While he did not employ the twelve-tone technique, after three years teaching analysis of twelve-tone scores, including works by Arnold Schoenberg, he experimented with ways of making scales of other elements (including duration, articulation and dynamics) analogous to the chromatic pitch scale. The results of these innovations was the "Mode de valeurs et d'intensités" for piano (from the Quatre études de rythme)[41] which has been misleadingly described as the first work of total serialism. It had a large influence on the earliest European serial composers including Pierre Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen.[42] During this period he also experimented with musique concrète, music for recorded sounds.[43]
When in 1952 Messiaen was asked to provide a test piece for flautists wishing to enter the Paris Conservatoire, he composed the piece Le merle noir for flute and piano. While he had long been fascinated by birdsong, and birds had made appearances in several of his earlier works (for example La Nativité, Quatuor and Vingt regards), the flute piece was based entirely on the song of the blackbird.[44]
He took this development to a new level with his 1953 orchestral work Réveil des oiseaux—its material consists almost entirely of the birdsong one might hear between midnight and noon in the Jura.[45] From this period onwards, Messiaen incorporated birdsong into all of his compositions and composed several works for which birds provide both the title and subject matter (for example the collection of thirteen pieces for piano Catalogue d'oiseaux completed in 1958, and La fauvette des jardins of 1971).[46] Paul Griffiths observed that Messiaen was a more conscientious ornithologist than any previous composer, and a more musical observer of birdsong than any previous ornithologist.[47]
Messiaen's first wife died in 1959 after a long illness, and in 1961 he married Loriod.[48] He began to travel widely, to attend musical events and to seek out and transcribe the songs of more exotic birds in the wild. Loriod frequently assisted her husband's detailed studies of birdsong while walking with him, by making tape recordings for later reference.[49] In 1962 he visited Japan, where Gagaku music and Noh theatre inspired the orchestral "Japanese sketches", Sept haïkaï, which contain stylised imitations of traditional Japanese instruments.[50]
Messiaen's music was by this time championed by, among others, Pierre Boulez, who programmed first performances at his Domaine musical concerts and the Donaueschingen festival.[51] Works performed included Réveil des oiseaux, Chronochromie (commissioned for the 1960 festival) and Couleurs de la cité céleste. The latter piece was the result of a commission for a composition for three trombones and three xylophones; Messiaen added to this more brass, wind, percussion and piano, and specified a xylophone, xylorimba and marimba rather than three xylophones.[52] Another work of this period, Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum, was commissioned as a commemoration of the dead of the two World Wars and was performed first semi-privately in the Sainte-Chapelle, then publicly in Chartres Cathedral with Charles de Gaulle in the audience.[53]
His reputation as a composer continued to grow and in 1959, he was nominated as an Officier of the Légion d'honneur.[54] In 1966 he was officially appointed professor of composition at the Paris Conservatoire, although he had in effect been teaching composition for years.[55] Further honours included election to the Institut de France in 1967 and the Académie des beaux-arts in 1968, the Erasmus Prize in 1971, the award of the Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal and the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize in 1975, the Sonning Award (Denmark's highest musical honour) in 1977, the Wolf Prize in Arts in 1982, and the presentation of the Croix de Commander of the Belgian Order of the Crown in 1980.[56]
Messiaen's next work was the large-scale La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ. The composition occupied him from 1965 to 1969 and the musicians employed include a 100-voice ten-part choir, seven solo instruments and large orchestra. Its fourteen movements are a meditation on the story of Christ's Transfiguration.[57] Shortly after its completion, Messiaen received a commission from Alice Tully for a work to celebrate the U.S. bicentennial. He arranged a visit to the US in spring 1972, and was inspired by Bryce Canyon in Utah, where he observed the canyon's distinctive colours and birdsong.[58] The twelve-movement orchestral piece Des canyons aux étoiles... was the result, first performed in 1974 in New York.[59]
In 1971, he was asked to compose a piece for the [62]
In the summer of 1978, Messiaen retired from teaching at the Conservatoire. He was promoted to the highest rank of the Légion d'honneur, the Grand-Croix, in 1987.[63] An operation prevented his participation in the celebration of his 70th birthday in 1978,[64] but in 1988 tributes for Messiaen's 80th included a complete performance in London's Royal Festival Hall of St. François, which the composer attended,[65] and Erato's publication of a seventeen-CD collection of Messiaen's music including a disc of the composer in conversation with Claude Samuel.[66]
Although in considerable pain near the end of his life (requiring repeated surgery on his back)[67] he was able to fulfil a commission from the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Éclairs sur l'au-delà..., which was premièred six months after his death. He died in Paris on April 27, 1992.[68]
On going through his papers, Loriod discovered that, in the last months of his life, he had been composing a [69]
Messiaen's music has been described as outside the western musical tradition, although growing out of that tradition and being influenced by it.[70] Much of his output denies the western conventions of forward motion, development and diatonic harmonic resolution. This is partly due to the symmetries of his technique—for instance the modes of limited transposition do not admit the conventional cadences found in western classical music.[71]
His youthful love for the fairy-tale element in Shakespeare prefigured his later expressions of Catholic liturgy.[72] Messiaen was not interested in depicting aspects of theology such as sin;[73] rather he concentrated on the theology of joy, divine love and redemption.[74]
Messiaen continually evolved new composition techniques, always integrating them into his existing musical style; his final works still retain the use of modes of limited transposition.[71] For many commentators this continual development made every major work from the Quatuor onwards a conscious summation of all that Messiaen had composed up to that time. However, very few of these major works lack new technical ideas—simple examples being the introduction of communicable language in Meditations, the invention of a new percussion instrument (the geophone) for Des canyons aux etoiles..., and the freedom from any synchronisation with the main pulse of individual parts in certain birdsong episodes of St. François d'Assise.[75]
As well as discovering new techniques, Messiaen found and absorbed exotic music, including Ancient Greek rhythms,[10] Hindu rhythms (he encountered Śārṅgadeva's list of 120 rhythmic units, the deçî-tâlas),[76] Balinese and Javanese Gamelan, birdsong, and Japanese music (see Example 1 for an instance of his use of ancient Greek and Hindu rhythms).[77]
While he was instrumental in the academic exploration of his techniques (he compiled two treatises: the later one in five volumes was substantially complete when he died and was published posthumously), and was himself a master of music analysis, he considered the development and study of techniques to be a means to intellectual, aesthetic and emotional ends. Thus Messiaen maintained that a musical composition must be measured against three separate criteria: it must be interesting, beautiful to listen to, and it must touch the listener.[78]
Messiaen wrote a large body of music for the piano. Although a considerable pianist himself, he was undoubtedly assisted by Yvonne Loriod's formidable piano technique and ability to convey complex rhythms and rhythmic combinations; in his piano writing from Visions de l'Amen onwards he had her in mind. Messiaen said, "I am able to allow myself the greatest eccentricities because to her anything is possible."[79]
Developments in modern French music were a major influence on Messiaen, particularly the music of Claude Debussy and his use of the whole-tone scale (which Messiaen called Mode 1 in his modes of limited transposition). Messiaen very rarely used the whole-tone scale in his compositions because, he said, after Debussy and Dukas there was "nothing to add",[80] but the modes he did use are all similarly symmetrical.
Messiaen had a great admiration for the music of Boris Godunov,[80] although he modified the final interval in this motif from a perfect fourth to a tritone (Example 3).[81]
Messiaen was further influenced by Surrealism, as may be seen from the titles of some of the piano Préludes (Un reflet dans le vent..., "A reflection in the wind")[82] and in some of the imagery of his poetry (he published poems as prefaces to certain works, for example Les offrandes oubliées).[83]
Colour lies at the heart of Messiaen's music. He believed that terms such as "Stravinsky all wrote strongly coloured music.[86]
In certain of Messiaen's scores, he notated the colours in the music (notably in Couleurs de la cité céleste and Des canyons aux étoiles...)—the purpose being to aid the conductor in interpretation rather than to specify which colours the listener should experience. The importance of colour is linked to Messiaen's synaesthesia, which he said caused him to experience colours when he heard or imagined music (he said that he did not perceive the colours visually). In his multi-volume music theory treatise Traité de rythme, de couleur, et d'ornithologie ("Treatise of Rhythm, Colour and Birdsong"), Messiaen wrote descriptions of the colours of certain chords. His descriptions range from the simple ("gold and brown") to the highly detailed ("blue-violet rocks, speckled with little grey cubes, cobalt blue, deep Prussian blue, highlighted by a bit of violet-purple, gold, red, ruby, and stars of mauve, black and white. Blue-violet is dominant").[87]
When asked what Messiaen's main influence had been on composers, George Benjamin said, "I think the sheer ... colour has been so influential, ... rather than being a decorative element, [Messiaen showed that colour] could be a structural, a fundamental element, ... the fundamental material of the music itself."[88]
Many of Messiaen's composition techniques made use of symmetries of time and pitch.[89]
From his earliest works, Messiaen used non-retrogradable (palindromic) rhythms (Example 2). He sometimes combined rhythms with harmonic sequences in such a way that if the process were allowed to proceed indefinitely the music would eventually run through all the possible permutations and return to its starting point. For Messiaen, this represented the "charm of impossibilities" of these processes. He only ever presented a portion of any such process, as if allowing the informed listener a glimpse of something eternal. In the first movement of Quatuor pour la fin du temps the piano and cello together provide an early example.[90]
Messiaen used modes which he called modes of limited transposition.[71] They are distinguished as groups of notes which can only be transposed by a semitone a limited number of times. For example, the whole-tone scale (Messiaen's Mode 1) only exists in two transpositions: namely C–D–E–F♯–G♯–A♯ and D♭–E♭–F–G–A–B. Messiaen abstracted these modes from the harmony of his improvisations and early works.[91] Music written using the modes avoids conventional diatonic harmonic progressions, since for example Messiaen's Mode 2 (identical to the octatonic scale used also by other composers) permits precisely the dominant seventh chords whose tonic the mode does not contain.[92]
As well as making use of non-retrogradable rhythm and the Hindu decî-tâlas, Messiaen also composed with "additive" rhythms. This involves lengthening individual notes slightly or interpolating a short note into an otherwise regular rhythm (see Example 3), or shortening or lengthening every note of a rhythm by the same duration (adding a semiquaver to every note in a rhythm on its repeat, for example).[93] This led Messiaen to use rhythmic cells that irregularly alternate between two and three units, a process which also occurs in Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, which Messiaen admired.[94]
A factor that contributes to Messiaen's suspension of the conventional perception of time in his music is the extremely slow tempos he often specifies (the fifth movement Louange à l'eternité de Jésus of Quatuor is actually given the tempo marking infiniment lent).[95] Messiaen also used the concept of "chromatic durations", for example in his Soixante-quatre durées from Livre d'orgue ( ), which is built from, in Messiaen's words, "64 chromatic durations from 1 to 64 demisemiquavers [thirty-second notes]—invested in groups of 4, from the ends to the centre, forwards and backwards alternately—treated as a retrograde canon. The whole peopled with birdsong."[96]
Related to this use of resonance, Messiaen also composed music in which the lowest, or fundamental, note is combined with higher notes or chords played much more quietly. These higher notes, far from being perceived as conventional harmony, function as harmonics that alter the timbre of the fundamental note like [99] An example is the song of the golden oriole in Le loriot of the Catalogue d'oiseaux for solo piano (Example 4).
In his use of conventional diatonic chords, Messiaen often transcended their historically banal connotations (for example, his frequent use of the added sixth chord as a resolution).[100]
Birdsong fascinated Messiaen from an early age, and in this he found encouragement from his teacher Dukas, who reportedly urged his pupils to "listen to the birds". Messiaen included stylised birdsong in some of his early compositions (including L'abîme d'oiseaux from the Quatuor pour la fin du temps), integrating it into his sound-world by techniques like the modes of limited transposition and chord colouration. His evocations of birdsong became increasingly sophisticated, and with Le réveil des oiseaux this process reached maturity, the whole piece being built from birdsong: in effect it is a dawn chorus for orchestra. The same can be said for "Epode", the five-minute sixth movement of "Chronochromie", which is scored for eighteen violins, each one playing a different birdsong. Messiaen notated the bird species with the music in the score (examples 1 and 4). The pieces are not simple transcriptions; even the works with purely bird-inspired titles, such as Catalogue d'oiseaux and Fauvette des jardins, are tone poems evoking the landscape, its colours and atmosphere.[101]
For some compositions, Messiaen created scales for duration, attack and timbre analogous to the chromatic pitch scale. He expressed annoyance at the historical importance given to one of these works, Mode de valeurs et d'intensités, by musicologists intent on crediting him with the invention of "total serialism".[78]
Messiaen later introduced what he called a "communicable language", a "musical alphabet" to encode sentences. He first used this technique in his Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité for organ; where the "alphabet" includes motifs for the concepts to have, to be and God, while the sentences encoded feature sections from the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas.[102]
A number of Messiaen's compositions were not sanctioned by the composer for publication. They include the following, some of which have been published posthumously and recorded, and some of which are lost.
Neoclassicism (music), Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Aaron Copland, Oclc, Serialism
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Arabic language, Google, English language, French language, Turkey
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The nurse would first monitor vital signs and review with the client that the client had just received an ECT treatment.
Atenolol is a beta blocker with antihypertensive effects. Chlorpromazine can also lower blood pressure. The potential for falls related to orthostatic hypotension and sedation is of concern to the nurse administering chlorpromazine. This risk is greatly increased when an antihypertensive agent is added.
Ruscus aculeatus (Butcher's Broom) is an evergreen found in the Mediterranean and the southern region of the United States. It has been used to treat varicose veins, peripheral vascular disease, arthritis, hemorrhoids, and leg edema. It has also been used as a laxative, as a diuretic, and to treat diabetic retinopathy.
All characteristics of sinus bradycardia are the same as those of normal sinus rhythm, except the rate is slower.
Sambucus nigra (Elderberry) is a shrub found in the United States and Europe. It has been used to treat colds, diaphoresis, toothache, headache, sinusitis, hay fever, wounds, skin disorders, hepatic conditions, and inflammation.
Giving information that explains the situation clearly empowers the couple, fostering a reduction of fear and willingness to cooperate in a positive way. It also enhances the couple's feeling that the nurse is supportive and in control of the situation. Stressing what they can do to help prevents or decreases any feelings of helplessness.
Lying supine (on the back) applies additional gravity pressure on the abdominal blood vessels (iliac, interior vena cava, ascending aorta) increasing compression and impeding blood flow and cardiac output. This results in hypotension, dizziness, nausea, pallor, clammy (cool, damp) skin, and sweating. Raising one hip higher than the other reduces the pressure on the vena cava, restoring the circulation and relieving the symptoms.
By placing the call button within easy reach of the client, the client has immediate access to the health care team. The client can be reassured that a member of the health care team is available and will come if the client calls. This hopefully will decrease the client's perception of being alone and give the client some sense of control.
Valeriana officinalis (Valerian) is a perennial that is cultivated throughout the world. It has been used to treat nervous disorders such as anxiety, restlessness, and insomnia.
Safety during defibrillation is essential to prevent injury to the client and the personnel assisting with the procedure. The person performing the defibrillation ensures that all personnel are standing clear of the bed by a verbal and visual check of "all clear." Charged paddles should never be handed to other personnel. For the shock to be effective, some type of conductive medium (lubricant, gel) must be placed between the paddles and the skin. Firm pressure is needed to reduce the chances of arcing and to reduce impedance to the flow of current.
The goal of pharmacotherapy following an MI is to increase oxygen supply to the myocardium and provide anticoagulation and analgesia. Heparin, morphine sulfate, and nitroglycerin will accomplish this. Digoxin, which is a positive inotropic agent, increases cardiac output by improving the contractile force of the heart. This is used with caution in the acute phase of MI and is contraindicated in ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia unrelated to congestive heart failure.
Clients taking captopril should be instructed to report sore throat, fever, chest pain, edema or swelling of the face, hands, and feet. Swelling of the face, lips, hands, or feet may be indicative of angioedema (an acute, painless dermal swelling).
Spironolactone (Aldactone) is a potassium-sparing diuretic. The client on a potassium-sparing diuretic is at risk for hyperkalemia. If a potassium supplement were prescribed, the nurse would question the order.
Bearing down while defecating causes a Valsalva effect that decreases cardiac output and venous return and puts the client at risk for syncope and dysrhythmias.
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State of the art in automatic rendezvous
The videometer, a high-tech optical instrument attached to the front of Europe's Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) cargo carrier, is based on star sensor technology.
On a satellite, or on a spacecraft like the ATV (which will have two), a star tracker is able to recognize different constellations in the sky and uses this information to calculate its own orientation in space. The videometer on the ATV will ensure very precise automatic rendezvous with the International Space Station
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The original idea of the videometer was to add an illuminator, flashing a laser beam in the direction of optical targets.
The pulsed laser beams emitted by the videometer on the ATV are passively reflected by retroreflectors attached to the outside of the International Space Station (ISS), resulting in unique light patterns.
In the same way as the star tracker aims at the constellations, the videometer on the ATV analyses the image formed by the pattern of light spots visible on the aft end of the Service Module of the ISS.
Two sets of different patterns (a large 1.5 m sided triangular shape and a smaller pyramidal shape 8.5 cm in height), each one made by the numerous retroreflectors, will be installed at very precise locations on the Service Module during dedicated spacewalks in summer 2004. An old set of ATV retroreflectors, attached to the Service Module before its launch in 1998, will be brought back to Earth for material analysis.
Each of the 26 retroreflectors, which looks like a small 2.5 cm cube, has the capability to reflect - like a bicycle 'catadiopter' at night - the laser beam exactly in the direction it was sent from. The precision of these optical devices is such that the reflection of the beam does not deviate by more than 3 mm over a distance of 300 m. This optical guidance system, built in Europe, is a brand new worldwide technology.
The Jules Verne videometer, called VDM, is designed and manufactured by Sodern, a subsidiary of EADS, in Limeil-Brévannes, a Paris suburb. Tests have shown that the VDM is able to analyse images of its emitted laser beam reflected by retroreflectors identical to the ones that will be installed on the Russian Service Module.
With a budget of about 7.6 millon Euros covering a two-year period, Sodern has delivered pre-qualification models and the first set of flight-rated videometers.
Although the videometer, including its software, is expected to be fully qualified by early summer, the two identical 8.2 kg videometer units for Jules Verne have earlier this month been delivered to EADS in Bremen, Germany, ready to be attached to the spacecraft in the near future.
All ATV spaceships will have two identical videometers, installed 20 cm apart on the front of the ATV. Both are active during rendezvous, with one acting as back-up.
Real scale tests have been performed and show there is no interference possible between the two rendezvous devices.
Secondary sensor
To add redundancy and a safety margin to the critical rendezvous operations, a secondary sensor – called a telegoniometer (TGM), which is totally independent and parallel to the videometer – will also be used. The telegoniometer works like a radar, and will continuously calculate the distance and direction from the ATV to the ISS.
Like the two videometers, two 13.7 kg TGM (one back-up), located on the ATV front cone, emit laser pulses (at a different wavelength to the videometers) towards the retroflectors on ISS. The travel time of the pulses, which are reflected back at light speed, gives the distance between the two spacecraft.
The direction from the ATV to the ISS is given by the orientation of the TGMs' two built-in mirrors, which rotate to aim the laser towards the retroreflectors. The distance and direction information from the TGM can be compared to that obtained via image processing using the videometer. However, only the videometer can compute the orientation of the ISS.
Activated at the same 250 m distance from the ISS, the TGM radar-like pulses provide 10 000 hits per second, whereas the camera-like videometer illuminates its objective from once per second to 10 times per second as it approaches its target.


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Gago added to Argentina squad for qualifiers
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Fernando Gago was one of three domestically-based players added to the Argentina squad on Sunday for World Cup qualifiers against Colombia and Ecuador.
The former Valencia and Roma midfielder, his Velez Sarsfield team-mate Gino Peruzzi and Boca Juniors goalkeeper Agustin Orion were named on the Argentine FA website.
Playmaker Gago is a key member of coach Alejandro Sabella's squad, leaders in the South American group, who face Colombia at home on Friday and visit Ecuador four days later.
Argentina top the group with 24 points from 11 matches. Ecuador have 20 points and Colombia 19, both with a match in hand.
The top four teams at the end of the qualifiers in October will go through to the Brazil finals. The fifth-placed team, at present Venezuela, will enter a playoff against an Asian qualifier in November for another berth.
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Goalkeepers: Sergio Romero (Sampdoria), Mariano Andujar (Catania), Agustin Orion (Boca Juniors).
Defenders: Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City), Hugo Campagnaro (Napoli), Ezequiel Garay (Benfica), Federico Fernandez (Getafe), Fabricio Coloccini (Newcastle United), Jose Basanta (Monterrey), Marcos Rojo (Sporting Lisbon), Gino Peruzzi (Velez Sarsfield).
Midfielders: Javier Mascherano (Barcelona), Fernando Gago (Velez Sarsfield), Ever Banega (Valencia), Walter Montillo (Santos), Jose Sosa (Metalist Kharkiv), Augusto Fernandez, (Celta Vigo), Lucas Biglia (Anderlecht), Pablo Guinazu (Libertad), Angel di Maria (Real Madrid), Erik Lamela (AS Roma).
Forwards: Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Gonzalo Higuain (Real Madrid), Ezequiel Lavezzi (Paris Saint-Germain), Rodrigo Palacio (Inter Milan), Sergio Aguero (Manchester City).
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Sable Emouvant has two shades that are a match made in heaven. You can create a day/night eye with one tiny little palette. The lighter shade has a warm champagne tone, and the darker shade is again a warm Dark Chocolate. Overall, I feel like the combination of the duo is very elegant and flattering. I actually created the best "smokey eye" for a night out, that I have ever done by using this duo.
The application of this product is very nice, the powder is smooth and pretty well pigmented for a Chanel duo. I also like how the colour stays throughout the day without a primer, it relaxes and merges into a warm pretty tone.
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I love the elegance of this duo, I also find it simple but effective to use. Chanel products can be customised in terms of the coverage, and this is very good for people like myself who like to wear different variations of make-up. I feel that the tones in this duo would perfectly match many skin tones, and the warmth is very flattering in general. I have worn this shadow for over a week now, and I have barley reached for anything else (Apart from "Virgin" UD). I'm really enjoying this duo, and the pigment is very much improved.
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Okay, I have to mention a few things here. Firstly, for an extra £6.00 you could own an Urban Decay NAKED palette with 12 generous sized shadows. The price of this palette seems a little pricey for just two shadows(£30.00), and I feel that their are many Brands like MUA & UD that have better value for money options. My final issue with this product is this video, please watch it and read the below bar. Even though I adore this duo, I have to be honest with you all and give you the sources to make up your own minds about this duo.
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Ice crystals set is an item set in Dragon Age: Origins. It can only be used on Shale.
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In order to form this set, any ice type small crystal and large crystal should be equipped together on Shale.
The available ice type small crystals that can be found in-game are:
- Small Chipped Ice Crystal
- Small Flawed Ice Crystal
- Small Clear Ice Crystal
- Small Flawless Ice Crystal
- Small Brilliant Ice Crystal
The available ice type large crystals that can be found in-game are:
- Large Chipped Ice Crystal
- Large Flawed Ice Crystal
- Large Clear Ice Crystal
- Large Flawless Ice Crystal
- Large Brilliant Ice Crystal
This set provides +10% cold resistance bonus on Shale.
Acquisition[edit | edit source]
Any of the required pieces of this item set can be looted from crystal formations in Cadash Thaig or Wilhelm's Cellar or anywhere you can purchase crystals.
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- The bonus gained from this set is the same by using both low tier crystals and higher ones, subsequently making the bonus more useful in early levels.
- The picture shows Shale equipped with small and large clear crystals.
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