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A Reopened Levenmouth Rail Link
This article in Global Rail News has a title a title of Levenmouth – Scotland's next railway?.
According to the article, the figures look good, for the reopening of the Levenouth Rail Link, with a Benefit Cost Ration of 1.3, which compares well with a figure of 0.96 for the successful Borders Railway.
It would be a five mile extension from the Fife Circle Line and would serve a station at Leven and a large Disgeo distillery.
Design Error Delays Gospel Oak to Barking Line Electrification
The title of this post is taken from this article in Global Rail News.
This is said.
In an announcement earlier today, Network Rail said it had been unable to install some of the OLE structures because they had been "incorrectly designed". It also blamed the late delivery of materials.
But the line will reopen with the Class 172 trains on the 27th February.
In June 2016, I wrote The Signs Of Bad Planning On The Gospel Oak To Barking Line Were There.
In the post, I talk about the rebuilding of three bridges on the line at Wightman Road, Palmerston Road and Holloway Road, which although Palmerston Road was done early and successfully, Holloway Road was going well at the time of writing, but Wightman Road had almost been forgotten.
The closure of Wightman Road for rebuilding certainly caught a lot of people by surprise.
There was also the late rebuilding of Holloway Road bridge, which certainly caught Islington Council on the hop.
If you read a News Release from the Barking – Gospel Oak Rail User Group dated the 6th February 2017, this is said.
Other problems have been accidental breaches of sewers in Walthamstow by pile drivers and the discovery that there will be insufficient clearance for the overhead wires under the road bridge at Crouch Hill station.
It is believed that Network Rail has received a temporary dispensation to run electric trains under the bridge pending a later closure to raise the height of the bridge.
As the guy said, when he breached the sewer – "Shit Happens!"
The Robin Hood Line In Nottingham
This Google Map shows the Southern end of the Robin Hood Line as it connects to Nottingham station.
Note the triangular junction towards the bottom of the map.
- The line to the East goes into Nottingham station.
- The line to the West goes to Beeston and eventually to London. In a few years time, it will go to the East Midland Hub station for HS2.
- The line to the North is the Robin Hood Line and the Erewash Valley Line.
The \Erewash Valley Line splits to the West, from the Robin Hood Line just off the top of the map to the North of Nottingham University's Jubilee Campus.
It is worth looking at services that go between these two branches and Nottingham station.
Langley Mill station on the Erewash Valley Line has the following services.
- One train per hour (tph) between Nottingham and Leeds.
- A few trains per day between Liverpool and Nottingham.
- Some trains between Sheffield and London stop.
Passengers though are expected to take the infrequent service to Nottingham for onward trains.
On the 2nd of April, Ilkeston station will open on the Erewash Valley Line between Nottingham and Langley Mill.
Hucknall station on the Robin Hood Line has two hourly services.
- Between Nottingham and Mansfield Woodhouse
- Between Nottingham and Worksop.
Plans also exist for a branch to Ollerton, so this might change the service pattern. But there is no more than a total of four or five trains per hour in both directions.
All of these services go round the North-East chord of the junction and thus connect Nottingham University's Jubilee Campus and Nottingham station
But there are no stations along this line, although there used to be one at Radford.
In A Look At New Station Projects, I came across references to stations at Faraday Road and Lenton.
Both locations are on this section of line and it would seem logical that the more Northerly location would be ideal to serve the Jubilee Campus.
If only the local trains stopped, it would have the following services.
- 1-2 tph to Ilkeston, Langley Mill and Alfreton
- 2 tph to Hucknall, Kirkby-in-Ashfield and Mansfield
- 3-4 tph to Nottingham.
Other questions and issues are raised.
- Would a second station to the South nearer to the triangular junction be worthwhile?
- Could the Nottingham Express Transit. have an interchange with the trains the Robin Hood Line?
- Could the Nottingham Express Transit call both campuses of the University of Nottingham?
- In future could 1-2 tph go to the HS2 station at East Midland Hub?
It does appear that there is scope for improving connectivity in the Western Part of the City Centre.
London's Housing Market Is Changing
This article in Construction Enquirer is entitled Quintain launches London's largest build to rent site.
Quintain are to build thousands of rental homes at Wembley Park around Wembley Stadium.
Reading the article, they seem to be making a professional job of it.
- 3,000 houses will start construction this year.
- 5,000 houses will be built over seven years.
- There will be a primary School, a seven acre park and a landscaped square.
- Four companies will share the building.
- Quintain have even set up their own company to manage the properties and their rental.
- Brent Council seem to have given the development their blessing.
Looking back to the 1970s, when C, myself and our three boys were looking for somewhere to live, and were unable to get a mortgage because my income wasn't in any way guaranteed, we had no option but to rent.
We had one choice of a quality development in London, where we could rent and that was the Barbican.
I don't think we'd have gone to Wembley, but we would have loved to have had a choice.
I suspect we could see other developments like this all over the country.
Everyone will benefit.
Class 88 Locomotives To Start Testing
This article in Rail Magazine is entitled Testing programme in place for first Class 88.
The Class 88 locomotive could revolutionise locomotive haulage on some routes in the UK.
It is a go anywhere locomotive with the ability to use 25 KVAC electric or onboard diesel power. Wikipedia says this.
The UK version will be able to run either on electrified lines using the pantograph, which will be the UK's standard OHLE current at 25kV AC, or away from electrified lines with the Caterpillar C27 950 hp (710 kW) engine.
The diesel engine is not as powerful the 2.8 MW (3,800 hp) C175-16 engine fitted to its cousin the Class 68 locomotive, which is used by Chiltern on their Main Line services to Birmingham.
The Class 88 has a powerful dual-mode capability, with the locomotive being able to haul a train on diesel power, despite having only twenty percent of the power on electricity.
It will be interesting to see which routes these locomotives serve.
With the completion of the electrification of the Gospel Oak to Barking Line, the two major freight routes across North London will be electrified on much of their length, but some of the secondary routes like the Dudding Hill Line will not be electrified. Also, as many ports in the UK are not electrified, could we see Class 88 locomotives replacing Class 66 locomotives on some of the cross-London freights.
If Sadiq Khan is serious about pollution and noise, then he should push Network Rail and the rail freight companies to go for electric haulage on all routes across London.
I also wonder, if the diesel power of the Class 88, is enough to take a heavy freight train out of the Port of Felixstowe to join the Great Eastern Main Line for London,
The Class 88 is also capable of hauling passenger trains, so could we see them hauling rakes of coaches on long routes, which are only partially electrified.
- London to Holyhead
- London to Aberdeen
- London to Inverness
- London to Sunderland
It could be a suitable locomotive for sleeper services, especially if the Class 88 can work North of Edinburgh and Glasgow.
I suspect though initially, as there are only ten of the locomotives, they will be used in high-profile services with an ecological dimension.
- Services through sensitive areas for noise and pollution, where the line is electrified like North London are an obvious application.
- Direct Rail Services provide motive power for Tesco's delivery from Daventry to Inverness, which is electrified a lot of the way. This would surely generate headlines if hauled by a Class 88 instead of a Class 66.
- It would be an ideal locomotive for a Whisky-Liner from Scotland to the South,
- Would BMW like it to haul their miniLiners from Oxford to the Channel Tunnel?
The last two applications ask if the locomotive could use the Channel Tunnel. I doubt that using the locomotive to take Minis all the way to Germany though, would be an efficient use of the locomotive, so at some point the locomotive would change. Being able to use the tunnel though, would enable the locomotive change to be made in either England or France.
I think that Stadler will see an order for more Class 88 locomotives before the end of the year. After all, the Class 68 locomotive fleet has continually grown since its introduction in 2013 and not stands at 25 in service and seven on order.


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This week for the Food: A-Z Project was the letter "P". It was hard to decide what to do for it, there were so many options. I ended up doing two.
Poached Eggs - I've never actually poached an egg before, never really had a reason or want to do it. I guess I was always kind of curious about it though so I figured now was as good a time as any to do it. There's all kinds of tips and tricks people do to make them just right. I made sure the temp of the water was between 160-180ºF and put in a bit of white vinegar as it's supposed to keep the egg together. I cracked the egg into a ramekin, swirled the water around with a spoon and dropped the egg into the middle and watched as the egg swirled slowly around while I took pics. I read about other tricks people do like put the egg in plastic wrap so it stays together. That seems too easy to me and it's not as purdy either.
Pizzelles - This is probably only the 2nd time I've made them. They're an Italian cookie that requires a special pizzelle maker that looks just like a waffle maker. It makes crispy thin wafers that are addictive. I think I ate about 10 of them today. They're so light and thin you just want to keep eating them. Most of the recipes I found are basically the same with just a few minor differences. I followed one I found on PennLive.com with a few adjustments. I used Anise extract instead of anise oil and added a bit of rum.
3 large eggs - Room temperature
2 cups flour - Sifted
1 cup sugar
1 stick unsalted butter
3 teaspoons baking powder
1.5-2 teaspoons Anise Extract
2 tablespoons Anise Seeds
½ cup water
1 tsp rum
In a large mixing bowl, beat eggs; then slowly whisk in sugar, cooled melted butter, Anise extract, seeds and water. Slowly mix in flour and baking powder mix. Set aside and refrigerate for 15 to 30 minutes before baking. If the batter becomes too thick, whisk in small amounts of water.
Spoon one tablespoon of batch per cookie on a pre-heated Pizzelle iron. Latch the handle so it makes a tight fit. After the initial steam escapes from the iron, take care to not over bake them. They should be slightly golden brown, but not dark. I prefer mine light. Check them after 10 seconds. Remove them with a fork and set them on a flat surface for drying before they are stacked. A course dish towel is good because it absorbs any residual moisture. Home made Pizzelles are not necessarily perfectly round like the cardboard commercial ones. Homemade ones can be any shape that comes out of the iron. That's a symbol of genuine homemade greatness.
Store them in an air tight container. A tin is a traditional favorite for storing pizzelles because it keeps them fresh and crisp. The best pizzelles are so thin that it is difficult to transport them without breaking a few. If your pizzelles cookies soften due to high humidity, place them in a slightly warm oven for about ten minutes. Each batter makes around 35-40 thin cookies.
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"P" is for Pizzelles
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(1) At its 58th session (March 1983) CCAQ(FB) noted information collected by IAPSU on recent experience in the organizations with regard to compensation for service-incurred injury, illness or death of staff financed by UNDP, as well as suggestions by UNDP on funding compensation payments for such staff. As most organizations had commercial insurance policies to cover compensation payments, IAPSU was requested to obtain quotations for a common policy, which could cover staff financed from sources of funds other than UNDP if this was desired by individual organizations (ACC/1983/11, paras. 48-49).
(2) Having considered IAPSU's report at the 60th session on financial and budgetary questions (March 1984), and having recognized UNDP's problem in respect of liabilities for compensation payments relating to staff financed by it, the Committee noted that some organizations did not wish to change their current arrangements for the coverage of compensation payments. UNDP was invited, after obtaining such information from the organizations as it needed, to return with new proposals for dealing with these payments as they related to UNDP-financed staff (ACC/1984/10, paras. 48-50). Further reflections by UNDP on this subject were noted in discussions at the 6lst session on financial and budgetary questions (September 1984) (ACC/1984/17, para. 62).


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There is a milking stool in Achille Castiglioni's design studio, the wooden kind that Swiss farmers have used to milk their cows for centuries. It isn't what you'd expect to find in the studio of one of the 20th century's most famous industrial designers, but Castiglioni rarely did the expected.
He loved the everyday objects whose ingenuity is often ignored, like the tractor seat, which inspired his Mezzadro stool, and the car reflector, the basis of the Toio lamp. The milking stool was among Castiglioni's most cherished possessions, and he enjoyed demonstrating its virtues in lectures to the students at Milan Polytechnic by squatting on it to mime the milking of an imaginary cow.
Like hundreds of other objects cluttering five rooms of an 18th-century palazzo in Milan where Castiglioni dreamed up his designs from 1944 until his death in 2002, the stool has been left just as it was on his last working day. Drawings and plans are laid out on the assistants' desks. Boxes of files sit on the shelves in numerical order. The doodles drawn for Castiglioni by his designer friends, like Ettore Sottsass and Max Huber, are still pinned to the wall.
Castiglioni's studio, which opened to the public last year, is what the French call a musée biographique, or biographical museum. Whenever I travel, I make a point of visiting these small, frequently little-known places where an artist or writer lived or worked. They give you a deeper sense of his or her character, and of an era, than a conventional museum. In Paris I like the home of the 19th-century Symbolist painter Gustave Moreau. It's packed with his possessions and paintings, and although his work can be dreary, the house is evocative. It's impossible not to picture his students, Matisse and Rouault among them, working at their easels in the cavernous atelier. At La Maison de Balzac in the Parisian district of Passy, where the French novelist sought refuge in the 1840s under the alias Monsieur de Brugnol, there is not so much to see: Balzac had become so broke that he'd sold or hocked most of his belongings and lost the others to creditors. You can, however, see the well-worn desk where he worked on "The Human Comedy."
The best musées biographiques score high on both character and content, like the London house of the neo-Classical architect Sir John Soane and the early 1900s workshop of the Japanese ceramicist Kawai Kanjiro in Kyoto. I'm hooked on them, probably for the same Nosy Parkerish reasons that I love biographies, and Studio Museo Achille Castiglioni doesn't disappoint.
Coming here takes you back to the Milan design scene in its postwar heyday. Castiglioni was a charismatic man and a magical designer whose work was witty, original, aesthetically refined and technically innovative. After his death, La Triennale di Milano, one of the city's biggest museums, took over the studio. It's now open on weekday mornings; two of his former assistants catalog its contents in the afternoons. Each of the high-ceilinged rooms is stuffed with books, models, prototypes, tools and material samples. Oddly shaped eyeglasses, Soviet galoshes, old soda bottles and the rest of his found-object collection are crammed into glass cabinets along with what look like kinetic sculptures but turn out to be chimney brushes.
There are no "Please do not touch" signs or security barriers. Closed-circuit TV cameras aside, it still looks like a working studio. Castiglioni's designs are everywhere, from a prototype of the Arco light to the giant electric bulbs he strung up as lighting for an exhibition at La Triennale. The early prototypes of his chairs, which any design museum would treasure, are plonked around a table.
The rooms are dotted with the Spirale ashtrays on which the designer liked to rest his smoldering cigarettes. "He was like a comedian from the silent movie era: nervous, chain-smoking, always in motion, playful and quite mischievous," says Paola Antonelli, a curator of architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Which probably explains the enormous mirror in his office, hung at just the right angle so he could observe people come and go and watch his assistants at work, without leaving his desk.
The only thing missing is Castiglioni himself.
Studio Museo Achille Castiglioni, Piazza Castello 27, Milan; 011-39-02-805-3606; www.triennale.it.


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Of course, I know it's no longer possible to get a transaction mined without a miner fee since 2011.
It's for sending from a single address to a single output address. But I have to split the sending in a large amount of transactions.
I only knows about Gdax which pays the transaction fee for the user (thus making sending transaction free), but it requires sending identity document in order to use it.
This question isn't about doing it… It's about getting answer that might explain how to do it without knowing an e‑mail address !
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We just tried to log in to Xfinity on Xbox, and like a number of other users, we're having some problems, which seem to be related to an inability to authenticate to the service with our Comcast Xfinity username/password combination:
We're expecting that the problem is just with an overload of users trying to log in to the service all at once, as others are reporting the same issue (with different Error codes, however).
Another problem, one that won't be fixed anytime soon, is that it's become apparent that if you use Comcast Xfinity or Time Warner Cable, you won't be able to use HBO Go on your Xbox. The Verge reported on the issue earlier today, explaining:
Comcast / Xfinity subscribers aren't able to get HBO Go working on the Xbox 360, and a quick look at Microsoft's official site confirms that Comcast as well as TWC are not among the providers offering HBO Go access. We've tried getting a Comcast account working with HBO Go and can confirm it isn't an option.
However, it's worth noting that HBO content is available through Comcast's Xfinity TV iPad and iPhone apps, so it's possible that the forthcoming Xfinity On Demand for Xbox 360 will include HBO as well. That app isn't available yet, so we can't say for sure, but there's a possibility Comcast customers will be able to get HBO programming through Xfinity On Demand.
Since we're not able to sign in to the Xfinity app, we can't tell if HBO Go is available (although we don't pay for HBO here, so that point is probably moot).
Another problem looming quite a bit larger relates to how Comcast is providing the Xfinity app service, through a private network which does not count against your Comcast data cap. That service seems to be in contradiction to the tenets of Net Neutrality, although the details of the subject are murky, at best. ReadWriteWeb takes a good stab at explaining the issue, one that's not easy to describe without getting overly complicated.
We'll keep hammering the authentication servers until we get in, which is what everyone else is probably doing and why it doesn't work in the first place, but hey, it's what we do.
In the meantime, have you been able to log on to Xfinity on Xbox?, or the companion apps from HBO Go or MLB.com? Let us know how you're faring.


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Monday, March 19, 2018
Faces of Baseline: Anna and Justin
Project Baseline study participants Anna (left) and Justin (right).
Although they live nearly 3,000 miles apart, strangers Anna Brooks and Justin Dennis are sharing an extraordinary experience.
Justin, who lives in California, and Anna, who lives in North Carolina, were each the 100th participant enrolled in the Project Baseline study at their local study sites—Anna enrolled at Duke University School of Medicine and Justin enrolled at Stanford Medicine. Being the 100th is not all they have in common; Justin and Anna are also both 37 years old and both happen to be nurses. Their work in healthcare was a big part of what motivated them to join the quest to map human health.
Ever since she was a little girl, Anna has loved helping people. She found her calling early in life when she took a class on health occupations in high school and realized that she wanted to become a nurse. Later, watching a family member struggle with several serious illnesses showed Anna the value of clinical research and prompted her to apply to join the Project Baseline study.
"It all ties in. I see what [my family member] suffered from, so if any of my data can help others, I want to contribute," said Anna, "I just think research is amazing. For me, the question isn't why join the Baseline study, but why not? If I can give my blood and other samples to help advance medicine and healthcare through research, if I can potentially help someone in this way, I feel like it's the least I can do."
Anna's family history of cancer and cardiovascular disease makes her participation in the Project Baseline study especially interesting to researchers. "For me, as a healthy person, to be able to have these tests done and to know that the results will be used to help other people and further research and healthcare, that is amazing," she said.
When Anna isn't working as a cardiac nurse, she can often be found helping patients at an adult daycare facility. "The geriatric population is my favorite, along with my cardiac patients," she said.
Justin too shares a passion for giving back and helping people. "One of the best jobs I ever had was being an aide in a special education classroom," Justin shared. "I had the privilege of working with many resilient kids who had cerebral palsy, and that really sparked an interest in healthcare, service, and giving back to the community." This experienced inspired him to become a cardiac nurse and, more recently, serve in an Intensive Care Unit.
Justin was familiar with the Framingham Heart Study, a long-term cardiovascular research initiative that transformed the way cardiovascular disease is diagnosed and treated. So when he learned about the Project Baseline study, he noticed some familiarities. "When I went onto the Project Baseline website, I immediately saw the potential of this revolutionary study and was familiar with the all of the good that came out of the Framingham research. I'm excited to be a part of that in some small way."
Justin also shares Anna's appreciation for the unique approach of this study to better prevent and detect disease with the help of healthy people. As he said, "we focus too much on people when they're sick and not enough on the transition." Justin and his wife are expecting their first child soon, so his weekends and spare time are spent getting their home ready for this new addition to the family. Congratulations, Justin!
The last thing that Anna and Justin share is proudly wearing their Study Watch, an investigational device designed by Verily, every day. Justin noted that people often ask where he got it and he is excited to tell them about his participation in Project Baseline. It's also one of the aspects of the study that Anna enjoys most. "It's exciting to take new technology and use it to help find answers about how diseases progress in the body," she said.
Posted by Rachel Taylor, Contributing Editor, Verily
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Spring wedding ceremonies outdoors in Treaty Oaks Park in downtown Jacksonville, FL are so pretty. Home to the oldest tree in Jacksonville (more than 200 years) its branches spread out far and wide, and are so long and heavy that many rest directly on the ground. To give you perspective, this tree is larger than an office building.
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A Sweet Evening with Two Brides
Beach Wedding Happiness
Beach wedding ceremonies are such a joy to perform. What could be better than a cute beach wedding arch resplendent with seashell adornments and sounds of waves crashing in the background?
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Conch shells, orchids and starfish adorned this beach theme wedding at the seaside. These were the table centerpieces.
Wedding arch on the beach decorated with seashells is oh-so-adorable for your romantic seashore wedding.
That Wedding Lady getting ready to perform a beach wedding ceremony in St. Augustine, FL.
Beach wedding arch with pews all set up on the beach waiting for its bride and groom.
A beach wedding arch which has no arch is actually called a "pergola."
Beach wedding arch or a pergola wedding arch all decorated with seashells for a creative and unique look.
The beach wedding arch closeup detail with seashell decorations.
This is a photo of the beach wedding sand pouring unity after the ceremony.
Cute beach wedding decorations
Chautauqau Beach House, St. Augustine, FL is a beach home rental so once I've obtained the contact info for them from the bride I will put them here.
The Chautauqua Beach House was a fantastic location in St. Augustine. You could view the beach wedding ceremony location 150 yards away down on the beach from the porch. This was very convenient for timing since caterers and DJs can keep visual tabs on client progress and execute tasks based on what they see. The parking was a tough situation though. You're best bet will be to tell guests to park one block west of A1A and walk over. (Seriously…you will be thankful I gave you this tip. Parking was a problem.)
A closer look at the tables. Client rented tables, chairs and benches which were delivered and set up.
The Haskell Building – Wedding Venue Spotlight
Wedding ceremonies at the Haskell Building in downtown Jacksonville, FL (Duval County) located directly on the St. John's river are always fun to do. The location is spectacular and it's the only venue directly on the riverbank; it has the best view of Jacksonville from this perspective. With a gorgeous arch outside and a fabulous deco inspired setting inside, you couldn't ask for a more lovely location to take your vows.
The extremely capable Karen Fritts runs the RiverFront Cafe which is the event arm for the facility and is just delightful to work with. A true pro, she oversees the management of your event leaving you to focus on more important things (like getting beautified.) For contact details, scroll down below the pictures (and make sure you let them know you found them here at That Wedding Lady.)
The Haskell Building
RiverFront Cafe & Catering
111 Riverside Avenue
Jacksonville, FL 32202
Karen Fritts, Catering Manager
That Wedding Lady
Jacksonville, FL – St. Augustine, FL – Amelia Island, FL
Wedding Locations & Venues Spotlight – the Keeler Property
The Keeler Property is a wedding venue location idea in west Jacksonville (and I do mean west.) It's so worth the drive though. A fantastically gorgeous property situated on a plat of land with a rustic barn, reception hall, large pond, small pond, photography platform and tons of space.
The Keeler Property
17225 Normandy Blvd.
Jacksonville, FL, 32234
(904) 342-0012
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- Wedding ceremonies take place in a rustic barn open at both ends and sitting over a small pond. It has a photography platform on one end perfect for post wedding photography and lending itself to creative photos.
- Tons of parking (on grass and also a concrete section for handicapped needs)
- Faux barn reception hall. Painted red and white the structure mimics a larger barn and can house a huge party. Open also a both ends and big enough to drive vehicles through.
- Complete kitchen for catering with doors closing it from the main area.
- Beautifully appointed women's and men's restrooms.
- 2 room bridal preparation suite
Note – There is also another structure on the property in the same general region as the ceremony barn which matches the decor of the reception hall. It is actually the property owner's home but well out of the way of the action and naturally groomed to fit in with the surroundings. I have met the owner before and he's a delightful person who capitalized on an opportunity to offer something out of the ordinary in wedding ceremony locations.
That Wedding Lady – www.weddingofficiantjacksonvillefl.com – 32256 – 904-583-6688
And The Groom Wore
Photo and pictures of the groom, his best man and father of the groom in their finest tuxedo shirts at the wedding rehearsal the day before the wedding ceremony which we did at the Jacksonville Zoo in Jacksonville, FL.


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About Hackers of Resistance
The Hackers of Resistance (HORs) invite you to their HORhouse, an interactive performance for groups of 10-15 where comrades are called upon to aid a HORs sister organization that advocates for public health in the face of government suppression. Each comrade has a codename and, together, the intel needed to unveiling dark secrets of cyber surveillance and safely leak files without being knocked off! Players use their swift type and quick wits to confirm the fears of the 99% with something so flammable, it ignites a revolution.
In the installation, visitors are free to roam the HORs' makeshift hacker den where environmental storytelling provides a cyberfeminist take on cybersecurity, community resources, and DIY-DIWO (Do It With Others) experiments. The HORs' manifesto plays on loop and a laptop is available to explore a hacked database at one's own pace to unearthing the past, present, and future of cyber surveillance and community organizing.
Sights include: the disguises and flash drive collection of the social engineer, the identity-masking and anti-surveillance tactics of the incognito aficionado, and DIY-third-world-ecofeminist-biohacking tools of the guerrilla rebel. Play with the HORs and bash those binaries!


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I love a good foundation, especially one that looks light and natural on the face; one that looks basically skin-like. I had terrible skin growing up, so my objective was always to layer on as much foundation as possible, and now that my skin is in a much better place I like my make-up to accentuate that. I'm also a skincare junkie, so I try to use make-up, particularly foundation, that won't counteract the benefits of all my skincare! Because I still get the occasional break-out, I wear foundation pretty much daily. I go for light coverage when I'm running errands or to the gym, but on my day-day if I'm going to meetings or a shoot I like medium-full coverage. Given I am wearing it on a daily basis I defintely prefer to keep it at an affordable budget.
With these specifics in mind, I recently tried out two different spray foundations; Dior Airflash Spray Foundation and Jerome Alexander Airbrush Foundation. These two foundations were designed to give you that "airbrush, photoshop finish" that you see on the runways or magazines. The following comparison was:
|Dior Airflash Spray Foundation
|Jerome Alexander Airbrush Foundation
|Buildable coverage
|Airbrush-photoshop finish
|Skin-like finish
|Good-for-you ingredients
|On budget
While the Dior Airflash gave the flawless, matte finish it claims, I preferred the more skin-like, silkier finish from the Jerome Alexander Airbrush. Again, being a skincare junkie you can tell the Dior has drying alcohol in it, whereas the Jerome Alexander includes anti-aging peptides, hydrating and antioxidant agents, plus a natural SPF given it's a mineral based foundation. There is also a significant price difference, and the Jerome Alexander Airbrush foundation definitely does not hurt the bank account!
Have you tried them out? Let me know your thoughts below!
*in partnership with Jerome Alexander Magic Minerals, however as always all opinions are my own*


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Jewish World Review February 22, 2010 / 8 Adar 5770
South Carolina mulls 2012: Romney? Palin? Huck?
By Byron York
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | Columbia, S.C.— South Carolina is a lovely place, and its attractions bring thousands of tourists each year, but lately it's been getting a special class of visitor.
Rick Santorum, the former Republican senator who harbors presidential ambitions, has been here in recent weeks. So has Sen. John Thune, the South Dakota Republican, whose name is sometimes whispered by the Great Mentioner. Mike Huckabee, former GOP presidential candidate and current talk show host, will be here soon. And so will Haley Barbour, the Mississippi governor who many would like to make a run for the White House.
They're not coming to play golf. Two years before South Carolina's first-in-the-South presidential primary a key test in any GOP race possible contenders are roaming around, forging relationships that will prove valuable if they decide to run. And they're going to test the question of whether South Carolina's Republicans will welcome a new breed of candidate.
In the past, the state's voters have favored candidates they know, mostly from previous campaigns. "The history of South Carolina has always been to look for a repeat guy," says David Woodard, professor of political science at Clemson University and a sometime political consultant. For example, in 1988, Bob Dole lost the GOP race to George H.W. Bush, but the next time an open contest came around, in 1996, the state went to Dole. In 2000, South Carolina went to George W. Bush over John McCain, in part because of the connection to Bush's father. But then, in 2008, the state chose the familiar McCain. This time, Woodard expects a winner with a link to the past. "If it's somebody who hasn't run before, they're going to have a hard sell," he says.
That's good news for Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee, who ran here in '08. Romney hasn't been around much by this time in 2006, he was getting pretty familiar but local politicos expect to see him after his new book, "No Apology: The Case for American Greatness," comes out in early March.
The wild card here, as it is almost everywhere, is Sarah Palin. There's no doubt that McCain's selection of Palin energized Republicans who were unhappy with his candidacy. "There will be a lot of carry-over from that going into the next cycle," says Oran Smith, head of the Palmetto Family Council, which is South Carolina's version of the socially conservative Family Research Council.
But not with everybody, and not even with all of the state's social conservatives. "There are a lot of folks who really, really like her," Smith says, "but there are others who think she's fine, but ask, 'Who else do we have?' " When I suggested to Smith that that sounded somewhat equivocal, he said, "Personally, not speaking for the organization, I am a little equivocal. I'm not sure if she is the perfect match for a nominee for president."
Among those who see themselves more as economic and national defense conservatives, the doubts are stronger. At a recent focus group (well, actually it was a lunch) with six University of South Carolina Law School students all conservative, all politically active there was a consensus against Palin. The students had been enthusiastic when she was first picked for the '08 ticket. They were wowed when she addressed the Republican National Convention. And then it was downhill from there. They believe Palin shares their conservative instincts, but that she's just not up to the job.
Of course, there's always the possibility South Carolinians will break their pattern and go with someone new. If Romney, Huckabee and Palin all fail to turn on the voters, that could open the way for Tim Pawlenty (who hasn't been here recently), or Thune, or some complete stranger. Whatever happens, the road to the nomination in this key GOP state is wide-open and very likely bumpy.
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Héctor Rodríguez joined the IASS in September 2018 as a research associate with the COBENEFITS team. This project is part of the International Climate Initiative (IKI). The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) supports this initiative on the basis of a decision adopted by the German Bundestag. The COBENEFITS project cooperates with national authorities and knowledge partners to develop key insights that will enable them to mobilise these co-benefits in their countries and accelerate domestic processes aimed at achieving their international climate protection commitments.
Héctor Rodríguez obtained a Master´s degree in Economics, Politics, and Philosophy at the University of Hamburg, and a Bachelor´s in Economics and International Business at the University of Guadalajara. Héctor has more than 4 years of experience in the topics of climate policy, public institutions, and renewable energies. From 2016 to 2018 collaborated with the greenwerk, a climate advisory network in Hamburg. In addition, Hector completed internships at the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) and at the employer's confederation COPARMEX Mexico.


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After The Burial announce new album; debut new music video!!
Progressive metalcore band After The Burial will unleash their sixth album Evergreen on April 19th via Sumerian Records. Preorder – http://atbevergreen.com/ To coincide with the new album details, the band have also released a new music video for their song Behold The Crown!! #themoshzone #openthepit


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Rappers who enjoy smoking pot so much that the activity permeates their every rhyme are often called "weed rappers." MCs who don't just frequent gentlemen's clubs but rap about them and make music with exotic dancers in mind are commonly referred to as "strip club rappers." Does that mean that rappers who are covered in tattoos and constantly shout-out their favorite artists, shops and pieces on tracks should be dubbed "tatt rappers?"
If so, Kid Ink would probably be considered a tatt rapper. The L.A. artist is covered in tattoos and has recorded two anthems about body art — "Tat It Up" and the more site-specific ode, "Tats on My Face." At the Howard Theatre on Sunday night, the up-and-comer not only rhymed about his ink but showed it off at every given opportunity.
"This ain't a art gallery — why everybody starin'?" he rapped during "Blowin' Swishers," while pulling up his tank top to give the crowd a better look at the images etched onto his body, including his mother's face, an alien from the video game Space Invaders and an intricate full-torso piece depicting the Los Angeles skyline on fire.
Contrary to a pervasive Internet rumor, Ink is not a cousin of Chris Brown, but he does look like the R&B singer — that, along with a Wiz Khalifian obsession with getting high, a passionate commitment to body modification and a languorous THC-affected delivery, has nabbed him a loyal fan base of 18- to-24-year-olds.
A small but enthusiastic crowd rapped along with him during "No Sticks, No Seeds," from his "Wheels Up" mix tape, as well as "Blackout" and "Stank in my Blunt." The mix-tape phenom also plugged his first album, "Up and Away," set to drop this summer, and previewed its first single, "Time of Your Life."
And before leaving the stage, Kid Ink gave the crowd one last dose of ink — he took the time to sign every single ball cap, sneaker, cellphone, dollar bill and scrap of paper that fans thrust at him.
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The Oasis Lighted Vase Fountain Kit is another innovation from Atlantic! The unique tapered shape of the vase adds an interesting silhouette to the garden, but the night reveals the real surprise - softly glowing, color changing light from within! You choose the color and the pattern by remote control, and the Lighted Vase illuminates from the inside to add dancing ribbons of light to the water gently flowing down its sides. Each kit includes an FB2400 Fountain Basin, an FP200 Fountain Pump, an 18" Vase with Color Changing Light and Remote Control.


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I'm not a very good painter and I do love using Awlgrip!
I'm not a very good painter and I do love using Awlgrip!
The International paint is called Perfection. It's a two-pack, pretty sure it's polyurethane. I bought some International Toplac when Bunnings sold off all their marine paints for next to nothing and it's really nice. I'm using it for a lot of Masina's interior. Very easy to use as long as the weather's not too hot.
Hmmmm. I don't need perfect and don't want fussy. So I'm not too excited about awlgrip at this stage. Easy to apply, hard wearing, great at hiding poor preparation, easy to touch up small cracks, scratches and dings and looks OK when dirty at 20 feet away would make me happy.
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Two-pack poly paint lasts soooo long compared to anything else. It's really tough stuff. None of it will hide poor prep but a good high-build primer will to some extent. Jotun Penguard is a really good primer for that. Why not try the Norglass two-pack finish and see what you think? Kiwigrip can be tinted to any colour by the way with ordinary acrylic tint at the hardware shop.
You probably don't want to know about shadow coat then?
I've been quietly making slow progress with Pixie. That old problem I found was quite a nasty bit of damage to sort out.
I know it's a condition of membership to take photos and document progress. I have tried to take occasional photos but it's never possible to see what the hell the photo is about. Shooting underneath the boat with the sky in the background around the edges just doesn't work. The flash makes it worse. I know I really aught to set up some studio lights at the boatyard... but, ya know... I just want to get the repair done.
In the Quite A Bit Less Good area, I made a new section in three wedge shaped pieces. The outer two got tucked in through the narrow gap and then pushed out to each side against the planks, with the middle piece (and the gluing surfaces of the three) arranged as a wedge so that pushing the middle piece up into place forced the side pieces outwards into their place. They were a headache to shape, as you can imagine. There were two temporary screws across those three pieces to make sure the joints were pulled together nice, so I drilled a couple of holes through the planks one side so I could put those screws in during gluing and remove them afterwards. I added a strip of packing tape on the underside of the knee above this so the new piece didn't glue to the knee. That's kind of cheating, but there you go.
This morning I ground the outer face of all this fairly flat and cut a bit further along the face of the stem above that so I have a kind of lap joint. Then I spent all afternoon trying to fit a solid piece to this. This will cover the inner new piece and the plank ends, being sort of the outer half of the plank rebate. I ground everything back a bit, including the plank ends, so I had a flat area. It's fairly flat athwartships but a bit curved along its length. I failed to get a solid piece to fit. Because of the short scarf at the ends the length goes wrong at about the same rate as the curve approaches correctness. I abandoned that. I'm going to try laminating this piece in. I'll cut some thin bits in the morning and see how that goes. There are two bolts through this area, near each end, so clamping a laminate in there will be easy.
I promise to take photos tomorrow and post them even if they make no sense.
Great score today two brand new Plastimo Regatta buoys bought of a Super Yacht that just arrived from Europe.
They are a perfect flotation size for the Tammie Norrie including what will become two velcro storage pouches ,originally designed for ballast.
They do go well.
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Matt that sounds like some tricky carpentry going on.
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Or possibly just butchery, with the mistakes filled with epoxy.
As it turns out the foredeck is better than I expected. So far. I have most of the teak and top layer of ply off the port side so far, and the bottom layer of ply looks good. I'm relieved as it goes under the focsle and it will be nice if I can leave the bottom layer intact just do a join in the top layer an inch or two out. I know that both layers of ply are gone right in the bow, and around the Sampson post. But otherwise I'm thinking positive thoughts right now.
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I had to pull my bow roller fitting off. the ply went under it.
I was glad, it wasn't in good condition. the timber was more of the same rot, but the inside of the bow roller was corroding away merrily. hence all the rust i had running down my stem.
It gave me the chance to give it a really good paint job.
It's all fun and games until Darth Vader comes.
I'm not experienced with other brands at this scale, but i liked it. 2 pack epoxy primer went on with no trouble. the top coat is a single part polyurethane that covered really well, leveled nicely and was good and dense. 2 coats came up really nice (pity about my fairing though.... )
I'm using the norglass varnish and i like it more than any other varnish i've used. proper varnish, not urethane, and goes on smooth. holidays are easy to catch and flattens nicely.
It's all fun and games until Darth Vader comes.
I also like their varnish and single pack poly. Unfortunately I don't think the single pack top coat will last as well outside.
Well the foredeck was not so good from about the anchor winch forward. I've kind of snuck up towards the stem fitting which is bronze and I think I'm going to call it good enough. Not a bad result overall. Big patch of all new deck which I'll have to fit around the Sampson post, in fact I think the post will come out and go back in later. All new where the winch goes. Bottom layer of deck stays around the focsle. And I don't have to remove the stem head fitting. I don't think I can remove the inner forestay fitting. It seems to have a flat plate on deck, welded to a rod which goes down through the forepeak and through the stem. So that's a fiddly bit to work around. I undid tje bolts going through the deck plate, but it seems yo be one with the rod.
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Cheers Gyps!
I had the holes pad welded and new holes drilled. The fitting is now secured with 2 x 100mm M12 coach screws through the front, perpendicular to the stem, and 3 x short M12 coach screws in through the top, perpendicular to the deck.
The two forces are the forestay and the anchor/mooring. Now both of them are covered by sheer force resistance - and the lines of penetration of the bolts cross so the interlocking gives security. At least thats what i am telling myself and I'm fine with it!
It's all fun and games until Darth Vader comes.
Sounds solid. But I was meaning the inner forestay, not the bow fitting. I have a cutter ketch rig. A bit of fiddling to do and I'm ready to put new ply on the foredeck. Yee haa! I was a bit surprised to find that the Sampson post just pulled out. Nothing but gravity and friction holding it in place.
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I suppose the forces on it are completely lateral, so fastners only need be locators. If the structure does that anyway - cool.
But you'd imagine some jiggling at sea would have freed it up.
I wonder was the job the apprentice had before he could head home on a Friday arvo - the night he finally had a date with the hot chick he always fancied at school?
It's all fun and games until Darth Vader comes.
Aaaand the pointy bit bites the dust! Looks good Phil! Must be nice to arrive at this point!
Should have said this earlier - our kindest regards to all our Kiwi friends and in fact to all Kiwis today. It hurt to see what happened but it's always heartening to see that amazing Kiwi spirit. We love youse all!
This boat's a Tosser: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-...coast/10929950
Very much looking forward to closing up the foredeck. That will be a milestone.
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Well they had along and close relationship. By the time we met he was running the slip where she was built. While we were up on the slip for a coat of antifouling the slip got sold out from under him. So she bookended his career.
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I promised some photos...
Here is the first repair. It reached this stage a week and a half ago and is waiting for final shaping:
The other, nastier patch... here's a refresher:
Is cut back to this:
You can see why the slight curve would make it difficult to make a solid piece to fit.
So I'm going to laminate it:
Which is much easier to fit nicely:
They're 8mm thick pieces, and they bend up into shape nicely and give it a good fit all round.
Very good.
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More glass going onto plywood here.. starting to think we've got a decent process Slightly cooler today which helps. We've done the port side deck and the first big area aft of the mast already. Time for coffee.
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Looks great Matt! And Phil's on a roll!


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The Constitution Club website has become the Friends of Liberty United. To join the new website Click Here>Click Here to join your state group.
If you have questions please call Keith Broaders at 669-333-2800
Does it matter when we give the "green" light to organizations, clubs, groups, etc. in the manner that we agree to disagree with them? I would say so. Think of it this way: Most of us are either parents or grandparents; we were all children at one time and during that period, how we tried the patience and morals of our parents..I know I did! Now, I have a somewhat tarnished halo,…Continue
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Local Gestapo set sights on stealing home from disabled woman under non other then the color of law. This news needs to go viral.
Dear HOA Advocates,
SEND THIS OUT TO EVERYONE ACROSS OUR NATION that I missed. MARCH ON WASHINGTON, D.C. COPY IT TO STATE OFFICIALS AND CONGRESS. THE ULTIMATE IN CORRUPT BULLY ACTIONS…
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Hello. Eric Knutson here, new member and just trying to learn how
to navigate this contraption. Does anybody hear me here?
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I went ballistic today when I heard the news that tomorrow was the due date that all children were to be poisoned, (vaccinated) before they were allowed to go back to the public fool system here in the police state of Oregon and if Mom or Dad did not comply, they were subject to be kidnapped along with their children while the news media supports this evil madness. The real insidious insanity behind this agenda is the absolute ignorance and apathy of parents today that will gladly march…Continue
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Yet another banker has committed suicide, with a JP Morgan forex trader leaping to his death from the top of the firm's Chater House headquarters in Hong Kong.
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I would like to say, I have lived in Del Norte County for 39 years, I have volunteered my time for many years,,, Founder Of MADD ,, Fire Dept for 12 years and other things..... I founded Del Norte Community Watchdogs here because the corruption was souring out of control ....i have to say Dean Wilson needs to be replaced,, I have had conversations with him and his words were not truthful to me,,,,I wish to see transparency when possible with our leaders,
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"This is an incredible story."
That's what Norah O'Donnell, co-host of CBS News This Morning, said earlier today when reporting on our #NullifyNSA campaign.
The entire CBS News report today was old-fashioned fact-based reporting on the effort, something that doesn't happen too often these days. And while they didn't take a position in favor, they also didn't do what most mainstream media seems to do about state-level efforts -take an obvious position against.…Continue
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This is the first part of a continuing saga of our battle with the local county with regards to their Land Use ordinance on private land. The synopsis is that we chose not to obtain a building permit for a construction we built on our land. When the State inspector and County code enforcer entered our land to demand a permit we chased them away and told them never to return. We also informed them that they were…Continue
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"We the People" who created and signed the contract/compact/agreement/charter of, by, and for the Constitutional Corporation (U.S.) using the trade name of the "United States of America," is a corporate entity (legal fiction) which is DISTINCT AND SEPARATE from Americans or the unenfranchised people of America. The private natural…Continue
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1890 - New York state legislature passes first state act authorizing governor to appoint three commissioners. The American Bar Association (ABA)recommends that other states follow New York's lead.
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Dear Fellow Patriots:
I would like to take the liberty of sharing the following letter that I recently forwarded to our NM U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich regarding climate change:
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2014-02-08 Webmaster & IT Committee to FSC Meeting
Post date: Feb 19, 2014 2:53:34 PM
Florida State Council
Webmaster and IT Report
February 8, 2014
A. Website Analytics – November 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014
1,430 visits
980 unique visitors
4,246 pages were viewed
65.17% of visitors were new
498 visits came from 10 Florida Cities
62 visits came from outside United States
269 visits came from mobile devices
We encourage you to prominently display FSC website on your chapter website to encourage visits.
B. I have done limited work on FSC Website recently due to FSC Treasurer Responsibilities. I will be doing a lot of work on website(s) following State Council meeting.
C. Planned website activities include:
a. Extensive work to be done on America Serving Veterans Foundation website.
b. Catch up FSC website with photos and articles received recently but not yet updated.
c. Go live with www.vvafsc.info website. (information for officers and delegates)
d. Design and install "fillable" forms.
e. Expand links available on FSC website.
f. Update new chapters info (Do not have all information needed).
g. Work on FSC Council committees.
We encourage you to send photographs, event notices and articles of interest.
D. Have installed CrashPlan on line backup system to safeguard Florida State Council records. All Chapters are encouraged to have backup procedures. With today's computers and complicated software, computer crashes are all too common. 3 FSC Officers experienced crashes in last few months. Fortunately, two of three were able to recover, but not without a lot of work.
Respectfully Submitted,
Ray Breault, Webmaster


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The Center for Cultural Innovation just published The Business of Art: An Artist's Guide to Profitable Self-Employment, a 256-page book with the following sections:
Chapter 1: Work Like An Artist, Think Like an Entrepreneur
(Assess your skills and weaknesses, set goals, and write a business plan. Why do artists need business plans? Often artists use the models which are most familiar to them, like the non-profit or community-based organization model, but a self-employed / sole proprietorship is probably more useful. An overview of business structures is included.)
Chapter 2: Getting the Most Out of Public Relations and Self-Promotion
(Marketing. Publicity. Pricing. Press Releases.)
Chapter 3: Managing Money and Financial Planning
(Bookkeeping, budgeting, invoicing. Health, legal, tax overview.)
Chapter 4: LAW is not a 4-Letter Word
(Lawyers, Contract, Negotiation/Mediation/Arbitration)
Chapter 5: I've Written My Business Plan. Now Where's the Money?
(Grants, loans/banker relationships, bootstrapping {replaces the need for investment capital}, microlending, more)
And a huge Resource list.
I'm a huge advocate for artist's professional development, and after mulling over the Kerry James Marshall lecture for a few days, I'm even more motivated to get organized and be an agent — to not let my presence be conditional upon outside forces. The Creative Capital Professional Development workshop gave me a lot of skills, and I want to share resources like CCI's book. It covers similar themes — goal setting, making a business plan, marketing, financial planning — so I would really encourage artists who are feeling like their fate is controlled by jurors, gallery owners and critics to get this book and start being strategic about your participation in the art world now. And it'll also be a great reference book; better to have advice about legal issues when you don't need it, than not have it when you do.


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When we started Right Sized Solutions as a division of A Serious Production two-and-a-half years ago, we were focused solely on helping micro-businesses with their web development, human resources, and health insurance needs. It has been a fun and fulfilling ride. In the last few months, Charity has needed to focus her efforts more and more on the day-to-day operations of our sister Airbnb-focused company, Turnkeyedb and has less bandwidth for our microbusiness partners. As she makes her exit … [Read more...]
The Magnificent Symphony
Ed Dale and company have once again brought back the 30 Day Challenge, but this year, it is simply The Challenge. I'm already a week or so behind but am enjoying catching up with the videos and lessons. I've just finished the last pre-challenge video called (what else?) The Magnificent Symphony. Essentially, participants will follow these four parts throughout the Challenge and, indeed, throughout their (web) marketing endeavors. "Headmaster Ed" has left us Challengers with the task (read: … [Read more...]
Research THEN Build
The experience we gained in the Entrepreneurship class at UWB was invaluable in giving us a solid foundation on which to analyze new business opportunities. It taught us to write a sound business plan (after being torn to shreds by the instructors, of course), how to pitch an idea in 60 seconds or less, to take (constructive) criticism with grace, and to use that criticism to improve, improve, improve. That said, the class was a little iffy on one fundamental step: market research. Sure, … [Read more...]
Building Trust & an Internal Debate
I recently created a quick website for a really sweet friend whose husband, Tony, disappeared in Brazil a few weeks ago. The site's purpose was to create a space which the family could give to the media to raise funds for the search. There were two main issues that came up with this exercise: how to continue to build trust for random people (i.e. not friends and family) visiting the site so that they felt they could trust donating money through it whether or not to leave a link back to … [Read more...]
Testing the Waters…
We are back in the saddle again on the trail of our latest business idea. After a short break over the summer to spend some downtime recuperating from surgery (poor Maylene - ACL injuries), we are back at full-throttle (she's better now!). She's been hard at work creating a new website that takes a small piece of the enSourced business idea and scopes it down to see if there is interest in the service on the web. We are very excited to see what kind of hits we get and are beginning to … [Read more...]
Hell Night has come and gone…
Who knew it would feel this good to have it over? Okay, well probably both Maylene and I knew it would be fantastic and it's nice to see that it is. All school deliverables for the end-of-quarter have been completed and wrapped up tight in a pretty bow! We came in 3rd place out of 13 teams during the competition and are happy with the results, albeit a bit conflicted over how they were determined. It was really nice to pitch the idea to so many people and receive favorable response and … [Read more...]
No, Really– I'm Thinking Book Not Diary
So I read a quick snippet from Guy Kawasaki today called "The 120 Day Wonder: How to Evangelize a Blog", and I was immediately struck by his first point: "Think 'book' not 'diary'". Instantly, I understood why I'm such a huge fan of his. He blogs as if he's writing one of his books, not talking about how his life is going. Oh, I know I've read some of those kinds of entries from him, but he seems to stick to this mantra more often than not. I feel like I get so much value from his blog, I … [Read more...]
Another weekend draws to a close and I sit bleary-eyed from staring at the computer all weekend. Yes, another week brought another long list of To Dos and a wide variety of strengths to play upon. This weekend I got to use my graphic skills to make the marketing collaterol pieces for printing at Costco and Kinkos. Then I did a 360 and began to create the balance sheets and profit and loss statements for tweaking the financials. Of course, they are linked to the already-monsterous worksheet … [Read more...]
Playing to our strengths…
We call it playing to our strengths. I hear over and over how important it is to find a business partner that complements you. I'm happy to say that this process of collaboration under tight deadlines has forced us to consider whether or not we fit that bill for one another. I can't speak for her, but my answer is Yes, we do. We are both Jills-of-All-Trades and jump in to help out without hesitation. I'm happy to report we work very well together and we managed to accomplish nearly all of … [Read more...]
Plugging Right Along
Today's soundtrack: The Lover's Rock (Reggae) radio station on Napster. Last weekend, we created an Excel spreadsheet to track all of our tasks including a rework of the presentation for the fish bowl on Tuesday (think: poorman's MS Project). At the time, we were overwhelmed by the seventy-something tasks awaiting us. Ahhhh... naivete! :-) We completed some of the tasks this week and ported the XLS file to Google Spreadsheets today to ease collaboration. And of course, we have added even … [Read more...]


text: I can't find much online about this gorgeous plant. High-ish light and prefers to float, right? Would it mind being tied to something near the top of the water? Is it all that fussy? I'd like to add one or two to my aquarium, they're really quite pretty and I think my fish would like it.


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Corporate Treasury at a Crossroads: The Challenges and Opportunities in Modernising Treasury Operations
By Steve Wiley, Vice President, Treasury Solutions, Corporate Liquidity, FIS
Treasurers are struggling to modernise treasury operations at a time when the consequences of technological weaknesses have never been greater. The expanding role of the treasury function, accelerated pace of innovation, and greater complexity of market and cyber risks have placed more pressure on treasurers than ever before. In 2020 and beyond, they'll be forced to adopt new technologies, re-engineer processes and strengthen controls - or face the consequences.
A new global treasury modernisation study from FIS reveals just how profoundly treasury has changed and why departments must act now to address the challenges of the new digital treasury era. Sixty-eight percent of companies indicate that treasury's scope of responsibility has expanded. At the same time, fundamental issues like risk management, regulatory compliance and operational efficiency are still keeping treasurers up at night.
Seventy-four percent of respondents have treasury technology initiatives under way, indicating that today, treasury departments don't have sufficiently effective technology to manage their expanded responsibilities and associated challenges. To address these shortcomings, treasurers need to recognise their evolving business requirements, understand which new technologies can help, and create a vision for a more strategic and sustainable future.
Modernisation Challenges
According to 72% of respondents, risk management is the most challenging issue today, with only 29% of treasury departments considering themselves very effective at managing foreign exchange risk and 28% saying the same for interest rate risk. Cybersecurity risk is one of the most important emerging challenges, with the vast majority – 91% – of treasury departments facing hurdles in this area.
On the regulatory side, treasurers predict that LIBOR replacement, IFRS 9 and Brexit will have the greatest impact on treasury operations. LIBOR replacement is forcing treasurers to evaluate their financial instruments to understand the impact on risk and liquidity structures. IFRS 9 will create practical challenges, primarily in re-evaluating the impact of the accounting standard on all company financial instruments. And Brexit has already affected foreign exchange markets and will continue to concern treasurers as legal issues related to leaving the EU are finalised.
The technology tools that treasury uses to manage these challenges vary considerably by function. Fifty-two percent have automated cash management, and 34% have automated bank account administration and are using treasury management technology for both. Functions such as bank fee analysis and complex risk management are generally still managed using manual-based technology. The lack of technology to manage the full spectrum of treasury requirements has been a headache for treasurers, leading to higher overall costs, integration challenges, and a more operational-minded approach rather than a strategic one.
Based on the fragmented deployment of treasury technology, it isn't surprising to learn that 61% of treasury professionals say their current technology isn't meeting all of their needs. Considering the 74% of treasury departments that have treasury technology initiatives under way, simplifying technology delivery and set-up represents a major opportunity for technology providers and banks to improve the customer experience. Technology providers that can improve the customer experience through lower-cost, lower-effort and faster implementations will be best positioned to serve the next generation corporate treasury market.
Enter the digital treasurer
The next generation of treasurers will find more powerful, scalable ways to perform traditional treasury tasks such as cash management as well as newer treasury responsibilities such as cyberfraud mitigation. The 'digital treasurer' will operate a best-in-class treasury function, using the most secure, advanced and cost-efficient technology and processes – for example, receiving information in ways that minimise manual manipulation and automate decision-making.
The concept of a digital, best-in-class treasury is more important than ever today, because treasurers are struggling to achieve it, and the costs for not achieving it have never been higher. But many treasurers find it difficult to navigate the myriad of new digital developments. Separating hype from reality isn't easy.
Which are the most beneficial and feasible technology innovations for treasurers? I would highlight four: digital or global payments; robotics; artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning; and cloud computing.
The digital payments opportunity is at least somewhat important for treasurers according to 73% of respondents. New global payment channels and technology, including API and SWIFT gpi, can help corporates send payments faster while simultaneously reducing international processing costs.
Eighty-six percent feel that robotic process automation is an important trend, helping to automate activities including reconciliation, cash positioning, accounting, investment and borrowing. Additionally, analytic tools such as AI are available to help manage all areas of risk, including foreign exchange, interest rate, and cybersecurity risk.
AI is getting baked into bank and fintech solutions at a much faster rate, and advanced machine learning is already being adopted in areas such as payments, fraud prevention, and cash forecasting. Looking forward, robotic and machine learning technologies will help corporates further secure their payments – especially firms with decentralised financial operations, which are processing payments from multiple disparate systems such as online banking portals, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and other specialised technology, with limited central oversight over those activities. Corporates that are not consistently using lowest-cost, fastest and most secure payment types across regions and business units also stand to benefit significantly.


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A Freeware note taking application called QuotePad can solve your problem and save you some time, by including a link to the source, while creating notes from content you copy from websites.
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After installing QuotePad use the shortcut key Ctrl + Shift + Q instead of Ctrl + C while copying content from websites, using this shortcut key will automatically copy the selected text and add it to QuotePad along with the source URL.
Using QuotePad you can also instantly create notes while working with websites, documents, text files. Select the text you want to copy and use the shortcut key Ctrl + Shift + Q and the selected text will automatically be saved as a note.
This feature is pretty good and will save you a lot of time while copying and pasting content to create notes.


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The English lutenist and composer John Danyel
was a younger brother of the court poet Samuel Danyel.
He took his degree in music at Oxford in 1603 and was a member of the royal household, serving in this capacity at
the funeral of King James I in 1625. He was involved in the theatre, at
first in Bristol and then at Blackfriars. His compositions include
lute songs and works for lute.


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Part 1: Foundations Ch.1: Special Education and Inclusive Schooling
Ch.2: Response to Intervention: Developing Success for All Learners
Ch.3: Communicating and Collaborating with Other Professionals and
Ch. 4: Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students Ch.5: Managing Student Behavior and Promoting Social Acceptance Part 2: Categorical Differences Ch.6: Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Ch.7: Teaching Students with Communication Disorders Ch.8: Teaching Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders Ch.9: Teaching Students with Autism-Spectrum Disorders/Pervasive Developmental Disorders Ch.10: Teaching Students with Developmental Disabilities Ch.11: Teaching Student with Impairments, Disabilities, or Traumatic Brain Injury Part 3: Teaching Practices Ch.12: Facilitating Reading Ch.13: Facilitating Writing Ch.14: Helping All Students Succeed in Math Part 4: Secondary Instruction Ch.15: Differentiating Instruction and Assessment for Middle and High School Students Ch.16: Fostering Strategies for Student Independence
Sharon Vaughn holds the H. E. Hartfelder/Southland Corporation Regents Chair in Human Development and is currently the Director of the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk at the University of Texas. She was the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Learning Disabilities and the Co-Editor of Learning Disabilities Research and Practice. She is the recipient of the AERA Special Education SIG distinguished researcher award. She is the author of more than 200 articles and 10 books that address the reading outcomes of students with learning difficulties, learning disabilities and English language learners. She is currently the Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator on several Institute for Education Sciences, National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, and Office of Special Education Programs research grants investigating effective interventions for students with learning disabilities and behavior problems as well as students who are English language learners. She can be contacted at: firstname.lastname@example.com Jeanne Shay Schumm is Professor of Literacy Education at University of Miami. She is currently Professor-in-Residence at the university's Henry S. West Laboratory School where she directs the UM STARS Reading Laboratory. She has edited or co-authored 15 books including Promising Practices for Urban Reading Instruction (International Reading Association) and Reading Assessment and Instruction for All Learners (Guilford) as well as numerous research articles and book chapters. Her research interests include differentiated reading instruction and teacher education. She can be contacted at email@example.com


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Saturday, June 26, 2010
A Good Week for CBC News
Far from just showing men (and one woman) in suits, walking blissfully for a photo op, some real news was broken, and on the flagship newscast, The National. That's where an extraordinary bit of journalism occurred this past week.
In an interview with the head of the Canadian intelligence service (CSIS), Richard Fadden dropped a bombshell: he claimed some unnamed municipal officials and cabinet ministers from two unnamed provinces, are being influenced by foreign governments.
Fadden then hinted China was one of the countries wielding influence. He also said some municipal officials in B.C. are among those being influenced by foreign governments.
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While Packwood Lake was not our first backpacking trip ever, it was the first one that I went by self with the kids. I had taken each of them on one overnight hike with me the year before, however this was the first time I was outnumbered two kids to one parent.
We chose to head up to Packwood Lake as our first backpacking trip of the summer. This is a fairly popular lake with an easy approach of 4.5 miles and 600 elevation gain or 9 miles round trip. This was the first hike that J-Hawk, Rosabell and I did together without anyone else. I had only gone on one other overnight trip with each kid last year.
Day 1:
We arrived at the trailhead at 11 am after 2.5 hours driving from Tacoma. We were all excited to hit the trail for the season. We started out going a little slow as Rosabell had a sunburn on her shoulder and her shoulder strap from her pack was rubbing. However, she didn't want to give up or have anyone carry her pack, so she pushed on. We took many breaks on this trail, to include stopping and talking to a large group that was headed back out. After about two and a half hours, we arrived at the lake and began looking for campsite. There were so many to choose from. The first one we picked gave us a nice beach and great views of the Goat Rocks range. After setting up our tent, we decided to continue down the trail to see what other sites there were. Five minutes later, we found another great campsite. It was more private with a huge stack of freshly cut wood and a private swimming area. We quickly ran back to our stuff, collapsed the tent, packed up our stuff and made our way to our newly found campsite. We set up camp again and just enjoyed the view.
The kids played in the lake the rest of the evening and only came back to eat dinner. That evening, J-Hawk built a really nice campfire. As it would turn out, this would be the only campfire we would have all summer long as the burn ban went into effect the very next weekend. It was a really nice fire and we sat around the fire talking about our first of many backpacking trips. When the sun finally went down around 9 pm, we put the fire out and headed in to check out our first night in our new three person backpacking tent. We stayed up a few hours more playing scrabble and reading.
Day 2:
Rosabell and I woke up at 5:30 to catch the sun rising. We sat out on a log that was hanging over the lake with a sleeping bag wrapped around us. It was so peaceful and it was so nice spending this special time with my daughter. After the sun came up, we actually went back to the tent and went back to sleep. By 8 we were all awake, again, and made breakfast while we packed up camp. The three of us enjoyed breakfast out on the lake as the sun warmed all of us up. We spent the morning playing in the lake and jumping off logs into the water. After a few hours, we decided it was time to start heading back to civilization. We said goodbye to our nice campsite and started heading back. We were all excited about completing our first backpacking trip of the summer and adding 9 miles to our list of completed trips. The hike back was fairly uneventful but we spent a lot of time talking about how to handle emergency situations. For example, what to do if mom gets hurt or if one of the kids get hurt. It was a great talk that provoked putting together a good emergency plan. I was very proud of my kids for understanding how we would manage emergencies this upcoming summer and how they would help each other in an event that I couldn't help them.
We arrived back at the car after a few hours and headed home. Great backpacking trip!
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By Allison Sekuler, vice-president, research, at Baycrest Health Sciences and Sandra A. Rotman Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience (@asek47)
What does health research mean to you?
Health research, specifically aging and brain health research in my role at Baycrest, means discovering the ways in which our brains function, how our brains change with age, and then linking the fundamental mechanisms of neural processing to new innovations that enhance care and add life to years for older adults.
Health research is not an individual endeavour, it's a team sport. To fully understand aging and brain health, we need to bring together people from a diverse range of backgrounds and disciplines, each of whom contributes a different perspective and skill set to the problem at hand. One of the most pressing problems to solve in aging and brain health and one that is a focus for me in my new role, is the looming public health crisis in dementia.
Fifty million people around the world live with dementia and that number is expected to grow to 82 million within the next 12 years. In Canada alone, it's been estimated that over 200 new cases of dementia are diagnosed every day on average, although many people remain undiagnosed, without access to treatment or care. The annual cost of dementia care in Canada has exceeded $10 billion, but the cost to those living with dementia, and to their caregivers and loved ones, is so much greater. Research addressing the problem of dementia needs to tackle a number of fronts: detection, prevention, and treatment.
The research at Baycrest, in our world-renowned Rotman Research Institute for cognitive neuroscience, covers a broad spectrum, from solving the mysteries of the aging brain to improving evidence-based care practices at the bedside and creating cutting-edge technologies to enhance the aging experience.
Our fundamental research is complemented by the Baycrest-led Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI). CABHI is a first-of-its-kind partnership of healthcare, science, industry and government that provides support to develop, test, and disseminate novel solutions addressing unmet needs in brain health and seniors' care, and to create a culture of innovation within the long-term care sector.
With CABHI's support, we are transforming our gold-standard workshops, the Memory and Aging Program and Goal Management Training, into interactive, evidence-based, brain-training products that will be available to anyone in the world with an Internet connection. Through these programs, older adults and individuals affected by brain injuries learn how to boost their memory and mental performance, helping them complete everyday tasks. Our researchers also are testing new ideas for early diagnosis and intervention of dementia, and developing approaches to better support caregivers.
As Baycrest celebrates its centennial in 2018, we're reflecting on how combining care with fundamental research has led to many critical brain health and aging discoveries and looking forward to contributing many more innovations to help people live long and live well.
How does health research contribute to a healthier, wealthier, smarter Ontario?
The aging brain holds many secrets. By working together, we can understand, protect, and enhance brain health throughout our lifetimes. But we can't do it all alone.
As one of the most research-intensive hospitals in Canada, Baycrest partners with various institutions in Canada and across the globe. With support from the Government of Canada and Brain Canada, we launched Canada's first cross-institutional memory clinic, which will allow researchers to speed up the pace of dementia research. Baycrest's Sam and Ida Ross Memory Clinic is the initial pilot site for the Toronto Dementia Research Alliance (TDRA) database, merging big data and neuroscience, enabling information to be shared across institutions, and bringing researchers closer to discovering effective treatments for Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.
Our scientists also lead an international team of researchers from 12 sites across three continents developing The Virtual Brain, which combines neuroimaging with the power of artificial intelligence to enhance diagnosis and provide personalized treatments based on brain simulations. Through The Virtual Brain, Baycrest's and Ontario's research influence has spread, with more than 10,000 installations of the software around the world. Through our work, Baycrest researchers are dedicated to helping all adults live out their years in comfort and wellness, with a healthy body and mind.
Related Stories
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- ARTIC + Quality Standards: Spreading Quality Care
- Health & Community Leaders Talk: Ted Scott
Read more Health and Community Leaders Talk blog posts on our Healthier, Wealthier, Smarter site and share your insights on Twitter with the hashtag, #onHWS. To learn more about how health research makes Ontario healthier, wealthier, and smarter, check out our website and our other blog posts and videos.


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I know it has been a while since I have updated you all with everything that is going on and I miss you all! Its been a crazy work-a-holic few months. Lets start with this…. That menu on top now has a shop section. This top can be found in the shop section! Cashmere Boulevard finally has received an upgrade! Building a business is definitely not easy but I know the outcome will be more than rewarding. I am hoping to bring you all my readers lovely fashion styles to shop directly from my page and new limited styles made by my mother and I hope you all enjoy and if you love this top just shop right above!
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DynaPDF Manual - Page 257
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Function Reference
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Make sure that the same string format is used in a named destination and in a go-to remote action
that tries to access it. Note that the destination cannot be found if the string format is different, e.g.
Ansi in the named destination and Unicode in the go-to remote action.
To avoid unnecessary problems it is usually best to use 7 bit Ansi strings for named destinations.
Return values:
If the function succeeds the return value is the destination handle, a value greater or equal zero. If
the function fails the return value is a negative error code.
LBOOL pdfCreateNewPDF(
const PPDF* IPDF,
// Instance pointer
const char* OutPDF) // File name of the output file or NULL
This function creates a new PDF file. If the parameter OutPDF is an empty string the PDF file is
created in memory. This function resets also the internal error flag if it was set before.
A memory based PDF file is available after CloseFile() or CloseFileEx() was called. To get the file
buffer call the function GetBuffer(). Note that the internal used resources must be freed manually if a
PDF was created in memory. See also GetBuffer().
It is also possible to open the output file with OpenOutputFile() right before CloseFile() is called. The
advantage is that the entire PDF file can be processed before opening the output file. If an error
occurred during processing, the creation of the output file can be discarded so that no empty file will
be left on disk.
This function is implemented in an Ansi and Unicode compatible version. On Windows operating
systems Unicode file names are supported on NT based systems only (Win NT, 2000, XP, and so on).
Non-Windows operating systems use the UTF-8 format to encode Unicode file paths. Therefore, the
Ansi version should be used to open the file. If the Unicode version is used instead the file path is
converted to UTF-8 and passed to the Ansi version of the function.
Return values:
If the function succeeds the return value is 1. If the function fails the return value is 0.
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