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Second International Workshop on Software Engineering for Sensor Network Applications (SESENA 2011)
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Waikiki, Honolulu, HI, USA
SESENA 2011 – Proceedings
Second International Workshop on Software Engineering for Sensor Network Applications (SESENA 2011)
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This volume contains the proceedings of SESENA 2011, the second in a series of workshops devoted to software engineering for sensor network applications. The workshop took place in Waikiki (Honolulu, USA) on May 22nd, 2011 in conjunction with the International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE). Its objective was to discuss current work and future directions in software engineering for sensor network applications.
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COPAL-ML: A Macro Language for Rapid Development of Context-Aware Applications in Wireless Sensor Networks
Sanjin Sehic, Fei Li, and Schahram Dustdar
(Vienna University of Technology, Austria)
Application development on wireless sensor networks is becoming more and more challenging due to increasing complexity of applications and lack of dedicated programming models. Developers should concentrate on the application logic, while network designers should ensure the network and sensor performance. However, in reality, these two roles often overlap because the architectural and programming abstraction between the network and application is missing. Research on middleware and language that bridges these two abstraction levels is still in a preliminary stage.
This paper proposes a macro language based on our previous work COPAL (COntext Provisioning for ALl). COPAL is a runtime context provisioning middleware that, via a loosely-coupled and composable architecture, ensures context information from wireless sensor networks and other sources can be processed for the needs of context-aware applications. COPAL-ML is a macro language that extends Java programming language and is tailored for the application development using COPAL. Its main task is to reduce development efforts, hide the inherent complexity of COPAL API, and separate concerns of the context-aware application from underlining wireless sensor network.
@InProceedings{SESENA11p1, author = {Sanjin Sehic and Fei Li and Schahram Dustdar}, title = {COPAL-ML: A Macro Language for Rapid Development of Context-Aware Applications in Wireless Sensor Networks}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SESENA}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {1--6}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }
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Cross-Platform Protocol Development for Sensor Networks: Lessons Learned
Marcin Brzozowski, Hendrik Salomon, Krzysztof Piotrowski, and Peter Langendoerfer
(IHP, Germany)
Protocols for sensor networks are commonly coupled to the specific operating system (OS), for instance TinyOS, involv- ing some drawbacks. First, programmers must learn OS architecture, programming guidelines, sometimes a new pro- gramming language, etc. Second, protocols run on the spe- cific OS only, i.e. on the hardware supported by the OS. Third, only selected network simulators, mostly provided by OS, can execute the OS-coupled code. To tackle the problems with interoperability we examined the idea of cross-platform protocol development for sensor networks, i.e. software running on several OSs, and share our experience in this paper. Our primary cross-platform MAC protocol runs on two OSs and on a hardware platform supporting the C program- ming language. To achieve interoperability we decoupled MAC from OS calls and provided a hardware abstraction layer (HAL) for each OS. We discovered that such an ap- proach does not result in a significant penalty in terms of occupied memory (e.g. smaller by 3 kB than the TinyOS- dedicated version) and consumed energy (additional over- head smaller by three orders of magnitude from total tx energy).
@InProceedings{SESENA11p7, author = {Marcin Brzozowski and Hendrik Salomon and Krzysztof Piotrowski and Peter Langendoerfer}, title = {Cross-Platform Protocol Development for Sensor Networks: Lessons Learned}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SESENA}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {7--12}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }
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Modeling and Analyzing Performance of Software for Wireless Sensor Networks
Luca Berardinelli, Vittorio Cortellessa, and Stefano Pace
(University of L'Aquila, Italy)
The development of software for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) is mostly based on code-and-fix techniques. Up today model-driven engineering techniques have only been limitedly considered in this domain, although they would enable a set of activities aimed at improving the quality of software. In this paper we investigate the possibility to adapt an existing model-based approach that exploits such techniques to combine the modeling and performance analysis of software for WSN. We introduce a UML-based framework where a system model (i) is extended with a new profile for representing NesC application along with the supporting hardware platform, and (ii) is annotated with performance parameters defined in the standard UML MARTE profile. Thereafter we apply a set of transformations to this enhanced UML model that targets a Queueing Network performance model. Finally we illustrate our approach at work on a case study in the agricultural domain.
@InProceedings{SESENA11p13, author = {Luca Berardinelli and Vittorio Cortellessa and Stefano Pace}, title = {Modeling and Analyzing Performance of Software for Wireless Sensor Networks}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SESENA}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {13--18}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }
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On Coordination Tools in the PicOS Tuples System
Benny Shimony, Ioanis Nikolaidis, Pawel Gburzynski, and Eleni Stroulia
(University of Alberta, Canada; Olsonet Communications Corporation, Canada)
In this paper, we discuss the most recent
extension to the PicOS-tuples environment, inspired, to a degree, by B-Threads and FACTS. We illustrate the extensions with two design patterns, highly useful in WSN computations, known as
regulative superimposition
distributed detection
. Those patterns are employed in a debugging protocol that retrieves snapshots of node states. We demonstrate how our new idioms can be propitious for separating concerns in WSN programming using tuples.
@InProceedings{SESENA11p19, author = {Benny Shimony and Ioanis Nikolaidis and Pawel Gburzynski and Eleni Stroulia}, title = {On Coordination Tools in the PicOS Tuples System}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SESENA}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {19--24}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }
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On Mining Sensor Network Software Repositories
Andreas Loukas, Matthias Woehrle, and Koen Langendoen
(Delft University of Technology, Netherlands)
Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) software is typically developed in one of the two prominent WSN operating systems: TinyOS or Contiki. Both of these operating systems are open-source projects and basically frameworks for WSN developers. In this paper, we study the software repositories of these two projects. Software repositories provide a wealth of information on software projects and their development. Based on the mined information, we explore the TinyOS and Contiki commit history and compare them to an open-source embedded operating system, Ethernut. As a second step, we explore WSN-specific artifacts and mine TinyOS software for cross-cutting concerns. Most of the relations we find are not cross-cutting. Nevertheless, we do find cross-cutting concerns that are resource-related.
@InProceedings{SESENA11p25, author = {Andreas Loukas and Matthias Woehrle and Koen Langendoen}, title = {On Mining Sensor Network Software Repositories}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SESENA}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {25--30}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }
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Model Driven Development for Rapid Prototyping and Optimization of Wireless Sensor Network Applications
Ryo Shimizu, Kenji Tei, Yoshiaki Fukazawa, and Shinichi Honiden
(Waseda University, Japan; National Institute of Informatics, Japan; The University of Tokyo, Japan)
In order to develop Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) applications, it is necessary to develop prototypes in a low-cost way and to optimize application performance. Existing development approaches enable to develop a low-cost prototype by concealing the detail of WSN from the developers. However, there is a trade-off between the development cost of prototype and the description capability needed to optimize the application performance. We propose a Model-Driven Development (MDD) process to enable a low-cost prototyping and detailed optimization. To enable such a development process, we define modeling languages, which describe an application at three abstraction levels, and transformation rules, which transform models described by our modeling language to concrete one. Using our process, in prototyping, the developer describes a model by using the modeling language at the highest abstraction level and automatically obtains an executable model by using transformation rules. In addition, in optimizing, the developer can automatically obtain the models at more concrete abstraction level than the prototype by using transformation rules and modifies them in greater detail by using each modeling language.
@InProceedings{SESENA11p31, author = {Ryo Shimizu and Kenji Tei and Yoshiaki Fukazawa and Shinichi Honiden}, title = {Model Driven Development for Rapid Prototyping and Optimization of Wireless Sensor Network Applications}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SESENA}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {31--36}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }
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sMapReduce: A Programming Pattern for Wireless Sensor Networks
Vikram Gupta, Eduardo Tovar, Luis Miguel Pinho, Junsung Kim, Karthik Lakshmanan, and Ragunathan Rajkumar
(Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal; CMU, USA)
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are increasingly used in various application domains like home-automation, agriculture, industries and infrastructure monitoring. As applications tend to leverage larger geographical deployments of sensor networks, the availability of an intuitive and user- friendly programming abstraction becomes a crucial factor in enabling faster and more efficient development, and re- programming of applications. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a programming pattern named sMapReduce, inspired by the Google MapReduce framework, for mapping application behaviors on to a sensor network and enabling complex data aggregation. The proposed pattern requires a user to create a network-level application in two functions: sMap and Reduce, in order to abstract away from the low- level details without sacrificing the freedom to develop complex logic. Such a two-fold division of programming logic is a natural-fit to typical sensor networking operation which makes sensing and topological modalities accessible to the user.
@InProceedings{SESENA11p37, author = {Vikram Gupta and Eduardo Tovar and Luis Miguel Pinho and Junsung Kim and Karthik Lakshmanan and Ragunathan Rajkumar}, title = {sMapReduce: A Programming Pattern for Wireless Sensor Networks}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SESENA}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {37--42}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }
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Lazy Preemption to Enable Path-Based Analysis of Interrupt-Driven Code
Wei Le, Jing Yang, Mary Lou Soffa, and Kamin Whitehouse
(University of Virginia, USA)
One of the important factors in ensuring the correct functionality of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is the reliability of the software running on individual sensor nodes. Research has shown that path-sensitive static analysis is effective for bug detection and fault diagnosis; however, path-sensitive analysis is prohibitively expensive when applied to a WSN application due to the large state space caused by arbitrary interrupt preemptions. In this paper, we propose a new execution model called lazy preemption that reduces this state space by restricting interrupt handlers to a set of pre-determined preemption points, if possible. This execution model allows us to represent the program with an inter-interrupt control flow graph (IICFG), which is easier to analyze than the original CFGs with arbitrary interrupt preemptions.
@InProceedings{SESENA11p43, author = {Wei Le and Jing Yang and Mary Lou Soffa and Kamin Whitehouse}, title = {Lazy Preemption to Enable Path-Based Analysis of Interrupt-Driven Code}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SESENA}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {43--48}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }
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The Smart Condo: Integrating Sensor Networks and Virtual Worlds
Veselin Ganev, David Chodos, Ioanis Nikolaidis, and Eleni Stroulia
(University of Alberta, Canada)
The term "Smart Home" refers to a home that has both a set of sensors to observe the environment and a set of actuators to automatically control home devices to improve the occupants' experience. A Smart Home has the potential to provide a variety of services based on information gleaned by data recorded by a multiplicity of sensor types, but also requires a systematic means (a) of abstracting differences among sensor types and (b) of supporting services and their rapid development. In this paper, we describe our approach towards meeting those needs, including a component of sensor adapters and a language for modeling person activities that can guide the development of health-care services.
@InProceedings{SESENA11p49, author = {Veselin Ganev and David Chodos and Ioanis Nikolaidis and Eleni Stroulia}, title = {The Smart Condo: Integrating Sensor Networks and Virtual Worlds}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SESENA}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {49--54}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }
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Challenges of Satisfying Multiple Stakeholders: Quality of Service in the Internet of Things
Chien-Liang Fok, Christine Julien, Gruia-Catalin Roman, and Chenyang Lu
(University of Texas at Austin, USA; Washington University at St. Louis, USA)
As wireless sensor networks become increasingly integrated with the Internet, the Internet of Things (IOT) is beginning to emerge. The IOT is a massive cyber-physical system that presents many software engineering challenges. One fundamental challenge is the need for multi-dimensional QoS that can satisfy the individual constraints of the many participants in the system. In this paper, we investigate the challenges of providing such a mechanism via a simple abstraction consisting of a general QoS function provided by each application. This function distills the multi-dimensional QoS specifications from each stakeholder into a single value that is used to determine the best configuration of interactions. We prototype our approach in a real wireless sensor network using a pervasive healthcare fall-detection application and highlight the many challenges it unveils.
@InProceedings{SESENA11p55, author = {Chien-Liang Fok and Christine Julien and Gruia-Catalin Roman and Chenyang Lu}, title = {Challenges of Satisfying Multiple Stakeholders: Quality of Service in the Internet of Things}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SESENA}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {55--60}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }
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Short Papers
Firm Firmware and Apps for the Internet of Things
Matthias Kovatsch
(ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Among the challenges for the Internet of Things, two stand out: a scalable application layer with wide interoperability and a common, reliable programming model. We propose to strip all application logic from the firmware and only provide a RESTful interface to the hardware functionality. Critical parts such as the network stack remain in the immutable firmware that is maintained by experts. Applications are developed atop the resource abstraction and run in the cloud. Leaving the embedded domain, application development is eased while sharing and customizing applications helps to cope with the vast number of diversified device types.
@InProceedings{SESENA11p61, author = {Matthias Kovatsch}, title = {Firm Firmware and Apps for the Internet of Things}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SESENA}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {61--62}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }
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Model-Driven Design plus Artificial Intelligence for Wireless Sensor Networks Software Development
Peter Mülders, Stefan Gruner, and Nguyen Xuan Thang
(University of Pretoria, South Africa; University of Kassel, Germany)
To date, software development for wireless sensor network nodes is still characterized by low-level ad-hoc programming to a large extent. This short-paper argues for a methodologically more systematic approach on the basis of Model-Driven Engineering with CASE-Tool support, in combination with AI-based design choice optimizations during the MDE-steps of model-refinement and information-enrichment. Our work in this project is ongoing.
@InProceedings{SESENA11p63, author = {Peter Mülders and Stefan Gruner and Nguyen Xuan Thang}, title = {Model-Driven Design plus Artificial Intelligence for Wireless Sensor Networks Software Development}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SESENA}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {63--64}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }
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Toward a Unified Object Model for Cyber-Physical Systems
Yu David Liu
(SUNY Binghamton, USA)
Cyber-physical systems are a coordinated combination of computational and physical elements. This position paper calls for the design of a unified object model that blends the boundary of the two. The unified object model has the benefits of bringing classic software engineering technologies and tools -- such as UML -- to the new application domain of cyber-physical systems, and further equipping programs written for these systems with the traditional strengths of object-oriented languages, such as encapsulation, code reuse and customization, and strong guarantees for avoiding run-time errors.
@InProceedings{SESENA11p65, author = {Yu David Liu}, title = {Toward a Unified Object Model for Cyber-Physical Systems}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SESENA}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {65--66}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }
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This was my first mistake. I'd boasted instead of keeping my own counsel. And as is nearly always the case, I soon paid the price for my bravado, always finding new and ingenius ways to suffer the consequences of ego. Here's my crash report to Bracken this morning:
Thanks again for the editor's copy of your movie. I think I will take a few breaths before watching it again. In a completely unrelated event last night, I trashed and shredded my entire Scenewash Project, losing forever some 800 MB of text and graphics I had been collecting and coordinating as reference material for both the web site and my own stalled writing career, such as it is. Attempts to recover the data netted only about 200 MB of the original gigabyte of material including what was backed up by virtue of sitting on the webserver already in play, so that's one small consolation. Bad news is that among the 800 MB was your entire archive of Guy Debord - Revolutionary, the cover I designed, the original typesetting, et cetera, all of which has been lost.The only remains of Len Bracken on my system are those web pages I created, and whatever is posted to the web site in the Situationist section where other "conspiracy" material was archived. Of course, I had the whole mess backed up on the wife's machine, until I dumped it clearing out space in which to edit yep, you guessed itThe Lazy Ones not so long ago you may recall. Now isn't that a striking irony. Apparently when I was thrushing out the the weeds I (or some ghost in the machine) managed to drag the entire Scenewash folder containing all these working archives into the trash, and when prompted to empty I noted the size of the dump was rather high for what I presumed was in the trash by choice, but failed to follow up my suspicion with a quick peek of the contents. Result was instant disaster and chaos, regrets in a handbasket.
Bowing to fate, all this so-called scholarly work has been lifted off my shoulders, for better or worse, for the foreseeable future. The weight has lifted. One day I will regain my strength to sort through what little I was able to recover, and merge them with my paper files, and perhaps only then be rightfully prepared to sculpt a work of art worthy of all those keystrokes and hours lost in sitting. Time will always kill a mockingbird.
This post is republished from the Project Scenewash archives.
© 2012, Gabriel Thy. All rights reserved.

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Proceedings of the 1991 International Symposium on Data on Aging
Published Date:August 1993
Series:DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 93-1483 ; Vital and health statistics. Series 5, Comparative international vital and health statistics reports ; no. 7 ;
Alternative Title:ICE on Aging
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Description:1. Welcome and charge / by Manning Feinleib -- 2. Crosscutting issues on health and disabily: introduction / by Gene D. Cohen -- 3. Healthy aging / by John Rowe -- 4. Models of disability / by Pierre Minaire -- 5, Crosscutting issues on long-term care: introduction / by Diane Rowland -- 6. Cognitive function and the elderly / by Barry Gurland -- 7. Long-term care policy in international perspective / by Pattick Hennes -- 8. Crosscutting issues on other international research on aging: introduction / by Gwendolyn S. King -- 9. International research unhealthy life expectancy / by George C. Myers -- 10. World Health Organization Program for Research on Aging / by Stefania Magig -- 11, Health promotion and disease prevention workshop / by Gerry E. Hendershot -- 12. Vitality workshop / by Richard Havlik -- 13. Functional disability workshop / by Mary Grace Kovar -- 14. Outcomes ofnursing home care workshop / by Joan F. Van Nostrand . -- 15. Chronic disease common in the elderly workshop / by Tamara Harris . -- 16. Closing comments: next steps for the ICE on aging / / by Manning Feinleib
The 1991 International Symposium was convened from September 4 to 6, in Rockville, Maryland, as a follow-onto a 1988 symposium. The 1988 symposium focused on developing a research agenda on measuring health and health care for the elderly in a standard manner to permit valid comparisons across nations, The theme of the 1991 Symposium was "Meeting the Challenges of an Aging World." Its purpose was to share the interim results of the research agenda from the 1988 sympaslum and to review the goals for the next few years. Speakers and participants were distinguished international experts from a dozen different countries and a variety of organizations. They were selected for their expertise in the five topics addressed by the International Symposium: health promotion, vitality, functional disability, outcomes of nursing home care, and common chronic diseases.
Content Notes:Manning Feinleib, editor. ; "1991 Symposium on the International Collaborative Effort (ICE) on Aging, Measuring Health and Health Care, also known as the ICE on Aging." - p. 1 ; Includes bibliographical references. ;
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William M. Callaghan, who commanded the battleship Missouri at Iwo Jima and Okinawa and went on to become commander of U.S. naval forces in the Far East, died Monday in Bethesda after suffering a stroke. The 93-year-old vice admiral, who retired in
James Van Alen, 88, who helped modernize tennis with his invention of the tie-breaker, died July 3 after falling off a terrace at his home in Newport, R.I. His vision was impaired, and he apparently didn't see the 3-foot drop off the terrace, relatives said. Mr. Van Alen, who founded the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport in 1954, was a familiar and flamboyant figure in the sport. His most famous innovation was the tie-breaker, designed to speed up the game and part of a comprehensive new scoring system Mr. Van Alen introduced in 1958.


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Hi, I'm using Word 2007 in Windows 7.
Previously, the default was that documents
opened in a new window. I loved this. With
the live-view taskbar, it meant I could
simply and easily navigate between open Word
docs by hovering my mouse over the MSWord
icon in the task bar, and then clicking the
appropriate document.
Somehow, this changed. Now all documents are
in one window, and now navigating amongst
them is an aggravating time-waste. I've tried
and tried and tried to fix this, but I can't
find the option to open my documents in a new
window anywhere. Please help!
The option to show all documents in separate Windows is here:
Click the Office button.
Select 'Word options' at the bottom of the Office button 'page'
In the Word Options dialog box, click on the 'Advanced' tab on the left hand side
Scroll down the Advanced tab window to the 'Display' section and check 'Show all windows in the Taskbar'
Click OK.
Restart Word.
I do not have Windows 7, so I don't know if this has any impact on this setting
Word 2007... I want to open documents sorted by date... not by name... this lets me go to my most recent documents easily... and if it is something I worked on last week, easy to find that too. (open recent documents only works in a limited way.. i might have recent documents all today's date) So I want to open my document file sorted by date like the good old days of Word 2003...


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La Boca is a sub neighborhood in Buenos Aires, known for its colorful houses, the "Caminito", is where you can find tango artists performing and taking pictures with tourists on that famous corner. You can't help but to get lost in the streets filled with artwork, live performances, and Italian taverns.
I could sit and watch the tango dancers perform for hours; it's such a romantic and sensual dance that is a combination of very close embrace and small steps or long elegant steps and complex moves.
On this day we did a bus tour that gives you the option to hop on and off the bus in different parts of the city. It was a bit chilly this day and I knew we would be walking quite a lot so I went for this perfect combination, a crisp white shirt tucked into my girlfriend jeans and my leather jacket.
This polished look is simple, effortless, and comfortable. If I had fifteen minutes to get ready and run out the door this would be my go-to look. I added a pop of fun with my shoes, for me leopard print shoes add edge and a bit of personality to a simple outfit.
B's Tip: Add a blush pink leather jacket or blazer to this look; it is a perfect while you are transition winter into spring
Thanks for stopping by! Follow along Instagram windy_style and Facebook Windy Style.
Xo, B!
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I don't think there is a person on the globe that has not had to deal with feelings of rejection at some point in his or her life. In fact the enemy uses any and every opportunity to bring rejection into our lives. Why? Because it is the opposite of acceptance! Our heavenly Father is love and this perfect love cast out all fear. He loves and accepts us without our performance or behavior lining up to a list of laws. Even while we are sinners he loves us. He knows exactly who we are and yet he loves us - even with all our warts and wrinkles. Rejection on the other hand is a feeling of "I am not good enough", therefore I must try harder and harder to improve myself, and then I will find love and acceptance.
Rejection is a three-fold cord with the strands being rejection, fear of rejection and self-rejection. When a person feels rejection, fear begins to play out in their life. They begin to think people don't like me...every time I meet new people they look at me funny. The mind begins to play repetitively thoughts that no one likes me; I can't fit into this group. Our thoughts create scenarios, and accompanying these, are the feelings of rejection and fear of rejection. These two feelings lead to self-rejection. When we feel rejected by others we begin to feel that something is wrong with me. I am not pretty enough, smart enough, and athletic enough, or cool enough and I will never measure up. So, we begin to hate ourselves thus rejecting who we are and who God created us to be. We become our greatest critics and begin to make proclamations like I am so stupid or I can't even do anything. The enemy will gladly add to the list of failures and inadequacies that will increase and increase. If left unchecked, this process can lead down many ill-fated roads.
Rejection works itself out in people's lives in various ways. Once it is unveiled you can see its devastation in our society. Children, and adults react to their feelings of rejection through rebellion, disobedience and lawlessness. The thought is: "you don't like me so I don't like you either". If I can't get your attention by being who I am, then I will get attention whichever way I can. Rebellion is only one of the fruits of rejection. Depression, anxiety, self-harm, alcohol, drug addiction and suicide are also. Our society is full of young people harassed by rejection, fear of rejection and self- rejection.
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Ivy is a BISS winning dog.
She achieved the honor of being the number one ranked cairn bitch in 2002, while being completely owner handled.
CH Marquees Green With Envy 11/12/2000
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|DK CH FIN CH Robinson Crusoe Jennifer, 8/27/95
|DK CH FIN CH Robinson Crusoe Alberto Tomba, 2/26/93
|Robinson Crusoe Sandy Rose, Light Brindle, 7/4/90
AM CH Copperglen Walk Of Fame, 10/22/96
|AM CH Whetstone Reeses' Pieces, Red, 10/25/94
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Homilies, News and Stories
Cycle A
Daily Reflections
Feast Days
Ordinary Time
Stories for Sermons
It is simple and easy to be happy. The hard part is
Convincing yourself, and getting past your own
resistance to
You might assume that just because things are one way or
Another, there is no possibility of happiness. Yet that
Assumption is entirely mistaken.
You know precisely how to be happy, how to create the
Feeling of happiness within yourself and how to express it
Within any context. You've done it many times in a whole lot
Of different situations.
Your happiness does not come from the moment, or the
Surroundings, or even from the people around you. It comes
From you, and from your decision to feel its positive power.
Go ahead and skip right over all those reasons why you can't
Be happy. Instead, think of the times when you have been
Happy and recall the strategy you've always used to bring
That happiness to life.
Activate that very same strategy right now. And bring the
Positive power of your own happiness to this very moment.
~Ralph Marston~
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HUNDREDS of tyres were destroyed when arsonists struck at a storage facility for the second time in just four months.
Around 40 firefighters were called to tackle the blaze at Tyre Collection Services, in Bull Lane, Moxley, Darlaston.
The fire broke out shortly before 6pm on Christmas Eve and involved 500 tyres stacked in the yard.
There were no injuries and no other properties were affected by the blaze.
Sub officer John Wildman, of Bilston fire station, said: "The fire was going very well when we arrived but we were able to get to grips with it quite quickly.
"We had around 40 men on the incident and 20 were able to get amongst the tyres and physically remove them and create a space to stop the fire spreading to other tyres."
In September, thousands of tyres were set alight in the yard creating a fire so serious that it created a huge plume of black smoke that could be seen 12 miles away.


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5 Songs About Pets
Rock Blog: Mostly dogs, with a few cats put in.
Today on our show. Migs likes to give BJ a hard time because BJ is not much of a dog person. And I will even take it a step further, BJ isn't much of a pet person in general.
So what do we do on the show when we find out that something bugs our sho cohorts? We troll them about it! Migs asked Twitter and Instagram to send BJ pictures of their dogs, and so far he has got a crap ton.
So I decided, why not write a blog about 5 songs that dog inspired and written about people's pets. Shall we?
5.) Freddie Mercury - 'Delilah'
Let's start with 'Queen' frontman Freddie Mercury. He was no doubt a cat person. He kept several cats, whom he reportedly called home to talk to when he was on tour.
His first solo album, "Mr. Bad Guy" was even dedicated to those who shared his appreciation for felines. The dedication read, "to my cat Jerry — also Tom, Oscar and Tiffany, and all the cat lovers across the universe — screw everybody else."
Freddie even made his love for cats known on the Queen album "Innuendo," which features this song about one of his favorite feline friends, a tortoise shell cat named Delilah.
4.) The Misfits - "Hellhounds"
Not about a particular dog at all, but as you can tell by the title, what a song to listen to and crank as you and your pooch head out for a chilly fall run right?
3.) Motorhead - "Dogs"
Simply titled. Simply metal. This song has the line "You're all the same, you're all to blame you dogs"
Every metal head can jam to this one, and guess what, you won't even have allergies when rocking.
2.) Led Zeppelin - "Black Dog"
Actually titled after a real black lab that was hanging around the recording studios in 1971 while recording this jam, it's a great name, because this song has plenty of bite. Just listen to the guitars, pull your dog close, and rock out to some classic rock.
1.) Elvis Presley - "Hound Dog"
First song I think of when I think of our four legged companions? Hound Dog by the king himself. Not even having to do with an actual dog. It still is one that will go down in history as a song that was at least named after man's best friend.
Did I miss any? What is your favorite K9 inspired song?
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BIRMINGHAM'S new £5 million Leukaemia Centre is to get its long-awaited official opening after a long-running campaign from kind-hearted families.
Sporting heroes Ashley Giles and Geoff Thomas will help launch the pioneering treatment block aimed at improving therapy and advancing new drugs on May 8.
University Hospital Trust has built the building at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital site, in Edgbaston, next to where the new super hospital is set to rise from the ground.
People across the Midlands have spent years raising £3 million for charity Cure Leukaemia to add to a £2.2 million grant from Advantage West Midlands to get the scheme off the ground.
"Work started on the centre in January last year so it is great to see it get its official opening," said a trust spokeswoman.
"It will be the first centre of its kind in the UK and treat on average more than 500 people a year within Birmingham
"New research into leukaemia in Birmingham is currently under way, and drugs and transplant therapies some of the things we are leading the way on. This centre will add to that."
Footballer Thomas has raised thousands for the cause as a leukaemia sufferer and England and Warwickshire cricketer Giles has been so moved by the project that he has named it his charity of the year.
The treatment centre with 30 clinical, scientific and administrative staff will have eight consulting suites, a quiet room for counselling, offices for six consultants and research nurses and a laboratory for cell preparation including 20 and 80 freezers, analyser and centrifuge.
The centre will also provide a platform for the team of world class scientists and doctors, currently based in Birmingham, to work side by side in the pursuit of new and effective drug and transplant technology for the treatment of leukaemia.
University Hospital Trust has concentrated on leukaemia research over the past ten years and as a consequence become a centre of excellence.


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Gabriela Muñoz has a variety of experience in theater, circus and opera. She finished her studies at The School of Physical Theater and the London International School of Performing Arts (LISPA) in London, where she co-founded "Clown Me In", a clown company with fellow colleague Sabine Choucair from Lebanon (www.clownmein.com). She has always had a strong interest in working with marginalized communities, and uses theater and clowning as a means of exploring conflict transformation, as much as she likes to play with performers around the world for a more theatrical purpose.
She has performed her most recent creation (Perhaps, perhaps, quizás…) in Mexico City in order to promote the concept of contemporary circus in Mexico and in collaboration with Cirko de Mente and in New York as part of the NY Clown Theater Festival.In 2010, Audrey Crabtree & myself decide to create connect2clowns a collective to further the art form of clown and circus. They plan to start the 1st Clown International Festival in Mexico City for 2012!
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After having simply decent initial success with SS, we're now having way more success compared to last month. Why? We have NO IDEA. We didn't change our contact & dating tactics all that much. It's a great site to start looking for women online. They have a huge USA presence, so American guys will have a definite numbers advantage. The rest of the English speaking world does well too, so I think this one will take a high position in our rankings.
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SexSearch.com UPDATED Statistics
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|Site Look & Feel
|Guy to Girl Ratio
|2 girls to 3 guys (no change)
|Initiated Contact With
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|Replies Received
|22 serious replies
|Total Resulting Dates
|17 dates (distinct women)
|Total Resulting Hookups
|14 hookups (distinct women)
===PREVIOUS REVIEW from OCTOBER 2, 2009==
SexSearch.com is by far the best site we could find out there for hooking up. It's great for a few reasons. The first is that the ratio of women to men is very good. You still have to do a little bit of hunting, and there are always the mandatory girls that never respond. The second is that this booty call site has great communication features including webcam chat. This really helps you get to know the person you're talking to, and actually reduces your time-to-score. We saw that through this site, we went from Meet-to-Mack in less then 4 hours, with little effort. In general, we found the girls on this site to be younger and prettier, probably because it ranks well with graduate students and younger professionals.
Below are the statistics we gathered during our 3 month long SexSearch.com experiment.:
SexSearch.com Statistics (from October 2, 2009)
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|8 out of 10
|Site Look & Feel
|Guy to Girl Ratio
|2 girls to 3 guys
|Initiated Contact With
|50 outgoing emails
|Replies Received
|13 serious replies
|Total Resulting Dates
|10 dates (distinct women)
|Total Resulting Hookups
|7 hookups (distinct women)
|General Required Effort
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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#DNA–Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, and MGI International Sales Co., Limited (MGI), a subsidiary of global genomics leader BGI Group, today announced a co-marketing agreement for Twist Bioscience's target enrichment product line in Europe and Asia Pacific.
Under the terms of the non-exclusive agreement, the two companies are making Twist catalog and custom products available on the MGI platform. MGI and Twist will market and promote Twist Bioscience's target enrichment product line including the Twist Human Core Exome Kit, Twist Custom Panels, Twist Mouse Exome, Twist RefSeq, Twist Universal Blockers and Twist Fast Hybridization and Wash Kit that is specifically formatted to work with MGI's DNBSEQ™ sequencers, with the appropriate MGI-compatible products.
"This agreement brings together our best-in-class target enrichment products and MGI's high quality cost effective PCR-free sequencing solution, creating a combined platform to embrace the rapidly expanding markets in Asia Pacific and Europe," said Emily M. Leproust, Ph.D., CEO and co-founder of Twist Bioscience. "It supports the expansion of our geographic footprint and brings premium target enrichment products to MGI's customer base, allowing them to experience exceptional enrichment uniformity, custom panel enablement and optimal performance."
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Yes, that famous little blue tank engine from the Island of Sodor is visiting Shackerstone Station.
There will also be some other friends of Thomas appearing over the weekends. Daisy and Diesel will be out and about along with some of the Shackerstone locomotives that you may have already met. The engines will be busying themselves around the station site with some fun and games and maybe some shunting of trucks and wagons.
Who will you cheer on in the Engines Races? Will the Dirty Diesels play fair or will the Steam Engines prevail?
There will be fun and games for all the family including;
* Colouring Competition
* Engine Races & Games
* Face Painting
* Rides In Daisy The Diesel Railcar
* Story Re-enactments
* Thomas & Friends DVD Stories
Rides on the main train to Bosworth Battlefield
Make sure that you say hello to Sir Topham Hatt. Please don't call him the "Fat Controller", at least where he can hear you!
The Battlefield Line Railway
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Supporting Hyogo Prefecture at their debut event promoting popular agricultural, forestry and fishery products.
After rounds of successful promotions in Hong Kong, the EU and even the Middle East, Japane Hyogo prefecture prefecture chose Singapore as its first stop to expand their reach into the South East Asia region; by holding a month-long F&B campaign to introduce its local products to Singaporeans. Hyogo Prefecture aims to introduce at least 23 different Prefectural products from 14 Hyogo agricultural, forestry and fishery suppliers in efforts to meet the ever growing demands for Japanese food and raise the profile of Japanese cuisine and culture around the world. Targeting the Food & Beverage industry, the campaign kicks off with a one-day exclusive opening event at Pixy, Bar & Cuisine on Wednesday 22 November 2017, followed by a restaurant fair where by customers can enjoy a specially drawn up Hyogo menu for 1 month at Pixy Bar & Cuisine.
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Organized by the French Trade Commission-Business France in Singapore, the brand new concept of the 2016 edition of "French Vineyards Talents" received a warm welcome, both from the French companies and the Singaporean professionals. They particularly appreciated the "Tournée des Terroirs" (Terroir Tour), a friendly and educational seminar which helped facilitates professional meetings and exchange. The "Terroir Tour" was hosted by a recognized wine expert, Mr. LIM Hwee Peng, in presence of 10 wine producers and traders from France and drew the attention of the wine professionals of Singapore. More than 120 importers, distributors, prescribers and specialized journalists came to learn more on soils, grape varieties and new wines introduced on that day (including Yellow Wine from Jura, or distinctive cepages from Gaillac …). The event was a great platform to show case the French savoir-faire (know-how), the creativity and exceptional wines.
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The Aquitaine Limousin Poitou-Charentes French region in the spotlight at the first ProWine Asia ProWine Asia inaugurated its first edition from the 12 th to 15 th of April 2016 in Singapore, within the Food Hotel Asia (FHA), the largest International exhibition in the region. Despite the mixed feedback from some participants of the fair due to the crowd was mostly drained by the Food and Hotel segments, the first edition of ProWine Asia took up the challenge and had laid a good foundation for a promising future. Attracting more 8,000 visitors (47% from foreign countries), Prowine Asia brought together 257 exhibitors from 30 countries, including France, Spain, Austria, Australia and Italy. The French presence was marked by impressive number of companies within the France Pavilion (45 companies), most of them were taken by AAPRA (Aquitaine Agribusiness Promotion Agency) and Promessa with the Champagne Lounge. The next ProWine Asia editions are expected to increase in size and number of exhibitors, and thus attract more professionals from the ASEAN region. Considered as "complementary to the fair" by several participants (Pierre Oteiza, Delpeyrat, Valades, Tursan, Pierre de Segonzac, Maison Noble...), the Cocktail Networking Party was held on the 13 th of April by the Business France office in Singapore and the representative of the South-west region (AAPRA). Gathering around 200 people in conviviality and sharing atmosphere, including importers, distributors and F&B players, the party aimed to highlight 17 producers & ambassadors of the Southwest gastronomy region. Foie gras, charcuterie, cheese, caviar and above all wines and spirits have been discovered, enjoyed and appreciated throughout the evening.
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Business France organized B2B meetings with importers from ASEAN at the FHA 2016 Flagship event of the agribusiness sector in Asia, the Food Hotel Asia fair (FHA) was held in Singapore Expo from 12 th to 15 th of April 2016. This biennial event of the 2016 edition attracted more than 68,000 trade visitors and 3000 exhibitors. This year it also hosted the first edition of Pro Wine Asia, a subsidiary of the famous ProWein fair in Düsseldorf for wines and spirits. With nearly 200 exhibiting companies, the French presence was reinforced by 2 pavilions: one brought together 80 companies in FHA and the other 45 companies in ProWine. The other French companies came independently or were in the food & hotel equipment sections. In order to assist better the French exhibitors in their business development in the region, the Agriculture Department in Business France Singapore (Agrotech) had organized a series of Btob meetings with Asean buyers. More than 30 meetings, held on second day of the exhibition FHA, have been a great complement to both French exhibitors and Asean buyers. Those meetings had been targeted and accompanied by the team Agrotech Asean of Business France. Very popular, this meeting arrangement was crowned with success since they allowed the participants to optimize their time on the fair and to meet targeted buyers, who had clearly shown a direct interest in their products. Business negotiations were already on the way by the end of the day ...
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Located in eastern France, Franche-Comté is famous for its regional gastronomy. With 18 protected designations of origin (PDO) and 9 protected geographical indications (PGI), this region's agri-food sector is a dynamic network comprising SMEs, cooperatives and major international groups. With CCI International Franche-Comté, five companies from the dairy and gourmet food sectors will be participating in this year's Food & Hotel Asia trade show taking place in Singapore from April 12 to 15, 2016 in the French Pavilion (Hall 6 – Booth 6C2-01). This year CCI International Franche-Comté will be supporting five companies from its region at the Food & Hotel Asia trade show, in the French Pavilion: CAVALIER makes and distributes worldwide an extensive range of wine vinegars and flavored vinegars, mustards, oils, condiments, spices, dried mushrooms, balsamic cream vinegars and antipasti (olives, vegetable oils and tapenades). It has developed a new range of cooking wines, now available in 75 centiliter and 5 liter formats. Its products are available both under the Cavalier brand and as private label products. More information: www.cavalier-france.com/en PATURAGES COMTOIS CHEESEMAKER Every year the Hauts du Val de Saône cheesemaking cooperative transforms 35 million liters of milk into soft cheese (bloomy rind, washed rind and mixed) and hard pressed cheese (Emmental Grand Cru, French Emmental, Gruyère). The cooperative, which has developed a high-quality approach, exports 75% of the soft cheeses it produces. More information: www.paturagescomtois.com PERRIN VERMOT CHEESEMAKER In the Jura Mountains, the Perrin Vermot cheesemaker traditionally manufactures and refines AOC-certified cheeses (Comté and Morbier), organic and specialty cheeses (raclette, fresh cheese with herbs and fruit, etc.). At FHA, it will be presenting the Fromager des Clarines, a soft and creamy cheese from pasteurized milk, carefully protected in a spruce box, that can be enjoyed in warm or cold dishes. More information: www.jean-perrin.com KLAUS , a chocolatier and confectioner since 1856, has been based in Morteau since 1903. Right from the start, the chocolatier has had a reputation for quality. Klaus is still the only French chocolate maker to make an entire range of chocolate from the Criollo bean – one of the rarest and most sought-after beans. The company has selected a number of South American suppliers to supply it with this naturally excellent quality cocoa. On display at Foodex: Starine, a range of fine praline-filled chocolate bouchées available in various flavors: caramel, sesame and praline, pieces of lime zest, vanilla macaroon, raspberry chunks and crêpe dentelle. More information: www.klaus.com NATURALIM FRANCE MIEL is a beekeepers' cooperative established in Franch-Comté in 1958. Having long been keen to create its own brand of high-end honeys, it has created the Miel et Miels brand. At FHA, Naturalim is presenting these collections of rare and delicious honeys, each of them individually selected for their purity and taste. The Miel et Miels ® range consists of three collections: Les Miels de Crus: a selection of authentic, balanced honeys from exceptional floral and plant essences. Les Miels de Terroirs: these honeys take your taste buds on a veritable journey, reflecting the specific characteristics of their region. Les Mariages de Saveurs: this honey is enhanced by combining it with a balanced union of delicate flavors to create an explosion of flavor. More information: www.miel-et-miels.fr/?langue=en Press contact: Pôle Communication/Presse de Business France local About CCI International Franche-Comté CCI International Franche-Comté is tasked with supporting businesses internationally. Its team works with businesses to raise awareness of the opportunities offered by foreign markets, helps them with their international structure and prospecting, and provides expertise in secure trading. About Business France Business France is the national agency supporting the international development of the French economy, responsible for fostering export growth by French businesses, as well as promoting and facilitating international investment in France. It promotes France's companies, business image and nationwide attractiveness as an investment location, and also runs the VIE international internship program. Founded on January 1, 2015 through a merger between UBIFRANCE and the Invest in France Agency, Business France has 1,500 personnel, both in France and in 70 countries throughout the world, who work with a network of public- and private-sector partners. For further information, please visit: www.businessfrance.fr
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VEGEPOLYS : A unique force in Europe 4 000 companies – 30 000 jobs – 450 researchers – 2 500 students – 25 higher training courses Born on the territory of the Pays de la Loire, the French state gave the label "competitiveness cluster" in July 2005 to VEGEPOLYS. As a competitive cluster with worldwide reach, VEGEPOLYS is open to the world, is developing its own international network and making partnerships with other French and non-French clusters. VEGEPOLYS is founded on a historical tradition of production in the Pays de la Loire region of France. The pedoclimatic conditions in the region and the vitality and know-how of its companies have attracted national and local government support for several decades, enabling the region to become the leader in the specialized plants field. The Pays de la Loire region is alone in Europe in bringing together in a single geographical area both private enterprise and public research and training establishment a major European force in the plant world , on which VEGEPOLYS is based. Making businesses more competitive The creation of value does not just involve product innovations, but also all other kinds of innovation: human resources management, production processes, marketing, logistics... VEGEPOLYS' role is to organize and provide an impetus, in order to identify common problems and lead project groups. These activities take the form of workshops and strategy meetings. International events VEGEPOLYS' reputation is growing thanks to its presence at numerous events with its partners and its actions toward key players: Participation in international exhibitions in France : SIVAL, Salon du Vin, Salon du végétal Participation in well-known international shows abroad : Hortifair, Fruit Logistica, IPM Essen, VitaFood, IBMA Participation in international congresses worldwide: In Vino, JAS, HIE, MexicoBio, SHE, Hydrangea... - Official website : http://www.vegepolys.eu/en/home/ - Business France and VEGEPOLYS jointly organize international partnership Missions . More information: email@example.com - VEGEPOLYS : The specialized plant sectors : http://export.businessfrance.fr/Galerie/Files/Divers/VEGEPOLYS_specialized-plant-sectors.pdf - French companies on youbuyfrance.com : Agri-food Sector > Horticulture and Timber, clic here Agri-food Sector > Fresh fruit & vegetables and processed vegetable products, clic here
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Held on 25 November 2015 in the Embassy of France in Singapore, the Food and Beverage Gourmet Tasting gathered 8 Corsican producers to introduce the rich, colorful culinary flavors to a hundred Singaporean buyers. During four hours of tasting, twenty Corsican specialties were being honored including delicatessens, cheeses, jams, biscuits, beer, liquors, wines, and even Corsican whiskey, which could be marketed very soon in Singapore given the strong interest shown by the guests. Some retailers have even wished to obtain exclusive rights on many products. Virtually not represented so far in Singapore, the Corsican gourmet products have very good prospects, even if they are considered as niche products. Sophisticated, Singaporean consumers are increasingly demanding high-value niche products. Organized by the Agri-business Department and Isula Corporation Singapore
Business France is the national agency supporting the international development of the French economy, responsible for fostering export growth by French businesses, as well as promoting and facilitating international investment in France.


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Revontuli Resort is a resort located in a beautiful place at Lake Iso-Virmas, which has the purest water in the region. It takes just about 40 min drive from Jyväskylä towards a small town of Hankasalmi and you arrive to a place with unique and beautiful accommodation. Book a cozy wooden cottage, be amazed in All-Sky Aurora Cabins, or have an easy holiday in a hotel room. Try traditional Finnish smoke sauna and activities that can suit any traveler – from golf to fishing on a boat in the middle of the lake, from bowling to disc golf.
The center is open all year round and can be a perfect destination for the winter holidays, as it is located near Häkä Ski Resort. This ski resort is popular among families with children due to fairly easy slopes and some special friends of all the children – a couple of reindeer.
The most memorable holiday you can get in All-Sky Aurora Cabin glass igloo, where you can try to catch northern lights or be amazed about never setting sun. If you are looking for some budget accommodation options, Revontuli Resort has some cabins, which are available for rent only in summer. If you prefer to stay in a cosy room with own sauna, there is also a hotel.
Address: Revontulentie 1, 41500 Hankasalmi
Webpage: www.revontuli.fi/en/
Free parking – yes
Wi-Fi – yes
Restaurants at the hotel: restaurant Loimu, American Diner
Distance to Hankasalmi city centre – 11 km
Distance to Jyväskylä city centre – 47,6 km
Beach – yes
Programmes for children – yes
Equipment rental – yes
Accommodation with pets – yes
Winter Activities
Cross-country skiing
Saunas and ice hole swimming
Winter fishing
Downhill skiing and snowboarding at Häkä Ski Resort
Summer Activities
Sauna (smoke sauna, tent sauna, lakeside sauna) and swimming in the lake or relaxation in a hot tub
Nordic walking
Boat rentals
Frisbee golf


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- Producer: Raphael Ramosch and Jasmine Henry
- Album: Good Life LP
Jersey and Mexico are kind of like Angelo Mota and sucker emcees: they don't have a hell of a lot in common. On his latest single and first DJBooth feature, the unsigned rhymesayer flees from the former locale (his home turf) to the latter after murdering hip-hop, then makes the return trip with the federales on his tail. In between, he finds time to lace a mellow Raphael Ramosch and Jasmine Henry production with free-associative lyrical reflections on everything from religious faith to quitting cigs. Craving more? Mota's forthcoming independent full-length, Good Life, currently lacks a drop date, but we'll keep you posted on the project as further details emerge.