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If you've been abstaining from carbs or wallowing in gluten-freedom for a while, you might not have noticed that the country is experiencing something of a grain revolution. Chefs and bakers are working directly with farmers to obtain heritage varieties, milling them in-house, and turning much of the recent rhetoric about gluten and carbs on its ear. It's good news for bread lovers who have sworn off the stuff for health reasons. It turns out that baked goods and cereal sides might not be the enemy after all.
You've probably seen spelt at the health food store, but what about emmer, einkorn, and Kamut? These ancient grains are staging a comeback. The emergence of "gluten-free" as a lifestyle choice has helped motivate cooks and researchers to seek answers that dispel popular misconceptions about how gluten behaves both in the kitchen and in our bodies.
"People tell me all the time: 'I don't eat bread,' " says Adam Leonti of the Brooklyn Bread Lab, which began offering its loaves, pasta, milled-to-order flour, and baking classes late last year. "But this stuff you can eat because it's completely different. A lot of information [about wheat and gluten] has just come out in the last few years. A major misconception is that gluten makes you feel bad. But we're finding that it's what's been processed out of the wheat—the bran, the germ—that can make it hard to digest."
The Bread Lab uses rustic wheat varieties like Red Fife, once North America's favorite variety. Leonti became convinced of the virtues of fresh whole-grain flour after experimenting with it. He found he could eat a whole bowl of pasta that left him feeling "light as a feather."
"Think about it," he says. "Bread sustained Europe for so long. And suddenly, it's making people unhealthy?"
The grains our forefathers ate may well have been better for the body than today's store-bought wheat products. When the roller mill replaced stone milling in the late 19th century, it allowed for white flour to be mass-produced. But it was soon discovered that the process stripped the flour of essential nutrients. So, a handful of these nutrients were added back in—hence, the "enriched" label on bread in the grocery store. Unfortunately, adding a few vitamins back to the flour doesn't quite measure up to what nature produces. Researchers now believe this may be why so many people report gluten sensitivity: Key components of the grain that help the body metabolize it are missing.
"We put einkorn on the menu because it's delicious!" says chef Gabe McMackin of the newly Michelin-starred The Finch in Brooklyn. Einkorn is an ancient variety of wheat, one of the first plants to be cultivated some 10,000 years ago. The taste can be described as nutty and rich but clean. At The Finch, it stays on the menu year-round, served with roasted trumpet royale mushrooms, tatsoi, and a puree of bright, bitter greens in the cooler months and sea scallops, golden chanterelles, and sun gold tomatoes come summer.
"Einkorn does have some gluten in it, so for someone with celiac we'd 100 percent steer clear," McMackin explains. "But for people with sensitivity to processed, modern, industrial wheat, I'd say it's safe to enjoy. In general, eating whole heritage grains couldn't be more different than eating processed, bleached, enriched bread . . . When I eat einkorn, I get energized."
Emmer & Rye, which opened last fall in Austin, Texas, to much acclaim, has used its namesake grain, a wheat variety almost as old as einkorn, in everything from pasta to cookies. Chef Kevin Fink, a professed "grainhead," also works with other heritage grains, including purple barley, Blue Beard durum, and White Sonoran wheats. He believes heritage grains provide us with a window into mankind's relationship to food.
"Way back when, these were the wild grasses we foraged for," he muses. "Then, we started cultivating them, which led to increased brain development and comfort. We built civilization around farming wheat."
For Fink, the beauty of these cereals is not unlike that of wine. Industrial mills aim for consistency in their product. But heritage wheat, like grapes or even tomatoes, varies from harvest to harvest. Chefs and bakers must not only learn how to work with it in the kitchen but about its lifecycle in the field as well. Fink points to black winter emmer, which once thrived in Texas. Today, to his dismay, it's difficult to find anyone who knows how to grow it.
"It's hard to grow certain heritage varietals," he says. "They don't have high yields, or they require special care. In the wine world, you would just charge more for that. In the wheat world, what consumer is going to buy a $12 bag of flour? There are no wheat sommeliers to explain why it's worth more."
One of the country's original grainheads is Chad Robertson, the baker behind Tartine in San Francisco. He introduced his customers to ancient grains like spelt and Kamut (a wheat variety associated with the Fertile Crescent) years ago and has now added Nordic cultivars like øland to the roster. When his latest venture, The Manufactory, opens this summer, it will feature these grains and more, milled in-house for breads, pastas, and pastries, as well as sprouted and cooked grains in porridges and grain salads.
"Like tomatoes or alliums or heritage pigs before it, grain is the current breaking category in this renaissance of discovery and exploration," says Robertson. "Chefs for so long considered flour just a commodity. When we started to look for more diverse ingredients, we inevitably zeroed in on grains. Now we see that the diversity is virtually infinite, opening up a world of flavors to us."
Flavor is key, says Bob Klein, a Bay Area restaurateur who started Community Grains in 2007 when he got frustrated with the quality of flour available to chefs. Once he began sourcing grain directly from farmers, he felt everyone should have access to it. Since 2010, the company has sold fresh-milled hard red winter and hard amber durum wheat flours and pastas online. Klein believes their flavor is directly linked to the nutrient richness of the farmers' soil.
"Wheat went brain-dead 100 years ago," he says. "When it become part of a commodity system, the farming knowledge went away. If you talk to someone's old Russian grandmother about it, she'll remember that wheat once had character. Farming in nutrient-rich soil is bringing that back."
Most importantly, he says, his flour is milled in a way that doesn't remove any part of the grain. The bran, germ, and endosperm are kept intact: "nothing added, nothing taken away."
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May 6, 2016, Marimaca Copper Corp. ("Coro" or the "Company") (TSX Symbol: COP) is pleased to announce the results of the remaining 8 holes from a recently completed 16 hole, 2680m reverse circulation (RC) drilling program at its Marimaca copper project, located 22km E of the port of Mejillones in the II Region of Chile, (Figure 1). Results for the first 8 holes were released on April 28 2016.
Drilling Results
All 8 holes, MAR-09 to MAR-16, were drilled in the West Zone, and all intersected significant copper mineralization as shown on Table 1. Results for all 16 holes are shown on Tables 3 and 4. Drill hole locations and mineralized zones are shown on Figure 2 and a long section through the West Zone is shown on Figure 3.
Table 1: Marimaca West Zone Intersections
Alan Stephens, President and CEO of Marimaca Coppercommented, "We continue to be impressed by the results received from our first drilling campaign at Marimaca. Subject to financing, we now intend to aggressively advance Marimaca to an initial resource estimate with a view to confirming its economic viability as quickly as possible."
About Marimaca
The Marimaca property contains a number of N-S trending, ~60OE dipping, broad shear zones, cross cut by later NE-SW oriented sub vertical feeder structures, all hosted by Jurassic age intrusive rocks. The intersection of these structures has produced wide NW-SE oriented zones of eastward dipping mineralization that have been exploited from a series of open cuts and small underground workings by artisanal miners (Figure 2).
Surface mapping and drilling has shown that the mineralization is comprised of multiple, thick, higher grade structures bordered by lower grade halos. The long section (Figure 3) shows that the West Zone is comprised of two SE plunging bodies separated by ~50m of barren material. Half of the holes bottomed in mineralization and none of them fully entered the primary sulphide zone. Mineralization is open down dip and along strike although the West Zone appears to be feathering out to the SE as shown by MAR-15, and other zones remain to be tested. The good grades in the oxide zone represent the oxidation of an enrichment blanket, consisting mostly of covellite. Mineralization is associated with potassic alteration and albitization while the wall rocks exhibit calci-sodic alteration.
Acid solubilities in the oxide zones are good at 76% for all assays greater than 0.1%CuT and rising to 81% for all samples greater than 0.3%CuT. This is consistent with previous third party preliminary column test work carried out from surface samples which indicated ~75-85% CuT recovery and ~20-40kg/t net acid consumption. Cyanide soluble copper assays will be completed to define total solubilities in the mixed and enriched zones.
Other significant currently or recently producing deposits in the belt include Mantos Blancos, Michilla, Ivan and Mantos de la Luna. (Figure 1)
Marimaca Copperhas the right to earn a 75% interest in the property as follows;
True widths cannot be determined with the information available at this time. Marimaca CopperRC holes were sampled on a 2 m continuous basis, with dry samples riffle split on site and one quarter sent to the Geolaquim laboratory in Copiapo, Chile by Marimaca Copperpersonnel for preparation and assaying. A second quarter was stored on site for reference. Samples were prepared using the following standard protocol: drying, crushing to better than 80% passing -10#, homogenizing, splitting and pulverizing a 400 g subsample to 95% passing -150#. All holes were assayed for CuT (total copper) and CuS (acid soluble copper) by AAS. A full QA/QC program, involving insertion of appropriate blanks, standards and duplicates was employed with acceptable results.
Sergio Rivera, Vice President of Exploration, Marimaca Copper Corp, a geologist with more than 32 years of experience and a member of the Colegio de Geologos de Chile and of the Instituto de Ingenieros de Minas de Chile, was responsible for the design and execution of the exploration program and is the Qualified Person for the purposes of NI 43-101. Alan Stephens, FIMMM, President and CEO, of Marimaca Copper Corp, a geologist with more than 40 years of experience, and a Qualified Person for the purposes of NI 43-101, is responsible for the contents of this news release.
Figure 1: Location of Marimaca and Nearby Mines
Figure 2: Marimaca Drill Plan, Showing Mineralized Zones
Figure 3: Long Section through West Zone, Showing Two SE Plunging Bodies
Table 2: Marimaca Drill Collars
Table 3: All West Zone Drill Intersects
Table 4: All East Zone Intersections
"Alan Stephens"
Alan Stephens
President and CEO
About Marimaca Copper Corp.:
Coro's strategy is to grow a mining business through the discovery, development and operation of "Marimaca Coppertype" deposits. These are defined as projects at whatever stage of development, that are well located with respect to infrastructure and water, which have low permitting risk, and which have the potential to achieve a short and cost effective timeline to production. Our preference is for open pit heap leach copper projects, where we will seek to minimise capital investment rather than maximise NPV, where we will prioritise profitability over production rate, and finally, where the likely capital cost is financeable relative to our market capitalization. The Company's assets include its 65% interest in SCM Berta; the Planta Prat and Marimaca projects; the Llancahue prospect, optioned to Industrias Peñoles; and a royalty on the San Jorge copper-gold project located in Argentina.
For further information please visit the Company's website at www.coromining.com or contact Michael Philpot, Executive Vice-President at (778) 240 2555 or (604) 682 5546 or email@example.com or François Perron at Renmark Financial Communications Inc at (416) 644-2020 or (514) 939-3989 or email@example.com or www.renmarkfinancial.com
This news release includes certain "forward-looking statements" under applicable Canadian securities legislation. Such forward-looking statements or information, include but are not limited to those with respect to the geological potential and size of Marimaca. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which are beyond Coro's ability to predict or control and may cause Coro's actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any of its future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to, the operation of the Nora Plant, copper price volatility, and changes in debt and equity markets. Such forward-looking statements are also based on a number of assumptions which may prove to be incorrect, changes in project parameters as plans continue to be evaluated, as well as those factors disclosed in the Company's documents filed from time to time with the securities regulators in the Provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador.
Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Marimaca Copperundertakes no obligation to update publicly or otherwise revise any forward-looking statements contained herein whether as a result of new information or future events or otherwise, except as may be required by law.

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Mindfulness Workshop 9:00 am -12:00 pm
This workshop is a great introduction to mindfulness and the mindfulness based approaches (MBSR and MBCT) as taught and designed by Jon Kabat-Zinn. We will also be learning about how mindfulness can be used in healthcare and education.
You will have the opportunity to experience all the different mindful meditation techniques from the mindfulness courses:
· Mindfulness of Breathing meditation
· Body Scan meditation
· Loving Kindness / Compassion meditation
· Mindful Movement (including Mindful Walking outside if weather permits)
*If you are considering attending the 8 week MBSR or MBCT course, with the intention of personal or professional development, this workshop is a great introduction to mindfulness based approaches.
Places are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment.
Mindfulness Retreat 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
The retreat is for people who have completed the 8 week MBSR course, have attended a workshop or already have some mindfulness experience.
A retreat is an opportunity to reduce our distractions and focus on deepening our experience of a particular practice. You will guided through the four foundations of mindfulness in a silent and supportive environment and have the opportunity to really experience the peacefulness that mindfulness can bring.
Please wear loose clothes so that you will be comfortable to sit, lie down and perform simple yoga and qigong exercises.
Feedback from the July 2015 retreat participants:
"A real sense of peace and calm."
" I found today very soothing and restorative."
"I have found that I have been able to let go of thoughts both past and present in today's retreat. This is a big step for me as I tend to hold onto things that build up over a series of months."
*All profits from the Day Retreat will be donated to our Sri Lankan children's charity Mindful Kids Preschool and used to buy the children school bags and stationary for their new academic year starting in January.


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Whisk all dry ingredients together in a large mixing bowl. Separate the egg whites from the egg yolks. Add the yolks to the dry mixture and put the whites in a separate small mixing bowl. Beat the egg whites until soft peaks form. I suggest using a hand mixer for this, as doing this by hand would require some serious muscle. Add milk, lemon juice and zest and melted butter to dry ingredient mixture and mix thoroughly in a stand mixer or with a hand mixer. Fold (gently stir in) egg whites into mixture. For my waffle iron I used just under 3/4 cups of the batter.
*Bonus tip: use measuring cups to determine the exact amount of batter your waffle iron requires for the perfect waffle that doesn't overflow. I found that just eyeballing it makes it nearly impossible to get consistent waffles.
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With the usual year end rush of Christmas season, the constant opening of the wallet brings payments to mind once again.
Amazon's site now boasts Amazon PayPhrase as a payment option. In a clever twist on an old solution, they allow users to register user defined or automatically generated phrases to credit cards and shipping addresses already on file. To purchase an item, the consumer types in their PayPhrase, reviews and submits their order on the next page, and waits for their purchases to arrive. The service can also be set so that family members can purchase with their own PayPhrase within limits set by the cardholder.
With it is only the very slightest of twists, every keystroke saved removes an obstacle to a sale. It is also much easier to remember a phrase than it is to remember a login and password. On the surface it appears to be a convenient option for consumers while providing a reasonable amount of security for the card companies and retailers.
Perhaps someday we can expect an amazon mashup with iLane to allow us to pay with a phrase while we drive down the highway. But will it be legal?


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Later today, my first graduate school application will be complete and submitted. Perhaps students halfway through their second year of an undergraduate degree do not apply for a Master's, but circumstances are just too perfect.
There are a couple programs out there that accept applications from students prior to their senior year, like Boston University's School of Public Health Select Scholars Program. Undergraduates in their junior year can gain early acceptance to the graduate program and complete their senior year at Wentworth. The program is a unique opportunity for undergraduates with an interest in public health to enroll in a top graduate public health program and join a cohort of peers through accelerated placement and subsequent graduate training in public health. The program provides early immersion in public health, giving students the opportunity to explore different options that are available in this field and connecting them with faculty mentors for academic and career advising.
Our Applied Math Department invites speakers every week to talk about things someone can do in a mathematics-related field. Late last semester, two representatives from BU were here to talk about public health opportunities and Travis DiJoseph, associate director of academic affairs, came to speak too and mention their Select Scholars Program. There's a lot of work in statistics and computation to be done in the public health field, and especially interesting to me are the bioinformatics and biostatistics applications.
I was filling out my CV to apply to the program and realizing how much more qualified I am now than I was than last year. Thank you Wentworth!
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London and Partners' remit is to promote London as a leisure tourism, business tourism and major event destination. The Business Tourism Sales and Marketing Director for Long Haul Markets participates at AIME (Asia-Pacific Incentive and Meetings Expo) in Melbourne every year and asked Inn-telligence Ltd to provide stand sales support for the duration of the event: 14 – 16 February 2011. This included two evening networking events and two days on the Visit London exhibition stand. www.aime.com.au
Prospective clients ranged from Tour Operators to PCOs; from Airlines to Associations. The corporate clients represented the major commercial sectors including oil & gas, pharmaceutical, government, motor, finance & insurance, I.T and retail. Enquiries came from Australia and New Zealand, Thailand, Japan, China, Malaysia and India.
AIME is a 2 day event with pre-scheduled hosted buyer appointments. London and Partners' target was to generate 5 quality event leads. We achieved 15 with an economic benefit value of GBP 1.7 million out of 30 face to face meetings, of which Inn-telligence handled 50%.
The Background
London and Partners, formerly known as Visit London, is the official visitor organisation and marketing agency for London. It also houses the official Convention Bureau.


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We've got it all wrong, says Carlos Slim, the Mexican telecoms tycoon and world's second-richest man: we should be working only three days a week. The Financial Times (July 18, 2014) reported that the 74-year-old self-made entrepreneur told a business conference in Paraguay that it was time for a "radical overhaul" of people's working lives. […]
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Orlando Bell Park
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Park DetailsThis 13-acre park located between Hwy. 51 and I-39/90 on Madison eastside features a reservable picnic shelter, full court basketball, horseshoe courts, ball field, open field and in the winter season a hill perfect for sledding.
Named in 1997 in memory of Orlando Bell for his civic leadership and vision. Mr. Bell was President of the NAACP from 1990-1993 and served the City of Madison Community Services Commission, the Chancellor's Madison Minority Community Advisory Committee, and Dane County Affirmative Action Committee. Among his many other contributions, he served as an Executive Director of the South Madison Neighborhood Center.
Alternate address: 5320 Forge Drive
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Basketball Court
OPEN: (Updated 06/15/2020): Help us keep the courts open by following these adjustments and precautions.
- Play with members of your immediate household only
- Pickup games are not allowed with persons outside of your immediate household since it is not possible to maintain 6ft physical distancing
- Stay home if you are ill.
- Consider wearing a face-covering.
- Use hand sanitizer and avoid touching common touchpoints.
View COVID-19 for all impacted City services. More information: Public Health Madison & Dane County
Madison Parks ranks #1 in the nation for the number of basketball hoops per resident, come check out the hoops in your neighborhood! Most of the basketball courts are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. If you are planning a new league or tournament see Athletic Field Reservations. View all Basketball Courts
Orlando Bell Park - Basketball CourtSurface: Asphalt
Lighted: No
Number of Courts: 1 full
Horseshoe/Bocce Court
Enjoy a beautiful day outside by playing the classic game of horseshoe. It's a fun game for the whole family to participate in.View all Horseshoe/Bocce Courts
Orlando Bell Park - HorseshoeLocation: By shelter
Surface: Sand
Lighted: No
Number of Courts: 2
Open Field
Madison Parks are a unique blend of active recreation and passive recreation spaces. Open Fields are just that - open, not pre-designed as a softball diamond, or football field. These open fields are available in these parks to spark your imagination, play a game of tag, or follow the leader - or anything you can think of! Enjoy your parks!View all Open Fields
Orlando Bell Park - Open Field Games
Orlando Bell Park - Open Field Games
Picnic Shelter
Madison Parks offers smaller picnic shelters that may be reserved for exclusive use or are available on a first-come, first served basis when not previously reserved. Please call (608) 266-4711 to check availability and reserve your favorite shelter. Office hours are Monday-Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm.
- Picnic Shelter Reservation: $35/day, including tax
- Amplified Sound Permit (optional): $60/reservation (6 hours maximum). Please ask when reserving
- Temporary Structure Permits: $110/day, including tax
- Alcohol Permit (optional): $55/reservation. It is required in select parks. Please ask when reserving.
- Additional large shelters are reservable online (except Gates of Heaven)
- Madison Parks does not guarantee absolute privacy to any group. Your reservation will reserve only the facility you are using, not the entire park or other facilities within the park. If you are interested in reserving the entire park, please visit Special Events.
- Alcohol is permitted in most Madison Parks. There are a handful that are alcohol-free. In order to have alcohol in these parks, you must have a reservation and an alcohol permit, which can be obtained when placing a reservation.
- All picnic shelters are open year-round, however, if the picnic shelter has restrooms, these are open seasonally (closed winter/cold months).
- Firearms or weapons are not permitted at any of the shelters. Violators may be considered trespassers and may be subject to forfeiture or arrest.
- **IMPORTANT**Public improvements and/or construction may be underway during the time of your reservation. The City of Madison Parks Division makes every attempt to schedule around events and shelter reservations whenever possible, however, this is not a guarantee. Please keep in mind improvements to parks and infrastructure continues throughout the year. Please visit the Park Projects website for a partial list of major capital improvement projects.
- Cancellation requests must be submitted to the Parks Administration Office in writing to:
210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, #104, Madison, WI 53703 or by email.
- There is no charge to change the date and/or location, if the request is received 28 days or more prior to event date.
- Full refunds are given, at no charge for cancellation requests received at least 28 days prior to the event date.
- Cancellations and changes received 27 to 11 days prior to the event date (counting notice date and event date) will incur a $10 administrative fee.
- No cancellations or changes will be accepted 10 days or fewer before the event date (counting notice date and event date).
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Orlando Bell Park Picnic ShelterRestrooms: No
Lighted: No
Notes: Electricity is available (key required) when arranged with reservation.
OPEN: (Updated 06/15/2020) Playgrounds are open with the following precautions:
- Maintain at least 6' between people outside of your immediate household.
- Consider sanitizing common touchpoints.
- Use hand sanitizer after use.
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Madison Parks offers many hills perfect for winter sledding. The locations listed below are few suggestions for ideal sledding with a good snow base. Sledding hills are not maintained by parks staff.View all Sledding
The Elver Park sledding hill is one of the most popular and is lit for nighttime sledding during the open season. Sleds are available to purchase or to rent from the Elver Park winter shelter (see website for schedule).
PLEASE NOTE: For your safety, and to uphold the quality of our landscapes, please do not use the sledding hills without a significant snow base.
Orlando Bell Park - Sledding HillWarming House: No
Concessions: No
Soccer Field
Many of the soccer fields are programmed with youth and adult league play. If you would like to reserve a field or facility, please call the Athletic Scheduler at 266-4711. Find out more about Athletic Field Reservations.
FIELDS, OPEN OR CLOSED?The best and ONLY way to know if your field is open for play is to call the Rainout Line (608)267-8787. Weekdays the line will be updated by 2:00pm, weekends and holidays the line will be updated by 9:00am. The line will be updated if fields are questionable, if no update by times listed, fields are open for play.
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Orlando Bell Park - SoccerBleachers: No
Lighted: No
Setup: Youth
Type: Game
Ultimate Frisbee Field
Ultimate Frisbee fields are typically large open spaces. Organized groups may reserve these fields for their league play using our online reservation system Athletic Field Reservations
FIELDS, OPEN OR CLOSED?The best and ONLY way to know if your field is open for play is to call the Rainout Line (608)267-8787. Weekdays the line will be updated by 2:00pm, weekends and holidays the line will be updated by 9:00am. The line will be updated if fields are questionable, if no update by times listed, fields are open for play. A notification will be sent to the email address used to reserve an athletic space when a space is closed due to weather.
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Should a study related problem occur during your time as a student or a PhD student at Uppsala University you are welcome to contact us. Study related problems that the ombudsmen handle may, for example, concern emerged conflicts with the university, support in disciplinary matters or if you feel you have been treated disadvantageously.
The student- and PhD student ombudsmen works for all student unions at Uppsala University and offer help to all students and PhD students regardless if you are a member of a student union or not. The service is free of charge.
We help you on your own terms and never bring up or share your situation with a third party without your consent to specifically do so.
Contact information
Mail: studentombud [at] us.uu.se
Phone: 018 – 480 31 32
To have a meeting with one of the ombudsmen, book a time by email or phone.
Good to know! If you are a student at ground or advanced level: All the respective student unions at Uppsala University have their own local ombudsmen whose assignment it is to help students in study related matters. Their offices are located in the different student campuses. Therefore we recommend that you initially contact them with your question since they have the better insight of the specific courses or program that you study.
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Volume 6, Issue 2 (1979)
A Legislative Proposal to End Bootlegging in the Patent System
James Van Santen
Formalities and Formalism: A Critical Look at the Execution of Wills
Charles I. Nelson and Jeanne M. Starck
The Case for "Higher Law"
John Warwick Montgomery
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Recent Publications
Larry T. Pleiss, Jerry D. Mackey, and Gregory M. Fowler
People v. Perez - Misapplication of the Right to Counsel
William A. Roberts and Greg F. Janson
The Scope and Limitations of the Implied Warranty on Federal Government Design Specifications
Charles Mandel
Another Citadel Has Fallen - This Time the Plaintiff's. California Applies Comparative Negligence to Strict Products Liability
Thomas G. Gehring
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Palmetto Craftsmen, Inc., established in 1991, is an award-winning licensed general contractor serving the lower portion of South Carolina. We are a general contracting firm with in-house capabilities in all types of carpentry, architectural casework, millwork, masonry, and finishes. In addition, we maintain a network of first-rate subcontractors who share our corporate philosophy. Our experience embraces the renovation and restoration of all types of historic properties, newer homes, commercial construction repairs and maintenance, and new commercial and residential construction. Many Palmetto Craftsmen projects have been
awarded Carolopolis Awards from the Preservation Society of Charleston and the Whitlaw Founders Award from the Historic Charleston Foundation.
Palmetto Craftsmen has recently been awarded the Honor Award from the office of the Governor, The Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation, and The South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Many of our projects have also been featured in regional and national magazines.
Two of our recent projects have received the Merit award, provided by the ASID Carolinas Chapter.
Our Corporate philosophy embraces four principles as guidelines in all activities of our operations.
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These Principles are the solid foundation upon which our organization has been built. By faithful adherence to these simple but essential ideals in all matters, you will be assured of a rewarding and successful relationship with Palmetto Craftsmen, Inc.


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A General Work for the Flow Analysis of Concurrent Programs
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Standard techniques for analysing sequential programs are severely constrained when applied to a concurrent program because they cannot take full advantage of the concurrent structure of the program. In this work, we overcome this limitation using a novel approach which ``lifts'' a sequential dataflow analysis to a concurrent analysis. First, we introduce concurrency primitives which abstract away from the details of how concurrency features are implemented in real programming languages. Using these primitives, we describe how sequential analyses can be made applicable to concurrent programs. Under some circumstances, there is no penalty for concurrency: our method produces results which are as precise as the sequential analysis. Our lifting is straightforward, and we illustrate it on some standard analyses -- available expressions, live variables and generalized constant propagation. Finally, we describe how concurrency features of real languages can be expressed using our abstract concurrency primitives, and present analyses for finding our concurrency primitives in real programs.


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Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002
Subject: Happy New Year from the Gaijin!
Now that I have successfully acquired a laptop - but still no software - I'm starting to collect all my e-mails onto it in preparation for an eventual travelogue of some sort. I don't have a phone line at home, though, so Net access is still unfortunately sporadic, and I don't know if I can plug my laptop in anywhere to get a direct connection.
New Year's was fascinating: I went to the biggest shrine in town with some Japanese friends, and we clung to each other for safety while we weaved through the insane crowds and stalls selling food and knickknacks. It's the first time I'd seen anyone being at all wary in Japan: one of the guys consciously left his wallet behind and the police were out to make sure everyone remained orderly. Key activities included chucking ¥10 into a box to make a wish, and trying to catch motchi (sticky doughy balls or cubes) that were thrown to the crowd after the local fire brigade – which apparently has a several-hundred-year history - did a traditional singing and pole-spinning routine.
Since I'm turning 24 this year, and the Chinese animal calendar has a 12-year cycle, this is apparently an important year for me, and it would have been very unlucky for me had I not gone to the shrine. I didn't catch any motchi, though. That would have been a sure sign of good luck for the year.
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002
Subject: Re: Missing: One sense of personal responsibility
Thanks. Actually, while I do indeed intend to cut back on the alcohol, I've realized that the real problem is that I've been thinking way too highly of myself lately. It knocked me back down pretty hard, and I'm happy for it. I think I've been letting my attitude taint my relationships with my co-workers.
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002
Subject: Re: merry Christmas
All the best to you, too. I intend to send out some notes on my new-year's festivities soon - nothing too crazy, but there's an interesting number of little rituals involving the local shrines.
I hope your job's treating you well. I have to go back to mine tomorrow, and I'm not exactly relishing the idea. I think I'm going to start actively looking for new work as soon as my next paycheque comes in. It's not a bad job all in all, but I know I could make comparable money working somewhere else for far fewer hours, and I really need my personal time now that I've got a computer. My job just takes too much time (we have to prep all our lessons on our own time, which is a crock. I don't mind working more than a standard 40-hour week for a job I like and have a vested interest in, but to have to do it for this kind of work really gets to me).
Grouse, grouse, grouse. In a white wine sauce.
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002
Subject: Re: Missing: One sense of personal responsibility
As for my stay here, I'm not sure. I'm not going to stay with Blight any longer than I have to, though. I'm not especially enjoying the workload, and I'm already looking at other options. But as for JET, I would have had to apply in November, and it's a hassle to get all the documentation in. I suppose I could do it if I came back in time for November next year, but I'm not entirely sure if that's even what I want to do. I'm realizing that my Japanese is really lousy and it's going to take a very long time to get to even a day-to-day functional level, and I'm not sure if I'm willing to invest that amount of time in it. My housemate took two more years of Japanese than I did, and while he can read and understand a lot more than I can, his speech isn't much better than mine.
Japan is sort of a side-track and a general interest for me, but it's not helping me get where I want to go in life. So if it's just getting in the way, I might come back sooner than anticipated. We'll see. The main thing on my radar right now is getting a job done for Red's dad as soon as I get the software I need. After that, I'll start thinking about changing my situation again.
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002
Subject: Re: The moment of truth.
Message and massive file received. It'll take me a few days before I can get to a place where I can download the file, and I've got a freelance project to do for the 15th, but you can be sure I'll read it through. I'm looking forward to it. I'm so impressed that you've written an actual NOVEL. I've been mired around the 20-page limit all my life.
I've fiddled with some of my work since I got my laptop, but I still don't have Office, so it's all been tentative stuff on Wordpad. I finished the play I was working on in the summer (I think I gave you the first half or so), but I don't like the way it turned out so I've started revamping the second half. I just have to stop playing FreeCell.
Oh, and my history is progressing reasonably, but I want to get Excel so I can get back to plotting it on a spreadsheet. I've been doing it by hand since I got here, and I'm not looking forward to inputting it all manually.
Can't wait to read the conclusion of the first book.
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002
Subject: Re: Missing: One sense of personal responsibility
I did rather forget about the lousy employment conditions in Canada right now... Japan's not doing too hot either, mind you, but there's always a market for English teachers.
Part of why I'm writing such long mass-mails is because they give me an excuse to put something down electronically that I can save for later. I've also got a journal - I'm on my second notebook now - that I'm using for little day-to-day events that aren't quite as spectacular as my e-mail stories. I'm thinking that a rambling and amusing travelogue might be a comparatively easy way to break into publication. I'm also considering sending some of my stuff to the Star, but I don't know what section would want it.
Technical writing is indeed "blah", but I've thought about it. I could probably make more money doing the equivalent here, though.
Have I never told you the story of why I chose engineering? Probably not, since it's rather self-indulgent, but the gist of it is that I decided that I didn't want to pay a lot of money for an education that wouldn't prepare me for an easily-acquired job. Even with an education in English, writing isn't an easy career to slip into. I always wanted to write, but I wanted a backup that would give me a steady source of income. Obviously, I'm not making good use of it right now, but that was the plan.
Maybe I'll tell you the whole story sometime in the future... it's about as elaborate as my average mass-mail.
My big problem right now is my lack of literary connections, which is where an English degree would have helped and why I want to try to hold the Star's attention if I can. I also just need time to create. I'm working on a few long-term things right now, but I suppose now that I have a computer I should try to produce an article or two that I can send in for some more immediate recognition.
Quite frankly, what I really need is to spend less time at work. That's where Blight sucks - longest working hours in the business, and no allowed prep time.
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002
Subject: Re: Missing: One sense of personal responsibility
He's sweet, but he does the stupid thing I used to do: he lets people walk all over him because he wants to be nice, but he secretly resents the fact that nobody really appreciates the lengths he goes to and feels unrewarded. It's not a good place to be. It starts that whole festering bitterness thing, which makes EVERYbody unhappy when it comes to the surface. Believe me, I know.
I'm sure you don't really have to chase boys if you don't want to... the problem is that the ones you actually want have usually already been spotted by somebody else, so you need to lure them away...
I'm kinda neutral right now - neither chasing nor being chased. I don't know if I like it or not. We seem to be wired to feel uncomfortable when we're not in a relationship, but I don't think I really want one right now... and yet, then again... argh.
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002
Subject: Thought I'd left Qlink behind me...
I've determined that I'm going to try to teach a little of Hamlet in one of my high-level conversation sessions. Interestingly enough, the subtitles on the local version of Branagh's movie take away all of the cool ambiguity: "To be or not to be" is translated as, "Is it better to live or die?" I think I'm going to ask them to speculate on the meaning in English before I show them the movie.
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002
Subject: Re: Missing: One sense of personal responsibility
He's an incredibly nice guy, but just as I tend to do, he thinks being long-suffering is a virtue that justifies itself. He likely believes that he will someday be able to ask a comparable favour and be justified in feeling cheated when it inevitably isn't granted. I used to do righteous indignation a lot, and it took a good kick in the head before I even learned to think of it as a fault. It's very dangerous... kind of like a kettle slowly filling before it's suddenly set to a boil.
The girls in Japan... how do I put this delicately? I guess they're just generally bland in appearance. I've yet to see anybody in Japan that I would qualify as beautiful, and I don't know if such people exist. Even the TV and movie stars aren't notably attractive. Couple that with the fact that there are few orthodontists in the country and most people pay little attention to oral hygiene, and it's a little unappealing. I've met a few attractive girls in Japan, but even they aren't immediately striking... I think you'd understand if you came here. Picture a country full of guys who max out at "kinda cute," and imagine what that does to the average.
Actually, I think that would be Japan, too...


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Page I had to reach to be caught up on my friendslist after being out of town all weekend: skip=450
Cuteness level of my new cousin Maggie, who I didn't get very near for very long due to current lingering cold: 11 on a scale of 1 to 10
This year's annual moment of appreciation for the ability of the men in my family to bring a special, glittery shine to the word "understatement" : staring at the house in which I spent the second 9 years of my childhood and comprehending that when Uncle Ron said that Uncle Al had helped him put a tarp over the hole in the roof, he meant that Uncle Al had helped him put a tarp over the WHOLE ROOF.
There is a large green tarpaulin over our. entire. (not-being-lived-in) house. *headdesk* Pictures to follow eventually, I'm fairly sure, because really, the exact shade of scarlet that is genetically imprinted upon my familial neck must be shared with the world. If our porch collapsed, it would not kill any dogs, largely because said porch is a three inch high decklike affair that fits directly over the well and sump-pump cover, and can be picked up with one hand. There are also no engine parts in the bathtub. There is, however, a largh trash bag full of.. um. I think it's insulation, but it most closely resembles the size of styrofoam beads you find in beanbag chairs. In the bathtub. Under the hole where the ceiling fell in. Similar things to be found beneath the matching holes in the kitchen ceiling and the one in the back bedroom.
Most amusing (paraphrased) quote of the weekend, on the same theme, but in reference to my family's next-door neighbor: "If the tree outside your window has a muffler wedged into its branches? You might be a redneck." ~ maeyan (Said neighbor, who doesn't actually live in his house anymore either, is in fact a biker. Which isn't exactly mutually exclusive with 'redneck' but has a slightly higher coolness factor than us 'tarp over the house' types.)
Items rescued from the tarp-covered house (and/or temporary storage at my uncle's apartment), which was the purpose of the weekend road-trip, at a cost of 188$ for pickup-rental: One bag of random important papers, mixed photographs, and as many freaking proof and mint sets as my uncle could dig out of his coin collection. One box of stuffed animals and assorted evidence that I was ten in 1983 (including my Cabbage Patch Kid). Two boxes of Books I Actually Want To Save. (The size of the "Nah, toss 'em" piles was both staggering and disturbing.) One box of Stuff maeyan Allowed My Uncle To Press On Her When My Back Was Turned And I Haven't Looked In It Yet Mommy I'm Scared. My grad caps from high school and college - high school cap complete with original bobby pin. A metal bookshelf. Two large cedar chests, one of which is almost as long as the short wall of our living room.
Places available to sit down in the tarp-house which are not covered with either ceiling debris or shoulder-high piles of utterly fucking random items that my uncle has bought at estate auctions in the 8 years or so since I haven't been living there: One. The one that flushes.
Proudest moment of the weekend: watching my 63 year old uncle sit in his relatively flotsam-free new apartment, at his very first PC, typing search terms into EBay.
Scariest moment of the weekend: see above.
Number of hours after returning rental vehicle before my own car broke down for as-yet-unspecified reasons this time: 3 (As opposed to last time, when it waited til the next morning.)
mpoetess: Did I mention there's a tarp over the entire fucking house?
maeyan: No. Really? How weird. By the way, there's a tarp over the entire fucking house.
mpoetess: There IS? Damn. I didn't notice. I was too busy looking at the tarp over the entire fucking house.
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Okay, so the internet police won't come and get you and the bush people aren't peeking in your windows with binoculars, but there definitely are some great rules for internet etiquette that will make your online experience more enjoyable.
1. When typing never write in all capital letters. That is shouting. People don't like it when you shout at them in person. And they sure don't like when you shout at them on the net!
2. Don't plagiarize. Someone spent a long time coming up with their content. When you borrow something from someone, give them the credit. Site their name or their site. Give the site when you have gotten your information.
3. Use proper quotes and always use the whole quote. Don't take quotes out of context and don't be selective about which part of the quote you want to use.
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5. Don't steal those photographs off the web even if they are a perfect fit for what you need. Chances are they are copyrighted and someone spent a long time putting that together. Get permission and give credit where credit is due.
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9. If you are using a header (such as in an email) make sure your content really pertains to the header. You must admit it would really stink if the header said something about football, for example, and the email was really about your newest and greatest business idea. Just stay on topic and the problem is solved.
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I have been meaning to write to you to tell you about your picks and selections and help to us during our pilgrimage in Spain.
First let me tell you that everything went smoothly and we never had any problems with any of your suppliers or the plans that you had made for us. Everything was wonderful. We enjoyed getting to do our walk and seeing what we believe was the real Spain away from the big cities. We learned much and my Spanish is much improved. I did not realize there are so many mountains in northern Spain.
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I DO remember my dream from Friday night, though, and it was pretty wacky. There was this thing going on with this satellite where it was being used by the government to spy on civilians. This was taking place in America, but it was kind of more like some dystopian proto-Handmaid's Tale America, and the government was creeping people out, but every time someone tried to out the government or protest the satellite, they would mysteriously disappear or there would be an "Accident." One of these "accidents" made national news coverage a la Waco, where a whole bunch of people were killed, including children.
So, then there were these three college-aged kids who were all comp sci majors, two girls and a guy, and I think the guy was two-timing one of the girls with the other one, or it could have just been dreamtime where my brain kept switching which of them he was involved with. And he was really, really into this whole satellite thing and trying to take down the satellite, and he convinced the two girls to help him. They were both willing but very frightened, because they knew that once they were found out, they would probably get wiped off the face of the earth.
This convinced one of the girls to finally confess her love for a long-time friend. Of course, shy person she was, she did this via email and not in person or even over the phone, so I never found out how he reacted.
The three of them actually managed to co-opt access to the government satellite by hacking into a commercial broadcasting satellite, so they wouldn't be discovered breaking into the government one. They did this using a combination of Google and cable television. I don't know, it made sense in the dream. Anyway, they got the whole thing all set up and ready, and then Shy!girl started to have second thoughts. She realized that blowing up the satellite would stop the government from spying, but it would also stop a lot of important services that ran through satellites, things dependent on GPS and satellite photos, or things that required satellite transmission. She realized that doing this would cause a massive global communication breakdown, and she went to her parents about it, in tears, and then to the cops, and they went to storm the guy's garage where this was going on, but by the time they got there, it was too late- - he had just sent the signal for the satellite to blow up.
Then I woke up!
I am not watching the superbowl tonight. Instead, I am going out to eat with [Unknown LJ tag] and shinyredtype and a few fabulous ladies I have never met! Although I have spoken to one of them on the phone. So I am super excited. Especially since we are going to Veggie Paradise which is like my favorite restaurant ever. Well, one of them. Fried taro, here I come!
I am also seventy pages into my novel that I am working on! And a little over a week ago, to think, I wasn't working on anything! Wow. Thanks, kandigurl


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Norder have been involved in Forensic Engineering for many years where, in its most notable form, it involves key personnel at Norder acting in the capacity of Expert Witness. A number of Norder's directors have specific fields of expertise in which they are able to offer the level of technical knowledge expected of an Expert.
A key aspect of Norder's ability is that we are a company of practical engineers who are involved in actual engineering right up to Director level. This means that all members of the business are able to participate and support each other in the solutions that are developed and as a result allows our Directors to become specialists in their fields.
Areas of expertise in which Norder undertake Expert work include:
- Concrete and reinforced concrete structures including buildings
- General industrial pavements and associated civil and structural engineering
- Suspended composite floors
- Steel fibre reinforced floors
- Piled industrial floors
- Dam engineering concrete structures
Outside of acting in the capacity of an Expert Witness, forensic engineering covers investigative and assessment techniques that allow use of existing facilities for new development. Norder's extensive knowledge on historical construction approaches and techniques as well as methods of investigation has allowed us to develop innovative and efficient solutions for the strengthening and extending of historical and undocumented facilities.


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This handy little guide gives you everything you need to know about the basics of playing golf. It'll help you improve your game off the tee, on the fairways and on the greens. It's not meant to be a complete coaching course. Rather, it offers a range of tips and techniques for you to try out. For that's the weird thing about the game of golf. There's no right or wrong way to swing or grip your club, no right stance to take or way to position your ball. What works for one player (infuriatingly) probably won't work for another. We can't promise you'll end up a Tiger (actually, you probably don't want to be a Tiger), a Rory or a Phil, but we can promise that you'll think about your game a little differently and as a result improve. Happy swinging!


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In fact, the project list that he has for me to crochet for him is at least 95% Pokemon characters.
So I set to work and made Squirtle.
I think the likeness is there. And he's oh so cute.
I used this pattern that I found on Ravelry.
It took about 2 evenings to make. Logan has been driving Squirtle around on his toy dump truck for days now. I think he likes his new Water Pokemon friend.
A link to my Squirtle project on Ravelry.


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- The person who decides the level of the bar at all times is us
- If we want to succeed and exceed we have to pay the price of success
- Having Goals, a Plan and a means of sticking to it inevitably leads to success
Why do so few people realise their potential then?....I believe it is because most of us are not even awake, fewer are aware of the reality and even less of us care enough about our lives to take control of them and live their own dream. When we live in fear we play small and that's how things turn out.......Paul Arden, the late great Advertising guru (the guy who famously put the blink into the the BA ads using moving people some years ago) once famously said in one of his books:
"Nearly all rich and powerful people are not notably talented, educated, charming or good looking....They become rich and powerful by wanting to become rich and powerful"
Are you 'planning' on getting more or less than YOU 'bargained for' in 2010!
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With careful analysis and modern engineering methods, physical noise control solutions are often highly effective for employees and can be targeted to specific equipment in order to limit cost and improve employee satisfaction while mitigating risk. With modern sound measurement tools, such as camera enabled sound intensity wands, acoustic cameras, and advanced data logging dosimeters, we now can accurately define the sources of noise impacting your staff. With this information it is possible to develop a detailed and cost-effective noise remediation plan. Our team can guide you to a noise control plan for your facility that works for you and your employees.
Most industrial noise control efforts are done reactively within existing facilities. Some companies are now considering the noise impacts of their future or renovated facilities.
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Enable the viewfinder event.
#include <camera/camera_api.h>
camera_error_t camera_enable_viewfinder_event(camera_handle_t handle, camera_eventmode_t eventmode, camera_eventkey_t *key, struct sigevent *event)
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- handle
The handle returned by a call to the camera_open() function.
- eventmode
The event buffering mode as a camera_eventmode_t value.
- key
A pointer to a returned camera_eventkey_t value. This argument is required for subsequent function calls to identify the proper event.
- event
A pointer to a struct sigevent. The struct sigevent must be initialized by the caller. This is the struct sigevent that will be delivered when a viewfinder frame is available to retrieve using camera_get_viewfinder_buffers().
Library:libcamapi (For the qcc command, use the -l camapi option to link against this library)
Use this function to enable the viewfinder event. The viewfinder event is delivered when a viewfinder frame is available. You can then retrieve the viewfinder frame using camera_get_viewfinder_buffers(). This is the same image data that is delivered to your viewfinder_callback function registered when you started the viewfinder using camera_start_viewfinder().
Call this function when you are using the Camera API in event mode. For more information, see About event mode.
Use camera_disable_event() to disable an event when you no longer require viewfinder events to be delivered.
The viewfinder is automatically rendered to a screen window by the operating system. It is not required to provide display code unless custom output is required using some other mechanism such as OpenGL.
CAMERA_EOK when the function successfully completes, otherwise another camera_error_t value that provides the reason that the call failed.
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Despite pickup trucks being America's favorite vehicle, Honda has found the going tough with their Ridgeline pickup truck. Since the Ridgeline made its maiden debut in the American market in 2005, it only enjoyed a single good year in 2006 and from then things have been on a nosedive.
The American pickup truck market is dominated by General Motors, Fiat Chrysler and Ford Motor. To penetrate the market therefore needs an excellent offering. We believe the Japanese auto maker has learned from his mistakes. Actually its unibody styling proved to be a huge disadvantage and it is good that the auto maker has changed its styling to the body-on-frame which offers more flexibility, strength and is easy to maintain. After discontinuing production of the model in 2014, Honda is ready to give it a second shot with a revamped model going by the name 2017 Honda Ridgeline.
2017 Honda Ridgeline Exterior
Honda had previously signaled its intent to produce a redesigned Ridgeline by releasing teaser images. The model has been spotted recently during testing covered in heavy camouflage making it clear that a new Ridgeline is coming in the near future. According to the spy shots we have, the new model has drawn its styling inspiration from the new Pilot SUV.
In terms of its dimensions, the pickup truck might reach 206 inches in length, 73 inches height, and 78 inches width with a wheelbase of 126 inches. Its total bed trunk capacity is 1,550 lbs making it comfortable even when carrying high amount loads.
The new 2017 Honda Ridgeline has been redesigned and takes a more traditional pickup profile. At the front, the vehicle has a more prominent grille flanked by sweptback headlights. The rear C-pillar is vertical and the bedsides are straight and horizontal. The vehicle will ride on 5-spoke alloy wheels. The vehicle will also feature plastic body cladding, muscular fender flares and a tailgate which has been integrated with a spoiler. We will communicate clearer information when the automaker makes its specs public or if we manage to capture clearer shots.
2017 Honda Ridgeline Interior
The interior specs have not been made public but from the spy shots we have the cabin looks to have been greatly improved. The new cabin looks enhanced than most pickups in the market today. Passengers will find plenty of head and leg room. The truck is made with a cost effective point of view, thus, the truck does not feature luxurious or sophisticated interior.
However, the cabin comes with all basic components. It is rumored that the seats will be upholstered in leather with 10-way power adjustable seats, heated front seats and adjustable seat belts. For comfort, the pickup truck might come with dual-zone automatic air control, flat rear floor, rear view mirror with a camera, a column mounted shifter system and illuminated mirrors among others. Other likely features will be a touch-screen infotainment system, basic music connectivity and a premium sound system.
Engine Specs
Under the hood of the new Ridgeline, Honda has featured similar engine as the one in the Pilot SUV. The unit is a 3.5 L V6 engine. The official output details are not yet out but the engine produces 280 hp and 260 lb-ft of torque on the Pilot SUV. The pickup truck will be offered in both all-wheel-drive and front-wheel drive.
This drive-train will be paired with a 6-speed automatic transmission system with an option for a 9-speed automatic transmission. There are also rumors going round about the possibility of a diesel engine.
Price and release date
According to credible reports, the automaker will premiere the 2017 Honda Ridgeline pickup truck in an North American International Auto Show early in 2016 and follow up its release to showrooms later probably during the early summer.
The Ridgeline will cost around $ 30,000. We will inform you of the official price and release date when the automaker releases official information.


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Find great prices and selection in the Art Supply Store at City Art for your class supplies! Get the help you need.
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Students and staff must wear masks and follow social distance practices. Workshop will be held in our large main gallery space (2800 sq ft)
Have you ever wanted to explore the many different products Golden Artist Colors has on the market? If so, this Watermedia Mystery Workshop Challenge will give you the opportunity to work with many watermedia products under the instruction of Lee Monts, a Certified Working Artist for Golden. Participants will select an envelope containing prepared product boards straight from the Golden factory located in New Berlin, NY. Included will be a combination of 3 different prepared boards featuring either Molding Paste, Light Molding Paste, Coarse Molding Paste, Crackle Paste, Fiber Paste, Micaceous Iron Oxide, Glass Bead Gel, Pastel Ground, Watercolor Ground, or Light Dimensional Ground. Each participant may receive different combinations of sample materials…these boards will be a mystery until the envelope is opened. Boards measure 6" x 8" and each have a description of the product on the back for future reference. Participants will be challenged to create a watermedia painting on the boards from the envelope that is selected. In order to complete the mystery challenge, the instructor will provide workshop supplies of Golden's four viscosities of acrylic paints: Heavy Body, Fluid, OPEN and High Flow. Samples of QoR Watercolors – a modern watercolor manufactured by Golden Artist Colors, will also be available. The only items the participants will need to bring are various paint brushes, palette knives, mark making tools, and pencils for sketching along with inspiration photographs. All other materials will be provided during the workshop, along with tips from the instructor. Each participant will create 3 small works and learn of the different products and techniques they can later utilize during their own artistic endeavors. Several lesson plans by Golden Artist Colors will be made available during the workshop. In addition, one participant will win a special prize from Golden Artist Colors.
Lee Monts became a Working Artist for Golden Artist Colors in May 2018. He holds a Member of Excellence certificate from the South Carolina Watermedia Society obtained in 2012. This is an excellent opportunity to utilize his knowledge of materials and to try Golden products without having to purchase supplies in advance. Golden products will be available in the supply shop for purchase after the workshop is complete.
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Enjoy the breathtaking beauty of nature by learning to paint flowers and landscapes from photo references. Various techniques for acrylic and watercolor painting, along with good elements of design will be explained. As students explore the rich patterns and details of nature, Barbie will demonstrate color mixing and how to use paints and additives on canvas, paper, wood panels and other supports. Beginners will be guided step by step. More advanced students may experiment to find their own painting style. All are welcome. Feel free to bring dinner, snacks or drinks.
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This is a relaxing class that will tackle painting landscapes from photographs. Learn how to put light, values, and color in your landscape paintings. Beginners with gain basic knowledge of color mixing, perspective and composition. For the well versed artist, we will be learning techniques and concepts to help you advance as a painter.
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Here's a fun beginning art class for anyone high school and up. Graphite and charcoal drawing focusing on shapes, shading, perspective and composition as well as some basic watercolor painting. I will be demonstrating and you will be painting portraits, vegetation and geometric shapes. We will be using perspective and grids to create the compositions. Also, I will show you how to create luminous colors and discuss other color wheel principles. Other items of discussion will be glazing techniques by layering paint. Bring works in progress (homework) during weeks off for critique.
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In this six-week class, beginners and intermediate students will gain an understanding of the elements of design, learn to properly use brushes, develop a color palette and problem solve for composition. Students will also learn methods to put their images onto paper, canvas and wood. Each class begins with a teacher demo followed by individual instruction to each student based on their own painting goals.
Beginner/Intermediate class level.
In this fast paced class, you will learn how to select and develop subject matter for use in original compositions to advance your own abstract style of painting. You will learn the foundations necessary to achieve finished works of art through practice and demonstrations in the class.
Beginner class level.
Are you looking for a way to expand your art that builds on your existing work? Or are you a beginner looking to find a fun, easy way to create art? In this fast paced, hands-on class, you will learn the basics of printmaking where every print is an original monotype. You will learn how to create one-of-a-kind, original, hand-pulled monotypes during class and learn how to use ghost prints as the basis for new works of art. After a demo by the instructor, class members will create a monotype from landscape, still life or figure. No drawing skills are necessary for this class; just a willingness to have fun! Great for art educators that are looking to bring a fun lesson to their classroom.
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During these Baton Rouge days over the past two weeks Starbucks has been an almost regular stop on my travels around town and country. Not really a signal that the ubiquitous green, black and white logo is a special sort of magnet pulling me daily toward its caffeinated charms, but more a mark of dependance on the available WI-FI Internet connection. In spite of living most of the time surrounded by and embracing the tools and objects of time past, the vintage fountain pens, old spoons and dishes, the preference for books instead of Kindle or iPad, in spite of these and other 'old-timey' interests, I have to admit my addiction to being wired up for a little time each day. To get that online fix during these days of vacation at 1051, the nearby Starbucks has provided a solution to connection problems in the house.
Figured if I was going to write something about sitting around Starbucks I could at least find an interesting factoid or two about the company. It was founded in 1971 by three fellows in Seattle, an English teacher, a history teacher and a writer. No one involved is named Starbuck, and the name comes from a character in Moby Dick. The first mate on Captain Ahab's ship, the Pequod is named Starbuck. The number could be a few more or less, but you will find Starbucks in about fifty-five countries worldwide. The first branch outside North America opened in Tokyo in 1996. By the end of March 2010 there were 877 stores in Japan. If you're planning a trip to Tokyo, guaranteed you will find the Starbucks urge easily satisfied. In more than one part of the city there are even Starbucks on opposite corners of an intersection. One of the best, at least in warmer months, is the larger of three stores in western Tokyo's Kichijôji area, the one located at the back of Tokyu Department Store with it's wide and spacious deck opposite The Gap. Comfortable spot to pass an hour or two on a spring afternoon. The photo here was taken at night and doesn't really do justice to the terrace atmosphere. The Japanese are no different from many in other countries who frequent Starbucks, and hang out there with their laptops and schoolbooks, or a group of friends. They love their coffee just as we do, and I would bet that business is booming there.
These past days have given me a chance to 'eavesdrop' on conversations and attitudes in a not-very-Cajun Starbucks located at the Towne Centre mall in the Goodwood area of Baton Rouge. It's an upscale kind of place, and the people flowing in and out are well-dressed and well-spoken. One man I've noticed on several occasions always has a thick book from the more difficult shelves; yesterday was The Decameron by Boccaccio. Three girls from LSU like to study here, but you have wonder how much of that gets done between the cell phone texting and the peals of laughter. Business meetings are happening at every other table, and Bluetooth phone calls from every direction make you wonder if you've stumbled into a rest stop for schizophrenics. Is it just me or is it hard to get used to people sitting in a chair talking and gesturing to an invisible presence? A note about the Starbucks employees here and elsewhere—No question there are exceptions, but my experiences have always been good whether in Louisiana, Florida or Japan, the service friendly and efficient. Just don't ask me about the low fat pumpkin brulee holiday frappaccino. I'm a straight coffee kind of guy.


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| 8.1°C Belfast
Female drumming duo Rattle share their eponymous debut, American rockers Of Montreal present Innocence Reaches and Swedish group The Amazing celebrate their fifth record, Ambulance. We round up the best of this week's CD releases.
Rattle — Rattle
Rattle first stare down conformity before laughing into its grovelling face. Drum duo Katharine Eira Brown and Theresa Wrigley fleetingly pondered tethering guitars to their side-project-gone-wild, before clouting that idea on the head as determinedly as they pound their kits on the more dissonant parts of this accomplished debut album.
The Nottingham pair sidles up close to the chatter of their kits to settle on often sparse, sometimes frantic, typically tangled and always mesmerising rhythms, drawing on free-form jazz and post-punk traction to forge a distinctive identity.
Vocals are sparingly and neatly interwoven with hypnotic percussion. Amid the cowbell and vibraslap-fuelled stalking of Stringer Bell — Rattle's highlight — quizzical lyrics dance around an urgent tempo that takes off as though aflame and spreading.
The sum of its parts defines this record as challenging. The reward for accepting the challenge is immense.
John Skilbeck
Of Montreal — Innocence Reaches
Of Montreal — who aren't actually from Montreal, but Athens, Georgia — are showcasing their 14th album in 19 years; a testament to both the work rate and creativity of enigmatic frontman and founder Kevin Barnes.
Described as psychedelic, experimental, glam rock, and even folk rock, the band are boundary-pushers; merging genres and culture into an often whimsical, funky tune, but there is a lyrical antithesis to their work.
Barnes draws from personal experiences of love, friendship, drugs and death, to create songs that are poignant and parabolic.
They critique life and our experiences within it; the decisions we make, the attitudes we display, and the behaviour we tolerate.
The contradiction between the music and lyrics is artfully ironic and deserving of greater recognition. First single, It's Different For Girls is toned down enough to hook people who might be otherwise put off by the band's weird and wonderful nature.
The Depeche Mode-esque opener Let's Relate and My Fair Lady are highlights. This is not Of Montreal's best, nor is it the place to start with them, but after this many albums, it's less about the album and more about expanding horizons.
Liam Sheasby
The Amazing — Ambulance
They don't have the eccentric (but commercial) kick or peculiar swoonsome-ness of their better known Swedish compatriots, Robyn and Lykki Li, but Swedish five-piece The Amazing are certainly intriguing.
Although frontman Christoffer Gunrup does seem intent on pushing his luck, being deliberately mysterious and going so far as to not take part in any kind of publicity and refusing to publish or explain his lyrics. So far, so prickly.
Ambulance, the band's fourth record, however, is not so spiky. In fact, it's languorous, gentle and thoughtful, with long tracks spooling into one another.
Through City Lights undulates and arcs with folky resonance; the largely instrumental Tracks builds, the slow burn of it catching you unawares — not that a real chorus ever emerges — while Blair Drager adds a harsher, bleaker note.
The problem is, if you set out to be an enigma, you can only hope to fail, it's not something to be faked. A bit more clarity, a bit less bluster and The Amazing really would be just that.
Ella Walker
A Grave With No Name — Wooden Mask
Wooden Mask is atmospheric; partly due to the reverberating guitars that permeate the entire production, and partly to the figurative titles of each song. The album starts out in a blacksmiths, with the sound of hammers clashing on anvils. Then, grungy guitars envelope Alexander Shields' reedy, overdubbed vocals that tonally resemble Kevin Parker of Tame Impala.
Wooden Mask is counterpointed by an elegiac longing instead of psychedelia. The music is sedate and deliberate — music to meander down a misty valley on a longboat to. Storm hits 6 on the Beaufort scale, but falls just short of the catharsis you might hope for.
Pirouette is lyrically the strongest, in the classic, "I may be dancing, but I'm actually very sad" mould.
One or two songs sound like instruments tuning, but these serve to preface the album's most impressive musical moments. Wooden Mask is compelling, glacial and evocative, but lacking any explosive release.
Angus Rae
Elias Krantz — Lifelines
Elias Krantz's new album Lifelines is held together by driving rhythms; without them the album's two tracks, Patchwork and On Time, would, simply put, fall apart. Krantz's decision to congeal the music into just two entities is brave, even admirable. He wages a valiant war against the current era of shortened attention spans limiting the imagination.
However, his effort to engage our full concentration in one lengthy experience falls flat.
There are complex, exuberant segments that give way with some grace to more minimalistic melodies, but these changes in intricacy simply serve to throw the listener off balance.
Just as your attention is absorbed by one section and you find yourself imagining scenarios that fit the soundscape, than it undergoes a dramatic shift.
The use of retro technology, such as analogue synthesizers and various tape recorders lend a sense of timelessness, but while the elements of the album's production are a triumph, the overall changes in fullness mar what could have been a truly engaging creation.
Susannah Clarke
Belfast Telegraph


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Electronic Arts's highly anticipated Medal of Honor hits stores on Tuesday, with the newest version of the popular video game set in war-torn Afghanistan.
The latest release is the first time that the 11-year-old, first-person shooter game has left its traditional World War II setting.
"'Medal of Honor' is an authentic look into today's war," said Greg Goodrich, the game's executive producer, said earlier this year. "Inspired by real people and real events, the game puts players in the boots of today's warrior, from the infantry ground pounder to the Tier 1 Operator."
EA said "unprecedented access to the U.S. Army," added to its realistic nature, but it was almost too real for some players. Days ago, EA ditched plans to include a "Taliban" option in multi-player mode. Instead, players can choose to side with either American forces or the renamed "Opposing Force." The move came about a month after the game was banned from 49 Gamestop locations and all Post Exchanges on U.S. military bases worldwide due to the Taliban feature. Goodrich said in a blog post that EA got rid of the Taliban option out of respect for American soldiers and their families.
Former lawyer and video game violence activist Jack Thompson also tried to block the sale of the game. In a September letter to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Thompson said that the game shouldn't be sold "on the basis that it poses a demonstrable danger to our troops by providing a training tool for those who wish to kill them."
Despite the flack, the Afghanistan-based edition of the game saw the highest pre-orders in its history. It is available now for $59.95 for Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and the PC.