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1) All Bid forms and bid entries must be received by 12 noon on the auction date shown.
2) Telephone, fax & email bid entries are accepted – illegible bid forms will not be entered
3) Reserve prices are 85% of the lower estimate – bids below this amount will not be accepted.
4) Philangles Ltd reserve the right to withdraw any lot up to and including the auction date.
5) A buyer's premium of 15% will be added to your total purchases.
6) All bids must be made in £ sterling, payment is accepted in the form of a cheque, credit card or bank transfer – NatWest bank, the Bull ring, Northwich, Cheshire account number 67272398 sort code 60- 15-29.
7) Despatch is charged at cost only – Inland £4.50, Courier Parcel £16.00, Overseas Registered £10, Overseas Parcel – At cost. All items are sent by Royal Mail tracked or Courier tracked.
8) All Pro Forma invoices should be paid within 10 days of the auction date.
9) Philangles Ltd offer a return of goods scheme. Customers not satisfied with any lot purchased may return them provided:
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If all conditions are met Philangles will refund the cost of each lot returned, postage, 15% premium and where a lot has been misdescribed the customers return postage.
10) If any item has been viewed before purchase, we will not offer a return of premium, they are sold as seen and you must be completely satisfied before making the purchase. In this circumstance clause (9) does not apply
11) In the case of equal bids the first received take precedence – bid forms are dated on arrival.
12) Extensions – clients requiring expertisation must state as such at the time of bidding. Costs shall be paid by the client if the item is certified genuine.
13) Viewing facilities are available by appointment at our offices. Scans of lots are available upon request.
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Ring in the New Year!
How did your New Year begin? Mine started with a 5 mile treadmill journey. It is part of my resolution to get in better shape, lose weight and be healthier, something I have been putting off too long. I turned on Netflix and lost myself in the show I was watching. When I finished I turned on Amazon Music and the first three songs gave me inspiration that I am on the right path.
I wish all of you great joy and happiness in this new year. I hope you will reflect on what makes you happy, and what you wish to achieve this year. I am hopeful that this year provides you opportunity to grow both personally and professionally. May God bless you and your families in 2017 and beyond.
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Yeah Yeah Yeah, I know that "gastro" is a prefix that is neutral, but go ahead and call me old fashioned, I don't care. Put gastro in front of any restaurant name and I'm going to think of intestines. The part of food that most interests me is what happens in my mouth. So when I made my visits to the Capital City Gastropub it was a bit of an uphill battle. Not that the name is as bad as, say, Mugs and Jugs, which I was sort of glad to see crash and burn. And I know that you can't have a name like Capital City Pub-but-the-food-is-really-good. So there we are. I think the name is problematic.
One of my favorite parts of the CCG experience is the service, which I found to be attentive and polite without being overbearing. I was greeted promptly and seated quickly and all through the meal I felt like the staff was interested in making the meal a pleasant experience. The room is what I would call austere industrial, with no soft surfaces, but it's not so big that the noise becomes overwhelming. There's a deep sage green over most of the walls, with a deep brown-gray tile and exposed duct work painted black around most of the ceiling. The kitchen is all open, and I always like that. I think it's a perfect addition to a neighborhood that has a little concentrated commercial area to serve local college students, medical school students, hospital residents and other young professionals as well as the settled in residents of the New Scotland Ave. area.
They have Happy Hour, which every pub should do, and each time I've gone there have been happy people at the bar, which I enjoy very much. It gives the room a very lively feeling. There seem to be all the things a pub should have in the way of drinks, with special attention to local offerings. I ordered cider on my visits. One time it was because I thought it would be lovely with what I was eating, and the other time because I wanted to try our very own local Nine Pin. I can see gradually working my way through the beer list and into the cocktails.
The menu is not large, but contains everything a pub menu should contain and more. As soon as I began to run my eyes down the lists I knew it was going to be special. It is. Poutine; Poutine with foie gras; Out of the ordinary salads and appetizers; Local meat for the burgers and steaks; and all special without being extreme. This is still very down to earth pub food, it just doesn't all come out of the fryer.
I had to try the Foie Poutine, the pear and arugula salad, the turnips and almonds and the Club Steak. I was quite happy with most everything, but the critic in me wants to make comments because that's why I'm here!!!
The pear and arugula salad is brilliant, and if you're going to have it before you dive into a bowl of poutine, necessary. I was struck by the especially tart version that I got, which probably is not that tart every time. The sourness was a bit over the top, and it's hard to tell if that's on purpose or whether it was just a bit of heavy handedness on the vinegar that particular night. The pears were not up to it due to the season and they would probably have mitigated the vinaigrette, so the salad wasn't balanced but had an overall sour tone. All the sourness disappeared into Foie Poutine which I unabashedly scarfed. I mean, poutine. You can't be very pretentious about it, can you? You can do it well, which is the case at CCG, and it's just the best comfort food EVAR!!!! The scallions added a wonderful bite to the savory mess of gravy, foie gras, cheese and potatoes. I had the small portion and I still could not manage to plow my way through the entire bowl, so if you're going out with someone smaller than a very large lumberjack, you might think about sharing. It had the squeaky curds, which I consider essential, and they gracefully melted as I stirred them into the general malaise.
The turnips and almonds dish suffered only from being more raw turnips than any human is going to eat in a sitting. It could have used a garnish, but I'm not sure CCG does a lot of garnishes. Definitely share this one, which I highly recommend, even if you think you don't like turnips. The vinaigrette along with the paper-thin slicing takes care of any fear that you may have of unpleasant turnip taste (although I find turnips to be wonderful), and the almonds add a special soft crunchiness and toasty flavor that is a perfect foil.
From Ask.com:
club steak
a beefsteak cut from the rib end of the short loin, or sometimes a porterhouse or T-bone steak from which the tenderloin has been trimmed.
CCG does a club steak with a root vegetable mash and Bordelaise sauce. I loved this dish. The steak comes from Tilldale Farm, which specializes in grass fed organic beef. I don't enjoy the idea of melt in your mouth steak, and this cut has some tooth, but is quite tender, so to me it was a perfect texture. I didn't think to try just cutting it with my fork, but it would likely have been possible. I could have done with less of the Bordelaise, as it was everywhere on the plate, but it actually wasn't annoying, even in that amount. I did dunk several bites of the steak into it, and was very pleased. It's the vegetables that I want to praise in regard to this dish. They are really, really good. You know how you get a great steak and then the vegetables are just a disaster most of the time? These veggies on the night I had them were potato, carrot, kohlrabi and turnip blended into a heavenly mash that perfectly complemented the meat. This is my new place to go when I am jonesing for a good steak.
Prices are on the high side for Albany. The menu is available online so I won't go down the price of each item, but this is not cheapo cheapo food. If one chooses well, one can get a very very good dinner for a decent price, and that includes sharing with companions.
I'll definitely be going back to try more of the drinks and food. I'm hoping that the menu is seasonal and we'll see more interesting takes on traditional dishes.


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Andrew and Janine Judd hail from Adelaide, South Australia.
The vision of Kep Gardens was born in December, 2006 after a holiday in Cambodia and has grown from there. We were impressed by the overwhelming friendliness and determination of the people despite their long and violent history that resulted in their poor socioeconomic conditions, particularly in the rural communities. We had been seeking avenues to contribute in a valuable and meaningful way to society in the later years of our life that could be achievable with limited monetary resources. What started out as a holiday has turned into a determination to help make a brighter future for the children and youth in a small, Cambodian, rural community.
Andrew has a mechanical engineering and building background gaining a Degree in Mechanical Engineering and building various houses in Adelaide. Janine gained a Business College Diploma and completed her teaching certificate in Papua New Guinea. Both taught their skills for 5 years in Papua New Guinea. Janine was involved in Special Education teaching and finance for over 15 years in various Adelaide schools while Andrew concentrated on manufacturing engineering and construction projects.
The project has been self-funded but our objective is to ensure that the project is sustainable in the long term. We receive some funds through the generosity of individuals and the maintenance work of our trade skills section.
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JavaFX is now out, and there are promises that Swing will improve along with JavaFX. Gone will be the days of ugly default UI, and at long last we can create engaging applications that are comparable to Flash, Air, and Silverlight in terms of quality.
Will this mean that Java Applets that hail from 1990's are dead and not worth going back to?
Same with Java Desktop: What will be compelling for us Java Developers to use it rather than JavaFX?


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This year's annual conference for Citizen University was an exciting national moment for On the Table.
Hosting a dinner conversation with activists, artists and changemakers from around the country gave us the opportunity to present On the Table as a tool for considering core questions concerning where our communities are heading, and where we want to go.
Among the 500+ participants and presenters at this year's conference in Seattle were notable voices on citizenship and community: Brad Jenkins from Funny or Die, author and presidential advisor Reverend Jim Wallis, executive producer of "Fresh off the Boat" Melvin Mar, Maria Hinojosa of NPR's "Latino USA," documentary filmmaker Jose Antonio Vargas and many others.
Bringing these people together to tackle the idea of remaking the political narrative in the U.S. around citizenship, not partisanship, provided a unique forum to share On the Table with a wide audience, and present it as a portable concept.
From our table discussions exploring how we can unite around ideologies, rather than being divided by regional politics of place, the central question that emerged was: Who do we really mean when we say "us?"
Who Is Us?
So often we are isolated in our communities, to the detriment of our social capital as individuals. The charged political rhetoric in our society can make us hesitant to share our voices with those who might not agree with us.
Groups like Living Room Conversations in Portland, 1000 Dinners TO in Toronto and Dallas Dinner Table show that there are many of us who are doing work with conversational models to overcome that separation. Though there are people using many other vehicles to fulfill our responsibility as citizens to act together, this conversational model has the ability to tap into the common desire to succeed as communities and as a nation.
In the politically diverse table groups at Citizen University, we found that once we were able to reveal our differences, we could reach common ground. Once the ice was broken, and we began to talk, bridges formed between different sides of issues. We began to see that while we may have different ideas for reaching a solution, we often want to get to the same place.
Once we were able to reveal our differences, we could reach common ground. Once the ice was broken, and we began to talk, bridges formed between different sides of issues.
Bringing together people with fundamental political, social and economical differences to find a path to the future together is what "us" has to mean, if we are going to solve the many issues that face our communities.
The Takeaways
Citizen University gave me the opportunity to see how conversations are happening around the country. Other groups have developed similar ideas to On the Table that bring together people with fundamental differences, and facilitate a process to find a future together. In our sometimes dysfunctional political climate, many people are using a variety of vehicles to say that it is our duty as citizens and residents to act together.
The basic idea of coming together over meals to have conversations about our shared commitment and responsibility to find solutions, versus the often accusatory and combative tone of discourse, gives me great faith in the role of On the Table's approach to civic engagement. I'm excited about the Trust's part in advancing this movement locally and nationally.


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Does your garden have a focal point you'd rather not see, one that's not on your property so you can't change it? I do – a neighbor's storage area – but co-op rules prevent me from blocking it with, say, a lattice, and the space is far too small and close to a sidewalk to use conifers to do the job.
Like my fellow co-op members, I've had to get creative in my quest for screening, and after several failed attempts at solutions I've found that prayer flags do the job – at least temporarily, until they become so tattered they need to be replaced. But their impermanence is just part of their charm. The more tattered and faded, the prettier, to my eyes.
But they're about more than blocking views and looking pretty, of course. Their original purpose in the Himalayan regions was to promote peace, compassion, strength, and wisdom. Contrary to common belief about them, they don't carry prayers to gods but rather, prayers and mantras on the flags are intended to be blown by the wind to spread goodwill and compassion, benefiting all.
And their very impermanence has spiritual meaning. Tibetans mount new flags alongside the old, symbolizing the greater ongoing cycle that we're part of.
Wikipedia tells us that during China's Cultural Revolution, "prayer flags were discouraged but not entirely eliminated. Many traditional designs may have been lost. Currently, different styles of prayer flags can be seen all across the Tibetan region."
About the colors, though, I have a bone to pick. Traditionally, prayer flags come in five exact colors, all primary, none that go particularly well in my garden, or dare I say, most gardens. Blue, white, red, green, and yellow represent the five elements that produce health and harmony in traditional Tibetan medicine, but I sure wish the flags came already faded and looked like the ones on this temple in Kathmandu.
(I took this shot on a Himalayan trekking vacation in the '90s. The photo itself has faded a lot, though it's still hanging in my home.)
Even better than prefaded, what if we could custom-order flags in the right colors for our gardens? I'd sure go for some purple. But after years of looking, I've concluded there's no such source exists for custom colors, or even just different colors. Oh, well.
One more view and a parting plug for the shrub growing beneath my flags. The three 'Ogon' spireas are still full and gorgeous in mid-December. Also, they leaf out early with beautiful chartreuse, willow-like foliage. Really contribute a lot to the garden.


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Rolling Stones To Play Landmark Albums In Full?
10 May 2010, 17:16 | Updated: 3 September 2013, 11:20
The Rolling Stones are considering playing some of their albums in full, according to Keith Richards. The legendary guitarist was being interviewed by Radio X's Ian Camfield while promoting the reissue of Stones classic Exile On Main Street.
"I have heard a rumour being passed around, but it's in the rumour area", said Keef. "I have heard the idea being mentioned in passing.
"Where there's smoke, there's fire, you know? That idea has occurred a few years back, where tonight you do Let It Bleed… it's an idea that's been around, but we haven't taken it by the horns yet".


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Visitors to OnTheSnow.com have chosen [R47R, Big Powderhorn], Mich., as having their "Favorite Downhill Terrain" in the Midwest. The data period for voting was January 2010 when a Nielsen audit showed 2.3 million unique browsers logged in to the world's most visited Web portal. OnTheSnow.com is published by Mountain News Corp.
The ski resort with the top average score (on a scale of 1 to 5) in each category, and a minimum number of entries, receives the award. Visitors then ranked them in five categories: Overall Favorite, Best Nightlife, Most Family-Friendly, Best Downhill Terrain, and Best Terrain Park.
"User-generated content is a very powerful and effective way Web visitors have to communicate with each other," said Mountain News Corp. President and Publisher Rob Brown. "Skiers and snowboarders are relying on the word of their peers when they make resort choices."
Here is a sample of what OTS visitors wrote about Big Powderhorn: " Spring skiing was the best in years. The grooming is outstanding. We got on the slopes early one morning and it was like floating on a cloud. What we love most about Big Powderhorn is the terrain and layout of the runs. You can't just take the wrong turn and end up on a double black diamond run. This is really important to us since there are young kids age 5 to 8 in our group."
Big Powderhorn, about a three hour drive from Chicago, lies between Ironwood and Bessemer, Mich,, two miles north of U.S. 2.
Related articles:
- Favorite Midwest Resort: Ski Brule, Mich.
- Favorite Midwest Downhill Terrain: Big Powderhorn, Mich.
- Favorite Midwest Family Friendly: Cascade Mountain, Wis.
- Favorite Midwest Terrain Park: Mad River, Ohio
- Favorite Midwest Nightlife: Spirit Mountain, Minn.
See all 2010 Visitors Choice Award winners
OnTheSnow.com is the Web's most visited snow skiing and snowboarding site with Nielsen-audited 2.3 million unique monthly visitors. The site offers ski reports, news resort reviews, Web cams, and value deals for virtually every ski resort in the world. Click for the complete list of the 2010 OnTheSnow Visitors Choice Awards. There are 13 International Editions of OnTheSnow, published in seven languages.


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Join us in supporting and celebrating local vendors each Friday night, 6-9pm! Enjoy a drink while shopping for tasty treats, funky crafts, fresh local produce, and more! There is something for everyone at the Friday Night Market!
Vendor List:
Baked by the Bay
Shellie's Jellies
The Working Needle
Hot Eye Art
Graceful Oils
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Cassie Ackerson Photography
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LONDON — The BBC faced a backlash Friday after finding one of its presenters in breach of its editorial guidelines on impartiality for comments that were critical of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Journalists and celebrities were demanding that the BBC overturn its decision and expressed support for BBC Breakfast anchor Naga Munchetty, who was discussing Trump's remark that four female American lawmakers should return to the "broken and crime infested places from which they came."
Co-anchor, Dan Walker, asked Munchetty for her opinion on the July 17 program, and she responded: "Every time I have been told, as a woman of color, to go back to where I came from, that was embedded in racism .... I'm not accusing anyone of anything here, but you know what certain phrases mean."
Questioned further by Walker, she said she was "absolutely furious a man in that position thinks it's OK to skirt the lines by using language like that."
The BBC found that Munchetty had gone too far.
"She understandably feels strongly on this issue, and there was nothing wrong with her talking about her own experiences of racism," the BBC said in a statement. "However, our editorial guidelines do not allow for journalists to then give their opinions about the individual making the remarks or their motives for doing so — in this case President Trump — and it was for this reason that the complaint was partially upheld. Those judgments are for the audience to make."
Across social media, there was disquiet over the broadcaster's decision. That sentiment was plainly put in a letter to the Guardian newspaper on Friday, in which some 40 locally prominent celebrities offered support to the presenter.
"Racism is not a valid opinion on which an 'impartial' stance can or should be maintained," the signatories said in the letter. "For communities and individuals who experience racist abuse — including Munchetty — being expected to treat racist ideas as potentially valid has devastating and maybe illegal consequences for our dignity and ability to work in a professional environment, as well as being contrary to race equality and human rights legislation."
It added that to "suggest a journalist can 'talk about her own experiences of racism' while withholding a critique on the author of racism (in this case President Trump) has the ludicrous implication that such racism may be legitimate and should be contemplated as such."


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Access Health CT call center experiencing temporary outage
The customer service call center for Access Health CT is experiencing a temporary outage Monday due to technical issues related to this weekend's winter storm, according to a press release.
The call center headquarters is located in Virginia and operated by contractor Maximus. Access Health CT was notified of the disruption in service at 8:30 a.m. Monday.
The issue is expected to be resolved by the end of the day, according to the release.
For more information, residents can visit www.AccessHealthCT.com.


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ISGMH employs over 30 research assistants and study/project coordinators who are skilled at implementing research protocols via in-person psychosocial assessments, HIV and STI testing/counseling, behavioral and mental health interventions, electronic data capture (EDC) systems, and delivering surveys and interventions online or in eHealth/mHealth applications via text, phone apps, and tablets. Staff and faculty all complete applicable CITI training.
Interview Rooms at 625 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1400
ISGMH has four dedicated interview rooms equipped with computers and supplies to conduct study visits, provide HIV and other point-of-care (POC) testing, administer surveys, and deliver interventions. Additional rooms are available for group interventions, focus groups, and delivery of media or study content.
Interview Rooms at the Center on Halsted (in Lakeview/Boystown)
Four additional interview rooms outfitted with touchscreen computers dedicated to ISGMH are located within the Center on Halsted (COH).
Phlebotomy Labs and Biospecimen Collection
There are two CLIA-waived/approved phlebotomy labs at ISGMH and COH. Each lab is fully equipped to perform blood draws, and process and centrifuge blood for plasma and serum specimens. Each location has a private, dedicated ADA-compliant restroom for specimen collection with a pass-through window to the phlebotomy lab allows for collection of biospecimens. We also collect urine and rectal swabs as part of specific study protocols. If required, stored specimens may be transported on dry ice.
De-identifyed biospecimen Storage and Banking
Temporary storage: ambient, refrigerated, or frozen (-20°C) specimens may be stored before shipping or long-term storage at -80°C.
Long-term storage of specimens occurs at other locations and labs associated with Northwestern University in conjunction with the Third Coast CFAR and Northwestern Pathology Core Facilities.
For more information about access to specimens from our repository, contact Thom Remble, IMPACT director of research.


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I have been torn up about feelings I have toward a stranger. I have a wonderful relationship with my husband and cannot understand how this other person can have this effect on me. How can this happen when I am so happy in my marriage?
First, let me say that just because you have feelings for someone does not mean that you are being unfaithful to your husband. We can't always control what our mind thinks.
What we can do is try to channel what we do with those feelings. It is a natural thing to notice other people. The question is what you do then. There are two things you can concentrate on: trying to minimize these feelings, and then trying to maximize feelings about your husband.
Let's deal with the first thing first. You've said you have already fled, and that's great. You've removed yourself from temptation, and that's a wonderful thing. The next thing you can do is, whenever these feelings come, try to fill your mind with something else. Remember a great memory that you had with your husband, and play it out in your head. Think about a wonderful time you had with your children (if you have any), and play that out. Think about your family right now, and the fun that you do have with them. If you can choose five or six memories that make you laugh, that are very special to you, or that are very steamy with your husband, think about those. Try to banish the other man from your thoughts.
Then you need to find ways to think about your husband more. Sometimes we begin to think about other people when our own relationships have grown stale or predictable. We want something new, we want to be swept off of our feet! How can you get that again with your husband? Make a special effort to date him again. Go out just the two of you. Spice up your sex life again, and make some new memories. Try to pursue your husband again, and you may find him pursuing you right back.
What is it that you are attracted to with this person? Is it a deep emotional attachment? Is it a physical attachment? Whatever it is, see if you can create it at an even deeper level with your husband.
As I'm sure you know from the tone of your letter, your best chance at happiness is with your husband, not with this man. So have a great time with him, and you'll likely find that these feelings will start to pass.
Finally, I'm not sure if you're a religious person or not, but think about praying whenever you start to think about the man. If those thoughts come, take them to God and ask Him to give you amazing feelings about your husband in their place. Remember that on earth even Jesus was tempted; He just resisted. It isn't wrong to be tempted, and God is there to help you have the best marriage you can.
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New ARCTOS PhD: Ana Sofia Aniceto
On Tuesday, June 19th, Ana Sofia Aniceto successfully defended her PhD project at UiT, entitled:
'Unmanned aerial vehicles for marine mammal surveys in arctic and sub-arctic regions'.
Sofia's main objective was to improve and develop the knowledge concerning surveys of marine biota using autonomous systems, particularly the current state of the art and its applicability in offshore regions, imagery analysis, and survey planning.
The key conclusions of her thesis are:
- When designing monitoring surveys first consider the survey objectives and cost-benefit trade-offs.
- It is important to understand the effects of environmental and technical factors on data acquisition and analyses that may affect image analysis.
- The deployment of multiple aircrafts should take place to ensure that the animals are detected in at least one of the vehicles, considering their diving behavior.
Sofia's thesis consists of one published article and two manuscripts:
- Article I: Aniceto, A. S., M. Biuw, U. Lindstrøm, S. A. Solbø, F. Broms, and J. Carroll. 2018. Monitoring marine mammals using unmanned aerial vehicles: quantifying detection certainty. Ecosphere 9(3):e02122. 10.1002/ecs2.2122
- Article II: Verfuss U.K., Aniceto A.S., Harris D., Gillespie D., Fielding S., Jiménez G., Johnston P., Plunkett R., Sivertsen A., Solbø S.A., Storvold R., Biuw M., Wyatt R. (Manusript). A review of autonomous vehicles for detection and monitoring of marine fauna
- Article III: Aniceto A.S., Biuw M., Lindstrøm U., Marques T., and Carroll J (Manuscript). Unmanned aerial vehicles in whale research: using multiple aircraft.
Sofia's supervisors have been Professor JoLynn Carroll (Akvaplan-niva, Norway), Dr. Martin Biuw, Institute of Marine Research, and Dr. Ulf Lindstrøm, Institute of Marine Research
We congratulate Sofia on her successful defense and wish her all the best for her future career.
All pictures were kindly provided by: Torger Grytå, UiT


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Lights, Camera, Clayoquot Action!
Clayoquot Action was stoked to host and coordinate logistics for filmmakers Jacob Wise and Rebecca Billings from Ithaca, New York. The pair are working to create two feature-length documentaries about the ancient rainforests of Vancouver Island.
The first film will be an investigative piece about the rainforest and associated environmental issues. The second will be a nonverbal documentary that evokes the wonder and beauty of this sadly endangered environment. The two films will work as companion pieces to each other.
In March, they spent 17 days on Vancouver Island gathering footage, and are currently back to complete the task. While in Tofino they were able to join a traditional dugout canoe tour with Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations member Tsimka Martin. They also attended Clayoquot Action's Clayoquot Summer 20 Years After presentation, joined a whale watching tour, and got to fly over Clayoquot Sound on a classically beautiful summer day! Read More


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Jets notebook: WR Cotchery among 4 to miss practice
COTCHERY SITS OUT -- Wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery missed practice because of a hamstring injury and his status for the team's game against Buffalo is uncertain.
Cotchery sat out two days of practice last week, but played at Miami on Monday night and had one catch for 4 yards despite being in for about 30 snaps.
Coach Rex Ryan said he's concerned about the injury, and added that Cotchery likely wouldn't practice today.
"We'll see how he feels," Ryan said of Cotchery's availability for the game. "That's his decision. I'm never going to force a player to play if he doesn't feel right. We'll see how he does."
Wide receiver Brad Smith (quadriceps), right tackle Damien Woody (right foot) and defensive end Shaun Ellis (bruised knee) also didn't practice.


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Google announced today the creation of a service, Google One Pass, which will allow publishers to set their own prices and terms for the sale of digital content. Eric Schmidt introduced this new service at Humboldt University in Berlin.
The service will be accessible through Android operating tablets, smartphones and websites with one email and password sign-on combination. One Pass will allow publishers to customize the methods of how they charge customers. This will include sales options of subscriptions, metered access, "freemium" content and the purchase of single articles.
According to TechCrunch, metered access is a model in which publishers can offer a certain amount of content or number of visits for free, but will be given the option to charge frequent visitors a fee. With One Pass, publishers host their own content and may upload a list of the content into the Google interface. From there, publishers must then insert a small portion of code into their website, and One Pass is ready to operate.
Publishers will keep 90% of their share, with Google taking the remaining 10%. Publishers will also have access to subscriber demographics such as names and email addresses.
The service also allows publishers to authenticate current subscribers. This way, customers don't have to re-subscribe to publications in order to access them on their chosen devices.
Payment is handled through Google Checkout technology. One Pass also offers the option of payment in mobile apps that allow transactions which take the user out of the app to complete the sale.
Google's One Pass is already on board with Media General, NouvelObs, Bonnier's Popular Science, Prisa and Rust Communications. One Pass is available in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the U.K., and the U.S.
Sarah Ohrvall, senior vice president of research and development for Bonnier, says, "We are thrilled with our new partnership with Google. With this solution, we are able to give consumers what they've been asking for – an easy, simple way to get Bonnier content through subscriptions and on various devices and websites."
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Samsung's 46-inch LN46B750 packages very good picture quality, excellent sound, YouTube viewing, Yahoo Widgets, and the ability to play media files from USB storage, all in one HDTV. And it does all that while being remarkably easy-to-use.
This HDTV earned an overall score of Very Good in our labs' image-quality tests. The LN46B750 is a 240Hz LCD, and that fast refresh helped it excel in the Labs' motion tests. This LN46B750 also earned high marks in several tests intended to determine how well a TV can handle vertical, horizontal, and diagonal motion. It's an excellent choice for action movies or sports.
The LN46B750 also scored particularly well in our brightness and contrast tests, but there were some problems. Our judges complained about certain scenes looking dull, others appearing too bright, and still others seeming "a bit too yellow."
Image quality isn't the only thing that Samsung gets mostly right with the LN46B750. This TV also sounds about as good as you could reasonably expect a TV to sound. You have to turn the volume all the way up (which I'm not suggesting) to hear any strain. The speakers have enough power to give a loud organ blast its intended effect, and the SRS TruSurround HD pseudosurround pulls you into the environment. It can't do the work of a real surround system, of course; cinephiles and music lovers will want to invest in a separate surround amplifier and speakers.
Connect the LN46B750 to your router via an ethernet cable, and you'll have access to a good selection of Internet video on your TV. You get a full complement of Yahoo Widgets, which can appear on screen at the push of a remote button. The widgets display news, weather, sports, financial info, Flickr, Twitter, and full-screen movie trailers that look pretty decent. Samsung also provides the ability to view YouTube on your TV. Though the set has an option for displaying YouTube videos full screen, it's not on by default—and that's good, because YouTube's low resolution looks awful on a 46-inch screen. The LN46B750 can also stream movies via online services from Amazon and Blockbuster, but at this time it offers no Netflix support.
Using the USB port, you can play MP3 and JPEgs files stored on a USB device, such as a flash drive. The user interface to access these files is easy to use and trouble-free, and it includes a photo slideshow feature with numerous options, such as your choice of musical accompaniment. The LN46B750 can also access a Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) device, such as a PC running Windows Media Server, but it can't access a networked Mac.
Samsung has done a great job making the LN46B750 easily usable. The inputs are all well placed, so you don't have to be a contortionist to plug in a new Blu-ray player or DVR. The wizard that helps you set up the TV the first time you turn it on asks all the right questions, such as whether you'll be using this TV at home or in a store (this makes it easier to optimize the settings for best quality depending on the TV's location). The attractive, readable, and intuitive main menu also helps make this a straightforward TV to handle—and if that main menu is too much for you, just press the remote's Tools button for a shorter selection of commonly changed options. The often annoying job of changing inputs (from the cable connection to the DVD player to an old VCR, for example) is made simple by an on-screen menu that places the inputs you actually use at the beginning of its list of all the TV's inputs.
That's not to say that the user interface is free of issues. Although the LN46B750's main menu offers explanations of its various options, those explanations aren't always helpful. The Energy Saving option, for instance, is described merely as 'Turns the Energy Saving function off.' (You have to go to the manual to discover that this feature lowers the brightness of the backlight across all inputs.)
Though the menus may have the occasional flaw, I'd be hard-pressed to find any at all in the remote control. It's large, and it makes its easy-to-find-and-push buttons even easier to use with a backlight that comes on in the dark. In addition to the above-mentioned Tools button, it has convenient buttons for Internet access and the media player.
The remote does lack a picture-in-picture button, though, despite the fact that the LN46B750 has picture-in-picture. To access PIP you need to use the main menu or the tool menu. PIP works only for viewing the tuner's content and one external source, and you must be viewing the external source in order to turn PIP on.
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According our lab results, this Energy Star 3.0-compliant HDTV consumes about 120 watts when in use, and less than a tenth of a watt (the lowest amount our equipment registers) when off.
The LN46B750 has a modest built-in gallery of paintings, a number of recipes, one game, and other content. You might find the game fun, but the other bundled content isn't worth much. The few paintings are without titles and cropped to a 16:9 aspect ratio. And unless you want to put a 46-inch HDTV in your kitchen, the recipes are of little value.
Macworld's buying advice
With its excellent images and sound, its Internet and home-network connectivity, and its all-around ease of use, the LN46B750 is definitely worth the price.
[Lincoln Spector is a contributing editor for PC World.]
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If you've read much advice about selling websites online, you've probably heard that your best bet is to stick with the mainstream sites like Flippa and Warriors Forum. While this still holds true, there are other viable marketplaces to consider and one such place is Craigslist. It can especially be a great marketplace if you are selling websites targeted to local businesses. Here are the four main advantages to selling websites online through Craigslist:
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Craigslist may be chalked up as disadvantageous since it tends to work on a local level, but this can also be a positive. If you are selling a site that appeals to local business, or one that is designed specifically for a local niche market, you have the advantage of being a close contact for the buyer. A phone conversation is a much better way to gain the business confidence of a buyer, something you're not likely to have if you're selling on a huge anonymous site.
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More established site flipping marketplaces like Flippa may have a lot to offer a site flipper like you, but these services come for a fee. In addition to high listing fees, sites like these can also take a bite out of your income should you make a sale. But with using Craiglist, you don't have to worry about having to pay any fees, or percentage when your site sells. You're able to keep all of your earnings, and in case your site doesn't sell for a long time, at least you don't incur any expenses in the meantime.
For someone who knows his way around the site, selling websites through Craiglist could give an edge because this marketplace allows the seller to design and create their own ad as they see fit. Other sites don't give as much creative freedom to those who have their sites listed. It's harder to stand out when you would have to make do with a generic template that all other sellers use.
If properly optimized, Craigslist ads will rank very well in the search engines. Listing your websites for sale on Craigslist can give you greater visibility than traditional marketplaces.
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The temperature is rising between Yahoo and Demand Media as several execs have or are expected to move from the Internet giant to the social media start-up.
In March, Demand pulled off a major coup by hiring Yahoo's head of U.S. advertising sales, Joanne Bradford.
Today, Bradford's program manager, Sarah Northern, resigned from the Silicon Valley company and said she is heading to the Santa Monica, Calif.-based Demand.
More significantly and also today, Erika Nardini (pictured here), VP of brand packaging at Yahoo (YHOO), announced to her staff that she is leaving the company, and she is widely expected to go to Demand too.
When called by BoomTown, a Yahoo spokesman confirmed Nardini's departure.
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"Erika Nardini, VP of Yahoo! packaging group, has resigned from Yahoo!. On an interim basis, Mollie Spilman, Yahoo!'s senior vice president of B2B marketing, will assume Erika's responsibilities and continue to run B2B marketing. Mollie will continue to drive the strong momentum we have in packaging, and how we service and deliver innovation to our customers and partners. We thank Erika for her contributions to Yahoo! and wish her success in the future."
Nardini, who is well-liked by the sales force, was hired at Yahoo by Bradford; both are former ad execs at Microsoft (MSFT).
Sources at Yahoo said top execs are furious at what they consider a raid on talent by Demand.
But Bradford is legally disallowed to poach execs, and sources within the ranks said many were seeking the jobs without prompting.
Actually, such movement is quite typical at Internet companies, especially if a top exec like Bradford leaves. Often, many move after the initial departure and usually to the same company.
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Is it pronounced biolage, balage, bulioge.. it's balayage! Not to be confused with Matrix's "more natural" line Biolage, Balayage is french in the language of origin and it means to sweep or to paint. Now Balayage is much different than Ombre, even if you google the word Balayage, thousands of Ombres will pop up. So lets stabilize this first and foremost. Ombre is a look, like saying a pixie cut, an Ombre within haircolor has a fade or gradient to the color itself. Balayage is a technique used to achieve a desired look, like doing a razor cut. So to be technical you can very much achieve an Ombre using a balayage highlighting technique, but you can also achieve an Ombre using foils.
With that said, where does balayage differ from foils? Balayage is usually left in the open air to process versus being in a foil. The hair being isolated in a foil creates more contrast alone, but the metal foil is also a catalyst for heat, so you get an even bigger lift, and more intense contrast. Now we all know there is a fine line bewteen "high contrast" and zebra stripes.. In addition balayage also equates to "surface painting" the hair, versus hair in a foil will be fully saturated with the lightening product and also coming very close to the scalp. In this scenario balayage would create a much softer highlight that has a slight gradient from the scalp to the mid lenghts of the hair, whereas the foil would be a higher contrast and the same brightness from scalp to ends. Some adjectives we like to use when referring to the look balayage creates are: sun kissed, organic, beach hair, dimensional, soft, subtle, like teenage girl highlights from nature. Now I did say usually left in the open air to process, you do see a lot of times that people are using saran wrap. In my opinion this hurts the blending that you've already created but hey that's just my opinion, and that is one of the beauties of our industry there is no "right" when is comes to creating art. I also must express my love for the REDKEN free-hand lightener. This lightener was created just for balayage specifically, so what it does is it actually forms a hard shell over the piece of hair you just painted. This keeps the moisture locked in underneath the shell, on the hair, and the longer lightener can stay moist, the longer it can lift, thus eliminating my need to use saran wrap.
We also call balayage an "emotional" technique meaning that is goes more off of feel than structure. Again this could be compared to razor cutting. In razor cutting there often isn't a hard line of a guide to follow, you more go by feel and visual analysis of the hair and shape. It requires a much more flowy arm and wrist action to cut with the razor properly, and in addition there are various ways to angle the razors blade to create unique looks and texture. Same goes with balayage, your not following a structured foil pattern to create a look, your going off of feel and visuals to create an organic look. And the application method is much more flowy with a wrist and forearm sweeping motion. That is why at TSPA Ft. Myers we are so passionate about teaching the body mechanics of balayage to our students. From proper alignment, to elevation, to brush saturation and blending we got you covered! And it is from this foundation that we believe you will be able to create any look you desire using balayage and getting away from the 1000 foil marathon dance.
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Canada locked up its own citizens during the First World War, a quickly forgotten period of our history that inspired the book Blood and Salt.
"It was just a dreadful, dreadful mistake and, I want to say, a crime against these people," said Saskatoon author Barbara Sapergia. Hundreds of copies of her novel will be distributed to schools and libraries across the country thanks to an initiative by Coteau Books and the Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund.
In all, 201 copies will be donated, 100 to schools and 101 to libraries. The gift coincides with the 100th anniversary of the start of the war. Thousands of Canadians of Ukrainian and Eastern European descent were forced into camps because their homeland was geographically tied to the enemy, Austria. Sapergia's novel tells the story of Taras Kalyna, a young Ukrainian Canadian sent to the Banff-Castle Mountain Internment Camp. Sapergia spent six years on the novel, doing thorough research to make sure the details were correct. Period photos and the actual camp log, which is online, were key components.
"It was really hard because you're starting from real things – you have to do so much research in order to be well grounded," Sapergia said.
"The more I began to take things in, the more interesting it was."
The prisoners in Banff lived in tents in the summer and bunkhouses in winter. They ate food "not fit for dogs," one of them wrote. And they were used as slave labour – which was handy because the park's budget was slashed due to the war. The prisoners built the road between Banff and Lake Louise using primitive tools. In winter, they cut firewood and cleared snow on the town streets. Some of their tasks were almost humorous, like building the ice castle for the Banff carnival.
Most of the prisoners were men, although some camps took entire families. Women and children not interred were left to survive on their own.
"It was just a horrible, horrible situation," says Sapergia.
Some Ontario camps ran until 1920. The Banff camp ran for two years starting in 1915 and saw 700 men come and go. As the economy revived, men who had been considered enemies of the state were suddenly seen as a productive workers. They were paroled and sent to work on the railway or cement plant.
"It's amazing how people can construct a mythical danger that didn't exist," Sapergia says.
The camps were quickly forgotten after the war (but history repeated itself in the Second World War with the internment of Canadians of Japanese descent). Survivors were just glad to get their freedom back, Sapergia said, "and the government forgot about it because they didn't do anything wrong, in their view."
The title Blood and Salt is adapted from the idea of bread and salt, the staples of life offered to visitors in Ukrainian homes. The novel was released in the fall of 2012 and was a finalist for the 2014 Kobzar Literary Award.
"It wasn't as huge a bestseller as I wanted it to be," Sapergia laughs. However, there are still hopes for a movie adaptation.


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THE wheels have been set in motion for disabled services throughout the region to soon receive a major boost, with the formation of the Lockyer Valley's Riding for the Disabled service.
President Jacqueline McAnally said the group's inaugural meeting was held in July and volunteers were working hard to bring the unique service to the Lockyer Valley by early next year.
Mrs McAnally said Riding for the Disabled was a voluntary organisation that provided the unique opportunity for people with a disability to embrace the joys of horse riding.
She said she hoped to bring the service to the region by March, with preparations already under way.
"There's definitely a need and wish for it in the Lockyer Valley," she said.
Having enjoyed firsthand the benefits of being involved with the RDA in Samford, Mrs McAnally said she hoped many people would take advantage of the service when it became available in the Lockyer Valley.
"It all helps with the mind and co-ordination and works muscles not normally used," she said.
"It also improves eye to hand contact."
With most users normally restricted to wheelchairs, Mrs McAnally said it was often an overwhelming experience to ride a horse.
"They are up high above everyone and it makes such a difference," she said.
"They love the feel of the horse and doing things they wouldn't normally do.
"It's not only for the children but for the adults as well."
Mrs McAnally said the group was still in need of equipment and encouraged anyone interested to join.
"We need skull caps (helmets), a mounting ramp and block," she said. "We need good saddles and bridles and any riding gear, including boots for the kids.
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Over the weekend we were lucky enough to go to Livestock Longdon festival. This is only it's second year, but I'd only heard good things from last year so I was excited to go. Everywhere we drove in Gloucestershire recently we would see the advertising boards, and being an 80's kid seeing Jason Donovan and Chesney Hawkes would be playing near home made me want to go even more. My lads have never been to a festival, and Livestock being local and small makes it a logical first festival in my opinion. Also I kept reading it was family friendly.
During the day time there were scheduled activities, like arts and crafts with Daisy the Fairy, a lady came in with snakes and lizards, bouncy castles, pony rides, a climbing wall, rugby tykes coaching skills, fairground rides, science sessions and more. For grown ups there was plenty of beverage choices, alas I cannot drink alcohol but it was tempting to sniff all the local ales – there was even a cider called Wobble Juice! What a brilliant name for booze. There was also a comedy bus – Oh my Gawd these guys made some rather naughty (but hysterical) jokes late night for the grown ups. I cannot possibly write the things they said as I'd get sued.
The security team they'd hired were lovely, big blokes that looked like scary bikers but with hearts of gold. One of them (Ady) impressed me enough that I telephoned his boss. They knew how to keep children on side and happy whilst reassuring the adults that they could cope if there was a problem. In between their proper work they were happy to help out festival goers by taking group photos, random hugs and high-fives for children or adults, a bit of banter and several smirks and giggles.
Photos of some of the bands.
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Jen's favourite thing. The animals and the bouncy castle. Top tip, you can pay £5 for a whole day on the bouncy castle or its £3 a go. Jen used it for at least ten sessions per day.
Dee's favourite thing. The dark skies. We saw it briefly mentioned on Livestock's website that the farm has very "dark skies" as street light pollution isn't an issue as they have so few neighbours. So we took my telescope and stayed out until 1.30 am by the fire pit, sat on the hay bales and watching the stars. We even saw shooting stars.
My favourite thing. The music! Reef and Chesney Hawkes! Honestly I wasn't sure what to expect from Chesney, I was thinking he'd be a bit dull and arrogant but he was a pleasant surprise really. He was fun, friendly, humble and humourous. The bloke is a diamond, I honestly nearly fell over when he sang a cover of Mr Brightside by The Killers as that is "our song" and was played during the wedding. My pre-teen love, who was plastered all over my bedroom wall (posters from Smash Hits) was singing mine and my husband's love song, and he was nailing it.
Even more photos. These are from my phone so they are in a collage.
Why not pop over to Facebook and watch some videos from the festival? Want more? Check out PinkOddy's write up and Lisa's thoughts on Livestock 2016.
Disclosure : VIP tickets and campsite access was provided to the children and myself.