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Are you in a townhouse or a flat? We know how difficult it is to clean the windows or find a window cleaner willing to work at your height. As Aperture Services Window Cleaning uses the water fed pole system, we can reach those previously unreachable windows. So if your in a tenement, flat, townhouse, or even a stately home, we can help make your windows shine again!
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EDWIN Lifwekelo has for a long time been suspected by party members of belonging to the Patriotic Front (PF), United Party for National Development (UPND) secretary general Stephen Katuka has revealed.
And Mr Katuka has warned that President Edgar Lungu could be cited for contempt of court following his continued issuance of policy directives and officiating at functions as President when his declaration as winner by the Electoral Commission of Zambia has been challenged in the Constitutional Court.
Mr Katuka also rubbished Mr Lifwekelo's claims that more UPND members would soon resign from the UPND to join PF.
The secretary general said everybody in the UPND has been suspecting Mr Lifwekelo of being the mole behind the leaking of UPND secret information to the PF.

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Hello everyone,
Not sure why yet, but when trying to save a sketchup model, an error message comes up like the attachment.
This error is making a second model file with "-0" added to the end of the file name. So now you have two models, one named ABC and one named ABC-0 to choose from. When this happens while working with a LayOut file, the LayOut file gets disconnected from the original model and now I have to look at the time stamps in the file tree to make sure I am reconnecting the latest model to LayOut.
It's starting to severly affect the workflow. Any suggestions for workarounds, fixes, etc.?
Thanks in advance,
Velina (SeaTales45)
CFileException 0....
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The hyphen in the path could be the problem. Replace it with underscore. Any difference?
Etaoin Shrdlu
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Hi Dave,
Interesting thought, so I tried it, but there was no difference. Finally, our IT consultants had to list SketchUp and LayOut as some sort of exception in our webroot antivirus. We have been problem free since last Friday. (1-4-19)
Thank you though,
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Thanks for reporting back Velina. That's something to keep in mind for future.
Etaoin Shrdlu
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CFileException 0 is SketchUp's way of saying "something just went wrong with a file operation but I have no clue what it was". In many cases, and this likely includes yours, it seems to be caused by other agents such as remote file synchronizers or antivirus scanners that lock a file at the same time as SketchUp is trying to save to it.
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If I am using sketchup a lot I get that windw an average of twice a day. I just ignore it with no consequences.
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to fix this problem just uninstal or disable antivirus ...like my case , i just disable byfence antivirus and its works ...i can save the file
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Hi all,
I was having the same message each time I worked on a model saved on the DESKTOP, and SketchUp trying to write a SKB there.
Check if your SketchUp executable has the right to write on your Desktop.
Just in case, also see this: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=68205
Didier Bur
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Nancy (F)
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As Didier says, if you have not installed SketchUp correctly all kinds of unexpected file & folder permission issues can appear...
To repeat what has been stated in many places before...
To fix your installation...
Login to Windows as your normal user-account [NOT the specialized administrator account - BUT if your normal user has some admin-powers that is OK]
Ensure SketchUp is closed.
Find the SketchUp installer's exe file - usually in your Downloads folder.
Select its icon, right-click > context-menu > "Run as administrator"
When prompted choose "Repair".
When it completes retry SketchUp and see if these kinds of issues are improved...
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The Modis Lock Host unit is part of the Modis Lock kit, intended for uniting digital and physical security in your company.
This is not a standalone device. The host unit can be paired with up to four reader units can control two physical doors.
See the User Manual for more information.


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As I write, we have seen the morning Barr show but have not yet seen the report—that would be the one with the itsy, bitsy, teeny, weenie redactions.
A Good Lawyer Making a Bad Case
The Barr performance this morning was that of a good trial lawyer making an opening statement to the judge and jury, with respect to a very bad case.
The Theology of Conspiracy
I was an antitrust lawyer, so inevitably that's one of the perspectives I bring to the situation. In antitrust, we were forever dealing with complicated, messy, ambiguous fact patterns and deciding whether those complicated fact patterns should or should not be called a conspiracy. To that end, we applied legal criteria—legal criteria that are, themselves, the subject of much legal debate and "refined" analysis.
Having that perspective, I wait to see what legal criteria Mueller employed to look at a complicated fact pattern and find insufficient evidence of an illegal conspiracy. I can guess and speculate, but of course I won't, especially at this hour.
A Man is Presumed to Intend the Natural Consequences of His Acts
Applying this well known legal maxim, one thing we can say for sure is that William Barr has acted in a way calculated to generate many, many headlines proclaiming that he has joined the Cult of Trump and become the complete toady.
William Barr knows that his conduct is generating these sorts of headlines.
Therefore William Barr intends that these sorts of headlines will be generated.
If it Walks Like a Duck and Talks Like a Duck …
Or, to change the metaphor, if it looks like a strawberry shortcake and smells like a strawberry shortcake and tastes like a strawberry shortcake, then it's very probably a strawberry shortcake.
Therefore, it's entirely understandable that if Bill Barr walks like a Trump toady and talks like a Trump toady, then he's really a Trump toady.
I still don't believe the act, though the acting is really good, and the act is becoming more convincing. Maybe even good enough to yank the wool over the Trumpster's eyes, if such is the intent.


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The Black community is one of the fastest growing communities in America this decade.
There are now 42 million people who identify as Black or African American living in America, making up 12% of the total population. According to the most recent American Community Survey, the Black population in vermont is 7,602 – at 1.2% of the total population of vermont.
The percentage growth of Blacks in America is the third largest percentage change for any race according to the Census's race and ethnicity definition. As most scholars and historians agree, an increase in the diversity in America is a good thing.
We agree.
But how has the increase in the black population impacted vermont? Which cities and towns in vermont have seen the greatest increase in its Black population?
What's the blackest city in Vermont? Burlington took the number one over all spot for the largest Black population in vermont for 2020. See if it ranked as one of the most african american cities in America.
Read on below to see how we crunched the numbers and how your town ranked.
To see where vermont ranked as a state on diversity, we have a ranking of the most diverse states in America.
And if you already knew these places were Black, check out the best places to live in vermont or the most diverse places in vermont.
The 10 Blackest Cities In Vermont For 2020
Population: 42,513
% African American: 5.11%
# Of African American Residents: 2,172
Percent Change Since 2010: 112.52%
More on Burlington: Real Estate | Data | Photos
Burlington is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Vermont and the seat of Chittenden County. It is located 45 miles south of the Canada-United States border and 94 miles south of Canada's second most populous municipality, Montreal. The city's population was 42,452 according to a 2015 U.S. census estimate. It is the least populous municipality in the United States to be the most populous incorporated area in a state.
Population: 7,232
% African American: 2.92%
# Of African American Residents: 211
Percent Change Since 2010: -18.22%
More on Winooski: Real Estate | Data | Photos
Winooski is a city in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. Located on the Winooski River, as of the 2010 U.S. Census the municipal population was 7,267. The city is the most densely populated municipality in northern New England, an area comprising the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. It is the smallest in area of Vermont's nine incorporated cities. As part of the Burlington, Vermont metropolitan area, it is bordered by Burlington, Colchester, and South Burlington.
Population: 6,824
% African American: 2.52%
# Of African American Residents: 172
Percent Change Since 2010: 290.91%
More on St. Albans: Real Estate | Data | Photos
Population: 10,395
% African American: 2.41%
# Of African American Residents: 251
Percent Change Since 2010: 12.05%
More on Essex Junction: Real Estate | Data | Photos
Essex Junction is a village located within the town of Essex in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. The population was 9,271 at the 2010 census. It was incorporated on November 15, 1892.
Population: 18,975
% African American: 1.97%
# Of African American Residents: 373
Percent Change Since 2010: 31.34%
More on South Burlington: Real Estate | Data | Photos
South Burlington is a city in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. It is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Vermont and home to the headquarters of Ben & Jerry's and Vermont's largest mall, the University Mall. It is also one in the principal municipalities of the Burlington, Vermont metropolitan area.
Population: 7,547
% African American: 1.93%
# Of African American Residents: 146
Percent Change Since 2010: 440.74%
More on Montpelier: Real Estate | Data | Photos
Montpelier is the capital city of the U.S. state of Vermont and the seat of Washington County. As the site of Vermont's state government, it is the least populous state capital in the United States. The population was 7,855 at the 2010 census. However, the daytime population swells to about 21,000, due to the large number of jobs within city limits. The Vermont College of Fine Arts and New England Culinary Institute are located in the municipality. It was named for Montpellier, France.
Population: 15,577
% African American: 1.31%
# Of African American Residents: 204
Percent Change Since 2010: 59.38%
More on Rutland: Real Estate | Data | Photos
Population: 8,711
% African American: 1.11%
# Of African American Residents: 97
Percent Change Since 2010: 304.17%
More on Barre: Real Estate | Data | Photos
How We Determined The Cities In vermont With The Largest Black Population For 2020
We still believe in the accuracy of data — especially from the census. So that's where we went to get the breakdown of race across vermont.
That lead us to the Census's most recently available data, the 2014-2018 American Community Survey data from the US Census.
Specifically, we looked at table B03002: Hispanic OR LATINO ORIGIN BY RACE. Here are the category names as defined by the Census:
- Hispanic or Latino
- White alone*
- Black or African American alone*
- American Indian and Alaska Native alone*
- Asian alone*
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone*
- Some other race alone*
- Two or more races*
Our particular column of interest here was the number of people who identified as Black or African American.
We limited our analysis to non-CDPs with a population greater than 6,000 people. That left us with 8 cities.
We then calculated the percent of residents that are Black or African American. The percentages ranked from 5.1% to 1.1%.
Finally, we ranked each city based on the percent of Black population with a higher score being more Black than a lower score. Burlington took the distinction of being the most Black, while Barre was the least African American city. You can download the data here.
Read on for more information on how the cities in vermont ranked by population of African American residents or, for a more general take on diversity in America, head over to our ranking of the most diverse cities in America.
There You Have It – Black Populations Across Vermont
If you're looking for a breakdown of African American populations across Vermont according to the most recent data, this is an accurate list.
If you're curious enough, here are the least African American places in Vermont:
- Barre
- Rutland
- Montpelier
For more Vermont reading, check out:
Detailed List Of The Most African American Cities In Vermont
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Planogr.am makes it easy to create and share scheduled content on Instagram
posted Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 4:26 PM EDT
If you spend any time on Instagram, it's likely you've come across a profile or two that cleverly utilize Instagram's grid-style layout to create a larger, more immersive experience with an image. Not only does this effect present the photo larger in a profile than would otherwise be able to be seen, it also acts as a stand-out branding feature for many businesses – a digital billboard within Instagram, if you will.
To create one of these grids, it usually takes a lot of work, creating the template, laying out the photos, masking the particular area you need where and posting in the correct order. But, a new service called Planogr.am is looking to make the process easier than ever.
Planogr.am acts as a visual planner for Instagram. Rather than creating custom grids and having to worry about posting everything in the perfect order, you simply upload your image, choose when you want it posted and your Instagram page will be ready to roll with whatever over-sized image you've chosen.
Even if you don't want to use the larger images, You can also customize your images in the app through a drag-and-drop interface in the event you want to rearrange something.
Planogr.am is made with brands and businesses in mind, but anyone who wants to stand out from the crowd is more than welcome to use it. Planogr.am plans start out at US$9 per month, which gets you one team member and one Instagram account to work with. Pricing goes up in US$10 increments from there and adds more users and Instagram accounts.
To find out more and sign up, head on over to Planogr.am.


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Neymar guarantees Brazil is emotionally ready to face Colombia in World Cup quarterfinals
FORTALEZA, Brazil – Neymar is tired of all this talk about the pressure of playing the World Cup at home. He guarantees Brazil is emotionally ready for the challenge.
Just two days before Brazil plays Colombia in the quarterfinals, Neymar downplayed concerns about the team's emotional state and said "all players are prepared."
The hosts showed their nerves when Brazil narrowly avoided elimination in a difficult match against Chile in the second round, prompting the team's psychologist to be rushed to the training camp to talk to the players.
But Neymar said "nobody is struggling emotionally" and "all players are doing well" mentally.
Neymar also said he is physically fit for Friday's match in Fortaleza despite sustaining thigh and knee injuries against Chile.


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Our Accounts team is responsible for measuring our financial performance, they produce monthly and annual accounts, including payroll. They cover all areas of financial performance for both sales and bad debt provision. They are the experts at provide accounting information to our shareholders, management board, funding banks and other internal departments.
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I have a lot of friends. It's just that they are mostly fictional and bound inside a 300-page book. We hang out a lot. Like, every night.
So, I can't stop reading. The seasons don't make a difference for me. I'm a total book nerd. Like, a holy.moly.did.I.really.spend.fifty.dollars.this.week.on.books. kind of book nerd. If you aren't, that's okay. But, you should be! For me, reading provides an opportunity for escape. It eases my mind, steps up my creativity, and allows me to dream. If you are looking to read more, summer is a great time to start. Go grab one (all) of these books, sit outside under the warm sun, and let your mind float into the pages.
I've read all of these books. Some up to three times. Each is different, but all have strong character development that just might beg you to know more and more. Here we go.
The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls. One of my all-time favorite memoirs. It'll make you laugh, cry, cry, cry and think. Man, is this book deep. If you haven't given it a shot yet, please go get in your car, hop on your bike, and ride to the closest book store. It'll stick with you forever. Read this one tucked away in bed, where nobody can see you feel all the feels.
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, Betty Smith. Another classic on my shelf, this book brings nostalgia to my heart in the best of ways. You'll fall in love immediately with this tucked-away-in Brooklyn family. It will whisk you back to those "good ol' days," when you would chase after the ice-cream truck (let's be honest, I did that last week), but y'all catch my drift. Read this one on your fire escape, nestled up among the trees.
The Nest, Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney. I just read this book last month and loved its warmth — in addition to being funny, dramatic, and big-hearted. Keep this one snug in your bag, and catch up on it when you have a couple minutes. It's easy to get sucked back in.
The Nightingale, Kristin Hannah. Oh, oh, oh! I read this in 24 hours. (I had to call off work that day.) I'm a bit obsessed with World War II books. This fictional tale is a total page turner. It will transport you back in time, and command you to seek the bravery that many woman within that time period had to possess. Read this over the weekend, or tell your boss you just can't.
F*Words, Jeanne Field. Let's kick it back to the era of bell-bottoms and Woodstock, and back to present day. Jeanne, (or Aunt Jeanne, to me), lived one hell of a life. "I hope I'm talking to young women who will see that your life's journey doesn't have to be planned, that you can stay open and resilient and let nothing bring you down." — Jeanne Fields. She's worked brilliant jobs, lived in beautiful places, found true love, managed Neil Young on tours, helped with the Woodstock Documentary, can whip up the most delicious meals, all while being humble, welcoming and a kindred spirit. She is an inspirational voice for woman of our generation, and her story should be heard. Grab this book, pack it in your beach bag, and read it next to the sea. Life is beautiful.
+ What 5 books do you suggest for me to add to my end-of-summer reading list? What book do you suggest for the next FP Book Club? Let us know in the comments!


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I'm Daniela
Welcome to district ART! I am a Community Builder in Vancouver, BC focused on arts for social change and community well being. Art is important for self expression and when it is done in community, it can lead to mutual understanding and empowerment. At district ART, we partner with artists and change-makers in cultivating creative and connected communities by offering accessible, inclusive and engaging art experiences for a more vibrant and mindful future.
Creative Director


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Originally published by USC Upstate Athletic Department
Spartanburg, S.C. – Having already signed nine players during the early signing period last November, USC Upstate head coach Chris Hawkins has added four transfers to the class with three coming from the junior college ranks and another from Florida State.
Transferring and signing to play at Upstate are Amy Szymanowski from Florida State, Holly McKinnon andLindsay O'Steen from the College of Central Florida andAbbie Millete from Seminole State College. Szymanowksi will have one year of eligibility remaining, while McKinnon, O'Steen and Millete will have two.
Upstate is coming off a tremendous season in 2015 when the Spartans earned their third consecutive berth in the NCAA Tournament and won both the A-Sun regular season and tournament championships. However, the Spartans return just eight players from the team that was led by 10 seniors who exhausted their eligibility in 2015, leaving the 2016 squad with a lot of holes to fill. The addition of the four transfers is expected to provide the Spartans with some veteran leadership on a team that prior to their signing, was set to have nine freshmen, six sophomores and two juniors. Only reigning A-Sun Pitcher of the Year Lexi Shubert, reigning A-Sun Freshman of the Year Karla Beasley and outfielder Ryan Rector have seen significant playing time among the returning players.
Szymanowksi played for the Seminoles in 2015 after transferring to Florida State from the College of Central Florida where she spent the first two years of her college career. She was the Mid-Florida Conference Player of the Year and a NJCAA First Team All-American at Central Florida in 2014. McKinnon was the Mid-Florida Conference Pitcher of the Year and a NJCAA First Team All-American in 2015 after transferring to the school from South Alabama after the 2014 season. O'Steen was a Mid-Florida Conference First Team All-Conference selection in 2015, while Millete was a two-time all-conference selection in the Mid-Florida Conference.
"I am excited to have all four of the transfers come into our program." said Upstate head coach Chris Hawkins, who secured his second consecutive A-Sun Coach of the Year honor in 2015. "We have 15 players who will either be a freshman or sophomore on our team next year. The addition of Amy, Holly, Lindsay and Abbie should provide our team with experience and leadership, which is something we had to address after losing 10 seniors from last year's team. All four have accomplished backgrounds and I look forward to them being a part of our program and carrying on the tradition we have built at Upstate."
Holly McKinnon | P | Ocala, Fla. | College of Central Florida | North Marion HS
McKinnon played a large part in the success of the College of Central Florida in 2015. She was named the Mid-Florida Conference Pitcher of the Year and a JUCO All-American in leading the Patriots to a No. 2 national ranking. She was 28-3 with a 1.08 ERA in 35 appearances and 30 starts. She also struck out 190 batters in 200 1/3 innings of work. She was a three-time state player of the week selection and was named the national player of the week one time during the season. She spent her freshman season at South Alabama where she made three starts for the Jaguars. She finished 2-1 with 15 strikeouts. She was a standout in high school and travel ball as well. She led the North Marion High School squad to two consecutive district championships as a junior and senior. She was named the Marion County Player of the Year in 2012 and 2013 and finished her senior season with a 21-5 record, 0.43 ERA and 260 strikeouts in 164 innings of work. She also hit .415 with nine doubles, five home runs and 37 RBIs. She played travel ball for Team North Florida and helped lead the squad to the ASA U18 national title.
Lindsay O'Steen | P/UTL | Mayo, Fla. | College of Central Florida | Lafayette HS
O'Steen turned in a solid junior college career at the College of Central Florida the past two seasons. She was a first team All-Mid-Florida Conference selection as a sophomore in 2015 after helping lead the Patriots to their first-ever conference championship and a No. 2 national ranking. She hit .298 with nine doubles, six home runs, 34 RBIs and 46 runs. She also stole 15 bases. She had a standout season as well as a freshman. She helped lead the Patriots to the championship game of the NJCAA National Tournament and earned all-tournament honors. She finished the season with a .377 batting average and hit a team-best 17 doubles to go along with six home runs, 33 RBIs, 40 runs and seven stolen bases. She was a standout athlete at Lafayette High School where she lettered five times in both softball and volleyball. She hit .450 with eight home runs and 46 RBIs as a senior in 2012. She helped lead Lafayette to the 1A state championship as a junior in 2012 and runner-up in 2013. She also was a member of the Lafayette squad that was runner-up in the 2A state tournament in 2010. She was named the Small School Athlete of the Year by the Gainesville Sun as a junior and senior and also earned several player of the year honors in volleyball. She was a standout in the classroom as a member of the Beta Club.
Amy Szymanowski | C | Land O'Lakes, Fla | Florida State | Sunlake HS
Syzmanowski comes to Upstate after spending her junior year at Florida State in 2014-15. She played in 31 games for the Seminoles, 19 as a starter at either designated player or catcher. She finished the season with three home runs, two doubles, 11 RBIs and nine runs. She had a standout junior college career at the College of Central Florida prior to enrolling at Florida State. She was a two-time NFCA All-American, earning first team honors in 2014 and second team recognition as a freshman in 2013. She was named the Catcher of the Year as a sophomore after hitting .381 with 22 home runs, 59 RBIs and 65 runs en route to leading the Patriots to the championships game of the NJCAA National Tournament. She set a national tournament record with four home runs and was named to the all-tournament team. She hit .343 with 16 home runs and 47 RBIs as a freshman. She finished her career as Central Florida's single-season and career home run leader, was a two-time first team All-Mid-Florida Conference selection and was named the player of the year in the Mid-Florida Conference in 2014. She was also a standout at Sunlake High School. She hit .468 with four home runs and 13 RBIs in 14 games as a senior. In addition to playing softball, she also played volleyball, basketball and was a member of the cheerleading squad. A standout student as well, she was named the Mid-Florida Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2014 and graduated from Central Florida with honors as a Magna Cum Laude student.
McKinnon, Millete, O'Steen and Szymanowski join incoming freshmen Brttany Case (Denham Springs, La.), Caley Chappel (Ocala, Fla.),Ansley Gilstrap (Blythewood, S.C.), Bailey Hoch (Fleming Island, Fla.), Kayla Hussey (Crawfordville, Fla.), Megan Obier (Pembroke Pines, Fla.),Sam Spears (Bartow, Fla.), Kori Wancheck (Rock Hill, S.C.) and Kristen Wright (Lake Worth, Fla.) to make up Upstate's 13-woman recruiting class.


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Here we are at Jubilee, rejoicing and marveling at 10 years, and 25 years, and 50 years, and God's boundless faithfulness. I've been thinking about vocation, and call and response, so here are some stories, of us and of God, that might plumb the mystery, which of course does not promise us more clarity….
A friend of mine, young in religious life and struggling with community and her ministry, came home from teaching Saturday catechism class and was dutifully attending to her charge, the community bathroom. She was putting newspaper down on the floor, and the page opened to the wedding section. She immediately recognized a friend from high school, looking beautiful in her bridal finery, walking out of the chapel at West Point arm in arm with her spouse splendid in his dress uniform, under an arch of swords. And she said to herself, "I really blew it."
Much later in life, she had a chance to see two old friends, long separated by time and space, and my friend told them this story.
They all had a good laugh, and one of them said, "O My! Well wait till you hear this!
It was four years into our marriage, and life was so hard. My husband lost his job, we had 3 children under 4, and bills were piling up, we were falling behind in our mortgage payments, and I was totally a quivering mess. One evening the parish had a potluck supper in the grade school cafeteria, with all the kids and the noise, and the metal chairs scraping, and I glanced over and in a room off to the side I saw the sisters from the grade school around their table, and they were talking and laughing and enjoying their meal and one another, and I said to myself, "Oh, I really blew it!"
Would this possibly resonate at all with you, in various moments of your Dominican life? Moments when your heart was just not so set on "Be it done unto me…"?
Have you said to yourself or a friend or an (often) shrouded or opaque God, after making a tough decision, or a loss, or changing a ministry, or losing your "cool" in a meeting, or saying something hurtful to someone dear—
"Oh, did I blow it!?"
In these dark and confusing times when the country and the world are beset by hatreds and wars and so many little ones are suffering, and –well, you know the never-ending litany of woes—when we see how we have despoiled and poisoned Earth our Mother in this time being called the "sixth extinction;" when we see genocide and forced migration, and we are outraged and saddened and feeling both guilty and helpless amid this oh so huge and daily and casual evil – we can yield to cynicism and the temptation to withdraw from the words and actions of protest and healing.
When it is so obvious that humanity has blown it—we start asking ourselves about the best way to be faithful to our Dominican charism, and wonder whether we're choosing the right path as witnesses, as women and men of right action and truth-speaking, and ask again the nagging question: "Are we truly faithful individually and corporately, or have we missed something crucial somewhere along the line? Have we blown it?
Are we responding to the dual call of our OP roots and the call of the future?"
These are all moments of our vocation, an ongoing medley of call and response—God's call to us, ours toward God, God toward us— and we learn (again and again!) that whatever surety we thought we had—however confident we are that God agrees with us– eventually get blown!
But our wrong turns and illusions are themselves paths to growth, however painful.
I did say growth.
And here is the reason: We blow it and GOD BLOWS BACK!
As Isaiah 55 puts it: God's word is faithful. "It will not return to me empty but will accomplish what I sent it to do."
And the breath of God—Spirit, Ruah—still hovers over the deepness, the darkness, the unknowns—some 13 billion years since the exploding of creation. And the Spirit continues to breathe life and promise and memory and strength and the fire of love.
The Spirit: who is still Sophia, Wisdom, playing before God in creation, and who is still and always a surprise, and provides another learning for us that "God's ways are not our ways" and that we are painfully prone to keeping God at our size and manageable or agreeable to our dictates.
We have the Word, the Breath, breezing among us, and steadily growing us, enlarging our hearts, making of every "We really blew it" a profound occasion for becoming what we receive—Words of God— very human, very flawed, but more and more identifiable with and hospitable to every human being who like us, "Blows it"–.
Becoming, each of us, a breath of the Spirit– imperfect Words, incomplete Love, yes, but through whom Christ never ceases to pour himself out, and in whom the Spirit never ceases to simmer.
And we are Words of memory and promise that God is faithful, and as Catherine of Siena wrote," Mad with love for your creatures." All this as we go on blowing it and giving God great delight in blowing back, blowing holes in our hearts, making space in our lives even as we might be mourning our failure, our confusion, our barrenness.
Here is the Mystery: that in our turns and tumbles, massive and minor, we are actually helping God form us in "The breadth and the length and the height and the depth of the Love of Christ which is beyond all understanding that we may be filled with the utter fullness of God."
And in ways we don't understand or notice, become preachers, become lovers, become Living Words.
So we gather as we grow, and celebrate together in wisdom and grace and joy and jubilation because as we "blow it"
God's breath, Ruah, Spirit blows back –and in and around and among and through us, blowing all God's people toward unity in love.
GLORY to God whose power/love/breath/ Peace
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We have a Hive data lake which indexes all our MapR HDFS parquet data. We would like quick low-bandwidth access to samples of this data via Hive into Xcalar, so that we can do modeling with this data. How do we connect to Hive from Xcalar?
Since Hive itself is a compute platform, most of our customers do not use Hive for any heavy duty compute queries as Xcalar solves the compute issue quite easily. However you can still connect to your Hive data lake from Xcalar and perform a low-bandwidth Hive SQL query to ingest small amounts of data for sampling.
And you guessed it right, we do not recommend executing high-bandwidth queries in Hive as Hive can tend to take a while to compute the result. So if you had a use case where you needed to ingest data in parallel at a very high bandwidth you can do this very easily by directly connecting to the HDFS layer that Hive metastore references. This is the preferred option for high-bandwidth or high-throughput import.
To answer your current question, here are the steps involved in setting up a connection to your Hive Data Lake.
The first step is to install the Hive package on each node of the Xcalar cluster. Xcalar can also provide you the python wheels to do this more easily. This is especially useful, if you did not have internet access to the python repositories. Please note you will need to be root to execute the following.
apt-get install libsasl2-dev
pip3 install sasl
pip3 install --ignore-installed six thrift # It complained about six and distutils
pip3 install thrift-sasl
pip3 install pyhive
This step requires you to be a Xcalar administrator. Restart the Xcalar cluster.
You can login to Xcalar Design and use Jupyter notebook to test if you can import pyhive.
import pyhive
If above succeeds, you are all set.
This step requires you to be a Xcalar administrator. In order to connect to your Hive data lake you can use the Database Connector Target. For instance, here is an example configuration.
The above assumes that you are not using a password server. If you do use a password server, you can mention the hostname of the password server in the pswprovider_ field, and the function name to invoke the password in the pswarguments_ field. The authentication mode is CUSTOM, assuming you have implemented a CUSTOM authenticator.
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Vail Daily column: Giving thanks after Thanksgiving
Every year, it seems as though the Christmas music starts earlier and the holiday promotions and advertising start even earlier. I mean, we barely get past Halloween and we are quickly immersed in the chaos of the Christmas holiday. Now don't get me wrong — I truly love Christmas and I give thanks for the true meaning of the holiday, I simply wish that somehow we could minimize the commercialization of the holiday and get back to what it is really all about.
With that said, how many of us fall victim to that same rush and crush of the holiday? Has Thanksgiving become only another holiday sandwiched in somewhere between the Fourth of July and Christmas? Maybe we allow it to happen or we simply don't know how to stop the wave of promotions and hype that have taken over the holidays. I mean, here we are today, giving thanks and then waking up at 3 in the morning to tackle Black Friday.
For me, Thanksgiving is one of my very favorite holidays. Not only because we get to be with family and friends and enjoy the amazing meals and desserts, but also because we are intentionally put in a position to give thanks for all we have and to express gratitude for all of those people who are so very near and dear to us.
Leftover gratitude
And for many of us, our favorite part of the holiday is the access to those scrumptious leftovers. Turkey sandwiches, turkey soup, turkey salad and not to mention all of the extra apple, pumpkin and chocolate cream pie. Some of us get only a couple of days of leftovers and others stretch it out over a week or more. So if we can enjoy the benefits of the leftover turkey, why can't we seem to remember to enjoy the benefits of appreciation and giving thanks after Thanksgiving has come and gone? Leftover gratitude, I love it.
We have our routines, and as we get closer to the big holidays, our routines sometimes get compromised as we are trying to squeeze everything into an abbreviated window of time. Our daily routines might include our morning cup of coffee, a workout, maybe a little Bible study, getting to work, handling our tasks and to do's, stopping by our favorite lunch place or enjoying our lunch made at home. What if we built in time to our daily routine to recognize and appreciate what we have been blessed with in this life including all of the wonderful people in our lives?
I love being at the dinner table at Thanksgiving and hearing what everyone has to share regarding what they are most thankful for. I too get caught up in the ceremony of the day and maybe get a little too amped up about what I am thankful for.
Halo effect
But more than the holiday, I enjoy the halo effect of Thanksgiving. I love to be re-inspired to give thanks and show gratitude wherever and whenever possible. To me, the Thanksgiving Holiday is kind of like New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve most of us get inspired to set new goals, drop bad habits, and renew our interests in meaningful work or activities. Thanksgiving is the same in that it should inspire us to maintain the spirit of gratitude for the next 365 days.
And you see, just like New Year's Eve, when some people establish goals and quickly lose interest within a few days, people who celebrate Thanksgiving and share their appreciation on that day seem to quickly forget their blessings as they rush into the end of year priorities and holidays. Staying committed to an attitude of gratitude takes work. We must build it into our daily routines and internalize the importance of showing gratitude and appreciation.
So how about you? Is Thanksgiving a one-and-done holiday for you or do you use it as a time of year to renew your passion and intent around being grateful for everyone and all things in your life? Either way, I would love to hear all about it at firstname.lastname@example.com. And when we can give thanks after Thanksgiving, it really will be a better than good week.
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Last night's season opener for the Columbus Blue Jackets was a fight and shootout short of having everything fans go to games for. We had great goalie play accompanied by bone crushing hits from the muscle line of Josh Anderson, Brandon Dubinsky and Boooooooooooooooooone Jenner. We had speed out of the fourth line of Anthony Duclair, Riley Nash and Sonny Milano that showed the speed and skill of some organization's first line. All around, it was great to get out of Detroit with two points to start the season with a backup goalie at the helm.
Maybe if there was a fight and shootout guaranteed, the fine people of Detroit would've actually come to the game. How do you call yourself Hockeytown and then have a sea of empty seats on Opening Night? Just doesn't add up.
Oh yeah, and we had our prized Russian forward, Artemi "Bread Man" Panarin having a monster shift in overtime where he seemed like he was on the ice for 45-minutes searching for the winning goal, reminding us how much we're gonna miss him next year when he takes a payday in a "fancier" city with a lesser hockey team.
I guess we just have to enjoy him while he's wearing Union Blue, fellow 5th-Liners. In a perfect world, the Jackets make a cup run and he realizes how fun Columbus is and decides to stay. In a semi-perfect world, Panarin bolts the day after the Stanley Cup parade when he decides he'd rather lose in Florida and we use the cap space to pay Bobrovsky and two free agent scorers. In our own personal hell, we're a bubble playoff team come deadline and we ship him off to Tampa for some draft picks and a prospect that needs a change of scenery.
Let's not put the cart before the horse though. It's only October and lot can happen. Keep in mind, we still have to look forward to the subsequent injury to a star player as soon as Seth Jones is healthy and ready to return. Because, remember: we're not allowed to have nice things, aka a fully healthy roster.
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Oduya (undisclosed) will not play on Saturday.
Oduya will not play for the third straight game and with Robert Hagg also out, Travis Sanheim has been recalled from the AHL and will play on Saturday.
The Flyers have claimed Johnny Oduya off of waivers from the Senators.
Oduya doesn't offer much fantasy value at this point in his career. Even while playing on the top pair alongside Erik Karlsson he couldn't muster more than a measly 8 points (4G/4A) in 51 games this season. Nevertheless, he adds some much needed depth and stability to the Flyers' blue line.
Oduya (undisclosed) will not be in the Senators lineup on Monday.
Oduya is battling an undisclosed injury so he won be in the lineup tonight in Minnesota. Oduya will not play for the third time in five games so he will be replaced by Frederik Claesson.
Oduya (lower-body) is expected to play Thursday vs. the Blues.
Oduya has missed the last two games with a lower-body injury but was on the ice for Wednesday's practice and is expected to be in the lineup tonight. Oduya, who will skate with Erik Karlsson, has two goals and four assists in 37 games this season.
Oduya (lower-body) will not play on Tuesday.
After being listed as questionable on Monday, Oduya stepped on the ice for the Senators morning skate, only to leave early. He will be scratched tonight which means that Frederik Claesson will be back in on the blueline.
Source: @Senators 01/9/18, 6:51 am EST
Oduya (lower-body) is questionable for Tuesday's game vs. Chicago.
Oduya left Saturday's game with a lower-body injury and did not return. Oduya left midway through the third period and is considered questionable for tomorrow's game—monitor his status in the morning.
Oduya (lower-body) will not play Friday in Calgary.
Oduya will miss his third straight game with a lower-body injury, but could potentially return to the lineup on Saturday.
Oduya (lower-body) is day-to-day; questionable for Saturday's game vs. Detroit.
Oduya sustained the injury in the Senators' opening night loss to the Capitals and is not expected to be in the lineup tonight vs. the Red Wings. Oduya, who played just 10:04 on Thursday, will be replaced by Ben Harpur on the back-end.
Source: Don Brennan 10/7/17, 7:21 am EST
The Senators have signed Johnny Oduya to a one-year deal worth $1.0M.
Oduya (rest) will be back in the Blackhawks lineup on Tuesday.
Oduya sat out of Sunday's game vs. the Avalanche, but will be back in the lineup tonight vs. the Canucks. Oduya has one goal and one assist in five games this season.
Source: Eric Lear 03/21/17, 8:44 am EST
Oduya (rest) will be back in the Blackhawks' lineup on Sunday.
Oduya will sit out Friday's game for precautionary reasons.
The Blackhawks have acquired Johnny Oduya from the Stars for Mark McNeill and a conditional fourth round pick.
Oduya was with the Blackhawks from the second half of 2012 until 2015, where he collected nine goals and 34 assists (43 points) in 219 games. Oduya has just seven points (1G / 6A) in 37 games with the Stars this season, but is an upgrade on Michal Rozsival as the Blackhawks' seven defenseman.
The Stars have placed Johnny Oduya (lower-body) on injured reserve.
Oduya suffered a lower-body injury on Wednesday and it is enough to keep him out for at least one week, so the Stars have moved him to IR and called Julius Honka up from Texas (AHL).
Oduya (lower-body) will not play on Thursday.
Oduya left Tuesday's game with a lower-body injury and did not return. Oduya played just 8:41 TOI before retiring to the dressing room and will miss Thursday's game as a result. He is listed as day-to-day.
Source: Mike Heika 01/18/17, 7:59 am EST
Oduya (lower-body) could return to the lineup this weekend.
Oduya has missed the last eight games with a lower-body injury, but is expected to be ready for this weekend. Oduya has picked up one goal and four assists (five points) in 19 games this season. The Stars have went 3-4-1 in the eight games that he has missed so far.
Oduya will miss a couple of weeks with an upper-body injury.
Oduya left Sunday's game in the first period with an upper-body injury and did not return. The injury will keep him out for at least two weeks, which means that Kyle Cumiskey should draw back into the lineup on Tuesday.
Oduya (lower-body) doubtful for Friday's game.
Oduya suffered a lower-body injury in Thursday's pregame warmups and likely will not play tonight vs. the Blue Jackets.
Oduya (leg) will play tonight.
Oduya missed practice on Tuesday after blocking a shot in Monday's win over the Oilers. He is averaging 20:27 TOI on the Blackhawks second paring and is enjoying a strong start to the season. He has two goals and seven points in 25 games (on pace for 23 points), his career high is 29 in 2008-09.
Defenseman Johnny Oduya will see time on #Blackhawks' power play vs. Kings tomorrow night.
Look for Oduya to get more offensive minutes after scoring a dramatic goal last night. He has no power play points this season.
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Both Happy Feet B and Cooper 166 jumped around great at Brownland Farm Fall I!
Happy Feet B competed in her very first Welcome Stakes. She jumped double clear to finish 5th overall. She also competed in her first Grand Prix! She was double clear to finish in 2nd!
Cooper 166 had a great round to finish 2nd in the 1.30ms ealier in the week and jumped a very respectable double clear to finish in 5th place in the Grand Prix.
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Chicago data center Steadfast Networks has made its third acquisition of the year, buying consulting firm Radius IT to better serve the financial services sector.
Steadfast, which is targeting annual sales of more than $6 million this year, generally prefers to grow through sales, but the company turned to an acquisition strategy this year partly because valuations were low, said president Karl Zimmerman. Steadfast gained five employees in the Radius IT transaction, and the acquired company is now Steadfast Financial Networks Division. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed.
With the acquisition, Steadfast adds a consulting component to its core offerings of data center resources, colocation and network resources. Radius IT focused on procuring hardware and data center locations for clients. "We've had a growing number of financial customers and we'd like to better serve those customers and offer them a more complete line of services," Zimmerman said. "With both of our resources combined, we can provide end-to-end solutions on the IT side to get them the hardware, the colocation and the engineering to put it together for them."
Radius brings customers
Located at 350 E Cermak Road in Chicago, Radius operates in the same building as the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, one of its clients. Radius IT's customer base includes electronic trading companies, options traders, hedge funds and investment banking firms. The deal grew out of a healthy partnership between Steadfast and Radius IT, Zimmerman said. As the two companies engaged in more work together, the acquisition made sense.
Usually, Zimmerman said he prefers to grow Steadfast organically. He started the company as a web hosting firm in 1998 at the age of 14, then moved into dedicated servers in 2003.
Low valuations a factor
"Generally, it seems to be easier to spend that money acquiring the customers directly ourselves and not having to integrate someone else's solutions," said Zimmerman, who started the company as a web hosting firm in 1998 at the age of 14, then moved into dedicated servers in 2003. "Most acquisitions seem to be overpriced, but in the currently economy, values have been more reasonable."
Steadfast acquired New York NOC, a virtual service provider, in January. "We've had demand for service in the New York area," Zimmerman said. The company also acquired VPS Speed, in June, which allowed Steadfast to accelerate the virtualized side of the business.


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If, like many college students, you survive on ramen noodles and black coffee, your body is screaming for nutrients. Where but a cruise could you eat all you want, anytime you want it, from gourmet dining to 'cruising' the huge buffet?
Love lobster tails? Hungry for a burger and fries? Want spectacular Italian dishes? Mouth watering for a steak? Craving Mexican food? Odds are, if you want a certain kind cuisine, it will be available on your spring break cruise. Don't like something? Send it back. Exchange it for something else.
Leaving Winter Blues Behind
Chances are, it's still windy and chilly, in the US, when you depart for the tropics. With average temperatures, a pleasant 79F, in the Caribbean, it's just right for sun worshippers who are working on an early tan. And you won't get overheated on a walking exploration of the various ports of call.
Did you Say Duty-Free Shopping?
If you adore shopping, you'll be ecstatic about duty-free shopping, which is basically a deep discount. You'll save big on sumptuous items, such as watches, collectibles, designer fragrances, jewelry, cameras, crystal and more. Remember to browse quaint little stores off the beaten path for items handcrafted by locals.
Great for take-home souvenirs.
Entertain Me!
You won't have to fight through throngs of people, or get lost on unfamiliar streets, to find quality entertainment on your spring break cruise. Even better, onboard entertainment is free.
Just a few steps from your cabin, you can go club-hopping, without paying cover charges. Dance until dawn, head to the restaurant for breakfast and then off to your delicious bed.
After-dinner entertainment features acts such as: dancers, singers, comedians and acrobats.
Meet Amazing People
The spring break cruise offers an auspicious opportunity to meet your peers from all over the country. It's likely you won't see these people again, but you'll gather enough treasured memories for a lifetime. It's entirely possible to connect with a romantic interest or meet your new bestie.
Get Pampered
Ensure that you schedule a pampering session in the ship's spa. Enjoy a soul-soothing massage, sauna and steam room. (spa prices are not included with cruise ticket).
Opt for an early buffet dinner and relish a leisurely swim, while most other cruisers are dining. Then, have a relaxing soak in the jacuzzi.
Final Thoughts
You know those moments when you think this is it…I'll never be happier than I am right now…I'll never feel more than I do right now?
Above all things, this is what you'll take away from your spring break cruise.


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Dumpster Rental in Mililani Town, HI
The Best Rolloff Dumpster Rental Prices in Mililani Town HI For Construction or Residential Dumpsters
- What size do you need?
- How much will it cost?
- Do you need a permit?
- What about recycling?
To Help answer any roll off rental questions you may have we've put together this Guide to Renting a Dumpster, we hope you find if helpful:
- Choosing The Best Dumpster Size For Your Project
- Understanding Dumpster Rental Prices in Mililani Town
- When Do You Need a Dumpster Permit & When Don't You
If you are expecting a gigantic load of trash for disposal, such as when you are having a home renovation project for instance, renting a dumpster in the Honolulu area is going to sound sensible, indeed. Then again, this may be the first time you will be doing such a thing, renting a dumpster, that is. If you have never rented a dumpster before, however, it is important that you find out all you can about it before going for it. Our dumpsters come with a lock to prevent unauthorized dumping. Some people may take advantage and throw toxic waste or bulky trash on the open metal container.
Don't wait for an inspector to visit your home. Below are some of the basic information you will need on the industry. Continue reading and see if roll off rentals are right for you.
How Big is the Dumpster Should I Rent to Clear My Yard?
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Size matters greatly, and this you should carefully consider when renting a roll off container. Renting a container that is much bigger than your actual need is an unnecessary waste of money. However, we can help you in this regard. Our experienced and expert staff can recommend not just the size but also the type of dumpster for your particular requirement after getting some basic information about the kind of debris you are trying to throw away. The following is just among the sizes you can choose from when you rent dumpster:
The standard size for rental dumpsters that are available from one of our service locations range from 10-, 20-, 30-, and 40-cubic yards. Let's outline the main differences of the different metal dumpsters:
Trash Removal, Garage and One-Room Upgrading: Generally, for a one-room remodeling project, you will need a 20-cubic yarder because this can typically hold about 6 truckloads of wastes, but note that when you have to take away large items, such as kitchen furniture, tops, and appliances, then a 30-cubic yarder makes a safer bet.
Multiple-Room Remodel: If the project involves several rooms in the house, you may need a larger-sized dumpster, such as the 30-cubic yard one. Just remember, the larger the volume, the bigger the dumpster size.
One Storage Area Cleanup: When it is a storage area you are dealing with, just like the attic, the basement, or the garage, go for a smaller-sized dumpster, one that's between 10 and 15 cubic yards. Then again, if you are throwing away old furniture, you will need a bigger dumpster.
Whole House Cleanup: A whole house cleanup will most likely require a 15-20- cubic yard dumpster, a size that can typically accommodate your furniture. If the house is big, though, the 30-cubic yard dumpster may be more suitable. These yard containers are sufficient to even stow away your furniture and then some.
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I'm not much of a numbers guy but I appreciated the first round of presenters at the 2012 Colloquium on Digital Humanities which took place this weekend at the University of Chicago. The theme was 'big data'.
Here Diane Cline (U. Cincy) is giving a talk on "The Social Network of Alexander the Great" and a major part of her presentation were lines of connections, shown on a graph, between Alexander the Great, people who he knew, people who knew him, people who knew the people who knew him, etc. -- all charted out as a series of spiraling lines and nodes.


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Joska Soos, a Hungarian shaman was a most remarkable shaman in the world. According to his opinion "Singing Bowl are very old, much older than Lamiasm. Scientfic research proves that the original bowls date from 2400 years before Christ."
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Alloy is a mixture of metal and other elements. Alloy of the Singing Bowls is a very controversial talk. Many local shops claim / talks about Seven alloy, extracted from seven astrological planets belief:
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- Lead regarded as Saturn.
- Tin regarded as Jupiter.
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Montenegro News
Aman to launch new wellness focuses Janu brand
Janu launches with three forthcoming hotels which are already under construction: Montenegro, Al Ula in Saudi Arabia and Tokyo, as well as a robust pipeline of future hotels.
voco Podgorica takes brand into south-eastern Europe
The 81-room hotel embodies the characteristics of the latest InterContinental Hotels Group brand, with exclusive features and distinctive hallmarks, setting it apart for a memorable stay.
Marriott signs to take Ritz-Carlton brand into Montenegro
Under the plan funded by Al Yasra, the Ritz-Carlton, Montenegro and the Ritz-Carlton Residences, Montenegro are scheduled to bring the brand to the country in 2023.
Gajic to lead sales at Regent Porto Montenegro
Ivan Rudolf Gajic will be responsible for leading and further improving all sales and marketing efforts of the award-winning Regent Porto Montenegro.
Portonovi set for Montenegro debut this summer
Montenegro's hottest new resort, Portonovi, has released new CGIs highlighting how the new development will look ahead of the launch this summer.
Kai Dieckmann, general manager, Regent Porto Montenegro
Taking the prestigious title of Montenegro's Leading Hotel at the World Travel Awards Europe Gala Ceremony 2018 in Athens, Greece, Kai Dieckmann, general manager of the Regent Porto Montenegro, speaks to Breaking Travel News about how it feels to have won.
Dieckmann to lead Regent Porto Montenegro
Regent Porto Montenegro has announced the appointment of Kai Dieckmann as general manager. Dieckmann joins Regent Porto Montenegro from the legendary Sandy Lane Hotel in Barbados, where he was positioned as resident manager.
Etihad Airways signs codeshare deal with Montenegro Airlines
Etihad Airways and Montenegro Airlines, the flag carrier of the Republic of Montenegro, have signed a codeshare agreement that provides travellers with enhanced connectivity when flying between south-east Europe and the Middle East. The agreement will see Etihad Airways placing its "EY" code on Montenegro Airlines' flights between Belgrade and two destinations in Montenegro – its capital Podgorica and the attractive town of Tivat on the Adriatic coast.
The Chedi plans Montenegro opening for 2018
Luxury hotel brand The Chedi is set to open its second European property in Lustica Bay, on the coast of Montenegro. Covering seven million square metres, The Chedi Lustica Bay will be the largest five-star hotel in the Boka Bay, offering 110 rooms, two restaurants, a bar, conference and business centre, an outdoor pool, spa and fitness centre featuring indoor heated pool and gymnasium and ancillary facilities.
Investment Corporation of Dubai acquires Porto Montenegro Marina
Regent Hotels & Resorts has confirmed The Investment Corporation of Dubai, the principal investment arm of the Government of Dubai, has agreed to the purchase of Porto Montenegro Marina & Resort in May 2016. The transaction marks ICD's first investment in Montenegro and the yacht marina sector, both of which are expected to experience strong growth in coming years.
Regent Porto Montenegro brings a luxury flourish to southern Europe
Regent Porto Montenegro has opened its doors to guests for the first time. The 51-room and 35-suite deluxe property is the first and only hotel in the Porto Montenegro super-yacht marina resort and is Regent Hotels & Resorts' second property in Europe and its seventh world-wide. "We are absolutely thrilled to announce the opening of the Regent Porto Montenegro, the latest addition to the growing Regent Hotels & Resorts collection," said Mark Lettenbichler, chief executive, Regent Hotels & Resorts.
Foreign investment floods into Montenegrin tourism
After gaining independence in 2006, Montenegro, a country half the size of Wales and with a population of just 625,000 has attracted over €4 billion in foreign investment, and now has investors from over 100 countries around the world. The latest property development funded by British private equity company, the Boka Group - who have themselves managed over €1 billion of development value in the country, celebrated the start of construction on its latest scheme of luxury villas overlooking Kotor Bay last week, marking the start with a foundation stone ceremony attended by the mayor of Kotor.


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The Outstanding Attitude Awards, run by disability-led charity Attitude is Everything, celebrate excellence in live event accessibility and highlight best practice across the whole event industry. The winners were selected by an independent panel of music fans, artists, journalists and other industry experts.
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TYSONS CORNER, VA March 3, 2015 — Executive Mosaic — ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday on Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch's remarks assuring that the network of new Iridium NEXT satellites would be in place as scheduled in 2017.
Space News cited Iridium's earnings call Feb. 26, where Desch bared the June 2015 launch for the first two satellites have been moved to October but that the company's launch providers remain committed to the final deadline despite the delay.
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When we were listening to the take of "The St. Louis Vipers Club" on Kitchen Swing after recording it, Steve asked Cass, "sounds pretty good, huh?" Cass nodded enthusiastically and said, "yeah, nobody play like that no more." True, to a point, but nobody ever has or ever will play anything like Elvin Jones did.
Elvin was my last real hero, a player who I truly idolized. I only got to see him play once, at the Hollywood Bowl, where I gazed at him through binoculars until my arms fell asleep. He was a grinning tiger down there on the stage, looking so natural and fluid that he made the rest of his Jazz Machine, all monster players less than half his age, look like they'd never performed in public before.
Watching him then, I guessed he had a good ten or twenty years.
A lot of jazzers can tell you who's on a record just by listening. I've never been any good at that. There are three or four musicians I can recognize: Monk, Harry Connick (because it sounds like a new recording of Monk), and Elvin. Maybe John Coltrane. A lot of people think Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham invented the broken triplet (triplets played between three drums — y'know, "boogita boogita boogita"), but Elvin played them first. And up until the day he died, nobody played them with more style and swing.
What Elvin played couldn't be notated! There simply just isn't a way to write down the way he kept time. My friend Joe Adamik, drummer for Califone, likes to argue with me about Elvin's technique. I think he wouldn't be able to play corp level rudiments, at least not the satisfaction of any corp leader (provided they didn't know it was him). I don't know, maybe he could, but years and years ago I felt I had to make a decision: I could either take the path to mastery of technique or of swing, and it was listening to Elvin that made the choice easy for me.
Groove, feel, swing, call it what you will, but that elusive element of music is what moves people, literally as well as emotionally. Although Elvin's work with 'Trane is considered avante garde, it still stands up as some of the very rare material in that style that has an undeniable accessibility, even a spirituality. If I could ever be a part of something even half as great as any project Elvin worked on, I'd consider my life's work complete. If you can find it, check out the record he did with the group Oregon. Elvin and tabla — now THAT'S a cool record.
Naturally, the man was full of humility and humor, which made him a role model for any serious artist. Pianist Keith Jarrett once said that the most important thing artists can do is question the purity of their desire to create.
Listen to two measures of Elvin Jones expressing himself through the drum kit, and you'll hear that his is truly a pure musical soul.


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As the frequency of natural disasters rises, so increases the probability that a major catastrophe will strike the U.S. at an even higher cost than the over $200 billion in combined insured losses experienced as a result of Hurricanes Katrina and Superstorm Sandy. That became evident as the nation struggled to recover from the back-to-back hits in 2017 from Hurricanes Harvey in Texas and Irma, along the southeastern coast.
With many aware of this fact, there has been widespread agreement among policymakers and industry stakeholders about the importance of mitigating ahead of disasters and building our homes and businesses more resiliently. But in recent years there have also been numerous discussions in Congress, state capitals, and within the insurance industry about the concept of transferring some or all of a state's "catastrophic risk" to the federal government.
This model, which essentially forces the federal government to act as a reinsurer for states, would only be a further drain on taxpayers already subsidizing a rapidly increasing amount of post-disaster costs. The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, an example of how a federal catastrophe backstop works on the state level, imposes a liability on the states' taxpayers of over $30 billion but has no evident funding mechanism that would allow it to pay anywhere near that amount in claims. A model like the FHCF at the federal level also would only increase the moral hazard already experienced by states and local governments, who have little incentive to require homes and businesses to be built resiliently; they know that the large majority of post-disaster costs are covered by the federal taxpayer.
NAMIC opposes efforts to provide federal support for state-sponsored insurance programs, which could create incentives for more states to create risky catastrophe plans similar to what exists in Florida, and increase the federal government's financial exposure. Artificial controls on the market mask the real issues of increased risk and lack of mitigation in disaster prone areas.
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A colourful new initiative is bringing Kingswood to life with a collection of glazed ceramic birds and footpath markings to brighten up the community this winter.
Wainwright Park's fortnightly pop-up Village Café, in partnership with local artists, has created a beautiful space, which features glazed ceramic birds in the trees.
Brightly coloured birds have also been spray painted on the surrounding footpaths, which lead to local landmarks.
Village Café Kingswood is an event that provides a friendly, inviting space for local residents to visit, meet and talk with each other and the wellbeing support team led by Penrith City Council.
A Council spokesperson said the project was a great way for the community to come together and spread creativity.
"The 'A little bird told me' project was created to provide Village Cafe Kingswood participants with opportunities for creatively sharing and exploring their experiences and local knowledge," the spokesperson said.
"As an arts project, it sits strongly within the wellbeing framework of the Village Café model by providing residents with captivating, artistic activities and shared, positive experiences while also encouraging people to consider their strengths and wisdom."
The walking trails were suggested by local residents during the project and they have been marked out using bird stencils along popular routes within Kingswood.
Different colours denote different destinations, for example the orange birds lead to the railway station, red birds to Nepean Hospital and blue birds to Kingswood Public School.
"Marking the trails was a clear way of sharing local knowledge, especially in a neighbourhood where walking is a common activity amongst the many different groups within the community," the spokesperson said.
As public art, the ceramic birds installed in the trees have an expected lifespan of one to five years. The bird trails should last into summer but will fade over time through exposure to the elements.
The spokesperson said the response from the community has been overwhelmingly positive with the birds attracting attention on social media. The next pop-up will be on Thursday, June 27 at Wainwright Park.
A graduate of Western Sydney University, Nicola Barton is a news journalist with the Western Weekender, primarily covering crime and politics.


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Note: My comments in this blog regarding PlanSJ are mine alone as a citizen and Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) member, and are not intended to represent the views of the CAC as a whole.
What's wrong with this picture?
This is a page from a petition to the City of Saint John Common Council from the Friends of Rockwood Park, submitted last fall. Look at the addresses. On this page almost all the names are those of people who live outside the City.
Think that's just one page? I looked through a number of other pages from this petition. See below. The yellow tags below flag non-residents. (I give some credit to those signatories who actually disclosed that they lived in Rothesay, Quispamsis, Grand Bay or elsewhere; shame on those who didn't.)
These few pages are just a sample, but in fact the petition is filled with signatures of people who don't actually live in Saint John, but obviously think they should have a voice in the conduct of the City's affairs. (I can only hope that Councillors didn't take this particular petition at face value.)
Don't get me wrong. My article today isn't about Rockwood Park. I'm simply using the Rockwood Park petition as an example of another problem, and that problem is the sense of entitlement that many outside Saint John seem to have regarding their right to participate in City policy-making. (The Rockwood Park petition neatly demonstrates that attitude, as do many online comments under a typical Telegraph Journal City Section article.) Many residents of Greater Saint John also think the City has an obligation to provide them with services, even if they don't pay municipal taxes in Saint John itself.
So who is the City actually obligated to serve, and who are its Councillors responsible to? This is a key question underpinning the very definition of PlanSJ's mission, and it's one that's already being challenged as PlanSJ begins to c0mmunicate a vision for Saint John that some outside city limits seem to find either inconvenient or threatening.
This isn't a trivial issue. A municipal plan that optimizes the outcome for the region as a whole would look very, very different from one that optimizes the outcome for Saint John and its citizens. Unfortunately, prioritizing the interests of non-residents means — at least to some degree — compromising the interests of Saint Johners themselves. So it's absolutely essential that PlanSJ be clear in its mission, both in its execution of the municipal planning work, and in its dealings with various stakeholders inside and outside the City.
I've personally run into this issue when the topics of PlanSJ or City politics have come up during conversations with people who live in outlying communities. More often than not, non-residents I've spoken with expect to have a voice in City affairs. They also expect the City of Saint John to look after their interests. That expectation is clearly reflected in the opinions of non-residents about what PlanSJ should and should not be doing, and what Saint John should be putting its money into.
It's hard not to get a little angry over this. The fact is, residents of Greater Saint John want to eat their cake and have it too. They don't want the burden of Saint John's finances, but they certainly expect the benefits of its services and infrastructure.
And it isn't just individuals. We've seen a prioritization of regional interests over City interests in discussions with the Saint John Board of Trade, and that issue also lies at the heart of PlanSJ's resistance to the demands of the Saint John Airport (which is a regional facility and should be supported regionally). It's even a key element of Enterprise Saint John's current dispute with Saint John Common Council.
Regionalism isn't a bad word. Regionalism and cooperation is the ideal, as long as every party involved gets benefits that outweigh their costs and risks. But regionalism that's based on investments and compromises made by Saint John alone is unacceptable.
PlanSJ's mandate is clear. We're here to help make Saint John sustainable, and to serve the needs of citizens of Saint John. While I wish the residents of Grand Bay, Rothesay, Quispamsis and other outlying suburbs well, the sustainability of their communities and the interests of their citizens are not the responsibility of the City of Saint John or the PlanSJ team. We're here for the citizens of Saint John, and that's it.
So my message to all those good people of Greater Saint John who want a voice in City policy … If you aren't allowed to vote here, then you're out of the game. That's one of the many costs of choosing to live outside the City.
Residents of Grand Bay, the Kingston peninsula, Quispamis, Rothesay, Westfield, Hampton, Sussex, St Andrews, Black Harbour, Musquash, Norton, Baxters Corner, St Martins, et al … please think about that the next time you're signing a petition, pontificating in the TJ, or going mad dog at a dinner party. If you really want a voice in municipal affairs, camp out on the doorsteps of the people to whom you actually do pay taxes.


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Sun Microsystems has unveiled its next generation of workstations, called the Ultra 30. The Ultra 30s have the first Sun workstations to use the industry-standard PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) interface rather than Sun's own SBus.
In an effort to contain the growth of Intel-based systems by vendors like Dell and Compaq, Sun will also unveil a line of workstations priced under $US5000 sometime "this winter", according to Sun's Robert Novak.
Billed as Sun's highest performance single processor workstations, the Ultra 30 comes in 250 and 300MHz configurations. They feature what Sun calls an industry-first dual channel, 64-bit 66MHz PCI I/O bus, designed to support Sun's 1.6Gb/sec Ultra Port Architecture (UPA).
On the networking side, the switch to PCI slots will let Sun's customers choose from a wide variety of third-party network interface cards, provided they support Solaris - and to that end Sun will also announce a list of more than 20 third-party vendors working on PCI cards for Solaris. Sun itself will sell a variety of these cards, such as Fast Ethernet.
According to analysts, the switch to PCI comes none too soon. "I think they're behind the curve," says Jim Garden, director for technical services with Technology Business Research.
The SBus is not completely dead, however. Novak doesn't rule out the possibility of more SBus-based server products from Sun, but he predicts that his company "probably will not continue to develop new Workstation platforms that will be SBus based". And though Sun is promising full support for the SBus interface, Novak says this will only continue for a few more years as Sun completes the transition to PCI.