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Van Marle Chauffeur Car Service in London, offering a range of executive car chauffeuring services ranging from personal luxury chauffeur hire, airport transfers, wedding cars to business chauffeur hire. All in a range of luxury cars such as mercedes, rolls royce, range rover and bmw all driven by our experienced chauffeurs.
Our professional drivers offer a first class chauffeur service, chauffeuring you around London or your chosen destination. All our luxury cars provide both comfort, style and a stress free journey every time. We pride ourselves in offering an outstanding service for both personal and business use when you choose our executive chauffeur hire.
Catering for customers in and around London our luxury chauffeur hire can accommodate airport transfers, taking you to and from the airport of your choosing. Making sure your high standard of travel continues from airport to car in one of our luxury cars. Our professional drivers will ensure that your journey is as smooth and relaxing as possible, ensuring a stress free trip, at Van Marle London we believe in high standards.
London based Van Marle Chauffeur Car Service also provides luxury chauffeur hire wedding cars for your big day, with a vast range to choose from we can cater for everyone from the bride, groom, wedding party and family, to ensure your big day is as special as you in one of our luxury cars driven by our experienced chauffeurs.
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Content Marketing | 4 min July 23, 2018
The Role of Native Advertising in Your Content Marketing Strategy
With traditional online advertising in a tailspin, marketers have invested much of their energy into content creation, casting a wide net for eyeballs via both owned and earned channels. However, the saturation problem presents itself with rising force: creating great content alone does not cut it anymore, and distribution is stalling. The answer?

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Carenado announces the release of their latest X-Plane aircraft add-on, the S340. It offers advanced features like high-end 4K PBR graphics throughout, custom EHSI and EADI instruments with detached pop-up windows, custom autopilot and much more.
As the A380 heads for the sunset in the real world, developer iniBuilds continues to work on their iniSimulations A380 project for X-Plane. While no release date has yet been proposed, they report significant progress in the plane's development.
The announcement by Carenado that they were doing a C172SP Skyhawk for X-Plane left reviewer Shawn Weigelt wondering if the flight simulator world really needed another 172. Well, maybe so when it's "amazing" as Shawn concluded this one is. Read the review to learn why he liked it so much.
While offering scant details, Turbulent Designs has shown some pictures of upcoming projects. They report working on scenery for both Prepar3D v4 and X-Plane. Judging by the photos and comments they are working on some large commercial airports that will includes lots of detailed objects.
Aerobask previously provided some preview screen shots of their upcoming Epic E1000 for X-Plane 11. They have now released a video showing this plane in action. The Aerobask Epic E1000 is fitted with a custom-enhanced Laminar G1000 avionics suite.
X-Plane scenery designer David Flamm specializes in a very scenic part of the world: Alaska. Being a native he knows the area well and often visits the places he creates scenery for. He's also a real world pilot and gets to explore large parts of the state as part of his mission. Check out his scenery and learn more in our interview.
EGPB Sumburgh Airport from Orbx is the first ever airport for X-Plane 11 designed to integrate with TrueEarth GB North and it's coming soon. EGPB features realistic night lighting, highly detailed airport modelling, and a large coverage area of photoreal scenery. Sumburgh Airport is the main airport serving Shetland in Scotland.
The new PA-28-181 Archer III for X-Plane from Just Flight, developed in partnership with Thranda Design, comes in ten paint schemes and features PBR materials with real-time environment reflections, HD textures, numerous accurate animations and down-to-the-rivet detailing. It is now available at the FlightSim.Com Store.
The French airport Courchevel is one of the world's most extreme airports. It serves a ski resort in the French Alps and the runway itself looks much like ski slope. Gaya Simulation announces their progress on bringing this airport to X-Plane and provides some screen shots.
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Boeing 747 first flight, Supercritical Simulations Group previews their SSG 747-8 V2 for X-Plane. The preview images show progress on the external model but similar work is being done on the rest of the model. When done it will feature 4K textures and lots of details.
Damyns Hall Aerodrome is a small but feature rich airfield which features realistic vegetation, delivering the most realistic rural environment possible. Located 2 nm from Upminster in the London Borough of Havering, England, this airfield boasts around 100 acres of grassland. Now available from Orbx for X-Plane 11.
The "Aeroporto di Bergamo-Orio al Serio", also often called Milan/Bergamo, is one of three international airports in the Milan region. With Airport Bergamo from Aerosoft, this airport now finds its way to X-Plane 11, complete with all buildings and service facilities.
X-Plane scenery designer Vertical-Simulations asks "who's ready for some eastern Iowa action?" and offers some preview screen shots of their upcoming scenery.
Lisbon XP from Taburet is a complete scenery for the city of Lisbon, Portugal, both day and night. It includes custom objects, custom lighting, autogen blended into a photorealistic base texturing. All objects and buildings are based on real world data, position, dimension as accurate as possible. Lisbon's landmarks are now depicted into LisbonXP. The scenery extends much further than downtown Lisbon, providing more immersive low level flights.
Damyns Hall Aerodrome, coming to X-Plane from Orbx, is a small but feature rich airfield with realistic vegetation, delivering the most realistic rural environment possible. Located 2 nm south of Upminster in England, this airfield boasts around 100 acres of grassland.


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Oriat is one of the ring districts of the Varisian city of Kaer Maga. It is the primary home of the city's artists and free-thinkers, and a favorite among Kaer Maga's youth. Sadly, it has also played host to a decades-long sectarian street battle between two factions of an order of monks, the Brothers of the Seal.[1]
Places of InterestEdit
- The Broken Monastery
- The Burning Brand
- The Lyceum
- The Silent Partner
- Street of Sighs
- The Succoring Muse
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In Beirut, you can see a different sort of memorial to the exploits of imperial armies: Not far from the Arab University, British and French war cemeteries border a quiet stretch of Mufti Hasan Khaled Street. Here is the reminder that the ordinary citizens of the imperial countries, as well as their colonial subjects, also paid the price for wars of conquest.
In the British War cemetery are the burials of those fallen in Lebanon "for king and country" during the First and Second World Wars. (There are other British cemeteries in Sidon to the south and Tripoli to the north.) Among meticulously groomed lawns and beautiful plantings of oleanders and roses, on one side of the street you can read on the gravestones the names of 363 fallen soldiers of WW I -- like Private C.F. Allen, age 27, Bedfordshire Regiment, died 8th November 1918; Private Jim George, age 24, 13th Hussars, died 19th October 1918; L. Cpl. S.H. Boonham, age 22, Staffordshire Yeomen, died 16th October 1918; Private William Dallimore, age 33, 17th Lancers, died 24th October 1918; Driver A.S. Nicholls, age 23, Royal Field Artillery, died 22 November 1918; Corporal H.Y. Greenwood, age 23, Middlesex Yeomanry, died 24th November 1918; and Private Frances P. O'Donovan, age 21, 10th Bn. London Regiment died 22 November 1918.
Around these monuments, shaded here and there by lovely Aleppo pines and Jacaranda trees, are the gravestones of Commonwealth soldiers from the Second World War: British, Australian, New Zealand and Canadian, with a scattered few from Greek, Polish, "native" South African units and, standing a little to one side, a few individual grave of Muslim Indians and African troops.
Despite its martial character, the British cemetery in Beirut is one of the most serene and lovely places in city. The site employs an ample staff of gardeners, managed by a Lebanese supervisor who studied horticulture in Glasgow. Nobody did Empire in the modern Era as well as the British , and they don't want you to forget it: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission oversees 7500 sites in over 100 countries.
The French are much less fastidious about their own military cemetery next door, which was closed when I visited. Here the markers are low to the ground, surrounded by a simple layer of white gravel, but they also reveal something about the Empire defended itself with colonial, as well as Metropolitan soldiers. Among the French gravestones of those "Mort Pour La France" that I could see through the fence were many names from Vietnam, Algeria, Morocco and Sub-Saharan Africa.
There is no cemetery in Beirut for the 241 Marines who died in the truck bombing of their barracks on October 23, 1983. The modern Empire has the means to return its war dead home and their monument is at the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
There is no cemetery in Beirut for the 241 Marines who died in the truck bombing of their barracks on October 23, 1983. The modern Empire has the means to return its war dead home and their monument is at the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
Some of these fallen soldiers might well have believed they were bringing freedom to the benighted peoples of the Middle East, but Mr. Sykes and Monsieur Picot had already made other plans in 1916. They simply looked at a map and divided up the region between them. Nobody cared much then about what The Natives wanted.
The territory that is now Lebanon and Syria (with another piece of land eventually returned to Turkey) was given to the French; Iraq, Trans-Jordan, and Palestine – where Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour had promised in 1917 to establish "a national home for the Jewish people" – became British.
It took decades and another World War before the peoples in the region carved up by the British and French achieved at least nominal independence – all except for the Palestinians. Of course we are still living with the consequences.


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I choose the Halloween Hauntings SVG Bundle to work with, I used it for all of my projects this month.
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State College dropped its first dual match of the season, losing 25-22, 31-29, 25-19 to Central Dauphin on Tuesday.
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50 Speakers. 500 Attendees. 1 Global Conversation.
WeWork Moorgate -- 1 Fore St, London EC2Y 5EJ
9.00 - 10.00am
Registration and Breakfast
In partnership with Pip & Nut, Cuckoo & Botanic Lab
10.00 - 10.20am
Welcome and Opening Remarks
10.20 - 11.00am
The Convergence of Tech + Wellbeing [Panel Discussion]
Gemma Morris (Presenter), Sky News Swipe -- in conversation with Jaimie Voss (Senior Partnerships), ClassPass; Tania Boler (Co Founder), Elvie; and Bandar Antabi (VP, Head of Special Projects), Jawbone
11.00 - 11.45am
Trends & Innovation Keynote: 'The Future of Wellness'
Presented by -- Hayley Ard (Head of Consumer Lifestyle) and Katie Baron (Head of Retail), Stylus
11.45 – 12.00pm
In partnership with Propercorn
12.00 - 12.45pm
The Big Retail Response To Wellness [Panel Discussion]
Rebekah Hall (Co Founder), Botanic Lab -- in conversation with Selfridges, Planet Organic & Life Health Foods
12.45 - 1.30pm
Breakout Focus Sessions
Track 1: New Markets: Scaling a Brand Globally -- In Conversation with Erik Bruun Bindslev (Founder), Merika - an International Business Development Vehicle; Pip Murray (Founder), Pip & Nut;
and Katja Thrane (Marketing Director), Rebel Kitchen
Track 2: Keeping It Fresh: Production & Distribution Challenges for F&B -- A Roundtable discussion with the Founders of The Detox Kitchen, Botanic Lab, Pollen + Grace and Soupologie
Track 3: The Key To Successful Franchising -- Anis Qizilbash (Founder), Mindful Sales Training in conversation with Catie Miller (Founder), Xtend Barre London; Max Henderson (Co Founder), Hotpod Yoga; and Rob Lepone (Founder), Studio Lagree
Track 4: Growth Hacks: Affiliate Marketing For Wellness Brands with Sarah Wilson (Founder and Best Selling Author), I Quit Sugar
Track 5: Proving That There Is Profit In Ethics with Andrew Hunt (Co Founder), Aduna
Track 6: What's Next For The Athleisure Sector? -- Active In Style in conversation with Lara Mead (Founder), Varley; Sam Gibson (Founder), Gibson Girl; Katie Baron (Head of Retail), Stylus
Track 7: Sweat Equity: Launching & Growing A Boutique Fitness Business -- Andrea DeBellis (Well Worth It) in conversation with Colin Waggett (CEO) Third Space and Another Space (and Co Founder of Psycle); James Duigan (Founder), Bodyism; and Jess Schuring (Co Founder), Heartcore
Track 8: Beauty From The Inside Out - Challenger Brands In Beauty & Supplements -- A Roundtable discussion with Sian Sutherland, Founder of Mio Skincare and Elaine Devereux, Wellness Brand Consultant
Track 9: Finding Your Flow In The Yoga Business -- Julie Montagu in conversation with the Founders of Fierce Grace and Movement for Modern Life
1.30 – 2.30pm
Networking Lunch
In partnership with BOL
2.30 - 3.15pm
The Rise of the Fitness Brand: Building A Powerful Community [Panel Discussion]
Lauren Armes (Founder), Welltodo -- in conversation with Gentry Long (Manager Director UK), Equinox; Pip Black (Co Founder), Frame; Ashleigh Stirling (Market Community Connector), lululemon; James Duigan (Founder), Bodyism; and Robert Rowland (Co Founder), BOOM Cycle.
3.15 - 4.15pm
Invest Well: Investing in Wellness [Panel Discussion]
A new perspective on investment opportunities arising in the wellness industry.
Nina Faulhaber (Co Founder), ADAY -- in conversation with Rory Stirling, BGF Ventures; Kalinka Kay, True Capital; Brian Schuring, Rubicon Ventures; Charlie Kemper, Beta Bridge Capital; and Nancy Fechnay, Flight Ventures
4.15 - 4.35pm
FOCUS with Botanic Lab
4.35 - 5.30pm
Pitch Contest [Submissions Now Closed]
Finalists Pitching: Fiternity - Good Zing - Wanderfuel
The Judges -- Baz Saidieh (CEO), TrueStart; Shakil Khan (Entrepreneurial Investor - Spotify, Yplan, Hello); Jeff McGeachie (Director & Startup Mentor), Innovation Warehouse; Emma Green (IP Solicitor), Bird & Bird; Nancy Fechnay (Partner), Flight Ventures
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Every year, IFA Mauritius organizes an international tax conference in Mauritius in the month of May. It is the only conference of its kind in this part of the world bridging Africa and Asia the way it does.
The 12th IFA-Mauritius Conference will be held on 17th and 18th May 2018 at the Sofitel Mauritius L'Impérial Resort & Spa in Flic en Flac, Mauritius.
For the year 2018, this flagship IFA-Mauritius event will be focusing on the below topics:
1) Challenges under action 1 of BEPS: the Digital Economy - Is it unfinished business?
2) Dispute Resolution in an uncertain tax environment.
IFA Mauritius
15 / March / 2014
Welcome all, to the new and improved IFA Mauritius web site! This newly minted site will retain all of the features you appreciate, but additionally, you will notice easier navigation, new features and exciting new content for the next generation of web users.
IFA Mauritius Conference
07 / April / 2018
The 12th Asia/Africa IFA Conference will be held on 17th & 18th May 2018 at the Sofitel Mauritius L'Impérial Resort & Spa in Flic en Flac, Mauritius.
Tax Seminar
13 / February / 2016
Open University of Mauritius in collaboration with International Fiscal Association (Mauritius) - International Tax Developments Seminar - Venue: Open University Curepipe Campus
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LOCS Calendar Reminder: Schools Resume Wed., Feb. 20
LOCS Calendar Reminder:
-- School resumes Wednesday, February 20
Free Microsoft Office downloads at home for Lake Orion students 3rd grade and up!
We're pleased to announce that Lake Orion Community Schools are now part of the Microsoft Office 365 Student Advantage program. Lake Orion students from 3rd through 12th grades may download the latest version of Office for home use through their Office 365 student account.
Office will stay active as long as the student remains enrolled in Lake Orion Community Schools. Upon leaving the district, student should transfer all their school OneDrive documents to a personal OneDrive folder. The Office license is revoked and full access to the program is disabled.
Devices must be connected to the Internet at least once every 30 days to verify the license. Verification happens automatically and requires no other action on the student's part. If the computer goes offline for more than 30 days, Office enters reduced functionality mode until the next time a connection can be made. In reduced functionality mode, Office 365 remains installed on the computer, but users can only view and print their documents. All features for editing or creating new documents are disabled.
Minimum System Requirements (OS versions/devices)
Windows: 7 or higher
Mac: 10.5.8 or higher
iOS: iPhone 4 and iPod Touch 5th Gen (iOS 6.1 or higher), iPad iOS 7
Android: 4.0 or higher, touch-enabled smartphones
How to download and install the free Office downloads
Windows/Mac computer:
*On Windows, the default install is the 32-bit version. Microsoft recommends installing the 32-bit version even if you have a 64-bit capable computer.
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Frequently Asked Questions
I'm having login/password issues, or I'm not seeing the downloads in my Office 365 account. What do I do?
Please contact your school and ask for the Building Tech to assist you with login issues. They can also check to make sure your Office license applied correctly. Building Techs will not be able to provide general support beyond the login/licensing issues. Please see other information and links on this page for additional assistance.
What happens when a student graduates?
Office will stay active as long as the student remains enrolled in Lake Orion Community Schools. Upon leaving the district, student should transfer all their school OneDrive documents to a personal OneDrive folder. The Office license is revoked and full access to the program is disabled.
Is this a full version of Office and available for offline use?
Yes, this is a full Office version on the Windows, Mac, tablet, mobile platform and all are available for offline use.
How many machines/devices can I run my free Office on?
Each student license allows you to run Office on up to five Mac or Windows computers. You also can run Office on up to five mobile devices.
What applications come with Office 365 ProPlus for PC?
Word 2013, Excel 2013, PowerPoint 2013, OneNote 2013, Access 2013, Publisher 2013, Outlook 2013, Lync 2013, InfoPath 2013
What comes with Office 365 ProPlus for Mac?
Word 2011, Excel 2011, PowerPoint 2011, Outlook 2011
What comes with Office for iPad?
PowerPoint for iPad, Excel for iPad, Word for iPad
What comes with Office Mobile for iPhone?
Word Mobile, Excel Mobile, PowerPoint Mobile, OneNote and Lync Mobile available as separate download.
What comes with Office Mobile for Android?
Word Mobile, Excel Mobile, PowerPoint Mobile, OneNote and Lync Mobile available as separate download
What if I've used all 5 activations and need to activate another computer?
Each Office 365 ProPlus license allows a student to install Office on up to five computers. The student manages installations in the Office 365 portal, under the gear icon, then Office 365 Settings, then under the Office tab on left. If the student decides to install Office 365 ProPlus on a sixth computer, she will need to deactivate one of the first five. Office 365 ProPlus goes into reduced functionality mode on the deactivated computer.
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-- School resumes Wednesday, February 20


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Review: Despicable Me 2
PLOT: Guess whoâs back? Gru is back! And this one time super villain has now settled into family life with his three adopted daughters. However when a dangerous new criminal comes to town, he is recruited to help stop this despicable bad guy by the Anti-Villain League. Will Gru and a newly assigned lady partner save the day? You can probably bet on it!
In 2010 when DESPICABLE ME introduced the world to an inept âmaster villainâ named Gru and his merry band of misfit minions, it was a wonderful surprise. It was a charming story with colorful characters, a ton of heart and a great message without being overly preachy. With the filmâs success and those captivatingly cuddly minions, there was sure to be a sequel and now we have DESPICABLE ME 2. The new film features more of nearly everything. It offers more jokes, more characters and bigger adventures, yet it lacks the honest to goodness soul that worked so well the first time around. Of course it will have every single child wanting a little yellow minion of their own⦠hell, I want one myself!
Gru (Steve Carrell) has finally retired from his criminal career after his outrageous attempt to steal the moon. With his three little adopted girls Margo (Miranda Cosgrove), Edith (Dana Gaier) and the precocious unicorn loving Agnes (Elsie Fisher), the family has grown quite accustomed to each other. So much so that the once uber-villain is now in the jellies and jam business along with his once partner in crime Dr. Nefario (Russell Brand). Things get complicated for the one time villain however after a secret baddie discovers a serum that turns animals into monsters. Soon Gru finds himself recruited to go undercover with a brand new partner Lucy (Kristen Wiig) who is part of the âAnti-Villain League.â The two are investigating a series of store owners in the local mall in hopes to stop what could be dastardly consequences.
With Gru playing detective along with Lucy, there is plenty of time for adventure as the two find themselves scrutinizing a series of possible suspects including Eduardo (Benjamin Bratt) and Floyd (Ken Jeong). The vocal talent works well enough, if not terribly original with the possible exception of Bratt who really surprised me with his colorful work. And as a fan of Wiig, I did enjoy the quirky energy that she brought to her happy-go-lucky, inexperienced agent. And once again, Carrell seems to have a bit of fun with Gru even when the material is all too familiar. Of course, the one thing that really works and the filmmakers are aware of it is the adorable minions who manage to grab a laugh or two at every turn.
The biggest disservice to the original film is how this sequel just takes everything a step too far with a reckless abandon. If you laughed at the âfart gunâ, be prepared to suffer through that joke much too often this time around. The over-the-top action sequences also feel like they drag on a bit too long making Gruâs latest adventure far more of a standard kids flick. Even Margo, Edith and Agnes feel like an afterthought as each of the girls gets mixed up in subplots that feel forced and not very interesting. This is especially true for poor Margo who discovers a cute boy at the mall and finds out why they call it a "crush." However the father/daughter sombrero guacamole hat was pretty inspired. The idea of building their family is a nice one which manages to show a little bit of the color that inspired the first, but only for a moment.
As far as a loud and brash animated movie for kids (and possibly adults) this is visually an impressive ride. The 3D works well enough especially with an end credit minion scene that once again proves who the real stars are. Yes, if you like the little yellow minions then you will probably enjoy yourself a little bit. This is their movie and they end up being utilized in the plot quite nicely. DESPICABLE ME 2 is an uninspired sequel that simply goes for the laughs and manages to offer a few charming moments. Not a great movie for sure, but if your kids want to see this there is enough humor to not drive yourself minion crazy. Perhaps when they eventually go for a number three they will be able to bring some of the heart back and make a whole lot more than an adorable toy commercial.


text: Email addicts – is it time to go cold turkey? If your employees were unable to access email for a day, would work grind to a halt or would they have more free time to actually get stuff done? If you think it could be the latter, it might be worth following in the footsteps of this entrepreneur. In 2012, Clare Burge was inspired to cut the email cord after she returned from a 10-day vacation to find thousands of unopened emails in her inbox. In a moment of madness, as she calls it, Burge decided to embark on a bold one-year experiment: stop using email. She put an automatic response on her personal and work email accounts that asked people to call her instead. For her, it was "life-changing." "Email is a very selfish tool," explained Burge, who now runs a Dublin-based consultancy called Get Organised. "People dump tasks into each other's inboxes without thinking about whether they are being considerate." Lee Mallon, founder of UK based IT firm Rarely Impossible, agrees – he banned email at his entire company after hearing Burge talk about her own experiences. His motivation? – Email had become "too much of a distraction and a constant annoyance." Mallon told employees that anyone who violated the ban would have to work from an empty desk they dubbed "the naughty chair". He is the only one who has had to sit there, mostly for forwarding emails from clients to team members. So how well did it work? "My team communicates much better," reveals Mallon, who estimates they've saved about 20% of the workday by getting rid of email. "Now issues get solved right away." "Before, email would be a repository for all communications, as well as interactions with clients and storing documents," said Mallon. "Now we use about four different products to put things in their relevant form." Because it's a small office, most urgent issues that used to come up over email are now handled in person or with a quick phone call or text. Staffers use Skype, Dropbox and Slack to keep tabs on projects and share information. Mallon admits the transition wasn't easy but says as soon as employees got used to the switch, every process was streamlines and every person was less stressed. Leave a comment SHARE


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"This is an oustanding album but does anyone expect anything less from ole Bocephus.Too bad country isnt like this anymore..Huh?All the tracks are good and tell the stories of everyday life.Bring back the outlaw country!!!"
The best songs you will never hear in any box set!
Shannon Walker | 11/03/1998
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is a Hank classic. Overlooked by a few, worshiped by the masses. Habits Old and New is a timeless classic that brings together classic Hank country and a little bit of New Orleans style blues. Hank shows his "family tradition" in this album. If Hank Sr. were alive today, he would be singing these very songs. The album begs to be listened to over and over and over again. If there were six stars to be given this album would receive all six. So if you thought you were a Hank fan before, try this album and hear all the Hank you've been missing."


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Arizona Muse for Vogue Ukraine by Cuneyt Akeroglu
Top model Arizona Muse stars in Vogue Ukraine's June 2014 cover story captured by fashion photographer Cuneyt Akeroglu. For I Feel Love story American stunner was styled by Azza Yousif, with hair by Angelo Seminara and makeup by Akgun Manisali.
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Preparing for the Age Wave and Beyond
by Pam Hayle March 27, 2016
Aging 2030 is a joint venture between the Minnesota Department of Human Services, Board on Aging and the Minnesota Department of Health to help prepare Minnesota for the coming age wave of baby boomers and a permanent shift in the age of our state's population. Between 2010 and 2030 the number of people over age 65 will grow by 107% while the rest of the population grows by 6%.
Aging 2030 is based on 5 themes to help set policy and programs in the state of Minnesota:
- Redefining Work and Retirement - Minnesota should encourage individuals to continue working in both paid and non-paid roles to prepare for their retirement and old age.
- Supporting Caregivers of all Ages - Minnesota needs to slow the decline of family caregiving by offering eldercare in all workplaces.
- Fostering Communities of a Lifetime - Minnesota's communities should be good places to grow up and grow old, by offering physical, social and other services for residents of all ages.
- Improving Health and Long-Term Care - 70% of all Minnesotans over age 65 will need long-term care services at some point in their lifetime. Minnesota must transform its health care, promote good health for all, improve chronic care and intensify its long-term care reform.
- Maximizing Use of Technology - Minnesota should use technology to maximize the benefits and minimize the hazards that accompany this permanent age shift.
When I think of the work of VAN, I see many similarities to our mission statement and programs as the Aging 2030 initiative. We encourage our network to be proactive, use their skills in their communities, practice healthy lifestyles, and prepare for their own aging.
For more information on Aging 2030 go to: http://bit.ly/1MiuPGE.
Pam Nielsen - May 02, 2016
There is a lack of affordable housing options for seniors throughout the whole state, with a plethora of expensive senior buildings being built throughout the Metro area. It's time to begin building more affordable housing for us, and it should not be segregated in senior-only buildings, but built into existing as well as new neighborhoods designed for all ages, singles, couples, families, extended families. I am not at all interested in these expensive senior-only campuses which are out of reach for many older people. It is healthier for all of us to live together in neighborhoods comprised of all ages and family make up. People of moderate to low income have been, and are, being ignored.
Marla Johnson - March 30, 2016
Can VAN start a conversation - including MN State Legislators - about Dr. Thomas' Green House Project which is transforming eldercare in the US. http://www.thegreenhouseproject.org/solutions/create-green-house-homes


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The TekDiveUSA conference is on May 17-18th, and I have entered a photo contest. Please give a fellow rebreather diver a vote! I used my HH CCR to shoot both Damian (on a JJ-CCR) and Joanna on OC doubles, in an image made at Ginnie Springs in January. Thank you!
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Date: 11/21/2018Resource Category: SurveySTEM out-of-school time (OST) programs play an important role in helping youth develop the 21st century skills they need to prepare them for the workforce, particularly the teamwork skills necessary for the growing collaborative nature of work in STEM (National Research Council, 2015). However, there is a lack of appropriate tools to evaluate this ... »
Development and Validation of a Survey to Measure Perceived Team Communication Skills in Middle and High School STEM Out-of-School Time ProgramsDate: 12/01/2017Resource Category: Doctoral DissertationTwenty-first century skills are vital for preparing youth for careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. STEM out-of-school time (OST) programs play an important role in helping youth develop these skills, particularly the teamwork skills necessary for the growing collaborative nature of STEM jobs. However, there is a ... »
Date: 12/03/2015Resource Category: ScaleIn support of a summative evaluation of SciGirls Season Three, Multimedia Research developed a scale to assess preteen girls' interest in nature and science. The work was sponsored by Twin Cities PBS under NSF Grant No. 1323713. Multimedia Research developed, piloted, validated and implemented the GINSS: A nine statement Likert scale constructed ... »
Date: 06/30/2015Resource Category: SummativeFusion Science Theater (FST) uses elements of playwriting to make informal science education more engaging as well as educational. FST shows incorporate an overarching scientific question that is asked and then answered by a series of participatory exercises and demonstrations. The shows also use "embedded assessment" of learning, which asks ... »
Date: 01/02/2015Resource Category: Evaluation ReportsThis evaluation reports on the Mission: Solar System project, a 2-year project funded by NASA. The goal of the Mission: Solar System was to create a collection of resources that integrates digital media with hands-on science and engineering activities to support kids' exploration in formal and informal education settings. Our goal in creating the ... »
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Taking from one of the images from Tuesday, I made even smaller crops that formed abstract images. Then I opened them in Illustrator and converted them to vector graphics. I played with the Golden Ratio, unison, contrast, noise vs uniformity, balance, and emphasis. You know design stuff.
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And below is the link to my vector graphics taken from cropping images from the original. I tried all night to figure out how to embed .svg files into Blogger, and it was really just too much trouble.


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Before you lather up the sunscreen this summer, do you know how SPFs and UVs work? Skincare scientist James SaNogueira breaks down sunscreen science, from how creams and sprays block out harmful radiation, to deciphering SPFs.
Food Failures: Avoiding Grilling and Barbecue Pitfalls
Food Failures: Avoiding Grilling and Barbecue Pitfalls
Are marinades a myth? How does the elusive "smoke ring" form? And can the debate over gas versus charcoal be settled at last? In this episode of our "Food Failures" series, barbecue and grilling expert Meathead Goldwyn looks at the science behind the grill and offers tips for controlling smoke, temperature, and moisture.
Cephalopods—which include octopus, squid, and cuttlefish—are quick, clever, and masters of disguise. Video producer Luke Groskin chats about vampire squid and cuttlefish while biologist Jennifer Basil homes in on one cephalopod that seems to swim below the public's radar: the nautilus. With its heavy outer shell, weak vision, and primitive brain, it's a "living fossil"—and Basil's studying it to better understand the origins of the complex brain of the modern cephalopods. (To see various cephalopods in action, check out the links below.)
Reporting in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers write that 3-D mammography, also known as tomosynthesis, detects more cancers than traditional digital mammography and reduces the number of women called back for additional testing and biopsies. But the technology is expensive, exposes women to extra radiation, and there's no indication yet that it catches more dangerous cancers, or is saving more lives. Physicians Sarah Friedewald, an author of the study, and Laura Esserman discuss 3-D mammography and what women should know for their next visit to the doctor.
Making Art From the DNA You Leave Behind
Making Art From the DNA You Leave Behind
Artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg's "Stranger Visions" project started with a question: What could she learn about a person by collecting one of their stray hairs? In an age of ever-cheaper DNA sequencing, the answer turned out to be "a lot." Dewey-Hagborg's portraits of strangers, made with DNA samples found in public places, called attention to the feasibility of DNA snooping. Now with her latest project, "Invisible," she wants to put the tools to protect genetic privacy in consumers' hands. But is total genetic privacy really possible?
Arnold Relman, former editor-in-chief of The New England Journal of Medicine and a professor emeritus at Harvard Medical School, passed away last week at the age of 91. Relman was a longtime critic of the American health care system, calling it a "new medical-industrial complex" in a 1980 paper in The New England Journal of Medicine. In a 2009 interview with Science Friday, he said the system had "become a business, and as a business, it wants to constantly increase its sales, and until we change that, we're not going to have real health care reform." We remember him here with two archival clips.


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High Note Wine & Liquors
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Visiting Nashville and looking for the very best wine, champagne, and liquor selection in the Music Valley/Opryland area? Look no further than High Note Wine and Spirits. We offer a wonderful selection of domestic and imported wines, spirits and high gravity beer. Make sure to call us so we can help you plan your next convention, party, wedding, family or business function. We have great prices and offer case discounts.
At High Note Wine & Liquors we have the best selection of Wines from the United States as well as throughout the rest of the world. Of course some of the best wines in our store are made right here in TN.
We have a wide variety of vodkas, bourbons, scotches, rums, tequilas, moonshines, cordials, brandies, etc…We carry all Tennessee made whiskeys, rums and moonshines. As we say in TN: "Jack Lives Here".
Just a few years ago High Gravity Beer was almost non-existent in the liquor industry. Now it's taking the country by storm and rightfully so. It is some of the best quality beer made throughout the world. Don't take our word for it come in and try it.
Welcome to TN, the Moonshine Capital of the world. After making "Shine" illegally for all these years, we thought it was about time to share it with the rest of you folks. High Note Wine and Liquors not only carries "White Lighting" from TN, we also brought in our neighboring states so we could compare recipes. You decide who is best at "boot legging"… TN or those other guys.


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September 7, 2012
NEWARK, N.J. – A former special agent of the FBI today admitted his role in acquiring confidential information about an undercover law enforcement operation in Newark and giving it to another individual, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
Ivan Stantchev, 42, of Alexandria, Va., pleaded guilty to an Information charging him with exceeding his authorized access to an FBI computer and obtaining confidential, non-public information from the FBI, which he provided to another individual. Stantchev entered his guilty plea before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael A. Hammer in Newark federal court.
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:
In June 2011, Stantchev, then a special agent with the FBI, was asked by the other individual to obtain confidential, non-public information in connection with four telephone numbers and any individuals associated with those numbers. Stantchev asked an FBI colleague (Individual 1) located in the New York Metro area to obtain this information from confidential FBI computers.
On June 30, 2011, Individual 1 sent Stantchev an electronic document through the FBI's email system detailing confidential, non-public information from certain FBI databases, including the existence of an ongoing FBI investigation in Newark, N.J.; the federal offenses being investigated in Newark; the related FBI case number; the name of the FBI's operation; and notations confirming the existence of an undercover law enforcement operation in Newark. Stantchev provided this confidential, non-public information to other individual.
The count to which Stantchev pleaded guilty carries a maximum potential penalty of one year in prison and fine of $100,000. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 11, 2012.
U.S. Attorney Fishman credited special agents of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Inspector General New York Field Office, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge James E. Tomlinson, for the investigation leading to today's guilty plea. He also thanked the FBI for its assistance and cooperation in the investigation.
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Sandra L. Moser of the Special Prosecutions Division in Newark.
Defense counsel: David Laufman Esq., Washington, DC


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- Aida The Pink Goddess
- Life has taught me a lot about never to put hope on anything but ALLAH. Because when it turns out otherwise, the pain is unbearable. What crashed my past can never crash my present. Please do not use my photos without my permission. AidaThePinkGoddess™ © 2010 all rights reserved
Saturday, May 19, 2012
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- abu ubaidah said...
hehe kena kikis emas klu anak berak dlm basin
- Saturday, May 19, 2012 9:01:00 PM
- PurPLe LaDy AiFA said...
gik ada juak ritual berik emas ya duhal dood oo.. mak sy ada juak madah zaman dolok ng gya.. huhu
- Saturday, May 19, 2012 9:26:00 PM
- Joanne Juend said...
give away gold if poop during bath? give to who? never heard of that before...
- Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:55:00 AM
- Ernie Khairina said...
Biar berpanas2 sekarang..asalkan 'hot' dikemudian hari ..hehe goodluck!
- Sunday, May 20, 2012 3:23:00 AM
- armouris said...
terjumpa info ni, juga pasal berpantang … sharing is caring :) - Bertungku Dengan Mudah Semasa Berpantang
- Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:49:00 PM
- amanda said...
in 4more days, sy genap sebulan berpantang! kalau bby tberak dlm besen xda dgr pula. tapi, hari tu, kena suruh kikis emas atas pusat baby supaya cepat kering. =.= tapi sy xbuat,kering juga. bila org tua2 tanya, angguk saja ckp ada buat. hahaha. for me, yg paling boring. i cant eat anything selain sup ayam! :( fyi, jgn makan halia byk sgt, akan buat baby jaundice :) i eat lots of ayam+halia rebus. sampai baby kuning paras 400! :( hampir2 kena tukar darah.
- Sunday, May 20, 2012 9:08:00 PM
- Phoebe said...
Hi Aida..
I agree.. Confinement was torturous for me as well. Imagine only eating chicken lihing soup for 30 days with no garam, aji or pepper. By the final week I felt like screaming during meal time. Thank God it's over. Hahaha..
- Monday, May 21, 2012 1:43:00 PM
- deena awanis said...
visiting u and baby ayra..happy confinement..
- Tuesday, May 22, 2012 10:07:00 AM
- Anonymous said...
take care n jg bb elok2
- Tuesday, May 22, 2012 3:54:00 PM
- BABY(MAMA AMANA&ARIEF) said...
paling boring sbb kita yg bebas bgerak cuma mengharapkan org menolong sentiasa.. gud luck tau
- Saturday, May 26, 2012 9:49:00 AM
- Aida The Pink Goddess said...
tq for all the comments, obviously am not alone.! i can see all the practice become fader each time.. hehe
- Thursday, June 07, 2012 3:35:00 PM
- zahirah said...
salam,hehe..sonok baca..jom visit blog saya untuk kisah berpantang saya...http://zahirahhafizan.blogspot.com/2012/09/kenapa-saya-memilih-shaklee-untuk.html
- Monday, September 17, 2012 12:00:00 PM


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|The back of My House #21.
|My House #21 by Laura Wasilowski
|The back of My House #21.
|My House #21 by Laura Wasilowski
Your little house is really cute and I think your little pouch is adorable!
It is a fun way to do the back and nice to have a quilt that you can turn around when you want a change;)
Es muy chulo me encanta la parte de atras de tu manta .Feliz Navidad.
Hi, Laura. Just happened upon your delightful and cheerful blog. I really like your combination of machine and hand sewing, which I've been doing as well lately. And there's such a thing as stitch regulators??? I'll stick to my very old Singer. It does what I tell it to (usually).
Have a very merry holiday season!
best from Tunisia,


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OK, word light and the pictures aren't the greatest. I hung a piece of batting on my outside brick wall. . . and then pinned the blocks to it. It is better than taking pictures in my house and you get the idea :)
|The sun was so bright I couldn't see that the top was cut off in the camera!
|Yup, I used my Fine Line Ruler and FM foot. Check out those straight lines :)
|See, it really should not have taken and entire week to quilt these blocks!!!
|One more picture just cuz :)
Linking up with Patchwork Times for Design Wall Monday and Stitch by Stitch for Anything Goes Monday. I will likely be linking up with more, just depends on how many sneaky peeks I'm going to give you of the quilting on the triangles ;)
Until next time, keep on quilting!


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There's something deeply depressing to stories about immigrants and their American children. I've just finished reading Secondhand World by Katherine Min. It's about a Korean American girl named Isadora after the dancer Isadora Duncan. Isadora also has a Korean name, Myung Hee, that only her father uses. As an essentially American girl growing up in the pot hazed days of the 70's in upstate New York she feels she has little in common with her parents.
There are some really truly sad parts, things to do with family and young love, but I won't spoil that. What I find depressing about these stories about immigrant families and the distance between generations is that very distance. Something in me wants to strangle the children who treat their parents so poorly. I mean, I know that the character is meant to grow as the novel progresses, slowly coming to appreciate their parents or their culture. But it's so painful to watch a daughter scorn her parents for their bad English when, as the reader, you know that the parents have worked hard to be where they are, to raise their daughter in America. And the worst part is that, usually, like in this book, by the time the American daughter appreciates her parents and actually take the time to think about their history, it's too late. Gah! So frustrating!
But, if this is the sort of thing that interests you (and despite the fact that it drives me crazy and makes me sad, it does interest me) then might I suggest a couple other books. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri (well, I only saw the movie) and The Barbarians are Coming by David Wong Louie (which I actually really hated).
I also enjoyed this book because Isa grows up in upstate New York (where I'm from) and the author actually used to live where I live. So, there were some familiar places mentioned in the book, and it was fun to imagine my hometown in the 70's, especially from the perspective of a fellow Asian American.


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National AWIS representatives will be in town early December for the Am Geophysical Union Conference in SF. They are putting on 2 events with AGU, a Work-Life workshop and a social Reception. All northern CA chapter members are invited and it is FREE for AWIS members. Information is below and on the link at the AWIS site. Please share these opportunities with your chapter members!
Work-Life Effectiveness for Individuals in STEM
Monday, December 03, 2012 (1:30 PM – 5:30 PM)
AGU Fall Conference – San Francisco Marriott Marquis
55 4th Street, Salons 12-13
San Francisco
Donna J. Dean, Ph.D, Past President, Association for Women in Science
Cynthia L. Simpson, M.Ed, Director, Programs/External Relations, Association for Women in Science
Reception at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Monday, December 03, 2012 (6:00 PM – 9:00 PM)
175 4th Street
San Francisco


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Scientific Data Server User Manual
Excel 2003 Pivot Tables - Connecting to the Data CubesLinks to Other Manual Sections
Using Microsoft Excel, the data can be accessed by connecting your local Excel installation to the data on the server. This interface makes use of Pivot Tables and Charts to display the data and allows a great deal of flexibility in defining what data you are viewing. Step-by-step instructions for accessing the data via Excel Pivot Tables can be found here. Before using the data, you might find it useful to understand a little of how we get, organize, and categorize the data on the server. The next section explains the data organization; please read it before using the data for serious science since all of the data selection interfaces are based on this organization.
Data Access From Excel 2003
1. Configuring Excel
2. Pivot Table Layout
Configuring Excel
In order to access the data cube from Excel, you will need Excel 2003 or Excel 2007. The instructions below are for Excel 2003. For information on connecting using Excel 2007, please go here.
If you are using Excel 2003 you will likely need to install some additional features. The typical install of Excel 2003 does not install some of the libraries needed to perform external data connections. So, the first thing you will need to do is to install these libraries. The easiest way to find out whether you have the necessary libraries installed is to try using them so the instructions for installing the necessary libraries are included below.
1. To begin, open a blank excel worksheet
2. Using the top menu choose Data -> "Pivot Table and Pivot chart report"
3. Choose External data source and PivotTable. Then click on the next button.
4. Click on the Get Data button
There is a fair chance that you will get a window at this point indicating that this requires an additional feature that is not currently installed in Office and asking whether you would like to install it. Click yes and then proceed with the installation. Installation will likely require your Office CD so you should have it handy.
5. Click on the "OLAP Cubes" tab and then choose "<New Data Source>" and click on OK.
6. In the next window, type in a name you want to use to refer to this data connection to the data cube and Select the Analysis Services 9.0 as the OLAP provider. Then click on "Connect..."
If Analysis Services 8.0 is the only provider you see then you need to add OLE DS for Analysis Services 9.0 to your instance of Excel using the directions that follow.
Go to the URL below and download and install Microsoft Core XML Services (MSXML) 6.0 and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services 9.0 OLE DB Provider http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d09c1d60-a13c-4479-9b91-9e8b9d835cdc&displaylang=en. Follow the link under "Microsoft Core XML Services (MSXML) 6.0" to the download site and download the file labeled "msxml6.msi". Then go back to http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d09c1d60-a13c-4479-9b91-9e8b9d835cdc&displaylang=en and download " SQLServer2005_ASOLEDB9.msi" under the heading "Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services 9.0 OLE DB Provider" and install the two files in the order listed above (msxml6.msi first). Once you have done this, you should have analysis server 9.0 connectivity available.
IF IT STILL DOES NOT WORK - Go to the start menu, click on Run and put the following command into the box.
regsvr32 "c:/program files/common files/system/ole db/msolap90.dll". This program puts dll files in the Windows registry.
7. In the next window choose "Analysis server", enter the name of the server "bwc.berkeley.edu", and enter the access username and password. Then click "Next". (If your machine is part of a domain, you may need to specify the username as BWC\username.
8. If all goes well and your local Excel is able to connect over the Internet to the server then the next window will show you a list of available cubes. Choose the cube you wish to connect to (below I choose LatestORNLDaily) and then click "Finish".
9. This will return you to the "Create New Data Source" window. Check the box in front of "Save my user ID and password . . ." and click yes on the warning window that pops up. Then click "OK".
10. In the next window choose your new data source and click "OK".
11. The window you had clicked data in (step 4) will come back up. Now choose "Next".
12. The window that comes up allows you to choose where to place the pivot table on the spreadsheet and to choose how you want to layout the pivot table. If you want the pivot table to appear on a new worksheet in this excel document than choose "New worksheet". If you want it to appear in the current worksheet, specify what cell should be the upper left corner of the pivot table $A$3 (upper left corner) is the default. You now have two options for laying out the pivot table. These are explained in the 12a and 12b instructions below. Each of the two layout methods have their pros and cons. I personally prefer the method 12b.
12a. The first method of laying out the pivot table is to choose what fields should be columns and rows and how the table should look before creating the pivot table. To use this method, choose "Layout.." in the window above. This will bring up the layout wizard.
In order to layout the pivot table, you need to drag the boxes on the right hand side to the image of a pivot table on the left. For instance, suppose you want the sites to be columns. Then drag the "Site" box to the "COLUMN" section of the pivot table. If you want the years going down in rows, then drag "Year" to "ROW". The page filters go in the "PAGE" section. The value that you want to see e.g. "Average" should be dragged into the "DATA" section. (Further explanation of the meanings of the various boxes and layout areas in the pivot table is provided in instruction 13 of this manual. Below is a completed example layout.
Once you are done specifying how you want the pivot table to look, then click on "OK". It may take a short while for the pivot table to appear since the pivot table will be built on the server to your specifications and then displayed in your excel worksheet.
12b. The second method of laying out a pivot table is to bring up an empty pivot table and drag the fields to the row, column, page, and data area. To do this, in the window you had up in instruction 12 choose "Finish" (instead of "Layout" which you chose for 12a). This will bring up an empy pivot table.
To lay out the pivot table, drag items from the "PivotTable Field List" on the right into the desired location on the pivot table (page fields, columns, rows, or data) . Each time you drag an item into an area, you may see a short delay each time you drag a field onto the pivot table because the server will build a list of the items in the field and display them. There are several tricks to speeding the overall layout process up. For instance, each time you drag a field into the pivot table, you can click on the arrow to the right of the field name on the pivot table and then only select the desired items. Select the "Data" item last since once you choose the data item, the server will begin sending all the values for the pivot table every time you make a change in the layout. Below is a partially layed out pivot table.
13. Pivot tables are incredibly powerful for browsing the data but it is helpful to understand how the data is organized to use the page filters, columns, and rows correctly. For most of the data subes you will encounter, there are multiple datasets, offsets, exdatumtypes, and repeats. If you do not specify these dimensions explicitly you will get whatever is the defined default behaviour for the field. This might be to display all items in the dimension or only one. Page filters are items that you want to be applied as filters to the data. For example, if you want to see data from only a single site in the table, then put "Site" in the page filters and choose only the one site. It is good practice to specify all dimensions on the pivot table. So, dimensions that you are not laying out in the columns and rows should all appear in the page filters. The only exceptions are the alternate time dimensions and the various was of specifying sites.
The time dimensions can be a bit confusing at first. There are many to allow for flexibility. I will try to give you a basic idea of how to interpret the times. The time field such as "Year to Day" and "Year to Month" will provide you a hierarchical display of the time dimension. For example, when "Year to Day" first displays, it will show all years there is data for. If you want to drill down and see individual days in a particular year, then open the selection menu in the arrow on the right of the field and click again on that year. A second check mark should appear in the box. If you return to the pivot table you will see that the years are all still shown but that the year with the double check mark is now broken down into days. Time fields such as "Year, Month of Year, Day of Year, and Hour of Day" are flat dimensions. For instance, if you use "Month" then you get the months 1-12. If you are displaying averages in the data then you will get the average for that month across all the years that there is data.
The data field are the items that have the icons with "01" in them. These are typically things like count, average, and value. The count will tell you how many data items are available for that intersection of the pivot table as currently configured. The average will show you an average of all those values. The value will show you the sum of these values. So for instance, if you are looking at precipitation values you will want to use value if you want cumulative precipitation. It is useful to look at count regularly to make sure that you have the data you expected.
The pivot table by default will not store your data connection information. In order to save the connection information right click in the pivot table and select "Table options" from the menu that comes up.
As in the example above, check the "Save password" and uncheck both "Grand totals...". This will make sure that when you save the excel spreadsheet and then move it to another computer or reopen it, that it will reconnect to the data source. It will also get rid of the grand total column and row. By default, pivot tables also provide subtotals for each field in the pivot table. To turn these off, right click on the field (e.g. datumtype) in the pivot table and choose "Field settings" from the menu. In the window that pops up choose "None" and the subtotals will disappear.
14. Pivot charts is an alternate way to look at the data in a pivot table and choose pivot table fields. To bring up a pivot chart, select the "chart wizard" icon on the pivot table tool bar. It is the second icon from the left.
This will bring up a chart of the data currently displayed in your pivot table on a new worksheet. The default chart type is a bar chart.
If you want to change the chart type, then right click on the chart and choose "Chart type" from the menu.
You will likely want a line chart. The pivot chart can be manipulated in exactly the same way as the pivot table in terms of the fields. You can rearrange what fields are displayed and what items within the fields the same way you did in the pivot table. Keep in mind that the pivot table and pivot chart change together so manipulations in one also change the other. You can flip back and forth between the table and chart simply by changing work sheets.
At this point you should be off and running.
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Tuesday, November 24, 2015
New Event! Twitter Blast- The Thomas Flarety Novels by Erik Buchanan
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Book Info-
Title-Small Magics
Series- Thomas Flarety # 1
By- Erik Buchanan
Genre- Fantasy
Published By- Dragon Moon Press
In a world where no one really believes in magic, one man is stealing all that's left... Erik Buchanan's first novel introduces Thomas Flarety, whose first visit home from school in four years brings him face to face with a juggler who can create a ball of light from air, a Bishop who can control men with his voice, and a plot to steal what magic is left in the world. Before long, Thomas is thrust into a nightmare of betrayal and murder, where all that he has is threatened by a power he does not understand, and where learning to master a power he did not know he had may be the only way he can survive.
Book Info-
Title-Cold Magics
Series- Thomas Flarety # 2
By- Erik Buchanan
Genre- Fantasy
Published By- Dragon Moon Press
Thomas Flarety has magic.He used it to destroy a corrupt bishop who tried to steal all the world's magic for himself. And so far, Thomas has managed to keep it a secret. Then raiders attack the northern Duchy of Frostmire with fire and magic. Henry, son of the duke and Thomas's friend, convinces Thomas to leave his studies and go help. But the church is also investigating the rumours of "witchcraft" in the north, and the Archbishop's Envoy is as interested in Thomas as he is in the raiders. Now Thomas must use all his wits, his skills and his magic to figure out who the raiders are and how to stop them. He must protect Eileen, the girl he loves, from the intrigues of the duke's court. He must find a way to keep the duke from turning him over to the Archbishop's Envoy. And he must do it before the raiders destroy them all.
Book Info-
Title-True Magics
Series- Thomas Flarety # 3
By- Erik Buchanan
Genre- Fantasy
Published By- Dragon Moon Press
Rumours of Magic and War...
Thomas Flarety, Captain of the Student Expeditionary Company and hero of the battle for Frostmire, thought that convincing the Academy to take Eileen as their first female student in more than 200 years would bring him trouble enough. Then stories of Thomas's magic reached Hawksmouth.
Now, Thomas's friends have started disappearing. The king has ordered Thomas to keep his magic hidden and to find the other magicians in the city. The Cult of the Daughter wants Thomas for one of their own. The Archbishop wants Thomas to surrender to the Inquisitors and redeem his soul, and preachers are raging in the streets against witchcraft, the Academy and the king.
With Hawksmouth falling into chaos and the Academy divided against itself, Thomas must save his friends, find the other magicians, and decide what to do with his magic before the struggle between the king and the archbishop turns into an all-out war that will destroy everyone and everything he loves.
About the Author-
Erik Buchanan started reading at age two and has been hooked ever since. He met the Hardy Boys when he was six, Bilbo Baggins when he was eight, and cried for an hour when he was ten because that really shouldn't have happened to Frodo toward the end of The Two Towers. It was also at age 10 that Erik thought, "maybe I could write a story."
Before he was 12 Erik had attempted a book, an epic poem in rhyming couplets and various bits of stories and poetry. In high school he kept writing, and managed to create an impressive portfolio of maudlin teen-age angst-filled poetry that has thankfully not survived.
It was in his last year of high school, in the creative writing class of Mr. Robert Currie, a great English teacher, writer and poet, where Erik where he had the first vague notions of "being a writer." He kept writing through university, even as the theatre sunk its teeth and claws into him. He came out of university with a B.F.A., a pair of black belts, and a desire to be on the stage.
Erik moved to Toronto and spent thirteen years pursuing (but never quite catching) a career as an actor and a fight director. He wrote his first novel in a small attic room in a downtown rooming house, sitting on a cushion on the floor with his laptop perched on a box in front of him. Shortly after, he wrote "Small Magics," then "Cold Magics."
Erik is has just finished writing "City of Phantoms," a young adult novel set in Victorian England. He is now writing the third book in the Magics series while he edits "the King Below" (another fantasy novel he has written) and "City of Phantoms," and still works on that zombie movie.
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We are what we rehearse!
Join actor, Catholic University professor, and now author, Gary Sloan and guests for a special book reading and signing in conjunction with his newly published IN REHEARSAL: IN THE WORLD, IN THE ROOM, AND ON YOUR OWN — a "blueprint of how every actor must explore, research, and prepare a role outside the rehearsal room."
Zelda Fichandler (founding Artistic Director of Arena Stage and Arts Professor Emeritus & Former Chair, Graduate Acting Program at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts) will give some brief remarks. Guest artists reading excerpts include actor Ted van Griethuysen, actor/director Halo Wines, Artistic Director of theHegira, Danielle Drakes, and actors James Whalen and Molly Cahill Govern.
A book signing will follow.
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About the Author:
Gary Sloan has been a professional actor for thirty years and has performed leading roles in New York, Los Angeles and the most prestigious regional theatres in the United States.
Recent performances include: a world premiere of a new children's play by Ken Ludwig at Adventure Theatre in D.C., narrations in Defiant Requiem, Verdi at Terezin for the Prague Music Festival in CZ and the Kennedy Center; Enoch Arden for the Virginia Chamber Orchestra.
In 2009, he traveled to the English Theatre of Vienna to perform the role of Walter in Arthur Miller's The Price, directed by the late Robert Prosky. In 2007, he co-authored and performed the role of Edwin Booth in a one person show at the National Portrait Gallery as part of the Kennedy Center's Shakespeare in Washington Festival.
Favorite stage roles include: Shakespeare's Hamlet, Mercutio, Mark Antony, Berowne and Edgar at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C., Rakitan in A Month In the Country at Arena Stage, Macbeth at the Folger, Doc Holliday in The Legend of the Five Pointed Star at Cincinnati Playhouse, Moe Axelrod in Awake & Sing at the Huntington Theatre in Boston, Otto Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank at the Round House theatre, Serge in Art at Syracuse Stage, Judge Brock in Hedda Gabler at the Hudson Guild in L.A., Jack Rover in Wild Oats and Faust in Goethe's Faust off-Broadway at the CSC Repertory and a production of King Lear with Hal Holbrook at Roundabout theatre in NY.
About the Book:
In Rehearsal is a clear and accessible how-to approach to the rehearsal process. Author Gary Sloan brings more than thirty years' worth of acting experience to bear on the question of how to rehearse both as an individual actor and as part of the team of professionals that underpins any successful production. Interviews with acclaimed actors, directors, playwrights, and designers share a wealth of knowledge on dynamic collaboration.
The book is divided in to three main stages, helping the reader to refine their craft in as straightforward and accessible manner as possible:
• In the world: A flexible rehearsal program that can be employed daily, as well as over a typical four week production rehearsal.
• In the room: Advice on working independently and productively with other members of a company, such as directors, playwrights, designers and technical crew; how your personal creative process varies depending on the role, be it Shakespeare, musicals, film, television or understudying.
• On your own: Creating your own rehearsal process, exploring original and famous rehearsal techniques, breaking through actor's block and how to practice every day.
In Rehearsal breaks down the rehearsal process from the actor's perspective and equips its reader with the tools to become a generous and resourceful performer both inside and outside the studio. Its independent, creative and daily rehearsal techniques are essential for any modern actor.
"I loved discovering this book. I found Gary Sloan's writing current, fresh, smart and inspiring. The overall message of encouraging the actor to take responsibility for his own creative rehearsal process is conveyed with beautiful clarity and usefulness. It is an empowering guide for the actor who, too often, floats in a sea of unorganized questions and impulses until he finds his way. This book leaves nothing to chance and, ultimately, everything to a creative, courageous, collaborative and crafted freedom. It could easily become the modern bible for our beginning theater actor today."
—Janet Zarish, Head of Acting, NYU Graduate Acting Program, USA
"Sloan deftly defines the responsibilities an actor must bring to the creative environment inside a director's rehearsal process. However, his real gift is the blueprint of how every actor must explore, research, and prepare a role outside the rehearsal room. In my opinion, In Rehearsal should be required reading for all undergraduate actors."
—John David Lutz, Chair, Department of Theatre, University of Evansville, USA
"Everyone who is contemplating going into rehearsal for anything at all (the theatre, movies, television, life or just a walk in the park) should rush out and buy Gary Sloan's book - all the questions you might ever ask about the rehearsal process are addressed here and all kinds of solutions are offered but even more than the specific solutions the gold in the book is that it makes the reader understand that the profession of acting is a serious, noble, difficult, essentially human, often ridiculous, honorable, beautiful, HARD, glorious way to spend a life - this book is invaluable to people just getting started because it gives you a practice and a peek at anything and everything that might happen - for people who have been at it for the 20 years and more it is a companion to talk to and argue with and seek advice in and laugh with in that absolutely satisfying way you do when you come upon something that gets it absolutely RIGHT."
—Kathleen Chalfant, Actor
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Routledge Publishing – London 2011 – New York 2012
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The assorted writings, ramblings, ravings and misc of multi-award-winning writer Mat Blackwell. Old stuff, new stuff, linked stuff, and stuff that I really should've thought harder about before posting. Welcome to my internets!
Monday, June 8, 2015
INTERVIEW: Fierce Strength: An Interview with Eko Eko Azarak
An interview with one of my favourite occultic avant-noir grimschticklers, Eko Eko Azarak, written for Heathen Harvest, and mildly-yet-expertly edited by Sage Weatherford.
"[S]ome unexplained harnessing of power, truth, or primordial regression shared within the space that I've somehow managed to draw from within myself and from an external force for a brief moment in time. That's what I want to share with the 'audience', because I want them to feel whatever phenomenon I'm experiencing..."
Fierce Strength: An Interview with Eko Eko Azarak
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My mad Tetris summer
There is a sketch on the ever-excellent Mitchell & Webb Sound in which a man enters limbo and two angels take stock of his life. The total accumulation of his life's work comes down to, as they say "372.651 out of a possible 4,804,560". Slightly confused he is then informed that that is his score on Solitaire. He spent so much of his short life playing that it must have been his life's work. "At first we thought you may get some religious ecstasy from the animation at the end, where all the cards fly off the screen, but then we found you usually skipped that part."
I thank God and all His Angels in Heaven I am not religious because I fear similar rebukes in the afterlife. My particular vice would be Tetris. I shudder to think how much accumulated time I have wasted in my life on that digital drug.
My addiction commenced with the PC version of the Spectrum Holobyte game and reached its peak with the original Gameboy version. It caused not only "Tetris Dreams", tossing and turning in bed as falling blocks littered my dreamscapes, but also all manner of circulatory problems as I'd take my Gameboy to the toilet and couldn't stop until I cleared game B on level 9, regardless of what natural processes had brought me there hours previously. These days I fill my wasted hours, on trains, in front of brand shops, lunch times, playing G-mode's Tetris Red on my mobile phone.
I have spent a small packet on trying various mobile games but they generally suck eggs. Tetris, however, is as perfect on the device as it was on the Gameboy and the single-thumb control works a treat, even with my sausage fingers. G-Mode's version, one I spot regularly on other people's phones too, does the job very well, offering two play modes and a local-only ranking table. It was in the hot mad month of August 2007 that I suddenly noticed the little timer on the side of the screen too, where the game kept tally of how long I had been playing that particular game. As I often just played a few minutes here and there and the game could be suspended whenever it was necessary, I often had no idea how long a game would take. When I first noticed it, the display read "3.15.00", three hours and fifteen minutes. The addict in me was fired up immediately. Here is the report of my marathon session, one game which lasted the larger part of the month.
I start the game with no expectation. The first Tetris block, the straight row of 4 blocks, that appears is switched to my "hold box".
A momentary lapse causes a Swiss-cheese field that goes right to the top. There is only one clear line between the upper-most row and the top of the field. Blocks that rotate still appear half off-screen. Lady Luck favours me and throws a few lucky pieces my way. Within minutes the field is all the way down again, ready to restart on the Tetrisses. That was too close!
I have broken my personal best time. A previous game ended around this time when I foolishly and halfheartedly continued a game whilst not in the mood. The field was fairly clear but I killed it within minutes. I pay extra attention so as not to crumble again this time, which I don't.
I am in a Commuter Altercation, an old salaryman wants a fight with me, but I ignore him. He pushes me needlessly and aggressively tries to shove his face in mine. Again, I ignore him, though the idea of head butting him is both enticing and possible. He gets off the train and gives me a marked look. Despite my self-control my veins are brimful of adrenaline, so close was I to physical violence towards this homunculus. I foolishly try to play some of the game but the shaking in my legs and hands cause me to make some disastrous choices. The field is high and full of holes.
Nothing happens. I am in a kind of spiritual Zen state of play and everything goes smoothly. The field stays low, all lines cleared are Tetrisses.
I notice with a glance that I have cleared 9000 lines. I mentally set a new goal of reaching, at least, 10,000 lines, which should be possible during the 9th hour.
The first half of the ninth hour is pure frustration. The commute during which it took place wasn't bad at all, so maybe I was just tired after a long day's work, or maybe I was just unlucky. A half-filled field full of holes just refused to be cleaned up. Clearing a single line here, or a double line there was immediately countered with an implacable S block or a badly managed T block. By the end of the session the field is back to the bottom and I can start aiming at Tetrisses again, but very little progress was made. A real uphill struggle.
I notice that some time in the last half hour orso I seem to have passed the 10,000 lines cleared goal I had set myself. What next? Judging by the space in the score box there is room for another 5 or 6 digits, easily. I may be getting ahead of myself a little.
Paranoia sets in. Though recently it's been fine, my phone has had the tendency to reset itself periodically for no reason. This would mean a loss of the suspended game and no way to prove my lengthy game. What if that happens now? All this hard and boring work gone. I make a mental note to at least make doubly sure I recharge the phone every day, as a flat battery has the same effect.
The commute isn't so bad. There is plenty of space but maybe because I'm tired or maybe because I'm unlucky, or possibly even because I'm bored, the field fills up steadily with badly placed blocks, creating a maze of holes. I'm not worried though. During this mammoth session I have built up to the top countless times only to steadily break it back down again. Now, too, I find myself squeezing blocks right at the very top of the field, but the game isn't providing me with what I need, so I switch to the Tetris block I have in my hold box when suddenly…
…GAME OVER… I am stunned. I actually find myself pulling a face! Apparently, and this is something I wasn't aware of, when you switch a block from the hold box it doesn't appear from off the top of the screen but on the first row of the field. Before I can slide it sideways and rotate it into a handy gap, before I can do anything really, the block is anchored and blocking the open gap through which new pieces appear. It's an instant end to the game.
The next milestone would have been 12 hours, then 24 hours, and to be honest, that prospect didn't entice me at all. I'm done with Tetris for a while now. It holds little mystery to me anymore.
Some lessons learnt:
- The simplified controls mean there is only one rotate button, which rotates clockwise. As such the pit you build for your Tetrisses should be on the right hand side of the screen. It's much easier to rotate-flip a Tetris block down there, as a slight obstruction on the left hand side and the clockwise rotation would often snap it short of the hole.
- The highest speed of Tetris Red isn't that fast. You don't need to panic until you reach the top 6th of the play field.
- Though it makes you feel dirty, there is no shame in clearing 1, 2 or 3 rows on occasion. Once longevity is your goal, keeping a clear field is the most important thing to achieve, so if you have an unlucky run of blocks, don't be afraid to use them to clear fewer lines at a go for a while.
- The "hold box" is a Godsend. It again feels like a dirty thing to do for any true Tetris fanatic, but I feel the compromised controls can allow for such a break in tradition. Obviously one keeps Tetris blocks there and you swap them out if the field gets up too high and no Tetris blocks are being offered, or an unlucky block threatens to cause gaps. Priority number one after swapping is to swap a new Tetris block in there as soon as is possible.
- The "hold box" is a curse, as it ended my game all too suddenly by releasing the held block on the first row, rather than from off the top of the screen.
- All clears are RARE! During this marathon game I achieved exactly: none. Occasionally I had just one or two blocks in an otherwise empty field, but an all clear remained elusive.
- Tetris Red has infinite spin. I usually park a 2x2 square in its place and keep rotating it so I have some time to check out the score, lines cleared and time, which require a fair amount of squinting from my part.
And there you go, the proudest achievement of my life. Though I am convinced of my own Tetris skills, or is that "skillz" these days, I know this record can easily be broken by anyone with enough patience. For me, though, it's a personal milestone in my life of Tetris that any future obituary writer may want to take note of. Hemmingway wasn't entirely complete in his to do list of manhood. I propose "Raise a child, write a book, fight a bull and play a 10 hour game of Tetris". I'm a quarter way there already!


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Supporter-Owned Soccer Team Fights For Its Future In Nashville
Nashville FC is owned and controlled by its supporters, who vote on every club decision. All of the supporters (including Jones) purchase the right to participate; it's a non-profit organization, and all the funds raised from membership fees go to build the club. There are teams like this, of various shapes and sizes, in many other countries. There is nothing quite like it in American soccer, which means that the future of Nashville FC is also the future of an idea—that something other than the top-down sports ownership model can work in the United States.
Jones believes Nashville FC's model can work, and has ever since he...well, since he watched a video on YouTube. "Silly as it sounds," Jones laughs, "I came across a video of FC United of Manchester. And it really resonated with me, how a group of fans can walk away from a team [that] is so well-known, as well-established as Manchester United, [and start] from the ground up."
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I hate being a medical anomaly! I have often had the opposite effect of what medical treatments are supposed to have. This is nothing new. Even when I was a kid, medications like anti-histamines that made most people sleepy would keep me up all night. Caffeine, on the other hand, would put me right to sleep.
Since there is no medical test to definitively diagnose Parkinson's, and there are other conditions that may cause Parkinsonian symptoms, I asked my neurologist what the odds were that I didn't have PD. I don't remember the exact number, but it was a minuscule percentage.
My brain programmer Renee said that she could see a difference when the implant was turned on, but I really couldn't tell. And as I mentioned a couple of blog entries ago, it started to give me tremors.
I had just the battery removed; the wires are all still in place. Having the wires removed is a much more complex surgery, and the only neurosurgeon in my province qualified to do this surgery is the doctor who put mine in, and he has since then retired. Also, this way if I ever want to try DBS again I only have to have a battery installed.
Well, since then, I have been gradually weaning myself of Levodopa, the major PD drug that I take. I have actually been doing better with the lower dose. I tend to have dystonia (severe muscle cramps and spasms) and bradykinesia (inability to move) when I am low on Ldopa, and I get dyskinesias (involuntary dancing, swaying movements) when I have too much. Dyskinesia is actually a side effect of Ldopa.
So I asked my neurologist last week if it is possible that I don't have Parkinson's after all. I have asked this question a few times over the years, and he has always been emphatic that I do, even though I have been an enigmatic patient. I don't think that I felt flattered when I found out that my name comes up frequently at their movement disorder staff meetings.
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