As the creative director of food and culture for Standard International, the company behind Standard Hotels and Bunkhouse Hotels, accomplished chef Angela Dimayuga is charting new territory.
In her new role, the James Beard-nominated chef who made her name as the executive chef of Mission Chinese Food isn't just overseeing what's coming out of the kitchens at the various Standard hotels around the world — she's also been tasked with transforming the hotels' cultural programming. And to do so, Dimayuga is drawing heavily on food, music, art, and activism.
Dimayuga was interviewed by Deanna Ting, Senior Hospitality Editor for Skift.
Skift Table: There are some people out there, who strongly believe that food, and politics should never mix. I know one of your mentors, Anthony Bourdain, often said that there's nothing more political than food. I think it's very clear that you feel the same way. What is it that you hope to do with this connection between food, art, and politics, to really spearhead activism in your new role?
Angela Dimayuga: Thinking about politics with food is a very personal journey for me. I think that when I was working as an executive chef at Mission Chinese, I was building my name, building signature dishes, and building a following.
I realized, along the way, when I started to speak about who I am, there was larger interest on why I'm making this food. Then, I personally had more interest in speaking about my own personal-identity politics, what it feels like in the chef world, or to be cooking like the person I am, because I wanted to be a chef, ever since I was a kid, and never really saw chefs like me, growing up.
All of that just made me feel like I could do a lot more, because then, I didn't have to speak about basic bio information about myself. I can move from feeling like I was … I always felt different, and marginalized, within the chef industry, but then, I felt like I could just move more purposefully in it.
A lot of the food from my chef friends that are my peers that I think is really interesting does discuss their own personal-identity politics. That's what I find interesting. I think the food has an authentic-ness to who they are, and then, they can be really expressive, themselves.
The way that, for me, I've been linking food, art, and politics within the Standard world is thinking about outreaching to chefs that care about activism in their own way. I never present myself as an activist, because that's not what I am, but I am a chef, and food systems have so much to do with culture, and biodiversity that we have a responsibility.
Because that's our way of expressing ourselves, we've banded together with a bunch of really great names to start a series called Chef Stands Up. It's continued from programming that we did last year, and then, we're building it so that it's in three cities, this time around; in LA, Miami, and New York City.
The way that we're linking food, art, and activism is that we are working with the ACLU, specifically for the immigration rights project. Because the hospitality industry works so much with immigrants, and they often make up the backbone of the industry, we really wanna celebrate their cultures.
For example, our first chef, DeVonn Francis is cooking tomorrow, in Miami, and he is Jamaican-American, and he wants to celebrate Caribbean cuisine, so he made a zine, showcasing the staff that we have at the Standard, who are Caribbean, and then, we're gonna be making food, celebrating their cultures.
There's ongoing work, where they will also serve the food in the hotel rooms, as room service, so that there's a connection from the guest experience … Who is it that makes up your bed, when you leave? Say you took a nap, and you left, and somebody made up your bed. Who is it that makes up your bed?
There's a self-awareness around it, and then, continue to celebrate them, and then, continue to support the ACLU with those food items remaining on the menu.
That was more of a specific example of how we're doing it at the Standard, because this is work that, yeah, I've just been really excited about. It's one of the biggest initiatives that we're doing, since … I've only been with the company for about four months, so that's something that I'm super-super-excited about.
Skift Table: I can't wait to see it continue to unfold. Just prior to your joining the Standard, in this new role, what was your own relationship, or perspective of hotels, and hotel restaurants? What did you think of them? Did you frequent them often? Did you ever just imagine yourself working for a hotel company?
Dimayuga: No. When I was younger, and … I said I wanted to be a chef, ever since I was a kid. I was always very curious about hotels, because I think there's that other level of hospitality, where you can really reach a customer.
For me, as a young line cook, when I was 20-21, I would save all my line-cook earnings, which wasn't very much, and go on staycations, cuz I couldn't really leave New York very much. I would maybe just book a hotel room, somewhere random, in Queens, or … Just feel like I could celebrate a certain occasion, and just take a little break.
That was always really fun for me, even as a young cook. I think I've always liked how hotels can be a space for gatherings. Then, specifically, with the Standard, I became acquainted with the Standard, mostly through our High Line location, and I really had a connection with the property, because when the Whitney opened up, nearby, there would be a lot of really fun gatherings there; parties at the top of the Standard, or at Le Bain, and I'd frequent, because of the proximity.
I always thought the company, or the hotel group was just really fun, and expressive. Eventually, we started working together, but I was always intrigued by hotels, in general, and then, intrigued with the food offerings, or just the experience, and design around the Standard, specifically.
I ended up working with the Standard, because I did the closing of the [Standard's] Chefs Stand Up series last year, at the Miami Art Basel event, where we got to cook a dinner that was inspired by all the tropical ingredients. It was my first time doing a pop-up outside of Mission Chinese, after I left my job there. I just had a really good time.
It was benefiting the ACLU. A bunch of designers donated designs to the ACLU, and they had a merch line, so we were celebrating the merch line. They had sweatshirts that are the design of the USA Dream Team, but it would say DACA on it. It was just a really fun event. From that experience, I ended up meeting Amar Lalvani, our CEO, and really liking … We really hit it off.
Skift Table: That's great. I was also thinking, specifically, about the Standard brand. What is it that you eventually, or ultimately want people to associate with that brand, in particular? What do you want people to think of, when … In terms of what it stands for; in terms of inclusiveness? I think, historically, the brand has been marketed as a brand that's maybe not necessarily for everyone. How are you approaching that?
Dimayuga: I think that another element that I really like about hotels is that element of surprise, and delight. Those are all things that I really enjoy doing; working on design, and food, and just general concepting at Mission Chinese.
To apply all of my interests with a bigger platform, on a different scale, I think is really interesting. Having the resources, and working with designers, or bringing in artists that I'm interested in, into the fold, that's really amazing for me.
What work do I want to apply to the brand, and what do we want to accomplish? What I'm excited about is a lot of my work, because it's sort of a vague term, creative director of food and culture, what the hell does that mean? A lot of my work is thinking about concepting for new locations, and then, places that we will be renovating. Then, thinking about that holistically, and what that looks like in a site-specific way, per city.
Then, also, a lot of my daily work is this programming that I really care about. Chefs Stand Up is a really great example of that, but also, sharing that space in an inclusive way with other people that I really admire in the industry.
For example, we're going to be hosting Julia Turshen's online archival website, which is called EAT, which is Equity at the Table. It's an online archival website, so that women in the industry can submit profiles of their work, or, if you're tangential to the food industry … Maybe you're a food stylist, or a photographer.
It resolves that problem of, "Oh, I didn't get to work with a female chef, cuz I don't any female chefs." You can look at that website, and look at what type of jobs people do, cuz a lot of people have hyphenated work.
We're hosting people, like EAT, at the Standard, and that's how I wanna bring in a lot of like minded people, as well; through the food, but also through our programming.
Skift Table: Sounds great. How do your experiences of working as a chef play into your role here? What lessons from the kitchen are you bringing?
Dimayuga: It comes up a lot. That's why, specifically, they hired me; that, on this level, speaking on the executive team, they haven't had a chef who's dogged out in the kitchen for 16 hours a day; what that feels like, or how you can maybe create a dish by volume, or what that experience is like, as a diner.
Everyone that I work with is definitely a foodie, and so, they're very excited about this next chapter. I think that the goals are that you take that experience as a chef, and then, apply that creatively. You think about innovation. You think about partners that you want to work with.
For me, what I offer all the time is, "Oh, I really love this kombucha company. They make this really great kombucha that's barrel-aged." I get really nerdy about it. All the things that I'm nerdy about are craft-oriented, that, then, we can bring to the brand. Have a beer platform for those purveyors, as well.
You can integrate the community; you can integrate the local community, through programming, but then, also have something really interesting for the hotel guests.
Skift Table: What are some interesting programming things that you have lined up that you can divulge with us?
Dimayuga: I think what would be a good example, too, is think about just things that I've done recently. We hosted this Asian collective that's a nightlife collective, recently, at Le Bain. They had never thrown a party at this size, before. We ended up hosting them during Pride, and they're a gay-Asian-nightlife group, called Bubble_T. They're amazing. They throw the most amazing parties. Every detail is perfect. I ended up doing food with them for the event.
For Pride, they threw a party at Le Bain, which has a hot tub in the club. I worked with them to create ideas around what could this hot tub be? We turned the hot tub into … We called it a Hot Pot. They made decorations for the hot tub that looked like a hot pot.
They had drag queens performing, and then, the drag queens jumped into the Hot Pot. We served what we were calling a Spa Water Cup O'Noodles with ingredients that looked like the floaties that we put into it, upstairs on the rooftop, so there was a reason to have a Cup O'Noodles at a party.
I think it's that attention to detail is super-fun, and I think that's how the hotel spaces can be engaging, in a food way. We had this party, but then, there's a fun food element. We made CBD Jello shots that had Hojicha whipped cream on it. It was just a fun little thing.
We can take things really seriously, and think about activism, but then, we can also just have fun options for food, specific for an activation.
Skift Table: I know you mentioned innovation, and looking at ways to reinvent our perceptions of a restaurant that's in a hotel. You actually have a really long … A deep family history of innovation, in dining, in your family.
I don't know if you guys know this, but her dad actually invented the McDonald's Extra Value Meal.
Dimayuga: Oh, you did? Amazing.
Skift Table: What are some of your plans for future innovations?
Dimayuga: Whoa, yeah, you really pumped me up. I'm definitely not inventing an Extra Value Meal. My dad worked for McDonald's for 17 years, and, in the '90s, developed the set meals that eventually became … That, actually right away, became the Extra Value Meal.
Then, my family … My grandmother's family owns a Filipino bakery, called Red Ribbon, which got sold to Jollibee, which is The Philippines … It's like the Filipino version of McDonald's. They sell sweet spaghetti, and fried chicken.
Skift Table: What are some other future things you have up your sleeve?
Dimayuga: I'm always interested in thinking about innovation, and how we can think about future food systems. A partner of mine, who's a frequent collaborator that I've been working with for the past few years is Dr. Arielle Johnson, and she's a food chemist.
I met her because she's one of the founders of the Noma Fermentation Lab. I got to work with her, because we took over Noma, and I participated in the MAD Symposium, which is a huge chef conference they throw every year.
We have a lot of ideas on what we can do together. We're gonna continue our collaborative work together. We actually … TBA, I can't really announce what it is, but we worked together, talking about the future of food, in a panel talk, at the MAD Symposium.
Who have we been told is the future of food, and what have we been told is the future of food … Maybe that's AI, or like Soylent, but we can actually approach the future of food as more interdisciplinary. It doesn't have to be the people funding it always have to be venture capitalists. It could be people that view their work in an interdisciplinary way, which is how I approach my chef work.
For her, as a food scientist, she also is definitely an interdisciplinary worker, where, for example, when I found out from her that her dad is a performance artist in the Basque region of Spain, I was like, "Okay, that's why we …" This is why this connection makes sense to me, because we just got along so well, and she's somebody that I wanna continue to work with. She will be a collaborator of ours at the Standard.
I've also worked with this food/agriculture business called Small Hold Farms. They're based out of Brooklyn, and they create temperature-, and humidity-controlled boxes, where you can grow mushrooms out of recycled substrate. You use … They basically create recipes for mushrooms. I think when we've seen this … When I've seen people doing this, they often make oyster mushrooms, cuz those are the easiest to grow.
What they've done is to develop recipes, using specific types of wood that is saw dust from a mill, just basically waste material, rice hulls. They add spores to the mix, and then, they will deliver mushroom spores in bags, and then, you can grow mushrooms on site. I worked with them, building the first mushroom farm, at Mission Chinese, and we have future plans together.
Those are all things that get me really excited, and they are very specific, but they all make sense to all the collaborative work that I've done with chefs, and other creatives in the past.
Skift Table: That sounds like amazing stuff. Let's take some questions from the audience. Let's see … How does your creative process vary between creating food, and experiences for a hotel, versus a standalone restaurant?
Dimayuga: I think the one big, and beautiful thing about how the food experiences at a hotel, versus a standalone restaurant, is we can do more. I would often do, at restaurants, piecemeal events, like we would … I've done an event, where we turned Mission into … Which is a Chinese restaurant/Asian restaurant … We turned it into a steakhouse-themed restaurant for Halloween, and that was our costume. All the waiters wore tuxedos, and then, I made a giant shrimp sculpture for cocktail hour. It was really fun. Everyone dressed up that we invited, in Halloween costumes.
I think what's really great about the hotels is we can do site-specific events like that, but then, we can, then, also have bigger initiatives that people can experience nationally, just like Chef Stands Up. I think that's what I'm really excited about, cuz it's basically on a different level, so that's very new for me, and very difficult to juggle, but fun.
Skift Table: What can the restaurant industry do to make lesser-represented chefs feel more welcome?
Dimayuga: I think that one great thing about … Thinking about hotels as … That the entire property, as one living, breathing space, is that there's opportunities to … They're multi-outlets, or there's different ways that you could serve food. I think that if you're thinking about making the space in a really dynamic way, each outlet should be very different from each other, so there's a reason why people go to each outlet.
We threw a Fashion Week dinner party last … A couple weeks ago. What's really great about my position now is we could celebrate these … It was a Women in Fashion Dinner, and we celebrated women that have done distinguished work in the fashion industry, but a lot of them were people that I've been around for a while, making work, maybe, for 10-15 years.
I thought that what would be really important to make this space a lot more dynamic is think about younger generations of designers, or people that are maybe not at that level, but invite them, too; that maybe they're working their way up to be a fashion photographer, or they're writers, and they care about fashion. Really diversifying the spaces, and thinking about diversity, not just ethnically, but inter-generationally, and just really trying to approach it in the most intersectional way that we can.
Skift Table: Sounds good. Well, thank you so much, Angela. We really appreciate you being here.


Gary has been Chairman for 15 years, having been a Club Manager beforehand. Responsible for the overall well being of the Club, as well as running the Soccer School and maintaining the MarlPit, Gary is very well known and respected amongst his peers and a huge asset to the Club. An avid Derby County supporter.
Claire started at Belvedere Park FC 8 years ago when her son joined as a player. Claire helped out at the Soccer School before becoming her sons team Assistant Manager at the U8 level. Claire has loved football all her life, playing for Burton Albion Ladies and remains a Burton Albion supporter. Joined the Committee in 2015.
Matt has been involved in coaching for the last 15 years and is currently the under 18's manager. He's been the club's Child Welfare Officer for the last 3 years with Julie as his assistant within this role. Matt's favourite football team is Manchester United and he also enjoys socialising with his girlfriend and close friends. Matt is not the best cook but loves a good burger and a pint.
Paul has been with BPFC since 2007 when he was asked to run the U8 team at the time, he took this team all the way through to under 17's.
This team has now merged with the club's other U17's to form the club's new year team. Paul is now one of the coaches of the youth team.
Paul is married with two lads, the youngest of which plays in the club's youth team. Paul joined the committee in 2012 and is responsible for organising the club's annual summer football tournament. A keen follower and supporter of Burton Albion, Paul also attempts to keep fit by cycling and attending the local gym. His cycling once took him from Derby to Paris on a charity bike ride raising more than £10K.
Paul enjoys his work in between his holidays and is affectionately known as "Judith Charmers" for his love and regularity of going on holiday!!
Neil has been with Belvedere for 18 years now and is currently managing his third different team, the Under 16 Blue team, for BPJFC. Neil is a member of the committee and also looks after the club's home ground, The Marlpit.
In his spare time Neil is a fan of England and Manchester United and enjoys the odd beer or glass of wine.
Julie has been involved with junior football as a parent since 2007 when her son joined an under 7 team. Her son is now playing for the Belvedere U18 Team. She joined the BPFC committee in 2015 as Matt Smith's Assistant Child Welfare Officer.
Julie is also involved with the Branston Scout Group as their Treasurer. In her spare time she likes to partake in a little retail therapy and also meet up with family and friends for lunch.
Andy has been with Belvedere 5 years, starting as assistant manager to Gary Bould and taking over as team manager 3 years ago. Andy has been a committee member for the last 2 years and currently acts as secretary looking after the Derby Leagues.
Andy is the manager of our U15's who play in the Derby City Football League.
Andy is a life long supporter of Aston Villa!
Rich has been with the Club for 8 years now. As well as Secretary, Rich is responsible for our U14 team that play in the Midlands Junior Premier League. Away from Belvedere Rich is a big Burton Albion fan, being a season ticket holder with his 2 sons. Rich is also known to spend the odd evening having a curry.


Whitney make casually melancholic music that combines the wounded drawl of Townes Van Zandt, the rambunctious energy of Jim Ford, the stoned affability of Bobby Charles, the American otherworldliness of The Band, and the slack groove of early Pavement. Their debut, 'Light Upon the Lake', is due in June on Secretly Canadian, and it marks the culmination of a short, but incredibly intense, creative period for the band. To say that Whitney is more than the sum of its parts would be a criminal understatement. Formed from the core of guitarist Max Kakacek and singing drummer Julien Ehrlich, the band itself is something bigger, something visionary, something neither of them could have accomplished alone.


Ever since I bought, fell in love with, and ultimately abandoned my copy of The China Moon Cookbook, I've disliked recipes that begin -- as so many in that book did -- by instructing you to make several other components before you can even begin to work on the recipe at hand. And yet, this turkey and tortellini soup recipe does something similar. If you're lucky to have a friend like my friend Beverly, who brought us a delicious turkey vegetable soup last week, you're all set, but a purchased chicken or turkey noodle soup from the soup bar or deli department of a good market also makes a perfect jumping-off point. Bulk it up with purchased rotisserie turkey (or chicken) breast and cheese tortellini, add some vegetables, toss in a few red pepper flakes, and taste the broth before you add salt. Quick and easy, and a simple soup morphs into a substantial main course.
In a 4- or 5-quart sauce pan or Dutch oven, bring the soup to a boil. Add carrot and celery chunks, and and cook for 2 minutes. Stir in the turkey breast, parsley, tortellini and red pepper flakes, and when the soup returns to the boil, reduce the heat to simmer. Cook for 10 minutes or until the tortellini are cooked through. Season as needed with salt and pepper. Serve hot.
Having filled pasta in the freezer has been a meal base for me, especially during a time when I didn't want to cook but did want to eat at home. Good ravioli or quality ramen packets, frozen veg cooked in the boiling pasta water, sauce or broth... my no-brainer collection. With those and microwaved sweet potatoes (with toppings) I (and my daughter) got by.
Susan, one of my favorite things to keep in the freezer is Chinese dumplings. They're great for soup or as a meal on their own. I always have tortellini on hand, too.
Great simmering soups! !this is my first visit and you have a great blog.


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Barton Rice Honored By Georgia Trend Magazine as a 2007 40 under 40 Award Recipient
Atlanta " Barton Rice, executive director of Early County 2055, an economic revitalization program in Southwest Georgia, has received Georgia Trend Magazine's prestigious 40 Under 40 award, honoring the state's top individuals under the age of 40 who are poised to lead commercial, cultural, academic and governmental institutions into the future. The finalists will be profiled in the magazine's October issue cover story and honored at an awards ceremony on October 16th at the Fox Theater.
"This year's 40 Under 40 finalists represent the 'best and brightest' among the rising young leaders in our state," says Georgia Trend Publisher Neely Young. "It's good to know the future of Georgia is in their hands."
Since 1985. Georgia Trend has been well-known as "the magazine of Georgia Business & Politics". This is the 11th year the magazine has presented this honor. This year's finalists were selected from some 200 individual nominations made by some 300 readers.
"This is a true honor for me and my family," said Barton Rice. "I am thrilled to receive this award and excited to be a part of this very dynamic group of Georgians."
Early County 2055 (EC2055), a non-profit organization, was created from a grant by the Atlanta-based Charles and Catherine B. Rice Foundation in the spring of 2006 to support the revitalization, economic development and preservation of Blakely and Early County. Barton Rice is president of the foundation and the executive director of the EC2055 initiative. The Foundation funding has supported the program's initial planning and laid the groundwork for the revitalization process. Rice has been heading up the initiative since its start and is leading a team of experts to implement a short and long term action plan that will create a healthy business climate for the community.
Rice says the work that he is presently involved with in Early County is not only exciting, it is moving ahead with a great deal of success. "This is about preserving the culture and history and all the wonderful things that are a historically a part of the area, while at the same time giving the people of Early County a new economic reality through generating jobs and revenue from a number of target businesses that we are pursuing," he said.
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Wind turbine maker Vestas looks at expanding into energy storage
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's Vestas, the world's largest wind turbine maker, is keen to expand into areas such as energy storage to increase the global use of wind power and bring costs down.
Maintenance work is done on a Vestas wind turbine (R) at a wind energy park near Heide, Germany, September 9, 2010. REUTERS/Christian Charisius/File Photo
The wind industry is entering a phase of slower growth and steadier demand for turbines, prompting producers to look at alternatives to grow revenue.
"The storage side is interesting and there are a lot of small start-ups that might be of interest. I'm looking for industry batteries," Vestas Chairman Bert Nordberg told Reuters.
"If you can store over-production in a good way it would take down the total cost."
Energy storage is the capture of energy produced for use at a later time, for instance in the form of batteries. The technology is becoming increasingly viable with the rise in sales of electric cars.
In January, U.S. electric car maker Tesla launched a massive battery storage facility in the California desert. In Europe, a former Tesla executive wants to build a plant to rival the scale of his former employer's Gigafactory in Sweden.
Nordberg said Vestas could consider buying small stakes in many companies "to see which one wins before you go for a major acquisition".
"We have 3.2 billion euro in cash and no debt so we can afford to invest," he said, declining to say how much the firm would be willing to spend.
He added that he preferred investing the money rather than initiating a buy-back program.
"A buy-back is pretty boring. It's better if we find something that can develop the company so I'm pushing management to have better ideas than buy-backs," he said.
Vestas came back from the brink of bankruptcy just four years ago and the share price has risen more than 1,000 percent over the past five years.
But the company could lose its status as the world's biggest wind turbine maker as Germany's Siemens and Spain's Gamesa agreed to combine their assets in the sector.
"We definitely are going to make their life miserable. We are going to take the deals... We have exactly the same goal that we should the biggest player," Nordberg said.
While he expected consolidation among smaller players in the industry, Vestas was not aiming to buy anything big.
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Q: Is there a way to make search bots ignore certain text? I have my blog (you can see it if you want, from my profile), and it's fresh, as well as google robots parsing results are.
The results were alarming to me. Apparently the most common 2 words on my site are "rss" and "feed", because I use text for links like "Comments RSS", "Post Feed", etc. These 2 words will be present in every post, while other words will be more rare.
Is there a way to make these links disappear from Google's parsing? I don't want technical links getting indexed. I only want content, titles, descriptions to get indexed. I am looking for something other than replacing this text with images.
I found some old discussions on Google, back from 2007 (I think in 3 years many things could have changed, hopefully this too)
This question is not about robots.txt and how to make Google ignore pages. It is about making it ignore small parts of the page, or transforming the parts in such a way that it will be seen by humans and invisible to robots.

A: I work on a site with top-3 google ranking for thousands of school names in the US, and we do a lot of work to protect our SEO. There are 3 main things you could do (which are all probably a waste of time, keep reading):

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*Move the stuff you want to downplay to the bottom of your HTML and use CSS and/or to place it where you want readers to see it. This won't hide it from crawlers, but they'll value it lower.

*Replace those links with images (you say you don't want to do that, but don't explain why not)

*Serve a different page to crawlers, with those links stripped. There's nothing black hat about this, as long as the content is fundamentally the same as a browser sees. Search engines will ding you if you serve up a page that's significantly different from what users see, but if you stripped RSS links from the version of the page crawlers index, you would not have a problem.

That said, crawlers are smart, and you're not the only site filled with permalink and rss links. They care about context, and look for terms and phrases in your headings and body text. They know how to determine that your blog is about technology and not RSS. I highly doubt those links have any negative effect on your SEO. What problem are you actually trying to solve?
If you want to build SEO, figure out what value you provide to readers and write about that. Say interesting things that will lead others to link to your blog, and crawlers will understand that you're an information source that people value. Think more about what your readers see and understand, and less about what you think a crawler sees.

A: Firstly think about the issue. If Google think "RSS" is the main keyword that may suggest the rest of your content is a bit shallow and needs expanding. Perhaps this should be the focus of your  attention.If the rest of your content is rich I wouldn't worry about the issue as a search engine should know what the page is about from title and headings. Just make sure RSS etc is not in a heading or bold or strong tag.
Secondly as you rightly mention, you probably don't want use images as they are not assessable to screen readers without alt text and if they have alt text or supporting text then you add the keyword back in. However aria live may help you get around this issue, but I'm not an expert on accessibility.
Options:

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*Use JavaScript to write that bit of content (maybe ajax it in after load). Search engines like Google can execute JavaScript but I would guess it wont value any JS written content very highly.

*Re-word the content or remove duplicates of it, one prominent RSS feed link may be better than several smaller ones dotted around the page.

*Use the css content attribute with pseudo :before or :after to add your content. I'm not sure if bots will index words in content attributes in CSS and know that contents value in relation to each page but it seems unlikely. Putting words like RSS in the CSS basically says it's a style thing not an HTML thing, therefore even if engines to index it they wont add much/any value to it. For example, the HTML and CSS could be:

.add-text:after { content:'View my RSS feed'; }

Note the above will not work in older versions of IE, so you may need some IE version comments if you care about that.

A: "googleon" and "googleoff" are only supported by the Google Search Appliance (when you host your own search results, usually for your own internal website).
They are not supported by Google's web-search at all. So please refrain from doing that and I think that should not be marked as a correct answer as this might create ambiguity.
Now, to get Google to exclude part of a page, you will need to place that content in a separate file, such as excluded.html, and use an iframe to display that content in the host page.

The iframe tag grabs content from another file and inserts it into the host page. I think there is no other available method so far.

A: The only control that you have over the indexing robots, is the robots.txt file. See this documentation, linked by Google on their page explaining the usage of the file.
You basically can prohibit certain links and URL's but not necessarily keywords.

A: There is a simple way to tell google to not index parts of your documents, that is using googleon and googleoff:

This is normal (X)HTML content that will be indexed by Google.

This (X)HTML content will NOT be indexed by Google.

In this example, the second paragraph will not be indexed by Google. Notice the "index" parameter, which may be set to any of the following:

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*index — content surrounded by "googleoff: index" will not be indexed
by Google
anchor — anchor text for any links within a "googleoff: anchor" area
will not be associated with the target page
snippet — content surrounded by "googleoff: snippet" will not be used
to create snippets for search results
all — content surrounded by "googleoff: all" are treated with all
source

A: Google ignores HTML tags which have data-nosnippet:

   This text can be included in a snippet
   and this part would not be shown.

Source: Special tags that Google understands - Inline directives

A: Other than black-hat server-side methods, there is nothing you can do. You may want to look at why you have those words so often and remove some of them from the site.
It used to be that you could use JS to "hide" things from googlebot, but you can't now that it parses JS. ( http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/4159807.htm )

A: Google crawler are smart but someone that program them are smartest. Human always sees what is sensible in the page, they will spend time on blog that have some nice content and most rare and unique.
It is all about common sense, how people visit your blog and how much time they spend. Google measure the search result in the same way. Your page ranking also increase as daily visits increase and site content get better and update every day.
This page has "Answer" words repeated multiple times. It doesn't mean that it will not get indexed. It is how much useful is to every one.
I hope it will give you some idea

A: you have to manually detect the "Google Bot" from request's user agent and feed them little different content than you normally serve to your user.

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[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he second installment of Netflix's web series Sacred Games on is all set to go on floors in two days. The first schedule is set to kick off in Mumbai and the cast and crew are relieved that the #MeToo movement has not dented the future of their series.
"After #MeToo threatened to derail Sacred Games post the dissolution of Phantom, Netflix immediately set into motion their independent investigation. They gave both Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane an objective hearing and heard them at length. Once it emerged that both were not guilty of any offences, Netflix has decided to go haead with part 2 of Sacred Games," a source said.
Sources indicate that Netflix is still playing it safe in Varun Grover's case and have not officially announced his name. Apparently, Netflix is said to be in two minds about officially retaining Grover's name.
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I recently met Jim Green, the librarian of the Library Company of Philadelphia - not the Free Library, but the one founded by Benjamin Franklin and friends in 1731. On learning of my interest in typography, Jim invited me to see some books.
by By Jack Armstrong, Inquirer
When I arrived, he already had three books out to show me. The first was the 1632 Second Folio of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare. I have seen other copies of this book twice in my life, but strictly in "do not touch" circumstances. Jim let me hold this one in my hands, turn the pages, and hold it right up to my eye so I could see the minutest details of paper and ink.
Four hundred years seemed to vanish. I leafed through and there were Mistress Quickly and Doll Tearsheet, Falstaff and Hal, all of them. Except instead of seeing those characters as venerable antiques, somehow, with this book in my hand, I saw them as I might have seen them in 1632 - fresh, unheard-of, hilarious, tragic, and irresistible.
Next was a Latin edition of Virgil, printed by John Baskerville. When he came along, printing in England was a poor shadow of the refined art then being developed on the continent. In 1757, Baskerville set about changing that. He learned the entire art of printing, from hand-sculpting individual letters to binding.
He created his own typeface, with all the refinement and elegance of Europe's, but somehow English (or perhaps we associate this style of type with England because of Baskerville). To do justice to his delicate letters, he invented a new way of making paper (vastly smoother and whiter than ordinary paper) and also introduced the idea of generous margins and spacing between lines to make a page more pleasing to the eye.
He revolutionized English printing. His fingerprints are still all over the printing and graphics industry (including the Baskerville font that comes preloaded on your computer).
To pay for the creation of this amazing book, Baskerville sold subscriptions in advance. The first five pages of the book contain the list of subscribers, including "Benjamin Franklin, Philadelphia."
Franklin's copy survived the long, perilous sea voyage and reached his hands. He studied it and then donated it to the library. A quarter of a millennium later, the librarian took it from the shelf and handed it to me. I had Ben Franklin's book in my hands.
Jim saved the best for last. Nicholas Jenson, one of Gutenberg's early pupils, went on to set up his own shop in Venice. In 1476, Jenson created an edition of Pliny's Natural History translated into "Florentine." That book was Jenson's masterpiece. It's 500 or so pages of fine vellum (calfskin), printed, with hand-colored illuminations. It was as beautiful as any hand-lettered medieval masterpiece.
But what made this book special was the typeface Jenson created. Before Jenson, type was either "black letter" (think of the lettering on the cover of a hymnal) or "uncial" (think Book of Kells). Neither was particularly readable, and both presented numerous difficulties in translation to movable type. Jenson solved all those problems by inventing what he called "Roman type," because he based it largely on the carved inscriptions in the surviving monuments of ancient Rome.
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Most people would probably not consider me a religious person, but those books are more sacred to me than the thumb bone of St. Peter. To touch them was a deeply moving experience.
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LG's 4K HDR monitor gets a price and release date, heralding a new era for PC displays
The future of PC displays is almost here.
By Ian Paul
Contributor, PCWorld |
The age of high-dynamic range displays is coming to the PC this month. Several online retail outlets are now selling LG's 31.5-inch 32UD99, making it the first HDR PC display available for consumers.
LG 4K HDR 31.5" monitor (32UD99-W)
The 32UD99 is available for pre-order on B&H for $999, as first spotted by The Verge. It's also on Amazon for the same price. The B&H page says the monitor will become available on Wednesday, March 28, while Amazon's page says the item "usually ships within 2 to 4 weeks."
So what's the big deal about HDR, you ask? It's no less than the next major evolution in display technology. HDR dramatically improves the contrast and color range on displays. This means more vibrant and accurate colors, as well as more accurate blacks. The difference is stunning, almost making the jump from 1080p to 4K resolution look like a minor step forward in comparison.
The 32UD99's highlight features include 3840-by-2160 (4K) resolution and support for the HDR 10 standard. There's also a USB Type-C port that can simultaneously display a 4K image, charge a laptop, and transfer data. The rear of the display has two HDMI ports, a DisplayPort, and two standard USB 3.0 ports in addition to the Type-C outlet.
The story behind the story: Don't necessarily pull out that credit card just yet; LG's HDR monitors aren't the only ones headed to store shelves in the coming months. Glorious G-Sync HDR displays from Acer and Asus are coming before the summer, featuring 4K resolution, a 144Hz refresh rate, quantum dot technology, and 1000 nits brightness. Pricing for these monitors is not yet announced.
On top of that, AMD is releasing an update to FreeSync called FreeSync 2 that will improve a monitor's ability to render HDR with a FreeSync 2-supporting graphics card. While this new LG monitor supports the original FreeSync, we don't expect to see it get FreeSync 2 later this year. The 32UD99 still looks like a compelling monitor on paper, but a little caution could save you from potentially experiencing buyer's remorse before the year is out.
Ian is an independent writer based in Israel who has never met a tech subject he didn't like. He primarily covers Windows, PC and gaming hardware, video and music streaming services, social networks, and browsers. When he's not covering the news he's working on how-to tips for PC users, or tuning his eGPU setup.


Watch this video with the famous tenor saxophone player Scott Hamilton playing the tune Jitterburg Waltz composed by Fats Waller. In this take Scott Hamilton presents us some very tasty saxophone playing. His sound is very warm and heats up the soul of the listeners.
Here he is accompanied by other great musicians, namely Jon Wheatley on guitar, Paul Schmeling on piano, Chuck Riggs on the drumset and Marshall Wood playing the accoustic bass. After the tune's theme is presented, Paul Schmeling plays his swinging solo on the piano, then Scott Hamilton comes back with his tenor saxophone solo followed by a the electric guitar solo performed by Jon Wheatley. All solos are great examples of excellent jazz playing.
Scott Hamilton's style is very cool, he is not playing thousands of notes, he rather plays what he is not playing, if this makes any sense. I mean, he makes rests, he waits befor he enters with a melodic line, achieving his personal style of playing jazz and tenor saxophone and one cannot do anything else than admire this cool personality. Surely nobody would say the guy cannot play the sax. And he has not to overfill the space with hasty notes, instead his relaxed playing gets to the sould of the listeners and fills his heart with warmth.
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Spain laid claim to the Island of Jamaica from the time Columbus landed there in 1494. In 1503, Columbus was shipwrecked there for a year. In 1655, Jamaica was captured by British Admiral William Penn, the father of Pennsylvania's founder.
Jamaica was too far from England to defend, so the inhabitants turned to privateers, freebooters, buccaneers and pirates for protection. The likes of Blackbeard, Calico Jack and Captain Henry Morgan, namesake of the rum, attacked Spanish ships and settlements, then returned to Jamaica with their booty.
The skull pirate flag, called the "Jolly Roger," was adapted from the flag of the Muslim Barbary pirates who raided ships and beheaded with their scimitar swords. In 1625, Muslim corsairs flew the skull flag when they raided Cornwall to take English as slaves.
From the 16th to 19th centuries, Muslim Barbary pirates raided and kidnapped an estimated one million from England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands and Iceland, selling them as slaves in Tripoli, Algiers and Tunis, Algiers.
On the island of Jamaica's sandy southeast coast, the city of Port Royal grew to surpass Boston as England's most prosperous New World settlement. Many of the Caribbean's thousand pirates and smugglers operated from there, with half of the 200 ships a year passing through the harbor transporting slaves, liquor, and other contraband trade to Spanish America.
In September of 1860, Jamaica was visited with a tremendous revival, as documented in Dr. J. Edwin Orr's book, "The Event of the Century: The 1857-1858 Awakening." Moravian missionary Rev. Theodor Sonderman recorded that the revival began in St. Elizabeth Parish and spread to Montego Bay, Bethel Town, Spanish Town, Clarendon and Kingston. Fervency in prayer was accompanied by trembling, crying out to the Lord, weeping, and repentance. One morning prayer meeting drew 500 people. Baptists reported over 6,000 baptized.
United Presbyterian Church reported 4,000 new members, calling it "the most remarkable and encouraging (news) that have ever come from Jamaica." Churches were crowded to overflowing with membership roles exploding. Crime subsided, gambling houses closed, superstitions were abandoned, and cohabiting couples were married.


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Home » Europe » Children have social media profiles at just nine years old, says Irish study
Children have social media profiles at just nine years old, says Irish study
The toll that technology is taking on children's health was laid bare in separate reports linking screen time to 12 common types of cancer and short-sightedness.
Rising exposure to smartphones, tablets and gaming consoles in childhood is driving long-term weight gain – identified as one of the key causes of cancer, the World Cancer Research Fund found.
And every hour a day playing computer games raises the risk of short-sightedness by 3pc, research by King's College London found.
And almost a quarter of nine-year-olds in the country have an online profile, according to worrying new findings that raise concerns about exposure to dangerous strangers.
Most parents have rules around content and amount of time spent on devices, but it hasn't stopped many children using sites where 13 is supposed to be the minimum age.
According to their mothers, 23pc of Irish nine-year-olds now have social media or gaming profiles – 26pc of boys and 21pc of girls.
Boys' profiles are largely related to computer gaming, while for girls it tends to be social media, according to the Growing Up in Ireland report.
Online networking sites, such as Snapchat, are very popular with teenagers, while many younger children lie about their age in order to create an account.
The amount of time nineyear-olds spend watching TV or on other screen-based activities, as well as figures for online profiles, is one of the focuses of the report out today.
Latest findings from the Growing Up in Ireland study give a detailed snapshot of children born at the start of the recession in 2008.
The research, involving 7,563 children, provides insights into family circumstances, education, physical health, screen time/online profiles and emotional well-being.
Last year, when they were nine, most of the children were doing well across the various indicators, but the study points to areas of concern, including evidence of significant inequalities.
Researchers found that only 25pc were doing the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity each day.
Although most are not overweight, 22pc are above what is normal for their age, including 5pc who are obese.
Social background plays a big part in overweight and obesity levels, at 32pc in the lowest income group, more than double the 14pc in the highest income families.
They eat more fruit than nine-year-olds did 10 years ago, but there is a relatively high consumption of "treats".
About 12p are hampered by a long-standing health condition or disability, most commonly asthma, ADHD and skin conditions.
These children spent their early years in a period of economic uncertainty, and in 2013, 25pc of families said they struggled to make ends meet.
Generally positive attitudes to school are evident. However, while 62pc of the children "always liked" reading and 48pc "always liked" maths, only 22pc "always liked" Irish.
The study is funded mainly by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs and the research is led by the ESRI and Trinity College Dublin.
Its findings came on the same day as two separate reports provided worrying evidence of the impact that technology is having on young people's health.
A World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) analysis looked at 80 studies involving more than 200,000 people in order to examine the causes of rising obesity, and identified screen time in childhood as one of the chief culprits.
It follows findings from the WCRF linking being overweight or obese to cancers including breast, prostate, colon, liver, ovarian, kidney and pancreatic.
Elsewhere, research by King's College London found that every hour a day playing computer games raises the risk of short-sightedness, an effect dubbed 'digital myopia'.
In the past 50 years the number of children suffering from myopia has doubled to 16.4pc, which experts say is fuelled by youngsters staying inside and staring at screens.
Previous studies suggest youngsters spend an average of eight hours a day using gadgets like smartphones, desktops and tablets, and scientists warned they appeared to be having multiple effects on their health.
As well as being linked to lower levels of physical activity, it appears to dull satiety levels, leading to 'passive overconsumption' of snacks – often junk foods, which are often marketed via the same devices, the WCRF warned.
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Meet UK's 18-year-old Youngest Commercial Pilot
18-year-old Seth Van Beek has become the UK's youngest qualified commercial pilot after his mom sold the family home to fund his dream.
Seth Van Beek
An 18-year old has become the UK's youngest qualified commercial pilot after his mom sold the family home to help fund his dreams.
Seth Van Beek got his license to fly passenger airliners after he completed 18 months of training and clocked up 150 hours in the air before he passed with flying colors.
He set his sights on being a pilot since the age of eight, and selfless single mom Frances, 42, sold their three-bedroom home to fund his dream.
Van Beek, from Preston, London, is now the UK's youngest licensed commercial aviator,a record previously held by Luke Elsworth, who became a pilot at 19.
He had to move to Greece for the intensive $110,592 flight school course and is now looking for a job. He hopes to one day fly for British Airways.
"Flying has always been my dream. There was nothing else that I had ever wanted to do, and there is nothing I would contemplate doing. You don't have a single epiphany where you realize that you want to be something or do something, it comes from experience," he said.
"My mom was an avid traveler when she was younger, and when I was a boy she'd take us on holiday to see the world. I loved everything about flying even the fact that a 300-tonne tube of metal can basically be shot up into the air and fly for up to 12 hours.
"As I grew up, my love became a passion, and I'm so grateful that the experience of training didn't discourage me like training can."
Van Beek said he took "very naturally to flying" and describes it as "an honor."
"When you are flying manually, you are in charge. It's a big responsibility, but it's exhilarating, and that means flying's an honor. And I've always felt safer flying in a plane, or flying one, than traveling on a bus or driving a car — though I do have a driver's license!
"People have to chase their dreams, and I've been so lucky, being able to make my dream my career because of my mom. None of this would have been possible without her — I love her to pieces!"
Van Beek left school in Zimbabwe after his General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) and attended Egnatia Aviation Training College after passing grueling entrance exams in January 2018, aged 16.
In April 2018, having turned 17 on March 4, he then began 18 months' training at the prestigious Mediterranean flight academy.
Though he could have trained in the UK, Van Beek said he chose to learn in Greece so he could break the world record — and "because the weather was better".
One of 14 students, the teen sat through 14 exams, alternating between learning theory and practical flying at Kavala International Airport every three months.
He took to the skies up five times-a-week during his practical stints, initially for just 60 minutes, but eventually flying for five hours over Greece.
Van Beek also completed three theory-based courses — the ATP Integration Course, Jet Orientation, and Multi Crew Cooperation. His total theory study time totaled 828 hours, often revising late into the night.
His average exam score was an impressive 90.6 percent and he graduated in September at the top of his class, getting his license from the European Aviation Safety Agency a month later.
The new pilot said he was inspired by his mother, Frances, who had "always supported my dreams and told me that I could make it if I worked hard."
Frances, who also has a 14-year-old daughter, sold their home in Milton Keynes and downsized to a flat, to free up $110,592 for her son's course, plus accommodation fees.
"She made huge sacrifices for me, and I couldn't let her down. I had to achieve and to succeed. I wanted to be top of my class so that I could show her that it was worth everything. The hours of study, the stress and her decision to sell the house so that she could set money aside to one day finance my training. And she's well and truly proud!" Van Beek said.
As for his proud mom, she said her son's achievement is "overwhelming."
"I didn't have a proper education, so I have always pushed Seth to make sure that he accomplishes what he really wants," Frances, who is a finance manager originally from Zimbabwe, said.
"For years I have told him that as long as he has faith and believes in himself, he will be able to achieve anything he sets his mind to. To think he's the youngest licensed commercial pilot in the UK — it blows me away."
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for example...americans are notorious for making jokes about the state of british teeth...is this racist?
if i make fun of...lets say arabs for being predominantly lazy...does that make me racist or observant?
so you wouldn't consider it racist?
Really? I've not heard that before? whats wrong with our teeth?
Yup Americans make fun of Brit's teeth all the time. All in good fun though, doesn't come across as vindictive. They also joke about the French and to a lesser extent continental Euros not being too concerned with personal hygiene.
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hmm- I thought that was the chinese... and as for the americans don't they all have ludicrously white teeth? those in glass houses.
Well the irish are thick, the scots are tight, the welsh shag sheep, the french- well they are just french.
well then they would be stupid as we all know that all Asian women are not Pro's, and all Indian's are not stupid, so that is generalising. Do you consider some one as being racist for making these comments?
trawling through some of the comments littered throughout this board, i see a lot of 'generalisation'...the same people seem to be quick to defend themselves as not racist.
the dictionary defines racism as: a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.
so again (and im only asking, not excusing) do you think its racist to say arabs are lazy? or indians are stupid?
thought i made my point pretty clear?? im wondering if you consider it to be racist to make a derogatory statement about a nationality of people?


So… whilst the sun has been pulsing out a few rhythmic summer rays, blackberries have been ripening and the apples have been preparing to knock some sense into Newton. But when it comes to office furniture, how can this be of interest?
Well, we reckon that as summer slips into autumn, you can bet your bottom dollar the animal kingdom is already thinking about winter. Beasties are contemplating getting their 'house' in order. They're preparing for leaner times, tidying away, and putting what needs to be stored into storage. Which got us thinking… what can an SME learn from this?
If one thinks of spring as a time for clearing out… we'd say autumn is the time for storing and stashing away. As we move into the ninth month of the year, with the days getting shorter, you'll no doubt have spotted that those don't-know-what-to-do-with-it piles have started to grow again. Squirrels may not have access to pre-built office shelving or cupboards… but you do. Now's the time to get your house-keeping straightened and your office storage sorted.
Scenario One - You've reached the point where you're sick of the sight of those piles of files everyone just leaves out by the printer because it's easier than stretching to put them away each time. The office cupboard they normally belong in has got so full that it's a nightmare trying to find anything. What's the solution?
How about an office cupboard with an open top display? Files you use every day can be conveniently stored on the shelves, whilst papers waiting to be archived can be hidden away behind closed doors. At CamHam, we can even offer you a glass door option, to add a little chic style to your office.
Scenario Two – Your paperwork has gone haywire and would benefit from a firm hand to get it under control again. You need more filing cabinet storage; handy for loose sheets and drop folders.
How about a beech finish office filing cabinet set? You can position a 4 drawer, next to a 3 drawer, next to a 2 drawer to create an aesthetically pleasing staircase of filing. And as an extra bonus, the tops of each cabinet lend themselves perfectly to being used for a bit of easy access lever arch file storage too.
Scenario Three – You're beginning to suspect the communal office storage isn't enough for some people. Certain individuals, who must always remain nameless, need additional easy access space specifically allocated to them… what gives?
How about a 3 shelf standard book case? Inexpensive, but offered in such a variety of finishes that you're bound to find something that matches your other office furniture.
Now we're pretty sure those aren't the only scenarios to exist to prompt a little office storage review, but we hope they've helped get the grey matter working. If you'd like to find out more about how you can get stashing and storing for the autumn, take a look at the storage options we have to offer, and give us a ring or contact us online!


Alison and Samuel were married at the beautiful Atrium in Wilmington NC in a sweet, intimate celebration with family and friends. The Atrium by Ligon Flynn is a gorgeous event space for weddings and reception, and we always love the opportunity to photograph there. Alison and Samuel's wedding was a much anticipated day, and we were so happy to be a part of the festivities. Thanks to Salt Harbor for the beautiful florals, design and coordination for the day.


Los Angeles is well known for its endless list of things to do, which includes many annual events and festivals. No matter when you visit, there's always a festival or event to check out. Los Angeles festivals and events are huge attractions, drawing large crowds every year. Many of the events are even known around the world! If you're heading to California, check out the upcoming festival or event in Los Angeles.
The Tournament of Roses Parade in January is a tradition known across the United States. Since 1890, floral floats, musical performers and the Rose Queen have been celebrated with the annual parade. More than a million spectators head to Pasadena every year to watch the one of a kind parade. Afterwards, the big Rose Bowl football game keeps the excitement going all day long.
The Kodak Theatre in Hollywood is most well known for hosting the Academy Awards every year in February. In Los Angeles, Oscar day is considered to be Christmas as the most famous actors from around the world receive awards. If you're in town, be sure to stand by the red carpet to watch the stars stroll down to receive their rewards.
You don't have to be a runner to enjoy the Los Angeles Marathon every March. This well known even in Los Angeles features more than 23,000 runners every year. The 26 mile long marathon isn't your typical marathon as it's dotted with cheerleaders, street performers and much more!
Race car lovers have to check out the Toyota Grand Prix in Long Beach every April. The high speed extravaganza is a two mile street circuit filled with breath-stopping curves.
In June, competitors from around the world battle at the X Games. Thousands watch the extreme sports performed in Downtown LA.


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Sandoz biosimilar filgrastim recommended for approval by FDA Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee
Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) votes in favor of recommending biosimilar filgrastim for approval in the US
Biosimilar filgrastim recommended to be approved for use in all requested indications
Committee's recommendation based on review of extensive data from analytical, non-clinical, clinical studies and post-marketing pharmacovigilance
Holzkirchen, January 7, 2014 - Sandoz, a Novartis company, announced today that US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) recommended approval of its investigational biosimilar filgrastim in the US. The Committee also recommended approval of the biosimilar for use in all indications included in the reference product's (Amgen's NEUPOGEN®) label.
"We are pleased with the ODAC's recommendation to approve our biosimilar filgrastim and we look forward to continuing to work with FDA as it completes its review of our filing," said Mark McCamish, M.D., Ph.D., Head of Global Biopharmaceutical & Oncology Injectables Development at Sandoz. "We are proud to lead the way in biosimilars globally and believe this positive recommendation brings us one step closer to delivering high-quality biosimilars to patients in the US."
The recommendation was provided after the presentation of a comprehensive package of nonclinical, clinical and post-marketing pharmacovigilance data which confirmed Sandoz' biosimilar filgrastim is highly similar to the reference product (Amgen's NEUPOGEN®). The pivotal clinical package included a pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) study in healthy volunteers, which established bioequivalence, and a clinical efficacy and safety study in breast cancer patients which demonstrated the same clinical performance and safety as the reference product.
The clinical package is also supported by a global program including five randomized, double-blind, single and multiple dose PK/PD studies in healthy volunteers to assess pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic equivalence between biosimilar filgrastim and NEUPOGEN® and a European non-comparative clinical safety and efficacy study. Post-marketing pharmacovigilance data from countries outside of the US also contributed to the totality of evidence.
Under the brand name ZARZIO®, the Sandoz biosimilar filgrastim has been marketed in more than 40 countries outside the US, generating nearly 7.5 million patient-exposure days of experience. If approved in the US, Sandoz proposes to market biosimilar filgrastim under the name ZARXIOTM.
FDA frequently seeks the advice of its advisory committees as it reviews and decides whether to approve treatments, although it is not obligated to follow the recommendation.
Sandoz is the global leader with over 50 percent volume share of all biosimilars approved in the highly-regulated markets of Canada, Europe, Japan and Australia. Sandoz currently markets three biosimilars outside the US; each of which occupies the #1 biosimilar position in its respective category. Sandoz biosimilars are sold in over 60 countries and have generated over 200 million patient-exposure days in experience. Sandoz also has an unrivalled biosimilars pipeline with several molecules in various stages of development, including six molecules in Phase III clinical trials/registration - more than any other company in the industry.
The foregoing release contains forward-looking statements that can be identified by words such as "recommended," "votes in favor of recommending," "recommendation," "investigational," "look forward," "believe," "will," or similar terms, or by express or implied discussions regarding potential future product approvals, or regarding potential revenues from biosimilar filgrastim or any potential future products. You should not place undue reliance on these statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on the current beliefs and expectations of management regarding future events, and are subject to significant known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. There can be no guarantee that biosimilar filgrastim will be approved for sale in any additional markets, or at any particular time. Neither can there be any guarantee that any other potential future products will be submitted or approved for sale in any market, or at any particular time. Nor can there be any guarantee that biosimilar filgrastim or any other potential future products will be commercially successful in the future. In particular, management's expectations regarding biosimilar filgrastim and such other potential future products could be affected by, among other things, the uncertainties inherent in research and development, including unexpected clinical trial results and additional analysis of existing clinical data; unexpected regulatory actions or delays or government regulation generally; competition in general, including approval of additional versions of biosimilar filgrastim; the company's ability to obtain or maintain proprietary intellectual property protection, including unexpected patent litigation outcomes; government, industry and general public pricing pressures; unexpected manufacturing issues; general economic and industry conditions, and other risks and factors referred to in Novartis AG's current Form 20-F on file with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Novartis is providing the information in this press release as of this date and does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this press release as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
About Sandoz
Sandoz, a Novartis company, is a global leader in the generic pharmaceutical sector. Sandoz employs over 26,500 employees across more than 160 countries, offering a broad range of high-quality, affordable products that are no longer protected by patents. With USD 9.2 billion in sales in 2013, Sandoz has a portfolio of approximately 1,100 molecules, and holds the #1 position globally in biosimilars as well as in generic injectables, ophthalmics, dermatology and antibiotics, complemented by leading positions in the cardiovascular, metabolism, central nervous system, pain, gastrointestinal, respiratory, and hormonal therapeutic areas. Sandoz develops, produces, and markets these medicines, as well as active pharmaceutical and biotechnological substances. Nearly half of Sandoz's portfolio is in differentiated products, which are defined as products that are more difficult to scientifically develop and manufacture than standard generics. In addition to strong organic growth since consolidating its generics businesses under the Sandoz brand name in 2003, Sandoz has benefitted from strong growth of its acquisitions, which include Lek (Slovenia), Sabex (Canada), Hexal (Germany), Eon Labs (US), EBEWE Pharma (Austria), Oriel Therapeutics (US), and Fougera Pharmaceuticals (US).
Eric Althoff
Novartis Global Media Relations
[email protected] Sreejit Mohan
Sandoz Head Biopharma & OI Communications
Leslie Pott
Sandoz US Communications
Novartis Investor Relations
Central phone: +41 61 324 7944 North America:
Samir Shah +41 61 324 7944 Richard Pulik +1 212 830 2448
Pierre-Michel Bringer +41 61 324 1065 Susan Donofrio +1 862 778 9257
Thomas Hungerbuehler +41 61 324 8425
Isabella Zinck +41 61 324 7188
NEUPOGEN® is a registered trademark of Amgen.
ZARXIO® is a registered trademark of Novartis AG.


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Wall Street Mill
Twentynine Palms, California 92277 USA
Free to Visit
Not Wheelchair
No Public
"The last standing Gold Ore mill"
The Wall Street Mill in Joshua Tree National Park was a complete and operable gold ore crushing mill featuring late-19th Century two-stamp mill machinery. Consequently the significance encompasses the mill machinery, the building which houses it, the well which supplied water for the mill's operation, and the well pump. It is the only gold ore crushing mill in the region that retains integrity. The stamp mill building is framed with heavy timber and built on a downward sloping hillside to take advantage of gravity in the milling process. The roof and some of the exterior walls are covered with corrugated sheet metal, while some of the exterior walls have either vertical or horizontal wooden siding. At the top of the building a long wooden ramp supports the track of an ore tramway which carried ore from where it was unloaded from trucks to the top of the mill above the two-stamp Baker Iron Works crusher. A gasoline engine powered the mill; it was built by the Western Gas Engine Company of Los Angeles. A Myer concentrating table was used in separating the gold from the ore. The complex included the mill, a well, a bunkhouse and an outhouse. The supporting buildings are largely ruinous.
If you're into hiking and/or ghost towns, then this is definitely worth a visit. It's a super easy hike, 1.5 miles out and back with no rock scrambling, and you can take some cool pictures of the abandoned mill.
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Twentynine Palms, California
Not Wheelchair Accessible
No Public Restrooms
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helping families all over Canada. She is passionate about helping people understand the banking system and the mortgage lending process in order to ensure they can make informed decisions with confidence.
Best of all, using Andreia's Brazil services and expertise you will get the best mortgage product that you can qualify for with no cost to you.
Think BIG, anything is possible. My journey from Brazil to Canada has been guided by these words. Today, I am passionate about sharing this philosophy with other talented and educated immigrants struggling through their first yearshere. By providing personalized and caring mortgage planning and education, I help immigrants buy their own home and plan for a responsible financial future.
Andreia was recognized in the Canadian Mortgage Professional (CMP) Hot List 2018 as one of those 45 movers and shakers who are redefining the Canadaian mortgage industry.


Located in JP Nagar, Bangalore, the Apollo Clinic equipped with state of art brand new health care infrastructure provides high quality, affordable health care. Spread across an area of 5500 sq. ft., this single-storey clinic offers services like Consultations, Diagnostics, Health Checks, Dentistry, Diabetology, Physiotherapy, Health Checkups, Vaccinations, Minor Procedure, and Healthcare Products. We have a highly qualified team of doctors and nurses that work together to give you the best healthcare experience.
We offer medical services in fields like General/Internal medicine, General Surgery, Dermatology, Pediatrics, ENT, Obstetrics, Orthopedics, Dental, Gynecology, Ophthalmology, and Cardiology. The clinic deals with acute as well as chronic health conditions. We provide medical facilities that ensure the best medical outcome. We value your time and patience. So, if you are looking for the perfect medical treatment without struggling through follow up visits, book your appointment today.


The sensation of change is an odd one. It's slow, yet fast; uncomfortable, yet clarifying. I'm not to clarifying yet.
As children, change is such a constant that we barely notice it. Two-year-olds go from walking in an ungainly toddle to being able to jump and run in just 24 months. They learn that they can know things other people don't know. They begin to use grammar.
Even teenagers change remarkably fast. High school feels so long in retrospect because the 14-year-old who walks in those big front doors has been almost entirely erased by the 18-year-old tossing a tasseled cap at graduation.
But as adults, change slows down, becomes glacial. It's comfortable to change more slowly. There's time to learn your limits and to improve on the hand you've been dealt. We can establish healthy eating habits; become a more loving partner; train for a marathon. And whether we choose to use it or not, there is time to prune back that tendency to say unkind things, act selfishly or drink the extra beer.
When the outlines of who we are begin to solidify, it is that much easier to control our own growth. Like a bonsai gardener, we can trim here, urge on there, and watch as new whorls and sprouts unfold in slow motion.
Pregnancy is not like that. While nine months sounds like a long time to a teenager, an eternity to a toddler, to an adult it is virtually instantaneous. Within weeks of fertilization, the pregnant body has nearly doubled its own blood supply. By the end of the third month, it has created a new organ, the placenta. By the end of the sixth month, it has grown an entirely new human being, complete with miniature ears, fingernails and eyelashes.
If you happen to be the owner of a pregnant body, you find yourself gaining a pound a week, running out of room for your lungs and being told the half dozen brand new aches and pains you've sprung are "to be expected." Embarrassing things happen to your ability to control your own urinary tract, you grow out of your clothes at a rate rivaled only by your soon-to-be infant and you need more sleep than modern life and work are prepared to accommodate.
But all of that pales in comparison to the larger changes that are happening, the ones you can only be barely conscious of, occupied as you are by the more immediate concerns of your newly uncooperative body.
It's as you've burst out of the bright outlines of your adult personality and the shards have been thrown high into the night sky, twisting and turning, moving forever upwards, away from you, far from your ability to control their contours. All you can do is look up and watch your yen for exercise spin in one direction, your love of reading in another, and hope the bits you hold most dear settle in nicely to whatever new outline forms when things come back down to earth.
As you watch, it dawns that there is no way the old pieces will fall back together as neatly as you hope. There will be gaps, overlaps, and jagged edges. You will have to grow new sections in some places, sand down broken bits in others. There will be work to be done that you can't imagine or prepare for beyond knowing it's coming. You know, because you are an adult, that this work will be worth it; that change is clarifying; that the bonsai of your soul will be that much more cleverly wrought when the work is done. But that time hasn't come yet. For now, you are simply in the middle of the upheaval, watching. Waiting.
Lillian Mongeau is a journalist at The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit education news publication. Back in 2007, George was the first person to pay her to write a thing and to plant the idea that she could make a living at this. Lillian and her husband are expecting a whole lotta change to come crashing down around them some time in late November.
Editor's note: In a decade of knowing Lilly, I've seen her evolve professionally and personally. She's gone from promising but unpolished amateur to professionally trained, ethically responsible journalist — one I've already invited to speak twice to my college classes. She's also gone from single lady to married to expectant parent — and with her own mother as a role model, I expect she will be a great mom herself.
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I hate change and think about it too much. I don't think I've ever thought about it from this perspective. Such a good contrast, you've painted.
I gotta resist typing comments from my iPhone! Typos. Ick.
Thank you for sharing this George! Change is where we grow….
My pleasure. All credit goes to Lilly, whose masterful writing was on full display here.
Best of luck, Lillian. Our second daughter was also a late November addition to our family, so you're in good company! You write that nine months is virtually instantaneous. Wait till you're a parent… Ten years will feel instantaneous as you watch your child grow.
You are a wordsmith and a thinker. I love how you relate changes during pregnancy to the overall changes we see in our lifetimes. Best wishes to you!
It seems like this should be routine after millions of years, and yet every time it is starting over. The beauty of a new life, the more things stay the same, the more they change.
I once told my doctor friend while pregnant with my first, "it's a good thing I'm under medical supervision because I would attribute every weird thing to the fact I'm pregnant. Oh, just went blind in my left yet? That's probably a side effect of pregnancy." This is a beautiful way to process the coming change and the changes that will continue to come every day, week, and month in the future. The bonsai analogy is spot on.
Well, ha ha, parenting the kiddo is less about managing change as it is catching up. Every time you think you've finally caught up and adapted to the parent they need at the moment, they change on you. Sick little joke. Underachievement, I think, is the only sensible tack.