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Natalie Cressman's Turn The Sea: Is this the course of Indie-Jazz?
It is becoming an increasing cliché to talk about music being genre-crossing as it seems almost every week I come across music that defies categorization. After reading many interviews by some of the most accomplished practitioners of contemporary , improvisational based music, often lumped together in a category labeled " jazz" ( link to my review here of Radhika Philip's book of interviews titled Being Here), it becomes apparent that most musicians shun having their music pigeon-holed by labels at all.
Along comes Turn The Sea, a new album from the twenty-two year old trombonist Natalie Cressman, who also happens to sing and compose, and you realize how labels become a waste of time. Ms. Cressman comes from a musical family- a jazz vocalist mother and a trombone playing father-so it was a natural progression for the young woman to explore her own musical career. Her father was a one-time member of the band Santana as well as a touring member of the jamb band Phish. Admittedly, Ms. Cressman had a distinct advantage when her father decided to quite touring with Phish and suggested his daughter to replace him in the brass section. She was just eighteen at the time. Getting a once in a lifetime opportunity is one thing but making it on tour as a professional musician and completing an education at Manhattan School of Music is a feat few could handle at such a young age. She certainly seems to have managed nicely.
Turn the Sea incorporates many diverse elements including Ms. Cressman's trombone, her compositional tendency toward storytelling and her beguiling voice. Ms. Cressman's voice has an indie-folk, softly spoken sound- a modern version of Jacqui McShee comes to mind- and she harmonizes with herself nicely through overdubs, especially on Bon Iver's "Blindsided," one of only two tunes on the album that are not her own compositions.
The music is expertly played by her band Jonathan Stein on acoustic and electric bass, Gabe Schnider on guitar, Samora Pinderhughes on keyboards, Ivan Rosenberg on trumpet, Steven Lugerner on flute, clarinet and bass clarinet , James Casey on tenor saxophone, Michael Mitchell on drums and of course Ms. Cressman on voice and trombone.
The music is well conceived exploring multiple rhythmic patterns, adept arrangements and vocals that linger hauntingly in their purposeful unpretentious beauty. The result is a surprisingly fresh approach that incorporates some of the best elements of jazz and indie music and defies categorization.
Natalie Cressman
As a brass player herself, Ms. Cressman is well aware of the impact a good brass and reed section can lend to a song when incorporated into the mix effectively. To her credit she uses the various voices in her ensemble to great effect especially on the opening of the title tune "Turn the Sea." The synchronous front line playing of reed and brass lend the song a jazz sensibility and cues the listener to be on the lookout for creative arrangements.
"Fortune's Fool" is propelled by an interesting rhythmic pattern developed nicely by Stein's serpentine bass lines, Mitchell's syncopated percussive drive and the ethereal keyboard work of Pinderhughes. This song utilizes echoed guitar chords and a dancing flute to give it a light atmospheric sound accentuated by the airy Celleste sounding Rhodes work by Pinderhughes and Cressman's deft vocalizations.
Cressman's successful reworking of the Bon Iver song "Blindsided" is the most Indie sounding of the songs on the album. Cressman utilizes overdubs of her own mid-ranged voice juxtaposed against some tasty bass clarinet work by Steven Lugerner to great effect in the chorus. This opens to a poignantly played trombone solo that is surrounded by dancing reeds. Jonathan Stein's acoustic bass anchors the song with a large firm tone throughout.
"New Moon" is a mixture of modal groove, Ms. Cressman's storytelling accentuated by flute and reed orchestration and West African inspired chants and rhythms. One might suspect the mixture could tend toward the schizophrenic, but Ms. Cressman manages to make the seemingly disparate elements work quite well together. At times on this song, when she harmonizes with her own voice, she sounds strongly reminiscent of the Polish singer Basia Trzetrzelewska, but the music is a prime example of a blurring of genres.
On Hanne Hukkeberg's "Do Not As I Do," perhaps the most melodic of the songs on the cd, the cautionary lyrics are recited by Cressman who talks of past mistakes without judgment and no regrets. Her voice is light and confident as she sings the chorus with an innocent beauty.
"Checkout Time," uses multiple overdubs of Cressman's voice to create an eerie repeating rhythmic pattern over which she sings the main lines accompanied only by Rhodes. A deeply echoed voice is electronically enhanced as she sings accompanied by Gabe Schnider's sparse guitar. The song has a an electronically enhanced minstrel-like quality to it, but doesn't seem to be fully realized.
"Winter Chill" is Ms. Cressman's most pop oriented of the songs on this album. The lyrical content of the song is predictably about a lost love and the orchestration is the least daring of her compositions, the chorus being the most memorable part.
On "Stolen Away" Ms. Cressman returns to the rhythmic influence of West Africa. Mr. Schnider keeps the beat with his syncopated rhythm guitar as Ms. Cressman gives us a taste of her musical muscle on a rousing trombone solo. The band creates an irresistibly danceable groove that is only reinforced by Ms. Cressman's repeated catchy vocal refrain of "Stolen Away." This one could be prime for repeat radio play.
The finale is an electronically produced version of the title tune "Turn The Sea," a remix version produced by the band's bassist Jonathan Stein. Ms Cressman's trombone solo is drenched in electronic sounds and synthesized sounds have been incorporated throughout. The production sounds a bit too busy for me and I prefer the original version.
Though a bit uneven Turn The Sea is for the most part an enjoyable offering and deserves a serious listen. It just goes to prove that improvisational music can successfully take off in any number of directions and it's up to us to be open enough to consider the possibilities.
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Labels: Bon Iver, Gabe Schnider, Hanne Hukkelberg, indie rock music, James Casey, jazz music, Jonathan Stein, Natalie Cressman, Natalie Cressman's "Turn The Sea", Samora Pinderhughes, Steven Leugner, trombone music
Dewa Budjana's "Joged Kahyangan" or "Dancing Heaven"
Dewa Budjana; Joged Kahyangan
MonnJune Rcords MJR059
The route from pop music star to jazz master has been a long developing trend in the music of guitarist Dewa Budjana( pronounced Dew a Bu dzana) . As the lead guitarist and songwriter for the pop/rock group Gigi for the last twenty years, a wildly popular band in Indonesia, Budjana's music has been heard by millions of adoring fans. But Budjana's music is the distillation of many diverse influences outside of the world of rock and pop, including the fusion music of Mahavishnu and Soft Machine, and the Indonesian music rooted in his heritage and the Balinesian Hindu religion.
On Joged Kahyangan (which translates into "Dancing Heaven") Dewa is joined with a talented group of American, west coast based musicians including the saxophonist Bob Mintzer, the bassist Jimmy Johnson, the keyboard artist Larry Goldings and the drummer Peter Erskine. Together they who play eight compositions, all original music by Budjana. It was the guitarist's initial email contact with drummer Erskine back in 2002 that led to a recording titled Samsara and a continued relationship. Erskine, the one time Weather Report drummer saw in Budjana a unique and creative sound that could be further developed and explored.
At fifty years old Budjana's music has matured, as evidenced by some of the sophisticated themes he has written for this cd. From the opening title "Foggy Cloud," written while in the East Javanese Mountains, you get the sense that Budjana's music is strongly tied to memorable melodies. The ostinato phrasing is used as a structure upon which he builds tension employing various tones and textures on his guitar. On this song Budjana's sound ranges from the smoothly slurred, studio precise lines of a Larry Carlton, to the power driven lines of early Mahavishnu, to the expansive atmospherics' of early Pat Metheny. The band superbly drives the rhythmic energy with taut precision and inventive soloing, especially by keyboardist Larry Goldings, whose is a fountainhead of taste and subtlety.
The title song "Joged Kahyangan" is an uplifting aural dance using a fascinating mixture of eastern and western musical styles. A Balinesian minuet if you will. Bassist Jimmy Johnson's spritely solo on electric bass is a miniature delight. Bob Mintzer on bass clarinet and Budjana on acoustic guitar trade elegant dance steps in magical time, as Goldings' synthesizer work conjure a mystical backdrop. This one flows so smoothly that it requires multiple listening to appreciate all the nuances.
"Dang Hyang Story", inspired by Budjana's Hindu faith, is the most purely fusion sounding composition using an exotic Middle Eastern sounding head that breaks into a more melodic core. The complex serpentine lines are done in precise unison by Mintzer on tenor, Budjana on searing electric guitar and Goldings on synthesizer. It features some rhythmically complex drum work by the impressive Peter Erskine who seems at ease with the eastern influence imbedded in Dewa's music. When he solos, Dewa's guitar takes on a heavy fusion tone, a ripping sound that is reminiscent of early Alan Holdsworth. The composition is a powerful driven but yet strangely hopeful song, a marvelous mix of both energy and beauty.
The ballad "As You Leave My Nest" is a bit too soppy for me. Vocalist Janis Siegel lends her considerable talents to this pop oriented ballad with some soaring vocals that have an ethereal texture.
"Majik Blue" again uses a series of repeating, descending lines as the basis for the composition. Mintzer takes up soprano saxophone and Goldings trades his piano and keyboard for what sounds like a B3 organ for part of the song. Budjana sets his guitar into piercing mode and Johnson plays a brief but potent solo in a song that sounds like a tip of the hat to Weather Report. The complex repeating lines are expertly matched by the entire band in a show of precision and solidarity.
"Erskoman," a composition dedicated to the drummer Peter Erskine, is a groove based song that has all its participants in exquisite form. Budjana's guitar is perhaps most musical here with a pleasant, single line tone that he occasionally juxtaposes at the breaks into powerful chording and octave work. Goldings is a delight on his B3 organ, the perfect instrument on this swinging groove. Erskine lets loose with a series of syncopated breaks that demonstrates his formidable rhythmic prowess. Budjana returns with his synthesized sounding guitar pulsing out inventive lines that defy categorization or predictability. The music was mostly recorded in one or two takes. As this track ends, the running microphone catches the band acknowledging what any listener can easily surmise, this was a good take.
"Guru Mandala" is perhaps the funkiest of the songs on the cd, with Erskine's driving back beat prominent. Budjana plays some expressive lines on what sounds like an acoustic guitar, but for the most part the song sticks to a simple repeating melodic line that fades into a eastern chant-like coda.
"Bora's Ballad" is an instrumental version of the previous song "As You Leave My Nest" with Erskine's barely perceptible brush work and Golding's hushed organ work. The song offers a peaceful conclusion to an otherwise stirring album. Budjana has a delicate side to his playing, a side that is both pretty and sensitive, but that can at times border on overtly sentimental as it does here.
Dewa Budjana has impressive skills both as a player and as a composer. On Joged Kahyangan he manages to skillfully mix the music of his native Indonesia with pop, jazz, fusion and rock into an impressive amalgam that is unique to him and worth watching as it continues to develop.
Labels: Bob Mintzer, Dewa Budjana; Dewa Budjana "Joged, fusion guitar, Janis Siegel, jazz cd review, jazz guitar, Jimmy Johnson, Kahyangan"; Indonesian guitarist, Larry Goldings, MonnJune Records, Peter Erskine. Gigi
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Clark has eye on priorities
Updated: 11:41 PM February 22, 2021
IMPROVEMENT of play areas and cemeteries is high on the agenda for one of St Neots Town Council s newest recruits. Gavin Clark, 31, of Hardwick Road, Eynesbury, took up his new post as head of leisure and amenities at St Neots Town Council last week. On
IMPROVEMENT of play areas and cemeteries is high on the agenda for one of St Neots Town Council's newest recruits.
Gavin Clark, 31, of Hardwick Road, Eynesbury, took up his new post as head of leisure and amenities at St Neots Town Council last week.
On his first day he was filled in on the details of the town's £1million gift from Lord of the Manor. Peter Rowley, and the possible options for spending the money.
Mr Clark, who has lived in St Neots all his life and plays for Eynesbury Rovers FC, told The Hunts Post: "It is really exciting and the town is about to embark on a major expansion. To be part of providing a pool or cinema in St Neots would be fantastic. I would love to play a central role on what develops in the town."
He was previously employed as a senior officer with Go East, the Government office for the East of England based in Cambridge. In his new role at the St Neots Town Council he will be responsible for the strategic management of a portfolio of council services, from everything to play areas to cemeteries.
He added: "The main thing I would like to tackle is improvements to some of the town's play areas. I would also like to look at promotion and advertising to make sure everyone in St Neots is aware of all the things on offer in the town."
INFORMATION: To contact Mr Clark phone 01480 388912.

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So you have heard about converting your existing manual title to an eTitle or e-Title? Well the Land Registration Authority of the Philippines (LRA) has a program called the Voluntary Title Standardization Program.
What is the Voluntary Title Standardization Program?
As per the LRA website - "The Land Registration Authority has been implementing the Voluntary Title Standardization Program. It provides title owners the option to upgrade manually-issued titles to "eTitles", which are issued by LRA's new Computerized System.
1. Maintain on-line information on titles that is current, complete and accurate.
3. Provide a system of timely detection and identification of fake land titles which will assist in the identification of persons responsible therefore."
What is the difference between an Title and an e-Title?
To save you time and effort a video was put together to explain what an etitle is vs a manual title, and the benefits of converting.
I called the Registry of Deeds and there is no existing deadline as of this article! If you hear something else it's hearsay.
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Bhel puri basically originated as a Gujarathi chat but got popular becase of the small gallies of Mumbai(Bombay).Any place around Mumbai & almost all over India you will able to find this chat corners which has spread its wings all over the world at the moment.
Take a bowl add crushed pappadi , chopped onion, tomato & potatoes.
Add dates chutney,green chutney,chat masala , red chilli powder, Amchur powder & salt.
Add puffed rice , coriander leaves & Mix well.
bel puri --who doesn't like it? yours looks delicious.
hi bhel puri looks yum. then i saw the next 3 posts and all are my favorite. i think i'm going to invite myself over to your house :-) Nice blog!
love it anytime..can you pass me that plate?
yum yumm..yummy bhelpuri... mouthwatering recipe..
Yummy snackies. Bhel puri looks gr8.
I love this, i have never made them home. Last time i ate then was when i was in India.
Looks mouth watering....I love all kinds of chaat especially bhel.
Never had Bhel Puri before. Always thought it was a type of Puri as in the bread. Silly me! Looks so appetising.
Btw, please collect your Diwali card from my blog. Happy Diwali, dear.
my street food....used to have it a lot in my school days....just awesome.
ahaaa..Bhel Puri is my all time fav sanck. Low in calorie and tasty too..


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Q: VB.NET Generic interface, base derived classes and factory pattern Hi I have problem with creating factory pattern for generic interface.
I have IFileHelper(Of T) interface:
Public Interface IFileHelper(Of T)

   Property ContainsHeader As Boolean

   Function IsValid(path As String) As FileValidationResult

   Function ReadFile(path As String) As List(Of T)

End Interface

There I have CsvFileHelper(Of T) which have implementation of interface IFileHelper(Of T)
Public Class CsvFileHelper(Of T)
   Implements IFileHelper(Of T)

       Public Property ContainsHeader As Boolean Implements IFileHelper(Of T).ContainsHeader

       Public Function IsValid(path As String) As Boolean Implements IFileHelper(Of T).IsValid

       End Function

       Public Function ReadFile(path As String) As List(Of T) Implements IFileHelper(Of T).ReadFile

       End Function

End Class

Now I have abstract class called FileModel.
    Public MustInherit Class FileModel

    End Class

And other model classes which inherits abstact class:
    Public Class CarModel
       Inherits FileModel
       'fields and propeties
    End Class

    Public Class TruckModel
       Inherits FileModel
       'fields and properties
    End Class

Public Shared Function FileFactory(Of FileModel)(ByVal vehicle As VehicleType) As IFileHelper(Of FileModel)

        Select Case vehicle

            Case VehicleType.Car
                Return CType(New CsvFileHelper(Of CarModel), IFileHelper(Of FileModel))

            Case VehicleType.Truck
                Return CType(New CsvFileHelper(Of TruckModel), IFileHelper(Of FileModel))

            Case Else
                Throw New NotImplementedException("Not implemented for type " & vehicle.ToString.Trim & "!")

        End Select

    End Function

Main method:
Public Sub Main()
 Dim fileHelper As IFileHelper(Of FileModel) = FileFactory(Of FileModel)(VehicleType.Car)
End Main

I was set Option Strict to Off but that doesn't help, is there any way to make this thing work?
EDIT:
I edited and used factory method which @jmcilhinney showed in his answer but I got runtime error:
Unable to cast object of type 'CsvFileHelper`1[CarModel]' to type 'IFileHelper`1[FileModel]'

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Q: Set object attribute based on zipped attribute, value pairs How would you simplify calculate_commission() if the commission percentages for each attribute was defined by the zipped list and the length of the zipped list could potentially increase (ex. ...('price_201', 2.3),) ?
zipped_price_and_commission = [
    ('price_4', .04),
    ('price_3', .034),
    ('price_2', .029),
    ('price_1', .021),
]

class Price:
    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
        self.price = kwargs.get('price')
        self.price_1 = 2
        self.price_2 = 2.5
        self.price_3 = 3
        self.price_4 = 5

    def calculate_commission(self):
        if self.price >= self.price_4:
            commission = .04
        elif self.price >= self.price_3:
            commission = .034
        elif self.price >= self.price_2:
            commission = .029
        elif self.price >= self.price_1:
            commission = .021
        else:
            commission = 0

        setattr(self, 'commission', commission)

 IN: price = Price(price=3.3)
 IN: price.calculate_commission()
 IN: print(price.commission)
OUT: 0.034

A: You can use a dictionary:

commissions = {
    'price_4': .04,
    'price_3': .034,
    'price_2': .029,
    'price_1': .021}

Then, in calculate_commission():
    def calculate_commission(self):
        if self.price >= self.price_4:
            commission = commissions['price_4']
        elif self.price >= self.price_3:
            commission = commissions['price_3']
        elif self.price >= self.price_2:
            commission = commissions['price_2']
        elif self.price >= self.price_1:
            commission = commissions['price_1']
        else:
            commission = 0

        setattr(self, 'commission', commission)

A: In the first place, you should define all attributes in the init function. For example, you would get an error if someone tried to access the commission attribute without checking it first. So, just to be sure, you should initialize it with something.
Assuming that there is no need to have the commission as a zipped list, you can just do it like this:
comission = [ 0.04, 0.034, 0.029, 0.021]
class Price:
    def __init__(self, cost):
        self.price = cost

        self.prices = [5,3,2.5,2]
        self.commission = 0
    def calculate_commission(self):

        for index, prc in enumerate(self.prices):
            if self.price >= prc:
                self.commission = comission[index]
                break
price = Price()
price.calculate_commission()
print(price.commission)

However, if you do need a zipped list, you can change the self.comission line to
      self.commission = zipped_price_and_commission[index][1]

Edit: after seeing your update: If the number of commissions increases, you just have to update the self.prices variable to reflect them. You should also pass the prices as an argument to the class, instead of setting it inside the class

A: zipped_price_and_commission = [
('price_4', .04),
('price_3', .034),
('price_2', .029),
('price_1', .021),

]
class Price:

    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
        self.price = kwargs.get('price')
        self.price_1 = 2
        self.price_2 = 2.5
        self.price_3 = 3
        self.price_4 = 5
        self.priceData = { 'price_4': 5,'price_3': 3,'price_2': 2.5,'price_1': 2}

    def calculate_commission(self):
        commission = 0
        for price , commision in zipped_price_and_commission:
            if self.price >= self.priceData[price]:
                commission = commision
                break
        setattr(self, 'commission', commission)

price = Price(price=3.3)

price.calculate_commission()

print(price.commission)


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YiP review update: A beautiful tribute to your Mum
More reviews:
Appreciate your documenting our time in Kenya. We have great memories and enjoyed your book. Thank You.
Carmen & Arnold
Just loving Yesterday in Paradise Cyprian Fernandes. So many childhood and growing up reflections!
Joseph D'Souza An now having completed reading "Yesterday in Paradise" I can say I understand the special meaning of the Sydney Friday Club! Thank you Cyprian Fernandes for evoking such emotive and evocative memories in your book. My knowledge gap of some of the background to where I was born, the community and environ influences, and the sheer introduction 'back' to a good life that was. I wonder if you visit Melbourne? Well actually we are in the Yarra Valley. We don't have a 'salt lick'....but we do have the wildlife and beautiful natural surrounds!
From a friend: You are never going to guess this!!! I'm just about to post you!!! My book arrived, I can't put it down. On chapter 8. It's amazing. I have learnt so much about Kenya etc and about you. I've had tears and laughter too.
It made me smile about the corn cob, and you being chased around the sofa by a priest. It is also very moving about your mum. A beautiful tribute to her. Great to know where the name Skip originated too.
Just been reading Yesterday in Paradise 1950-1974 by Cyprian Fernandes
'A bullet with your name on it'
In June 1974, Cyprian Fernandes, the Goan author of Yesterday in Paradise: 1950-1974 received an ominous warning 'there is a bullet with your name on it'.
Within days Fernandes with his wife and young family fled Kenya, first to Britain, eventually settling permanently in Sydney, Australia. It took him forty years to overcome the trauma of his abrupt banishment from that 'Garden of Eden' before he started writing a blog analyzing the 'forbidden fruit' - the stories that would have surely hastened that bullet. Now Fernandes (73) has emerged with a book with his name on it.
It is a powerful story of being born into poverty and despair, growing in a world of racial and community prejudice, and ending his stay in Kenya amid success and fame, working on increasingly complex stories during his life as a feisty journo; he covers all topics, takes risks, probes, explores, follows wisps of smoke and rumours until he finds the bare bones of a story, and then checks facts. He is intrigued by the twists and turns of national and all-Africa politics and travels with official Kenyan delegations across Africa, and on overseas courses and 'reporting junkets' including to the Munich Olympics of 1972.
It is a decade when corruption, allegedly managed from the top, is taking root in Kenya. But nobody can talk or say anything derogatory against the President and his immediately family, or inner circle. As an investigative reporter, Fernandes develops the instincts of a bloodhound in a political environment filled in innuendo, tribal conflict, cold war politics, and murder. There is an extensive chapter on Pio Gama Pinto, first Goan political murder in post Kenya independence and others that follow: Tom Mboya (murdered in 1969) and JM Kariuki (murdered in 1975).
He expertly highlights other key players and the bit actors in Kenya's immediate post independence history. It includes the short-lived role of Vice President Joseph Murumbi (half-Goan, half Masai), and Dr Njoroge Mungai, who served in turn as Minister of Health; Defence and Internal Security, and eventually Foreign Affairs. The independent stoic Managing Editor of the Nation, Joe Rodrigues, was a hero and mentor. There are other interesting characters.
Fernandes' writing skills are displayed at their best when he recounts his early life and growing up in the now notorious suburb of Eastleigh. He presents a beautifully crafted tribute to his mother, a deeply religious woman who 'ran errands, did grocery shopping, babysat, ironed and cooked, dressed corpses, wailed at funerals and performed other menial tasks.' She dabbled in traditional medicine, and traditional Goan exorcism in which salt and red dried chilies are used to remove the evil eye and similar evils.' She even gave massages to lines of injured football players. She was eventually laid to rest in Australia.
It is easy to see the connection between a remarkable woman and the author's relentless struggle for survival – his mother and six children were abandoned at age ten by their drunken father. At age thirteen, Fernandes refuses to bare his bottom to receive a severe canning from Father Hannon, and is forced to run away and abandon high school. He must now make his way in the world. There is also a sad chapter when long after leaving Kenya, the author discovers that his once much-revered headmaster molested boys in his care at the Parochial School in Eastleigh, Nairobi.
Finally there is an extensive acknowledgement of the 'African Goan' community that found opportunity and a good life in their adopted country, and gave so much to Kenya in faithful service to its British rulers, but also treated Africans with more respect than their colonial masters, in all walks of life, whether as clerks, accountants and school teacher - in most cases training their African successors to take over their jobs in a smooth transition.
Yesterday in Paradise is a story of intelligence coupled with incredible luck, grit, doggedness, diligence and dedication, fuelled with unbounded chutzpah.
If you love reading social history, have an interest in colonial times, or just love a good well-structured story, or have lived or known someone who has lived or visited Kenya, I can highly recommend this book.
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Goan academic Cliff Pereira: what I like is that Cyprian has touched and even elaborated on some of the issues WITHIN our community in East Africa, and within Kenya, that few other writers of his genre dared to write about, and I I am sure there will be lots of debate and conversation at all levels about the book.
Yesterday in Paradise "A page turner ...
Every Goan should list it as a must book to read.
Yesterday in Paradise
By Cyprian Fernandes
It is said, "Don't judge a book by its cover," but I loved the cover of Cyprian Fernandes's book Yesterday in Paradise. The backdrop of the Savanah with a cheetah in the foreground and insets of wildlife pictures of Kenya and Nairobi city as it is today makes the cover very appealing.
Was the book as good as its cover? Of course, it is a page turner. Page after page, it revealed the challenging, exciting life of Cyprian as a journalist.
"Fill my butt with pain killing injections and give me a pair of crutches, and give me a letter saying I am in great pain," Cyprian told the doctors in the Medical Emergency Room of the Munich Olympic Games after faking severe pains in his legs. He was told he has to be hospitalised.
"No, no," Cyprian pleaded. "I am a journalist and have to cover the field and track events."
That did the trick. Cyprian crutched his way into the Olympic arena the first journalist in the world to interview medal winners. This is the type of stuff true journalists are made of to get a story. Cyprian has proved it time and time again his unhindered probing into investigative journalism in Kenya and internationally. It is no surprise that Cyprian had a bullet with his name when it came to Kenyan politics with behind the scene revelations of murder, assassinations, killings by the Mau Mau and corruptions in the government.
There are chapters in the book that are uplifting to read. Birth of the Gold Rush – Kenya's Olympic Heroes. Joe Zuzarte Murumbi – a rare African politician and a honest man. Fr.Hannan, paedophile – a very sad, disturbing story. And The African Goan – an insight into the Goan psyche and the gradual disappearance of the Goan in the future. This chapter will not sit well with the ageing male Goans that are unfairly referred to as dodderers but not by Cyprian.
The book is an excellent read. It is:
A page-turner.
An engaging tale.
Interesting and informative.
A Kenya of yesterday.
Truly, Yesterday in Paradise - lost!
Emiliano Joanes
My thoughts on Cyprian Fernandes's "Yesterday in Paradise"
As one who was born and lived the life in Kenya, I would class Cyprian Fernandes's memoir, "Yesterday in Paradise" as a "just-can't-put-it –down" book.
Who, I wonder, after a seemingly disturbed childhood would rise to the dizzy heights in the journalistic world as our author has? But Cyprian had a loving and caring mother who, despite odds stacked heavily against her, literally worked her socks off and sacrificed all solely to ensure her children were safe and well looked after. No sacrifice was too much for her and it is heartening to see the author pay a much deserved tribute to this incredible woman.
That Cyprian lived by his wits can be seen from many instances in the narrative. For example, during his schooling in Eastleigh, he refuses to 'bow down' to authority – in this case, the school's Principal, Fr. Hannon- who wrongly accuses him of lying. Kudos to Cyprian for standing his ground and being freed by the truth.
A bank clerk's or office job was not for this 'never-give-up' individual who was made of sterner stuff! As you plough through the pages of 'Yesterday in Paradise' you will see that Cyprian's destiny lay elsewhere.
His later foray into the coveted world of journalism, and his meteoric rise within the organisation saw him being assigned some of the most enviable and dangerous tasks – a mission he always accomplished with singular distinction. Here was a man not given to suffering fools gladly as shown during his encounter
with quite an inexperienced and arrogant Minister of Information who took umbrage to an editorial piece Cyprian had written. Undeterred by the Minister's threatsof deportation, the brave author stuck to his story, refusing to apologise for what was in fact, the plain truth.
Through his friendship with some of the senior Ministers in the Kenyatta Government, Cyprian may well have been privy to some of the inner workings of the government. In this book, he has had the guts to 'spill the beans' so to speak, and come out strongly about the rampant corruption in the corridors of power of the Kenyatta Government. Many, including Kenyatta himself, come in for severe criticism for reneging on their previous promises to the "wanainchi" (the landless masses), and instead, allocating large acreages of formerly 'White Highlands' farmland to themselves and their families.
The author does not forget the 'African Goan' –to whom he devotes a whole chapter, paying glowing tribute to the humble civil servants who kept the government machinery functioning.
There is so much in this very readable book that the author touches on – from early Goan migration to even the 'ugly 'and distasteful caste system which hopefully is being consigned to history. It is a book which should be required reading for every Goan.
So why are you waiting? Go on and buy a copy NOW!
Mervyn Maciel
(Author of 'Bwana Karani' & 'From Mtoto to Mzee')
From a colleague:
Yesterday in Paradise slipped through my letter box this morning and a very handsome affair it is and I thank you for it. Also for the nice things you say about me and for bringing to life memories and events I had just about forgotten and things I never knew.
Sorry it lacked a dedication but your sentiments are quite evident. I don't always agree with everything but what sort of world would it be if we all agreed -- certainly not a Kenyan one.
I was horrified by the Fr Hannan stuff but I suppose you felt it needed to be told. The Church got away with too much by hiding things to avoid scandal, thereby bringing even greater scandal on itself.
You've had a good life Cyprian and thank God for it. You have written about it in that energetic, straight-up style I associate with you and which anyone who knows you will recognise.
Benegal Pereira: My immediate thoughts after quickly scanning through the first few chapters: Your candid (and yes, splendid !) style, your thoroughness and vivid description of Goan life in Nairobi during the colonial period, make 'Yesterday in Paradise' a powerful resource for current and future teachings of the EA Indian [Goan] diaspora. In essence, YIP will be more than a teaching tool, it's a first-hand historical record, packed with nostalgia. Congratulations !.


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Aurealis #85
From the Cloud — Dirk Strasser
The Dreamscribe — Peter Hickman
About Peter Hickman
Peter Hickman is a Melbourne author and a member of SuperNova writers' group.
The Events at Callan Park — Erol Engin
About Erol Engin
Erol Engin has been published in various journals including AntipodeanSF, Page Seventeen, etchings, and the anthology '13' from Busybird Press.
Intimacy and the End of the World — Lachlan Walter
Lachlan Walter's recent PhD involved both creative and critical writing focussing on particularly 'Australian' post-apocalyptic worlds.
Secret History of Australia: Warren Nephron — Researched by Michael Pryor
About Michael Pryor
Michael Pryor's Leo da Vinci vs The Ice-cream Domination League has recently been released.
Life and Death in Small Things — Gillian Polack
About Gillian Polack
Gillian Polack is a writer, editor and historian who has had four novels published and teaches writing at the ANU.
Everyone loves a good alien story, don't they? Or is that just me? Some exotic planet with an alien species so strange we human interlopers completely misunderstand their motives and actions. Or where the aliens themselves act on a misinterpretation of our intentions with disastrous consequences. Unfortunately, we don't see too many anymore in the Aurealis hidden gem pile. (I hate calling it a slush pile—it makes me want to be sluiced by a high pressure hose). Are these aliens becoming extinct?
I lamented at a recent Aurealis editors' meeting that I remember reading some mind-blowing exotic planet/inscrutable alien stories years ago and that not only do we seem to see fewer stories around the theme these days, they didn't seem as mind-blowing as they once were. Full marks to China Miéville for coming up with high-level inscrutable aliens a few years ago in Embassytown. The enigmatic Ariekei spoke a language that requires two words to be spoken at the one time. The problem for me was the Ariekei were so alien, I couldn't warm to them. I guess that was the idea, but it didn't quite bring back to me the wow-factor that I felt reading some of the older works.
I was beginning to wonder if it was me. Would I still enjoy the aliens from the past? I decided to put it to a test. The most exotic planet and inscrutable aliens I can remember from my early reading was Robert Silverberg's Downward to the Earth. They don't write 'em like that anymore! Not one but two sentient species, with a strange mutual relationship that humans couldn't figure out. Huge elephant-like nildoror and human-like but brutish sulidoror who were clearly subservient to the more intelligent species. And all of this on a planet dripping with exotica: jungles with parasitic fauna so far off the bizarre scale you need to come up with a new word to describe them, mysterious mist regions from which humans were banned travelling for unfathomable reasons, and an enigmatic protagonist who has returned to make up for the sins he committed during his first stay during the planet's colonial past.
So I reread Downward to the Earth with a little trepidation. Was the meld of brooding beauty, mysterious motivations and grotesquerie still there? I more than half-expected I'd be disappointed and was a little surprised when I again felt the full brunt of its exotica. I was again immersed in the sheer alien-ness of the world and its two species. And the full force of the story had, if anything, even more impact. I was unaware of the Heart of Darkness allusions first time around, but on this reading they gave it more depth. For me the protagonist now seemed far more complex, his motives more tortured, the climax more profound. The world is the most vivid I've seen in science fiction. I can only hope that this Silverberg masterpiece finally does make it to the screen.
At least I know now it's not that I've changed or that these stories have lost their power. The exotic aliens haven't been pushed into extinction. I'm looking forward to seeing more spring to life from our hidden gem pile.
Dirk Strasser
From The Dreamscribe by Peter Hickman
Now that she had decided to kill Baluth, Karlya felt liberated. As she walked the tree-lined path up to the expanse of his home, she experienced a tight sense of peace.
The mhyrren trees arched overhead. Fronds, heavy with pale pink flowers, dipped in the evening air, snowlike under the late summer moon. Karlya jumped to grasp one. The branch sprang back and the powdery balls broke apart, misting in the moonlight and coating her hand in dusty perfume. She remembered playing such a game as a young child and the ache of the vision halted her.
From The Events at Callan Park by Erol Engin
A most interesting letter from Dr Freud:
My dear De Klerk
I am writing because a neurotic in the care of an assistant suffers from a compulsive artistic malady and happens to be a countryman of yours. Though his treatment is by no means complete, the patient insists upon returning to Australia, which I feel may be beneficial. I have thus forwarded reports concerning his condition and request that you continue the investigations. Your belief in the therapeutic benefits of art, to say nothing of your own artistic abilities, should help to create an ideal rapport with the patient.
From Intimacy and the End of the World by Lachlan Walter
When we think of post-apocalyptic fiction, it's fair to say that the first things that spring to mind aren't sunshine and rainbows and lollipops, or smiling people sitting around a campfire singing Kumbaya, or peace and contentment and understanding.
From Secret History of Australia: Warren Nephron Researched by Michael Pryor
Warren Nephron ran away to sea when only thirteen, but returned home ashamed when he failed to contract scurvy and instead developed an allergy to parrots.
From Life and Death in Small Things by Gillian Polack
While Nevil Shute's On the Beach is about the end of life on Earth, its small details create the tragedy.


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MACRA, MIPS, and the Security Risk Assessment: What you need to know.
If you are a healthcare provider that accepts Medicare, then you have likely seen and heard the acronyms MACRA, MIPS, and EHR hundreds of times in 2017.
MACRA establishes a framework to reward physicians for providing higher quality care at lower costs and improving health outcomes for patients—a switch from fee for services to the value-based care model. One pathway to higher reimbursement is the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).
You may have chosen to attest to MIPS for the entire calendar year, or perhaps you are gearing up to begin reporting in the final 90 days of 2017. You also may have chosen to begin reporting in 2018. Whichever path you have selected, are you aware that before medical practices participate in MIPS they must prove that patient health information contained in EHR and elsewhere in their practice is protected by performing a security risk assessment (SRA)?
Buried within MACRA (Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act) lies a key requirement for eligibility—the security risk assessment (SRA). Failure to perform an SRA could result in zero scores, which would have a substantial impact on the MACRA fee adjustment, and overall Medicare reimbursement.
Conducting a comprehensive risk analysis to identify security vulnerabilities, document improvements and justify why certain improvements were not made is a particularly critical part of complying with the law. Yet, many medical practices are guilty of doing a "check the box" SRA and not taking the actual steps to prevent a security breach. Failure to perform a risk assessment or conducting an insufficient risk assessment is the leading cause of failing an electronic health record Meaningful Use audit.
Conducting an SRA is one of the 3 required core measures that must be met starting in 2017. It is part of the Advancing Care Information Performance Category and here is what it says:
Objective: Protect Patient Health Information.
Objective: Protect electronic protected health information (ePHI) created or maintained by the CEHRT through the implementation of appropriate technical, administrative, and physical safeguards.
Security Risk Analysis Measure: Conduct or review a security risk analysis in accordance with the requirements in 45 CFR 164.308(a)(1), including addressing the security (to include encryption) of ePHI data created or maintained by CEHRT in accordance with requirements in 45 CFR164.312(a)(2)(iv) and 45 CFR 164.306(d)(3), implement security updates as necessary, and correct identified security deficiencies as part of the MIPS eligible clinician's risk management process.
While that may be quite a bit of technical language to digest, there are three key takeaways from the above:
It's not enough to assume your software vendor or MSP will conduct a risk analysis for you. There are specific technical, administrative, and physical safeguards that must also be in place.
A risk mitigation plan must be included in the risk assessment. This plan documents all areas that may make your practice vulnerable, and your timeline for correcting them.
The firm performing the security risk assessment must have qualified and verifiable experience conducting security assessments within healthcare regulatory frameworks.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has made their Security Risk Assessment Tool available online and state that a practice can perform the assessment on their own. While It is possible for small practices to do risk analysis themselves using self-help tools, a thorough and professional risk analysis that will stand up to a compliance review will require expert knowledge that could be obtained through services of an experienced outside professional.
Here are five key reasons why outsourcing the assessment is the best option:
Most practices don't have the resources or the expertise to conduct a risk assessment. The rules don't necessarily require third-party risk assessments, but most practices don't have the resources or expertise for the methodical processes necessary for conducting a risk assessment. Even the use of self-assessment tools, such as the one provided by the ONC, are problematic because these tools are often poorly designed.
An inadequate risk assessment is viewed by auditors as being just as bad as a missing risk assessment. If your assessment has many holes in its scope or process, or you have not created a corrective action plan, it may be viewed similar to not conducting an assessment at all.
A risk assessment is the cornerstone of all your information security activities. It's a methodical, comprehensive and rigorous process to fully understand potential risks and to document them efficiently. And to provide the information to mitigate those risks to a reasonable and appropriate level.
Third-party risk assessments are seen as more objective and credible by regulators. Self assessments can run into conflicts of interest and often miss major security holes due to staff being to close and familiar with the current situation. The "fresh eyes" of a third-party can overcome this problem.
Why risk missing out on positive payment adjustments or being fined? Hiring a third-party cybersecurity firm to conduct your security risk assessment will set you up for success and prevent running into financial penalties later down the line.
Medical practices must achieve HIPAA compliance and patient data security to begin scoring MACRA points and maximizing reimbursements. Invest in a comprehensive security risk assessment in the first reporting period to avoid failing an audit and risking penalties in the first payment period.
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Gibraltar: The battle for the rock
Gibraltar is an island just off the coast of Spain. It has been a British colony since 1713. Spain wants it back. The EU is encouraging both countries to come to an agreement. But these negotiations were made even more difficult earlier this year, when British armed forces invaded Spain!
It was a cold, sunny weekend morning on San Felipe beach. February 17th, 2002. The sleepy town of La Linia: Spain had just woken up. People were walking the dog, fishermen mending their nets. And then, 30 Royal Marines stormed the beech! The locals looked on in bemusement as the British Army took up defensive positions in the sand. The Marines were expecting to be fired upon, with blank ammunition, by other British Marines pretending to be the enemy. Instead, they were greeted by two Spanish policemen.
"Good Morning, amigo."
"Good Morning, Sir," said the British Officer. "Excuse me, but is this Gibraltar?"
"No Seń or, that's Gibraltar." said the Spanish policeman, pointing at an island just across the sea, with a 426-meter rock sticking out of the top of it.
The British Army had invaded Spain. By mistake. A military exercise had gone horribly wrong. Ooops!
Of course, it is never a good time to accidentally invade someone else's territory. But this is a particularly bad time for the British to accidentally invade Spanish territory. The European Union is forcing Britain and Spain to come to an agreement over an argument that has been going on for over 300 years. Who owns Gibraltar?
Once upon a time, Gibraltar was part of Spain. This is not surprising as Gibraltar is only 1.2 kilometers off the coast of Spain. But during the War of Spanish Succession (1702-1713) Gibraltar became a pawn in the battle for the Spanish throne. Britain supported Charles III from Austria; Spain supported Philip V from France. The Austrians won and gave Gibraltar to the British. The Treaty of Utrecht confirmed Britain's ownership of the island, in 1713. This said that Gibraltar was British, and would remain so. Forever.
The Rock surrounded
The Spanish, unsurprisingly, got upset. They tried to take back the island by force many times. They laid siege to Gibraltar in 1779 for four years. But still the British kept them out. This was the last time that the Spanish tried to take back the island by military methods.
Since then, relations between Britain and Spain have remained frosty. In 1963, the question of Gibraltar's status was discussed at the United Nations. In 1969 the Spanish closed the frontier between the island and the mainland. Things remained that way for 16 years, when the frontier gates were reopened. But the issue remained unresolved.
The 30,000 residents of Gibraltar, however, have no doubt which side they are on. "Gibraltar is British and always will be," they say. Unfortunately, the British and Spanish governments seem to be close to reaching an agreement. It's simple. Gibraltar would be owned by the British and the Spanish. There will be joint sovereignty. The residents of Gibraltar are not pleased. In fact, they are furious.
Gibraltarians unite!
One Gibraltarian newspaper, Vox, has accused the British government of "double-cross, double standards, lies, hypocrisy, and sad and shameful treachery". It demands that no agreement between Spain and Britain should be made without the islanders' consent. They want a referendum to decide the future of Gibraltar.
The island is just off the Iberian Peninsula, between the Mediterranean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean. This means that it always has had military importance. And this is why the Royal Marines have a base on Gibraltar. After the British Army's rather embarrassing mistake at La Linia, the local Europa Sur newspaper reported that senior diplomats from Spain and Britain had discussed the incident. A British Ministry of Defence spokesman explained that the marines would have guided themselves from the warship HMS Ocean to the beach using an ordinary compass. "Nobody will be disciplined," explained the spokesman. "But I think a few lessons have been learned."
At a time when such delicate negotiations are taking place over the future of "the Rock", the residents of Gibraltar are hoping that the British don't lose their way again and give the island back to the Spanish.


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Roger Penske Takes Ownership Of Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Roger Penske (left) and Tony George (right) speak to the media on Nov. 4, 2019 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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Roger Penske has completed his purchase of Indianapolis Motor Speedway and its properties. He is now officially the fourth owner of the famous racetrack.
The purchase of the racetrack and its subsidiaries, including the IndyCar series, was announced in November, but wasn't completed until Monday. Penske joins Carl Fisher, who built the track in 1909, Eddie Rickenbacker, who purchased IMS in 1927, and Tony Hulman and Hulman & Co, which has owned and managed the speedway since 1945.
The Hulman family approached Penske last September about taking over ownership of the speedway. Penske has a won a record 18 Indianapolis 500s. Terms of the sale have not been disclosed.
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This Refugee Week I am taking part in Act for Peace's Ration Challenge. For seven days I am committed to eating the same rations that a refugee receives in Burma. The rations are: 3,500 g of rice; 280 g of split peas; 250 g of fortified flour; 155 g of fish; 40 g of salt and 125 ml of vegetable oil.
Because refugees can add to their rations by cultivating a garden we are also able to add supplies that we have 'cultivated' by getting sponsorship: $200 raised adds a condiment; $300 adds a serve of vegetables; $400 adds a portion of fruit; $500 adds a serve of protein; and $1000 adds a bonus item to the value of $5.
Two and a half days in I am not hungry, or feeling very deprived. But I am feeling a little bored at my lack of menu choice. 3.5 kg of rice over the course of a week is a lot of rice! I had bowls of plain rice for breakfast on Sunday and Monday, and rice fried with chilli for Sunday lunch and dinner, and I am already very, very over rice.
So the first thing I have discovered by doing this challenge is how astonishing is the variety of food I am normally able to eat. I don't simply need to fill my stomach – the food I usually eat is tasty as well as filling.
The second thing I have discovered, or rediscovered, is how long it takes to prepare food if all I've been given is the basics. On Sunday night I started to make soup with the split peas. Rather than making a single serve of soup, I decided to use half my rations and make multiple serves of soup. What I didn't realise was how long it takes to break split peas down. In the end I had some more rice for dinner while I waited for the soup to cook – which took three episodes of Doctor Who plus the forty-minute Sunday night ABC news bulletin. It's been a long, long time since I made soup from scratch, and I just wasn't prepared to spend that much time cooking. I'm going to appreciate labour-saving foods and devices when this week is finished.
But I am quite proud that I am managing to feed myself. On Monday night I had the soup that I'd made the night before and chapattis that I cooked that evening. The soup was a bit bland but the chapattis were wonderful! I suppose I didn't really make them from scratch, the flour had been milled for me, but I still had a sense of achievement.
I haven't been missing coffee as much as I thought I would. I had a horrible headache on Sunday night, and on Monday morning I took a couple of pain-killers (I know they weren't in the rations, but I was desperate). But now, on Day Three, I'm feeling fine. I have, however, decided not to go for any runs this week. That might just be sheer laziness on my part, but I'm not sure I could resist the post-run temptation to eat a piece of fruit or some vegetables.
As I look forward to breaking this ration fast on Sunday I am aware of how minuscule my response to the world's refugees is. I'm living (mainly) on rice for a week. It's absolutely nothing! But the important thing is the money that I'm raising, more than $1000 so far. Overall $250,000 have been raised by Act for Peace and that will feed 1157 Burmese refugees for a year. There's no way I could donate $1000 myself, so I'm excited to have raised $1000 from my kindly friends and relations. If you haven't donated yet and would like to, go here. And thank you!
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Welcome to Israel
Your trip highlighting Israel's achievements in technology and innovation begins with remarks by a keynote speaker and expert in the field.
Take in the unique atmosphere of Jerusalem as you walk down to the Western Wall and descend underground to the Western Wall Tunnels, offering a glimpse into the many layers that make up the long and storied history of Jerusalem.
Overnight: Jerusalem
Jerusalem: A Center for Three Great Monotheistic Religions
Walk through the alleyways of the Old City of Jerusalem to discover the intertwined stories of Jews, Christians and Muslims throughout all four quarters. Stroll through the marketplaces (shuks) of the Christian and Muslim Quarters, and the covert courtyards and alleyways of the Jewish Quarter. Discover the secret tastes, stories, people and places that make this city unique.
In a region rife with challenges, Israelis have honed the art of problem solving and turned their small desert nation into a powerhouse of invention, an unparalleled ecosystem of creativity and resourcefulness. This afternoon, becoming acquainted with the Israel start-up scene with a talk by a representative of the Start Up Nation and visits to innovation hubs and various start-ups located in and around Jerusalem.
Venture into the heart of Jerusalem this evening with tasting tour through the Machane Yehuda fresh produce market.
Tragedy of the Past, Triumphs of the Future
Spend the morning with a comprehensive tour of Yad Vashem. As the Jewish people's living memorial to the Holocaust, Yad Vashem safeguards the memory of the past and imparts its meaning for future generations.
Following the visit, meet with government officials involved in promoting tech and innovation in Israel.
Continue to United Hatzala, a national emergency response organization bringing Jews, Muslims, Christians and Druze together in order to save lives. Using innovative GPS and phone app technology, United Hatzalah's volunteer pre-ambulance medics typically arrive on the scene in under three minutes.
Tel Aviv: A Center of Innovation
Travel to Tel Aviv and visit the Cyber Protection Unit of the IDF's Telecommunications Division where 'Sim City' was created to simulate a take-over of computer systems as part of the IDF's readiness for a future war situation.
Continue to the Holtz School that provides an exclusive course for military cadets.
Walk along the main avenue of Tel Aviv, Rothschild Boulevard, which used to be known as Rehov HaAm (the Street of the People) at the time of the establishment of the State of Israel. Hear the history of the city and visit some of the many start-ups located along the street.
In the evening, enjoy the famous Tel Aviv nightlife.
Overnight: Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv: A City of Culture and Innovation
Visit Tel Aviv University, a world center of tech and innovation, where you meet with representatives from one of Israel's leading social start-ups and an international accelerator program that provides entrepreneurs, immigrants, and returning citizens with tools and mentoring to create and develop their startup in Israel.
Spend the afternoon at EdTech Israel, a national business hub that successfully connects the Israeli EdTech community with international entrepreneurs, investors, and business partners.
Tonight, enjoy a cultural exploring the ancient port city of Jaffa including its alleyways and marketplaces. The city had its beginnings more than 5,000 years ago and has grown and changed over the millennia to include the old city, as well as the surrounding neighborhoods.
Bridging the Gap in the Galilee
Travel to Haifa to visit one of Israel's up and coming start-ups. Wind your way through the nineteen immaculately gardened terraces that make up the Bahai Gardens. The gardens provide a breathtaking backdrop for what is considered one of the holiest sites for the Bahai faith and have a short discussion on the diversity of religion and culture in the region.
Visit an incubator for startups targeting the Arab market, followed by a tour of the Technion campus.
Tel Aviv and Departure
This morning meet one of Israel's top entrepreneurs before visiting one of Israel's innovative and successful non-profits.
Spend the afternoon enjoying the craft markets of Tel Aviv before travelling to Ben Gurion Airport for your departure flight.
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Negative work experiences can cause Stress, which in turn can significantly adversely impact a person's work performance.
Work related issues are more strongly associated with health complaints than any other life factor.
Situations often associated with causing stress would include having an unsustainable workload, working with difficult people, frequent challenging deadlines, working under constant pressure.
Stress can produce symptoms that affect both the body and the mind. It can also affect behaviour and emotions.
Workforces with a high level of stress are likely to suffer from problems such as poor performance, low productivity, high absenteeism, lateness, high staff turnover and even strikes.
Even individual workers in a company suffering from stress can affect efficiency and effectiveness, lower morale and foster a negative culture. Other workers may become affected, and the general performance level in the organisation can suffer.
With burnout, staff may become less engaged, be more cynical, and be exhausted. This in turn will almost certainly lead to poor performance.
Sufferers may exhibit a range of conditions. They may suffer psychological disorders, which can include depression, anxiety, or post-traumatic stress disorder.
They may also show other types of emotional strain such as lack of job satisfaction, fatigue, tension, or even aggressive behaviours, or substance abuse.
Job stress can also lead to compromised physical health, and even be associated with cardiovascular disease.
Task Demands – The sense of not knowing where a job will lead, whether the activities and tasks will change, lack of control, concern about career progress, and time pressures.
Physical Demands – such as strenuous activity, extreme working conditions, travel, exposure to hazardous materials.
Most managers will want to act to protect their staff for purely humanitarian reasons, but as you can clearly see, aside from any moral and ethical standpoint, it is in the interests of a company's performance, and ultimately its bottom line profit, to protect its workforce from undue stress.
Most Boards and Management teams will see the sense of having strategies policies in place to ensure that workplace stress and burnout is not an issue at their organisation, and to deal with it at an early stage if it is detected.


This three bedroom, two bath updated home in Gilbert's Candlewood community is an amazing value and positioned perfectly near shopping, restaurants and easy access to area freeways. Situated on a large, North/South facing cul-de-sac lot with a beautifully landscaped low-maintenance yard, the single-level home features touches such as a neutral palette throughout, multi-pane & bay windows for abundant natural light, 2'' blinds, 20'' tile and carpet & granite countertops. With a nice size eat-in kitchen, Master Suite with large walk-in closet, French door exit to the backyard & oversized covered patio with flagstone, it is a move-in ready opportunity!


BDSL's Premier Champs Crowned WNYSA Amateur Cup Champions.
The BDSL's Premier champions, BSC Raiders defeated the RDSL top flight champs, the Westside Wankas 3-2 in overtime on a cold windy day at Sparky Adams Field. The win earned BSC their first trophy of the 2019 season and crowned them the WNYSA Amateur Cup Champs alng with giving them the Region I Amatuer Cup berth.
They'll now travel to Maryland to face the winner of the Marlyand Majors Stewart Cup. That turnament is in its final stages with the winner to be revealed soon. BSC will head down on April 7th for the Amateur Cup game and then return home to face Eastern PA's Philly Lone Stars on April 14th 2pm at Sweet Home HS in the Region I Open Cup.


I love my Church because we have a real down to earth Pastor. If you have a problem he is always there for you to talk to and if be find the help you need. My Pastor will say he made a mistake, if he did when he is speaking , that take a real man to admit.
My Church family are there to pray for you when you need it, and they will come out to your home, to help you when your injured and can't care for yourself. We share the love of Jesus together in our homes as well as in Church . We even have Barn dances together.
We have all different speakers come to talk about missions and how we can help other that need to hear the Good News that Jesus lives and that he Loves us. We have great programs for our youth like Mud Volleyball to help teach them Team work. I like the fact that we have VBS for our younger kids to learn, and have fun in song and games for a week in July every year. My Church is a place you can learn to love Jesus and your neighbors. May the love and friendship always be a part of my Church.


The lack of such a template is something I've lamented for years, because I've seen assistance to countless posters delayed because their original posts didn't include machine/OS specs or other necessary info.
What I would like to see, therefore, is a page to which posters would be directed when they click on "New Topic" which would solicit info to be included in their posts in an easily readable format.
The most difficult part of setting up such a page (that I can envision) will be laying it out and wording it in a manner that will neither be off-putting because of its complexity nor cause posters embarrassment about their lack of knowledge, but I'm certain that can be dealt with.
That list is bare-bones and needs to be expanded; all are encouraged to express their opinions and append their thoughts.
PS: In addition to being beneficial to both posters and responders such a page would decrease necessary FTM server storage space and bandwidth usage.
I think such template is a great idea. Don't know how doable integrating it into UBB.threads would be, though. For sure that kind of customization would complicate UBBT upgrades.
One thing to keep in mind is it wouldn't be applicable to forums such as FTM Feedback and the Lounge. So I see a need for either an Admin option to implement it on a forum by forum basis, or a quick and easy way for folks to click through the form without completing it. The former would, I'd think, make the project more complex, while the latter would increase the likelihood that posters who shouldn't would skip through it.
Artie's idea is similar to what I just described in the "OS X Forum Sub-divisions" thread for the "virtual sub-forums" I've seen on other sites, in that a poster has to indicate a piece (or several pieces) of information before submitting.
However, if Artie's plan is implemented, will that be required for all posters, rookie or veteran? ...every time you post?
Other sites make use of the Profile to allow members to input their Mac model, OS, etc. That at least provides a clue if the post doesn't spell things out - unless the profile info lists 8 Macs with various configurations!
In the troubleshooting forums, I'd say yes for anyone starting a new topic. Even a veteran poster can sometimes forget to include which OS he's running or other such basic details which should be part of every question or request for help.
The closest UBBT comes to the profile feature you mention is the signature field.
Most of the veterans include the system info in the signature. But we need something for rookies for sure.
I walked two rookies through posting on MacFixit FTM in the last two days. I was shocked at how intimidated both were with making their first post and the fact neither had the vaguest notion of where to even begin and one of them is a master at using the computer and browsing web sites. It took at least a couple of tries for both of them to find the New Topic link or even to know what that meant.
It seems to me the trick is to make it easy for the newbie to figure out what to do and what information is needed without driving the experienced user nuts with repetitive stuff they already know.
Two thoughts occurred to me watching these absolute newbies.
Change the color or otherwise highlight the New Topic link and add "Tool Tips" to important links such as that one.
Take FAQ off of the tool bar and replace it with Posting Hints or perhaps Posting Guidelines. That would be sort of a top level FAQ strictly about using the Forums themselves with items such as the template we have been discussing, a repeat of the guidelines for choosing a forum, forum etiquette, a link to the Board Rules, etc.
My wife was one of those newbie posters and I think I can convince her to suggest what would have been helpful for her to know for her first post. She is pretty good with that kind of thing and could represent a relatively typical first time user.
I walked two rookies through posting on MacFixit in the last two days.
Yep... The beautiful simplicity of the concept is offset by the horrible complications that stand in the way of its implementation.
My fingers are so used to typing MacFixit it doesn't even go through the brain -- or if it does there is nothing there to slow it down. How embarrassing!
Of course I meant FTM, but that isn't what I said.
Most of the veterans include the system info in the signature.
I'd say some, not most. Some (like me) don't have a signature. And, usually, the veterans aren't the ones needing to provide such information. I think more people (myself included) would provide it if prompted in the profile creation process.
Is storing poster's configuration data in a cookie possible, and would it simplify matters or complicate them even further?
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"Tattoo" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1992. It is from the album Tubular Bells II. There were two singles released for "Tattoo", one being called the Live at Edinburgh Castle EP.

One of the B-sides is Oldfield's instrumental rendition of the Christmas carol "Silent Night".

Charts
It charted at number 33 in the UK Singles Chart.

Track listing

CD single
 "Tattoo" (edit) – 3:41
 "Sentinel" (live) – 8:06
 "Silent Night" – 4:19

Live at Edinburgh Castle EP
 "Tattoo" – 3:44
 "Maya Gold" – 4:10
 "Moonshine" – 1:42
 "Reprise" – 1:20

References

1992 singles
Mike Oldfield songs
Songs written by Mike Oldfield
Warner Music Group singles
1992 songs
Song recordings produced by Trevor Horn


We get lots of the same questions over and over again in comments and through our Contact Us area, so we thought that creating an FAQ section would help you all. So before commenting, check the FAQs and do a search on the site with some simple terms. If you can't find your answer in one of those places, or the comments, please go ahead and ask your question.
▶ What Vegetarian Options Do You Suggest?
Incorporate the Vegetarian Meal Replacement Shake.
After the cleanse, try the Griller's Prime burgers. They have a lower carb content and taste fantastic. Some of the veggie burgers are loaded with carbs and sodium, so be very careful.
▶ What Salad Dressing Can I Use?
You can use vinegar (not balsamic because of the sugar content) with a small amount of olive oil. Also, Walden Farms dressing is acceptable. You can get in bottles or individual packets (great for taking your lunch or eating out). Hands down our favorite is the Thousand Island which comes in bottles and packets, and is kid friendly. We are frequently asked about using fat free or lowfat dressings. Many low fat dressings are full of sugar and other things we are eliminating during the 24 Day Challenge, so best to avoid.
▶ Can I Chew Sugar Free Gum?
▶ Can I have coffee on the 24 Day Program?
We get a lot of questions about why to eliminate coffee on the 24 Day Challenge. Here is a post that gives you all the info on coffee and caffeine.
▶ How Do I Eliminate Constipation?
▶ Where Can I Find Instructions for the Cleanse?
▶ How can I break a stall (plateau)?
Diamond, Matt Warren did a great guest post for us on this topic.


The following are corrections to the Bon dance schedule that was published in the May 18, 2018, edition of The Hawai'i Herald. We apologize for any inconvenience the errors may have caused. BIG ISLAND • July 21 (Sat.): Honokaa Hongwanji bon dance will begin at 7 p.m., following the 5:30 obon service.


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Here's a brand new documentary on a family that adopted 7 special needs children from China. I found it both touching and inspiring. The family's decision to adopt is clearly based in their Christian faith, which they share freely in the documentary. If this isn't your belief system and you find it annoying, grating, etc, then this is not the documentary for you. If on the other hand, you find cute kids and adoption motivation stories inspirational, then hopefully you will enjoy it as much as I did.
The family is now living full-time in China. If you liked what you saw, you might be interested in checking out Amanda Hostetler's website.