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Big Oil's painful offshore wind pivot
DEEP-DIVE: European oil majors throw caution to the wind by embracing razor-thin margins
European oil majors are jostling to become offshore wind heavyweights. Building capital-intensive projects at scale in familiar offshore environments, underpinned by guaranteed returns, has proved alluring. But cost inflation and aggressive bidding at cut-throat 'subsidy-free' auctions have eviscerated margins. Energy Flux takes a critical look at new research into the sketchy economics of offshore wind for the likes of Equinor, Shell, BP and ENI.
Offshore wind is the new darling of the European oil industry. The biggest names in petroleum have amassed gigawatt-scale development pipelines and frequently scrap it out for seabed acreage in premium markets in western Europe and North America. Several are also entering emerging Asian markets via local joint ventures.
Barely a week goes by without some sort of announcement from a European oil major about its deepening involvement in the sector. They all hope to emulate the metamorphosis of Denmark's state oil company DONG Energy into Ørsted, an offshore wind pioneer. Shell sees its ~6 GW pipeline as a "key growth area". BP says wind will play a "vital role" in achieving its 2050 'net zero' target. TotalEnergies and ENI are similarly zealous.
Equinor is leading the pack. The Norwegian oil major expects offshore wind to account for two-thirds of its 12-16 GW renewables capacity by 2030, and is "determined to be a global offshore wind energy major".
That determination to scale up quickly is driving European IOCs into a tight corner. Once-cautious companies that weighed high risk, high-return global investments on cold-blooded financial metrics appear to be making exuberant 'green' bets that could land them in hot water.
Competition for prime acreage is rife, resulting in some questionable bids. BP faced accusations that it overpaid in the UK's latest leasing round. There is a similar scramble to secure 15-year fixed returns enshrined in a Contract for Difference (CfD) or similarly bankable support instrument. Revenues are under pressure.
CfD auctions frequently clear at the minimum price, as occurred at a recent 1 GW Danish tender that saw companies draw lots in a tie-break. This result was hailed as historic, which it undoubtedly is, since the (un)lucky winner – RWE – will pay the Danish state DKK 2.8 billion (€376 million) by 2028 and pick up the tab for export cables and grid connection. Supply chain margins must be under immense pressure to keep the project economics in the black.
With clearing prices falling more rapidly than costs, major turbine supplier Siemens-Gamesa recently warned that margins have been squeezed "too far", hobbling reinvestment in factories and technology improvements. These can't be deferred forever, which means turbine costs can't keep falling forever either. Materials inflation and labour constraints are an aggravating factor.
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Throwing caution to the wind
As Energy Flux asserted more than a year ago, any attempt to emulate oil-sized profits from renewables is destined to fail. European majors now tacitly admit this by imposing less stringent investment metrics on offshore wind projects than oil.
Shell says future upstream projects must be profitable at $30/barrel, deliver an internal rate of return (IRR) of 20-25% and pay back capital within seven years. Integrated gas projects must deliver IRRs of 14-18%. As global oil and gas demand returns to pre-pandemic levels, investments made on this basis have a big safety margin.
The bar is set much lower in the renewables segment, where Shell is investing $2-3 billion each year. The company is targeting an "unlevered" IRR (i.e. pure equity, no debt) of "more than 10%", which it says is made possible by its integrated business model. Conventional wisdom holds that leveraging up the asset with cheap debt improves returns (more on this below).
A higher margin requirement for oil investments reflects exploration risk and crude demand uncertainty stemming from decarbonisation policies. Wind might not carry these risks, but much lower margins mean investments carry less 'fat' to absorb contingencies. Shell's twin-track approach, which is not unique, raises some questions:
Can renewable investments reliably generate double-digit returns?
Will returns come quickly enough to support a high rate of reinvestment in new projects and sustain dividends at levels sufficient to compete in capital markets?
Can IOCs release value by spinning off their 'green' investments into stand-alone listed companies?
New research by academics in Norway suggests the answer to all of the above will be a resounding nei. This might not matter while wind accounts for a tiny proportion of IOC capital expenditure, but that is set to change: Equinor expects renewables to account for 50% of its capital expenditure by 2030. Big wind could drain Big Oil of liquidity.
The decarbonisation megatrend has skewed the investment thesis in favour of strategic objectives. The calculus seems to be that taking on projects with poor economics is a price worth paying for polluting companies desperate to burnish their ESG credentials and renew their social licence to operate.
An alternative theory holds that the move into low-rent clean power production is a strategic hedge against 'green' hydrogen — produced from renewables via electrolysis — outcompeting the gas-derived blue variety to become a significant energy vector in the UK and Europe. Big Oil's intense pro-hydrogen lobbying gives credence to this view.
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Massaging the numbers
Researchers from the University of Stavanger ran the rule over Equinor's investment in the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank wind farm in the UK's southern North Sea. Dogger Bank is the world's largest offshore wind farm, an order of magnitude greater than the 317 MW Sheringham Shoal and 402 MW Dudgeon projects that Equinor tackled previously.
The site is so big it is being developed, financed and built in three separate 1.2 GW special purpose vehicles – Dogger Bank A, B and C – that will be co-owned by Equinor (40%), SSE Renewables (40%) and Italy's ENI (20%). Each phase will cost a cool £3 billion.
Phases A and B achieved financial close a year ago after securing senior and ancillary debt facilities of £5.5 billion, with gearing of 65-70% on the generation assets and 90% on transmission infrastructure. Phase C reached this milestone yesterday on similar terms with many of the same lenders.
Equinor executive vice president of renewables Pål Eitrheim said the project will achieve a "nominal equity return" of 12-16%. This figure includes profits from the sale of 10% project equity to ENI. Speaking at Equinor's capital markets day in June, Eitrheim said:
"[W]e expect [wind] project-based returns between 4% and 8%… these are unlevered real-life cycle returns, excluding farm-downs. Add 2% for inflation and you get to the expected nominal return range… Farm-downs would typically add 1 to 2 percentage points to the unlevered project IRRs.
"We expect significantly higher nominal equity returns when we are using project finance. If you look at our projects in the US and the UK that are secured offtake, they have nominal equity returns between 12% and 16%. These returns reflect a business with a very different risk profile than our legacy oil and gas business: no exploration risk, no oil price volatility exposure nor production decline rates, stable revenues."
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Eitrheim's figures paint a much rosier picture than the Stavanger researchers, who said Equinor can expect an IRR of 5.6% after tax in their "best estimate" central case for Dogger Bank. On a net present value (NPV) basis, the wind farm comes in at negative £907 million – meaning the investment is not worth making for Equinor.
"Our estimation, based on the project economics of the Dogger Bank project, is that this activity will be cash negative for a very long time," say researchers Petter Osmundsen, Magne Emhjellen-Stendal and Sindre Lorentzen.
Osmundsen told Energy Flux the figures are not comparable because Equinor is referring to its entire portfolio, while his study considers Dogger Bank in isolation. Also, he challenges the notion that leveraging up a project squeezes more value from the equity portion:
"By gearing up a project you may have higher expected return, but at the same time higher risk and thereby higher rate of return requirement, so the value of your project does not change. This is confirmed by sensitivity calculations we have done for the project. By increasing the debt to 70%, you get a high variability in equity return." — Petter Osmundsen, via email
Osmundsen's study assessed key economic inputs such as Equinor's cost of capital, capital and operational costs (capex/opex) of each phase, operations and maintenance (O&M) costs, plant capacity factor, asset lifespan, future power prices and many other variables. Some of these are difficult to pin down.
Dogger Bank is anomalous in that it is much bigger and further from shore than any wind farm in operation today – 130-190 km – but the site lies in relatively shallow waters. Distance from shore increases installation and O&M costs, cabling costs and plant downtime, since it might not make economic sense to journey out to fix individual turbine outages. Transmission losses also rise with distance.
These downsides are (partially) offset by the lower capital cost of building and installing turbine foundations in shallower waters, the economies of scale achievable in a multi-gigawatt development, and the stronger and steadier wind speeds to be harvested further out to sea.
Dogger Bank will boast 190 GE Haliade-X wind turbines each rated at 13 MW in its first two phases. The use of a smaller number of larger turbines improves power yield while decreasing unit costs since fewer blades, towers, nacelles and foundations will need to be manufactured, installed and maintained at the remote site.
Equinor's equity will be tied up in Dogger Bank for 16 or 17 years before it is paid off by electricity revenues. This is a year or two after the CfD's fixed revenue support period ends, and much longer than the average of six years for Norwegian oil investments. The research paper claims lenders will require loans be paid off during the 15-year CfD, not after — a view not shared by everyone in the wind industry.
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Flawed assumptions?
The assumptions used in the financial modelling deserve scrutiny. There is a lot of uncertainty around the overall economic life of the asset, and the price risk it will face after the 15-year CfD expires. Osmundsen et al assume lots of price cannibalisation and low/negative wholesale prices after a rapid ramp-up of UK wind power generation in the 2030s. They also assume the turbines will be dismantled after 25 years.
There is reason for caution here. Energy Flux understands that Dogger Bank is being developed as a 30-year asset, and sources in the offshore wind industry say 35 years is starting to be viewed as the norm as technologies improve. The extra O&M costs of keeping ageing offshore turbines spinning for another five years will be vastly outweighed by the additional revenue from a fully amortised asset, wind advocates say. That holds true regardless of price volatility in a wind-dominated power market, some claim.
The Norwegian researchers modelled one scenario for Dogger Bank as a 30-year asset. With three decades of revenue the IRR rises to 7.3%, while optimistic sensitivities modelled around costs (-15%) and prices (+20%) could boost that figure as high as 8.5%.
Another five years of operations might conceivably nose the IRR into low double digits, but we can't be sure unless the financial model is re-run over 35 years. (Osmundsen declined to do this. A spokesperson for Equinor did not respond by the time of publication.)
Turbulent headwinds
Does this mean Equinor's wind pivot will be plain sailing? Far from it. Government officials in Oslo will need to get comfortable with their national energy champion spending more on wind projects in overseas jurisdictions and less at home. This has negative implications for Norway's fiscal revenue and supply chain investment.
There is also the question of "hard money", as a source close to Equinor put it to Energy Flux. Oil investments are made in US dollars and produce a globally traded commodity to repay those dollars and cover taxes, royalties and dividends. Further upside can be gleaned from trading equity volumes and leveraging Equinor's global footprint.
Oil companies book wind investments in US dollars but revenues and taxes are paid in local currency because electricity markets are localised. Arbitrage opportunities, and hence upside, are limited by transmission infrastructure. This is a structural challenge that green hydrogen/ammonia might one day resolve — but don't hold your breath.
In the meantime, Equinor's balance sheet could deteriorate. Dogger Bank's total capital outlay of £9 billion will be 70% debt-funded. Equinor's 40% project share, minus the £276.4 million farm-out payment from ENI, implies an equity commitment of £800 million for 1.44 GW. This equates to $555 million per gigawatt installed.
If we take that as a rough benchmark, Equinor's target of 12-16 GW installed capacity this decade implies an equity outlay of £6.7-8.9 billion. This capital won't be recouped for well over a decade, so there won't be much free cash flow to cover dividends or invest in new growth opportunities without hefty farm-outs.
Aggressively selling down large chunks of project equity pre- and post-construction might keep Equinor's renewables investments above water, but those buying in face dismal returns. ENI's two Dogger Bank farm-in deals (see here and here) will achieve IRRs of just 2.7% and 2.9%, according to the Stavanger researchers. Equinor and SSE will enjoy higher overall margins at ENI's expense, which the paper describes as a "zero-sum game":
"Newspapers have commented that this means that the project and offshore wind in general has become more profitable. This is not the case. ENI have been willing to [accept] a lower rate [of] return … to learn the business and to move against their target of offshore wind production of 25 GW by 2035. The transaction is merely a redistribution of profit among private companies, a zero-sum game. The socio-economic value of the project has not changed. The expected NPV of the project is the same, irrespective of equity transaction."
As Energy Flux readers will recall, ENI harbours ambitions to spin off its green arm to release unrealised value and alleviate the renewables investment burden on current shareholders. ENI believes capital markets are discounting renewables investments and opportunities on its balance sheet. But if those investments yield such low returns, who in their right mind will buy in?
There is only so much economic value to go around from investments in 'cheap' offshore wind. Spectacular reductions in auction prices have spawned a misleading narrative that this sector is becoming an attractive investment proposition for oil companies scrambling for a means to reduce emissions, remain relevant and keep ESG investors onside.
Moving early pays off. Sadly, the macro conditions that led to Ørsted's successful green reincarnation no longer exist. Equinor is a laggard by comparison but arrived just in time to cream off value from initial UK investments via its farm-outs to ENI.
If Dogger Bank is representative of its plans to squeeze shareholder value from wind, the Italian oil company faces big problems. The same might hold true for Shell, BP and TotalEnergies; time will tell. For now, their collective push into offshore wind is still gathering steam. Don't be surprised if a few big projects are quietly erased from portfolios along the way.
Seb Kennedy | Energy Flux | 3rd December 2021
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The Ocean is the heart of the planet. It provides us with food, jobs, life, entertainment, and sailing! Without it, we cannot survive. Why should we care so much about the creatures that live in the ocean? Does it matter if a species disappear? What does that mean for us?
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Over a period of time, we have seen massive improvements in Microsoft Azure Public Cloud. Azure public cloud is used widely and offers cheap cloud solutions.
There are two modes supported by Azure public cloud: Classic and Azure Resource Manager modes, sometimes referred to as just ARM. When you use the Classic Portal at https://manage.windowsazure.com, you are working with the classic mode of Azure. In classic mode, each resource you create in Azure is a single management unit.
Although Azure resources are created in a cloud container, when it comes to managing resources in a cloud container, you must manage all of the resources individually. The classic mode does not allow grouping of resources, which makes managing Azure resources difficult.
When you interact with Classic mode resources from a command line such as Azure PowerShell, you are using Azure Service Management API calls (ASM). ASM is a traditional way of accessing Azure resources. Both the Classic portal and Azure PowerShell version 0.9.8 use ASM API calls to manage Azure resources.
On the other hand, when you use the Azure Portal to create or manage Azure resources, you are working with the Azure Resource Manager (ARM). ARM allows you to deploy Azure resources in groups called Resource Groups.
It is important to note that if you use the Classic portal to create or manage Azure resources, you can only work with Classic resources.
The new Azure portal at https://portal.azure.com allows the ability to work with both Classic and ARM Resources. When you interact with ARM using command-line tools such as Azure PowerShell, you are using ARM API calls. From within the PowerShell window, you will need to use the Azure-SwithMode –Name AzureResourceManagercommand to switch from ASM to ARM or to work with the ARM resources.


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Joshua Cohen reads from his collection Four New Messages (Vier neue Nachrichten / Schöffling 2014)
In "Emission," a hapless drug dealer in Princeton is humiliated when a cruel co-ed exposes him exposing himself on a blog gone viral. "McDonald's" tells of a frustrated pharmaceutical copywriter whose imaginative flights fail to bring solace because of a certain word he cannot put down on paper. In "The College Borough" a father visiting NYU with his daughter remembers a former writing teacher, a New Yorker exiled to the Midwest who refuses to read his students' stories, asking them instead to build a replica of the Flatiron Building. "Sent" begins mythically in the woods of Russia, but in a few virtuosic pages plunges into the present, where an aspiring journalist finds himself in a village that shelters all the women who've starred in all the internet porn he's ever enjoyed.
Joshua Cohen was born in 1980 in New Jersey. He is the author of five previous books, including Cadenza for the Schneidermann Violin Concerto, A Heaven of Others, and Witz. His nonfiction has appeared in Bookforum, Harper's, and other publications. He received the 2013 Matanel Prize in Jewish Literature and the Pushcart Prize 2012 and was listed among the top 20 under 40 writers by The New Yorker.
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Playing on a number of genres that range from Shoegazer to Post-Punk and Darkwave amongst others, this trio from New York have produced an eclectic, yet easy on the ear release with 'Won't Last'. This is mainly due to the vocals of Regina yates, reminding me of Rose McDowell on more than one occasion in their less frenetic moments.
Now and again this latest release stumbles and crashes into No Wave territory, quite literally. Drums crashing all over the place and guitar lines that don't match up, with dual vocals that are not altogether in sync; yet it all somehow works.
'Wartime Melody' is a beautiful piece of work vocally, and the ramshackle nature of the music behind it with male backing vocals is reminiscent of The Pogues in an altogether more drunken fashion.
The beauty to this album is its chop and change abandon on a song-by-song basis. Gothic Rock sits comfortably with noise and playful bastardised pop music, and this altogether is a hard release to judge, regardless of its entirely intentional cheese factor.
Think, an easier on the ear Cocteau Twins, splashes of McDowell and The Jesus and Mary Chain out of key and this will only describe some of what is on here. The only faults I guess is that this all feels a tad staged, even if it is a lot of fun.
I have heard many an album by Robin Storey's Rapoon project and most of them differ greatly; and given the mass expanse of album releases in his discography, this is of no surprise.
Most of his work previous that I have encountered is electronic in nature, so therefore it is interesting to note that 'Cultural Forgeries' is essentially an album of unplugged work, comprising of recordings made by various orchestral instrumentation and so forth.
Musically speaking, when approaching such work there is the danger that a project can evolve into something less than its parts. Appreciating an album like this can prove difficult if your expectations are dashed; and the worry is that the artist will concentrate less on actual songs and focus more on a demonstration of their capabilities (or just pure self-indulgence).
Unfortunately, for the most part, there is little on here to enjoy if you merely want something to listen to. For sure, Storey has an acute grasp of many an instrument and on the odd occasion I had to commend him for the task he set for himself; however, as a whole this unsurprisingly fell into a quagmire of desperate sounds that lost form or function as the album progressed.
As a concept, I commend Rapoon for at least attempting something as adventurous as the task set, although I have seen this type of quest attempted on many occasion before; and it was of no surprise that the outcome would be anything less than the dull, lifeless exercise that we have here.
Abstract music for people cast out from normal society, appears to be the concept for 'Abandoned Bird Egg', through a series of musical collages.
By "musical collages", I think this is where my interpretation and that of PAS Musique differ drastically. This quartet credit the disassociation from society with song sculptures that create their own world of beauty; and soundscapes that are not defined by any convention.
All I can derive from what I am listening to, is a mash-up of noises, beats and electronics with guitar work thrown into a pot labelled 'psychedelic' and spewed out as an exercise in how to produce a muggy mash-up of unadulterated drivel.


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Q: Measure Theory - condition for Integrability A question from my homework:

Let $\,f:X\to [0,\infty)\,$ be a Lebesgue measurable function.
Show that $\,\int_X f\,d\mu < \infty\,\,$ iff $\,\,\sum\limits_{n=1}^\infty \mu\big(\{x\in X:n\leq f(x)\}\big)<\infty.$

I've managed to solve this, but with a relatively complex and convoluted proof. I feel this should be pretty trivial and that I'm probably missing something.
I feel that for $=>$ using Markov's inequality - $ \mu(\{x\in X:n\leq f(x)\})\leq\frac{1}{n}\int_Xf(x)\,d\mu$ should somehow be sufficient.
For <= I feel that defining sets such as $En=\{x\in X:n\leq f(x)\leq n+1\}$ and using the fact that $\int_Xf(x)\,d\mu=\sum\limits_{n=0}^\infty \int_{En} f(x)\,d\mu$ should also somehow be sufficient.
Does this just seem simple to me and actually isn't?
Thanks for the help!
Edit: forgot to add that $\mu(X)<\infty$

A: Set
$$
E_n=\{x:f(x)\ge n\}, \,\,\,F_n=\{x\in X: n-1\le f(x)< n\}
$$
Then the $F_n$'s are disjoint and
$$
E_n=\bigcup_{j\ge n+1}F_j\quad\text{and}\quad \mu(E_n)=\sum_{j=n+1}^\infty\mu(F_j),
$$
and also $\bigcup_{n\in\mathbb N}F_n=X$ and hence $\sum_{n=1}^\infty \mu(F_j)=\mu(X)$. Thus
$$
\sum_{n=0}^\infty \mu(E_n)=\sum_{n=1}^\infty n\,\mu(F_n).
$$
But
$$
n\,\mu(F_n)\ge\int_{F_n}f\,d\mu \ge (n-1)\,\mu (F_n),
$$
which implies that
$$
\sum_{n=1}^\infty n\,\mu(F_n)\ge\sum_{n=1}^\infty \int_{F_n}f\,d\mu \ge \sum_{n=1}^\infty (n-1)\,\mu (F_n),
$$
or equivalently
$$
\sum_{n=1}^\infty \mu(E_n)\ge\int_{X}f\,d\mu \ge \sum_{n=1}^\infty \mu(E_n)-\sum_{n=1}^\infty \mu (F_n)=\sum_{n=1}^\infty \mu(E_n)-\mu (X),
$$
which proves what has to be proved, if $\mu(X)<\infty$.


In a prior post, Fraud Doctrine On Trademark Applications Remains Minefield, also NYLJ August 19, 2009, we discussed developments related to claims of fraud on the Patent and Trademark Office in obtaining trademark registrations and recent Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB or the Board) opinions on that issue.
As explained in the opinion, intent to deceive generally implicates a knowing falsehood, which the facts in Bose simply did not support. We discuss here what impact that decision will have on practice before the TTAB, what issues remain unresolved and what future developments in this area may be expected.


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Q: Hash that returns the same value for all numbers in range? I'm working on a problem where I have an entire table from a database in memory at all times, with a low range and high range of 9-digit numbers. I'm given a 9-digit number that I need to use to lookup the rest of the columns in the table based on whether that number falls in the range. For example, if the range was 100,000,000 to 125,000,000 and I was given a number 117,123,456, then I would know that I'm in the 100-125 mil range, and whatever vector of data that points to is what I will be using.
Now the best I can think of for lookup time is log(n) run time. This is OK, at best, but still pretty slow. The table has at least 100,000 entries and I will need to look up values in this table tens-of-thousands, if not hundred-thousands of times, per execution of this application (10+ times/day).
So I was wondering if it was possible to use an unordered_set instead, writing my own Hash function that ALWAYS returns the same hash-value for every number in range. Using the same example above, 100,000,000 through 125,000,000 will always return, for example, a hash value of AB12CD. Then when I use the lookup value of 117,123,456, I will get that same AB12CD hash and have a lookup time of O(1).
Is this possible, and if so, any ideas how?
Thanks in advance.

A: Yes.  Assuming that you can number your intervals in order, you could fit a polynomial to your cutoff values, and receive an index value from the polynomial.  For instance, with cutoffs of 100,000,000, 125,000,000, 250,000,000, and 327,000,000, you could use points (100, 0), (125, 1), (250, 2), and (327, 3), restricting the first derivative to [0, 1].  Assuming that you have decently-behaved intervals, you'll be able to fit this with an (N+2)th-degree polynomial for N cutoffs.
Have a table of desired hash values; use floor[polynomial(i)] for the index into the table.

A: Can you write such a hash function?  Yes.  Will evaluating it be slower than a search?  Well there's the catch...
I would personally solve this problem as follows.  I'd have a sorted vector of all values.  And then I'd have a jump table of indexes into that vector based on the value of n >> 8.
So now your logic is that you look in the jump table to figure out where you are jumping to and how many values you should consider.  (Just look at where you land versus the next index to see the size of the range.)  If the whole range goes to the same vector, you're done.  If there are only a few entries, do a linear search to find where you belong.  If they are a lot of entries, do a binary search.  Experiment with your data to find when binary search beats a linear search.
A vague memory suggests that the tradeoff is around 100 or so because predicting a branch wrong is expensive.  But that is a vague memory from many years ago, so run the experiment for yourself.


Written by Jim Heaphy, 7/05/2000, for Kitchen & Bath Design News magazine.
While surveys show that the majority of homeowners who have purchased solid surface kitchen countertops are delighted with their decision, a few consumers do experience problems. Responding to their complaints effectively is a way to ensure the continuing high reputation that solid surface materials enjoy.
One of the most difficult problems that needs to be addressed is countertop cracking adjacent to a cooktop or a range. Many complaints of cooktop cracks I've witnessed are repeat complaints in other words, a previous repair attempt has been unsuccessful.
The most important way to prevent this sort of problem is to follow the manufacturer's recommendations for machining and preparing a cooktop cutout. Work from a checklist, and be sure that every procedure has been carried out properly.
Even with good fabrication and installation techniques, however, failures can still happen. It may not be possible to identify the reason for a given failure with absolute certainty, but patterns do emerge.
Heat is the most important factor responsible for this problem, since cracks at cooktop cutouts are far more common than those at sink cutouts. Heavy cooktops also tend to cause problems more often than lighter cooktops, as do cooktops with narrow flanges. Cooktops with built-in downdraft fans also cause more problems. Cooking styles such as prolonged, high-heat cooking, deep-fat frying, candymaking and canning also increase risk, as does the use of high BTU "power burners" and cooking without a ventilation fan.
The shortcoming of conventional repair techniques is that, in many cases, the underlying cause of the problem is not addressed. In order to have a high success rate in repairing cooktop cracks, the repair procedure must accomplish two things: It must effectively isolate the countertop material from the heat source, and it must remove the weight of the appliance and items being cooked from the countertop.
The most effective repair procedure involves fabrication and installation of a custom stainless steel ring or collar that surrounds the appliance. This stainless steel surround allows for the cutout in the countertop to be enlarged significantly, and for a plywood support structure to be fabricated and installed, which takes the weight of the appliance off the cooktop.
Consumers will, of course, be concerned about the appearance of this stainless steel collar. It's essential to present this repair procedure tactfully, explaining that the item will be custom fabricated to match the specific cooktop in question, and will appear to be part of the original cooktop. If the cooktop has a brushed stainless finish, that's how the collar should be finished as well. The collar can also be powder-coated to match any standard appliance color.
A properly sized cooktop collar will extend 1/2" past the flange of the cooktop on all four sides. The visible outside corner radius will complement the existing outside corner radius of the appliance. For example, if the existing cooktop has a 1/4" corner radius, I have the collar fabricated with a 3/4" corner radius. Since the collar extends 1/2" past, a radius 1/2" larger will look very natural and compatible.
The cooktop collar must be measured carefully, with cutout dimensions being large enough to accommodate the cooktop. Check for any irregularities or protrusions on the cooktop body, such as screws, rivets or flanges, and be sure to allow for them.
The outside dimensions should be 1" larger in both directions than the overall dimensions of the cooktop. This will allow for 1/2" of the stainless steel collar to show on all four sides. After the stainless steel cooktop collar has been obtained, make a matching collar out of good quality plywood the same thickness as the countertop material, usually 1/2". The cutout in the plywood will be the same size as with the stainless collar, but the overall dimensions will be 1/4" to 3/8" less, to allow the stainless steel to overlap the plywood by at least 1/8" on all four sides. Neatly wrap this plywood collar with aluminum tape.
When the repair begins, disconnect and remove the cooktop and place the plywood collar on the countertop surface, aligned with the existing cutout. Draw a pencil line around the plywood collar. Using a router, enlarge the cooktop cutout in the countertop slightly past this pencil line. At this point, your plywood collar should fit loosely into the opening.
Now, repair the crack in the countertop, and reinforce the repair wherever possible with a second layer of solid surface material bonded beneath. Trim the finished repair back flush with the enlarged cutout edge, and sand all edges of the cutout until perfectly smooth. Round over the top and bottom edges, and be sure that all irregularities have been eliminated.
Next, fabricate and install a plywood support frame, connected structurally to the cabinet and possibly the wall instead of the countertop. The exact configuration of this support frame will vary depending on jobsite conditions, but it must be stable and sturdy, and its top surface must be flush with the underside of the countertop material.
Place the plywood collar into the opening. It should sit flush with the countertop surface. Using thin shims as needed between the support frame and the plywood collar, ensure that the top surface of the plywood collar sits just slightly higher than the countertop surface about 1/32" is right. Strips of plastic laminate work well as shims. Finish the inside of the opening with aluminum tape or insulating tape in accordance with the solid surface manufacturer's recommendations.
Place the stainless steel collar on top of the plywood collar, and reinstall the cooktop. If the repair has been done properly, there will be a barely visible gap between the stainless steel collar and the solid surface material. This air gap is your assurance that heat transfer has been dramatically reduced and that stress due to the weight of the cooktop bearing on the countertop has been eliminated.
Some consumers may prefer a bead of caulk between the stainless steel collar and the countertop. Others may want to be able to lift the assembly for cleaning. Either technique is fine.
Stainless steel collars can be ordered through my Web site, www.TopRepair.com. At this site, you'll also find copies of many of my past columns.


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Authentic Indigenous Fabric Designs
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At Opakuma, we source quality fabric from all around the world. M&S Textiles, one of our valued suppliers, deals directly with Aboriginal artists, valuing them, their culture, and their heritage.
Aboriginal Art is one of the oldest traditional arts in the world. Aboriginal artists are widely recognized for their beautiful designs incorporating symbols of ancient ancestral Dreamtime beliefs and stories. Art has always played a strong role in Aboriginal culture and in the telling of their stories.
Dreamtime was creation. It was when the Ancestral Spirits came down to earth and created the animals, rocks, plants, rivers, mountains, and waterholes. For Aboriginals, it explains the origin of the universe and the workings of nature and humanity. It provided important life structures, regulating the understanding of family life, the relationship between the sexes, and the obligations to people, land, and spirits. Following the completion of their creations, the human forms of the ancestors disappeared but their spirit remained in the sacred sites.
For the Aboriginal people, the material value of the land is not important. They see the land as part of the Dreamtime, to be preserved for future generations to appreciate. Aboriginal lifestyle, and strong family bonds, have allowed for the successful handing down of their stories and traditional forms of art over many generations.
M & S Textiles, combine this mesmerizing art with quality fabrics, immortalizing the Aboriginal stories to help old stories remain new so that people all around the world can enjoy these amazing and colorful Dreamtime stories.
All products in our range made from these stunning fabrics are accompanied by a complimentary card explaining the fabrics story and some information about the artist
Desert Flowers Black- Desert Flowers is a colourful design by Marie Ellis from the Northern Territory, Australia. She is a well known Aboriginal artist. She has depicted colourful desert flowers which blossom after the rainy season.
Wild Seeds and Waterhole Black- Wild Seeds and Waterhole is an excellent design by Tanya Price of Utopia. Tanya depicts Australia's wild flowers and wild seeds skilfully which were blown in the wind. Many famous indigenous artists come from this region. Modern Aboriginal art started its journey with Jeffrey Brandon, a school teacher who was posted in Utopia to teach artworks to aboriginal children.
Womens Body Dreaming Multi- Artist, Cindy Wallace was born in 1973 in Santa Teresa, 80km from Alice Springs. 'Awelye' is an aboriginal word describing everything to do with a woman's ceremony, which include body painting. Women perform the awelye ceremonies to demonstrate respect to their country, including Dreamtime stories that belonged to their ancestors.
Body Painting Blue- Tanya Price Nangala was born in 1972, in Alron north of Alice Springs, now residing in Utopia. Tanya speaks both Anmatyerre and Alyawarra Aboriginal languages. She learnt painting from her parents and grandparents. This design depicts bush tucker foods such as bush plums, bush berries, citrus fruits etc.
Bush Food Dreaming- Tanya Price Nangala was born in 1972, in Alron north of Alice Springs, now residing in Utopia. Tanya speaks both Anmatyerre and Alyawarra Aboriginal languages. She learnt painting from her parents and grandparents. This design depicts bush tucker foods such as bush plums, bush berries, citrus fruits etc.
Onion Dreaming- Doris Inkamala is a well known Aboriginal artist from Alice Springs. In this design the wild bush onions are represented in a star shape and the floral stems as white dotted circles. Wild bush onions are more pungent than the leaves, the tall stalks grow together in small clumps, sometimes reaching up to 60cm in height. It is a favoured food for brolgas.
Spiritual Woman- Artist Chandra Conway painted Spiritual Women to express the integral part of Aboriginal Dreamtime stories. The ancestor spirit came down to earth in human form and created most of the things that their future generations would need.
Corroboree- Donna McNamara is a very skilful and ardent designer with her artwork being neat and vibrant. This piece represents people attending a Corroboree. The Corroboree is a ceremonial gathering of Aboriginal people with strict unwritten regulations which attendees must follow.
Dreaming in One-Flaming Orange- Bradley Stafford is an experienced Aboriginal artist. In this design each strip depicts the age-old culture of Aboriginal dreaming such as bush food, witchetty grubs, kangaroo path, bush dreaming, long neck turtles and honey ant dreaming.
Bush Dreamings of Utopia- Tanya Price Nangala was born in 1972, in Alron north of Alice Springs, now residing in Utopia. Tanya speaks both Anmatyerre and Alyawarra Aboriginal languages. She learnt painting from her parents and grandparents. This design depicts an abundance of Dreamtime bush plum trees with their yellow and red fruits, in addition to the waterholes being guarded by wild floral plants, also in reddish and yellow tones.
Womens Body Dreaming Blue- Artist, Cindy Wallace was born in 1973 in Santa Teresa, 80km from Alice Springs. 'Awelye' is an aboriginal word describing everything to do with a woman's ceremony, which include body painting. Women perform the awelye ceremonies to demonstrate respect to their country, including Dreamtime stories that belonged to their ancestors.
Wild Flowers Dreaming-Black- Tanya Price – In times of drought the landscape becomes barren. After rainfall a myriad of flowers in red and yellow colours decorate the land. One may judge the freshness of the gardens by their vibrancy and may be overwhelmed by the drastic change from barren land to an abundance of flowers.
Bush Onions Wild Flowers- Artist Jane Doolan resides in Alice Springs. In this design Jane has painted bush onions (cyperus bulbosus) and wild flowers in separate garden beds. In winter, after the rain, new flowers become abundant. These become very decorative with bright yellow, pink and lavender colours.
Four Seasons Black- Artist – Marie Ellis-NT. This design represents an abundance of wildflowers following the rainy season in the Alice Springs region. The different segments illustrate wildflowers, curvy paths and waterholes.
Fire Dreaming Olive- Artist – Janet Long. The Fire Dreaming ceremony is one of the six seasonal cycles of the traditional Aboriginal calendar. This ceremony depicts an element of the Tingari Cycle. The Fire Dreaming ceremony takes place the night before the controlled fires are lit in the bush and carries on throughout the night to provide the right relationship between the people and the land on which they depend.


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package org.jetbrains.plugins.scala.lang.parser.parsing

import org.jetbrains.plugins.scala.ScalaBundle
import org.jetbrains.plugins.scala.lang.lexer.ScalaTokenTypes
import org.jetbrains.plugins.scala.lang.parser.ScalaElementTypes
import org.jetbrains.plugins.scala.lang.parser.parsing.builder.ScalaPsiBuilder
import org.jetbrains.plugins.scala.lang.parser.parsing.top.Qual_Id
import org.jetbrains.plugins.scala.lang.parser.util.ParserUtils

/**
* @author Alexander Podkhalyuzin
* Date: 05.02.2008
*/

/*
 * Packaging := 'package' QualId [nl] '{' TopStatSeq '}'
 */
object Packaging extends Packaging {
  override protected def topStatSeq = TopStatSeq
}

trait Packaging {
  protected def topStatSeq: TopStatSeq

  def parse(builder: ScalaPsiBuilder):Boolean = {
    val packMarker = builder.mark
    builder.getTokenType match {
      case ScalaTokenTypes.kPACKAGE =>
        builder.advanceLexer() //Ate package
        if (!(Qual_Id parse builder)) {
          packMarker.drop()
          return false
        }
        //parsing body of regular packaging
        builder.getTokenType match {
          case ScalaTokenTypes.tLBRACE => {
            if (builder.twoNewlinesBeforeCurrentToken) {
              builder error ScalaBundle.message("lbrace.expected")
              packMarker.done(ScalaElementTypes.PACKAGING)
              return true
            }
            builder.advanceLexer() //Ate '{'
            builder.enableNewlines
            ParserUtils.parseLoopUntilRBrace(builder, () => {
              //parse packaging body
              topStatSeq parse(builder, true)
            })
            builder.restoreNewlinesState
            packMarker.done(ScalaElementTypes.PACKAGING)
            true
          }
          case _ => {
            builder error ScalaBundle.message("lbrace.expected")
            packMarker.done(ScalaElementTypes.PACKAGING)
            true
          }
        }
      case _ =>
        //this code shouldn't be reachable, if it is, this is unexpected error
        builder error ScalaBundle.message("unreachable.error")
        packMarker.drop()
        false
    }
  }
}

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It has been claimed now by a few friends that I help offer a little bit of perspective in their lives. Either from choosing to not grieve the fact that they've lost so many friends over the past year, but to celebrate that they have been fortunate to know so many amazing people to begin with, or to facing realities that their life chapter is about to change and it's not an end of something, but a beginning of another.
Very recently I was asked about my perspective about being Gluten Free and how I'm not letting it be a stigma. How do I not let it label or limit me? How do I not fall into a funk about it?
Tonight for Mom's birthday we're doing fondue, and it's completely GF and mostly dairy free (some of the GF bread has some dairy in it). Grocery stores are bringing in more options and websites like Thrive make it incredibly easy to find fun snack options.
I am always here to help with perspective if you need it, but two great women I've learned a lot from (not just about being gluten-free but understanding about how food is the mechanism for wellness) are Vani Hari (Food Babe) and Alisa Vitti (Flo Living/Woman Code). Vani discusses how organic food is a better fuel for bodies and how American wheat is so distorted from what the body needs that it's not really good for anyone! Alisa emphasizes that when you eat different foods during your cycle you make it easier for hormones to be created or break down according to when you need them. Both have been extremely helpful in righting my health and making me feel better overall.


Huge amount of thomas the tank engine track master and take along thomas (no trains included) As you can see from the picture there is lots and lots (later out on a king size bed) and lots of ways to create different and exciting tracks. Please note some items have marks on/stickers are faded and may need a little clean but still in excellent playable condition.
Make an ideal Christmas/birthday present for any thomas lovers. The item "Huge Tomy thomas the tank engine Trackmaster Take Along Thomas bundle joblot" is in sale since Saturday, October 27, 2018. This item is in the category "Toys & Games\TV & Movie Character Toys".
The seller is "teriberry1" and is located in Bridgwater. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom.


NEW YORK — If you're keeping a list of journalists who have claimed for years to be Pulitzer Prize nominees without the inconvenience of actually being nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, add one more name: Charles Gasparino, the pugnacious senior Wall Street correspondent for Fox Business Network.
After the outing in this space of non-nominees Jonah Goldberg (conservative columnist, Pulitzer nomination claimed on the book jacket) and Betty Liu (Bloomberg Television morning anchor, Pulitzer nomination claimed in ads on commuter trains), a reader wrote to ask, when exactly was Charlie Gasparino a Pulitzer nominee?
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Technology Use in Overseas Language Classrooms
The improvement of globalization as perfectly as human civilization has led to greater interactions among the earth population. This has led to extraordinary developments in the schooling program, whereby distinctive earth schooling systems have been integrated. One particular of the profound things of modern-day schooling program is the idea of 2nd language acquisition. This is a course of action via which men and women achieve expertise of a 2nd language (Osborn 2000, p 29). This phenomenon is extremely typical in latest times, whereby men and women find out more language just after studying indigenous language (s). It is really worth noting that 2nd language studying has been of fantastic significance in human modern society in that it has facilitated cooperation among distinctive earth populations. This circumstance has led to extraordinary developments in trade as perfectly as earth peace, considering the fact that a perception of knowing is recognized among the distinctive communities. Even so, 2nd language acquisition has been a problematic technique that has encountered numerous problems. The crucial problem in executing 2nd language acquisition has been the absence of an acceptable instrument, therefore main to inefficiency in the whole course of action. In response to this crisis, technology has sought to effectively counter the scenario (Bredella and Delanoy 1996, p 1). As depicted by Blake (2008, p 24), technology has recognized an efficient system and methodology for administering 2nd language acquisition. The competencies of crafting, examining, comprehension, speaking as perfectly as listening are adequately resolved by technological instruments of instruction. This paper will concentrate on the idea of technology use in foreign language school rooms.
The 20th century has been marked by considerable developments in technology, therefore giving adequate technology resources to earth language academics. Blake (2008, p 24) referred these developments in technology as a magic wand or magic carpet that has been proficient of transforming the curriculum and educating course of action. This factor has been capable to adequately counter the problems and troubles faced in the educating course of action (Bredella and Delanoy 1996, p 1). Next language studying has been the most visible factor of schooling that experienced been overlaid by numerous problems. This is in regard to the outdated age methodologies and instructional procedures that have not been capable to adequately satisfy the learners' demands. The instructor is sure to make the most of his/her competencies in integrating technology with the studying jobs so as to make certain attainment of the studying targets.
Most of the tutorial establishments in present times have adequately adopted technology in the studying course of action. This is evident via computer and internet facilities that have been adequately recognized in these establishments. Cennamo et al (2009, p 354) argued that, computer and internet technology has been capable to offer genuine sources that are unavailable in other phenomenon. Cennamo et al (2009, p 354) provides that, meaningful integration of technology in the studying course of action qualified prospects to efficient improvement of necessary lasting studying. With adoption of technology instruments in studying, learners are geared up with the competencies and expertise of utilizing one more language. In addition, learners are also empowered with capabilities of producing efficient and discerning utilization of technological instruments. This phenomenon has in flip guide to performance of the studying course of action along with adequate empowerment of learners with efficient lifestyle competencies.
Why use technology in 2nd language educating
The use of technology as a instrument in 2nd language educating has been inevitable in latest times. This is dependent on the advancements and developments that have been understood in the technological area. It has been understood that, advanced studying resources have been provided by technology therefore producing it an necessary instrument for studying (Blake 2008, p 24). Some of the crucial things that make technology relevant in the studying course of action include the following.
To get started with, students and the earth population in standard are at present technology-literate. Technologically facilitated instruments and equipments like movies, computer systems among other facilities are simply obtainable to a huge proportion of the earth population. Many students are extremely proficient in the use of computer systems and internet, therefore producing it an efficient instrument for getting information. Investigate has proven that, the two formulated and creating nations are extremely endowed with technology. In the formulated nations, virtually all students have straightforward entry to computer systems and internet, whereby most of them have laptops and other advanced technology facilities. This phenomenon has supplied them with golden prospects for enhancing acquisition of information on 2nd language (Osborn 2000, p 29).
As depicted by Dekeyser (2007, p 196), students have distinctive studying costs and styles. In this regards, technology offers the instructor a broad assortment of strategies and procedures of executing the instructional course of action. In the case of 2nd language studying, the academics are supplied efficient studying resources that make certain efficient administering of information to the learners. On the other hand, technology has also been credited for its potential to relate curriculum with exterior classroom lifestyle. In present times, technology has turn out to be an necessary ingredient of lifestyle, therefore producing its use inevitable. With this in head, adoption of technology in educating the 2nd language can help the instructor to expose his/her learners with the exterior earth. The competencies and expertise of utilizing technology in other lifestyle circumstances is also facilitated by the use of technology in the studying course of action (Dekeyser 2007, p 196).
Technology use in the studying course of action has also been acknowledged for assisting learners to have interaction in worthwhile activities. Learners are capable to require in interpersonal exchanges, challenge resolving jobs as perfectly as intense information collecting. These prospects would have in any other case been unavailable without the need of technology. For occasion, the idea of internet has made golden prospects for learners in that they are capable to collect diverse information that facilitates their studying. It is also really worth noting that technology can help learners to take part actively in information age. The earth is promptly currently being reworked into the digital and internet period, therefore the need to have for all men and women to up-dated with latest developments (Sullivan 2002, p 132).
A crucial factor of utilizing technology in 2nd language studying is that it functions as a motivation to the learners. Learners are capable to concentrate a lot more in school rooms were technological instruments are employed. This in flip qualified prospects to performance and success of the studying course of action. A improve of instructional strategy qualified prospects to alleviate of boredom therefore enhancing efficient studying. By means of the use of multimedia applications, wider dimensions of 2nd language studying are provided. In this regard, the instructor is supplied a wider wide range of studying resources, which in flip boosts the studying course of action (Tenorio et al 2007, p 236).
Sullivan (2002, p 132) outlined that, the use of technology in 2nd language studying makes the studying course of action simple and pertinent in the lives of the learners. For occasion, the use of e mail conversation has facilitated overseas conversation. This phenomenon has led to performance in the studying course of action, therefore enhancing 2nd language acquisition. Technology also can help learners to function in a collaborative method. This is dependent on the fact that technological instruments guide to a lot more involving studying environments, which maximize the interactions among students and their instructors. In addition, technology gives learners with prospects to use receptive and productive capabilities in studying and authentic lifestyle circumstances. For occasion, the use of technology has facilitated students to adequately find out 2nd language via crafting newsletters as perfectly as interactive journals. These prospects are all provided by the adoption of technology in the studying course of action (Sullivan 2002, p 132).
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If you aren't familiar, Real met Cádiz in Spain's national cup competition earlier this week. They ended up easily defeating the third-tier club on the scoreboard, but more importantly, Real lost on procedural grounds. Denis Cheryshev, who spent last season on loan at Villarreal, accumulated three yellow cards in as many games in the Copa while playing for Villarreal last year and thus was handed an automatic one match suspension. Only thing was, Cheryshev got that third yellow in Villarreal's final match in the competition; this meant he couldn't serve his time until the first round of this year's Copa, after he had moved back to Madrid.
Immediately, though, my mind went towards how Madrid would get out of this. The first and simplest way was for Real to convince Cádiz not to challenge the call, maybe in exchange for some money or favor down the line. It was clear later that night that this would not work, as Cádiz planned on filing a complaint.
"After having analysed events during our board meeting, the suspension on account of the player having picked up three yellow cards should not be applied because nobody informed the player of the suspension, as is stipulated in article 41".
"It is an essential and basic principle of any law, that the suspension does not become effective until such time as its recipient is notified. Real Madrid had not been made aware of it. The requirement to have personally notified the player has been recognised by the Sports Tribunal. Even if we did recognise the suspension as being valid, the suspension must be overruled on account of article 112 of the Disciplinary Code, which states that after three rounds of the competition, all cards are wiped out. We believe that the suspension is not valid. In sum, Real Madrid did not field an ineligible player".
You could maybe see this line of reasoning if nobody at all had been notified of the suspension, but as a document AS acquired that same day proved, the cup's officials did in fact notify Villarreal. Villarreal's president himself basically supported that he knew what was up, albeit in a roundabout way.
Thus, by notifying the club Cheryshev played for at the time, the Spanish federation dispatched with its duties of notification. From there on, it was on Cheryshev to keep track of his card collection (as most players do instinctively) and remember what that yellow in last season's match meant, and for Real to check the record before putting him into a match. It shouldn't be that hard, which is why the rule is what it is.
Today, the Spanish soccer federation made Real's disqualification official. Still, Real remained undeterred. Rather than take their lumps, they have decided to appeal the ruling to the Spanish Sports Tribunal. For support, they're citing the case of Laura Gallego, a goalkeeper for Lorca in Spain's women's league.
In that case, Gallego was sent off in a cup match only to play in the next leg anyway. Lorca's opponent complained, the federation supported it, and Gallego's club was DQ'd. However, Lorca appealed to the tribunal and won, arguing that since neither Gallego nor the club were ever notified that keeper had been suspended—the competition did try to notify the club, but sent the relevant papers to the wrong fax number—nobody had any way of knowing about the suspension. The tribunal agreed and the disqualification was overturned.
In a sane world, Real's last ditch effort to squirm out of this would fail for a number of reasons: Villarreal were actually notified, in contrast to the Gallego incident; the whole thing was no great secret, since Real's error was recognized by the media almost right after kickoff (and actually, a fan tried getting in touch with the club to warn them before the game started); and what could be somewhat reasonably overlooked by a small club on the much smaller women's level isn't justified for one of the biggest sports teams on the planet.
And yet it still doesn't seem real that the biggest club in Spain will get kicked out of this tournament on a technicality. Whether the club does lose the appeal or if a mysterious federation official conjures up an escape plan at the last minute, it will be hilarious either way.


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Katie Bunn - Katie, a gypsy at heart, has an amazing gift of creating paper anything and everything, eclectic doesn't even cover everything she creates. If you are into scrapbooking this is the website to visit for inspiration.
Marcy Williams - Marcy, a writer, a storyteller, a soulful woman with fluidity of water. When she speaks she sings a song and you will find her creative juices flowing constantly. Check out the children's books she has written, two of which I illustrated the cover of. Her books are unique and not your average story.
Robert Burt - As a Fine Artist, Bob has done it all. Studied in New York, had a few galleries in North Carolina, traveling abroad to find inspiration and then studied in Texas where he felt the newness of the Southwest. Bob began as a batik artist, switched to pasels, then to acrylic painting. His simplicity in his art is his uniqueness, his passion is in the 30's, cars and trucks of that period are often found in his artwork. As well as churches and landscapes with hills and roads leading you into a road trip to anywhere but here.
Spirit Goat - I met Becky at a Farmer's Market in Bear Lake. I was exhibiting my silk paintings and she her goat soap. We were both admiring each other, traded and I've been enjoying her soaps and specialties ever since. Love her website, it is full of wonderful gifts.
Steve Failows - Steve makes one of the most unusual original Kaleidoscopes ever seen and is well known for his humor. Quick witted New Yorker moved to Sedona early on and stayed. His unique kaledoscopes are each made to fit the special stones, fossils, or wood that he selects himself. He takes pride in enjoying his life filled with colors and ideas galore. For something unusual as the man himself his kaleidoscopes are entertaining, fun and make beautiful unusual gifts for those special occasions.
The Snap Shield Felipe is a wonderful man, has created a shield to make easier the hard job of painting houses. He happens to be a fine artist as well as a house painter. Small ideas making life easier... an entrepreneur!
Emily Magone - Emily embodies love, art, and creativity. I first met her in one of my basic silk painting workshops and I can honestly say you will fall in love with her immediately. Her website is exciting and new, has energy and passion.
Don Baker - Don's energy is full blast! He has a huge capacity for knowledge and wants to share it! His energy comes out in his passion to share design and color and motion. His website is filled with utube videos of what he creates, it's fun and full of things to buy!
Isabella Whitworth - Isabella was one of my first online silk painting friends way back when I was a beginner. She has super charged knowledge and if you want an education on silk, fabric, dyes, textiles, etc...Her website is a no nonsense serious artist full of information that I would liken to a library with pictures. You will enjoy her studies and experiments.
Jean Louis Mireault - Jean Louis, another one of my first time silk painter friends way back when I was a beginner. He was my leader in patience, it will come with time, he would often comment, and I really needed to hear this at that early stage as a silk painter. I often pass on his knowledge to my students. He is charming, wise, well traveled and his artwork is to me, nostalgic, simple yet full of color, design, and a sense of place. A visit to his website will provide you with not only creativity but also information on silk painting, all his amazing artworks are displayed well and it is always fun to hear of his travels and teachings in France and abroad.
Sissi Siska Sissi, wow, she's a hot cookie! She embodies everything with full force! She is not afraid to experiment, create, and share! Her energy is absolutely part of her artwork. Eclectic maybe but she has pizazz! Check out her art if you want to be wowed and her vitae if you want to be impressed!
Stephen & Ann Mason -Stephen, with his environmentalist background, he is a purist at heart. As a silk painter, has an great appetite for the unknown and proves it in his astonishing abstract silk art. He embodies absolute trust in the inner artist that is so admirable to most who are not connected to their inner artistic side, this takes courage and the ability to let go. His website will share with you his teaching schedule as well as all his artworks.
Karen Sistek Karen, is amazing and I really don't know how she accomplishes so much but she does it! She teaches often and her artwork is perfection. If you are looking for an energetic workshop, she's the go to gal! Her website is filled with workshop photos, information on her unique technique and she shares it all!
Daniel Jean-Baptiste -Daniel lives one of the most amazing artistic lives you could ever imagine. He is an expert in ocean life and art. He shares his art on his website with utube videos and has an amazing following of art lovers. When I first was a silk painter, I would visit his website often enjoying his artwork that would literally take me to the ocean!
Silk Painters Inernational (SPIN) - This is an awesome group. If you are a beginner silk painter, textile artist, or just want to see a lot of silk painters on one website, this is the place for that.
Surface Design If you can sign up for a magazine this would be my first choice on textile art. I love all the different mediums they include and it is an absolute inspirational and informative website.
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After The Fall – "Le Reve" Acrobat Ryan Lyons
Chronicling the pain, suffering and risks that Vegas acrobats endure to entertain you.
Last weekend, former Le Reve performer Yann Arnaud suffered a fatal fall while performing in Cirque du Soleil's VOLTA in Tampa. Fellow Le Reve acrobat Ryan Lyons suffered a shockingly similar accident during a live performance at Wynn Las Vegas several years ago.
Since this article was published on another site in August of 2015, Lyons has gotten married and relocated to Australia. He now works, among other things, as an aerial choreographer for singer Pink. What follows is a reprint of how the article originally appeared.
Ryan Lyons is a "generalist" in Le Reve – The Dream. Five nights a week he flips, flies, dances and dives for thousands of people. He has done so ever since the show opened more than ten years ago. While he considers his experience at Wynn Las Vegas to be a dream come true, for a short while it became something much darker.
One evening during the finale, Lyons suffered a traumatic injury that echoes the one that occurred at MGM Grand/Cirque du Soleil's KA. Performer Sarah Guyard-Guillot, who also fell during the final sequence, died as a result of her injuries. That production was shut down for nearly weeks as safety protocols were re-examined. It reopened with a greatly altered finale (which has since been restored).
Ryan Lyons was much luckier than Guyard-Guillot. After a hospital stay and physical rehabilitation, he returned to Le Reve for another five years. Complications, pain, and the occasional surgery became a way of life, and he still deals with the physical and psychological aftermath of that accident.
Now in his eleventh year with Le Reve, Lyons has reached the "What next?" phase of his career. It's a question that all performers must face when their bodies are maxed out but the soul still yearns to perform. As he ponders his options, Lyons has begun sharing his journey in a personal blog, which he calls "The Anchors Project". In it, he hopes to motivate, inspire creativity and ultimately help others to find what their personal anchors are.
Here are a few excerpts from "The Anchors Project":
"The finale act comes around, and I jump onto my porters to set up my second trick of (the) act. As they are launching me into the air, my left foot slips and everything just crumbles from there. In mid-air, I only hope to have enough rotation that I don't land head first upside down. I end up landing back on the dry stage, taking all the force to my face and chest…and slide unconscious into the water.
I wake up on a spinal board with several athletic trainers and rescue personnel around me. I learn that I have shattered my nose, fractured some ribs and have multiple contusions to my lungs."
You might think the life of a Vegas performer is all glitz and glam. It's not bad by any means. We get paid to do what we love, and it often doesn't feel like a job. What people don't realize is how short-lived our career is (I certainly didn't). They don't see the ugly side of the job, fighting for contracts, pushing through each show with an ache here and an ache there.
The "show must go on" mentality of the corporate setting, or the fear of losing your next contract. We dance and flip around on stage, but we often struggle to "play the game" as we try to find a balance that will keep our passion alive. It is often truly the passion to perform that keeps us going.
Plagued by injuries, overuse of our bodies and sometimes not feeling valued for the risk we take with each performance, you are challenged to make decisions on what is important to you.
What is important to me now, as I reflect on this journey, is my health and well being. I often joke to my friends and say "I want to be able to walk when I'm 40!".
I've learned that even despite many setbacks, I was still able to live my dream. That my strength and courage helped me move past my injuries and the obstacles that were placed in front of me. That my tenacity to keep going, always gets me to where I want to go. I now find myself motivating others to share their passion and to reach beyond their wildest dreams.
You can read more about Ryan Lyons by visiting his website The Anchors Project.
Photos: Ryan Lyons, Sammasseur
Author Sam NovakPosted on March 20, 2018 March 20, 2018 Categories Behind The Scenes, Hot Guys, ProfilesTags Accidents, Cirque du Soleil, KA, Le Reve, Performers, Ryan Lyons, Sarah Guyard-Guillot, The Anchors Project, Tragedies, VOLTA, Wynn Las Vegas, Yann Arnaud
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